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And the Lord said to me, Take to thyself a volume of a great new book, and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

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И реq г~ь къ мнњ`, прїими` себњ сви'токъ но'въ вели'къ. и^ въпиши в не'мъ писа'лоM чл~чеM. ја%коже бы'стро сътвори'ти плњ'нь плњне'нїю, приспњл# б^о е^сть.

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And make me witnesses of faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

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и^ по'слђхи м^и сътвори и^звњстни чл~цы, ё%рїя жерца`, и^ ꙁаха'рїю сн~а варахїи^на.

³

And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily.

³

и^ пристђпи'хъ къ проро'чицы, и^ зача` въ ё^тро'бњ и^ породи` сн~а. и^ рече г~ь мнњ`. проꙁови и^мя е^мђ, ско'ро поDви'гни, ѓ^стрњ плњни.

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For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

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ꙁане` пре'же поꙁна'нїя дњтищђ призыва'ти эTц~а и^ли мт~ре, и^ прїимеᲄъ си'лђ дама'ска, и^ плњ'нъ самарїискъ прDе цр~емъ а^сљ=рїискомъ”

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And the Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,

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И$ приложи г~ь гл~ати къ мнњ` е^ще`, гл~я.

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Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias to be king over you;

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и%мже не и^ꙁво'лиша лю'дїе сїи воды` силоа'мля текђщая ти'сњ. н^о и^ꙁво'лиша и^мњти раа^со'на сн~а рамелїева цр~я в ни'х#.

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therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

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сего ради с^е възво'дитъ г~ь на' вы водђ рњки`, си'лнђ и^ мно'гђ цр~я а^сљ=рїиска и^ сла'вђ е^го. и^ взы'идетъ на вся'кђ де'брᲆ ва'шђ, и^ ѓ^бы'идетᲆ вс^я гра'ды ваша,

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and he shall take away from Juda every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and every one able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, O God with us.

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и^ эTи^метъ эT і^ё^де'я чл~къ. и^же мо'жетъ главђ` въꙁдви'гнђти, и^л^и си'лно чт^о съверши'ти. и^ бђдеT по'лкъ е^го, ја%коже не съмњсти`ти ширинаM страны` твое^я” С на'ми б~ъ

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Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.

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ё^вњдите страны` и^ повинитеся. послђшаите до конца` ꙁемли`. крњпи'вшеися повини'теся, а^ще б^о па'ки ё^крњпля'етеся, т^о па'ки повини'теся.

¹⁰

And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

¹⁰

и^же совTњ а^ще совњща'ете, расы'плетъ и& г~ь. и^ сло'во е^же а^ще въз#гл~ете, т^о не пребђдеT въ ваs. ја%ко с на'ми б~ъ”

¹¹

Thus saith the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,

¹¹

Та'ко гл~етъ г~ь не покаря'ющимся, крњ'пкою рђко'ю. и^ хоже'нїю пђти` людїи си'хъ гл~юще,

¹²

Let them not say, It is hard, for whatsoever this people says, is hard: but fear not ye their fear, neither be dismayed.

¹²

е^да` когда` речете` жесто'ко. все` б^о е^же а^ще рекђтъ лю'дїе сїи жесто'ко е^сть. стра'ха же и^хъ не ё^бо'итеся, ни въꙁмятњтеся.

¹³

Sanctify ye the Lord himself; and he shall be thy fear.

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г~а си'лᲆ, того ѓ^сщ~аите. и^ то'и бђдетъ вамъ въ бо'яꙁнь.

¹⁴

And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

¹⁴

и^ а'ще бђдеши на него ё^пова'я, то'и бђдетъ т^и въ ѓ^сщ~енїе и^ ника'коже ѓ^ ка'мень прет#кне'шися, н^и ја%ко ѓ^ ка'мень паде'нїя до'мъ же і^а'ковль, въ прђ'глњ и^ в раꙁдо'лїи сњдя'щеи` въ і^ерsлимњ.

¹⁵

Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw nigh, and men shall be taken securely.

¹⁵

сего ради и^ꙁнемо'гђтъ в ни'хъ мно'ѕи, и^ падђтъ и^ съкрђшатся. и^ прибли'жатся, и^ плњня'тся чл~цы въ ё^тверже'нїи сђще”

¹⁶

Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.

¹⁶

Тогда` ја^вле'ни бђдђтъ зна'мена'ющїи ꙁако'нъ, ја%ко не ё^чи'тися”

¹⁷

And one shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him.

¹⁷

И$ речетъ, пождђ б~а эTвра'щ#шаго лице` свое` эT до'мђ і^а'ковля, и^ ё^пова'я бђ'дђ на'нь”

¹⁸

Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion.

¹⁸

Се аZ, и^ дњти ја%же м^и да'лъ б~ъ” И$ бђдђтъ зна'менїя и^ чюдеса` въ і^и^л~и эT г~а саваѓ'џа, и^же в#сели'ся на горњ` сїѓ'нъ”

¹⁹

And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

¹⁹

И$ а'ще рекђтъ ва'мъ, проси'те ё^тро'бныхъ влъхвова'нїи, и^же эT земля` глася'щихъ. т#щеславђющиX, и^ эT чре'ва гл~ющихъ. не ја^ꙁы'къ л^и ё^бо къ б~ђ, ја%же ничесо` въпраша'ет# ѓ^ живыхъ и^ мр~твыхъ.

²⁰

For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

²⁰

ꙁако'нъ б^о на по'мощь да'сть. да рекђтъ не ја%ко с^е сло'во, ѓ^ не'мже нњ'сть м#зDы` да'ти ѓ^ немъ”

²¹

And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

²¹

И$ прїидетъ на' вы жестоk гла'дъ. и^ бђ'детъ е^гда` въз#а%лчете ско'рбни бђдете. и^ ѕл^њ речете кня'ѕю, и^ эTч~ествђ”

²²

and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

²²

И$ въꙁря'тъ на' нб~о го'рњ, и^ на' ꙁемлю ни'ꙁђ приꙁряT. и^ с^е эTчая'нїе тњснота и^ тма`, печаl и^ тђга`, и^ сђмра'кь ја%коже не ви'дњᲄи. и^ не ѓ^скђдњ'етъ и^же въ тњснотњ сы'и до вре'мене”

²³

Drink this first. Act quickly, O land of Zabulon, land of Nephthalim, and the rest inhabiting the sea-coast, and the land beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.