¹

So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,

¹

Тогда' же посла'ша мђжїе послы` своя эT всњхъ гра'довъ и^ предњлъ, цр~їе и^ кня'ѕи, сљ=рїистїи, и^ месопотамїи и^ сљ=рїи, сова'ла, и^ ливїя, и^ киликїя, и^же пришеDши къ ѓ^лофе'рнђ реко'ша.

²

Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.

²

да преста'нетъ гнњвъ твои и^же е^сть наD на'ми. лђчше б^о е^сть да жи'ви сђщи слђжимъ навходоносо'рђ цр~ю вели'комђ, и^ поDрђчни бђдемъ тебњ, нежели ё'мремъ со и^мњнїемъ нашимъ непокори'вшеся”

³

Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents, lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.

³

Вся'къ градъ на'шъ и^ дръжа'нїе, вси` го'ры и^ хлъми и^ по'ля и^ ста'дA воло'въ и^ ѓ^ве'ць и козло'въ, ко'нїи же и^ вельблю'довъ, и^ вс^я бога'тъства наша и^ домоча'дцы преD тобо'ю сђть, бђдTђ вся` по сђдђ твое^мђ.

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Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.

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та'коy и^ мы и^ сн~ове наши раби` твои` е^смы`. прїиди' къ намъ господине ми'рне и^ владњи работою нашею ја%ко годњ т^и е^сть”

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So the men came to Holofernes, and declared unto him after this manner.

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Then came he down toward the sea coast, both he and his army, and set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them chosen men for aid.

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Тогда` сошеDше з го'ръ в са'дники в си'лњ вели'цњ, и^ ѓ^бья'тъ всякъ гра'дъ, и^ вся` ѓ^бита'ющая на земли. эT вся'кого же гра'да взя` себњ помо'щниковъ мђжїи крњпкиX і^ и^збра'нныхъ къ бра'ни.

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So they and all the country round about received him with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.

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толи'ко же стра'хъ велїи на страны` сїя нападе` ја%ко вењмъ гра'домъ, ѓ^бита'ющїи нача'лницы и^ чsтни въкђпњ съ гража'ны и^зыидо'ша въ срњте'нїе е^мђ на пђть. прїемлющи е^го со вњнцы` и^ со свњща'ми. въспњва'ющи и^ веселя'щеся в тим#па'нњхъ и^ трђбаX.

⁸

Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as a god.

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сїя б^отворя'щи сверњпьства срDца е^го ё^кроти'ти возмого'ша, ја%же и^ гра'ды и^хъ разори`, и^ лњсы` и^хъ моли'твеныя посњче`, заповњда б^о е^мђ навходоносо'ръ цр~ь. да всњхъ бого'въ зе'м#скихъ и^стреби'тъ, токмо да то'и са'мъ нарече'тся бо'г#. и^ эT тњхъ роже'нїи и^же ѓ^лофе'рновњ си'лњ покорятся.

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Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.

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проходя'щи же сљ=рїю сова'льскђю и^ вс^ю а^п#памїю, и^ месопотамїю. прїиде къ и^дђме'ѓM в зе'млю гаваѓ'тъскђ,

¹⁰

And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis, and there he tarried a whole month, that he might gather together all the carriages of his army.

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и^ плени` гра'ды и^хъ, и^ пребысть т^ђ тридесять дн~їи в ни'х же собра'ти повелњ` вси` во'и си'лы свое'я”