¹

начни'те г~ђ въ тиMпа'нњхъ, по'ите б~ђ нашемђ въ кимъвалXњ, въспо'ите е^мђ пњснь но'вђ. ра'дђитеся преD ниM, и^ призываите и^ мя е^го”

¹

Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song of praise.

²

Гь~ сокрђша'а бра'ни, г~ь и^мя е^го. и^же поста'ви станы своа посреd людїи своиX, е^же и^зба'вити на'съ эT рђ'кђ всњхъ вра'гъ на'шиX”

²

And Judith said, Begin unto my God with timbrels, sing unto my Lord with cymbals: tune unto him a new psalm: exalt him, and call upon his name.

³

Прїиде а^сђръ эT горъ эT сњ'вера, въ мно'жествњ крњ'пости свое^я. е^гоже мно'жество ё^ста'ви рњ'ки и^ ко'ни и^хъ покры'ша ё^до'лїя”

³

For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that persecuted me.

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Рече же съжгђ` предњ'лы моя`, и^ ю'ноша моа ё^би'ти мече'мъ, и^ младе'нцы мои` дати въ расхище'нїе, и^ дв~ы въ плњне'нїе”

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Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten thousands of his army, the multitude whereof stopped the torrents, and their horsemen have covered the hills.

⁵

Но б~ъ всемогїи запя е^мђ, и^ предалъ е^го в рђ'цњ женњ, и^ посрами е^го”

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He bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and dash the sucking children against the ground, and make mine infants as a prey, and my virgins as a spoil.

⁶

ЈА/ко не паде си'лныи и^хъ эT ю%ноши, а^ни сн~ове крњпча'ишихъ рђ'къ порази'ша е^го, а^ни велицыи гига'нти ста'ша проти'вђ е^мђ. н^о и^ю^ди'џъ дщи мерарина в лњпотњ лица свое^го ё^ја^зви е^го”

⁶

But the Almighty Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a woman.

⁷

Съвлече'ся ѓ^дњя'нїа вдо'въства, и^ ѓ^блече'ся въ ѓ^дњя'нїе весе'лїя, в ра'дость сн~омъ і^и^л~евыM. пома'за лице свое ма'стїю,

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For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him: but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.

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и^ съплете власы главы` свое^я поD ми'трђ на прелще'нїе е^го,

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For she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with ointment, and bound her hair in a tire, and took a linen garment to deceive him.

⁹

плесни'цы е^я` въсхити'ша ѓ%чи е^го. красота` е^я` ё^лови дш~ђ е^го. и^ эTсњче мече'мъ главђ` е^го”

⁹

Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty took his mind prisoner, and the fauchion passed through his neck.

¹⁰

Оу^страши'шася лю'дїе прьстїи крњ'пости е^я, и^ лю'дїе меDстїи дерзости е^я`”

¹⁰

The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.

¹¹

Тогда` възопи'ша по'лки а^сирїистїи, внегда` ја^ви'шася смире'нїи мои` погиба'юще жа'ждею.

¹¹

Then my afflicted shouted for joy, and my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished: these lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.

¹²

сн~ове ю%нотъ поби'ша и^хъ, и^ ја%ко ѓ%трокъ бњжа'щихъ закла'ша и^хъ, і^ и^згибо'ша въ ѓ^полче'нїи преD лицемъ г~а б~а мое^го.

¹²

The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugitives' children: they perished by the battle of my Lord.

¹³

пњ'снь въспоеM влDцњ г~ђ пњснь но'вђ пои^мъ б~ђ на'шемђ” А$дона'и г~ь вели'къ е^си т^ы, и^ пресвњтелъ в си'лњ, е^гоже ѓ^долњти никтоже мо'жетъ.

¹³

I will sing unto my God a new song: O Lord, thou art great and glorious, wonderful in strength, and invincible.

