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И въ лѣ́то осмоєна́десять, и въ два́десять вторы́й [де́нь] пе́рваго ме́сяца, бы́сть сло́во въ дому́ Навуходоно́сора царя́ Ассирі́йска, отмсти́ти вся́цѣй земли́, я́коже глаго́лаше.

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And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he should, as he said, avenge himself on all the earth.

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И созва́ вся́ служи́тели своя́ и вся́ вельмо́жы своя́, и сообщи́ съ ни́ми та́йну совѣ́та своєго́, и соверши́ всю́ зло́бу земли́ от устъ свои́хъ:

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So he called unto him all his officers, and all his nobles, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth.

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и ті́и суди́ша истреби́ти вся́ку пло́ть, и́же не послѣ́доваша словеси́ у́стъ єго́.

³

Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, that did not obey the commandment of his mouth.

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И бы́сть, єгда́ соверши́ совѣ́тъ сво́й, призва́ Навуходоно́соръ ца́рь Ассирі́йскій Олофе́рна вождонача́лника си́лы своєя́, втора́го су́ща по не́мъ, и рече́ къ нему́:

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And when he had ended his counsel, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was next unto him, and said unto him,

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сія́ глаго́летъ ца́рь вели́кій, господи́нъ всея́ земли́: се́, ты́ изы́деши от лица́ моєго́ и во́змеши съ собо́ю муже́й упова́ющихъ въ крѣ́пости своє́й, пѣшце́въ до ты́сящей сто́ два́десять, и мно́жество ко́ней со вса́дниками ты́сящей двана́десять,

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Thus saith the great king, the lord of the whole earth, Behold, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their own strength, of footmen an hundred and twenty thousand; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand.

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и изы́деши бо срѣ́теніє все́й земли́ на за́пады, я́ко не повину́шася глаго́лу у́стъ мои́хъ:

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And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment:

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и возвѣсти́ши и́мъ уготовля́ти зе́млю и во́ду, я́ко изы́ду въ я́рости моє́й на ни́хъ, и покры́ю все́ лице́ земли́ нога́ми си́лы моєя́, и да́мъ и́хъ въ расхище́ніє и́мъ:

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and thou shalt declare unto them, that they prepare for me earth and water: for I will go forth in my wrath against them, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army, and I will give them for a spoil unto them:

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и я́звенніи и́хъ испо́лнятъ де́бри и пото́ки и́хъ, и рѣка́ наводня́ющаяся ме́ртвыми и́хъ напо́лнится:

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so that their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks, and the river shall be filled with their dead, till it overflow:

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и приведу́ плѣ́нъ и́хъ до коне́цъ всея́ земли́:

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and I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth.

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ты́ же изше́дъ приодержи́ши мнѣ́ вся́къ предѣ́лъ и́хъ, и отдаду́тъ тебѣ́ сами́хъ себе́, и соблюде́ши ми́ и́хъ на де́нь обличе́нія и́хъ:

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Thou therefore shalt go forth, and take beforehand for me all their coasts: and if they will yield themselves unto thee, thou shalt reserve them for me till the day of their punishment.

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непокаря́ющихся же не пощади́тъ о́ко твоє́, є́же да́ти и́хъ на убіє́ніє и расхище́ніє во все́й земли́ твоє́й:

¹¹

But concerning them that rebel, let not thine eye spare them; but put them to the slaughter, and spoil them wheresoever thou goest.

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я́ко жи́въ а́зъ, и держа́ва ца́рства моєго́: глаго́лахъ и сотворю́ сія́ руко́ю моє́ю:

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For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, whatsoever I have spoken, that will I do by mine hand.

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ты́ же да не преступи́ши єди́наго ко́єго от глаго́лъ господи́на твоєго́, но соверша́я да соверши́ши, я́коже заповѣ́дахъ тебѣ́, и да не укосни́ши сотвори́ти сія́.

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And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded thee, and defer not to do them.

