2 Esdras (4 Ezra) · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
2 Esdras (4 Ezra) 4 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Тогда̀ ѿвѣща̀ ко мнѣ̀ а҆́гг҃лъ, и҆́же по́сланъ бѣ̀ ко мнѣ̀, є҆мꙋ́же и҆́мѧ ᲂу҆рїи́лъ,
1 The angel who was sent to me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer,
2 и҆ речѐ мѝ: во ᲂу҆́жасѣ и҆зстꙋпѝ се́рдце твоѐ въ вѣ́цѣ се́мъ, поне́же хо́щеши пости́гнꙋти пꙋти̑ вы́шнѧгѡ. А҆́зъ же ѿвѣща́хъ:
2 and said to me, “Your understanding has utterly failed you regarding this world. Do you think you can comprehend the way of the Most High?”
3 та́кѡ є҆́сть, го́споди мо́й. Ѻ҆́нъ же ко мнѣ̀ речѐ си́це: трѝ пꙋти̑ по́сланъ є҆́смь показа́ти тебѣ̀ и҆ трѝ подѡ́бїѧ предложи́ти пред̾ тобо́ю:
3 Then I said, “Yes, my Lord.” He answered me, “I have been sent to show you three ways, and to set before you three problems.
4 ѿ ни́хже є҆гда̀ мѝ є҆ди́но и҆з̾ѧви́ши, и҆ а҆́зъ тѝ покажꙋ̀ пꙋ́ть, є҆го́же жела́еши ви́дѣти, и҆ наꙋчꙋ̀ тѧ̀, ѿкꙋ́дꙋ є҆́сть се́рдце лꙋка́во.
4 If you can solve one for me, I also will show you the way that you desire to see, and I will teach you why the heart is wicked.”
5 И҆ реко́хъ: возвѣстѝ, го́споди мо́й. И҆ речѐ ко мнѣ̀: и҆дѝ и҆ и҆звѣ́си мѝ ѻ҆гнѧ̀ тѧ́гость, и҆лѝ и҆змѣ́ри дыха́нїе вѣ́тра, и҆лѝ возвратѝ вспѧ́ть де́нь, и҆́же мимои́де.
5 I said, “Say on, my Lord.” Then said he to me, “Go, weigh for me the weight of a fire, or measure for me a blast of wind, or call back for me the day that is past.”
6 А҆́зъ же ѿвѣща́хъ и҆ реко́хъ: кто̀ ѿ человѣ̑къ мо́жетъ сотвори́ти, ѡ҆ ни́хже мѧ̀ вопроша́еши;
6 Then answered I and said, “Who of the sons of men is able to do this, that you should ask me about such things?”
7 Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ ко мнѣ̀: а҆́ще бы́хъ вопроси́лъ тѧ̀, глаго́лѧ: ко́ль мно́гѡ жили́щъ є҆́сть въ се́рдцы морстѣ́мъ, и҆лѝ ко́ль мно́гѡ и҆сто́чникѡвъ въ нача́лѣ бе́здны, и҆лѝ ко́ль мно́гѡ жи̑лъ є҆́сть над̾ тве́рдїю небе́сною, и҆лѝ кі́и сꙋ́ть предѣ́лы ра́йстїи;
7 He said to me, “If I had asked you, ‘How many dwellings are there in the heart of the sea? Or how many springs are there at the fountain head of the deep? Or how many streams are above the firmament? Or which are the exits of hell? Or which are the entrances of paradise?’
8 не́гли ѿвѣща́лъ бы мѝ є҆сѝ: въ бе́зднꙋ не снидо́хъ, ни во а҆́дъ є҆щѐ, нижѐ на небеса̀ когда̀ взыдо́хъ:
8 perhaps you would say to me, ‘I never went down into the deep, or as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.’
9 нн҃ѣ же ѡ҆ се́мъ не вопроси́хъ тѧ̀, то́чїю ѡ҆ ѻ҆гнѝ и҆ ѡ҆ вѣ́трѣ и҆ ѡ҆ днѝ, во́ньже є҆сѝ пребыва́лъ, и҆ без̾ си́хъ веще́й бы́ти не мо́жеши: и҆ ты̀ ѡ҆ си́хъ ничто́же мѝ ѿвѣща́лъ є҆сѝ.
