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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 И҆ и҆́де самѱѡ́нъ въ га́зꙋ, и҆ ви́дѣ та́мѡ женꙋ̀ блꙋдни́цꙋ и҆ вни́де къ не́й.
1 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
2 И҆ повѣ́даша га́зѧнѡмъ, глаго́люще: прїи́де самѱѡ́нъ сѣ́мѡ. И҆ ѡ҆быдо́ша и҆ подсѣдо́ша є҆мꙋ̀ всю̀ но́щь ᲂу҆ вра́тъ гра́дныхъ, и҆ ᲂу҆таи́шасѧ всю̀ но́щь, глаго́люще: до́ндеже ѡ҆свѣта́етъ ᲂу҆́тро, и҆ ᲂу҆бїе́мъ є҆го̀.
2 The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light; then we will kill him.”
3 И҆ спа̀ самѱѡ́нъ до полꙋ́нощи: и҆ воста̀ въ полꙋ́нощи, и҆ восхи́ти двє́ри ᲂу҆ вра́тъ гра́да со ѻ҆бѣ́ими вереѧ́ми, и҆ под̾ѧ̀ ѡ҆́ныѧ съ заво́рою, и҆ возложѝ ѧ҆̀ на ра́мена своѧ̑, и҆ вознесѐ ѧ҆̀ на ве́рхъ горы̀, ꙗ҆́же пред̾ лице́мъ хеврѡ́на, и҆ положѝ и҆̀хъ та́мѡ.
3 Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
4 И҆ бы́сть по се́мъ, и҆ возлюбѝ женꙋ̀ ѿ водоте́чи сѡри́ховы: и҆́мѧ же є҆́й далі́да.
4 It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 И҆ взыдо́ша къ не́й кнѧ̑зи и҆ноплемє́нничи и҆ реко́ша є҆́й: прельстѝ є҆го̀, и҆ ви́ждь, въ че́мъ є҆́сть крѣ́пость є҆гѡ̀ вели́каѧ, и҆ чи́мъ премо́жемъ є҆го̀, и҆ свѧ́жемъ є҆го̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ смири́ти є҆го̀: и҆ мы̀ тебѣ̀ дади́мъ кі́йждо ты́сѧщꙋ и҆ сто̀ сре́бреникѡвъ.
5 The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
6 И҆ речѐ далі́да къ самѱѡ́нꙋ: повѣ́ждь мѝ нн҃ѣ, въ че́мъ крѣ́пость твоѧ̀ (та́кѡ) вели́каѧ, и҆ чи́мъ свѧ́жешисѧ и҆ смири́шисѧ;
6 Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”
7 И҆ речѐ є҆́й самѱѡ́нъ: а҆́ще свѧ́жꙋтъ мѧ̀ седмїю̀ тѧтива́ми сыры́ми неистлѣ́вшими, и҆ и҆знемогꙋ̀, и҆ бꙋ́дꙋ ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆ди́нъ ѿ человѣ̑къ.
7 Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.”
8 И҆ принесо́ша є҆́й кнѧ̑зи ѿ и҆ноплемє́нникъ се́дмь тѧти́въ мо́крыхъ неистлѣ́вшихъ, и҆ свѧза̀ є҆го̀ и҆́ми:
8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 и҆ подса́да є҆мꙋ̀ сѣдѧ́ше въ хра́минѣ. И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀: и҆ноплемє́нницы на тѧ̀, самѱѡ́не. И҆ расто́рже тѧтивы̑, а҆́ки бы кто̀ расто́ргнꙋлъ соска́нїе и҆згре́бїй, є҆гда̀ ко́снетсѧ є҆мꙋ̀ ѻ҆́гнь: и҆ не ᲂу҆вѣ́дасѧ крѣ́пость є҆гѡ̀.
9 Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He broke the cords as a flax thread is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 И҆ речѐ далі́да къ самѱѡ́нꙋ: сѐ, прельсти́лъ є҆сѝ мѧ̀, глаго́лѧ ко мнѣ̀ лжꙋ̀: нн҃ѣ ᲂу҆̀бо повѣ́ждь мѝ, чи́мъ свѧ́жешисѧ;
10 Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”
11 И҆ речѐ къ не́й: а҆́ще вѧ́жꙋще свѧ́жꙋтъ мѧ̀ ᲂу҆́жы но́выми, и҆́миже не дѣ́лано, и҆ и҆знемогꙋ̀, и҆ бꙋ́дꙋ ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆ди́нъ ѿ человѣ̑къ.
