¹

For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnurtured souls have erred.

¹

Вели'ци сђть сђди твои` г~и, и^ не и^ꙁъгл~анны. сего ра'ди ненакаꙁа'нїи дш~а съблазни'ша,

²

For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay there exiled from the eternal providence.

²

въспрїяша б^о наси'ловати ја^зы'къ ст~ыи безаконнїи. ё'зники т#мы` и^ долгою но'щїю свя'ꙁани и^ заключе'ни поD кровы бњгльцы вњчнаго провњдњнїя лежа'ша”

³

For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly astonished, and troubled with strange apparitions.

³

Оу^таи'ти б^о мня'щеся въ мра'чныхъ грњсехъ, възвњсти'ся приключе'нїе, и^ расточе'ни сђть ё^жаса'ющеся стра'шно, и^ съ ё^дивле'нїемъ злы'мъ възмђщени сђть.

⁴

For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: but noises as of waters falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.

⁴

ниже б^о съдръжа'щїи и^хъ покровъ беꙁъ стра'ха съхрани`, шђ'ми же съходя'ще възмђща'хђ. и^ привидњнїя печа'лны ја^вля'ющися. ё'жасъ тњмъ подавахђ.

⁵

No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.

⁵

и^ ѓ'гнь б^о ни е^ді'ныя си'лы можаше ᲄњмъ възда'ти ни звњ'зды эT свњтлаго пла'мени просвњти'ти можа'хђ т^ђ но'щъ стра'шнђю.

⁶

Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.

⁶

ја^вля'ше же ся и^мъ токмо скоръ ѓ%гнь стра'ха и^спо'лнъ, и^ стра'хомъ побїени тогда и^же не ви'дњша ѓ^ноя. лица` ча'яхђ го'ршая бы'ти и^хже видя'хђ”

⁷

As for the illusions of art magic, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.

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во'л#хвъ же хђдо'жества преложе'ни бя'хђ въ посмњхъ и^ премђдрђющимъ велича'нїя ѓ^бличе'нїе кля'твено.

⁸

For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.

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ѓ^бњща'ющїи бо ся сᲄрахи и^ смђще'нїя и^згна'ти эT дш~а болящїя, сїи съ посмњхомъ полни стра'хомъ боля'хђ.

⁹

For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,

⁹

и^б^о а^ще и^ни кто' же и^хъ възмђще'не ё^стра'ши и^ четвероно'гихъ прехо'ди, и^ змі'ем# звизда'нїя въздви'гнени стра'шно погиба'хђ. и^ а^е'ра е^гоже никт^о ники'м же пђтеM и^збњжа'ти възмо'же эTмњта'юща себе ви'дњти.

¹⁰

they died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.

¹⁰

нечистота` б^о своистве'не лђка'вая свњдњтельствђ'етъ ѓ^сђжда'ющи. вы'нђ же прїемлюще лю'тая, содръжи'мA совњстїю.

¹¹

For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.

¹¹

ничтоже б^о е^сть страX токмо преда'нїе эT по'мощеи помышле'нїя.

¹²

For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.

¹²

внђтрь же ме'нше сђще чая'нїе бо'лшђю мни'тъ нечистотђ` настоя'щего мђче'нїя вины`.

¹³

And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.

¹³

тMњже и^же в немощнђю прїидо'ша но'щъ и^ эT не'мощнаго а'да нашеDшђю т#мђ` сно'мъ спя'щи.

¹⁴

But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,

¹⁴

ја^же ё^бо чюдесемъ попира'хђся привидᲇнїи ра'ди, и^ ја%же дш~и и^счеза'хђ преда'нїя. скоръ б^о иM и^ ненаде'женъ стра'хъ на'иде.

¹⁵

were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.

¹⁵

а^щеy си'це се'и б^њ тђ` ниꙁпада'я. съхраня'шеся ё^ темни'цы беꙁъ желњ'за заключеn.

¹⁶

So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars.

¹⁶

а^ще б^о землњ` дњлатель кт^о бы'сть и^л^и па'стыръ, и^л^и пђсты'ни дњлатель трђдоM преDѓ^бяT быs неи^ꙁбњж'нђю тръпяше нђж'дђ.

¹⁷

For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

¹⁷

е^ді'нымъ б^о ю%жемъ желњꙁныM тмы` вси бяхђ свяꙁа'ни. и^ли дх~ъ ꙁвидꙁа'ющи и^ли межDђ ча'стыхъ древесныхъ вњтвеи птиченъ шђмъ бл~гъ, и^ли си'ла во'дная текђщи ѕњ'лне,

¹⁸

Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,

¹⁸

и^ли шђмъ ѕњ'лнаго низпаде'нїя ка'менеи, и^ли и^гра'ющимъ ѕвњремъ тече'нїе невидимое, и^ли рыка'нїя ѕњлныX ѕвњреи гла'са, и^ли эTꙁыва'ющся эT де'бреи го'рскихъ глаs ѓ^скђдњва'ти творяще и^хъ стра'хъ”

¹⁹

or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains: these things made them to swoon for fear.

¹⁹

Вся б^о вселе'нная свњтло просвњща'шеся свњтомъ, несмњша'нымъ дњ'ломъ съдержа'шеся.

²⁰

For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:

²⁰

самњ'м же ѓ^нᲇмъ простира'шеся тяжка но'щь, ѓ%браꙁᲆ бђдђщаго и^хъ въспрїа'тїа тмы`, і^ и^мъ самњмъ бяше тяжча'иша”

²¹

over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.