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Then Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord, Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,

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Отше'д#шимъ же и^мъ тогда` вни'де і^ю^ди'џъ въ мл~твениk свои. и^ ѓ^блече'ся въ вре'тище посы'па пе'пелъ на главђ` свою. и^ паде` ни'ць преD гм~ъ въпїяше рекђщи.

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O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:

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г~и бж~е эTц~а моеh симеѓ'на и^же да'лъ е^си е^мђ ме'чь, въ ѓ^тъм#ще'нїе и^ноплеме'нникомъ, и^же растлители бы'ша въ ск#ве'рности свое'и. и^ ѓ^бнажи'ша пло'ть дв~ы въ стђдъ.

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wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed their bed in blood, being deceived, and smotest the servants with their lords, and the lords upon their thrones;

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and hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy dear children; which were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid: O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.

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и^ да'лъ е^си же'ны иX въ плњне'нїе. и^ дще'ри и^хъ в пои^ма'нїе. и^ весь плњнъ на разделе'нїе рабо'мъ твоиM и^же ревнова'ли ре'вность твою. помози' ми молю' тя г~и бж~е мои мнњ вдови'цњ.

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For thou hast wrought not only those things, but also the things which fell out before, and which ensued after; thou hast thought upon the things which are now, and which are to come.

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ты' бо сътвори'лъ е^си преQняя. і^ и'на потњхъ помы'слилъ е^си

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Yea, what things thou didst determine were ready at hand, and said, Lo, we are here: for all thy ways are prepared, and thy judgments are in thy foreknowledge.

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и^ бы'сть сїе е^же реклъ е^си” Вси` б^о пђтїе твои` ё^гото'вани сђть, и^ твои` сђдбы` въ твое^мъ провњдњнїи поста'вилъ е^си.

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For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power; they are exalted with horse and man; they glory in the strength of their footmen; they trust in shield, and spear, and bow, and sling; and know not that thou art the Lord that breakest the battles: the Lord is thy name.

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ё'зри на станы` а^сљ=рїискїя нн~њ” ЈА/коже нњкогда при'зрњлъ е^си на плъки е^гљ=пет#скїя е^гда` за рабы` твои'ми ѓ^рђжнїи теча'хђ. надњю'щися в колесњхъ и^ въ ко'нницњхъ свои^хъ, и^ въ множествњ брани'телеи. н^о при'зрњлъ е^си на во'я и^хъ. и^ тмы` ё^медли'ша иX, и^ потопи` и^хъ бе'з#дна, и^ во'ды покры'ша и^хъ” Тако да бђдђтъ и^ тїи г~и бж~е. и^же надњ'ются на мно'жество свое`, и^ в колесњхъ свои^хъ. и^ во вса'дницњхъ и^ въ стрњла'хъ своиX и^ в сђлицахъ сла'вятся” И$ невњ'дяT ја%коты` е^си г~ь б~ъ нашъ, и^же сокрђши'ши бра'ни эT нача'ла,

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Throw down their strength in thy power, and bring down their force in thy wrath: for they have purposed to defile thy sanctuary and to pollute the tabernacle where thy glorious name resteth, and to cast down with sword the horn of thy altar.

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и^ г~ь ё^бо и%мя е^сть тебњ” Възъдви'гни мы'ш#цђ твою` ја^ко эT нача'ла, и^ съкрђши си'лђ и^хъ в си'лњ твое'и” да паде'тъ крњпость и^хъ въ гнњвњ твое^мъ. и^же ѓ^бњща'ются ѓ^скверъни'ти ст~ая твоя. и^ погђби'ти завњтъ и%мени твое^го, и^ эTја%ти мечем# свои^мъ ро'гъ прsтла твое^го.

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Behold their pride, and send thy wrath upon their heads: give into mine hand, which am a widow, the power that I have conceived.

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сътвори` г~и да мечемъ и%стовымъ е^го, горды'ня эTсњче'тся,

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Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.

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и^ да ё^ло'вится ѓ^чи'ма свои'ма на' мя. и^ да ё^ја^зви'ши е^го лњ'пыми гл~ъми ё'стъ мои^хъ. да'и же м^и въ срDци дръзнове'нїе, да ё^ничижђ` того си'лђ, и^ ѓ^бращђ` е^го. Бђдетъ б^о сїе въ па'мять и%мени твое^мђ, е^гда рђка же'ньска ё^бїетъ е^го.

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For thy power standeth not in multitude, nor thy might in strong men: for thou art a God of the afflicted, thou art an helper of the oppressed, an upholder of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a saviour of them that are without hope.

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нњсть б^о въ мно'жествњ си'ла твоя г~и, ни в ко'нехъ си'лныхъ во'ля твоя, ниy го'рдїи эT нача'ла ё^годи'ша тебњ. н^о смире'ннїи и^ кротцїи всегда` тебњ ё^годи'ша

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I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth, Creator of the waters, King of every creature, hear thou my prayer:

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моле'нїеM” Бж~е нб~семъ и^ творче во'дъ. и^ г~и всего сътворе'нїя. ё^слы'ши м^я бњднђю моля'щђся, и^ твое'я си'лныя млsти ча'ющи.

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and make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy hallowed house, and against the top of Sion, and against the house of the possession of thy children.

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въспомяни` г~и на завњтъ твои. и^ да'и слово въ ё^ста` моя`, и^ въ срDци мое^мъ совњтъ ё^крњпи`, да до'мъ твои въ ст~ыни пребываеT.

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And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou.

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и^ вс^и ја^зы'цы позна'ютъ ја%коты` е^си б~ъ е^ді'нъ, и^ нњсть и%наго развњ тебе”