Good News Translation
The number of details and the bulk of material can be overwhelming for anyone who wants to read an account of the events.

New Revised Standard Version
For considering the flood of statistics involved and the difficulty there is for those who wish to enter upon the narratives of history because of the mass of material,

Contemporary English Version
They are so full of facts and details that they discourage readers who want to learn about these events.

New American Bible
All this, detailed by Jason of Cyrene in five volumes, we will try to condense into a single book.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason, of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.

And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason, of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.

2 Maccabees 2:22
And the manifestations that came from heaven to them, that behaved themselves manfully on the behalf of the Jews, so that, being but a few they made themselves masters of the whole country, and put to flight the barbarous multitude:

2 Maccabees 2:23
And recovered again the most renowned temple in all the world, and delivered the city, and restored the laws that were abolished, the Lord with all clemency shewing mercy to them.

2 Maccabees 2:25
For considering the multitude of books, and the difficulty that they find that desire to undertake the narrations of histories, because of the multitude of the matter,

2 Maccabees 2:26
We have taken care for those indeed that are willing to read, that it might be a pleasure of mind: and for the studious, that they may more easily commit to memory: and that all that read might receive profit.