9 Nevertheless now I have only asked you about the fire, wind, and the day, things which you have experienced, and from which you can’t be separated, and yet you have given me no answer about them. ”
10 И҆ речѐ мѝ: ты̀ си́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же твоѧ̑ сꙋ́ть и҆ съ тобо́ю возрасто́ша, позна́ти не мо́жеши:
10 He said moreover to me, “You can’t understand your own things that you grew up with.
11 и҆ ка́кѡ сосꙋ́дъ тво́й возмо́жетъ вмѣсти́ти пꙋти̑ вы́шнѧгѡ, и҆ ᲂу҆жѐ мі́рꙋ ѿвнѣ̀ растлѣ́ннꙋ сꙋ́щꙋ, ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́ти раслѣ́нїе ꙗ҆́вное пред̾ лице́мъ мои́мъ;
11 How then can your mind comprehend the way of the Most High? How can he who is already worn out with the corrupted world understand incorruption?” When I heard these things, I fell on my face
12 И҆ реко́хъ къ немꙋ̀: лꙋ́чше на́мъ дабы̀ є҆смы̀ не бы́ли, не́жели є҆щѐ живꙋ́щымъ жи́ти въ нече́стїихъ и҆ претерпѣва́ти и҆ не вѣ́дати, ко́еѧ ра́ди ве́щи.
12 and said to him, “It would have been better if we weren’t here at all, than that we should come here and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know why.”
13 Ѻ҆́нъ же ѿвѣща̀ мѝ и҆ речѐ: ше́дъ и҆до́хъ въ дꙋбра́вꙋ древе́съ по́льныхъ, и҆дѣ́же древа̀ совѣ́тъ сотвори́ша
13 He answered me, and said, “A forest of the trees of the field went out, and took counsel together,
14 глаго́люще: прїиди́те и҆ и҆́демъ и҆ дви́гнемъ бра́нь на мо́ре, да ᲂу҆стꙋ́питъ на́мъ, и҆ да сотвори́мъ себѣ̀ и҆ны̑ѧ дꙋбра̑вы:
14 and said, ‘Come! Let’s go and make war against the sea, that it may depart away before us, and that we may make ourselves more forests.’
15 та́кожде и҆ вѡ́лны мѡрскі́ѧ совѣ́тъ сотвори́ша глаго́лющѧ: по́йдемъ и҆ дви́гнемъ бра́нь на лѣ́сы пѡ́льныѧ, да побѣди́вшѧ и҆̀хъ воспрїи́мемъ себѣ̀ та́мѡ и҆но́е мѣ́сто:
15 The waves of the sea also in like manner took counsel together, and said, ‘Come! Let’s go up and subdue the forest of the plain, that there also we may gain more territory.’
16 и҆ бы́сть ᲂу҆мышле́нїе дꙋбра́вы пра́здно, поне́же прїи́де ѻ҆́гнь и҆ пожжѐ ю҆̀,
16 The counsel of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it.
17 та́кожде и҆ ᲂу҆мышле́нїе во́лнъ морски́хъ, поне́же ста̀ песо́къ и҆ ᲂу҆держа̀ и҆̀хъ:
17 Likewise also the counsel of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood up and stopped them.
18 и҆ є҆гда́ бы є҆сѝ бы́лъ сꙋдїѧ̀ и҆́хъ, ко́его бы є҆сѝ ѿ си́хъ ѡ҆правда́лъ, и҆лѝ ко́его ви́нна сотвори́лъ;
18 If you were judge now between these two, which would you justify, or which would you condemn?”
19 Ѿвѣща́хъ а҆́зъ и҆ рѣ́хъ: вои́стиннꙋ въ совѣ́тъ сꙋ́етенъ вда́шасѧ, поне́же землѧ̀ дана̀ є҆́сть лѣсѡ́мъ, и҆ мо́рю мѣ́сто, є҆́же носи́ти вѡ́лны своѧ̑.
19 I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.”
20 Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ ко мнѣ̀: пра́вѡ разсꙋди́лъ є҆сѝ: чесѡ́ же ра́ди себѐ не сꙋ́диши;
20 Then answered he me, and said, “You have given a right judgment. Why don’t you judge your own case?
21 поне́же ꙗ҆́коже землѧ̀ дꙋбра́вамъ дана̀ є҆́сть и҆ мо́ре волна́мъ свои̑мъ (дано̀ є҆́сть): та́кѡ и҆̀же ѡ҆бита́ютъ на землѝ, то́кмѡ ве́щы назє́мныѧ разꙋмѣ́ти мо́гꙋтъ, а҆ сꙋ́щїи на нб҃сѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же на высотѣ̀ нб҃съ.
