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Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;

¹

Сђе'тниy ё^бо вс^и чл~ци, в ниXже не поDлежиT премђдрость ѓ% бѕ~њ. и^ эT ви'димых# бл~гъ не мого'ша враꙁђмњти сђщаго. н^и дњлахъ вне'млющи познаша хитрьца.

²

but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.

²

но и^ли ѓ%гнь, ил^и дх~ъ, и^ли скоръ воꙁдђхъ, и^ли вњнецъ ѕвњзда'мъ, и^ли зњлнђю во'дђ, и^ли свњтила нбsныи` стро'ители ми'рђ, бл~гы възакони'ша,

³

With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.

³

иXже красотою ё^слажа'ющеся боги мнњша” да ё^вњдятъ колико сиX влDка лђчши. красоты б^о родонача'лникъ соꙁда я&.

⁴

But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.

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а^щеy си'лњ и^ дња'нїю ё^дивляюTся, да раꙁђмњюT эT ниX колико съᲄворивыи сїя силнњишїи еs.

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For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.

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эT велі'чесᲄва б^о красоты и^зда'нїи неи^згл~ан#ныи рододњлаᲄель иX вњдTњся.

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But yet for this they are the less to be blamed: for they peradventure err, seeking God, and desirous to find him.

⁶

н^о ѓ^баq ѓ^ сиX е^сть ё^ничиженїе ма'ло, и^бо са'ми сїи въскорњ прельщаюTся бг~а и%щђщи и^ хотящи ѓ^брњсᲄи.

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For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.

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въ дњлеX б^о е^го живђще ислњдђюT, и^ совњтђюTся ꙁра'комъ ја%ко бл~га ви'димая,

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Howbeit neither are they to be pardoned.

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паки ни'же сїи прощени,

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For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?

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а^ще б^о толикаго воꙁмогоша вњ'дњти, да могђтъ съꙁрњти вњ'къ. си'хже влDки како скоро не ѓ^брњтоша.

¹⁰

But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, who called them gods, which are the works of men's hands, gold and silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.

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ѓ^каа'ни же сђть и^ въ мр~твыхъ ё^пова'нїа иX, и^же призваша бо'ги дњлъ рђк# чл~ческихᲆ. зла'то и^ сребро` хитросᲄи ё^мышленїе, и^ подобїя животныX, и^ли ка'мени неключи'маго дњло рђки дре'внеи”

¹¹

Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man's life;

¹¹

А$ще же кт^о веще сњчецᲆ текто'н#, эT лњса древо право эTсњчеT и^ ѓ^тешеT бл~гоё^чне вс^ю корђ` е^го, и^ хитрᲆствђя бл~голњпне сᲆтвориT добр# сосDђ въ сᲆжиᲄїе живота,

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and after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;

¹²

проданїе же дњ'ла на ё^готова'нїе бра'шна и^ꙁдав# насытиs.

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and taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;

¹³

і^ и^ꙁмњнено е^же эT ниX ни въчтоy бл~гопотребно, древо кри'во сђчїа поlно, прїиM и^зваа сᲆ расђжденїеM меDлњнїя свое^го. и^ во и^скђсњ ра'ꙁђма и^ꙁъѓ^бра'ꙁи е^го, и^ ё^подоби е^го ѓ%браꙁђ чл~чђ,

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or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, and colouring every spot therein;

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и^ли нᲇкое^мђ живоTномђ. и^ помаꙁа е^го шарами раꙁли'кими и^ ѓ^чер#мни ма'сᲄь е^го, и^ всякъ порокъ и^же на немъ е^сть ниꙁма'ꙁа.

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and when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron:

¹⁵

и^ сътвори е^мђ досᲄо'ино ѓ^бита'нїе, и^ на стњнњ поста'ви е&, и^ ё^крњпивши желњꙁоM

¹⁶

for he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help.

¹⁶

да не ё^бо падетъ проꙁрњ е&. вњ'дыи ја%ко не мо'жеT помощи себњ, и^б^о и%доl е^сть, и^ требњ е^сть е^мђ помощи.

¹⁷

Then maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life.

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ѓ^ притяжанїях же и^ ѓ^ брацXњ е^го и^ чадњхъ моляся, не стыди'тся къ беꙁᲆдђшномђ гл~я.

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For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life prayeth to that which is dead: for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:

¹⁸

и^ ѓ^ ꙁдра'вїю ё^бо не'мощнаго приꙁыва'етъ, и^ за живоT мрътваго мо'лиT, и^ въ помо'щъ неключи'мђ призовеT.

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and for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do any thing.

¹⁹

і^ ѓ^ пђтьше'сᲄвїи про'ситъ и%же ходи'ти не мо'жет#, и^ притяжанїи и^ дња'нїю и^ рђкотвер#женїя некрњпкаго рђками и^ мђжества про'ситᲆ эT него`, и^же всXњ е^сть не'мощнњи”