¹

And he said unto me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the outgoings of the world were fixed, or ever the gatherings of the winds blew,

¹

И$ реq къ мнњ`, эT нача'ла ѓ^крђже'нїа земли`. и^ пре'же ѓ^снова'нїя предњ'лъ, и^ пре'же нежели ды'шђщи събра'нїя вњтромъ,

²

before the voices of the thunder sounded and before the flashes of the lightning shone, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid,

²

и^ нежели шђмњша гла'сы гро'мныя. и^ пре'же нежели блиска'хђся свњтлости и^ блиста'нїи. и^ нежели ё^твръди'шася ѓ^снова'нїя ра'иская.

³

before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the powers of the earthquake were established, before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered together,

³

и^ нежели видњшася кра'снїи цвњти. и^ пре'же нежели ё^крњпи'шася си'лы гиблющїися. и^ нежели събра'шася без#числе'наа во'инъства а^гг~льская.

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or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the footstool of Zion was established,

⁴

нежели възнесе'нїя въ высотђ` въздђ'хђ. и^ пре'же нежели и^менова'хђся мњры тврьDныа и^ нежели въскђри'шася пе'щи въ сїѓ'нњ.

⁵

and ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the imaginations of them that now sin were estranged, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:

⁵

и^ нежели достиго'шася настоя'щїи лњта. и^ пре'жDе нежели ѓ^чюжDахђся и^хъ, и^же нн~њ съгрњша'ют#. а нежели назнамена'ни бы'ша тїи, и^же вњ'рђ събира'ша”

⁶

then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: as by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.

⁶

Тогда же а^зъ мысляхъ и^ сътворе'на сђть чресъ мене самаго а^ не эT и^наго. а^ наконе'цъ бђдетъ мно'ю а^ не эT и%наго.

⁷

Then answered I and said, what shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?

⁷

и^ эTвњщаX и^ реко'х#. кое` бђ'детъ разлђче'нїе вре'менъ. и^ли когда пе'рвомђ коне'цъ, а^ дрђго'мђ нача'ло.

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And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Abraham, inasmuch as Jacob and Esau were born of him, for Jacob’s hand held the heel of Esau from the beginning.

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и^ рече къ мнњ` эT а^враа'ма да'же до і^саа'ка. е^гда роже'нї сђть эT него і^а'ковъ і^ и^са'въ. рђка` і^а'ковля держа'ше эT нача'ла пятђ і^са'вовђ.

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For Esau is the end of this world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.

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коне'цъ б^о вњ'ка сего і^са'в#, а^ дрђга'го нача'ло і^а'ковъ.

¹⁰

The beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel; between the heel and the hand seek thou nought else, Ezra.

¹⁰

чл~ча рђка` междђ пяты` и^ рђкђ. и^но не хощи и^ска'ти е%здра.

¹¹

I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, If I have found favor in thy sight,

¹¹

и^ эTвњща'хъ и^ рекоX. ЭO влDко г~и а^ще ѓ^брњто'хъ блгDть преD ѓ^чи'ма твои^ма.

¹²

I beseech thee, show thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof thou showedst me part the last night.

¹²

молю` тя` да пока'жеши рабђ` твое^мђ коне'цъ зна'менїи твои^хъ. и%х#же ча'сть показа'лъ е^си мнњ но'щи проходя'щїа

¹³

So he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and thou shalt hear a mighty sounding voice;

¹³

и^ эTвњща`, и^ рече м^и. въста'ни на но'гђ твою и^ ё^слы'ши глаs и^сполнњ'ишїи шђма.

¹⁴

and if the place whereon thou standest be greatly moved,

¹⁴

и^ бђ'детъ ја%ко поколњба'тися, и^ не поколњбле'тся мњ'сто на не'м#же стои'ши”

¹⁵

when it speaketh be thou not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundations of the earth shall understand,

¹⁵

И$ сего ра'ди е^гда гл~етъ т^и не ё^жаса'ися. не бо` ѓ^ концы` сло'во, и^ ѓ^ ѓ^снова'нїи земли` разђмњ'ется.

¹⁶

that the speech is of them: they shall tremble and be moved: for they know that their end must be changed.

¹⁶

не бо` ѓ^ тыхъ вещехъ сло'во сътрясеTся и^ съдвигнется. вњсть б^о ја%ко коне'цъ и^хъ и'мать и^змњни'тися”

¹⁷

And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.