21 For just as the ground is given to the wood, and the sea to its waves, even so those who dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but what is upon the earth. Only he who dwells above the heavens understands the things that are above the height of the heavens.”
22 И҆ ѿвѣща́хъ и҆ реко́хъ: молю́тисѧ, го́споди, да мнѣ̀ да́стсѧ ᲂу҆́мъ разꙋмѣ́нїѧ,
22 Then answered I and said, “I beg you, O Lord, why has the power of understanding been given to me?
23 не бо̀ хотѣ́хъ вопроси́ти ѡ҆ вы́шнихъ твои́хъ, но ѡ҆ си́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же всегда̀ въ на́съ быва́ютъ, чесѡ̀ ра́ди і҆и҃ль да́нъ въ порꙋга́нїе ꙗ҆зы́кѡмъ; и҆ чесѡ̀ ра́ди лю́дїе твоѝ возлю́бленнїи даны̀ ꙗ҆зы́кѡмъ нечєсти́вымъ; и҆ чесѡ̀ ра́ди зако́нъ ѻ҆тє́цъ на́шихъ въ па́гꙋбꙋ низведе́нъ бы́сть, и҆ ᲂу҆строє́нїѧ пи̑саннаѧ нигдѣ̀ сꙋ́ть;
23 For it was not in my mind to be curious of the ways above, but of such things as pass by us daily, because Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen. The people whom you have loved have been given over to ungodly nations. The law of our forefathers is made of no effect, and the written covenants are nowhere regarded.
24 и҆ преидо́хомъ ѡ҆ вѣ́ка а҆́ки прꙋ́зи и҆ живе́мъ въ вели́цѣмъ стра́сѣ и҆ ᲂу҆́жасѣ, и҆ недосто́йни є҆смы̀ ми́лости твоеѧ̀ наслѣ́дити:
24 We pass away out of the world like locusts. Our life is like a vapor, and we aren’t worthy to obtain mercy.
25 но что̀ сотвори́тъ и҆́мени своемꙋ̀, є҆́же мы̀ нарица́емъ; сїѧ̑ сꙋ́ть, є҆гѡ́же а҆́зъ вопроси́хъ.
25 What will he then do for his name by which we are called? I have asked about these things.”
26 Ѻ҆́нъ же ѿвѣща̀ ко мнѣ̀ и҆ речѐ: коли́кѡ бо́лѣе и҆спыта́ти бꙋ́деши, толи́кѡ бо́лѣе и҆ ᲂу҆диви́шисѧ, поне́же ско́рѡ спѣши́тъ вѣ́къ преитѝ
26 Then he answered me, and said, “If you are alive you will see, and if you live long, you will marvel, for the world hastens quickly to pass away.
27 и҆ не мо́жетъ носи́ти, ꙗ҆̀же въ бꙋ̑дꙋщаѧ времена̀ пра́вєднымъ ѡ҆бѣща̑нна сꙋ́ть,
27 For it is not able to bear the things that are promised to the righteous in the times to come; for this world is full of sadness and infirmities.
28 поне́же непра́вды и҆спо́лнь вѣ́къ се́й и҆ не́мощей: а҆ ѡ҆ ни́хже вопроша́еши, возвѣщꙋ̀ тебѣ̀: насѣ́ѧно бо є҆́сть ѕло̀, и҆ не ᲂу҆̀ прїи́де погꙋбле́нїе є҆гѡ̀:
28 For the evil about which you asked me has been sown, but its harvest hasn’t yet come.
29 а҆́ще ᲂу҆́бѡ не преврати́тсѧ, є҆́же насѣ́ѧно є҆́сть, и҆ не ᲂу҆стꙋ́питъ мѣ́сто, и҆дѣ́же насѣ́ѧно лꙋка́вство, не прїи́детъ, и҆дѣ́же насѣ́ѧно є҆́сть бла́го:
29 If therefore that which is sown isn’t reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown doesn’t pass away, the field where the good is sown won’t come.
30 поне́же ѕла́къ сѣ́мене ѕла́гѡ всѣ́ѧнъ є҆́сть въ се́рдце а҆да́мово и҆з̾ нача́ла, и҆ ко́ль мно́гѡ ѕла̀ родѝ и҆ донн҃ѣ и҆ ражда́етъ, до́ндеже прїи́детъ млаче́нїе;
30 For a grain of evil seed was sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much wickedness it has produced to this time! How much more it will yet produce until the time of threshing comes!
