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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 Вострꙋби́те трꙋбо́ю въ сїѡ́нѣ, проповѣ́дите въ горѣ̀ мое́й ст҃ѣ́й, и҆ да смѧтꙋ́тсѧ всѝ живꙋ́щїи на землѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ предстои́тъ де́нь гдⷭ҇ень, ꙗ҆́кѡ бли́з̾,
1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:
2 де́нь тьмы̀ и҆ бꙋ́ри, де́нь ѡ҆́блака и҆ мглы̀: ꙗ҆́коже ᲂу҆́тро разлїю́тсѧ по гора́мъ лю́дїе мно́зи и҆ крѣ́пцы, подо́бни и҆̀мъ не бы́ша ѿ вѣ́ка, и҆ по ни́хъ не приложи́тсѧ до лѣ́тъ въ ро́дъ и҆ ро́дъ:
2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
3 ꙗ҆̀же пред̾ ни́мъ ѻ҆́гнь потреблѧ́ѧй, и҆ ꙗ҆̀же за ни́мъ возгара́ѧсѧ пла́мень: ꙗ҆́коже ра́й сла́дости землѧ̀ пред̾ лице́мъ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ ꙗ҆̀же созадѝ є҆гѡ̀ по́ле па́гꙋбы, и҆ спаса́ющагѡсѧ не бꙋ́детъ и҆̀мъ:
3 A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
4 ꙗ҆́коже ви́дъ ко́нскїй ви́дъ и҆́хъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже кѡ́нницы, та́кѡ проженꙋ́тъ:
4 Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.
5 ꙗ҆́коже гла́съ колесни́цъ на верхѝ го́ръ востекꙋ́тъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ гла́съ пла́мене ѻ҆́гненна попалѧ́юща тро́стїе, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ лю́дїе мно́зи и҆ крѣ́пцы воѡполча́ющїисѧ на бра́нь.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle array.
6 Ѿ лица̀ и҆́хъ сокрꙋша́тсѧ лю́дїе: всѧ́кое лицѐ а҆́ки ѡ҆пале́нїе горнца̀.
6 At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
7 Ꙗ҆́коже борцы̀ потекꙋ́тъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже мꙋ́жїе хра́бри взы́дꙋтъ на ѡ҆гра̑ды: и҆ кі́йждо въ пꙋ́ть сво́й по́йдетъ, и҆ не совратѧ́тъ пꙋті́й свои́хъ,
7 They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
8 и҆ кі́йждо ѿ бра́та своегѡ̀ не ѿстꙋ́питъ: ѡ҆тѧгоще́ни ѻ҆рꙋ̑жїи свои́ми по́йдꙋтъ и҆ въ стрѣла́хъ свои́хъ падꙋ́тъ, но не сконча́ютсѧ.
8 One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.
9 Гра́да и҆́мꙋтсѧ, и҆ на забра̑ла востекꙋ́тъ, и҆ на хра̑мины взлѣ́зꙋтъ, и҆ ѻ҆ко́нцами вни́дꙋтъ, ꙗ҆́коже та́тїе.
9 They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
10 Пред̾ лице́мъ є҆гѡ̀ смѧте́тсѧ землѧ̀ и҆ потрѧсе́тсѧ не́бо: со́лнце и҆ лꙋна̀ поме́ркнꙋтъ, и҆ ѕвѣ́зды ᲂу҆гасѧ́тъ свѣ́тъ сво́й.
10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 И҆ гдⷭ҇ь да́стъ гла́съ сво́й пред̾ лице́мъ си́лы своеѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́гъ є҆́сть ѕѣлѡ̀ по́лкъ є҆гѡ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ крѣпка̑ дѣла̀ слове́съ є҆гѡ̀: занѐ вели́къ де́нь гдⷭ҇ень, вели́къ и҆ свѣ́телъ ѕѣлѡ̀, и҆ кто̀ бꙋ́детъ дово́ленъ є҆мꙋ̀;
11 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?
