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And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he should, as he said, avenge himself on all the earth.

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Лњта, г~і, навходоносо'ра цр~я, к~в дн~е, мsца пр'ьваh” Бы'сть сло'во въ домђ` навходоносо'ра цр~я а^сљ=рїиска да м#стится.

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So he called unto him all his officers, and all his nobles, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth.

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и^ возва` всњхъ старњишинъ и^ вое^водъ и^збра'нныхъ свои^хъ. і^ и^мњ с ни'ми та'инђ совњта свое^го, повњда помышленїе свое` в немъ быти. да повинитъ всю` землю свое^мђ црsтвђ,

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Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, that did not obey the commandment of his mouth.

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и^ речен#ное ё^гоDно бы'сть всњмъ”

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And when he had ended his counsel, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was next unto him, and said unto him,

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И$ възва` навходоносоръ цр~ь ѓ^лофе'рна нача'лника вое'мъ своиM, и^ рече е^мђ”

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Thus saith the great king, the lord of the whole earth, Behold, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their own strength, of footmen an hundred and twenty thousand; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand.

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And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment:

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И$зыиди на всњ црsтва запаDныя, проти'вђ сихъ наипаче и^же ё^ничижи'ша повеленїе мое.

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and thou shalt declare unto them, that they prepare for me earth and water: for I will go forth in my wrath against them, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army, and I will give them for a spoil unto them:

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so that their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks, and the river shall be filled with their dead, till it overflow:

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and I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth.

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Thou therefore shalt go forth, and take beforehand for me all their coasts: and if they will yield themselves unto thee, thou shalt reserve them for me till the day of their punishment.

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всякъ же граD ё^тверженъ покори'шъ мн^њ”

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But concerning them that rebel, let not thine eye spare them; but put them to the slaughter, and spoil them wheresoever thou goest.

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да не эTпђ'ститъ ѓ%котвое н^и е^ді'номђ црsтвђ,

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For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, whatsoever I have spoken, that will I do by mine hand.

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And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded thee, and defer not to do them.

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Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of Assur;

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Тогда ѓ^лофе'рнъ возва вое^во'ды и^ правители людеи си'лы а^сљ=рїискїя.

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and he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto an hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;

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и^ съчита мђжїи хра'брыхъ къ бра'ни ја%коже повелњ е^мђ цр~ь, Wр~, и^ Wк~. пњшецъ вои^нникъ, и^ ко'нникъ стрњл#цовъ, Wв~і”

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and he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.

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И$ повелњ преDи^ти` всемђ воиньствђ

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And he took camels and asses for their carriages, a very great number; and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision:

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въ мно'жествњ безъ числа` вер#блюD. и^ си'мъ ја%же довлњюT во'и мно'жества пи'ща воло'въ и^ ско'товъ, ста'да же ѓ%вчая и%мже не бњ` числа`.

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and plenty of victual for every man of the army, and very much gold and silver out of the king's house.

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ѓ^би'лїе эT все'я сљ=рїя въ прохо'дъ свои ё^гото'вати повелњ, зла'та б^о и^ сребра` эT до'мђ цр~ева взя` съ собою мно'го ѕњ'ло.

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Then he went forth and all his power to go before king Nabuchodonosor in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen and their chosen footmen.

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і^ и^зы'де то'и и^ вс^е во'иньство съ колесни'цами и^ конники и^ съ стрњлцы,

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A great number also of sundry countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.

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и^же покры'ша лице земли ја%ко прђѕи”

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And they went forth of Nineve three days' journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia.

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Є$гда же преи^де предњ'лы а^сљ=рїискїя. прїидетъ къ вели'кимъ горамъ а%нге, и^же сђть ѓ^шђ'юю киликїи`.

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Then he took all his army, his footmen, and horsemen, and chariots, and went from thence into the hill country;

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і^ и^зыиде въ вся` гра'ды иX, и^ ѓ^бья` вс^я ѓ^держа'нїа”

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and destroyed Phud and Lud, and spoiled all the children of Rasses, and the children of Ismael, which were toward the wilderness at the south of the land of the Chellians.

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Разрђши же граD мелоџитъ богаT ѕњло. и^ плени' же вс^и сн~ове џарси'съ. и^ сн~ве и^змаи^ли и^же бяхђ проти'вђ лица` пђсты'ни, и^ къ ю'гђ земли хеллонъ.

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Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, till ye come to the sea.

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и^ прешеD е^фра'тъ” И$ прїиде въ месопота'мїю, и^ съкрђши вс^и гра'ды вели'цы и^же бя'хђ т^ђ эT пото'ка ма'мъврїиска, да'же прїиде къ мо'рю.

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And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.

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и^ ѓ^бья предњлы и^хъ эT киликїя даже до конца ја^џетъ и^же сђть къ ю'гђ.

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He compassed also all the children of Madian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.

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и^зведе же всњхъ сн~овъ мадїамль, и^ плњни` вс^е бога'тество и^хъ. всXњх же противля'ющиXся е^мђ и^зби` мечеM”

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Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.

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И$ посемъ прїиде на' поле дама'ска въ дн~и жа'твы, и^ поQже сњ'анная вс^я. всњх же древъ и^ винограD повелњ посещи.

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Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea coasts, which were in Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Jemnaan; and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.

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и^ нападе страхъ е^го на всњхъ ѓ^бита'ющихъ на' земли”