¹⁴

тебњ слђжитъ все творе'нїе твое. ја%ко рече и^ бы'ша посла дх~ъ свои и^ създа'шася. и^ нsњ противля'ющагося гла'сђ твое^мђ”

¹⁴

Let all creatures serve thee: for thou spakest, and they were made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, and it created them, and there is none that can resist thy voice.

¹⁵

Горы эT ѓ^снова'нїя дви'гнђтся съ водами, ка'менїе ја%ко во'скъ раста'етъ преD лице'мъ твои^мъ”

¹⁵

For the mountains shall be moved from their foundations with the waters, the rocks shall melt as wax at thy presence: yet thou art merciful to them that fear thee.

¹⁶

И$ боя'щїи же ся тебе г~и, вели'цы бђдђт# преD тобо'ю вы'нђ”

¹⁶

For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savour unto thee, and all the fat is not sufficient for thy burnt offering: but he that feareth the Lord is great at all times.

¹⁷

Го'ре ја^зы'кђ въста'ющемђ на лю'ди моя`. г~ь ё^бо всемогїи эTмще'нїе възда'стъ и^мъ. и^ въ дн~ь сђдныи посњти'тъ и^хъ, дая` ѓ%гнь и^ че'рвь въ пло'ть и^хъ, да жгђщися терпя'тъ въ вњ'ки”

¹⁷

Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever.

¹⁸

И$ бы'сть по ѓ^долњ'нїи, и^ вси лю'дїе снидо'шаs въ і^ерsлимъ поклони'тися г~ђ б~ђ” И$ а'бїе по ѓ^чище'нїи принесо'ша всясож#же'нїя, и^ жрътвы ѓ^бњща'нїя”

¹⁸

Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped the Lord; and as soon as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings, and their free offerings, and their gifts.

¹⁹

И$ю^ди'џъ же вся съсђды бра'нныя ѓ^лофе'рновы ја%же да'ша е'и людїе, и^ завњсђ ю%же сама взя` даде` въ прокля'тїе вњчнаго въспомина'нїя”

¹⁹

Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto God.

²⁰

И$ бы'ша лю'дїе веселя'щеся ра'достїю по чи'нђ ст~ыхъ, и^ три мsцы ра'дость сего ѓ^долњ'нїя празнова'ша съ и^ю^ди'џою”

²⁰

So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for the space of three months, and Judith remained with them.

²¹

По днехъ же сиX е^ді'нъ ко'жDо ѓ^брати'ся въ своя си” И ю^ди'џъ вели'ка бы'сть въ виџђлїи и^ просла'вися и%мя ея` въ все'и земли` і^и^л~евњ”

²¹

After this time every one returned to his own inheritance, and Judith went to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was in her time honourable in all the country.

²²

Поне'же дана` бы'сть е'и чистота къ красотњ е^я`, и^ не позна` мђж'а во вся дн~и живота свое^го, по ё^мертвїи манасеи мђж'а е^я`”

²²

And many desired her, but none knew her all the days of her life, after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his people.

²³

И$ въ дн~и пра'здника хожда'ше съ вели'кою сла'вою” Пребы'сть же в домђ мђж'а свое^го лњтъ, р~е, и^ ѓ^ста'ви а%брђ рабђ` свою` свобоDнђ” И$ ё'мре і^ё^ди'џъ и^ погребе'на со мђж'емъ своиM въ виџђлїи”

²³

But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in her husband's house, being an hundred and five years old, and made her maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.

²⁴

И$ пла'кашася е^я` вси лю'дїе, з~, дн~їи”

²⁴

And the house of Israel lamented her seven days: and before she died, she did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to them that were the nearest of her kindred.

²⁵

Въ всњхъ же дн~ехъ живота` е^я`, не бысть смђща'ющаго людїи і^и^л~евыхъ” Но и^ по смр~ти е^я лњта многа” дн~ь же пра'зDника сего ѓ^долњ'нїа эT е^вре'и в число` ст~ымъ дн~емъ прие'млется, и^ празнђется и^ми да'же и^ до днесь”

²⁵

And there was none that made the children of Israel any more afraid in the days of Judith, nor a long time after her death.