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And when the tumult of men that were about the council was ceased, Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Assur said unto Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other nations,

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Бы'сть же е^гда` преста` гл~ати. разгнњ'вася ѓ^лофе'рнъ ја%ростїю ве'лїею ѕњ'ло, рече къ а^хїѓ'рђ.

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And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hast prophesied among us as to day, and hast said, that we should not make war with the people of Israel, because their God will defend them? and who is God but Nabuchodonosor?

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ја%ко пррoчествоваl е^си намъ рекђщи и^же лю'ди і^и^л~евы защитя'тся эT б~а свое^го. а^зъ покажђ тебњ, ја%ко нњ'сть б~ъ то'кмо навходоносо'ръ.

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He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God shall not deliver them: but we his servants will destroy them as one man; for they are not able to sustain the power of our horses.

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е^гда` побїемъ и^хъ всњхъ ја%ко чл~ка е^ді'наго”

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For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain.

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и^ ве'сь і^и^л~ь с тобо'ю погђбле'нїемъ расточа'тся” И$ позна'еши ја%ко навходоносо'ръ г~ь е^сть все'и земли`.

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And thou, Achior, an hireling of Ammon, which hast spoken these words in the day of thine iniquity, shalt see my face no more from this day, until I take vengeance of this nation that came out of Egypt.

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And then shall the sword of mine army, and the multitude of them that serve me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slain, when I return.

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Тогда` и^ т^ы с ними, а^сљ=рїискимъ мече'мъ поги'бнеши, е^гда ме'чь воя мое^го про'идеT срDце твое, и^ прободе'нъ паде'ши, междђ ја%звеныхъ людїи і^и^л~ьтьскиX.

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Now therefore my servants shall bring thee back into the hill country, and shall set thee in one of the cities of the passages:

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and thou shalt not perish, till thou be destroyed with them.

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и^ не въста'неши бо'ле до'ндеже и^стреби'шися с ни'ми”

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And if thou persuade thyself in thy mind that they shall not be taken, let not thy countenance fall: I have spoken it, and none of my words shall be in vain.

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Па'ки же а^ще пррoчествотвое и%стинно ча'еши не и^змњни'тся лице твое, и^ блњ'дость и^же ѓ%бразъ твои въздержи'тъ эTи^деT эT тебе, а^ще словеса` моя` сїа мни'ши и^спо'лнитися не мо'гђтъ” И$ позна'еши и^же вкђ'пњ с ни'ми сїа и^скђси'ши. зане` эT сего ча'са тњмъ лю'демъ съдрђжи'шися. да когда` досто'ины мое^го меча` мђ'ки въспрїе'млютъ, тогда` и^ т^ы вкђ'пњ м#ще'ніеM да поDлежи'ши”

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Then Holofernes commanded his servants, that waited in his tent, to take Achior, and bring him to Bethulia, and deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel.

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Тогда` повелњ` ѓ^лофе'рнъ рабо'мъ свои^мъ да пои^маютъ а^хїѓ'ра, и^ ведђтъ е^го въ' градъ веџђлїю, и^ предадђтъ е^го в рђ'ки сн~овомъ і^и^л~евыM”

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So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia.

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И$ взя'ша е^го раби` ѓ^лофе'рновы, и^до'ша чрезъ по'ле”

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And when the men of the city saw them, they took up their weapons, and went out of the city to the top of the hill: and every man that used a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them.

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И$ е^гда же когда` приближа'хђся къ гора'мъ, и^зыидо'ша проти'въ и^хъ пра'щницы”

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Nevertheless having gotten privily under the hill, they bound Achior, and cast him down, and left him at the foot of the hill, and returned to their lord.