¹⁷

И$ бы'сть е^гда` слы'шаX, воста'хъ на но'ѕњ мои` и^ слы'шахъ. и^ с^е глаs гл~ющи и^ шђмъ е^го ја%ко шђмъ воD мно'гъ,

¹⁸

And it said, Behold, the days come, and it shall be that when I draw nigh to visit them that dwell upon the earth,

¹⁸

и^ рече, с^е дн~їе прїидђтъ, и^ бђдетъ е^гда` приближа'тися начнђ да посњщђ ѓбита'ющихъ на земли`.

¹⁹

and when I shall make inquisition of them that have done hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Zion shall be fulfilled,

¹⁹

и^ е^гдаy взыска'ти начнђ на нихъ и%же непра'вдђ побњди'ша неправдою свое'ю” И$ е^гда и^спо'лниTся смире'нїе сїѓ'не,

²⁰

and when the seal shall be set upon the world that is to pass away, then will I show these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and all shall see together:

²⁰

и^ е^гда назнаменђ'ется вњкъ и^же начне'тся преити`” Сїя зна'менїа сътворю`, кни'ги разгнђтся предъ лицемъ дръжа'вы и^ вс^и ё%зрятъ въкђпњ.

²¹

and the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children at three or four months, and they shall live, and dance.

²¹

и^ лњтца младе'нцы гл~юще гла'сы свои'ми. и^ бремена'ты незрњлы ро'дятъ младенець. трема` и^ четырма мsцы, живђтъ и^ въздви'жTђся.

²²

And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full storehouses shall suddenly be found empty:

²²

и^ ско'ро ја%вля'юTся мњ'ста ѓ^сња'на, котора'я же не сђть ѓ^сњя'на. и^ по'лна храни'лища ско'ро ѓ^бря'щTђся пра'здны,

²³

and the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.

²³

и^ трђба` въстрђбитъ съ шђмомъ ю%же е^гда` вс^и ё^слы'шаT, ско'ро ё^жа'снђтся”

²⁴

At that time shall friends make war one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, so that for three hours they shall not run.

²⁴

И$ бђ'детъ в то` вре'мя възбраняTся прїя'тели прїя'телю ја^ко враѕи. и^ ё^жаснеTся того` земля`. и^ жи'лы и^сто'чникоM стоа'тъ и^ не въстекђтъ въ ча'сњхъ тре'хъ.

²⁵

And it shall be that whosoever remaineth after all these things that I have told thee of, he shall be saved, and shall see my salvation, and the end of my world.

²⁵

и^ бђ'детъ вся'къ и^же ѓ^ста'вленъ бђдетъ эT всњхъ си'хъ ја^коже преDрекоX. то'и сп~сется. и^ ё'зритъ сп~сенїе мое` и^ коне'цъ вњка ва'шего.

²⁶

And they shall see the men that have been taken up, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.

²⁶

и^ ё'зряT и^же въспрїятны сђть лю'ди. и%же см~рти не вкђси'ша эT рожDенїя свое^го. и^ премени'тся срDце въ ѓ^бита'ющиX. и^ ѓ^брати'тся въ чю'в#ство и%ное,

²⁷

For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched;

²⁷

загла'дитъ б^о ся лђка'вое, и^ пога'сиTся лесть.

²⁸

and faith shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which hath been so long without fruit, shall be declared.

²⁸

процвитет# же вњра, и^ побњдиTся растлњнїе. и^ ја%виTся и%стинна и^же беZ пло'да быs дн~и толи'ки”

²⁹

And when he talked with me, behold, by little and little the place whereon I stood rocked to and fro.

²⁹

И$ бысть е^гда м^и гл~а, и^ с^е ти'хо въсмотрњхъ на'нь преD ни'м# же стоя'хъ

³⁰

And he said unto me, These things came I to show thee this night.

³⁰

и^ рече къ мнњ`. с^е прїидо'хъ к тебњ, показати вре'мя пришеDшеи но'щи”

³¹

If therefore thou wilt pray yet again, and fast seven days more, I shall yet tell thee greater things than these.

³¹

А/ще б^о паки возмоли'шися. и^ па'ки пости'шися, з~, дн~їи. па'ки тебњ` возвњщђ сеDмъ бо'льшаа вещи по дн~и которомъ слы'шаX.

³²

For thy voice hath surely been heard before the Most High: for the Mighty hath seen thy righteous dealing, he hath seen aforetime also thy chastity, which thou hast had ever since thy youth.

