¹

И$ бысть въ третїи дн~ь, и^ аZ сњдохъ поD дђбомъ. и^ с^е глаs и^зыиде проти'въ м^я эT кђпи'ны и^ реq. е%здра, е%здра. и^ рекохъ

¹

And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Ezra, Ezra.

²

с^е а%зъ г~и, и^ воста'хъ на' ноѕњ мои`, и^ рече къ мнњ.

²

And I said, Here am I, Lord. And I stood up upon my feet.

³

эTкрыва'ющи эTкровенъ е^смь на кђпи'нњ. и^ гл~ахъ мољ=сїю, когда` слђжаше лю'дїе мои` въ е^гљ=птњ

³

Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself, and talked with Moses, when my people were in bondage in Egypt:

⁴

и^ посла'хъ е^го, і^ и^зведохъ лю'ди моа эT е^гљ=пта. и^ приведохъ и^хъ на' горђ сина'искђ. и^ въздръжа'хъ е^го преD собо'ю дн~и мно'ги.

⁴

and I sent him, and he led my people out of Egypt; and I brought him up to the mount of Sinai, where I held him by me for many days;

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и^ провњщахъ е^мђ чюдеса` мно'га, и^ показа'хъ е^мђ вре'мена та'ины и^ конецъ. и заповњдаX е^мђ гл~щи,

⁵

and told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times, and the end of the seasons; and commanded him, saying,

⁶

сїя въ ја%вленїе сътвориши словеса`, и^ сїя скры'еши.

⁶

These words shalt thou publish openly, and these shalt thou hide.

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и^ нн~њ тебњ рекђ

⁷

And now I say unto thee,

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зна'мені^а ја%же показаX сонїя и^же видlњ е^си, и^ толкованїа и^же ты вњдњ в срDци твоеM преста'ви ея`.

⁸

Lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shown, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard:

⁹

т^ы б^о въспрїимеши эT всXњ эTврати'ши, ѓ^ста'нокъ совњтомъ мои^мъ и^ съ подобными твои'ми. доко'лњ не сконъча'ютъ времена.

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for thou shalt be taken away from men, and from henceforth thou shalt remain with my Son, and with such as are like thee, until the times be ended.

¹⁰

ја%ко вњкъ погђби` ю%ность свою. и^ времена приближаюTся ста'рњтися”

¹⁰

For the world hath lost its youth, and the times begin to wax old.

¹¹

На дванадесять б^о ча'сти раздњле'нъ е^сть вњкъ. и^ проидо'ша е^го десятыя и^ по'лъ десятыя ча'сти,

¹¹

For the world is divided into twelve parts, and ten parts of it are gone already, even the half of the tenth part:

¹²

свыше же сђть е^го за пол#десятыя части”

¹²

and there remain of it two parts after the middle of the tenth part.

¹³

Нн~њ б^о ё^стро'иши доM твои. и^ накажи лю'ди твоя и^ ё^тњши смиреныX и^хъ. и^ эTвњща, ё^же` растлњно

¹³

Now therefore set thy house in order, and reprove thy people, comfort the lowly among them, and instruct such of them as are wise, and now renounce the life that is corruptible,

¹⁴

и^ эTпђсти эT себе` смеrтное помышленїе. и^ эTверзи эT себе` тя'гости люDскїя. и^звлеци эT себе` не'мощное е^стество” И$ преста'ви въ е^ді'нђ странђ` смђща'ющаа т^я помышленїя, и^ тщи'ся пресели'тися эT временъ и^хъ,

¹⁴

and let go from the mortal thoughts, cast away from thee the burdens of man, put off now thy weak nature,

¹⁵

и^же б^о ви'дњлъ е^си нн~њ слђчи'тися ѕла'я, паки тњмъ го'ршая сътворя'тъ.

¹⁵

and lay aside the thoughts that are most grievous unto thee, and hasten thee to remove from these times.

¹⁶

когда` б^о невоZмо'женъ сътворится вњкъ эT ста'рости” Зане б^о ё^мно'жиTся на ѓ^бита'ющиX зла'я.

¹⁶

For yet worse evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter.

