326 Adžar edition - Alexander
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1:	[...] Bě´še grad' velíkь vь anьtólistěi zemlì na měs'tě skaman'drě	There was a very large city in the land of Anatolia, on the place called Skamander
2:	ímáše *mź* vrat'	it had 46 gates
3:	ísxóždaše iz négo voè *o* stégovь	it mustered an army of 70 banners
4:	í vь stegu bě´še po *z* sьt' voè	and under each banner there were around 6 hundred warriors
5:	í tь` grad zověše s(e) tróatь.	and the city's name was Troas
6:	í bě´še vь nem crь velíkь źělô	and there was a very great king there
7:	ime emu bě´še amórь crь	his name was king Amor
8:	í vь edinu nóštь vídě crь vь sně gdè ródi crca ego glávnu wgněnu	in one night he saw (a dream), where his Queen gave birth to a burning firebrand
9:	i zapali grad trojátь	and it ignited the city of Troas
10:	i ízgórě vьs'.	and it burned down totally
11:	i vь tó vrěme ímušti crca ego vь črě´vě děte.	and in that time his Queen had a child in her bosom
12:	da egda ródy bys(t) ženьsky pólь.	and when she gave birth, it was a girl
13:	í ubojá se crь wt sьna	and the king became afraid of his dream
14:	da egda bys(t) *ź* mcь ótróčetu í vьlóži ego crь vь stlь´pь kámenь	and when the child was 6 months old, the king put it in a tower
15:	í sь nim vьlóži *g* žéni ně´mi da slúžitь ému	and he put there with it three mute women to serve her
16:	í zaprě´ti im crь velьmi. da ne priblížit se níšto kь stlь´pu.	and he forbade them seriously not to let anything come close to the tower
	da ne slišit' otróče glsa níkoi.	so that the child does not hear any voice
	nъ^ ně´mo da vьzrástetь.	but to grow up mute
17:	í bys(t) dvca vь stlь´pě za *eı* lě`t	and thus the girld was for 15 years in the tower
18:	da egda boúděše vьsxod slncu. óna bô staněše prótivu slncu.	at the dawn she stood up towards the sun
19:	i prozorom gljušte, po edino rě´či wt vьsěx ezíkь	and she spoke from the window by one word from all the languages
20:	crь amórь čjuždaše s(e), i vьsì bolě`re.	king Amor and all of his boyars wondered
21:	ponežé ne razuměxu čtô gljétь.	because they did not understand, what she speaks
22:	í sьbra crь po člku wt vьsěx ezíkь	and the king collected people from all nations
23:	í privede xi kь stlьpu ídeže bě´še otrokóvica.	and he brought them beneath the tower, where the girl was (imprisoned)
24:	i rče im	and he said to them:
25:	poslušaíte	listen!
26:	da ktô čtô čjuetь tá bo zapisuíte.	and what anyone hears, write it down
27:	wno bô zapísaxu ktô čtô bě" čjúlь i razumělь.	and thus they wrote, what each of them had heard and understood
28:	da egda ôna prěsta gláti. sьnesóše pisanïe prěd cra	and when she stopped speaking, they all brought what they wrote to the king
29:	i sьstávišu rě´čь.	and they made a speech out of it
30:	i obrě´toše gdè mlit se bu za oca svoego	and they found out that ("where") she was praying for her father
31:	glje	speaking:
32:	gi ne póstavi emu grě´xa	o Lord, do not count this sin of his
33:	ponéže lь´dь jes(t).	for he is mad
34:	i ne věs(t) čtô tvórit'.	and he does not know, what is he doing
35:	i bžïe pově´lěnïe ne vьzmóžno es(t) prětvóriti.	who can change the command of God?