12 И҆ нн҃ѣ гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ ва́шъ: ѡ҆брати́тесѧ ко мнѣ̀ всѣ́мъ се́рдцемъ ва́шимъ въ постѣ̀ и҆ въ пла́чи и҆ въ рыда́нїи,
12 “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 и҆ расто́ргните сердца̀ ва̑ша, а҆ не ри̑зы ва́шѧ, и҆ ѡ҆брати́тесѧ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ бг҃ꙋ ва́шемꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ млⷭ҇тивъ и҆ ще́дръ є҆́сть, долготерпѣли́въ и҆ многомлⷭ҇тивъ и҆ раскаѧва́йсѧ ѡ҆ ѕло́бахъ.
13 Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
14 Кто̀ вѣ́сть, ѡ҆брати́тсѧ ли, и҆ раска́етсѧ, и҆ ѡ҆ста́витъ за собо́ю блгⷭ҇ве́нїе и҆ же́ртвꙋ и҆ возлїѧ́нїе гдⷭ҇ꙋ бг҃ꙋ ва́шемꙋ;
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
15 Вострꙋби́те трꙋбо́ю въ сїѡ́нѣ, ѡ҆свѧти́те по́стъ, проповѣ́дите цѣльбꙋ̀,
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
16 собери́те лю́ди, ѡ҆свѧти́те цр҃ковь, и҆збери́те старѣ̑йшины, совокꙋпи́те младе́нцы ссꙋ́щыѧ сосцы̀: да и҆зы́детъ жени́хъ ѿ ло́жа своегѡ̀, и҆ невѣ́ста ѿ черто́га своегѡ̀.
16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
17 Междꙋ̀ степе́ньми же́ртвенника воспла́чꙋтсѧ жерцы̀ слꙋжа́щїи гдⷭ҇ꙋ и҆ рекꙋ́тъ: пощадѝ, гдⷭ҇и, лю́ди твоѧ̑ и҆ не да́ждь достоѧ́нїѧ твоегѡ̀ на ᲂу҆кори́знꙋ, да не ѡ҆блада́ютъ и҆́ми ꙗ҆зы́цы, да не рекꙋ́тъ во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ: гдѣ̀ є҆́сть бг҃ъ и҆́хъ;
17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
18 И҆ возревнова̀ гдⷭ҇ь ѡ҆ землѝ свое́й и҆ пощадѣ̀ лю́ди своѧ̑.
18 Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
19 И҆ ѿвѣща̀ гдⷭ҇ь лю́демъ свои̑мъ и҆ речѐ: сѐ, а҆́зъ ва́мъ послю̀ пшени́цꙋ и҆ вїно̀ и҆ ма́сло древѧ́ное, и҆ насы́титесѧ и҆́хъ, и҆ не да́мъ ва́съ ксемꙋ̀ на порꙋга́нїе во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ:
19 Yahweh answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
20 и҆ сꙋ́щаго ѿ сѣ́вера ѿженꙋ̀ ѿ ва́съ и҆ ѿри́нꙋ є҆го̀ на зе́млю безво́днꙋю, и҆ погꙋблю̀ лицѐ є҆гѡ̀ въ мо́ри пе́рвѣмъ и҆ за̑днѧѧ є҆гѡ̀ въ мо́ри послѣ́днемъ, и҆ взы́детъ гни́лость є҆гѡ̀, и҆ взы́детъ смра́дъ є҆гѡ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ возвели́чи дѣла̀ своѧ̑.
20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things.
21 Дерза́й, землѐ, ра́дꙋйсѧ и҆ весели́сѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ возвели́чи гдⷭ҇ь, є҆́же сотвори́ти.
21 Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22 Дерза́йте, ско́ти польсті́и, ꙗ҆́кѡ прозѧ́бнꙋша полѧ̀ пꙋсты́ни, ꙗ҆́кѡ дре́во принесѐ пло́дъ сво́й, вїногра́дъ и҆ смѡ́кви да́ша си́лꙋ свою̀.
