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Then Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily into the towns, and called their kinsfolks together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews' religion, and assembled about six thousand men.

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И$ ё'да же маккаве'и і^ и'же с ниM внидоша та'ино въ се'ла, и^ призыва'хђ сроDники. и^ пребыва'ющихъ въ і^ё^де'исᲄвњ прїемляхђ. и^ събра`ша Wѕ~ мђж'їи,

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And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was trodden down of all; and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men;

²

и^ призы`вахђ г~а призрити на' люди эT всњхъ попира'емыхᲆ. ѓ^чисти же и^ храмъ эT нечестивыхъ чл~къ ѓ^скверняемыи.

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and that he would have compassion upon the city, sore defaced, and ready to be made even with the ground; and hear the blood that cried unto him,

³

помиловати же і^ ѓ^пђстњныи граD, и^ хотящїи ра'вно ѓ%трокомъ бы'ти” и^ гласъ кро'ви вопїю'щихъ к тебᲇ ё^слы'ши.

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and remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blasphemies committed against his name; and that he would shew his hatred against the wicked.

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помяни же и^ зако'нопрестђпныхъ погђбленїя и%мже ѓ%троки непови'н#ныя погђби'ша, и^ бы'вшиX хђленїи на и^мя твое, и^ възненави'дњ лђкавъства”

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Now when Maccabeus had his company about him, he could not be withstood by the heathen: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.

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Бысᲄь же въ събра'нїю маккаве'и, и^ непостоа'ненъ ја^ꙁы'комъ бысть. гнњвъ б^о гн~ь въ ми'лость ѓ^братися,

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Therefore he came at unawares, and burnt up towns and cities, and got into his hands the most commodious places, and overcame and put to flight no small number of his enemies.

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и^ напада'хђ на веси и^ грады беꙁъвњстно и^ сожига'хђ. и^ бл~говременна мњста възимающе, не ма'ла паденїя чл~коM сътвори'ша.

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But specially took he advantage of the night for such privy attempts, insomuch that the bruit of his manliness was spread every where.

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на'ипаче вᲆ но'щи сїе съдњла'нїе быва'ше. и^ бесњда мђж'ества е^го прохожда'ше всюдђ”

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So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little, and that things prospered with him still more and more, he wrote unto Ptolemeus, the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, to yield more aid to the king's affairs.

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Ви'дя же филиппъ пома'лђ грядђща мђжA въ кори'сть, ча'стње же въ бл~годн~ьствїе слђчи'ся е^мђ преспњвати. къ птоломею вое^во'дњ ё^до'ли сљ=рїи і^ финикїи, писа` помощи` цр~ьскомђ повелњнїю.

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Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.

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ѓ%н же скоро посла никано'ра сн~а патроклова прьвњ'ишихъ дрђгъ даде е^мђ эT пам#филїискыхъ ја^зы'кᲆ ѓ^рђженыX во'инъ, Wк~, да весь і^ё^де'искїи роD и^збїюT. посла' же и^ горгїя мђжа стратига и^ въ бранехъ преё^чена”

¹⁰

So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the captive Jews, as should defray the tribute of two thousand talents, which the king was to pay to the Romans.

¹⁰

Поста'ви же ника'норъ да'нь цр~ю и^же ри'мляномᲆ даа'ше, Wв~, талантъ эT плњненїя і^ё^де'и испо'лнити”

¹¹

Wherefore immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews, and promising that they should have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent, not expecting the vengeance that was to follow upon him from the Almighty God.

¹¹

А/бїе же въ помо'рьскїя гра'ды посла` созыва'ющи на кђпленїе і^ё^де'ѓv связневъ, ѓ^бњща'ющися, ч~, ё%зниковᲆ на талантᲆ да'ти. не зря'щи на м#щенїе послњдђ'ющее е^мђ эT вседръжителя”

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Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor's coming, and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand,

¹²

І$ё'дњ же възвњщено б^њ ѓ^ пришествїи никаноровњ, презира'юще свое ѓ^полченїе пришествїа е^го ради,

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they that were fearful, and distrusted the justice of God, fled, and conveyed themselves away.

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ё^жасшеся и^ не вњ'роваша бж~їю эTм#щенїю, эTбњго'ша во и^но мњсто.