¹⁷

ё^дали бо ся далече и%стинна и^ приближися л#жа. ё^же` б^отщиTся прїити ја^же ви'дњлъ е^си видњнїе”

¹⁷

For look, how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.

¹⁸

И$ эTвњщахъ, и^ рекохъ преD тобо'ю г~и.

¹⁸

For the truth shall withdraw itself further off, and falsehood be hard at hand: for now hasteneth the eagle to come, which thou sawest in vision.

¹⁹

се б^о а'зъ и^дђ` ја%ко повелњлъ е^си мн^њ. и^ покажђ настоя'щимъ лю'демъ и^же ро'дятся, кт^о наё^читъ я&.

¹⁹

Then answered I and said, I will speak before thee, O Lord.

²⁰

поста'вленъ б^о е^сть вњкъ въ тмњ`, і^ и'же ѓ^бита'ютъ в немъ безъ свњтлости”

²⁰

Behold, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and reprove the people that now are: but they that shall be born afterward, who shall admonish them? for the world is set in darkness, and they that dwell therein are without light.

²¹

ЈА/ко закоn твои заж#женъ е^сть. да никто знаеT и^же эT тебе` съворе'на сђть. и^ли и^же начнђтся дњ'ла”

²¹

For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the works that shall be done.

²²

А/ще б^о ѓ^брњтоX блгDть преD тобо'ю, посли въ мя` дх~ъ ст~ъ. да напишђ вс^я что сътворено е^сть въ вњцњ эT нача'ла и^же быша въ зако'нњ твое^мъ пи'сана, да мо'гTђ чл~ци ѓ^брњсти стеѕю и^же въсхо'тяT жити въ послDњнихъ вре'менехъ да жи'вђтъ”

²²

But if I have found favor before thee, send the Holy Spirit unto me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, even the things that were written in thy law, that men may be able to find the path, and that they that would live in the latter days may live.

²³

И$ эTвњща` къ мнњ и рече. шеDше събери лю'ди и^ речеши к ниM. да не възыщђтъ тебе дн~и, м~”

²³

And he answered me and said, Go thy way, gather the people together, and say unto them, that they seek thee not for forty days.

²⁴

Ты же ё^гото'ви себњ дщиць пићовъ мно'го, и^ воZми` съ собо'ю сарїа, даврїа, селемїа, а^ха'на, и^ а^сїеля. пя'ть иX и^же ё^готованы сђть к писа'нїю ско'ро.

²⁴

But look thou prepare thee many tablets, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ethanus, and Asiel, these five, who are ready to write swiftly;

²⁵

и^ прїидеши сњмо и^ а'зъ възж#гђ въ срDци твоеM свњти'лникъ разђма, и^ не ё^га'снеT. дондеже сконча'юTся и^же начнеши писа'ти.

²⁵

and come hither, and I shall light a lamp of understanding in thy heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be ended which thou shalt write.

²⁶

и^ когда` съвръшиши нњ'кая ја^вествено сътво'риши” Нњкото'рая мђ'дрымъ съкровенно предаси`. в заё'трїи б^о сїи часъ начнеши писа'ти”

²⁶

And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish openly, and some things shalt thou deliver in secret to the wise: tomorrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.

²⁷

І$ и^до'хъ ја%коже м^и повелњ`. и^ собрахъ вс^и люd и^ рекохъ”

²⁷

Then went I forth, as he commanded me, and gathered all the people together, and said,

²⁸

Слы'ши і^и^л~ь словеса` сїя

²⁸

Hear these words, O Israel.

²⁹

ѓ^пђтьствова'ни сђть эTц~ы на'ши, эT нача'ла въ е^гљ=петъ і^ и^збавлени сђT эTто'лњ”

²⁹

Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, and they were delivered from thence,

³⁰

И$ прїя'ша за'конъ животныи е^гоже не съхрани'ша. и^же и^ в^ы по нихъ престђ'пни е^сте`.

³⁰

and received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.

³¹

и^ дана ва'мъ е^ст земля` въ жре'бїи. и^ зеMля сїѓ'нъ, и^ эTц~ы ва'ши и^ в^ы безако'нїе сътво'рше. и^ не въздръжа'сте пђти и^же повелњ ва'мъ вы'шнїи.

