¹

For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.

¹

Нетлњ'нныи б^о дх~ъ твои еs въ всњхъ.

²

Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that offend, and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended, that leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.

²

тњмже заблђжа'ющихъ по ма'лњ ѓ^блича'е^ши, и^ в ни'хже съгрњша'юT въспомина'я ё^чи'ши, да премњни'вшеся ѕло'бы вњрђюT в т^я г~и.

³

For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,

³

и^ дре'внихъ б^о ѓ^бита'телеи ꙁемли` ст~ыя твоея, възненави'дњлъ е^си

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whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;

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ради дњя'нїи злы'хъ. вол#швенїи и%хже творя'хђ, и^ жрътвы не прпDбныхъ.

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and also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood,

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и^ чадоё^бїец# немлsтивыхъ, и^ ё^тробоја%дцовъ члчsкихъ плотеи и^ кровопїицевъ эT среды ст~ыX і^ и'стинныхъ твои^хъ.

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with their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help:

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и^ господїи ро'довъ дш~ъ беспо'мощ#ныхъ въсхотњлъ е^си погђби'ти рђками эTц~ъ на'шихъ.

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that the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, might receive a worthy colony of God's children.

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да досто'ино прїимется преселенїе ѓ'трокъ бж~їихъ, и^же ё^ тебе всњхъ дра'жїе е^сть земля`.

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Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thine host, to destroy them by little and little.

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н^о и^ си'мъ ја%ко чл~комъ прости'лъ е^си посла'лъ же е^си преDтекђщихъ во'и твои^хъ ја%ко ѓ%сы, да тњхъ пома'лђ и^стребя'тъ”

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Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word:

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Не неси'ленъ бњше въ бра'ни покори'ти нечести'выхъ пра'веднымъ, и^л^и ꙁвњремъ сверњпымъ, и^л^и сло'вђ же'стокђ по е^дїномђ потреби'ти”

¹⁰

but executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that their cogitation would never be changed.

¹⁰

Сђдя'щи же пома'ле дая'ше мњсто покая'нїю, не невњдящи ја%ко лђка'въ е^сть родъ и^хъ и^ е^стестве'ная ѕло'ба и^хъ, и^ ја%ко не премени'тся помышле'нїе иX въ вњки.

¹¹

For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.

¹¹

сњмя б^о бњ` про'клято эT нача'ла, ниже боја%щися кого эTпђще'нїе дава'ше грњхомъ и^хъ.

¹²

For who shall say, What hast thou done? or who shall withstand thy judgment? or who shall accuse thee for the nations that perish, whom thou hast made? or who shall come to stand against thee, to be revenged for the unrighteous men?

¹²

кт^о б^о речетъ тебњ, чт^о сътвори'лъ е^си, и^л^и кт^о постоитъ проти'вђ сђдђ твое^мђ кт^о по'имеT тебе ѓ^ ја^зы'цехъ поги'бшихъ иXже ты` сътвори, и^л^и кт^о въ преDста'нїе ти прїи'детъ эTм#щая ѓ^ ѓ^би'дящихъ чл~цехъ.

¹³

For neither is there any God but thou that careth for all, to whom thou mightest shew that thy judgment is not unright.

¹³

нњсть б^о и^нъ б~ъ ра'ꙁвњ тебе и^же ради'тъ ѓ^ всњхъ. да пока'жеши ја%ко не непра'во сђди'лъ е^си,

¹⁴

Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee for any whom thou hast punished.

¹⁴

ниже цр~ь и^л^и мђчи'тель преD тобою въꙁыска'ти могђтъ и^хж погђби'лъ е^си”

¹⁵

Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously: thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.

¹⁵

Пра'веденъ сы'и, пра'во вся` раз#смотря'е^ши. неполе'знаго же мђчитися ѓсђдиши, и^ чю'жда твори'ши зе'мныя си'лы”

¹⁶

For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.

¹⁶

Крњпость б^о твоя ѓ^правда'нїю нача'ло, и^ еже всњхъ тебе владычествовати и^ всњхъ щадњти творитъ.

¹⁷

For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.

¹⁷

крњпость б^о пока'жеши невњрђющемђ въ си'лњ съврьше'нњи, и^ въ невњдђщихъ дрьзость ѓ^бличиj

¹⁸

But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.

¹⁸

ты' же влDко си'лныи въ кро'тости сђдиши, и^ съ вели'кимъ щаде'нїемъ разъсматря'еши наs” С тобо'ю б^о е^сть е^гда хо'щеши мощи`,

¹⁹

But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.

¹⁹

наё^чиl же е^си лю'ди своя си'цевыX ра'ди дњл#, ја%ко подоба'етъ пра'ведномђ бы'ти чл~колю'бцђ. и^ въ бл~гоё^пова'нїи сътвори'лъ е^си сн~ы твоя, ја%ко дае'ши ѓ^ грњсехъ покая'нїе”

²⁰

For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place whereby they might be delivered from their malice:

²⁰

А$ще б^о вра'г# ѓ%трокъ твои^хъ и^ длъжныX смр~ти, и^ съ си'цевыми мђчилъ е^си въ имњнїемъ и^ млsтїю, дая'и лњта и^ мњсто и%миже и^ꙁмњня'тся ѕло'бы.

²¹

with how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?

²¹

с коли'кимъ прилежа'нїемъ сђди'лᲆ е^си сн~ы твоя. и^хже эTц~емъ кля'твы завњща'нїя далъ е^си бл~гихъ въꙁдержа'нїи.

²²

Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.

²²

насъ ё^бо накаꙁђя, враги` наша т#ма'ми бїеши. да бл~госты'ню твою помышля'еM сђдя'щи, сђди'ми же ча'емъ млsти.

²³

Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.

²³

эTню'дђже и^ непра'ведныхъ въ беꙁђмїи жи'вшиX живо'тъ. своиствеными и^хъ мрь'ꙁостями мђчилъ е^си”

²⁴

For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.

²⁴

И$б^о въ ꙁаблђже'нїе пђтїи должа'е блђди'ша, боги` мнњша ја%же въ животныхъ, врагоM беꙁᲆче'стна, младенецъ безMђныхъ м#щенїе лжђще”

²⁵

Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.

²⁵

Тњмже ја%ко ѓ^трокоM безъслове'сныM сђдъ в# порђга'нїе посла'лъ е^си.

²⁶

But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God.

²⁶

и^же порђга'ньми ꙁапреще'нїя не наё^чи'шася, досто'ина сђда бж~їя и^скђсяT”

²⁷

For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; now being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know; and therefore came extreme damnation upon them.

²⁷

В ниX же б^о сїи страдахђ нђжда'хђся ѓ^ сихъ и^хже мня'хђ боги`. в ни'хᲆ мђчи'ми бњша вњдђще е^гоже прежде эTмњта'хђся ꙁнати