¹

Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead.

¹

И$ въста і^ё'да нарица'емыи мак#каве'и сн~ъ е^го в# него мњсто,

²

And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.

²

и^ помагахђ е^мђ вс^и братїя е^го, и^ вс^и е^лицы прилᲇпишася къ эTц~ђ е^го. и^ ѓ^полчахђся ѓ^полченїемъ і^и^л~ь съ веселїемъ.

³

So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.

³

и^ распросᲄрани славђ лю'деM свои^мъ, и^ ѓ^блечеся въ броня ја%ко гигантъ. и^ препоа'сася ѓ^рђжїем# бра'ни свое'я въ ѓ^полченїих#, и^ защищаше ѓ^полченїя мечемъ свои^мъ.

⁴

In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey.

⁴

и^ ё^подобися львђ въ дњлехъ свои^хъ и^ ја%ко скљ=менъ рыка'ющъ в ловитвњ.

⁵

For he pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt up those that vexed his people.

⁵

и^ погони беꙁаконныя и^спыᲄа'яи смђща'ющихᲆ лю'ди е^го пож#же пла'менеM

⁶

Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.

⁶

и възвращени сђть беꙁаконїи эT сᲄраха е^го, и^ вс^и дњ'латели беꙁако'нїа смятошася. и^ ё^правлено е^сть спsенїе въ рђкђ е^го.

⁷

He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed for ever.

⁷

и^ ѓ^горчи цр~и мно'ги и^ въꙁвесели і^а'кова въ дњлехъ своиX, и^ въ вњки па'мять е^го въ блsвенїе”

⁸

Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:

⁸

и^ прохожаше гра'ды і^ё'дины, и^ погђби нечьстивыхъ эT нихъ. и^ ѓ^брати гнњвъ эT і^и^л~я.

⁹

so that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.

⁹

і^ и^меновася даy до послњдниX ꙁемли, и^ собра погибаю^щихъ”

¹⁰

Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.

¹⁰

И собра а^пол#лонъ ја^зы'ки эT самарїя силђ ве'лїю е^же ратова'ти на і^и^л~я”

¹¹

Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.

¹¹

И$ поꙁна і^ё'да и^ꙁыиде вᲆ срњтенїе е^мђ. и^ порази е^го и^ ё^би того, и^ падоша ја^звенїи, но'ѕи и^ прочїи побњгоша.

¹²

Wherefore Judas took their spoils, and Apollonius' sword also, and therewith he fought all his life long.

¹²

и^ взятъ корисᲄи и^хъ. и^ мечъ а^пол#лоновᲆ эTја%тъ і^ё'да, и^ бысть вою^ю'щи иM вс^я дн~и”

¹³

Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war;

¹³

И$ слы'ша серонъ началникъ во'и сљ=ръскиX, ја%ко собра і^ё%да съвокђпленїе и^ цр~ковᲆ вњрныX с ниM изыиде вᲆ брань”

¹⁴

he said, I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom; for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, who despise the king's commandment.

¹⁴

и^ реq сътворю себњ и%мя и^ прославлюся въ црsтвїи, и^ поборю і^ё'дђ и^ сђщиX с ниM, и^ ё^ничижа'ющиX слово цр~ево.

¹⁵

So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.

¹⁵

и^ ё^готовася и^ приложися е^же въꙁы'ити. и^ вꙁыиде с нимъ полкъ нечестивыхъ крњпокъ по'мощи е^мђ и^ сътворити эTм#щенїа на сн~ехъ і^и^л~евыхъ.

¹⁶

And when he came near to the going up of Bethhoron, Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:

¹⁶

и^ приближися даже до въсхода веџороnска. і^ и^ꙁыиде і^ё'да въ сретенїе е^мђ въ малњ”

¹⁷

who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?