³¹

Then was the land, even the land of Zion, given you for a possession: but ye yourselves, and your fathers, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Most High commanded you.

³²

и^ пра'выи сђдїя е^гда` эTја%лъ эT ва'съ въ время ја^же да'но бысть”

³²

And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you for a while the thing that he had given you.

³³

И$ нн~њ в^ы здњ е^сте и^ бра'тїя ваша въ ва'съ сђть.

³³

And now ye are here, and your brethren are among you.

³⁴

а%ще б^о повелите чюв#ствђ ва'шемђ и^ поё^чи'те срDце ва'ше живы съдръжа'ни бђ'дете. и^ по смр~ти млsти въслњдите,

³⁴

Therefore if so be that ye will rule over your own understanding, and instruct your hearts, ye shall be kept alive, and after death ye shall obtain mercy.

³⁵

сђдъ б^о по смр~ти прїидетъ къгда` паки ѓ^живемъ” И$ тогда` правеDнымъ и^мена` ја^вля'ются и^ нечьстивымъ сътворена пока'жђтся.

³⁵

For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.

³⁶

къ мнњ` б^о никто пристђпа'етъ нн~њ, ни възы'щеT мене да'же до м~, дн~и.

³⁶

Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days.

³⁷

и^ прїяX пя'ть мђж'їи ја^ко заповњ'да мн^њ, і^ и^дохомъ въ по'ле, и^ пребы'хоM т^ђ”

³⁷

So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we went forth into the field, and remained there.

³⁸

И$ бысть в заё%трїи и^ с^е глаs възва мя гл~я. е%здра эTвръзи ё^ста` твоа и^ пїи и%мже т^я напою`.

³⁸

And it came to pass on the morrow that, lo, a voice called me, saying, Ezra, open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink.

³⁹

и^ ѓ^твориX ё^ста моа`, и^ с^е ча'ша поlна въздашеся мн^њ, сїя бы'сть поlна ја%ко во'ды, свTњ ея` ѓ^гню подобеn,

³⁹

Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, there was reached unto me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the color of it was like fire.

⁴⁰

и^ прїя'хъ и^ пихъ, и^ в неи е^гда` пїяX срDце мое смятяшеся ра'зђмомъ, и^ въ персехъ моиX възрастяше премђдрость. и^ дх~ъ мо'и содръжашеся памятїю.

⁴⁰

And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory:

⁴¹

эTвръсты ё^ста моя` и^ нњсть затворены ктомђ”

⁴¹

and my mouth was opened, and shut no more.

⁴²

Вы'ш#нїи даде ра'зђмъ пяти'мъ мђжеM. и^ писа'ша ја%же гл~ахђся ё^жа'снњи но'щи и%хже невњдяхђ.

⁴²

The Most High gave understanding unto the five men, and they wrote by course the things that were told them, in characters which they knew not, and they sat forty days: now they wrote in the daytime, and at night they ate bread.

⁴³

но'щїю же ја^дя'хђ хлњбъ. а%з же по дн~и гл~ахъ. и^ по нощи не молча'х#.

⁴³

As for me, I spake in the day, and by night I held not my tongue.

⁴⁴

и^ написа'ни сђть за м~, дн~їи. кни'ги, с~д”

⁴⁴

So in forty days were written fourscore and fourteen books.

⁴⁵

И$ быs е^гда` съвръши'шася, м~, дн~їи.

⁴⁵

And it came to pass, when the forty days were fulfilled, that the Most High spake unto me, saying, The first that thou hast written publish openly, and let the worthy and unworthy read it:

⁴⁶

гл~а вы'шнїи рекђщи. пр'ьвая и^же писаl е^си въ ја^вњ постави`. и^ да чтђтъ досто'инїи и^ недостоинїи.

⁴⁶

but keep the seventy last, that thou mayest deliver them to such as be wise among thy people:

⁴⁷

послDњняя же сеDмьдесять съдръжи'ши да предаси и^хъ мђдрымъ эT людїи твоиX.

⁴⁷

for in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge.

⁴⁸

в тњхъ б^о е^сть ко'рень разђма и^ премђдрости и^сто'чник#, и^ ё^мњнїя рњка. и^ сътвори'хъ та'ко”

⁴⁸

And I did so.