11 He said to her, “If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I will become weak, and be as another man.”
12 И҆ взѧ̀ далі́да ᲂу҆́жы нѡ́вы и҆ свѧза̀ є҆го̀ и҆́ми, и҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀: и҆ноплемє́нницы на тѧ̀, самѱѡ́не. Подса́да же сѣдѧ́ше въ хра́минѣ. И҆ расто́рже ѧ҆̀ ѿ рꙋкꙋ̀ своє́ю а҆́ки ни́ть.
12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, then said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
13 И҆ речѐ далі́да къ самѱѡ́нꙋ: да́же до нн҃ѣ прельща́лъ мѧ̀ є҆сѝ и҆ глаго́лалъ ко мнѣ̀ лжꙋ̀: повѣ́ждь мѝ ᲂу҆̀бо, чи́мъ свѧ́жешисѧ; И҆ речѐ є҆́й: а҆́ще сплете́ши се́дмь плени́цъ вла̑съ главы̀ моеѧ̀ спрѧде́нїемъ и҆ вбїе́ши ко́ломъ въ стѣ́нꙋ, и҆ бꙋ́дꙋ не́мощенъ ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆ди́нъ ѿ человѣ̑къ.
13 Delilah said to Samson, “Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the fabric on the loom.”
14 И҆ ᲂу҆спѝ далі́да є҆го̀ на колѣ́нѣхъ свои́хъ, и҆ бы́сть внегда̀ ᲂу҆снꙋ́ти є҆мꙋ̀, взѧ̀ далі́да се́дмь плени́цъ вла̑съ главы̀ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ сплетѐ спрѧде́нїемъ и҆ вонзѐ ко́ломъ въ стѣ́нꙋ, и҆ речѐ: и҆ноплемє́нницы на тѧ̀, самѱѡ́не. И҆ возбнꙋ̀ ѿ сна̀ своегѡ̀ и҆ и҆сто́рже ко́лъ сплете́нїемъ и҆з̾ стѣны̀, и҆ не ᲂу҆вѣ́дасѧ крѣ́пость є҆гѡ̀.
14 She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam and the fabric.
15 И҆ речѐ къ немꙋ̀ далі́да: ка́кѡ глаго́леши, возлюби́хъ тѧ̀, и҆ се́рдце твоѐ нѣ́сть со мно́ю; сѐ, тре́тїе прельсти́лъ є҆сѝ мѧ̀, и҆ не повѣ́далъ є҆сѝ мнѣ̀, въ че́мъ крѣ́пость твоѧ̀ вели́каѧ.
15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
16 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ стꙋжѝ є҆мꙋ̀ словесы̀ свои́ми по всѧ̑ дни̑, и҆ ᲂу҆бѣдѝ є҆го̀, и҆ и҆знемо́же да́же до ᲂу҆ме́ртвїѧ.
16 When she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.
17 И҆ повѣ́да є҆́й всѐ се́рдце своѐ, и҆ речѐ къ не́й: желѣ́зо не взы́де на главꙋ̀ мою̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ назѡре́й є҆́смь а҆́зъ гдⷭ҇ꙋ ѿ ᲂу҆тро́бы ма́тере моеѧ̀: а҆́ще ᲂу҆̀бо ѡ҆брі́юсѧ, ѿстꙋ́питъ ѿ менє̀ крѣ́пость моѧ̀, и҆ и҆знемогꙋ̀, и҆ бꙋ́дꙋ ꙗ҆́коже всѝ человѣ́цы.
17 He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”
18 И҆ ви́дѣ далі́да, ꙗ҆́кѡ повѣ́да є҆́й всѐ се́рдце своѐ, посла̀ и҆ призва̀ кнѧ̑зи и҆ноплемє́нничи, глаго́лющи: взы́дите є҆щѐ є҆ди́ною, ꙗ҆́кѡ повѣ́да мѝ всѐ се́рдце своѐ. И҆ взыдо́ша къ не́й всѝ кнѧ̑зи и҆ноплемє́нничи, и҆ принесо́ша сребро̀ въ рꙋка́хъ свои́хъ.
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.
19 И҆ ᲂу҆спѝ далі́да самѱѡ́на на колѣ́нѣхъ свои́хъ: и҆ призва̀ стригача̀, и҆ ѡ҆стрижѐ се́дмь плени́цъ вла̑съ главы̀ є҆гѡ̀: и҆ нача̀ смирѧ́тисѧ, и҆ ѿстꙋпѝ крѣ́пость є҆гѡ̀ ѿ негѡ̀.