31 разсꙋди́ же въ себѣ̀ ѕла́къ ѕла́гѡ сѣ́мене, коли́къ пло́дъ нече́стїѧ породѝ;
31 Ponder now by yourself, how much fruit of wickedness a grain of evil seed has produced.
32 є҆гда̀ пожа́ти бꙋ́дꙋтъ кла́си, и҆̀мже нѣ́сть числа̀, ко́ль ве́лїю молотьбꙋ̀ начнꙋ́тъ твори́ти;
32 When the grains which are without number are sown, how great a threshing floor they will fill!”
33 И҆ ѿвѣща́хъ и҆ рѣ́хъ: ка́кѡ и҆ когда̀ сїѧ̑ (бꙋ́дꙋтъ); и҆ чесѡ̀ ра́ди кра̑тка и҆ ѕла̑ лѣ̑та на̑ша;
33 Then I answered and said, “How long? When will these things come to pass? Why are our years few and evil?”
34 И҆ ѿвѣща̀ ко мнѣ̀ и҆ речѐ мѝ: не спѣшѝ ты̀ вы́ше вы́шнѧгѡ, ты́ бо тщи́шисѧ всꙋ́е бы́ти вы́ше є҆гѡ̀, и҆́бо и҆зстꙋпле́нїе твоѐ мно́го:
34 He answered me, and said, “Don’t hurry faster than the Most High; for your haste is for your own self, but he who is above hurries on behalf of many.
35 є҆да̀ не вопроша́ша дꙋ́ши пра́ведныхъ ѡ҆ си́хъ въ затво́рѣхъ свои́хъ, глаго́люще: доко́лѣ та́кѡ надѣ́ющесѧ бꙋ́демъ; и҆ когда̀ прїи́детъ пло́дъ жа́твы мзды̀ на́шеѧ;
35 Didn’t the souls of the righteous ask about these things in their chambers, saying, ‘How long will we be here? When does the fruit of the threshing floor come?’
36 и҆ ѿвѣща̀ на сїѧ̑ і҆еремїи́лъ а҆рха́гг҃лъ и҆ речѐ: є҆гда̀ и҆спо́лнитсѧ число̀ сѣ́менъ въ ва́съ, поне́же на мѣ́рилѣ и҆звѣ́силъ вѣ́къ
36 To them, Jeremiel the archangel answered, ‘When the number is fulfilled of those who are like you. For he has weighed the world in the balance.
37 и҆ мѣ́рою и҆змѣ́рилъ времена̀ и҆ число́мъ сочтѐ часы̀, и҆ не восколеба̀, ни возбꙋдѝ, до́ндеже и҆спо́лнитсѧ предрече́ннаѧ мѣ́ра.
37 By measure, he has measured the times. By number, he has counted the seasons. He won’t move or stir them until that measure is fulfilled.’”
38 И҆ ѿвѣща́хъ и҆ рѣ́хъ: ѽ, влⷣко гдⷭ҇и! но и҆ мы̀ всѝ и҆спо́лнени є҆смы̀ нече́стїѧ:
38 Then I answered, “O sovereign Lord, all of us are full of ungodliness.
39 и҆ є҆да́ ли на́съ ра́ди не напо́лнѧтсѧ пра́ведныхъ жи̑тницы, за грѣхѝ ѡ҆бита́ющихъ на землѝ;
39 Perhaps it is for our sakes that the threshing time of the righteous is kept back—because of the sins of those who dwell on the earth.”
40 И҆ ѿвѣща̀ ко мнѣ̀ и҆ речѐ: и҆дѝ и҆ вопросѝ и҆мꙋ́щꙋю во чре́вѣ, є҆да̀ и҆спо́лнивши де́вѧть мцⷭ҇ей свои́хъ, є҆щѐ возмо́гꙋтъ ложесна̀ є҆ѧ̀ въ себѣ̀ ᲂу҆держа́ти пло́дъ;
40 So he answered me, “Go your way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she has fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the baby any longer within her.”