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Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord to deliver them, being sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together:

¹⁴

и^нїи же ѓ^ста'вшая вс^я продая'хђ, въкђпњ же г~а моля'хђ да и^зба'витъ иX эT нечесᲄи'ваго никанора, и^же преже неже полђчи прода'де,

¹⁵

and if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name's sake, by which they were called.

¹⁵

и^ а^ще не и^хъ ради н^о ради ꙁавњта и^же бысть къ эTц~емъ и^хъ. и^ призванїа ради честнаго и^ великолњпаго и^мени е^го на нихъ”

¹⁶

So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongfully against them; but to fight manfully,

¹⁶

Собра же меккаве'и и^же ѓ%крsтъ его, Wѕ~. моля'ше да не ё^жаснђтся эT сђпроᲄивникъ. ниже да ё^страшаTся безако'нно грядђщиX на ся враговъ мно'жество. н^о крњп#ко проти'витися

¹⁷

and to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:

¹⁷

преD ѓ^чи'ма и^мњ'ющи досади'теlства, и^же мњсᲄо ст~ое и%ми вᲆ зло ѓ^бращено. и^ посмњя'нїа града и^ ѓ^скверненїе е^ще же и^ прароди'тельскїя за'повњди попра'нїе.

¹⁸

For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the Almighty God, who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.

¹⁸

ѓ^ни б^о ѓ^рђжїемъ надњюTся, рњша дръзостне. мы же на вседръжи'теля б~а могђщаго и^ грядђщихъ на на'съ и^ весь ми'ръ е^ді'нымъ манове'нїемъ ниꙁложи'ти надњ'емся.

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Moreover he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found, and how they were delivered, when under Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand perished.

¹⁹

накаꙁа' же и^хъ ѓ^ застђпленїи бы'вшихᲆ въ прародителехъ. і^ е^же поD сенахеримом#, рп~е тысящь ја%ко погибо'ша.

²⁰

And he told them of the battle that they had in Babylon with the Galatians, how they came but eight thousand in all to the business, with four thousand Macedonians, and that the Macedonians being perplexed, the eight thousand destroyed an hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven, and so received a great booty.

²⁰

и^ въ вављ=лонњ к нимъ гала'товъ ѓ^полченїе быvшее, ја%ко вс^и вᲆ бра'нь прїидо'шA и%хже б^њ, Wи~, съ македо'няны, эT ниX же, Wд~, македо'няn эTчая'шаs. по семъ сїи, Wи~. р~к. тисящᲆ поби'ша по'мощи ради да'нныя и^мъ эT нб~си, и^ полꙁђ мно'гђ взя'ша”

²¹

Thus when he had made them bold with these words, and ready to die for the laws and the country, he divided his army into four parts;

²¹

СиX ра'ди въспомяновенїи дръꙁостныX поста'ви и^ готовыхъ ё^мрњти ꙁако'нъ раd и^ эTч~ества” Четверо ча'стне же во'и посᲄа'ви,

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and joined with himself his own brethren, leaders of each band, to wit, Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving each one fifteen hundred men.

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в#чини же и^ бра'тїю свою вое^водами по сᲄране чі'на, сі'мона і^ и^ѓ^си'фа і^ и^ѓ^наџа'на. поDда же комђждо иX ты'сящђ и^ пя'ть сотъ.

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Also he appointed Eleazar to read the holy book: and when he had given them this watchword, The help of God: himself leading the first band, he joined battle with Nicanor.

²³

е^ще же и^ е^лїа^ꙁара чести` ст~ђю кни'гђ, и^ дасть зна'менїе по'мощи бж~їа, и^ въ перво'м# стрњтенїи самъ вое^во'да срњтеся съ никаноромъ.

²⁴

And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanor's host, and so put all to flight;

²⁴

бысть же и^мъ всемогђщїи съпоборник#, и^ ё^би'ша воиn бо'ле, Wџ~. ја%звеныхъ же и^ безъё%дныX бо'льшђю ча'сть сᲆтвори'ша во'и никаноровыхъ, всњх же в# бњгъство понђди'ша.

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and took their money that came to buy them, and pursued them far: but lacking time they returned:

²⁵

сребреники ѓ^ бы'вшеM кђпленїю и^хъ взя'ша.

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for it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.

