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Глава 3
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Chapter 3
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И посла́ша къ нему́ посла́нниковъ словесы́ ми́рными, глаго́люще:
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So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,
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се́, мы́ о́троцы Навуходоно́сора царя́ вели́каго поверга́ємся предъ тобо́ю, употреби́ на́съ, я́коже уго́дно є́сть лицу́ твоєму́:
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Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.
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се́, се́ла на́ша, и вся́коє мѣ́сто на́ше, и все́ по́ле пшени́цъ, и о́вчія и воло́выя стада́, и вся́ огра́ды селе́ній на́шихъ, су́ть предъ лице́мъ твои́мъ, употреби́, я́коже уго́дно тебѣ́:
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Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.
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се́, и гра́ди на́ши, и живу́щіи въ ни́хъ раби́ твои́ су́ть: ше́дъ срѣ́ти и́хъ, я́коже є́сть бла́го предъ очи́ма твои́ма.
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Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.
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И пріидо́ша му́жіє ко Олофе́рну и возвѣсти́ша єму́ по словесе́мъ си́мъ.
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So the men came to Holofernes, and declared unto him after this manner.
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И сни́де на помо́ріє са́мъ и си́ла єго́, и утверди́ стра́жею гра́ды высо́кія и взя́ изъ ни́хъ на споборе́ніє муже́й избра́нныхъ.
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Then came he down toward the sea coast, both he and his army, and set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them chosen men for aid.
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И прія́ша єго́ ті́и и вся́ окре́стная и́хъ съ вѣнца́ми и ли́ки и тимпа́ны.
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So they and all the country round about received him with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.
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И разори́ вся́ предѣ́лы и́хъ, и дубра́вы и́хъ изсѣче́. И бѣ́ заповѣ́дано єму́ истреби́ти всѣ́хъ бого́въ земли́, я́ко да самому́ єди́ному Навуходоно́сору послу́жатъ вси́ ро́ди и вси́ язы́цы, и вся́ племена́ и́хъ да призыва́ютъ єго́ въ бо́га.
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Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as a god.
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И пріи́де на лице́ єсдрило́на бли́зъ доте́и, я́же є́сть проти́ву вели́кія пилы́ Іуде́и,
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Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.
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и ополчи́ся между́ гава́ємъ и ски́ѳскимъ гра́домъ, и бѣ́ та́мо ме́сяцъ дні́й, ко є́же собра́ти вся́кій припа́съ си́лы своєя́.
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And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis, and there he tarried a whole month, that he might gather together all the carriages of his army.
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