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Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:

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Възвњще'но же бы'сть ѓ^лофе'рнђ нача'лникђ во'и а^сљ=рїискиX. и^же сн~ове і^и^л~еви ё^гото'вахђся на сђпротивленїе на горах# пђтїе ѓ^блего'ша.

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wherewith he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,

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и^ ја%ростїю ѕњло разгорњся, въ ја%рости вели'цњ” И$ възва` вся` кн~ѕя моа'вля, и^ вое^воды аMмони'тьстїи.

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and he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Chanaan, who this people is, that dwelleth in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;

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и^ рече и^мъ. р#цњте м^и чт^о е^сть лю'дїе сїи. и^же гора'ми ѓ^бладаюT, и^л^и и^же, и^ каковы и^ коли'ки сђть гра'ды и^хъ, и^ какова` е^сть си'ла иX и^л^и кое бђдетъ мно'жество и^хъ, и^л^и кто` цр~ь во'евъ и^хъ,

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and why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west?

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чесо ради выше всњхъ и^же ѓ^бъдержа'тъ въсто'къ сїи. погръдњша на'ми и^ не и^зыидо'ша въ срњте'нїе на'мъ да воспрїимђтъ насъ с миромъ”

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Then said Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth near thee, and inhabiteth the hill countries: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy servant.

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ТогDа а^хїѓ'ръ вое^вода всњмъ сн~омъ а^м#мо'нимъ эTвњща`, и^ рече, а^ще въсхо'щеши слы'шати господи'не мои рекђ и%стиннђ преD тобо'ю, ѓ^ лю'дехъ сихъ и^же на гора'хъ ѓ^бита'ютъ. и^ не и^зы'идетъ сло'во ло'жно эT ё'стъ моиX,

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This people are descended of the Chaldeans:

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лю'дїе тїи эT колњна хаlде'искA сђть.

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and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.

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тїи пре'жде въ месопота'мїи ѓ^бита'ша. ја^ко не хотњша послњдовати бого'мъ эTц~ъ свои^хъ, и^же ѓ^бита'ша в земли` халдњистњи,

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For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.

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ѓ^ставля'ющи б^о чи'ны эTц~ъ свои^хъ и^же при мно'жествњ бого'въ бы'ша, н^о е^ді'наго б~а нбsнаго что'ша.

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Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.

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и^же повелњ` и^мъ да и^зы'идђтъ эTтђдђ и^ ѓ^бита'ютъ въ хара'нњ”

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But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan, they went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation.

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Є$гда' же бысть гла'дъ по все'и земли` тои. и^до'ша въ е^гљ=петъ. таможе по четыриста лњтехъ тако ё^мно'жени сђть, и^же множество иX не можаше сочте'но бы'ти”

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Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtilly with them, and brought them low with labouring in brick, and made them slaves.

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Є$гда' же ѓ^тягча'ше и^хъ цр~ь е^гљ=петъскїи работою, въ созида'нїи гра'довъ своиX съ бла'та и^ пли'нџы”

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Then they cried unto their God, and he smote all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.

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И$ възва'ша къ г~ђ б~ђ свое^мђ, сїи же порази` всю` зе'млю е^гљ=пет#скђю ја%звами разли'чными. Є$гда' же и^знга'ша и^хъ е^гљ=птяне эT себе, и^ преста` ја%зва эT нихъ,

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And God dried the Red sea before them,

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и^ паки и^хъ въсхотњ` пои^мати, и^ къ свое'и работњ` ѓ^брати'ти. бњжа'щимъ же и^мъ б~ъ нбsныи мо'ре раздњли` та'ко, сюдђ и^ сю'дђ и^ во'ды ја%ко стњны ста'ша. ѓ^ни' же прои^до'шA по' сђхђ посредњ, мо'ря” Є$гда' же постиза'хђ и^хъ е^гљ=птяне безъчи'слено мно'жество во'и, и^ та'ко покры` и^хъ вода`, и^же не ѓ^ста` эT ниX ни е^ді'нъ, и^же дњло послњднимъ възвњсти'ти.

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and brought them to mount Sina, and Cades-Barne, and cast forth all that dwelt in the wilderness.

