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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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И бы'сть сло'во гн~е къ мнњ` гл~я,

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Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:

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сн~е чл~чь, сповњжDь по'вњсть и^ рцы` притчю на до'мъ і^и^л~евъ,

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and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Libanus—and he took the choice branches of the cedar:

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и^ рече'ши. с^е гл~етъ а^дона'и г~ь, ѓ^релᲆ великїи велекрылыи дол#гыи протяженїем#, и^же и^сполнъ е^сть но'готь. сїи и%мать по'вњсть внїити в# дђбравђ, и^ в#ꙁяти и^ꙁбо'рное смрњча,

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he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city.

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и^ конецъ мя'к#каго ѓ^стрђга`. и^ пренесе я& въ землю ханане'искђ, въ' градᲇ ё^тверженњ положи я&.

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And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place.

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и^ взя` эT пло'да ꙁемнаго, и^ дасть е& на' поли плоDнњ да ё^твердиT ко'ренїе, наD вода'ми мно'гами смотри'мо ё^ченїе.

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And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.

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и^ проѕябе и^ бы'сть въ виноградᲆ не'мощенъ ма'лъ, вели'чествомъ ја^вленїемъ е^го ло'ꙁїе е^го в немъ, и^ ко'ренїе е^го поD ни'мъ бя'ше, и^ бы'сть вᲆ винограD, и^ сътвори эT воды`, и^ простре въꙁведенїя своя`”

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And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.

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И$ бы'сть ѓ^релъ дрђгїи велиk вели'кома крылома и^ мно'ги но'гты. и^ с^е винограD се'и и^ то'и ѓ^плњтаяся ѓ^ немᲆ, и^ ко'ренїе е^го к немђ и^ лоꙁїе е^го и^спђсᲄи е^мђ напои^ти и& сᲆ грђдїемᲆ эT прђжи сада е^го

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She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine.

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на' поли до'брњ, и^ на водњ` мно'ѕњ напита'ется тои, ја%ко сᲆтворити проѕябенїе и^ приноси'ти плоD, ја^коже бы'ти вᲆ винограD вели'кᲆ”

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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and that not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.

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Сего ради и^ рцы`, с^е гл~етᲆ а^дона'и г~ь а^ще и^спрAвит#, не коре'нїе л^и ё^бо мяк#коты еh и^ плоD и^з#гнїетᲆ, и^ пос#хнеT всяка лњтора'сль пло'дђ е^го. и^ не мы'шцею вели'кою, н^и люDми мно'гими и^стрᲆгнђти и& и^с ко'ренїя е^мђ.

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And, behold, it thrives: shall it prosper? shall it not wither as soon as the east wind touches it? it shall be withered together with the growth of its shoots.

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И$ с^е насажDена е^сть е^да` того ради ё^спњ'етᲆ и^ не и^спра'виT. гдњ` б^о а^ще и^ коснетᲆ и& вњтрᲆ ꙁнои^нъ посхнетъ сђхотою” сᲆ грђдїем# проѕябенїа е^го по'схнет#”

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Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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И$ бы'сть слово гн~е къ мн^њ гл~я,

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Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know ye not what these things were? say to them, Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them home to Babylon.

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сн~е чл~чь, рцы` к# домђ гнњвающемђ м^я не вњсте л^и чт^о е^сть с^е. рцы` и^мъ с^е грядетъ цр~ь вављ=лон#скь на і^ерsлиM и^ во'ꙁметъ цр~я е^го и^ кня'ѕя е^го, и^ эTведетъ я& къ себњ въ ваљ=лонъ.

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And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:

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и^ пои^метᲆ эT племе'не цр~ьска, и^ ꙁавњща'етъ к немђ ꙁавњтъ и^ въведеT и& въ кля'твђ. и^ старњ'ишины земля по'иметъ,

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that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it.

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ја%коже бы'ти въ црsтво не'мощно. ја%коже быхоM не въꙁдвиꙁа'тиs, и^ снабдњти завњта е^го и^ посᲄавля'ти

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And if he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that they may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?

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и&” И$же эTврьжеся эT него и^ посла` послы` въ е^гљ=петъ, да'ти е^мђ коня и^ лю'ди многи. а^ще и^спра'витъ и^ а^ще сп~сется творяи съпроти'вное. и^ престђпа'яи ꙁавњтъ, а^ще сп~сется”

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As I live, saith the Lord, verily in the same place where the king is that made him king, who dishonoured my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon.

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Живђ` а^ꙁъ гл~етъ а^дона'и г~ь. а^ще не на мњсте цр~ь црsтвова'вшїи в нихъ, и^же похђли` кля'твђ мою, и^ престђпи` ꙁавњт# мои с нимᲆ. средњ вављ=ло'на сконча'е^тся,

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And Pharao shall make war upon him not with a large force or great multitude, in throwing up a mound, and in building of forts, to cut off souls.

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и^ не в си'лњ вели'цњ и^ не в народњ мно'зњ. сътворитъ же с нимъ фараѓ'нъ бра'нь, ѓ^строгомъ и^ съгражDенїемъ стрњлъ пра'щныхъ, ја%ко эTја%ти дш~а многи.

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Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engaged his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.

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и^ похђли` кля'твђ ја%коже престђпи'ти завTњ, и^ с^е даде` рђкђ свою. и^ все` с^е сᲆтвори е^мђ, е^да сп~сется”

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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.

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Сего ради рцы`, с^е гл~етъ а^дона'и г~ь. а^ще бы` клятвы моея не пристђпи'лъ ю'же похђли`, и^ да'мъ ю& на главђ е^го.

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And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare.

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и^ пропнђ` мрежђ свою нань. и^ ја%тᲆ бђдеT въ ѓ^дръжанїи е^я, и^ приведђ и& въ вављ=лонъ, и^ ѓ^сђжDђ е^го т^ђ ѓ^ неправDњ е^го, е^ю'же неправдова` къ мн^њ

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In every battle of his they shall fall by the sword, and I will scatter his remnant to every wind: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

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въ всњхъ бњгъствXњ е^го. и^ вси` и^збра'ннїи съ всњми дњлесы` и^хъ мечемъ падђтъ, и^ вся` ѓ^ста'вшая и^хъ раZсњ'ю по всемђ вњтрђ. и^ ё^вњсте ја%ко а^ꙁъ г~ь гл~ахъ”

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For thus saith the Lord; I will even take of the choice branches of the cedar from the top thereof, I will crop off their hearts, and I will plant it on a high mountain:

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Се` гл~етъ а^дона'и г~ь, и^ поимђ а^ꙁъ эT и^збра'нныхᲆ ке'дра высо'каго эT врьха`, и^ да'мъ на главђ` эTра'сли е^го. эT срDчнаго верха` е^мђ ѓ^чешђ`, и^ всажђ и& в горњ` высоцᲇ а^зъ.

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and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored.

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и^ повы'шђ и& в горњ` высо'цњ і^и^л~евњ, и^ всажђ и^ прорасти'тъ эTрасль и^ сътвори'тъ ѓ'вощь, и^ бђдетъ в ке'дръ вели'къ. и^ почїетъ поD нимъ вся'ка пти'ца. и^ поD сњнїю е^го почїетъ вся'ка пти'ца, и^ ло'зїе е^го ё^стро'ится.

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And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

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и^ ё^вњсть вся'ко дре'во польское, ја%ко а^ꙁъ г~ь смиря'яй древо высо'кое, и^ възнося дре'во смире'нно, и^ ё^сђшая древо сђро'во, и^ прораща'я древо сђхо. а%зᲆ г~ь гл~ах# и^ сътворихъ”