¹

And he answered me, and said, Measure thou diligently within thyself: and when thou seest that a certain part of the signs are past, which have been told thee beforehand,

¹

И$ эTвњща` къ мнњ` и^ рече. мњря'щи мњ'ры вре'мя в себњ само'м#. и^ бђдетъ е^гда` видящи е^гда про'идетъ ча'сть нњ'которыхъ зна'менїи и^же преDречена сђть”

²

then shalt thou understand, that it is the very time, wherein the Most High will visit the world which was made by him.

²

Тогда` разђмњ'еши ја%котомђ` е^сть вре'мя в кое'мъ начина'етъ вы'шнїи посњти'ти вњ'къ чт^о эT е^го сътворе'нъ бы'сть.

³

And when there shall be seen in the world earthquakes, disquietude of peoples, devices of nations, wavering of leaders, disquietude of princes,

³

и^ когда ё^зрятъ въ вњ'цњ гиба'нїя мњстоM и^ людемъ смђще'нїе

⁴

then shalt thou understand, that the Most High spake of these things from the days that were aforetime from the beginning.

⁴

тогда` разђмњеши ја%ко эT сиX бысть вы'шнїи гл~анъ. эT дн~и и^же бы'ша преD тобо'ю эT нача'ла

⁵

For like as of all that is made in the world, the beginning is evident, and the end manifest;

⁵

та'ко б^о все чт^о сътворе'но е^сть въ вњ'къ. нача'ло и%мать та'коже и^ скон#ча'нїю. и^ сконча'нїе е^сть ја^вле'нно”

⁶

so also are the times of the Most High: the beginnings are manifest in wonders and mighty works, and the end in effects and signs.

⁶

та'ко и^ вы'шняго времена` нача'ла и^маютъ ја^вле'нна в чюдесњ'хъ и^ си'лныX и^ сконча'ни и^ въ дњя'нїе и^ зна'менїа.

⁷

And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, or by faith, whereby he hath believed,

⁷

и^ бђдетъ вся'къ и^же сп~сенъ сътвореn бђдетъ і^ и'же мо'жетъ и^збњжа'ти по дњ'ломъ свои^мъ и^ по вњ'рњ в кото'рђю вњ'ровалъ е^си

⁸

shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders, which I have sanctified for me from the beginning.

⁸

ѓ^ста'нется эT преDрече'ныя бњды. и^ ё^сря'щетъ спsнїе мое в земли` мое'и и^ въ предњ'лехъ моиX. ја%ко ѓ^ст~ился е^смь эT вњка

⁹

Then shall they be amazed, who now have abused my ways: and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.

⁹

и^ тогда` ё^млрsдятся и^же нн~њ эTстђпи'ли сђть пђтїи мои^хъ. и^ въ мђче'нїихъ поживђтъ. тїи и^же и^хъ поверго'ша въ забве'нїе

¹⁰

For as many as in their life have received benefits, and yet have not known me;

¹⁰

и^же б^о не позна'ша м^я живђщаго бл~готворе'нїя наслњди'ти

¹¹

and as many as have scorned my law, while they had yet liberty, and, when as yet place of repentance was open unto them, understood not, but despised it;

¹¹

и^же ѓ^горчиша зако'нђ мое^мђ е^гда` е^ще бя'хђ и^мњ'ющи свободђ и^ е^гда` е^ще` бы'сть и^мъ ѓ^творено покая'нїа мњ'сто. не възразђмњша н^о ё^ничижи'ша.

¹²

the same must know it after death by torment.

¹²

симъ требњ по смр~ти въ мђче'нїи позна'ти.

¹³

And therefore be thou no longer curious how the ungodly shall be punished; but inquire how the righteous shall be saved, they whose the world is, and for whom the world was created.

¹³

и^ не хощи е^ще и^ска'тель бы'ти ка'ко нечести'ви мђ'чатся. н^о взыщи ка'ко пра'веDнїи сп~сђтся і^ и'х#же вњ'къ, и^ ра'ди кото'рыхъ вњкъ, и^ е^гда”

¹⁴

And I answered and said,

¹⁴

И$ эTвњща'хъ и^ реко'хъ,

¹⁵

I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there are more of them that perish, than of them that will be saved:

¹⁵

дре'внее гл~алъ е^смь, и^ нн~њ гл~ю и^ послњ гл~ю, ја%ко мно'ѕи сђть и^же поги'бнTђ нежели и^же сп~сђтся” ја%ко ё^мно'жатся во'лны на ка'плю”

¹⁶

like as a wave is greater than a drop.

¹⁶

И$ эTвњща къ мнњ` и^ рече.

