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

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И рече́ Іуді́ѳъ: начни́те Бо́гу моєму́ въ тимпа́нѣхъ, пойте Го́сподеви моєму́ въ кимва́лѣхъ, кра́сно воспо́йте єму́ пѣ́снь но́ву, возноси́те и призыва́йте и́мя єго́:

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.

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я́ко Бо́гъ сокруша́яй бра́ни Госпо́дь, я́ко во ополченіихъ єго́ посредѣ́ люді́й изъя́тъ мя́ изъ руки́ гоня́щихъ мя́:

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.

³

пріи́де Ассу́ръ изъ го́ръ от сѣ́вера, пріи́де во тма́хъ си́лы своєя́, и́хже мно́жество загради́ исто́чники, и ко́нница и́хъ покры́ хо́лмы:

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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.

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рече́ пожещи́ предѣ́лы моя́, и ю́ношы моя́ уби́ти мече́мъ, и ссу́щыя моя́ положи́ти въ помо́стъ, и младе́нцы моя́ да́ти въ расхище́ніє, и дѣ́вы моя́ плѣни́ти:

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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.

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Госпо́дь Вседержи́тель опрове́рже и́хъ руко́ю жены́,

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

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не бо́ паде́ си́льный и́хъ от ю́ношъ, ниже́ сы́нове тіта́новы порази́ша єго́, ниже́ высо́цы исполи́ни нападо́ша на него́, но Іуді́ѳъ дщи́ Мера́ріна доброто́ю лица́ своєго́ разсла́би єго́:

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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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совлече́ся бо одѣя́нія вдовства́ своєго́ на возвыше́ніє бѣ́дствующихъ во Ізра́или, пома́за лице́ своє́ умаще́ніємъ

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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.

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и увѣнча́ власы́ своя́ увя́сломъ и прія́тъ оде́жду льня́ну въ прельще́ніє єго́:

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

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санда́лія єя́ похи́ти о́ко єго́, и добро́та єя́ плѣни́ ду́шу єго́, про́йде ме́чь вы́ю єго́:

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

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устраши́шася пе́рсы держа́вы єя́, и ми́ды дерзнове́ніємъ єя́ разсѣдо́шася:

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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.

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тогда́ воскли́кнуша смире́нніи мои́ и возопи́ша немощні́и мои́, и устраши́шася: вознесо́ша гла́съ сво́й, и побѣжде́ни бы́ша:

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

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сы́нове отрокови́цъ бодо́ша и́хъ и я́ко рабо́въ бѣглецо́въ уязвля́ху и́хъ, погибо́ша от ополче́нія Го́спода моєго́:

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

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воспою́ Го́сподеви моєму́ пѣ́снь но́ву: Го́споди, ве́лій єси́ и сла́венъ, ди́венъ въ крѣ́пости, непребори́мый,

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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.

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тебѣ́ да рабо́таєтъ вся́ка тва́рь твоя́: я́ко ре́клъ єси́, и бы́ша: посла́лъ єси́ Ду́ха твоєго́, и созда́: и нѣ́сть, и́же противоста́нетъ гла́су твоєму́:

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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.

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го́ры бо от основа́ніи съ вода́ми подви́гнутся, ка́меніє же от лица́ твоєго́ я́ко во́скъ раста́єтъ: надъ боя́щимися же тебе́ ты́ уми́лостивля́єшися,

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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.

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я́ко ма́ло вся́ка же́ртва въ воню́ благоуха́нія, и малѣ́йшій вся́къ ту́къ во всесожже́ніє тебѣ́: боя́йся же Го́спода вели́къ вы́ну:

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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.

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го́ре язы́комъ востаю́щымъ на ро́дъ мо́й: Госпо́дь Вседержи́тель отмститъ и́мъ въ де́нь су́дный, да́ти о́гнь и че́рвіє на пло́ти и́хъ, и воспла́чутся въ чу́вствѣ да́же до вѣ́ка.

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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.

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Єгда́ же внидо́ша во Ієрусали́мъ, поклони́шася Бо́гу: и єгда́ очи́стишася лю́діє, принесо́ша всесожега́ємая своя́ и произво́льная своя́ и да́ры своя́.

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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.

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И возложи́ Іуді́ѳъ вся́ сосу́ды Олофе́рновы, єли́ки дадо́ша лю́діє є́й, и завѣ́су, ю́же взя́ она́ от ло́жницы єго́, въ да́ръ Го́споду даде́.

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

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И бя́ху лю́діє веселя́щеся во Ієрусали́мѣ предъ лице́мъ святы́хъ ме́сяцы три́, и Іуді́ѳъ съ ни́ми пребы́сть.

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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.

²¹

По дне́хъ же си́хъ возврати́ся кі́йждо во наслѣ́діє своє́: и Іуді́ѳъ отъи́де во ветилу́ю, и пребыва́ше надъ стяжа́ніємъ свои́мъ, и бы́сть во вре́мя своє́ сла́вна во все́й земли́.

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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.

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И мно́зи жела́ша єя́, и не позна́ му́жъ єя́ вся́ дни́ живота́ єя́, от него́же дне́ у́мре Манассі́а му́жъ єя́ и приложи́ся къ лю́демъ свои́мъ.

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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.

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И произы́де вели́ка зѣ́ло́, и состарѣ́ся въ дому́ му́жа своєго́ лѣ́тъ ста́ пяти́, и отпусти́ рабы́ню свою́ свобо́дну, и у́мре во ветилу́и, и погребо́ша ю́ въ пеще́рѣ му́жа єя́ Манассі́и.

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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.

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И пла́кася єя́ до́мъ Ізра́илевъ дні́й се́дмь. И раздѣли́ имѣ́нія своя́ пре́жде сме́рти своєя́ всѣ́мъ бли́жнимъ Манассі́и му́жа своєго́ и бли́жнимъ ро́да своєго́.

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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.

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И не бя́ше ктому́ устраша́яй сыно́въ Ізра́илевыхъ во дни́ Іуді́ѳы и по сме́рти єя́ дни́ мно́ги.