¹⁷

ЈА/коже ви'дњша полкъ грядђщїи въ срњтенїе и^мъ, рњша і^ё'дњ како мо'жемъ в# мали сђще ѓ^полчатися противђ мно'жества сегоᲄоль крњпка, и^ м^ы ё^трђжени е^смы` постомᲆ днsь”

¹⁸

Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company;

¹⁸

И$ рече і^ё'да, ё^добᲆ е^сть ѓ^бъя'ти мно'гихъ въ рђкђ малыхъ” И$ нњсть раꙁньсᲄва преD бм~ъ нбsнымъ спsти въ мно'ѕњ и^ въ ма'ле.

¹⁹

for the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven.

¹⁹

ја%ко не въ мно'жествњ во'и ѓ^долњнїя брани е^сть, н^о эT нб~си крњпость.

²⁰

They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:

²⁰

сїи грядђтъ къ намъ въ мно'жествњ клятвы безаконїа. е^же расто'ргнђти насъ и^ же'ны на'ша и^ чада наша, е^же скориствовати нами.

²¹

but we fight for our lives and our laws.

²¹

м^ы бо ѓ^полча'емся за дш~а наша и^ законы наша.

²²

Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.

²²

и^ самъ г~ь съкрђшитъ и^хъ преD лицемъ на'шимъ, вы же не ё^страша'итеся и^хъ”

²³

Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leaped suddenly upon them, and so Seron and his host were overthrown before him.

²³

ЈА/коже преста гл~ати, и^ наскочи на нихъ въскорњ, и^ сътреся сиронъ и^ во'и его преD нимᲆ.

²⁴

And they pursued them from the going down of Bethhoron unto the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them; and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.

²⁴

и^ погна` е^го въ нисхожденїе веџора, даже до поля. и^ падоша эT нихъ ја%ко и~, сотъ мђжъ. прочїи же побњгоша вᲆ ꙁемлю филистима,

²⁵

Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren, and exceeding great dread, to fall upon the nations round about them:

²⁵

и^ нападе страX і^ё'дин#, и^ братїи е^го и^ бо'яꙁнь на вся` ја^ꙁыки ѓ%крsтъ и^хъ.

²⁶

insomuch as his fame came unto the king, and all nations talked of the battles of Judas.

²⁶

и^ прїиде до цр~я и^мя е^го, и^ ѓ^ ѓ^полченїи і^ё'динњ повњда'хђ вс^и ја^ꙁы'цы.

²⁷

Now when king Antiochus heard these things, he was full of indignation: wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, even a very strong army.

²⁷

ја%коже слы'ша цр~ь а^нтїѓхъ словеса сїя. прогнњвася дш~ею и^ посла` и^ сᲆбра во'и всего црsтва свое^го полкъ крњпокъ ѕњло,

²⁸

He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.

²⁸

эTверꙁе сокровище свое и^ дасᲄь ѓ^броки вои'номъ въ лњто. и^ ꙁаповњда и^мъ в лњто быти готовомъ на всякђ потребђ”

²⁹

Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;

²⁹

И$ ви'дњ ја^ко ѓ^скђдᲇ сребро` эT съкровища, и^ дани эT страn ма'ли. ради расхожDенїя и^ ја%ꙁвы ја%же сътвори въ земли да возметъ ꙁаконная и^же бяхђ эT пр'ьвыхъ дн~їи”

³⁰

he feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.

³⁰

и^ ё^страшися да не и^мње^т# и^ е^ді'ною и^ дважды въ расходы, и^ дая'нїя ја%же дая' преже пространною рђкою” і^ и^зъбытъчествова паче цр~еи бывшихъ прежде

³¹

Wherefore, being greatly perplexed in his mind, he determined to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.

³¹

въꙁнеся дш~ею ѕњло, и^ помысли и^ти` въ персидђ. и^ прїяти да'ни стра'нъ и^ събра'ти сребра` мно'го”

³²

So he left Lysias, a nobleman, and one of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt:

³²

И$ ѓ^ста'ви лисїю чл~ка пресла'вна эT ро'да цр~ьствїя наD ве'щми црsкими, эT рњки` е^фра'та да'же до рњки` е^гљ=пта.