22 Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
23 И҆ ча̑да сїѡ̑нѧ, ра́дꙋйтесѧ и҆ весели́тесѧ ѡ҆ гдⷭ҇ѣ бз҃ѣ ва́шемъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ дадѐ ва́мъ пи́щꙋ въ пра́вдꙋ и҆ ѡ҆дожди́тъ ва́мъ до́ждь ра́ннїй и҆ по́здный, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ пре́жде:
23 “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
24 и҆ напо́лнѧтсѧ гꙋ́мна ва̑ша пшени́цы, и҆ преизлїю́тсѧ точи̑ла вїно́мъ и҆ є҆ле́емъ.
24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 И҆ возда́мъ ва́мъ вмѣ́стѡ лѣ́тъ, въ нѧ́же поѧдо́ша прꙋ́зи и҆ мши́ца, и҆ си́плеве и҆ гꙋ́сєницы, си́ла моѧ̀ вели́каѧ, ю҆́же посла́хъ на вы̀:
25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
26 и҆ снѣ́сте ꙗ҆дꙋ́ще и҆ насы́титесѧ, и҆ похвали́те и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇а бг҃а ва́шегѡ, ꙗ҆̀же сотворѝ съ ва́ми чꙋдеса̀: и҆ не посра́мѧтсѧ лю́дїе моѝ во вѣ́къ.
26 You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.
27 И҆ ᲂу҆вѣ́дите, ꙗ҆́кѡ посредѣ̀ і҆и҃лѧ а҆́зъ є҆́смь, и҆ а҆́зъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ ва́шъ, и҆ нѣ́сть и҆но́гѡ ра́звѣ менє̀: и҆ не посра́мѧтсѧ ктомꙋ̀ лю́дїе моѝ во вѣ́къ.
27 You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
28 И҆ бꙋ́детъ по си́хъ, и҆ и҆злїю̀ ѿ дх҃а моегѡ̀ на всѧ́кꙋ пло́ть, и҆ прорекꙋ́тъ сы́нове ва́ши и҆ дщє́ри ва́шѧ, и҆ ста́рцы ва́ши сѡ́нїѧ ᲂу҆́зрѧтъ, и҆ ю҆́нѡты ва́ши видѣ̑нїѧ ᲂу҆ви́дѧтъ:
28 “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
29 и҆́бо на рабы̑ моѧ̑ и҆ на рабы̑ни моѧ̑ во дни̑ ѡ҆́ны и҆злїю̀ ѿ дх҃а моегѡ̀:
29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
30 и҆ да́мъ чꙋдеса̀ на небесѝ и҆ на землѝ, кро́вь и҆ ѻ҆́гнь и҆ кꙋре́нїе ды́ма:
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 со́лнце ѡ҆брати́тсѧ во тьмꙋ̀, и҆ лꙋна̀ въ кро́вь, пре́жде не́же прїитѝ дню̀ гдⷭ҇ню вели́комꙋ и҆ просвѣще́нномꙋ:
31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32 и҆ бꙋ́детъ, всѧ́къ и҆́же призове́тъ и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇не, спасе́тсѧ: ꙗ҆́кѡ въ горѣ̀ сїѡ́нѣ и҆ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ бꙋ́детъ спаса́емый, ꙗ҆́коже речѐ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆ благовѣствꙋ́емїи, и҆̀хже гдⷭ҇ь призва̀.