41 И҆ а҆́зъ ѿвѣща́хъ: вои́стиннꙋ не мо́гꙋтъ, го́споди. Ѻ҆́нъ же ѿвѣща̀: во а҆́дѣ ѡ҆би́тєли дꙋ́шъ подѡ́бныѧ сꙋ́ть ложесна́мъ:
41 Then I said, “No, Lord, that can it not.” He said to me, “In Hades, the chambers of souls are like the womb.
42 поне́же ꙗ҆́коже родѧ́щаѧ хо́щетъ вско́рѣ роди́ти, да и҆збѣжи́тъ нꙋ́жды рожде́нїѧ, та́кѡ и҆ сїѧ̑ тща́тсѧ и҆зда́ти ѡ҆́наѧ, ꙗ҆̀же вдана̑ и҆̀мъ сꙋ́ть:
42 For just like a woman in labor hurries to escape the anguish of the labor pains, even so these places hurry to deliver those things that are committed to them from the beginning.
43 и҆з̾ нача́ла возвѣщꙋ̀ и҆ и҆з̾ѧвлю̀ тебѣ̀ ѡ҆ си́хъ, и҆̀хже жела́еши ви́дѣти.
43 Then you will be shown those things which you desire to see.”
44 И҆ ѿвѣща́хъ и҆ реко́хъ: а҆́ще ѡ҆брѣто́хъ благода́ть пред̾ тобо́ю, и҆ а҆́ще возмо́жно є҆́сть, и҆ а҆́ще досто́инъ є҆́смь,
44 Then I answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, and if it is possible, and if I am worthy,
45 покажѝ мѝ, є҆да́ ли мно́жайшее є҆́сть вре́мѧ преше́дшее, не́жели и҆мꙋ́щее прїитѝ; и҆лѝ мнѡ́жайшаѧ преидо́ша, не́же бꙋ̑дꙋщаѧ сꙋ́ть;
45 show me this also, whether there is more to come than is past, or whether the greater part has gone over us.
46 вѣ́мъ бо, є҆́же пре́йде, а҆ тогѡ̀ не вѣ́мъ, є҆́же прейтѝ и҆́мать.
46 For what is gone I know, but I don’t know what is to come.”
47 Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: ста́ни ѡ҆деснꙋ́ю менє̀, и҆ и҆з̾ѧвлю̀ тебѣ̀ толкова́нїе при́тчи.
47 He said to me, “Stand up on my right side, and I will explain the parable to you.”
48 И҆ ста́хъ и҆ ви́дѣхъ, и҆ сѐ, пе́щь горѧ́щаѧ про́йде предо мно́ю: и҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ пре́йде пла́мень, ви́дѣхъ, и҆ сѐ, превзы́де ды́мъ.
48 So I stood, looked, and saw a hot burning oven passed by before me. It happened that when the flame had gone by I looked, and saw that the smoke remained.
49 По си́хъ про́йде предо мно́ю ѡ҆́блакъ и҆спо́лненъ воды̀, и҆з̾ негѡ́же и҆спꙋсти́сѧ до́ждь ве́лїй со ᲂу҆стремле́нїемъ: и҆ є҆гда̀ про́йде стремле́нїе дождѧ̀, преꙋмно́жишасѧ въ не́мъ ка̑пли.
49 After this, a watery cloud passed in front of me, and sent down much rain with a storm. When the stormy rain was past, the drops still remained in it.”
50 И҆ речѐ ко мнѣ̀: внима́й себѣ̀: ꙗ҆́коже расте́тъ до́ждь па́че не́же ка̑пли, и҆ ѻ҆́гнь, не́же ды́мъ, та́кѡ превзы́де преше́дшаѧ мѣ́ра: преꙋмно́жишасѧ же ка̑пли и҆ ды́мъ.
50 Then said he to me, “Consider with yourself; as the rain is more than the drops, and the fire is greater than the smoke, so the quantity which is past was far greater; but the drops and the smoke still remained.”
51 И҆ моли́хсѧ и҆ реко́хъ: мни́ши ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ жи́ти и҆́мамъ да́же до дні́й ѻ҆́ныхъ; и҆лѝ что̀ бꙋ́детъ во дне́хъ ѻ҆́нѣхъ;
51 Then I prayed, and said, “Do you think that I will live until that time? Or who will be alive in those days?”
52 И҆ ѿвѣща́ ми глаго́лѧ: ѡ҆ зна́менїихъ, ѡ҆ ни́хже мѧ̀ вопроша́еши, ѿ ча́сти могꙋ́ ти глаго́лати, ѡ҆ животѣ́ же твое́мъ нѣ́смь по́сланъ повѣ́дати тебѣ̀, но не свѣ́мъ.
52 He answered me, “As for the signs you asked me about, I may tell you of them in part; but I wasn’t sent to tell you about your life, for I don’t know.