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и^ е^гда же прои^до'ша море чрьмное, и^ внидо'ша въ пђсты'ню горы` сљ=на'и, в ни'хже никогдаже чл~къ ѓ^бита'ти възмо'же. ни сн~ъ чл~ческїи когда тамо почи`. і^ и^сто'чники горкы` ё^слаже'ни сђть и^мъ на пи'тїе, и^ по лњтехъ четыредеся'техъ бра'шно съ нб~си и^мњша.

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So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing over Jordan they possessed all the hill country.

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и^ гдњ къгда и^до'ша без лђка и^ стрlњ без# щи'та и^ меча`. б~ъ и^хъ ѓ^плъча` и^ ѓ^долњва'ше, и^ не бњ` противля'ю^щагося и^мъ” То'кмо когда эTстђпи'ша эT слђжбы г~а б~а свое^го, и^ коль кра'тъ поклони'шася бого'мъ чю'ждимъ, ра'звњ б~а свое^го, преда'ни сђть въ плњнъ и^ в поноше'нїе, ја%коже пока'яшася и^же эTстђпи'ша эT слђжбы г~а б~а свое^го, даде` и^мъ б~ъ нбsныи крњпость въ ѓ^долњнїе,

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And they cast forth before them the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that country many days.

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паки же ханане'я цр~я, и^ евђсе'я, и^ ферезе'я, и^ хетџе'я, и^ е^ве'я, и^ а^мъморе'я, и^ всњхъ силныхъ въ е^сево'нњ ѓ^долњша, и^ зе'млю и^хъ и^ гра'ды и^хъ ѓ^дръжа'ша,

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And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hateth iniquity was with them.

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и^ даже доколњ не съгрњши'ша преD бм~ъ своиM бы'ша с# си'ми бл~гая. б~ъ б^о и^хъ ненави'дитъ безако'нїя,

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But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not their's, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.

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и^же и^ прежDе тњхъ лњтъ е^гда` эTстђпи'ша эT пђти` ја%же даде` и^мъ б~ъ, е^же ходи'ти в не'мъ. и^ потребле'ни быша плњне'нїемъ эT мно'гихъ ја^зы'къ, и^ мно'зи ю%зницы и^зведе'ни сђть в зе'млю не свою”

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But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.

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Нн~њ же възврати'шася к# г~ђ б~ђ свое^мђ эT расточе'нїя, ја%же расточе'ни бы'ша и^ съе^дини'шася въ е^дин#ство, и^ възы'идо'ша на го'ры сїя вся`. и^ па'ки владњ'ютъ і^ерsлі'моM гдњ сђть ст~ая ст~ыX”

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Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error in this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.

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Сего ра'ди господине мои възыщи` а^ще е^сть кая безаконїя и^хъ преD бм~ъ и^хъ. взы'идемъ к нимъ. ја%ко предаю'щи предасть и^хъ б~ъ тебњ. и^ бђдђтъ повинни поD и'го си'лњ твое'и”

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But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproach before all the world.

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А$ще л^и не съгрњши'ша лю'дїе сїи преD гм~ъ бм~ъ свои^мъ, не мо'жемъ проти'витися и^мъ. ја^ко г~ь б~ъ защи'титъ и^хъ, и^ бђдемъ в поноше'нїе всея земли`”

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And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spake that he should kill him.

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И$ бы'сть е^гда` преста` гл~ати а^хїѓ'ръ словеса` сїя, и^ раз#гнњвашася вси` вельмо'жи ѓ^лофе'рновы. и^ помышля'хђ ё^би'ти е^го

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For, say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of Israel: for, lo, it is a people that have no strength nor power for a strong battle.

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рекђщи дрђгъ къ дрђгђ. кто` е^сть се'и и^же гл~етъ да сн~ове і^и^л~еви могђщи проти'витися цр~ю навходоносо'рђ и^ во'емъ е^го” Чл~цы безъѓ^рђжни и^ безъси'лнїи неё^че'ни бра'немъ. да позна'етъ а^хїѓръ, ја%ко ё^слав#ствђ'етъ нами”

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Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a prey to be devoured of all thine army.

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Възы'идеM на го'ры, и^ е^гда по'имани бђдђтъ си'лнїи и^хъ тогда` и^ ѓ'нъ с ними же мечемъ прободенъ бђдетъ. да вњдятъ вси` ја^зы'цы ја%ко навходоносо'р# бо'гъ земли` е^сть, и^ кро'мњ того нњсть и%ного”