³²

слы'шанъ б^о е^сть глаs твой преD вы'шнимъ. ви'диT б^о крњпкїи ё^правленїе твое. и^ прови'дњ чистотђ` ю%же эT ю'ности твое'я и^мњлъ е^си”

³³

And therefore hath he sent me to show thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort, and fear not.

³³

И$ сего ради посла' мя показа'ти тебњ вс^и ве'щи сїи`, повњ'дахъ тебњ, вњ'рђи и^ не бо'ися,

³⁴

And be not hasty in regard of the former times, to think vain things, that thou mayest not hasten in the latter times.

³⁴

и^ не моѕи тща'тися съ пр'ьвыми времены мы'слити сђе'тная. да не прибли'жишися послDњнихъ временXњ”

³⁵

And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfill the three weeks which he told me.

³⁵

И$ бысть по си'хъ плакахся па'ки, и^ та'коже постя'хся сеDмь дн~їи. да и^спо'лню тр^и неде'ли и^же реqны сђть мн^њ”

³⁶

And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the Most High.

³⁶

И$ бы'сть въ ѓ'смђю но'щь, срDце мое скорбя'шеся паки въ мнњ`, и^ начаX гл~ати преD вы'шнимъ,

³⁷

For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.

³⁷

распала'шеся б^о дх~ъ мо'и ѕњ'ло. и^ дш~а моя` ё^ныва'шеся.

³⁸

And I said, O Lord, of a truth thou spakest at the beginning of the creation, upon the first day, and saidst thus: Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word perfected the work.

³⁸

и^ реко'хъ. ЭO г~и гл~ющи гл~алъ е^си эT нача'ла сътворе'нїя въ пр'ьвыи дн~ь гл~ющи. да бђдеT нб~о и^ земля и^ твое слово дњ'ло съвръшено”

³⁹

And then was the spirit hovering, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet.

³⁹

И$ бысть тогда дх~ъ и^ тма` ѓ%крsтъ ношашеся молча'нїе. шђмъ гла'са члч~а не бњ сътво'ренъ эT тебе”

⁴⁰

Then commandedst thou a ray of light to be brought forth of thy treasures, that then thy works might appear.

⁴⁰

Тогда` гл~алъ е^си эT съкровищъ твоиX возда'ти свњтъ свњтлыи, и^же ѓ^свњти дњ'ла твоа.

⁴¹

Upon the second day again thou madest the spirit of the firmament and commandedst it to part asunder, and to make a division between the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.

⁴¹

и^ въ дн~ь вто'рыи созда'лъ е^си дх~ъ дръжа'вы. и^ повелњлъ е^си е^мђ да раздњ'литъ, и^ раздњленїе сътво'ритъ ме'ждђ во'дъ. да ча'сть нњ'кая вы'ше эTстђ'питъ, и^ часть вто'рая ни'зђ пребыва'етъ.

⁴²

Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered together in the seventh part of the earth: six parts didst thou dry up, and keep them, to the intent that of these some being both planted and tilled might serve before thee.

⁴²

и^ въ тре'тїи дн~ь повелњлъ е^си водаM съвокђпи'тися въ сеDмђю ча'сть земли`. ше'сть б^о ча'стїи ѓ^сђши'лъ е^си и^ съхрани`. е^же бы` преD тобо'ю слђжи'ли, и^ дњ'ла насњя'на эT' бг~а.

⁴³

For as soon as thy word went forth the work was done.

⁴³

сло'во б^отвое и^зыиде, и^ дњ'ло скоро сотворя'шеся”

⁴⁴

For immediately there came forth great and innumerable fruit, and manifold pleasures for the taste, and flowers of inimitable color, and odors of most exquisite smell: and this was done the third day.

⁴⁴

И$зыиде б^о скоро плоD мно'жество безмњрно. и^ жела'нїе въкђшенїю разли'чни и^ цвњты лицъ непремњн#ны. и^ ѓ^бонянїе ѓ^бонянїю неи^з#слњдова'ны. въ дн~ь тре'тїи сїя сътворена сђть.

⁴⁵

Upon the fourth day thou commandedst that the sun should shine, and the moon give its light, and the stars should be in their order:

⁴⁵

в четве'ртыи же дн~ь повелњлъ е^си солне'чнеи быти свњтлости, лђнњ` свњтъ, и^ ѕвњзда'мъ раз#смотренїе.

⁴⁶

and gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.

