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И# послaша къ немY послaнникwвъ словесы2 ми1рными, глаг0люще:

¹

So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,

²

сE, мы2 џтроцы навуходон0сора царS вели1кагw повергaемсz пред8 тоб0ю, ўпотреби2 нaсъ, ћкоже ўг0дно є4сть лицY твоемY:

²

Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.

³

сE, сeла н†ша, и3 всsкое мёсто нaше, и3 всE п0ле пшени1цъ, и3 w4вчіz и3 волHвыz стадA, и3 вс‰ њгр†ды селeній нaшихъ, сyть пред8 лицeмъ твои1мъ, ўпотреби2, ћкоже ўг0дно тебЁ:

³

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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сE, и3 грaди нaши, и3 живyщіи въ ни1хъ раби2 твои2 сyть: шeдъ срёти и5хъ, ћкоже є4сть блaго пред8 nчи1ма твои1ма.

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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# пріид0ша мyжіе ко nлофeрну и3 возвэсти1ша є3мY по словесeмъ си6мъ.

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So the men came to Holofernes, and declared unto him after this manner.

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И# сни1де на пом0ріе сaмъ и3 си1ла є3гw2, и3 ўтверди2 стрaжею грaды высHкіz и3 взS и3з8 ни1хъ на споборeніе мужeй и3збрaнныхъ.

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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# пріsша є3го2 тjи и3 вс‰ њкрє1стнаz и4хъ съ вэнцaми и3 ли6ки и3 тmмп†ны.

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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# разори2 вс‰ предёлы и4хъ, и3 дубр†вы и4хъ и3зсэчE. И# бЁ заповёдано є3мY и3стреби1ти всёхъ богHвъ земли2, ћкw да самомY є3ди1ному навуходон0сору послyжатъ вси2 р0ди и3 вси2 kзhцы, и3 вс‰ племенA и4хъ да призывaютъ є3го2 въ б0га.

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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# пріи1де на лицE є3сдрилHна бли1з8 дwтeи, ћже є4сть проти1ву вели1кіz пилы2 їудeи,

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Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.

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и3 њполчи1сz междY гавaемъ и3 скЂfскимъ грaдомъ, и3 бЁ тaмw мцcъ днjй, ко є4же собрaти всsкій припaсъ си1лы своеS.

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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.