¹

And now, O priests, this commandment is to you.

¹

И нн~њ ꙁа'повњдь с^и к вамъ сщ~енїи.

²

If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yea, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because ye lay not this to heart.

²

а^ще не ё^слы'шите, и^ а'ще не положите на срDцыхъ вашихъ да'ти сла'вђ и^мени мое^мђ, гл~етъ г~ь вседержи'тель. и^ послю` на' вы кля'твђ, и^ прокленђ блsвенїе ваше и^ ѓ^кленђ е&. и^ раꙁорю блsвенїе ваше и^ не бђдетъ въ васъ, зане` в^ы не влага'сте въ срDца ваша.

³

Behold, I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.

³

с^е а^ꙁъ эTлђчю вамъ ра'мо, і^ и^ски'даю трибђхи лютомыи на лица ваша, трибђхи лю'томыи пра'зDникъ вашихъ, и^ прїимђ в^ы въкђ'пњ”

⁴

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.

⁴

И$ раꙁђмњете ꙁане` а^ꙁъ г~ь посла'хъ к ва'мъ ꙁа'повњдь сїю, бы'ти ꙁавњтђ мое^мђ къ левљ=томъ, гл~етъ г~ь вседержи'тель.

⁵

My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave it him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awe-struck at my name.

⁵

завњтъ мои б^њ с ниM жи'ꙁни и^ ми'рђ. и^ дахъ е^мђ бо'ја^ꙁнїю боја%тися мене, и^ эT лица и^мени мое^го сђмнњтися е^мђ.

⁶

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before me directing his way in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness.

⁶

ꙁако'нъ и%стинны б^њ вᲆ ё^стXњ е^го, и^ непра'вда не ѓ^брњте'ся въ ё^стнахъ е^го. въ ми'ръ и^справля'я и^детъ съ мно'ю, и^ мно'ги ѓ^братиT эT непра'вды.

⁷

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

⁷

ја%ко ё^стнњ і^е^реѓ^вњ съхраня'ете раꙁђмъ, и^ зако'на възы'щђ эT ё^стъ е^го, ја^ко а^гг~лъ г~а вседръжителя е^сть.

⁸

But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in following the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.

⁸

вы же ё^клони'стеся эT пђтїи, і^ и^знемощьствисте мно'ги эT зако'на, и^стлисте завњтъ левљ=и^нъ, гл~етъ г~ь вседръжи'тель.

⁹

And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

⁹

и^ а'зъ да'хъ в^ы въ ё^ничижденїе и^ ѓ^слаблены въ вся` ја^ꙁы'ки, зане в^ы не съхрани'сте пђтїи моиX. н^о лица` ѓ^бинђстеся въ ꙁако'нњ.

¹⁰

Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?

¹⁰

не б~ъ ли е^ді'нъ създа васъ. не эTц~ъ л^и е^ді'нъ всњмъ ва'мъ. чт^о а^ще ѓ^ста'висте ко'ждо бра'та свое^го, ѓ^скверни'ти завњтъ эTц~ь ва'шихᲆ”

¹¹

Juda has been forsaken, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Juda has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he delighted in, and has gone after other gods.

¹¹

ѓ^ставленъ бы'сть і^ё'да, и^ ме'рзости бы'сть і^и^л~ь и^ і^ерsли'мъ. зане ѓ^скверни і^ё'да ст~ая гн~я ја%же възлюби, и^ нача'токᲆ бо'гомъ чю'ждиM.

¹²

The Lord will utterly destroy the man that does these things, until he be even cast down from out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and from among them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty.

¹²

потреби'тᲆ г~ь чл~ка творя'щаго с^и, до'ндеже смирится эT се'лъ і^а'ковль, и^ эT принося'щихъ жрътвђ бг~ђ вседръжи'телю.

¹³

And these things which I hated, ye did: ye covered with tears the altar of the Lord, and with weeping and groaning because of troubles: is it meet for me to have respect to your sacrifice, or to receive anything from your hands as welcome?

¹³

и^ с^и и%хже ненави'дњхᲆ творя'сте. покрывасте слеза'ми ѓ^лтарь гн~ь, и^ пла'чемъ и^ въꙁдыха'нїемъ эT трђ'довᲆ. е^ще` л^и достоино призрњти на жрътвђ ва'шђ, л^и прїя'ти прїя'тно и^з рђкъ ва'шихᲆ.

¹⁴

Yet ye said, Wherefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast forsaken, and yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.

¹⁴

и^ рњсте, чесо ра'ди. ја%ко г~ь ꙁасвидᲇтельствова междђ тобо'ю, и^ межDђ жено'ю ю%ности твое'я ю^же пђсти`. и^ т^а ѓ^бњщница твоя`, и^ жена` завᲇтђ твое^мђ.

¹⁵

And did he not do well? and there was the residue of his spirit. But ye said, What does God seek but a seed? But take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of thy youth.

¹⁵

и^ не добрњ сътвори` ѓ^ста'нокъ дх~ђ твое^мђ. и^ рњсте, чесо и%наго про'ситъ б~ъ л^и сњмене. и^ съхрани'теся дх~омъ ва'шимъ, и^ жены` ю%ности свое'я не ѓ^ста'виши.

¹⁶

But if thou shouldest hate thy wife and put her away, saith the Lord God of Israel, then ungodliness shall cover thy thoughts, saith the Lord Almighty: therefore take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake them not,

¹⁶

н^о а^ще възненавидњвъ эTпђстиши ю&, гл~етъ г~ь б~ъ і^и^л~евъ. покры'ет# г~ь нече'стїя помышленїя ва'ша, гл~етъ г~ь вседръжи'тель. и^ съхранитеся дх~омъ свои^мъ, и^ не ѓ^ста'вите совњта,

¹⁷

ye that have provoked God with your words. But ye said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that ye say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing object in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice?

¹⁷

прогнњва'юще б~а сло'весы ва'шими. и^ рњсте, ѓ^ чесомъ прогнњвахомъ е^го. зане` рњсте, вся'къ творя'и зл^о добръ преD гм~ь, и^ ѓ^ тњхъ са'мъ и^ꙁволи'лъ е^сть, и^ гдњ` е^сть б~ъ пра'вдњ”