²⁶

гони'ша же и^хъ ѕњлно и^ поби'ша, ё^ста' же и^хъ эT времени заключены” бњ б^о преже сђботы сея ради вины не медлњша гоня'ще иX.

²⁷

So when they had gathered their armour together, and spoiled their enemies, they occupied themselves about the sabbath, yielding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them unto that day, which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them.

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ѓ^рђжїя же иX и^ коры'сти събира'ющи, сђботђ дњяхђ блsвящи і^ и^сповњда'ю^щися гв~и сп~съшаго иX въ дн~ь сїи, и^ нача'ло млsти въчини'вшаго и^мъ.

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And after the sabbath, when they had given part of the spoils to the maimed, and the widows, and orphans, the residue they divided among themselves and their servants.

²⁸

по сђботњ же не'мощнымъ и^ сиротаM и^ вдовамъ и^ ѓ^би'димымъ раздњли'ша коры'сти, про'чая же съ ѓ%троки свои^ми раздњли'ша.

²⁹

When this was done, and they had made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with his servants for ever.

²⁹

сїи и^ съдњја%вшїи ѓ^бщђю мл~твђ сътвори'ша, млрsдаго г~а мл~ящи въ конецъ примњритися рабомъ свои^мъ”

³⁰

Moreover of those that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, they slew above twenty thousand, and very easily got high and strong holds, and divided among themselves many spoils more, and made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in spoils with themselves.

³⁰

И$ сђщихъ съ тимоџе'ѓмъ и^ вакхидомъ ја%ша и^ ё^би'ша боле Wк~. и^ тверды'ня вы'шняя въздержа'ша, и^ многA плњне'нїя раꙁдњли'ша равночастне себњ, и^ не'мощнымᲆ и^ сиротаM и^ вдоваM е^ще же и^ презви'теромъ съᲄвори'ша.

³¹

And when they had gathered their armour together, they laid them up all carefully in convenient places, and the remnant of the spoils they brought to Jerusalem.

³¹

събравше же ѓ^рђжїя и^хъ прилњжне вся положи'ша в мњстехъ бл~говре'мен#ныхъ” Про'чая же коры'сти вᲆ і^ерsлимъ принесо'ша.

³²

They slew also Philarches, that wicked person, who was with Timotheus, and had annoyed the Jews many ways.

³²

и^ филархина тимоџе'ѓва ё^би'ша мђжа непреподо'бнњиша, и^же мно'гихъ і^ё^де'ѓв# ѓ^ѕло'бльша.

³³

Furthermore at such time as they kept the feast for the victory in their country they burnt Callisthenes, and some others that had set fire upon the holy gates, who had fled into a little house; and they received a reward meet for their wickedness.

³³

праꙁнђю'щи же дн~и побњды въ эTч~ествњ, ꙁаже'гшаго сщ~енныя врата, калистена ја^ша ёбњгшаго въ е^ді'нђ кђщицђ и^ досто'инђю м#здђ нечестїю е^го възда'ша.

³⁴

As for that most ungracious Nicanor, who had brought a thousand merchants to buy the Jews,

³⁴

преклятњ'ишїи же никано'ръ и^же ты'сђща кђпцовъ на прода'нїе і^ё^деѓвъ приведъ,

³⁵

he was through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he made least account; and putting off his glorious apparel, and discharging his company, he came like a fugitive servant through the midland unto Antioch, having very great dishonour, for that his host was destroyed.

³⁵

смиренъ помощїю гн~ею эT мни'мыхъ е^мђ малыхᲆ быᲄи. славы эTложъ ри'ꙁы, по' ꙁеMли бњглъцевымъ ѓ%бразомъ пђста себе сътворъ, е^ді'нъ прїиде въ а^нътїѓхїю. велико нечестїе ѓ^ погђбленїи свое^го во'ю наслњдова.

³⁶

Thus he, that took upon him to make good to the Romans their tribute by means of the captives in Jerusalem, told abroad, that the Jews had God to fight for them, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws that he gave them.

³⁶

і^ и^же ѓ^бњща ри'мляномъ да'нь възда'ти эT плњне'нїя і^ерsлимъска. проповњдаше нн~њ защиᲄителя б~а и^мњти і^ё^де'ѓмъ. и^ сего ради неја^звеным# быти і^ё^деѓм#, ꙁане послњдоваша закономъ эT того поста'вленымъ”