¹

ПрпDбным# же твои^мъ вели'къ б^њ свњтъ, и%хже ё^бо глsа слы'шаще ѓ%браꙁа же не ви'дяще” Зане же ё^бо ѓ^ни того же не страда'хђ блажа'хђ т^я,

¹

Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.

²

ја%ко не пакосᲄвовани преDѓ^биди'ми бл~годаря'хђ. и^ е'же пронестися блгDтїю моляхђся”

²

But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been wronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for that they had been enemies.

³

Сихъ ра'ди ѓ^гнегоря'щїи столпъ во'жDа имњша невњдо'маго пђти ше'ствїя. слн~ца же беꙁ# па'кости любоче'стнаго стра'н#ничества пода'лъ е^си.

³

Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and a harmless sun to entertain them honourably.

⁴

досто'ини б^о ѓ^ни лиши'тися свњта, и^ снабдњтися въ тмњ. и^же ꙁаключе'ныхъ стрежа'хђ сн~овъ твои^хъ, и%хъ же ради въсхотњ неи^стлњненъ ꙁако'на свњтъ вњкђ да'ти.

⁴

For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.

⁵

совњтова'вшиX и^хъ прпDбныX ё^бива'ти младенца, и^ е^ді'номђ преложе'нђ ча'дђ и^ сп~сенђ. вᲆ ѓ^бличе'нїе иX вꙁя` мно'жество чаD, и^ е^ді'нодђшно погђби'лъ е^си въ водњ` ѕњлнњи”

⁵

And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.

⁶

ѓ^на б^о но'щь провњдњся эTц~емъ на'шимъ, да и%стинно вњдђще и^мже кля'твамъ ё^вњри'ша вожDелњ'ютъ.

⁶

Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.

⁷

въспрїя'то же бы'сть эT людїи твои^хъ. сп~сенїе б^о пра'веDных# вра'гъ же и^стребле'нїе.

⁷

So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.

⁸

ја%ко б^о ѓ^бещестилъ е^си сђпоста'ты на'ша, к семђ насъ приꙁыва'ющи просла'вилъ е^си.

⁸

For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou didst glorify us, whom thou hadst called.

⁹

съкрове'но б^о жря'хђ прпDбнїи ѓ^тро'ки бл~гихъ, и^ ꙁако'на бжsтвеннаго въ съи^менова'нїе завњщаша” Та'коже бл~гихъ и^ бњ'дныX въспрїя'ти ст~ыX, эTц~ъ ё'же преDвъспњва'ющиX хва'лђ”

⁹

For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.

¹⁰

ВоZшђмњ же не подо'бно враго'въ во'пль, и^ пла'чь слы'шашеся пла'чющихъ младе'нецъ”

¹⁰

But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.

¹¹

Сицевою же ме'стїю ра'бъ съ господи'номъ ѓ^ꙁлобле'нъ е^сть, и^ ѓ^полче'ныи чл~къ цр~еви подо'бная пострада”

¹¹

The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king, so suffered the common person.

¹²

Є$ді'нодђшно же ё^бо вс^и въ е^ді'номᲆ и^мени смр~тноM, мр~твыX и^мњя'хђ без#численыхъ” Ниже б^о въ погребе'нїе живы'хъ довляше, понеже е^ді'нымъ м#гнове'нїемᲆ честьнњ'ишїи ро'дъ и^хъ и^стребле'нъ е^сть.

¹²

So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.

¹³

эT всњхъ б^о не вњрђюще ради чародњя'нїя, и^ ради первенецъ и^стребле'нїа и^сповњда'ша лю'ди бж~їя сн~ы бы'ти.

¹³

For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.

¹⁴

молча'нїю б^о съдержа'щђ всњхъ, и^ но'щь свое^го тече'нїя по'лъ пђти и^мњше.

¹⁴

For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,

¹⁵

всемогђще сло'во твое г~и и^сходя'щи эT нб~си эT прsтлъ црsкихъ, жесто'къ брани'тель посреди и^скорене'нїа и^ ꙁемли преDни'де.

¹⁵

thine Almighty word leaped from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,

¹⁶

ме'чъ ѓ%стръ нелицемњрнаго повелњ'нїя твое^го нося'и, и^ стоя'щи и^споlни вс^я смр~ти. и^ да'же до нб~си досяꙁа'ше стоя'щи на ꙁемли`”

¹⁶

and brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.

¹⁷

Тогда` внеꙁа'пђ привидњнїя сно'въ лю'тњ смђти'ша и^хъ, страхи же наидо'ша ненаде'жны.

¹⁷

Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.

¹⁸

и^ и'нъ и^на'мо въверженъ е^лњ жи'въ, е^я'же ради вины` смр~тїю и^щеꙁа'хђ”

¹⁸

And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.

¹⁹

видњ'нїя б^о и^хъ смђти'ша и^хъ. сїе преDё^ча'хђ да не вњдяще е^гоже ради ѕл^а стражђще погибо'ша”

¹⁹

For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.

²⁰

Прикоснђ же ся тогда и^ пра'веDныхъ и^скђше'нїе смр~ти, і^ и^стлњ'нїя въ пђсты бы'сть мно'жество, н^о не до'лго пребы'сть гнњвъ”

²⁰

Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: but the wrath endured not long.

²¹

Потща' бо^ ся мђж'ь непоро'ченъ и^ преDбрашеся, свое^я слђжбы ѓ^рђж'їемъ. моли'твђ и^ џимїя'ма ѓ^цњще'нїе принесъ, съпроти'въ ста гнњвђ. и^ конца наста'вилъ требова'нїя, покаꙁђющи ја%ко твои е^сᲄь ра'бъ.

²¹

For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.

²²

ѓ^долњ же наро'ды не въ си'лњ теле'снњи ниже ѓ^рђжїи дњлаными, н^о сло'воM повелњвшаго трђжа'тися. кляᲄвы эTц~ъ и^ ꙁавњты помина'ющи

²²

So he overcame the destroyer, not with might of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.

²³

хо'лми б^о ё^ паDшихъ дрђгъ на' дрђга межDђ мр~твыхъ ста'въ и^ эTсᲇче гнvњ, и^ раꙁдњли ја%же къ живы'мъ пђть.

²³

For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.

²⁴

въ ѓ^дежDи б^о подира б^њ весь ми'ръ, и^ эTц~ъ сла'вы на четы'реё^го'лномъ ка'мени и^ꙁвая'нъ, и^ вели'чество твое въ дїади'мњ главы е^го”

²⁴

For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the diadem of his head.

²⁵

Сими прїиде и^скореняа, сїя же ё^страши'ша, б^њ бо то'кмо и^скђше'нїе гнњ'ва дово'лно”

²⁵

Unto these the destroyer gave place, and they were afraid of them: for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath.