Chapter 1

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Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,

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И бы'сть сло'во гн~е къ і^ѓ'нњ а^маџїинђ, гл~я,

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Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.

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въста'ни і^ и^ди въ ниневїю граD вели'кїи, и^ проповњжDь в неM, ја%ко възы'де во'пль ѕло'бы е^го къ мн^њ”

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But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.

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И$ въста'въ і^ѓ'на ја%коy бњжа'ти въ џарси'съ эT лица` гн~я. и^ сни'де въ і^ѓ^пїю, и^ ѓ^брњте кора'бль и^дђщь въ џарси'съ. и^ да'сть наи'мъ свои, и^ вниде во'нь плы'ти с ни'ми въ џарси'съ эT лица` гн~я.

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And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.

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и^ въста'ви г~ь вњтръ вели'къ въ мо'ри. и^ бы'сть бђря вели'ка въ мо'ри, кора'бль же страда'ше ја^ко съкрђши'тися.

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And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.

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и^ ё^боя'шася кора'бльницы, и^ въпїя'хђ къждо къ б~ђ свое^мђ. і^ и^ꙁметанїе сътвори'ша сосђдомъ и^же в# корабли` въ мо'ре, ја^ко ѓ^блег#читися эT ниX. і^ѓ'на же сни'де в# пожDь кораблю`, и^ спа'ше т^ђ и^ храпя'ше.

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And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

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и^ прїиде к немђ корьмникъ, и^ рече е^мђ, чт^о т^ы хра'плеши. въста'ни моли` б~а свое^го, ја%ко да сп~сетъ н^ы б~ъ, да не поги'бнемъ”

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And each man said to his neighbour, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.

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И$ рече ко'ждо къ подрђгђ свое^мђ, грядњте да възве'ржемъ жре'бїя, да раꙁђмњ'емъ чесо ради е^сть зло'ба с^и на наs. и^ мета'шA жре'бїя, и^ спаде` жре'бїи на і^ѓ'нђ.

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And they said to him, Tell us what is thine occupation, and whence comest thou, and of what country and what people art thou?

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и^ рњша к немђ, и^звњсти` на'мъ кого` ради с^е зл^о намъ, что' ли т^и еs дњло. и^ эTкђдђ гряде'ши, и^ камо и^де'ши, и^ эT коея страны` и^ кои^хъ людїи т^ы е^си.

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And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry land.

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и^ рече к нимъ, рабъ гн~ь а^ꙁъ е^смь, и^ г~а б~а а^ꙁъ молю` и^же сътвори` мо'ре и^ сђшђ”

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Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this that thou hast done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.

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И$ ё^боя'шася мђжїе бо'яꙁнїю вели'кою, и^ рњша к немђ, что` с^е е^си сътвори'лъ. зане` разђмњша мђжи ја%ко эT лица` гн~я бњжа`, ја%коже б^њ и^звњсти'лъ и^мъ.

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And they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.

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и^ рњша к немђ, чт^о т^и сътво'римъ, да ё^ста'нетъ мо'ре эT насъ. ја%ко море въсхожда'ше и^ въставля'ше па'че бђря”

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And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

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И$ рече і^ѓ'на к ни'мъ, възмᲇте м^я и^ въврь'зите въ мо'ре, и^ ё^ста'нетъ мо'ре эT васъ. понеже позна'хъ а^ꙁъ ја%ко мене` ради бђря сїя ве'лїя на' вы еs”

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And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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И$ нђжда'хђся мђжи възвратити кᲆ земли`, и^ не можа'хђ. ја%ко мо'ре вᲆсхожда'ше и^ въстаа'ше па'че на' ня.

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And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for thou, Lord, hast done as thou wouldest.

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и^ възᲆпи'ша къ гв~и, и^ рњша, ника'коже г~и да не поги'бнемъ дш~а ра'ди чл~ка сего, ника'коже до на'съ кро'вь правди'ва, ꙁане` т^ы г~и ја%коже въсхотњ сътвори`”

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So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

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И$ взя'ша і^ѓ'нђ и^ въврь'гоша и& в мо'ре. и^ ё^ста` море эT влᲆне'нїя свое^го.

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And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.

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и^ ё^боя'шася мђжи бо'яZнїю вели'кою г~а, и^ положи'ша тре'бы гв~и и^ моли'шася мл~твою”

Chapter 2

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Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

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Повелњ` г~ь ки'тђ вели'комђ пожрᲇти і^ѓ'нђ. и^ бњ` і^ѓ'на въ чре'вњ ки'товњ три дн~и и^ три но'щи”

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And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,

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И$ моли'ся і^ѓ'на къ г~ђ б~ђ свое^мђ въ чре'вњ ки'товњ,

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and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.

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и^ рече” Възᲆпи'хᲆ въ печа'ли мое'и къ г~ђ б~ђ мое^мђ, и^ ё^слы'ша м^я. и^с чре'ва а^дова во'пль мои, ё^слы'ша глsа мои.

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Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.

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эTвръже м^я въ глђбинђ` срDца мор#скаго, и рњки ѓ^быдо'ша м^я. вс^я высоᲄы твоа и^ влъны` твоя по мн^њ преи^до'ша”

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And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?

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и^ а^ꙁъ рњхъ, эTри'нђхся эT ѓчїю твое'ю. приложђ ли ё^бо при'зрњти м^и къ цр~кви ст~еи ᲄвое'и.

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Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down

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възлїася на' мя вода` до дш~а мое^я, бе'ꙁдна ѓ^бы'де мя послњдняя. понретъ глава` моя въ про'пасти го'рьскїя.

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to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.

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снидо'хъ въ зе'млю е'йже верея` и^ закле'пи вњчнїи. и^ да и^зы'детъ и^зъ и^стлњ'нїя живо'т# мои к тебњ г~и б~е мои.

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When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.

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е^гда` скончева'шеся эT мене дш~а моя, г~а помянђхъ. и^ да прїидетъ к тебњ` моли'тва моя, къ цр~кви ст~еи твое'й”

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They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.

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храня'щеи сђе^тная и^ лжђ`, млsть свою ѓ^ста'виша.

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But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of my salvation.

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а^ꙁъ же съ гла'сомъ хвале'нїя і^ и^сповњданїя пожрђ` тебњ. е^ли'ко ѓ^бњща'хъ възда'мъ тебњ, на сп~сенїе мое гв~и”

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And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry land.

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И$ повелњ` г~ь кі'тови і^ и^зве'рже і^ѓ'нђ на сђхо”

Chapter 3

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And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,

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И бы'сть сло'во гн~е къ і^ѓ'нњ второ'е, гл~я,

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Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.

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въста'ни і^ и^ди` в# ниневїю граD вели'кїи и^ проповњждь в немъ по проповњда'нїю прь'вомђ е^же а^зъ рњхъ к тебњ”

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And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.

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И$ въста` і^ѓ'на и^ вниде въ нинев#вїю ја%коже гл~а г~ь” Нинев#вїи же бња'ше гра'дъ вели'къ б~ђ ја%коже трїи дн~ъ пђть.

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And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.

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и^ нача` і^ѓ'на въходи'ти въ градъ ја%ко хожде'нїе дн~и е^ді'наго. и^ проповњда` и^ рече, е^ще три дн~їе, и^ нинев#вїи расы'плется”

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And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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И$ вњ'роваша мђжїе нинев#виTстїи бв~и. и^ ꙁаповњда'ша а^лка'нїе, и^ ѓ^блеко'шася въ врњтища эT малыX и^ до вели'кихъ”

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And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

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И$ до'иде сло'во до цр~я нинев#ви'т#ска. и^ въста съ стола` свое^го, и^ све'рже ри'ꙁы своя с# себе, и^ ѓ^блече'ся въ врњтище и^ сњде на земли`.

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And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king and by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste any thing, nor feed, nor drink water.