⁴⁶

и^ повелњлъ е^си и^мъ да слђж'ат# прише'ствїю созда'нномђ чл~кђ”

⁴⁷

Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, where the water was gathered together, that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fish: and so it came to pass,

⁴⁷

Въ пя'тыи же дн~ь реклъ е^си сеDмои части гд^њ быs вода` собра'на, да сътво'ряT живо'тная и^ летя'щая и^ рибы” И$ та'ко сътворя'шеся

⁴⁸

that the dumb water and without life brought forth living things as it was bidden, that the peoples might therefore praise thy wondrous works.

⁴⁸

вода` нњма и^ бездђшна, и^же бж~їимъ мановенїемъ повелева'хђся живо'тная сътворя'шеся. да эT сего` ди'вная твоа` ро'дове провњща'юT”

⁴⁹

Then didst thou preserve two living creatures, the one thou calledst Behemoth, and the other thou calledst Leviathan:

⁴⁹

И$ тогда` съхрани'лъ е^си дв^њ дђши`, и^мя е^ді'нои назва'лъ е^си е^но'хъ. і^ и'мя вто'рои назва'лъ е^си левїаџа'мъ”

⁵⁰

and thou didst separate the one from the other: for the seventh part, namely, where the water was gathered together, might not hold them both.

⁵⁰

И$ разлђчиl е^си е^ді'наго эT дрђга'го. не бо` можа'ше сеDма'я ча'сть гдњ` бысть вода` собра'на снести и^хъ.

⁵¹

Unto Behemoth thou gavest one part, which was dried up on the third day, that he should dwell in the same, wherein are a thousand hills:

⁵¹

и^ да'лъ е^си е^но'хђ е^ді'нђ часть и^же ѓ^сђше'на е^сть, тре'тїи дн~ь да ѓ^бита'етъ на не'и” Гдњ` сђть го'ръ ты'сяща.

⁵²

but unto Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely, the moist; and thou hast kept them to be devoured of whom thou wilt, and when.

⁵²

а^ левїаџамђ же да'лъ е^си сеDмђю часть мокра`. и^ дръжа'лъ е^си е^го да бђ'деT в пожре'нїе и%хже хо'щеши и^ когда` хо'щеши”

⁵³

But upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that it should bring forth before thee cattle, beasts, and creeping things:

⁵³

Въ шесты'и же дн~ь повелњлъ е^си зеMли` да створи'тъ преD тобо'ю ско'ты ѕвњри и^ га'ды

⁵⁴

and over these Adam, whom thou ordaindest lord over all the works that thou hast made: of him come we all, the people whom thou hast chosen.

⁵⁴

и^ наD тњми ве'щ#ми сътвори'лъ е^си а^да'ма. е^гоже поста'вилъ е^си вожа` и^ кня'ѕя на всњхъ сътворе'нїи и^же сътвори'лъ е^си. и эT него` ро'диMся м^ы вси` и%хже и^збра'лъ е^си лю'ди”

⁵⁵

All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou hast said that for our sakes thou madest this world.

⁵⁵

Сїя же вс^я реко'хъ преD тобо'ю г~и и^же ради насъ създа'лъ е^си свњтъ”

⁵⁶

As for the other nations, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, and are like unto spittle: and thou hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.

⁵⁶

ѓ^ста'н#цы же ја%зычестїи эT а^да'ма рождени реклъ е^си иM ничтоже бы'ти, ја%ко слинњ подо'бни сђть. и^ ја^ко капленїе эT сосђда ё^подобиl е^си мно'жество иX.

⁵⁷

And now, O Lord, behold these nations, which are reputed as nothing, be lords over us, and devour us.

⁵⁷

и^ нн~њ г~и с^е тїи` ја^зы'цы и^же нивъчто'же в#мњне'ни сђть, нача'шA владњти на'ми и^ пожира'ти на'съ”

⁵⁸

But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy firstborn, thy only begotten, and thy fervent lover, are given into their hands.

⁵⁸

Мы' же лю'дїе твои` и%хже возда'лъ е^си пр'ьвороже'ны е^ді'наго роже'наго возлю'блен#наготвое^го. преда'ны е^смы` въ рђкахъ и^хъ.

⁵⁹

If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess for an inheritance our world? How long shall this endure?

⁵⁹

и^ а'ще ради наs сътво'реn бы'сть свњт#. въскђю достоа'нїе не въздръжиM с вњкоM, доко'лњ сїя бђдеT”