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For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.

¹

Реко'ша б^о в себњ помышля'ющїи непра'веDне. маl е^сть и^ с нђждею живо'тъ на'шъ, и^ нњ'сть и^сцњле'нїя в концы чл~честњ, и^ нњ'сть познан# раздрњше'ныи эT а%да.

²

For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:

²

ја^ко ни эT чегоже рожDе'ны е^смы, и^ по сихъ бђ'демъ ја%ко не бы'хомъ. ја%ко ды'мъ дыха'нїе въ но'здрехъ на'шиX, и^ сло'во ја%ко и%скра въ воздвигне'нїе срDца на'шего.

³

which being extinguished, our body shall be turned to ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air,

³

е^иже ё^га'сши пе'пелъ бђ'деT тњ'ло на'ше, и^ дх~ъ разлїется ја%ко мя'кокᲆ воздXђ”

⁴

and our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.

⁴

І$ и^мя на'ше въ забве'нїе прїе'млется во вре'мя, и^ никто'же помяне'тъ дњ'лъ на'шиX” И$ пре'идеT живоT на'шᲆ ја%ко сᲄопы ѓ%блака, и^ ја%ко м#гла разDрњшиTся и^же погоне'на еs эT лђчъ слн~чныX и^ теплоᲄою е^го ѓ^тягчи'вшися” Вре'мя на'ше е^сть ја%ко

⁵

For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

⁵

стњнь прохода, и^ нњ'сть ѓ^браще'нїя конца на'шего. ја%ко запеча'танъ е^сть и^ никт^о ѓ^брати'тся”

⁶

Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.

⁶

прїидњте ё^бо и^ поживеM въ сђщиX бл~гиX, ё^бл~жимся зда'нїем# ја%ко ю%ность ско'ре.

⁷

Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us.

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вина дража'ишаго и^ ми'ра во'ина и^сполᲆниMся, и^ да не про'идеT дасъ цвTњ вре'мени.

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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered:

⁸

вінчаеM насъ ро'жами преже неже ё^вянTђ,

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let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.

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н^и е^дїн# ё^ насъ лђчъ бђдеT, и^же не про'идеT блђженїа нашего. никто ва'сᲆ эTлђченъ бђдеT блђженїа нашеh вездњ ѓ^ста'виM совTњника веселїя, ја^ко сїя е^сᲄь ча'сᲄь наша и^ с^е е^сть жре'бїи наш#.

¹⁰

Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient grey hairs of the aged.

¹⁰

наси'лїе сътвориM ё^бо'гђ правеDнђ, и^ не пощадимъ вдовицы, ниже ста'рца почтеM сњдинъ многолњтныX.

¹¹

Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.

¹¹

да бђдеT же намъ крњпость ꙁако'нъ правдњ, не крњпкое б^о неключимо ѓ^бря'щется.

¹²

Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education.

¹²

ё^ловимᲆ ле'стїю правеDнаго, ја%коже неключимъ е^сть намъ, и^ проти'виTся дњ'ломъ нашимъ, и^ поноситъ намъ грњхы ꙁако'на, і^ и^ꙁно'ситъ на на'съ грњхи приѓ^бщенїа на'шего.

¹³

He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.

¹³

въꙁвњща'етъ себе ра'ꙁђмъ бж~їи и^мњти, и^ сн~а бж~їа себе и^менђе'тъ”

¹⁴

He was made to reprove our thoughts.

¹⁴

и^ бысть намᲆ на ѓ^бличенїе помышленїи.

¹⁵

He is grievous unto us even to behold: for his life is not like other men's, his ways are of another fashion.

¹⁵

тя'жекъ е^сть намъ та'коже къ видњнїю, ја%ко неподобно еs и%ныM жи'тїе е^го, и^ пременени сђть стеѕи е^го”

¹⁶

We are esteemed of him as counterfeits: he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness: he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father.

¹⁶

Въ порђга'нїе въмњни'хоMся е^мђ и^ въздръжится эT пђтїи на'шихъ ја%ко эT нечистотъ” И$ бл~житъ послDњняя правеDныX, и^ славится эTц~а и^мњти себњ б~а.

¹⁷

Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.

¹⁷

ви'димъ б^о а%ще словеса` е^го и%стинна сђть, і^ и^скђсиM ја%же вᲆ и^схожDенїю е^го”

¹⁸

For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.

¹⁸

А$ще б^о е^сть и%стинныи сн~ъ бж~їи въспрїимеT е^го, і^ и^ꙁба'витъ е^го эT рђкъ противя'щиXся.

¹⁹

Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.

¹⁹

досажденїемъ и^ мђкою и^спытаеM е^го, да ё^вњмы чsть е^го, и^ ѓ^сђдиM межDђ ѕло'бою е^го.

²⁰

Let us condemn him with a shameful death: for by his own saying he shall be respected.

²⁰

смр~тїю поно'сною ѓ^сђдимъ е^го, бђдетъ б^о е^мђ расмотренїе эT словесъ е^го”

²¹

Such things they did imagine, and were deceived: for their own wickedness hath blinded them.

²¹

Сїя помы'слиша и^ съблаꙁни'шася, ѓ^слњпи б^о иX ѕло'ба и^хъ.

²²

As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not: neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.

²²

и^ не ё^вњдњша та'инъ бж~їихъ, ниже м#зды ё^пова'ша преподобїя, ни'же сђди'ша чести дш~аM непоро'чныM”

²³

For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.

²³

ЈА/ко б~ъ създа чл~ка в неи^стлњнїе, и^ во ѓ'браZ подобїа свое^го сътвори е^го”

²⁴

Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that are of his side do find it.

²⁴

За'вистїю же дїа'волею смр~ть внїиде въ ми'рᲆ, и^скђшаюT же е^го и^же ѓ%ного ча'сти сђть”