19 She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
20 И҆ речѐ далі́да: и҆ноплемє́нницы на тѧ̀, самѱѡ́не. И҆ возбꙋди́сѧ ѿ сна̀ своегѡ̀ и҆ речѐ: и҆зы́дꙋ ꙗ҆́коже и҆ пре́жде, и҆ ѡ҆трѧсꙋ́сѧ. И҆ не разꙋмѣ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇ь ѿстꙋпѝ ѿ негѡ̀.
20 She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He awoke out of his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” But he didn’t know that Yahweh had departed from him.
21 И҆ ꙗ҆́ша є҆го̀ и҆ноплемє́нницы, и҆ и҆збодо́ша є҆мꙋ̀ ѻ҆́чи, и҆ введо́ша є҆го̀ въ га́зꙋ, и҆ ѡ҆кова́ша є҆го̀ пꙋ̑ты мѣ̑дѧны: и҆ бѧ́ше мелѧ̀ въ хра́минѣ темни́чнѣй.
21 The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
22 И҆ нача́ша власы̀ главы̀ є҆гѡ̀ растѝ по ѡ҆стриже́нїи.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
23 И҆ кнѧ̑зи и҆ноплемє́нничи собра́шасѧ пожре́ти же́ртвꙋ вели́кꙋ дагѡ́нꙋ бо́гꙋ своемꙋ̀ и҆ возвесели́тисѧ, и҆ реко́ша: предадѐ бо́гъ на́шъ въ рꙋ́ки на́шѧ самѱѡ́на врага̀ на́шего.
23 The lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”
24 И҆ ви́дѣша є҆го̀ лю́дїе, и҆ похвали́ша бо́га своего̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ рѣ́ша: предадѐ бо́гъ на́шъ въ рꙋ́ки на́шѧ врага̀ на́шего, ѡ҆пꙋстоши́вшаго зе́млю на́шꙋ, и҆ и҆́же ᲂу҆мно́жи ꙗ҆́звенныхъ на́шихъ.
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand.”
25 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ возблажа̀ се́рдце и҆́хъ, и҆ реко́ша: призови́те самѱѡ́на и҆з̾ до́мꙋ темни́чнагѡ, и҆ да и҆гра́етъ пред̾ на́ми. И҆ призва́ша самѱѡ́на и҆з̾ до́мꙋ темни́чнагѡ, и҆ и҆гра́ше пред̾ ни́ми: и҆ заꙋша́хꙋ є҆го̀, и҆ поста́виша є҆го̀ междꙋ̀ стѡлпы̀.
25 When their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. They set him between the pillars;
26 И҆ речѐ самѱѡ́нъ ко ю҆́ноши держа́щемꙋ є҆го̀ за рꙋ́кꙋ: ѡ҆ста́ви менѐ, да ѡ҆сѧжꙋ̀ столпы̀, на ни́хже до́мъ се́й ᲂу҆твержде́нъ є҆́сть, и҆ ѡ҆прꙋ́сѧ на ни́хъ. Ю҆́ноша же сотворѝ та́кѡ.
26 and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them.”
27 До́мъ же бѧ́ше по́лнъ мꙋже́й и҆ же́нъ, и҆ та́мѡ всѝ кнѧ̑зи и҆ноплемє́нничи: на кро́вѣ же то́мъ до тре́хъ ты́сѧщъ мꙋже́й и҆ же́нъ, зрѧ́ще рꙋга́емаго самѱѡ́на.
27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson performed.
28 И҆ воззва̀ самѱѡ́нъ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ и҆ речѐ: а҆дѡнаі̀ гдⷭ҇и, гдⷭ҇и си́лъ, помѧни́ мѧ нн҃ѣ, и҆ ᲂу҆крѣпи́ мѧ є҆щѐ є҆ди́ною, бж҃е, да возда́мъ мще́нїе є҆ди́но за два̀ ѡ҆́ка моѧ̑ фѷлїсті́мѡмъ.
28 Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”
29 И҆ ѡ҆б̾ѧ̀ самѱѡ́нъ ѻ҆́ба столпа̑ срє́днїѧ, на ни́хже хра́мина бѧ́ше ᲂу҆твержде́на, и҆ ѡ҆пре́сѧ на ни́хъ, держѧ̀ є҆ди́нъ рꙋко́ю десно́ю, а҆ дрꙋгі́й лѣ́вою.
