¹

I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all are before their face.

¹

ја%ко вс^е сїе вдахъ въ срDце мое, и^ срDце мое вс^е сїе вњдњ” ЈАко правеDнїи и^ мђдрїи, и^ дњла'нїя и^хъ въ рђкђ бж~їю. и^ любовъ же и^ нена'висть нњсть чл~къ видя'и вс^я, преD лицемъ и^хъ сђе'та.

²

Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

²

въ всњхъ слђча'и правеDномђ и^ нечьстивомђ, бл~гомђ и^ ꙁломђ, и^ чи'сᲄомђ и^ нечи'стомђ, и^ жрђщемђ, и^ не жрђщемђ. ја%коже бл~гыи и^ ја%ко съгрњша'яи, и^ ја^коже кленыися и^ ја^коy боя'ися кля'твы”

³

There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that they go to the dead.

³

Се лђкаво въ всеM твореномъ поD слн~цемъ, ја%ко слђча'и всњхъ. и^ срDце сн~въ чл~ческихъ и^споlнися лђкав#ствїа, и^ гордость и^ лесть въ срDцехъ и^хᲆ и^ въ животњ иX, и^ по нихъ къ мр~твымъ”

⁴

For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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ЈА/ко кт^о и^же причаща'ется къ всњмъ живымъ, е^сть надежда. ја%ко песъ живъ сїи бл~гъ паче льва мр~тва.

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For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

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ЈА/ко живїи раꙁђмњюT ја%ко ё'мрђтъ, мр~твїи же не сђть вњдђщеи ничто'же, и^ ктомђ нњсть и^мъ м#ꙁды, ја%ко забвена е^сть память и^хᲆ.

⁶

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.

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и^ любовь иX и^ не'нависть и^хъ и^ рвенїе иX ё^же` поги'бе, и^ части нњсть и^мъ въ вњки, въ всеM творенїи поD слн~цеM”

⁷

Go, eat thy bread with mirth, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted thy works.

⁷

Прїиди и^ ја%жъ въ веселїи хлњбᲆ свои, и^ пїи во бла'ѕᲇ срDцы вино` свое, ја^ко ё^же бл~говоли б~ъ творенїя твоа.

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Let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thine head.

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во всяко время да сђть ризы твоя бњлы, и^ е^ле'и на главњ твое'и да не ли'шится”

⁹

And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

⁹

Ви'жDь живоT съ жено'ю ю^же воꙁлюбилъ е^си, въ вся` дн~и живота` ю%ности твое'а. да'ннаа т^и поD слн~цеM, вс^я дн~и сђе'тьствїя твое^го. ја%ко с^е часть твоя` въ животњ твоеM, и^ въ трђдњ твоеM и%мже т^ы трђди'ся поD слн~цеM”

¹⁰

Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest.

¹⁰

Вс^я е^ли'ка ѓ^бря'щеT рђка` твоа съᲄворити ја%ко си'ла твоя сътвори. ја%ко нњсть сътворенїе и^ помышленїе и^ ра'ꙁђмъ и^ мђдросᲄь во а'дњ, а%може т^ы и^деши тамо”

¹¹

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.

¹¹

И$ ѓ^братиXся и^ ви'дњхъ поD слн~цемъ, ја%ко си'мъ легкимъ теченїе и^ симъ си'лнымъ бра'нь, и^ ё^бо семђ мђдромђ хлњбъ, и^ симъ б^о разђмнымъ бога'тьство, и^ симᲆ б^о вњ'дђщимᲆ блгDть, ја%ко время и^ слђча'и слђчится всњмъ симъ.

¹²

For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

¹²

ја%ко ё^бо не раꙁђмњ чл~къ времени своеh, ја%ко ры'бы ё^ловля'емы вᲆ мрежи ѕл^њ и^ ја%ко птица ё^ловля'емы в сњти, и^ ја^ко сїи ё^ловля'емы сн~ы чл~ческїя сђть въ время лђкаво, внегда` нападетъ на' ня внеꙁа'пђ”

¹³

This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me:

¹³

И$ сїю же мђдрость ви'дњхъ поD слн~цемъ, и^ вели'къ е^сть ко мнњ

¹⁴

suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;

¹⁴

граD ма'лъ и^ мђжїи в немъ мало, прїидетъ на ня цр~ь вели'къ и^ ѓ'крsтъ ѓ^бля'же, и^ съдњла'етъ ѓ^ нем# ѓ^гра'ды ве'лїя.

¹⁵

and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man.

¹⁵

и^ ѓ^брњте же в немъ мђжа ни'ща и^ мђдра, и^ се'и сп~сетъ граD мђдростїю свое'ю, и^ чл~къ не помянове'нъ е^сть съ мђжеM ни'щимᲆ ѓ^ немъ”

¹⁶

And I said, Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to.

¹⁶

И$ рњхъ а^зᲆ бл~га мђдрость паче си'лы. и^ мђдрость ни'щаго ё^ничижена, и^ словеса` е^го не сђть послђша'ема”

¹⁷

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

¹⁷

Словеса мђдрыX вᲆ покои` слы'шаTся, паче клича ѓ^блада'ющиX въ беꙁђмїи”

¹⁸

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.

¹⁸

Бл~га мђдросᲄь паче сосђдъ ратиыX, и^ съгрњша'яи е^ді'нъ погђбиT блгsтыню мно'гђ”