³³

and to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.

³³

и^ пита'ти а^нтиѓ'ха сн~а свое^го, до'ндеже ѓ^брати'тся са'мъ.

³⁴

Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem;

³⁴

и^ предаде` е^мђ полъ си'лъ и^ сло'новъ” и^ заповњда е^мђ ѓ^ всXњ и^хже съвњща` и^ ѓ^ ѓ^бита'ющиX въ і^ё^деи і^ и^ерsлі'мњ”

³⁵

to wit, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away their memorial from that place;

³⁵

посла'ти на ни'хъ е^же съкрђши'ти і^ и^сто'ргнђти крњпость і^и^л~евђ, и^ ѓ^ста'нки і^ерsлима, и^ эTяти па'мять и^хъ эT мњста,

³⁶

and that he should place strangers in all their quarters, and divide their land by lot.

³⁶

и^ всели'ти сн~овᲆ и^норо'дныхъ въ всњхъ предњлехъ и^хъ, и^ по жребїю раздњли'ти землю и^хъ”

³⁷

So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and departed from Antioch, his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh year; and he passed the river Euphrates, and went through the high countries.

³⁷

И$ цр~ь въспрїятъ полъ си'лы ѓ^ста'вшихъ, і^ и^зы'иде эT а^нтиѓ^хїи эT гра'да црsтва свое^го, лњта рм~з” и^ пре'иде е^фра'тъ рњкђ` и^ прохожа'ше въ вы'шняя стра'ны”

³⁸

Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends:

³⁸

І$ и^збра лисїю п#толоме'я сн~а доримеѓ'ва, и^ никано'ра и^ горгїя мђжи си'лнїи эT дрђгъ цр~евыхъ,

³⁹

and with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand horsemen, to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, as the king commanded.

³⁹

и^ посла` с ни'ми, Wм~ мђжїи, и^ Wз~. ко'н#никъ. е^же ити` в зе'млю і^ё'динђ и^ растли'ти ю& по словеси` цр~ьскђ”

⁴⁰

So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.

⁴⁰

И$ эTше'дше съ всею си'лою своею и^ прїидоша и^ ста'ша близᲆ е^м#маё'мA в ꙁемли` польстњ”

⁴¹

And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took silver and gold very much, with servants, and came into the camp to buy the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land of the Philistines joined themselves unto them.

⁴¹

И$ слы'шаша кђп#цы` сᲄраны` тоя и^мя и^х#, и^ взя'шA зла'то и^ сребро` мно'го ѕњло и^ ѓ'троки и^ прїидо'ша въ станы` да прїимђтъ сн~овъ і^и^л~евыхъ въ рабы`. и^ приложи'шася к нимъ во'и сљ=ръскїя и^ земли` и^ноплеменникъ”

⁴²

Now when Judas and his brethren saw that miseries were multiplied, and that the forces did encamp themselves in their borders; for they knew how the king had given commandment to destroy the people, and utterly abolish them;

⁴²

И$ ви'дњ і^ё^да и^ бра'тїя е^го ја%ко ё^мно'жишася ѕла'я. и^ вои` приближа'шеся къ предњломъ и^хъ, и^ позна'ша словеса` цр~ва и^же повелњ лю'демъ сътвори'ти в погђбле'нїе и^ сконча'нїе”

⁴³

they said one to another, Let us restore the decayed estate of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.

⁴³

И$ рече ко'ждо къ и%скренемђ свое^мђ, въста'нњмъ за и^згна'нїя людїи нашиX и^ ѓ^полча'е^мся за люди на'ша и^ ст~ыя”

⁴⁴

Then the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.

⁴⁴

И$ собра'ся сонмъ е^же бы'ти гото'вомъ къ ѓ^полъче'нїю. и^ е^же моли'ти и^ проси'ти млsти и^ щедро'тъ”

⁴⁵

Now Jerusalem was laid void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.