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Тїи же ё^клоня'ющися на страны горы`, и^ привяза'ша а^хїѓ'ра къ дре'вђ рђка'ма и^ нога'ма, и^ та'ко свя'зана эT ве'рвиць ѓ^ста'виша е^го, и^ ѓ^брати'шася къ господи'нђ свое^мђ”

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But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, and loosed him, and brought him into Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city:

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Сн~ове же і^и^л~еви и^сходя'ще эT веџђлїа, прїидо'ша къ немђ, и^ разрњши'вше е^го приведо'ша въ веџђлїю, и^ поста'виша е^го посреd людїи въпраша'ющи. чт^о е^сть ве'щь сїа и^же свя'зана а^сљ=рїане ѓ^ста'виша т^я”

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which were in those days Ozias the son of Micha, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of Melchiel.

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Въ дн~ехъ сихъ бя'хђ т^ђ нача'лницы, і^ѓ^сїя сн~ъ ми'хоv, эT колњ'на симеѓ'нова, и^ хармїа и^же и^менованъ гоџонїель,

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And they called together all the ancients of the city, and all their youth ran together, and their women, to the assembly, and they set Achior in the midst of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of that which was done.

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посредњ ста'рецъ и^ посредњ всњхъ людїи”

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And he answered and declared unto them the words of the council of Holofernes, and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of Assur, and whatsoever Holofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel.

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А$хїѓ'ръ повњ'да вс^я и^же эT ѓ^лофе'рна въпрошенъ быs, и^ ка'ко лю'дїе ѓ^лофе'рновы хотя'хђ того ради словеси` ё^би'ти е^го, і^ и'м#же ѓ%бразомъ то'и ѓ^лофе'рнъ разгнњ'вася, повелњ` е^го сея ра'ди вины преда'ти лю'демъ і^и^л~ьтьскимъ. да е^гда` ѓ^долњ'етъ сн~овоM і^и^л~евоM. тогда` и^ мене` а^хїѓ'ра разли'чными повелњ` погђби'ти мђ'ками, сего ра'ди и^же реко'хъ, б~ъ нбsныи защити'тель и^хъ е^сть”

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Then the people fell down and worshipped God, and cried unto God, saying,

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Є$гда же а^хїѓ'ръ вс^я сїя възвњсти, ве'сь по'лкъ па'дъ на лице` кла'няющеся г~ђ б~ђ, и^ ѓ'бщимъ скорбњ'нїемъ и^ пла'чемъ е^ді'нодђшно мл~твы своя` г~ђ б~ђ възлїа'ша, гл~ющи”

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O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day.

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Ги~ б~е нб~си и^ зеMли` ё^зри` горды'ню и^хъ, и^ при'зри на на'ше смире'нїе, и^ лице` ст~ымъ твоиM воньми`, и^ ја%ви ја%ко не ѓ^ста'виши надњ'ющихся на' тя, а^ смири` надњ'ющихся ѓ^ себњ и^ эT свое'я си'лы славящися”

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And they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.

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Сконча'ша б^о плаq и^ мл~твђ и^же ве'сь дн~ь моли'шася, и^ ё^тњшиша а^хїѓ'ра рекђщи. б~ъ эTц~ъ на'шиX е^гоже т^ы си'лђ проповњ'да, то'и тебњ сїя да'сть въздая'нїя, да и^хъ на'ипаче т^ы погибель ё%зриши” Є$гда б^о г~ь б~ъ на'шъ вда'сть сїю свободђ рабо'мъ свои^мъ, бђ'детъ и^ с тобо'ю г~ь б~ъ и^ посредњ насъ, ја%ко го'дњ тебњ, та'ко съ твои^ми всњми, и^ живе'ши с на'ми”

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And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.

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Тогда` ѓ^сїя е^гда` сконча'ся совњтъ, прїя` е^го в до'мъ свои, и^ сътвори` вече'рю ве'лїю, и^ съзва'нымъ всњмъ презви'теромъ вкђ'пњ, и^споlненомъ поще'нїемъ ё^крњпи'шася” Посе'мъ па'ки съзва'ни вс^и лю'дїе всю` но'щъ моли'шася въкђ'пњ прося'ще по'мощи эT г~а б~а і^и^л~ева”