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1:	=== mca avgusta va *kѳ* dnъ	[Title] 29th of Month August
2:	useknovenie stnie glavi čtnago i slavnago prroka i prdtča krtitelja gdnja ioana	[Title] Beheading of the holy head of honorable and glorious prophet, Forerunner and Baptizer of Lord John
3:	oče .:. blgoslovi pročesti molitvami sti ocъ	[Title] o Father, bless the readers by the prayers of the holy fathers
4:	sti slavni prrokъ ioanъ ošte mlado dete beše	holy (and) glorious prophet John was just a small child
5:	i za xrta dumaše	and he (already) spoke about Christ
	če šte da se rodi xs	that Christ will be born
	i va adъ šte da snide da izbavi grešni ot večna muka	and (that) He will descend to Hell to save the sinners from the eternal torment
6:	ioanъ beše sinъ zaxariinъ ot elisavetu rodenъ va vreme cra iroda	John was the son of Zechariah, born from Elisabeth in the time of King Herod
7:	a žena creva zgodenica i bludnica ljuta	but the king's wife, fiancee and fierce harlot (?)
8:	ta rasrъdi cra togo	and thus he (?) angered the king
9:	ta otseče crъ stomu ioanu glava ta na obed	so the king cut the head of St. John at the lunch off
10:	i dade ju na edna moma creva bludnica	and he gave it to one girl, king's harlot
11:	ta poigra sasъ glava ta ioanova kato sasъ jabalka	and she played with the John's head as with an apple
12:	o bezakoni irode ♣ koliko si źloumenъ	o lawless Herod, how wicked are you!
13:	ta mu otseče čtnuju ego glavu	then he cut off his honorable head
14:	zašto beše čisъ celomudrъ i pravednikъ	because he was pure, wise and just
15:	i u pustinju kogi sedeše	and he (ʺwhenʺ) sat in the desert
16:	i sasъ divi źverove živeeše	and he lived with wild animals
17:	i ot kamilъska vlъna mu beše drexa ta	and his clothes were (made) of camel fur
18:	i ot usmъ mu beše poeso opasanъ	and his waist was belted by leather stripes
19:	i što beše negovo jadene	and what was his food?
20:	sasъ ptici te diva vočka edeše	he ate wild fruit with birds
21:	ta u gora ta živeeše	thus he lived in the mountain
22:	i mltivomu bgu ugodvaše čto i ne poročno	and he pleased God (by living) purely and stainlessly
23:	i onъ krti xrta na iordanъ	and he baptized Christ in Jordan
24:	a crъ irodъ četvertovolenъ imaše brata filipa	but king Herod, the Tetrarch, had a brother Philipp
25:	ta filipovu tu ženu privede za sebe da mu bude kato žena	and he brought Philipp's wife to himself to be his wife
26:	a prrokъ ioanъ vide če poide crъ ne čto	but prophet John saw, that the king was acting dishonorably
27:	a onъ se naoruži sa oružie	but he armed himself with weapons
28:	i dumaše cru mučitelju	and he spoke to the king, the tormentor
29:	ne e prililično tebe cru da privedešъ ženu filipovu bratu tvoemu da bude tebe žena	ʺit is not appropriate for you, o king, to bring the wife of your brother Philipp, to become your wifeʺ
30:	togiv crъ se zle rasrъdi na ioana	then the king became very angry with John
31:	i povele	and he commanded
32:	ta go zatvorixu u temnicu	so they incarcerated him in a dungeon
33:	a ženu filipovu privede	and he brought in the Philipp's wife
34:	i sъtvori bludъ sa nju	and he committed adultery with her
35:	i kato go isplъni diavolъ ta stanu kato besenъ	and as the Devil filled him, he became like mad
36:	i kata denъ xodeše pijanъ dovolno i slastoljubiv i bludnikъ	and he was drunk everyday, and caring for pleasure and lechery
37:	i zagubi si pametъ	and he lost his mind
38:	i kata časъ privlačeše pijanicu i bludničini dъšteri	and every hour he brought in a drunkard (?) and daughters of adultery
39:	ta gi toi i gošteva za bezumie negovo źlo i proroka ubiistvo	and he feasted with them because of his mindlessness and murdery of prophet
40:	i prinesoxu ioanu čtnoju ego glavu na bljudo	and they brought the honorable head of John on a plate
41:	i dadoxa ju bludnici i preljubodeinici prokleti žene	and they gave it to the adulterous and lecherous and accursed woman (of Philipp)
42:	i ošte krъvъ kape	and the blood still dripped
43:	a ona dumaše	and she spoke:
44:	taja glava da beše zanesena u sevastiju grada	ʺif that head was brought to Sebastia!ʺ
45:	i da beše otnesena dalekъ ot ierlima kolkoto da ne može da se čue glava ta ioanova u ierlimъ	ʺif that head of John was carried so far from Jerusalem, so that no one can hear it!ʺ
46:	i tova ču četvertovlastnikъ crъ irodъ prrokoubiica	and the Tetrarch, king Herod the Prophet-slayer, heard it
47:	i tamo savrъši se sva rabota	and thus the deed was done
48:	i togiva priidoxu učenici xrtovi	and then came the disciples of Christ
49:	ta ovixu onova čtnoe telo ioanovo sasъ dari mlogoceni	and they packed the honorable body of John with precious gifts
50:	i pogreboše go čtno	and they duly buried him
51:	togo mltvami xrte bže pomilui	o Christ the God, have mercy on us by his prayers
52:	i spi dši naša vasegda i vo vek	and save our souls forever and ever
53:	amn	amen