¹⁷

And he answered me, saying, Like as the field is, so also the seed; and as the flowers are, such are the colors also; and such as the work is, such also is the judgment thereon; and as is the husbandman, so is his threshing floor also. For there was a time in the world,

¹⁷

какова` ни'ва таково и^ сњ'мя, и^ каковы цвњти таковы` и^ пестроты. и^ каковъ дњлатель таково и^ дњ'ло. каковъ ра'таи такова и^ мякота. ја%ко время бы'сть вњ'ка”

¹⁸

even then when I was preparing for them that now live, before the world was made for them to dwell in; and then no man spake against me,

¹⁸

И$ нн~њ е^гда` быхъ ё^готовающїи тњ'мъ и^же нн~њ сђть, пре'же неже бы'сть вњ'къ во'нже ѓ^бита'ша. и^ никто'же проти'вђ рече мнњ”

¹⁹

for there was not any: but now they that are created in this world that is prepared, both with a table that faileth not, and a law which is unsearchable, are corrupted in their manners.

¹⁹

Тогда` вся'къ и^же нн~њ сътво'рится въ ми'ръ т^о ё^гото'ванно, и^ ми'ра не ѓ^скђдњ'ющи, зако'нъ не и^с#слњдован#. растлњни сђть жи'тїя и^хъ,

²⁰

So I considered my world, and, lo, it was destroyed, and my earth, and, lo, it was in peril, because of the devices that were come into it.

²⁰

и^ промысли въ вњк#. и^ с^е бы'сть бњда ра'ди помышле'нїа и^же в не'мъ прїидо'ша.

²¹

And I saw, and spared them, but not greatly, and saved me a grape out of a cluster, and a plant out of a great forest.

²¹

и^ видXњ и^ ѓ^прости'лъ е^мђ ѕњло, и^ съкры` мнњ ја%годђ эT гро'зда, и^ сажде'нїе эT колњ'на мно'га.

²²

Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain; and let my grape be saved, and my plant; for with great labor have I made them perfect.

²²

поги'бнетъ б^о мно'жество и^же беZ ве'щи рожде'но е^сть. и^ съхрани'тся ја%годица моя` и^ сажде'ница моя`, и^же вели'кимъ трђдомъ съверши'лъ”

²³

Nevertheless if thou wilt cease yet seven days more, (howbeit thou shalt not fast in them,

²³

Ты же а^ще и^ е^ще въспрїимеши, з~, дн~їи и%нњхъ, н^о не пости'шися в ни'х#,

²⁴

but shalt go into a field of flowers, where no house is built, and eat only of the flowers of the field; and thou shalt taste no flesh, and shalt drink no wine, but shalt eat flowers only;)

²⁴

и^деши на' поле цвњтное гдњ до'мъ нњ'сть създа'нъ, и^ ја^си токмо эT цвњтъ по'льскихъ и^ мя'съ не вкђси'ши, и^ вина` не пїеши, н^ото'кмо цвњтъ.

²⁵

and pray unto the Most High continually, then will I come and talk with thee.

²⁵

възмоли'ши вы'шняго беZпреста'ни, и^ прїидђ и^ гл~ю с тобо'ю”

²⁶

So I went my way, like as he commanded me, into the field which is called Ardat; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me.

²⁶

І$ и^до'хъ ја%коy рече мнњ на' поле и^же зове'тся а^рда'џъ, и^ сњдоX та'мо ё^ цвњтъ и^ эT тра'въ польскиX ја^до'хъ, и^ бы'ша ми` пита'нїе и^хъ в сы'тость”

²⁷

And it came to pass after seven days that I lay upon the grass, and my heart was vexed again, like as before:

²⁷

И$ бы'сть по сеDми дн~ехъ и^ а'зъ лежа'хъ на сенњ. и^ срDце мое паки смђщашеся ја%ко и^ преже.

²⁸

and my mouth was opened, and I began to speak before the Lord Most High, and said,

²⁸

эTвръзена сђть ё^ста моя`, и^ начаX гл~ати преD вы'шнимъ и^ реко'хъ.

²⁹

O Lord, thou didst show thyself among us, unto our fathers in the wilderness, when they went forth out of Egypt, and when they came into the wilderness, where no man treadeth and that beareth no fruit;

²⁹

ЭO г~и т^я наM показђ'ющи, показа'лся е^си эTц~емъ на'шимъ въ пђсты'ни. чт^о не поперется непло'дное когда бя'хђ и^сходя'ще эT е^гљ=пта.

³⁰

and thou didst say, Hear me, thou Israel; and mark my words, O seed of Jacob.

³⁰

и^ гл~юще ре'клъ е^си. т^ы і^и^л~ю послђшаи м^я и^ сњ'мя і^а^ковле', во'нми слове'съ моиX.

³¹

For, behold, I sow my law in you, and it shall bring forth fruit in you, and ye shall be glorified in it forever.

³¹

с^е бо а^зъ сњ'ю сњмена на ва'съ зако'нъ мои, и^ сътворитъ въ васъ пло'дъ, и^ просла'витеся в не'мъ по вњкђ”

³²

But our fathers, who received the law, kept it not, and observed not the statutes: and the fruit of the law did not perish, neither could it, for it was thine;

³²

И$же эTц~ы ва'ши прїе'млюще зако'нъ не съдръжа'ша, и^ зако'нная моя` не съхрани'ша, и^ бы'сть плоD зако'нъ неродя'щи. не бо можа'ше ја%котвои

³³

yet they that received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.

