¹

Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.

¹

ПрпDбным# же твои^мъ вели'къ б^њ свњтъ, и%хже ё^бо глsа слы'шаще ѓ%браꙁа же не ви'дяще” Зане же ё^бо ѓ^ни того же не страда'хђ блажа'хђ т^я,

²

But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been wronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for that they had been enemies.

²

ја%ко не пакосᲄвовани преDѓ^биди'ми бл~годаря'хђ. и^ е'же пронестися блгDтїю моляхђся”

³

Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and a harmless sun to entertain them honourably.

³

Сихъ ра'ди ѓ^гнегоря'щїи столпъ во'жDа имњша невњдо'маго пђти ше'ствїя. слн~ца же беꙁ# па'кости любоче'стнаго стра'н#ничества пода'лъ е^си.

⁴

For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.

⁴

досто'ини б^о ѓ^ни лиши'тися свњта, и^ снабдњтися въ тмњ. и^же ꙁаключе'ныхъ стрежа'хђ сн~овъ твои^хъ, и%хъ же ради въсхотњ неи^стлњненъ ꙁако'на свњтъ вњкђ да'ти.

⁵

And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.

⁵

совњтова'вшиX и^хъ прпDбныX ё^бива'ти младенца, и^ е^ді'номђ преложе'нђ ча'дђ и^ сп~сенђ. вᲆ ѓ^бличе'нїе иX вꙁя` мно'жество чаD, и^ е^ді'нодђшно погђби'лъ е^си въ водњ` ѕњлнњи”

⁶

Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.

⁶

ѓ^на б^о но'щь провњдњся эTц~емъ на'шимъ, да и%стинно вњдђще и^мже кля'твамъ ё^вњри'ша вожDелњ'ютъ.

⁷

So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.

⁷

въспрїя'то же бы'сть эT людїи твои^хъ. сп~сенїе б^о пра'веDных# вра'гъ же и^стребле'нїе.

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For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou didst glorify us, whom thou hadst called.

⁸

ја%ко б^о ѓ^бещестилъ е^си сђпоста'ты на'ша, к семђ насъ приꙁыва'ющи просла'вилъ е^си.

⁹

For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.

⁹

съкрове'но б^о жря'хђ прпDбнїи ѓ^тро'ки бл~гихъ, и^ ꙁако'на бжsтвеннаго въ съи^менова'нїе завњщаша” Та'коже бл~гихъ и^ бњ'дныX въспрїя'ти ст~ыX, эTц~ъ ё'же преDвъспњва'ющиX хва'лђ”

¹⁰

But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.

¹⁰

ВоZшђмњ же не подо'бно враго'въ во'пль, и^ пла'чь слы'шашеся пла'чющихъ младе'нецъ”

¹¹

The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king, so suffered the common person.

¹¹

Сицевою же ме'стїю ра'бъ съ господи'номъ ѓ^ꙁлобле'нъ е^сть, и^ ѓ^полче'ныи чл~къ цр~еви подо'бная пострада”

¹²

So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.

¹²

Є$ді'нодђшно же ё^бо вс^и въ е^ді'номᲆ и^мени смр~тноM, мр~твыX и^мњя'хђ без#численыхъ” Ниже б^о въ погребе'нїе живы'хъ довляше, понеже е^ді'нымъ м#гнове'нїемᲆ честьнњ'ишїи ро'дъ и^хъ и^стребле'нъ е^сть.

¹³

For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.

¹³

эT всњхъ б^о не вњрђюще ради чародњя'нїя, и^ ради первенецъ и^стребле'нїа и^сповњда'ша лю'ди бж~їя сн~ы бы'ти.

¹⁴

For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,

¹⁴

молча'нїю б^о съдержа'щђ всњхъ, и^ но'щь свое^го тече'нїя по'лъ пђти и^мњше.

¹⁵

thine Almighty word leaped from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,

¹⁵

всемогђще сло'во твое г~и и^сходя'щи эT нб~си эT прsтлъ црsкихъ, жесто'къ брани'тель посреди и^скорене'нїа и^ ꙁемли преDни'де.

¹⁶

and brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.

¹⁶

ме'чъ ѓ%стръ нелицемњрнаго повелњ'нїя твое^го нося'и, и^ стоя'щи и^споlни вс^я смр~ти. и^ да'же до нб~си досяꙁа'ше стоя'щи на ꙁемли`”

¹⁷

Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.

¹⁷

Тогда` внеꙁа'пђ привидњнїя сно'въ лю'тњ смђти'ша и^хъ, страхи же наидо'ша ненаде'жны.

¹⁸

And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.

¹⁸

и^ и'нъ и^на'мо въверженъ е^лњ жи'въ, е^я'же ради вины` смр~тїю и^щеꙁа'хђ”

¹⁹

For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.

¹⁹

видњ'нїя б^о и^хъ смђти'ша и^хъ. сїе преDё^ча'хђ да не вњдяще е^гоже ради ѕл^а стражђще погибо'ша”

²⁰

Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: but the wrath endured not long.

²⁰

Прикоснђ же ся тогда и^ пра'веDныхъ и^скђше'нїе смр~ти, і^ и^стлњ'нїя въ пђсты бы'сть мно'жество, н^о не до'лго пребы'сть гнњвъ”

²¹

For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.

²¹

Потща' бо^ ся мђж'ь непоро'ченъ и^ преDбрашеся, свое^я слђжбы ѓ^рђж'їемъ. моли'твђ и^ џимїя'ма ѓ^цњще'нїе принесъ, съпроти'въ ста гнњвђ. и^ конца наста'вилъ требова'нїя, покаꙁђющи ја%ко твои е^сᲄь ра'бъ.

²²

So he overcame the destroyer, not with might of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.

²²

ѓ^долњ же наро'ды не въ си'лњ теле'снњи ниже ѓ^рђжїи дњлаными, н^о сло'воM повелњвшаго трђжа'тися. кляᲄвы эTц~ъ и^ ꙁавњты помина'ющи

²³

For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.

²³

хо'лми б^о ё^ паDшихъ дрђгъ на' дрђга межDђ мр~твыхъ ста'въ и^ эTсᲇче гнvњ, и^ раꙁдњли ја%же къ живы'мъ пђть.

²⁴

For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the diadem of his head.

²⁴

въ ѓ^дежDи б^о подира б^њ весь ми'ръ, и^ эTц~ъ сла'вы на четы'реё^го'лномъ ка'мени и^ꙁвая'нъ, и^ вели'чество твое въ дїади'мњ главы е^го”

²⁵

Unto these the destroyer gave place, and they were afraid of them: for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath.

²⁵

Сими прїиде и^скореняа, сїя же ё^страши'ша, б^њ бо то'кмо и^скђше'нїе гнњ'ва дово'лно”