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и^ заповњдася и^ рече эT цр~я в# нинев#вїи и^ эT дрђговъ е^го, гл~юще” чл~цы, и^ ско'т#, говяда, и^ ѓ^вца да не вкђсятъ ничесо'же” ни да пасTђся ни воды` да пїютъ.

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So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,

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и^ ѓ^блекошася въ врњтища чл~цы же и^ ско'ти, и^ възᲆпи'ша къ б~ђ продлъжа'юще. и^ ѓ^брати'ся кожDо эT пђти` злобы своея и^ эT непра'вды ја^же в рђкђ е^го, гл~ще.

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Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and so we shall not perish?

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кт^о вњсть раска'ет ли ся, и^л^и ё^молится б~ъ, и^ эTврати'тъ гнњвъ ја%рости своея, да не поги'бнемъ”

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And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did it not.

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И$ ви'дњ б~ъ дњлеса` и^хъ, ја%ко ѓ^брати'шася эT пђтїи свои^хъ злы'хъ” и^ раска'яся б~ъ ѓ^ злобњ ю'же гл~а сътори'ти и^мъ и^ не сътвори`”

Chapter 4

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But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.

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И съжали с^и і^ѓ'на жа'лобою вели'кою, и^ смяте'ся.

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And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil.

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и^ моли'ся къ гв~и, и^ рече. ЭO г~и, не се' ли ё^бо словеса` моя бњша е^ще сђщђ м^и на земли` мое'и. сего ради вариX бњжати въ џарсиs, зане` раꙁђмXњ ја%ко млsтив# ты е^си и^ щедръ, и^ тер#пеливъ, и^ многомлsтив#, и^ раска'яися ѓ^ зло'баX чл~ческахъ.

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And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

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и^ н~нњ влDко г~и възми` дш~ђ мою эT мене`, ја%ко ё'не м^и ё^мрњти негли` жи'ти”

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And the Lord said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved?

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И$ рече г~ь къ і^ѓ'нњ, почт^о ѕњло ё^бо раз#жали с^и.

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And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city.

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і^ и^ꙁы'де і^ѓ'на и^ꙁ гра'да, и^ сњде пря'мо гра'дђ. и^ сътвори` себњ кђщђ и^ сњдя'ше поD нею в сњни дон#деже ви'дитъ чт^о бђдетъ гра'дђ.

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And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.

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и^ повелᲇ г~ь б~ъ ты'квњ, и^ възни'че наD главо'ю і^ѓ'нњ, да бђдеᲄъ сњнь наD главо'ю е^мђ ѓ^сњни'ти и& эT ꙁазлњ'нїи е^го. и^ ѓ^бра'довася і^ѓ'на ѓ^ ты'квњ ра'достїю вели'кою.

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And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.

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и^ повелњ` б~ъ чрь'ви ё'тренемђ наё'трїя, и^ поDяде` ты'квђ и^ ё^с#ше”

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And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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И$ бы'сть е^гда възы'иде слн~це, повелњ` б~ъ вњтрђ ꙁно'инђ жегђщђ. и^ прирази` слн~це на главђ` і^ѓ'нинђ, и^ эTнемога'шеся. и^ эTчаява'шеся дш~а свое'я, и^ рече,

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And God said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death.

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ё'не м^и ё^мрњти негли жи'ти. и^ рече г~ь б~ъ къ і^ѓ'нњ, ѕњло л^и с^и жали'ши по ты'квњ. и^ рече і^ѓ'на, ѕњло с^и жалю` и^ до смр~ти.

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And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up before night, and perished before another night:

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и^ рече г~ь, ты` ё^бо поскорбњ` по ты'квњ ѓ^ не'иже нњ'си ся трђди'лъ, ни въскорми'лъ ея`. быs ѓ^бнощъ, и^ поги'бе ѓ^бнощъ.

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and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much cattle?

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а^ аZ л^и не пощажDю нинев#вїя гра'да вели'каh, в немже живђтъ мно'жае двоюна'десяте те'мъ чл~кь, и^же не позна'ша десницA своея ни шђи'ца иX, и^ ско'ти и^хъ мно'ѕи”