³³

бы'сть, и%же ја%ко прїа'ша погибо'ша, не съхраня'ющи чт^о в нихъ сњ'яно бы'сть”

³⁴

And, lo, it is a custom, that when the ground hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, and when it cometh to pass that that which is sown, or that which is launched,

³⁴

И$ с^е ѓ^бы'чаи е^сть, да е^гда` прїе'млетъ земля` сњ'мя, и^ли кора'бль мо'ря, и^ли сосђ'дъ нњ'кїи пи'ща, и^ли питїя” Є$гда бы'сть сконча'нот^о в ни'хъ сњя'но е^сть, и^ли в че'мъ поста'влено е^сть

³⁵

or the things which have been received, should come to an end, these come to an end, but the receptacles remain: yet with us it hath not happened so.

³⁵

вкђ'пњ, т^о что` сњяно, и^ли поста'влено е^сть, и^ли и^же прїя'та сђть и^стребя'тся. и^ въспрїя'та ё^же не пребываеT преD нами, н^о намъ та'ко не сътворе'но бы'сть”

³⁶

For we that have received the law shall perish by sin, and our heart also which received it.

³⁶

Мы` б^о и^же зако'нъ прїяли е^смы`, съгрњша'ющи заблђди'хомъ, и^ срDце наше чт^о въспрїя' е^го,

³⁷

Notwithstanding the law perisheth not, but remaineth in its honor.

³⁷

ја^ко закон# не поги'бнетъ. н^о пребыва'етъ въ свое^мъ трђдњ”

³⁸

And when I spake these things in my heart, I looked about me with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved in mind, and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head.

³⁸

И$ е^гда гл~ахъ сїя въ срDцы мое^мъ. възрњ'хъ ѓ^чи'ма мои'ма, и^ ви'дњхъ женђ въ деснњ'и стра'нњ. и^ с^е сїя рыда'ше и^ пла'каше съ гла'сомъ вели'киM, и^ дш~ею боля'ше ѕњло, и^ ѓ^дњя'нїе е^я` раздра'но, и^ пепелъ на главњ` е^я`”

³⁹

Then let I my thoughts go wherein I was occupied, and turned me unto her,

³⁹

И$ ѓ^ста'вихъ помышле'нїе в кото'рыX быX мыслящи. и^ ѓ^брати'хся к не'и

⁴⁰

and said unto her, Wherefore weepest thou? and why art thou grieved in thy mind?

⁴⁰

и^ реко'хъ е'и. ѓ^ чеM пла'чеши и^ чт^о боли'ши дш~ею

⁴¹

And she said unto me, Let me alone, my Lord, that I may bewail myself, and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind, and brought very low.

⁴¹

рече къ мнњ`, ѓ^ста'ви м^я г~и мои да въспла'чю себе`. и^ приложђ болњзни ја%ко ѕњло ѓ^горчи'хся дш~ею и^ смире'на е^смь ѕњ'ло”

⁴²

And I said unto her, What aileth thee? Tell me.

⁴²

И$ рекохъ, чт^о стра'жDеши рц^ы м^и. и^ рече къ мнњ`,

⁴³

She said unto me, I thy servant was barren, and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years.

⁴³

неплоDна быхъ раба` твоя` и^ не роди'хъ. и^мњ'ющи лњтъ, л~.

⁴⁴

And every hour and every day these thirty years did I make my prayer to the Most High day and night.

⁴⁴

а^зъ б^о пое^ді'ны ча'сы и^ пое^ді'ны дн~и лњтъ, л~, си'хъ. въз#молю'ся вы'шнемђ дн~ь и^ но'щь”

⁴⁵

And it came to pass after thirty years that God heard me thy handmaid, and looked upon my low estate, and considered my trouble, and gave me a son: and I rejoiced in him greatly, I and my husband, and all my neighbors: and we gave great honor unto the Mighty.

⁴⁵

И$ бы'сть по л~, лњтехъ, ё^слы'ша м^я б~ъ рабђ` свою`, и^ ви'дњ смире'нїе мое, и^ вня'тъ скорбњ'нїе мое. и^ да'сть мн^њ сн~а, и^ ё^блажи'ся на'нь ѕњ'ло а^зъ и^ мђ'жъ мои, и^ вс^и гража'не мои. и^ почти'хомъ ѕњ'ло крњпкого.

⁴⁶

And I nourished him with great travail.

⁴⁶

и^ въскорми'хъ е^го с трђдомъ вели'кимъ”

⁴⁷

So when he grew up, and I came to take him a wife, I made him a feast day.

⁴⁷

И$ бы'сть е^гда` растя'ше и^ прїидетъ прїя'ти женђ`, сътвори'лъ дн~ь пирныи”