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And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave it to the king: and there was not another before him.

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Бы'сть въ мsць ниса'нъ, въ лњто, к~ е, а^ртаће'рћа цр~я, и^ вино` б^њ предо мною и^ взя'хъ вино` и^ да'хъ цр~ю. и^ не бысть вино` предо мно'ю зане` эTдадоX цр~ю почрьпа'нїе. и^ не бњ` дрђга'го преD ни'мъ,

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And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

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рече же м^и цр~ь чт^о ра'ди лице` твое ско'рбно е^сть. и^ нњ'си веселяся. и^ нњ'сть с^е то'кмо ѕло'ба срDца” И$ ё^боя'хся ѕњло

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and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?

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и^ реко'хъ цр~ю, цр~ю въ вњки живи`. чт^о ра'ди не пла'четъ лице` мое. понеже граD до'мъ гробо'въ эTц~ь моиX ѓ^пђстњ` и^ вра'та е^го съж#же'ны сђть ѓ^гнеM”

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And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

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И$ рече м^и цр~ь” Кое'я ради ве'щи въспомина'еши ѓ^ сих#. и^ помолиX г~а б~а нб~си,

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And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, I ask that thou wouldest send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.

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и^ реко'хъ къ цр~ю. цр~ю а^ще ви'диTся бл~го, и^ ё^годенъ л^и е^сть раб# твой преD лицемъ твои^мъ, да по'слешъ мене` въ і^ё^де'ю въ' градъ гроb эTц~ь мои^хъ и^ съзи'ждђ е^го”

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And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? and the proposal was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.

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Речеy м^и цр~ь, и^ цр~ца, и^же сидя'ше блиZ е^го. да'же до кое^го вре'мени бђдетъ пђть твой. и^ когDа ѓ^брати'шися, и^ ё^слади'хся преD лицемъ цр~евымъ, и^ посла` м^я” И$ положи'хъ е^мђ время

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And I said to the king, If it seem good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;

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и^ реко'хъ цр~ю, а^ще ви'дится бл~го, посла'нїе да'ждь мн^њ къ вое^во'дамъ стра'нъ за рњко'ю, да приведTђ мене` дондеже прїидђ` въ і^ё^де'ю”

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and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God was upon me.

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и^ посла'нїе къ а^са'фђ стра'жђ лђга цр~ева. да да'сть м^и лњсъ да ё^крњпи'ти могђ` вра'та столпа` до'мђ. и^ стњ'ны гра'дныя и^ доM и^же вни'дђ во'нь” И$ да` м^и цр~ь рђко'ю б~а мое^го бл~гая со мно'ю”

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And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)

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И$ прїидо'хъ к вое^во'дамъ стра'нъ за рњко'ю. и^ да'хъ иM посла'нїе цр~ево, и^ посла' же цр~ь со мно'ю нача'лницы си'лныи и^ ко'нницы,

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And Sanaballat the Aronite heard it, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.

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и^ слы'шаше санавал#ла'тъ а^ронитиs и^ товїи рабъ а^манїевъ. и^ ѓ^скорбле'ни сђть ѓ^ѕлобле'нїемъ вели'кимъ. ја%ко прихо'дитъ чл~къ и^же и%щетъ преспњва'нїя сн~овомъ і^и^л~евымъ.

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So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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и^ прїидо'хъ въ і^ерsлимъ и^ бы'хъ т^ђ г~ дн~и”

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And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

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И$ въста'хъ но'щїю мђжиy малы со мною, и^ никомђже възвњсти'хъ ја%ко б~ъ е^сть въ срDци моеM, сътвори'ти съ і^и^л~емъ. и^ ско'тъ не бы'сть со мно'ю. то'кмо скоT на неMже сњдя'хъ.

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And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.

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и^ внидо'хъ въ врата до'лђ но'щїю, къ ё'стїю и^сточника смоко'вничнаго. и^ къ вра'томъ гнои^ныM, и^ помышля'хъ стњнђ` і^ерsли'мъскђю разоре'нђ и^ вра'та е^го сконча'ны ѓ^гнеM,

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And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.

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и^ прїидоX къ вра'томъ ключа`, и^ к# кђпели цр~евњи. и^ не бы'сть мњсто скотђ` на не'мже сњдя'хъ да прои'деT,

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And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.

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и^ влњзо'хъ по пото'кђ но'щїи и^ помышля'хъ стњнђ`, и^ ѓ^браще'нъ прїидоX къ вра'томъ до'лђ и^ ѓ^братиXся.

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And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told it not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest of the men who wrought the works.

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стрегђщїи же не вњдя'хђ кђдњ а^зъ и^дђ и^л^и чт^отворю`. н^о і^ё^де'ѓмъ и^ сщ~н#еникомъ и^ держа'внымъ и^ правителемъ про'чїимъ. и^же сътворя'хђ дњло даже дотогда`, ничесоy сказа'хъ

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Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.

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и^ рекохъ и^мъ. в^ы зна'ите ѓ^злобле'нїе сїе в# которомъ е^смы`. и^же і^ерsли'мъ ѓ^пђщенъ и^ вра'та е^го сконча'ны сђть ѓ^гне'мъ, прїидњте и^ съзи'ждемъ стњны і^ерsлимђ и^ не бђдемъ е^ще поношени,

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And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good work.

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и^ сказа'хъ и^мъ рђкђ б~а мое^го и^же е^сть бл~га со мною и^ словеса` цр~ева и^же гл~а мн^њ, и^ реко'хъ. въстанемъ и^ съзи'ждеM, и^ ё^крњпле'ни сђть рђки иX въ бл~го.

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And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard it, and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What is this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?

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слы'шаша же санавал#ла'тъ а^ронит#, и^ товїя ра'бъ а^манїевъ и^ гиса'мъ а^рави'тинъ. и^ посмњя'шася наM. и^ прїидо'ша къ намъ и^ ё^ничижи'шA. и^ реко'ша, ка'я е^сть сїя ве'щь ю%же творите`. е^гда сђпроти'вђ цр~ю эTмњта'етеся,

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And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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и^ възда'хъ и^мъ словеса` и^ реко'хъ к ниM, б~ъ нб~си, то'и б~ъ на'шъ, и^ пособля'етъ наM, и^ мы` раби` е^го е^смы` въстанеM и^ съзидаеM. ва'м же нњсть ча'сти и^ прича'стїя и^ па'мяти въ і^и^л~и”