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И изы́де Олофе́рнъ от лица́ господи́на своєго́, и созва́ вся́ вельмо́жы и воєво́ды и нача́лники си́лы Ассу́рскія,

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Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of Assur;

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и изчи́сли избра́нныхъ муже́й на ополче́ніє, я́коже заповѣ́да єму́ господи́нъ єго́, до двана́десять те́мъ, и ко́нниковъ стрѣлце́въ двана́десять ты́сящей,

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and he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto an hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;

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и устро́и и́хъ, и́мже о́бразомъ бра́ни мно́жество устроєва́єтся:

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and he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.

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и взя́ велблю́ды и ослы́ и мски́ припа́совъ ра́ди свои́хъ мно́жество мно́го зѣло́, и о́вцы и волы́ и козлы́ на угото́ваніє и́хъ, и́мже не бѣ́ числа́,

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And he took camels and asses for their carriages, a very great number; and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision:

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и пи́щи вся́кому му́жу во мно́жествѣ, и зла́та и сребра́ изъ до́му царе́ва мно́го зѣло́:

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and plenty of victual for every man of the army, and very much gold and silver out of the king's house.

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и изы́де са́мъ и вся́ си́ла єго́ въ пу́ть, є́же предъити́ царю́ Навуходоно́сору и покры́ти все́ лице́ земли́ къ за́падомъ колесни́цами и ко́нницами и пѣшца́ми избра́нными свои́ми:

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Then he went forth and all his power to go before king Nabuchodonosor in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen and their chosen footmen.

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и мно́гоє примѣше́ніє я́ко пру́зи изыдо́ша съ ни́ми и я́ко песо́къ земли́, не бо́ бѣ́ числа́ от мно́жества и́хъ.

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A great number also of sundry countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.

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И изыдо́ша изъ Ніневі́і путе́мъ тріє́хъ дні́й на лице́ по́ля вектіле́ѳъ, и ополчи́шися от вектіле́ѳа бли́зъ горы́ су́щія ошу́юю вы́шнія кілікі́и.

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And they went forth of Nineve three days' journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia.

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И поя́ всю́ си́лу свою́, пѣшцы́ и ко́нники и колесни́цы своя́, и отъи́де отту́ду въ го́рнюю,

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Then he took all his army, his footmen, and horsemen, and chariots, and went from thence into the hill country;

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и изсѣче́ Фу́да и Лу́да, и поплѣни́ всѣ́хъ сыно́въ рассі́са и сыно́въ Ісма́илевыхъ су́щихъ по лицу́ пусты́ни хеллео́нскія къ ю́гу.

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and destroyed Phud and Lud, and spoiled all the children of Rasses, and the children of Ismael, which were toward the wilderness at the south of the land of the Chellians.

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И пре́йде Євфра́тъ, и про́йде Месопота́мію, и раскопа́ вся́ гра́ды высо́кія су́щыя при пото́цѣ Авро́нѣ, до́ндеже пріити́ къ мо́рю:

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Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, till ye come to the sea.

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и объя́тъ предѣ́лы кілікі́йскія, и посѣче́ всѣ́хъ противостоя́щихъ себѣ́: и пріи́де да́же до предѣ́лъ Іа́феѳовыхъ, су́щихъ къ ю́гу на лицы́ Араві́и,

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And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.

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и обы́де всѣ́хъ сыно́въ Мадіа́млихъ, и пожже́ селе́нія и́хъ и плѣни́ стада́ и́хъ:

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He compassed also all the children of Madian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.

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и сни́де на по́ле Дама́сково во дне́хъ жа́твы пшени́цъ, и пожже́ вся́ ни́вы и́хъ, а о́вчія и воло́выя стада́ даде́ въ погубле́ніє, и гра́ды и́хъ поплѣни́, и поля́ и́хъ опустоши́, и порази́ вся́ ю́ношы и́хъ о́стріємъ меча́.

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Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.

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И нападе́ стра́хъ и тре́петъ єго́ на всѣ́хъ живу́щихъ въ примо́ріи, су́щихъ въ Сідо́нѣ и ти́рѣ и обита́ющихъ въ Су́рѣ и окі́нѣ и на всѣ́хъ живу́щихъ во Іємнаа́нѣ. И живу́щіи во азо́тѣ и Аскало́нѣ убоя́шася єго́ зѣло́.

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Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea coasts, which were in Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Jemnaan; and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.