2 Maccabees 6:12

ASV Byzantine Text

I beseech therefore those that read this book, that they be not discouraged because of the calamities, but account that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

He cabu aka tae rhoek loh te bang citcai dongah kobawtnah khueh pawt ham kan hloep. Tedae toelnah ti he phae ham pawt tih, mah pilnam hlinsainah ham ni.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Obsecro autem eos qui hunc librum lecturi sunt, ne abhorrescant propter adversos casus: sed reputent ea quæ acciderunt, non ad interitum, sed ad correptionem esse generis nostri.

Brenton English Septuagint

Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Nu verzoek ik allen, die dit boek in handen krijgen, zich niet te ergeren aan deze rampen, maar te bedenken, dat zulke straffen niet de ondergang, maar de verbetering van ons volk ten doel hebben gehad.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Now I beseech those that shall read this book, that they be not shocked at these calamities, but that they consider the things that happened, not as being for the destruction, but for the correction of our nation.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.

British English Septuagint 2012

Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.

Revised Version

I beseech therefore those that read this book, that they be not discouraged because of the calamities, but account that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

J'exhorte ceux qui lisent ce livre à ne pas se décourager à cause des calamités, mais à reconnaître que ces châtiments n'ont pas été infligés pour la destruction, mais pour le châtiment de notre race.

Spanish BLL

Yo les pido a los que lean este libro que no se agüiten por estas desgracias, sino que entiendan que estos castigos no fueron para destruirnos, sino para educar a nuestra raza.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Ruego a los que lean este libro que no se desanimen por estas calamidades, sino que reconozcan que estos castigos no fueron para la destrucción, sino para la disciplina de nuestro linaje.

Croatian Bible

One kojima će ova knjiga dopasti u ruke molim da zbog ovih nevolja ne klonu duhom; neka znaju da su se progonstva zbila ne na propast nego na popravak našeg naroda.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.

World English Bible (Catholic)

I urge those who read this book to not be discouraged because of the calamities, but recognize that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

I urge those who read this book to not be discouraged because of the calamities, but recognise that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.

World English Bible Classic

I urge those who read this book to not be discouraged because of the calamities, but recognize that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.

World English Bible Updated

I urge those who read this book to not be discouraged because of the calamities, but recognize that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.

SEPTUAGINTA

¨Οθεν τὰ μὲν ἐλεοῦντες τὰ τοῦ γήρως αὐτοῦ,

Brenton Septuagint

Παρακαλῶ οὖν τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας τῇδε τῇ βίβλῳ, μὴ συστέλλεσθαι διὰ τὰς συμφορὰς, λογίζεσθαι δὲ τὰς τιμωρίας μὴ πρὸς ὄλεθρον, ἀλλὰ πρὸς παιδείαν τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν εὖναι.

Mashi Bible

Mpûnyire ngasi ab’ecîra citabu cakanahikakwo omu nfune bamanye ba­nkanakumba omurhima erhi agôla malibuko garhuma, ci bamanye oku agôla malibuko gayishaga arhali ebwa kuherêreza ci ebwa kucêsa obûko bwîrhu.

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