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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 рече́ Госпо́дь ко мнѣ́: пріими́ себѣ́ сви́токъ но́въ вели́къ и напиши́ въ не́мъ писа́ломъ человѣ́чимъ, є́же ско́ро плѣне́ніє сотвори́ти коры́стей, приспѣ́ бо:

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

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и свидѣ́тели мнѣ́ сотвори́ вѣ́рны человѣ́ки, урі́ю ієре́а и Заха́рію сы́на Варахі́ина.

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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.

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И приступи́хъ ко проро́чицѣ, и во чре́вѣ зача́тъ и роди́ сы́на. И рече́ Госпо́дь мнѣ́: нарцы́ и́мя єму́: ско́ро плѣни́, на́гло расхи́ти,

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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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зане́ пре́жде не́же разумѣ́ти отроча́ти назва́ти отца́ или́ ма́терь, пріи́метъ си́лу Дама́скову, и коры́сти самарі́йскія предъ царе́мъ Ассирі́йскимъ.

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And the Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,

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И приложи́ Госпо́дь глаго́лати ко мнѣ́ єще́, глаго́ля:

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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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поне́же не восхотѣ́ша лю́діє сі́и воды́ Сілоа́мли теку́щія ти́сѣ, но восхотѣ́ша имѣ́ти рассо́на и сы́на ромелі́єва царя́ надъ ва́ми,

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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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сего́ ра́ди се́, возво́дитъ Госпо́дь на вы́ во́ду рѣки́ си́льну и мно́гу, царя́ Ассирі́йска и сла́ву єго́: и взы́детъ на вся́ку де́брь ва́шу, и обы́детъ вся́ку стѣ́ну ва́шу,

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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 отъи́метъ от Іуде́и человѣ́ка, и́же возмо́жетъ главу́ воздви́гнути, или́ могу́щаго что́ соверши́ти: и бу́детъ по́лкъ єго́, во є́же напо́лнити ширину́ страны́ твоєя́, съ на́ми Бо́гъ!

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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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Разумѣ́йте, язы́цы, и покаря́йтеся, услы́шите да́же до послѣ́днихъ земли́: могу́щіи, покаря́йтеся: а́ще бо па́ки возмо́жете, па́ки побѣ́ждени бу́дете,

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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.

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и и́же а́ще совѣ́тъ совѣща́єте, разори́тъ Госпо́дь, и сло́во, є́же а́ще возглаго́лете, не пребу́детъ въ ва́съ, я́ко съ на́ми Бо́гъ.

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

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Та́ко глаго́летъ Госпо́дь: крѣ́пкою руко́ю не покаря́ются хожде́нію пути́ люді́й си́хъ, глаго́люще:

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

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да не когда́ реку́тъ: же́стоко: все́ бо, є́же а́ще реку́тъ лю́діє сі́и, же́стоко є́сть: стра́ха же и́хъ не убо́йтеся, ниже́ возмяти́теся.

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

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Го́спода си́лъ, того́ освяти́те, и то́й бу́детъ тебѣ́ въ стра́хъ.

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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.

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И а́ще бу́деши упова́я на него́, бу́детъ тебѣ́ во освяще́ніє, а не я́коже о ка́мень претыка́нія преткне́шися, ниже́ я́ко о ка́мень паде́нія: до́мове же Іа́ковли въ пру́глѣ, и въ раздо́ліи сѣдя́щіи во Ієрусали́мѣ.

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

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Сего́ ра́ди изнемо́гутъ въ ни́хъ мно́зи, и паду́тъ, и сокруша́тся, и прибли́жатся, и я́ти бу́дутъ человѣ́цы въ тверды́ни су́ще.

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

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Тогда́ явле́ни бу́дутъ печатлѣ́ющіи зако́нъ, є́же не учи́тися.

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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.

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И рече́тъ: пожду́ Бо́га отвра́щшаго лице́ своє́ от до́му Іа́ковля и упова́я бу́ду на́нь.

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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.

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Се́, а́зъ и дѣ́ти, я́же ми́ даде́ Бо́гъ: и бу́дутъ зна́менія и чудеса́ въ дому́ Ізра́илевѣ от Го́спода Савао́ѳа, и́же обита́єтъ на горѣ́ Сіо́нъ.

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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?

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И а́ще реку́тъ къ ва́мъ: изыщи́те чревоволше́бниковъ и от земли́ возглаша́ющихъ, тщесло́вующихъ, и́же от чре́ва глаша́ютъ, не язы́къ ли къ Бо́гу своєму́ взы́щетъ? что́ испыту́ютъ ме́ртвыя о живы́хъ?

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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.

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Зако́нъ бо въ по́мощь даде́, да реку́тъ не я́коже сло́во сіє́, за́ньже не лѣ́ть да́ры дая́ти.

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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,

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И пріи́детъ на вы́ же́стокъ гла́дъ, и бу́детъ, єгда́ вза́лчете, ско́рбни бу́дете и зло́ рече́те кня́зю и оте́честву:

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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.

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и воззря́тъ на не́бо горѣ́, и на зе́млю ни́зу при́зрятъ, и се́, ску́дость тѣ́сна и тма́, ско́рбь и тѣснота́ и тма́, я́коже не ви́дѣти: и не оскудѣ́єтъ въ тѣ́снотѣ сы́й да́же до вре́мене.

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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.