36:	a sïe eže vídě sь´nь tô xóštetь sьtvóriti brátь moì.	but that, what he had seen in the dream, that shall be done by my brother
37:	jes(t) nnja vь črě´ve mtri moeì crci	who now lays in the bosom of my mother the Queen
38:	i xóštet' rodíti se.	and who will be born
39:	da egda rodí se ótróče bys(t) mužь´ski pólь.	when the child was born, it was a boy
40:	í pově´le crь	the king commanded
41:	i wtnesoše ego vь góru pustu.	and they brought him to deserted mountains
42:	í povrь´goše ego	and they threw him away
43:	í obrě´te ego meč'ka íže bě´še izьgúbila šten'ce svoè wt lov'cь	and the child was found by a bear, which had lost its cub to hunters and had much milk
44:	í podemši meč'ka otróče.	and the bear took the child
45:	i vьsьxráni ego za *g* lět' don'deže prišьd lov'ci	and (the bear) fed the child for 3 years until the hunters came
46:	i oubišu meč'ku.	and they killed the bear
47:	a otroče em'še	and they took the child
48:	i prívedoše eg prěd cra	and they brought it to the king
49:	i poznavь ego crь rče	and having recognized him, the king said:
50:	se" jes(t) snь moì.	this is my son
51:	i narče ime emu aléѯandrь. sìrěč óbrě´tenь.	and they called the son Alexander, that is, the 'found one'
52:	a íže bys(t) vь stlь´pě dvca. i ízvedóšu ju	and the maiden, which was in the tower, was taken outside
53:	i narékoše ime eì mag'dona sìrěč' prě´mudra	and they gave her name Magdona, which means 'most wise'
54:	dь´šti ego bě" lěpa i prě´mudra źělô. páče vьsěx velíko	his daughter was the most wise in the whole world
55:	í napisa muža na kóni.	and she drew a man on a horse
56:	i prixóždaxu wt ínix crex'	and other kings were coming
57:	xótexu ju poeti sebě` crcu.
58:	ona že gláše	and she spoke:
59:	ašte ne viždu muža na kon' jázdešta jákože azь pisax. to ne poímu sebě` muža.	if I will not see a man riding on a horse, like in my drawing, I will not take a husband for myself
60:	i táko sěděše ne xótěše.	and thus she sat, wanting not (anyone)
61:	í vь edin' dnь sědéšti eì na větrьnicě	and one day she sat on the balcony
62:	í vídě múža vьz' more jázdešta *v* prьpríšta mě´sta	and she saw a man riding out of the sea, about two fathoms from the place
63:	í rče kь ócu svoemu. cru	and she said to her father, king Amor:
64:	gi toí mně^ budet' múžь.	o lord, that shall be my husband
65:	nь^ pusti	so send (a messenger)
66:	í prízovi ego	and invite him in
67:	í posla crь	and the king sent (to him messengers)
68:	í prízovaše ego.	and they invited him in
69:	í vědě crь sárakina	and the king knew (saw?) a Saracen
70:	i počjúdi se źělô.	and he wondered a lot
71:	i rče emu	and (the king) said to him:
72:	pověždь mi bráte wt kúdu grédiši	tell me, o brother, where do you come from?
	íli čtô ištéši	or what do you look for?
73:	sárákinen' rče.	the Saracen said:
74:	azь esmь sul'tan' crь vьseì zemlì sarákinskoi.	I am king Sultan of all Saracenia
75:	i xrábrostïju moejù nikto ne ímat'	and no one has my bravery
76:	i íštu žénu da poímu sébě lě´pu í mudru páče vьsěx velíko	I search for the most beautiful and wise woman in the world to take her for a wife
77:	ponéže esmь vь sьně tákovu vidě´lь	because I have seen such in a dream
78:	da ašte gdè znaeši pověždь mi.	so if you know where (there is one), tell me
79:	togda mag'dona izvedoše emu.	then they led Magdona to him
80:	i vidě´vь sultan'	and Sultan saw (her)
81:	i poznávь ju.	and he recognized her
82:	i rče	and he said:
83:	vь istinu sïjù víděxь vь s'ně.	really, I have seen this one in a dream
84:	í mag'dona vídě pisanïe svoè	and Magdona saw her drawing
85:	i poznavь ego	and she recognized him
86:	i poem ju sul'tan' crь	and king Sultan took her
87:	í wtvede vь sarákïju velíku.	and he brought her to the Great Saracenia
88:	aleѯandrь že raste vь domu wca svoegò.	Alexander grew up in the house of his father
89:	i bys(t) mužь rat'nikь i kr(ě)pkь źělô. i crь vьsěm elinom.	and he was the (strongest) warrior of all the nations and a king for all Greeks/pagans
90:	i bě´še lě´pota ego vélïa źělô.	And his beauty was very great.
91:	i povélě vlьxvom svoim	And he commanded his wizards
92:	i rče.	and he said:
93:	ašte mi ízьobrěštet' žénu lě´pu i mudru páče vьsěx velíko. tô azь vam sьtvóru mnóga dóbra.	If you will find me the most beautiful and wisest woman in the world, I will do a great good to you
94:	vlьx'vi sь vlь´šьb'stvwm svoim. w´bišьdšim vьsu zemljù.	And the wizards travelled around the whole world by their magic
95:	i obrě´toše žénu vь moúreì siw´na cra crcu imajušti lěpótu velïa źělô.	and they found a woman in Morea, King Sion's queen, having a very great beauty
96:	íme ei bě´še gilúda.	Her name was Giluda
97:	í prívedoše ju kь aleѯan'dru	and they brought her to Alexander
98:	í pově´daše emu.	and they said to him (about her)
99:	togda páky rče vlьxvom svoim.	then he said to his wizards:
100:	sьberě´te me vь sь´ně sь nejù. da vídimь drúgь drúga.	bring me together with her in a dream, so that we can see each other
101:	í sьbrav'še ix vlьx'vi noštïju vь sьně.	and the wizards brought them together every night in a dream
102:	í tolíko ljublě´xu se źělô. za *v* lět'	and they loved each other very much for 2 years
	elíko dnju želáxu večeru bíti.	so that in day they wanted the evening to come
103:	da jáko vь sьně zgovórěsta se táko í vь dni tvóraxu	and as they made a plan in a dream, thus they did in a day
104:	aleѯandrь sьtvóri se jáko edinь wt kupь´cь	Alexander disguised himself as one of the merchants
105:	i prïíde vь paliw´pol' sь korab'mi kь siw´nu cru.	and he went with ships to Paleopol to King Sion
106:	í nósešte mnógo íměnïa	and he brought much wealth
107:	í daróva síw´na cra.	and he gave presents to King Sion
108:	í siw´nь crь daróva tog'.	and King Sion gave presents to him
109:	i sьtvórista se brátïa.	and they made themselves brothers
110:	a gíluda crca sь aleѯandrom vьsegda bě" po w´bīčaju.	and Giluda always was with Alexander, as it was (their) custom
111:	da egda góstěsta se w´na sě´děše pri aleѯandra	so when they had a dinner, she sat next to him
112:	siw´nu smějaše se. jako aleѯan'drova žéna bě".	she laughed at Sion that she was the Alexander's wife.
113:	da egda wtxoždaše siwn' vь dom svoì. gláše crci svoeì,	and when he went home, he said to his queen:
114:	w velïe čjúdo o sem	o, what a wonder is this
115:	u sego kup'ca sïa žéna, velíku príliku imat' kь nemu. jak' togova jes(t) žéna	the woman of this merchant is so similar to him, as if she was his wife
116:	togda igiluda gnevaše s(e),	Then Giluda got angry
117:	i gláše emu	and she said to him:
118:	počtô méne prílagaeši k tômu.	why do you associate myself with him?
119:	ašte âzь táko esmь tô í ti príličen' esi tómu kup'cu.	if I am such, then you also look like that merchant
120:	wn' páky aleѯandra zóvěše na gósti	And he invited Alexander as a guest again
121:	i wna tù bě"	and she was there
122:	i táko tvorě´sta za *ź* mcь gogda ou tógo kog'da ou togo.	and thus they did for 3 months, once at one, other time at another one (?)
123:	aleѯandrь wbrě´taše se vь ínьnajâ ruxa prěměnujušte se.	Alexander was coming clad in different clothes
124:	i ímáše bô aleѯandrь vь kórabi svoem, man'ѳïju sь zlátom i biserom i kamenïem mnógocě´nnim oukrášennaa.	and Alexander had in his ship a mantle jeweled by gold and pearls and precious stone
125:	čjuv'ši bô igíluda crca jakó pródajuet' aleѯandrь vь korábi svoem manѳïju.	and Giluda heard that Alexander sells the mantle,
126:	síw´nь crь vь´ně izь grad izь´šьlь bě´še	King Sion had left the city
127:	i ne bě` tou".	and he was not there
128:	gilúda že vьstav'ši sь málo rab'mi	and Queen Giluda stood up with few servants
129:	i prïíde vь korablь kь aleѯandru vidě´ti manѳïju.	and she came to the ship to see the mantle
130:	aleѯandrь povělě vьzdvig'nuti větrila korabem	Alexander commanded to hoist the sails
131:	i wtnesóše giludu crcu.	and he abducted Queen Giluda
132:	í prívedoše ju vь véliki grad trojadь	and he brought her to the big city of Troas
133:	togda grad pótrese źělô.	Then the city shook very much
134:	amórь crь wtcь ego rče	the king Amor, his father, said:
135:	vь ĭstinu
	sьbí se sь´nь moì. iže viděxь glavnu wgněnu.	truly, my dream, where I saw the burning log, has been fulfilled
136:	siw´nь crь wsta vь péčali i vь poruganïem velikwm źělô.	King Sion remained in sorrow and great shame
137:	i pusti kь ıw´gu cru brátu svoemu oú vásanь grad.	And he sent (a messenger) to his brother Jug in the city of Vasan
138:	ıw´ga crь posla kь svoim šurem. vь xanawn' i vь xal'dei i vь mesópotamïju i vь per'six. i vь tar'sisь	And Jug sent to his brothers-in-law in Canaan, and Chaldea, and Mesopotamia, and in Persis, and in Tarsis.
