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И# бhсть въ мцcэ нісaнэ лёта двадесsтагw ґртаxeрxа царS, и3 віно2 бЁ предо мн0ю: и3 взsхъ віно2 и3 дaхъ царю2, и3 не бЁ и4нъ пред8 ни1мъ.

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And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave it to the king: and there was not another before him.

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И# речe ми цaрь: чесw2 рaди лицE твоE приск0рбно є4сть, ґ нёси болёзнуzй; и3 нёсть сіE, рaзвэ ск0рбь сeрдца. И# ўбоsхсz ѕэлw2

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And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

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и3 рек0хъ царю2: царю2, во вёки живи2: кaкw не бhти приск0рбну лицY моемY, понeже грaдъ, д0мъ гробHвъ nтє1цъ мои1хъ њпустЁ, и3 вратA є3гw2 сожжє1на сyть nгнeмъ.

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and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?

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И# речe ми цaрь: почто2 њ сeмъ ты2 вопрошaеши; И# помоли1хсz гDу бGу нбcному

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And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

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и3 рек0хъ ко царю2: ѓще царю2 ви1дитсz блaго, и3 ѓще ўг0денъ бyдетъ рaбъ тв0й пред8 тоб0ю, да п0слеши менE во їудeю, во грaдъ гробHвъ nтє1цъ мои1хъ, и3 возсози1жду є3го2.

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And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, I ask that thou wouldest send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.

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Речe же ми2 цaрь, и3 нал0жница сэдsше бли1з8 є3гw2: до к0егw врeмене бyдетъ пyть тв0й, и3 когдA возврати1шисz; И# ўг0дно бhсть пред8 лицeмъ царeвымъ, и3 послa мz, и3 положи1хъ є3мY врeмz.

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And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? and the proposal was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.

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И# рек0хъ царю2: ѓще царю2 ви1дитсz блaго, дaждь мнЁ послaніе ко воев0дамъ стрaнъ за рэк0ю, да преведyтъ менE, д0ндеже пріидY во їудeю,

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And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;

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и3 послaніе ко ґсaфу стрaжу дубрaвы царeвы, да дaстъ ми2 древA покрhти вратA столпA д0му, и3 на стёны гр†дныхz, и3 на д0мъ, въ џньже вни1ду. И# дадe ми цaрь, ћкоже рукA б9іz бlгaz (бЁ) со мн0ю.

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and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God was upon me.

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И# пріид0хъ ко воев0дамъ стрaнъ за рэк0ю и3 дaхъ и5мъ послaніе царeво: послa же цaрь со мн0ю начaлники си1лы и3 кHнницы.

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And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)

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И# ўслhша санаваллaтъ ґрwнjтинъ и3 тwвjа рaбъ ґммwнjтинъ, и3 ѕло2 и4ма бhсть, ћкw пріи1де человёкъ взыскaти блaга сыновHмъ ї}лєвымъ.

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And Sanaballat the Aronite heard it, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.

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И# пріид0хъ во їеrли1мъ и3 бhхъ тY три2 дни6.

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So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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И# востaхъ н0щію ѓзъ и3 мyжіе не мн0зи со мн0ю, и3 ни комyже возвэсти1хъ, что2 бGъ даeтъ въ сeрдце моE сотвори1ти со ї}лемъ, и3 скотA не бЁ со мн0ю, т0кмw ск0тъ, на нeмже ѓзъ сэдsхъ.

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And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

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И# внид0хъ во вратA ю3д0ли н0щію, ко ќстію и3ст0чника смок0вничнагw и3 ко вратHмъ гнHйнымъ, и3 бhхъ размышлsz њ стэнЁ їеrли1мстэй разорeнэй и3 њ вратaхъ є3гw2 поzдeныхъ nгнeмъ.

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And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.

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И# пріид0хъ ко вратHмъ и3ст0чника и3 ко купёли царeвэ, и3 не бhсть мёста скотY, на нeмже сэдsхъ, да пр0йдетъ.

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And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.

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И# взыд0хъ на стёну пот0ка н0щію, и3 размышлsхъ њ стэнЁ, и3 бёхъ во вратёхъ ю3д0ли, и3 возврати1хсz.

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And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.

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Стрегyщіи же не вёдzху, кaмw ходи1хъ и3 что2 ѓзъ творю2, и3 їудewмъ и3 свzщeнникwмъ, и3 честны6мъ и3 воев0дамъ и3 пр0чымъ творsщымъ дэлA дaже до тогдA не сказaхъ.

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And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told it not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest of the men who wrought the works.

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И# рек0хъ и5мъ: вы2 ви1дите њѕлоблeніе сіE, въ нeмже є3смы2, кaкw їеrли1мъ њпустошeнъ, и3 вратA є3гw2 прє1дана nгню2: пріиди1те, и3 сози1ждемъ стёны їеrли1ма, и3 не бyдемъ ктомY въ поношeніе.

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Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.

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И# сказaхъ и5мъ рyку б9ію, ћже є4сть бlгA со мн0ю, и3 словесA царє1ва, ±же глаг0ла мнЁ, и3 рек0хъ: востaнемъ и3 сози1ждемъ. И# ўкрэпи1шасz рyцы и4хъ во благ0е.

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And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good work.

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И# ўслhша санаваллaтъ ґрwнjтинъ и3 тwвjа рaбъ ґммwнjтинъ и3 гисaмъ ґравjтинъ, и3 посмэsшасz нaмъ, и3 пріид0ша къ нaмъ, и3 ўничижи1ша, и3 рек0ша: что2 дёло сіE, є4же вы2 творитE; є3дA вы2 проти1ву царS tметaетесz;

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And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard it, and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What is this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?

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И# воздaхъ и5мъ сл0во и3 рек0хъ къ ни6мъ: бGъ нб7сE, т0й бlгопоспэши1тъ нaмъ, и3 мы2 раби2 є3гw2 чи1стіи, (востaнемъ) и3 сози1ждемъ: вaмъ же нёсть чaсти и3 прaвды и3 пaмzти во їеrли1мэ.

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And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.