⁴⁵

І$ и^ерsли'м# б^њ беꙁъѓ^би'теленъ а^ки пђстъ. и^ не бњ въходя' и и^сходя'и эT рода е^го и^ ст~ая попра'шася, и^ сн~ве и^нороDныX въ краю`. бы'сть ѓ^бита'нїе ја^зы'ком# и^ взя'ся веселїе эT і^а'кова, і^ ѓ^скђдњ тђ` сопњль и^ гђсли”

⁴⁶

Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.

⁴⁶

И$ собра'шася и^ прїидо'ша въ маси'фђ проти'вђ і^ерsлі'мђ, ја%ко мњсто мл~твы въ масифе прьвње і^и^л~ю”

⁴⁷

Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,

⁴⁷

И$ пости'шаs того дни` и^ ѓ^блеко'шася въ врњтища и^ пепелъ посы'паша на главы своя, и^ растеръза'ша ѓ^дњя'нїя своя.

⁴⁸

and laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.

⁴⁸

и^ распростро'ша кни'гђ зако'нђ эT ниXже и^спыта'хђ ја^зы'цы написа'ти на ни'хъ подо'бїя и%долъ свои^хъ.

⁴⁹

They brought also the priest's garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.

⁴⁹

и^ принесо'ша ри'зы святи'тельскїя и^ прьворо'дныя и^ десяти'ны. и^ въздви'гнђша назаре'я иже наплъниша дн~и,

⁵⁰

Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?

⁵⁰

и^ възопи'ша гла'сомъ ве'лїимъ на нб~о рекђщи. чт^о сътвори'мъ симъ и^ гдњ и^хъ въведе'мъ,

⁵¹

For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.

⁵¹

и^ ст~ая твоя попра'шася и^ ѓ^скврънишася, и^ сщ~енницы ᲄвои` вᲆ ско'рби и^ смире'нїю.

⁵²

And, lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.

⁵²

и^ се ја^зы'цы събра'шася на' ны да расто'ргнђтъ насъ, ты` вњси и^же помышля'ютъ на на'съ.

⁵³

How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?

⁵³

ка'ко мо'жеM потерпњти преD лицемъ ихъ, а^ще не ты помо'жеши намъ”

⁵⁴

Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.

⁵⁴

и^ въстрђби'ша и^ възопи'ша гла'сомъ ве'лїимъ”

⁵⁵

And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.

⁵⁵

И$ посе'м# поста'ви і^ё^да вое^во'ды людїи, ты'сящники и^ со'тники, пятьдеся'тники, и^ десятонача'лники

⁵⁶

But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.

⁵⁶

и^ реq. съѕида'ющиM домы`, и^ ѓ^брђча'ющиM же'ны и^ садя'щимъ виногра'ды, и^ ё^жасныM възврати'тися комђждо в доM свои по зако'нђ.

⁵⁷

So the camp removed, and pitched upon the south side of Emmaus.

⁵⁷

и^ въздви'гнђша ѓ^плъче'нїя, и^ поста'виша на юh е^м#маё'мA”

⁵⁸

And Judas said, Arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:

⁵⁸

И$ рече і^ё'да, препояши'теся и^ бђдњте въ сн~ы си'лны, и^ бђдњте ё^гото'вани въ заё'трїе ѓ^полчи'тися на ја%зы'ки сїя и^же събра'шаs расᲄерза'ти насᲆ и^ ст~ая наша.

⁵⁹

for it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.

⁵⁹

ја%ко лђче е^сть наM ё^мрњти въ бра'ни, неже' ви'дњти ѕла'я людїи нашихъ и^ ст~ыхъ.

⁶⁰

Nevertheless, as the will of God is in heaven, so let him do.

⁶⁰

ја%коy во'ля бђдеT въ нб~си та'ко сътвориT”