29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested and leaned on them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
30 И҆ речѐ самѱѡ́нъ: да ᲂу҆́мретъ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀ со и҆ноплемє́нники. И҆ преклони́сѧ крѣ́постїю, и҆ падѐ хра́мина на кнѧ̑зи и҆ на всѧ̑ лю́ди и҆̀же въ не́й: и҆ бы́сть ме́ртвыхъ, и҆̀хже ᲂу҆мертвѝ самѱѡ́нъ при сме́рти свое́й, мно́жае не́же и҆̀хже ᲂу҆мертвѝ въ животѣ̀ свое́мъ.
30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
31 И҆ снидо́ша бра́тїѧ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ ве́сь до́мъ ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ взѧ́ша є҆го̀: и҆ взыдо́ша, и҆ погребо́ша є҆го̀ междꙋ̀ сараѝ и҆ междꙋ̀ є҆сѳао́ломъ во гро́бѣ манѡ́ѧ ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀. И҆ се́й сꙋдѝ і҆и҃лю лѣ́тъ два́десѧть. (И҆ воста̀ по самѱѡ́нѣ є҆мега́ръ сы́нъ є҆на́нь, и҆ ᲂу҆бѝ ѿ и҆ноплеме́нникѡвъ ше́сть сѡ́тъ мꙋже́й кромѣ̀ скота̀, и҆ спасѐ и҆ ѻ҆́нъ і҆и҃лѧ.)
31 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
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Delilah
Woman of the Valley of Sorek whom Samson loved, who was paid eleven hundred shekels of silver by each Philistine lord to learn the secret of his strength and who had his hair cut…
Cited in the guide: Judges 16:4; Judges 16:6; Judges 16:10
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- 1 Joshua 15:47; Genesis 38:16–18; Ezra 9:1–2; Genesis 10:19
- 2 Psalm 118:10–12; 1 Samuel 23:26; Acts 9:24; 1 Samuel 19:11; Judges 15:18
- 3 Acts 2:24; Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 63:1–5; Micah 2:13
- 4 Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23:27; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Proverbs 27:22; Proverbs 26:11
- 5 Joshua 13:3; Judges 14:15; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; 1 Corinthians 6:15–18; Proverbs 5:3–11
- 6 Psalm 12:2; Micah 7:2; Micah 7:5; Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 6:26
- 7 Proverbs 12:19; Colossians 3:9; Galatians 6:7; Romans 3:8; 1 Samuel 21:2–3
- 8 Ecclesiastes 7:26
- 9 Psalm 58:9
- 10 Luke 22:48; Proverbs 24:28; Ezekiel 33:31; Judges 16:13; Proverbs 23:7–8
- 11 Proverbs 29:25; Proverbs 13:3; Ephesians 4:25; Judges 15:13; Proverbs 13:5
- 14 Ezra 9:13–14; Psalm 106:43
- 15 Judges 14:16; Proverbs 23:26; 1 John 2:15–16; John 15:10; John 14:15
- 16 Proverbs 7:21–23; Luke 18:5; Jonah 4:9; Luke 11:8; Mark 14:24
- 17 Micah 7:5; Judges 13:5; Proverbs 12:23; Numbers 6:5; Acts 18:18
- 18 Matthew 26:15; 1 Timothy 6:10; Judges 16:5; Jeremiah 9:4–6; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Proverbs 7:26–27; Proverbs 7:21–23; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:33–34
- 20 Numbers 14:42–43; 1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 18:12; Joshua 7:12; 2 Chronicles 15:2
- 21 Proverbs 2:19; Proverbs 14:14; Exodus 11:5; Isaiah 47:2; Matthew 24:41
- 22 Leviticus 26:44; Psalm 107:13–14; Psalm 106:44–45; Deuteronomy 32:36
- 23 Proverbs 24:17; 1 Samuel 5:2–5; 1 Corinthians 8:4–5; Micah 4:5; Jeremiah 2:11
- 24 Daniel 5:4; 1 Samuel 31:9; Revelation 11:10; Daniel 5:23; Judges 15:16
- 25 Psalm 35:15–16; Hebrews 11:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Judges 9:27; Judges 19:6
- 27 Deuteronomy 22:8; Joshua 2:8; 2 Samuel 11:2; Judges 9:51
- 28 Jeremiah 15:15; Lamentations 3:31–32; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 143:12; Revelation 6:10
- 30 Philippians 2:8; Matthew 16:25; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Philippians 2:17; Matthew 24:38–39
- 31 Judges 15:20; John 19:39–42; Judges 13:25; Judges 13:2; Joshua 19:41
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