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Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no opening left therein; (but hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates;)

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Бы'сть же е^гда` слы'ша санаваlла'тъ и^ товїя, і^ и^са'мђ а^рави'т#скомђ, и^ про'чимъ враго'мъ на'шимъ, ја^ко създа'хђ стњнђ`. и^ не ѓ^ста` в ни'хъ дх~ъ. и^ а'зъ да'же до вре'мени ѓ%ного, две'рїи не поста'вихъ въ вра'тњхъ.

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that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they were plotting to do me mischief.

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посла` санаваlла'тъ и^ сиса'м# къ мнњ` гл~ющи. прїиди и^ събере'мся въкђ'пњ в по'ле на мњ'сто ѓ%но гл~емое. тїи же мышля'хђ да сътво'рятъ м^и ѕло`”

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So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

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И$ посла'хъ к ни'мъ посло'въ гл~ющи. дњ'ло вели'ко. а%зъ творю` и^ не могђ` сни'ти, да не преста'нетъ дњ'ло. е^гда же съвершђ е& възы'идђ къ ва'мъ”

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And they sent to me again to this effect; and I sent them word accordingly.

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И$ посла'ша же къ мнњ` ја%ко гл~ъ се'и, и^ посла'ша къ мнњ` посе'мъ,

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Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

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и^ посла` къ мнњ` санавала'тъ, е~ го ѓ%трока свое^го, посла'нїе и^мњ'ющи в рђ'кђ свою` пи'санђ та'ко”

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And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that thou and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore thou art building the wall, and thou wilt be a king to them.

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Въ ја^зы'цњхъ слы'шано е^сть. и^ сиса'мъ реq. ја%кот^ы і^ и^ё^де'и мы'слите эTмњта'тися” И$ сего ра'ди т^ы съѕида'еши стњ'нђ и^ въздви'гнђти себе` хо'щеши и^мъ в# цр~я. сеа' же ра'ди вины

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And moreover thou has appointed prophets to thyself, that thou mightest dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Juda: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together.

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и^ прoрки поставля'еши себњ`. да бђ'деши въ і^ерsлимњ цр~емъ и^ въ і^ё^де'и. и^ нн~њ възвњстятся цр~ю словеса` сїя. сего ра'ди нн~њ прїиди да сътво'римъ совњтъ въкђ'пњ”

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And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, even as thou sayest, for thou framest them falsely out of thy heart.

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И$ посла'хъ к ниM гл~ющи, нњ'сть сътворе'но по словеси` семђ` и^же т^ы гл~еши, ја%ко эT срDца твое^гот^ы л#же'ши и^х#,

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For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands.

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ја%ко вс^и страшатъ насъ гл~ющи, престанђтъ рђ'ки иX эT дњ'ла сего и^ не сътвориTся” Сего ради нн~њ наипаче ё^крњпи'хъ рђ'ки мои`,

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And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay thee.

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и^ азъ внидо'хъ въ до'мъ семее^въ сн~а далаїе^ва, сн~а метавеи'лева, и^ се'и съдержася м^и и^ рече” Съберњ'мся въ до'мъ бж~їи среди е^го, и^ заключи'мо две'ри е^го, ја%ко прихо'дяT нощїю да забїютъ т^я”

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And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live?

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И$ реко'хъ кт^о е^сть подо'бенъ мнњ` да бњжи'т#, и^ кт^о подо'бенъ ја%ко азъ, въни'детъ въ цр~ковь и^ живетъ, не вни'дђ”

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And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable devised against me:

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И$ разђмњ'хъ и^ с^е б~ъ не посла е^го, ја^ко пррoчествова сло'во на мя,

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and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me.

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и^ товїа, и^ санаваlлатъ, ная'ша на мя наро'дъ да ё^страшђся и^ сътворю` тако, и^ съгрњшђ` и^ да бђ'дђ и^мъ въ и^мя лђкавое, і^ и^мњ'емъ ѕл^о, ја^ко да поно'сятъ м^и,

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Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me.

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помяни` б~е товїю и^ санаваlлата по дњ'лђ иX си'цевђ, и^ наѓ^дїя пррoка и^ про'чиX пррoкъ и^же страшахђ мя”

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So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

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И$ съверше'на е^сть стњна, к~е го, мцsа е^лђ'ла, въ н~в дн~и”

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And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished.

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И$ бы'сть б^о е^гда слы'шаша вс^и враѕи наши, и^ ё^боя'шася вс^и ја^зы'цы, и^же бя'хђ ѓ%крsтъ насъ, нападе` страX вели'къ въ ѓ%чи и^хъ, и^ позна'ша и^же эT г~а б~а нашего сътворе'но быs дњ'лот^о”

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And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them.

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И$ въ дн~и тїи мно'ѕи державнњ'ишїи въ і^ёде'и посланїа послаша к товїи` и^ эT товїя посланїя грядя'хђ к ниM,

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For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife.

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мно'ѕи б^о бя'хђ въ і^ё^де'и и^мњ'ющи въ кля'твњ е^го, ја%ко зя'ть б^њ сехенїевъ сн~а и^ё^рае^ва, і^ѓ^аннаџаn сн~ъ е^го прїя` дще'рь месол#ла'мовђ сн~а варахїева въ женђ`,

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And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me.

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и^ словеса е^я` бњ'хђ къ мнњ` гл~ющи, и^ словеса мои` эTнося'щи е^мђ и^ послаше посланїе товїя да ё^страшитъ мене`”