32 It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 2:15; Joel 1:15; 1 Peter 4:7; Malachi 4:1; Zephaniah 1:14
- 2 Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 1:14–15; Joel 2:10–11; Amos 5:18–20; Joel 2:5
- 3 Isaiah 51:3; Genesis 2:8; Joel 1:19–20; Zechariah 7:14; Amos 7:4
- 4 Revelation 9:7
- 5 Isaiah 5:24; Revelation 9:9; Isaiah 30:30; Matthew 3:12; Nahum 2:3–4
- 6 Nahum 2:10; Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 30:6; Lamentations 4:8; Psalm 119:83
- 7 Proverbs 30:27; Jeremiah 5:10; 2 Samuel 2:18–19; Isaiah 5:26–29; 2 Samuel 1:23
- 8 2 Chronicles 23:10; Job 33:18; Nehemiah 4:23; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 4:17
- 9 Jeremiah 9:21; John 10:1; Exodus 10:6
- 10 Matthew 24:29; Isaiah 13:10; Joel 3:15–16; Psalm 18:7; Acts 2:20
- 11 Malachi 3:2; Nahum 1:6; Revelation 18:8; Joel 3:16; Jeremiah 30:7
- 12 James 4:8–9; Isaiah 55:6–7; 2 Chronicles 7:13–14; Hosea 12:6; Jeremiah 29:12–13
- 13 Psalm 86:15; Psalm 34:18; Isaiah 57:15; Exodus 34:6–7; Matthew 5:3–4
- 14 Jonah 3:9; Haggai 2:19; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 19:4; Amos 5:15
- 15 Joel 1:14; Joel 2:1; Numbers 10:3; 1 Kings 21:12; 1 Kings 21:9
- 16 2 Chronicles 20:13; 2 Chronicles 29:5; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Samuel 16:5; Exodus 19:22
- 17 Psalm 115:2; Psalm 79:10; Ezekiel 8:16; Hosea 14:2; Exodus 34:9
- 18 Zechariah 8:2; Psalm 103:13; Zechariah 1:14; James 5:11; Lamentations 3:22
- 19 Ezekiel 34:29; Ezekiel 36:15; Jeremiah 31:12; Isaiah 62:8–9; Joel 2:24
- 20 Zechariah 14:8; Amos 4:10; Isaiah 34:3; Deuteronomy 11:24; Ezekiel 47:18
- 21 Zephaniah 3:16–17; Isaiah 54:4; Psalm 126:1–3; Isaiah 41:10; 1 Samuel 12:16
- 22 Zechariah 8:12; Psalm 65:12; Isaiah 51:3; Psalm 67:6; Amos 9:14–15
- 23 James 5:7–8; Philippians 4:4; Leviticus 26:4; Hosea 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:14
- 24 Malachi 3:10; Amos 9:13; Joel 3:18; Joel 3:13; Leviticus 26:10
- 25 Zechariah 10:6; Joel 1:4–7; Joel 2:2–11
- 26 Romans 10:11; Psalm 22:26; Romans 5:5; Deuteronomy 12:7; Isaiah 49:23
- 27 Ezekiel 37:26–28; Leviticus 26:11–12; Zephaniah 3:17; Ezekiel 39:28; Isaiah 45:5
- 28 Acts 2:16–21; Ezekiel 39:29; Isaiah 32:15; Acts 2:39; Acts 2:2–4
- 29 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11
- 30 Acts 2:19–20; Luke 21:11; Matthew 24:29; Luke 21:25–26; Judges 20:40
- 31 Revelation 6:12–13; Matthew 24:29; Malachi 4:1; Malachi 4:5; Joel 3:15
- 32 Romans 10:11–14; Acts 2:20–21; Isaiah 46:13; Romans 11:26; Jeremiah 33:3
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… for it was the third hour of the day; but that this was what had been spoken by the prophet: "It shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and they shall prophesy." The God, therefore, who did promise by the prophet, that He would send His Spirit …
… pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream, and your young men shall see visions: and even on my servants and mine handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit." Chapter 31 — Of the Predictions Concerning the Salvation of the World in Christ, in… …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Do thou also then groan, even as that holy one, I forbid it not. "Rend," as the prophet commanded, "thine heart, and not thy garments." Out of deeps call upon God, for it is said, "Out of the depths have I cried to Thee, O Lord." From beneath, out of the heart, draw forth a voice, make thy prayer a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"The day of the Lord," Scripture says, "is great and very terrible," and elsewhere "Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)