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After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

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Посемъ эTвръꙁе і%ѓ^въ ё^ста` своя. и^ прокля'тᲆ дн~ь свои

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saying,

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гл~я.

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Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a man-child!

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да поги'бнетъ дн~ь воньже родиXся, и^ но'щь в нюy рњша, с^е е^сть мђж'ескъ полъ.

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Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.

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т^а но'щь бђ'ди тма`. и^ да не и^зыщеT г~ь съвыше е^я`, и^ да не прїидеT на ню` свTњ,

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But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;

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и^ да прїимеT ю& тма` и^ стᲇнь смр~тныи, да прїидеT на ню` сђмраk и^ да прокляT бђ'ди дн~ь то'и,

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let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.

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и^ т^ђ ноu да посᲄи'гнеT тма`. не бђ'ди въ дн~и лњта н^и бђди въчтенъ въ дн~и мsць.

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But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.

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ноu т^а бђди болњзнь, и^ не прїиди на ню` веселїе и^ ра'дость.

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But let him that curses that day curse it, even he that is ready to attack the great whale.

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н^о да проклинеT е^я` проклина'яи того дн~е, и^же и%мать начина'ти вели'кїи киT.

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Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain dark, and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:

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да помер#кнTђ и^ ѕвњзды то'я но'щи, и^ да не стерпиT н^и на свTњ да не прїидеT. и^ да не приꙁриT деньни'ца вᲆсїя'ющи,

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because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for so it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.

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ја%ко не затвори вра'та чрева мт~ре мое'а” но эTгна` ё^бо бо'лњꙁнь эT ѓ^чїю мое'ю.

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For why died I not in the belly? and why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?

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почᲄо б^о въ ё^тробњ не ё^мроX. и^ ја^ко и^с чрева иZшеD и^ а'бїе не гибохъ.

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And why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?

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почто' же м^я срњтоста колњни. почто' же със#саX сесца.

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Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,

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нн~њ ё^бо а^ще ё^снђлъ быX ё^молчђ, почиl быX

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with kings and councillors of the earth, who gloried in their swords;

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съ цр~ьми съвњтники ꙁемля` и^же хваляхђся ѓ^рђжїи,

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or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver:

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и^л^и сᲆ кня'ѕи и^мже много злато и^ наполни'ша до'мы своа сребра`.

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or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.

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и^л^и ја%коy и%звергъ и^ꙁлаꙁя и^ꙁ ложе'снъ мт~ре. и^ли ја%ко младенцы и^же не ви'дњша свњта”

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There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

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Тђ нечьсти'вїи раждего'шAся ја%ростїю гнњ'ва. т^ђ почи'ша претрђжDенїи тњломъ.

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And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.

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въкђпњ же вњчнїи не слы'шаша гла'са сᲆбира'ющаго да'нь.

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The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.

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ма'лъ и^ вели'къ т^ђ е^сть, и^ рабъ боя'ися господи'на свое^го.

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For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to the souls which are in griefs?

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почто б^о да'нъ е^сть сђщиM въ го'ресᲄи свTњ, и^ болњꙁненаM дш~амъ животъ,

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who desire death, and obtain it not, digging for it as for treasures;

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и^же жела'юT смр~ти и^ не полђча'юT. и^скопова'юще ја%ко съкровища,

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and would be very joyful if they should gain it?

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ѓ^брадованиy быва'ютъ а^ще ё^лђчатъ.

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Death is rest to such a man, for God has hedged him in.

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смр~ть б^о мђж'ђ поко'и, ꙁатво'ритъ б^о б~ъ ѓ^ немъ.

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For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror.

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прьвње б^о бра'шна мое^го вᲆздыха'нїе м^и прїиде. слежђ же а^ꙁъ ѓ^дръжи'мъ стра'хомъ.

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For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me.

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стра'хъ б^о ѓ^ нем же ся ё^жасахъ прїиде м^и. и^ е^гоже боя'хся срᲇте м^я.

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I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me.

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н^и ё^мириX н^и ё^молчахъ, н^и почихъ, наи^де м^и гнњ'въ”