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My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;

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Сы́не, а҆́ще прїи́мъ глаго́лъ моеѧ̀ за́повѣди, скры́еши въ себѣ̀,

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thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.

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послꙋ́шаетъ премꙋ́дрости твоѐ оу҆́хо, и҆ приложи́ши се́рдце твоѐ къ ра́зꙋмꙋ: приложи́ши же є҆̀ въ наказа́нїе сы́нꙋ твоемꙋ̀.

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For if thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;

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А҆́ще бо премꙋ́дрость призове́ши и҆ ра́зꙋмꙋ да́си гла́съ тво́й, чꙋ́вство же взы́щеши вели́кимъ гла́сомъ,

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and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

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и҆ а҆́ще взы́щеши є҆ѧ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ сребра̀, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже сокрѡ́вища и҆спыта́еши ю҆̀:

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then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

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тогда̀ оу҆разꙋмѣ́еши стра́хъ гдⷭ҇ень и҆ позна́нїе бж҃їе ѡ҆брѧ́щеши:

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For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding,

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ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇ь дае́тъ премꙋ́дрость, и҆ ѿ лица̀ є҆гѡ̀ позна́нїе и҆ ра́зꙋмъ:

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and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

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и҆ сокро́вищствꙋетъ и҆справлѧ́ющымъ спⷭ҇нїе, защища́етъ же ше́ствїе и҆́хъ,

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that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.

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є҆́же сохрани́ти пꙋти̑ ѡ҆правда́нїй, и҆ пꙋ́ть благоговѣ́инствꙋющихъ є҆го̀ сохрани́тъ.

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Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; and shalt direct all thy course aright.

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Тогда̀ оу҆разꙋмѣ́еши пра́вдꙋ и҆ сꙋ́дъ и҆ и҆спра́виши всѧ̑ стєзѝ бл҃гі̑ѧ.

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For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,

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А҆́ще бо прїи́детъ премꙋ́дрость въ твою̀ мы́сль, чꙋ́вство же твое́й дꙋшѝ добро̀ бы́ти возмни́тсѧ,

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good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;

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совѣ́тъ до́бръ сохрани́тъ тѧ̀, помышле́нїе же преподо́бное соблюде́тъ тѧ̀,

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to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

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да и҆зба́витъ тѧ̀ ѿ пꙋтѝ ѕла́гѡ и҆ ѿ мꙋ́жа, глаго́люща ничто́же вѣ́рно.

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Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

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Ѽ, ѡ҆ста́вившїи пꙋти̑ пра̑выѧ, є҆́же ходи́ти въ пꙋте́хъ тмы̀!

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who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

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ѽ, веселѧ́щїисѧ ѡ҆ ѕлы́хъ и҆ ра́дꙋющїисѧ ѡ҆ развраще́нїи ѕлѣ́мъ!

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whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

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и҆́хже стєзѝ стро́пѡтны, и҆ кри̑ва течє́нїѧ и҆́хъ, є҆́же дале́че тѧ̀ сотвори́ти ѿ пꙋтѝ пра́ва,

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to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

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и҆ чꙋ́жда ѿ пра́веднагѡ ра́зꙋма. Сы́не, да тѧ̀ не пости́гнетъ совѣ́тъ ѕлы́й,

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of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

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ѡ҆ставлѧ́ѧй оу҆че́нїе ю҆́ности, и҆ завѣ́та бжⷭ҇твеннагѡ забы́вый:

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For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.

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поста́ви бо при сме́рти до́мъ сво́й и҆ при а҆́дѣ съ земны́ми дѣѧ̑нїѧ своѧ̑.

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None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.

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Всѝ ходѧ́щїи по немꙋ̀ не возвратѧ́тсѧ, нижѐ пости́гнꙋтъ сте́зь пра́выхъ: ни бо̀ дости́гнꙋтъ лѣ́тъ жи́зни.

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For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.

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А҆́ще бо бы́ша ходи́ли въ стєзѝ бл҃гі̑ѧ, ѡ҆брѣлѝ оу҆́бѡ бы́ша стєзѝ пра̑вы гла̑дки: бла́зи бꙋ́дꙋтъ жи́телїе на землѝ, неѕло́бивїи же ѡ҆ста́нꙋтъ на не́й:

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For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.

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ꙗ҆́кѡ пра́вїи вселѧ́тсѧ на землѝ, и҆ прпⷣбнїи ѡ҆ста́нꙋтъ на не́й.

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The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.

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Пꙋтїѐ нечести́выхъ ѿ землѝ поги́бнꙋтъ, пребеззако́ннїи же и҆зри́нꙋтсѧ ѿ неѧ̀.