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Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said,

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Отвњща же е^лифа'съ џеманитинъ гл~я.

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Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,

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а^ще ё^бо премђрыи эTвњтъ дасть ра'ꙁђма дх~ъ, и^ наполни бо'лњзнь чрева”

³

reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?

³

эTблюда'а гл~ы и^ми'же не подоба'етᲆ, и^ словесы и^миy ника'я же потреба,

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Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?

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е^я'же и^ т^ы эTвеrглъ е^си стра'хъ, сконча'лъ е^си гл~ы та'ки преD гм~ъ.

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Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

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повиненъ е^си гл~ы ё^стъ твои^хъ, не раз#сђди'лъ е^си гл~ъ силныхъ.

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Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

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ѓ^бличаюT т^я ё^ста` ᲄвоа, а^ не аZ, и^ ё^стнњ твои` на тя послђшествова'стњ”

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What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?

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Чт^о бо` е^да` пр'ьвње чл~къ роженъ е^си, и^ли пр'ьвїе хлъмᲆ съгђстlњся е^си,

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Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

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и^ състрое'нїа гн~я слы'шалᲆ е^си, и^ совᲇтника ли ᲄя поста'ви б~ъ” Прїиде л^и на' тя премђ'дрость.

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For what knowest thou, that we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?

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что бо вњси е^гоже не вњмы, и^ли чт^о разђмњ'еши т^ы е^гоже не раꙁђмње^м#.

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Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.

¹⁰

и^ли ста'ръ и^ ветохъ е^си в наs, старњи эTц~а твое^го дн~ьми.

¹¹

Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.

¹¹

мала и^хъже съгрњши ё^раненъ е^си, велика превели'чно воZгл~а.

¹²

What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes aimed at,

¹²

чт~о смњло срDце твое. и^ли чᲄо` понесостњ ѓ%чи твои`,

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that thou hast vented thy rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from thy mouth?

¹³

ја^ко ја%рость раздра` преD гм~ъ” И$знесе же и^зъ ё'стъ та'ка словеса`.

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For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

¹⁴

кт^о бы сы` чл~къ ја^ко бђдетъ непоро'ченъ, и^ли ја%ко бђ'дыи правеDникᲆ рожDенъ эT жены`”

¹⁵

Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.

¹⁵

А$ще до ст~ыхъ не вњрђетъ, нб~о же нечи'сто преD нимъ”

¹⁶

Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

¹⁶

ѓ^ста'ни же меrзкїи нечи'стыи мђжъ, пїяи непра'вды ра'вны пое'нїю.

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But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;

¹⁷

възвњщђ же т^и послђша'и мене`, ја%же ё^бо ви'дњхъ възвњщђ т^и.

¹⁸

things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.

¹⁸

ја%же премђдрїи` рекTђ и^ не ё^таиша эTц~ы и^хъ”

¹⁹

To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.

¹⁹

тњмже самњмъ да'на бысть ꙁемля, и^ не на'иде и^ноплеменникъ на' ня”

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All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.

²⁰

Вс^е жи'тїе нечьсти'ва вᲆ печа'ли, лњтаy и^сщетена да'на си'лнђ

²¹

And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

²¹

страх же е^го въ ё'ши е^мђ. е^гда` мниT ёже` въ ми'рњ бы'ти, прїиде дн~ь раꙁвраще'нїя е^го.

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Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

²²

да не вњрђетъ эTврати'тися эT тмы`, заповњ'данъ б^о ю%же въ рђцњ желњꙁа.

²³

And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

²³

ёчиненъ бо е^сть въ бра'шно неја^сытомъ, вњсть же въ себњ` ја%ко ждетъ стерва. дн~ь же теменъ ё^страшиT е^го,

²⁴

Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.

²⁴

бњда же и^ скорбъ прїимеT и&. ја%ко во'инъ предъстоя'и и^ падеT,

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For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.

²⁵

ја%ко въꙁдњ рђцњ преD гм~ъ” ПреD гм~ъ же вседръжи'телемъ ѓ^жестися.

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And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

²⁶

тече же преD ни'мᲆ ё'кори'ꙁною вели'кᲆ на плещђ щиT е^го,

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For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.

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ја^ко покры` лице свое` тђ'комъ е^го. и^ сътвори ѓ^метђ стегнђю, хвалаy е^го ё^кори'ꙁна”

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And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.

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да вселиT же ся во гра'дехъ пђ'стњхъ, вни'дет же в домы` невселенныя” А$ е^же ѓ^ни` ёгото'ваша, и^нїи эTнесђть.

²⁹

Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.

²⁹

ни'же ѓ^богати'тся, ни'же ѓ^ста'нетъ и^мњнїе е^го. не и'мать положи'ти на' ꙁемлю сњни,

³⁰

Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

³⁰

н^и и^ꙁбњжит же тм^ы. проѕябенїе е^го да ё^сђшиT вњтръ, да эTпадетъ цвњтъ е^го,

³¹

Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.

³¹

да не вњритъ ја%ко сътръпиT тще б^о събђдеTся е^мђ”

³²

His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.

³²

Сњченїе е^го пр'ьвње да сътлње^тъ, и^ лњтора'сль е^го не ѓ^блисᲄвенњеT.

³³

And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.

³³

да ѓ^бои^манᲆ бђдеT ја^коже пародоk прьвње ја^годы, да эTпадеT же ја%ко цвTњ масли'чїа.

³⁴

For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.

³⁴

послђшьство б^о нечести'ваго смр~ть, и^ ѓ^гнь же да поyжеT домы` м#ꙁдои%мецъ”

³⁵

And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

³⁵

Въ чревњ же прїимеT бо'лњзнь, събђдеT же ся е^мђ тщета, чрево же е^го да поDи^меT лесть”