139:	mesopotamsti že crïe i xanaw´nьsti î persídsti i tarsidsti sьbráše se vьsěx crì *dı*	And all the 14 Mesopotamian, Persian, Tarsidian and Canaanite kings gathered together
140:	i priídoše na aleѯan'dra cra i na véliky grad trojatь	And they went against the king Alexander and the great city of Troas
141:	i wbisě´doše krě´pko	and they besieged (it) staunchly
142:	i
	rьváše ego za *zı* lět'	And they fought it for 17 years
143:	i ne možaxu emu čtô sьtvóriti wt množetva poljéma	and they were not able to finish anything with all the forces (?)
144:	i bě´še edin' mužь. imenem pamida pikerьni ıw´ga crvь.	And among them there was a certain man with the name Palmida, King Jug's cupbearer
145:	i sьtvori izarь igráti	And he invented the game of dice
146:	da
	egda naučiše s(e) vьsè voè izára igráti.	and when he taught all the warriors to play dice
	togda že tъì pámida sьtvóri i tavlïju	then the same one also invented backgammon
	jako da sebě sout' a ne wpoi.	played as such, and not as on the field (?)
147:	páky tьžde pamída. iskova konja měd'na velíka źělô.	And Pamida crafted a very big copper (bronze?) horse
148:	î vьlěze vь kónja mě´dnago siw´nь crь	And he King Sion entered the copper horse
149:	i sь nim vьlězoše *l* dobri i xrabri voè.	and with him 30 good and brave warriors entered
150:	a mědni kon' matan'ski i xoždaše.	And the copper horse walked by himself (?)
151:	i páky tьžde pamida podkóvavь kóne naw´páko petalami	and then Pamida put horseshoes (?) on all horses with inverted crescents (?)
152:	i naredi vьsè voíske	And he ordered all the troops
153:	î sьtvori voívod *t* dobrix	and made (elected) 300 good commanders
154:	i vь nošt' wtíde	and he went away at night
155:	i sьkri ix pamída zad gradwm	and he hid them behind the city
156:	a na outrïa pade daleč' wt grad.	and in the morning they went far away from the city
157:	a mědni kónь ostáviše na w´kólište.	And the copper horse stayed in the surroundings
158:	i povelě aleѯandrь vьvésti měd'ni kon' vь grad.	And Alexander ordered to lead the copper horse into the city
159:	togda izide is kónja měd'nago síwn' crь i sь nim *l* voè dóbri i xrábri.	then King Sion emerged from the copper horse with 30 brave soldiers
160:	i exou grádu vrat'. don'deže i mapída prïíde sь mnóžestvom voè.	and they held the door of the city until Pamida came with many warriors
161:	i priexu velíky grad trojădь	and they took the great city of Troas
162:	í razórišu î rasykópašu ego	and they destroyed and crushed it, speaking:
163:	gljúšte
164:	istьštaíte istьštaíte do w´snovanïe zemlì.	raze, raze it to the foundations of the earth!
165:	aleѯandr že poem žénu svoju gilídu crcu	And Alexander took his wife Giluda
166:	i vь nóšti iz grad izide	and he left the city at night
167:	i poběgnuvь kь soultanu cru zétu svoèmu vь sákïju.	And he fled to King Sultan, his son-in-law, to Saracenia
168:	da jáko bě´še gně´vь bžïi na síwna cra.	for there was God's anger against King Sion
169:	da egda vьzvráti se sь svoími voì. vь dom svoì ni edin' že wt nix ne óbrě´te žénь svoì.	and when he returned to his home with his warriors, not one of them found his wife
170:	nь tьk'mo poústi dove ix wbrě´taxu.	but they found only empty houses
171:	óni bô bě´xu bě´žali sь rab'mi svoími.	because they ran with their servants
172:	áleѯandrь vьz'dvíže soul'tana crě i vьsu sarákïju.	Alexander raised King Sultan with all the Saracenia (to arms)
173:	i ízbi vьsè cre xanaw´nьskïe í mesopótamistïe í xal'deískïe. i tar'siskïe í per'siskïe.	and he killed all the kings of Canaan, and Mesopotamia, and Chaldea, and Tarsis, and Persia
174:	í na siw´na crě prïíde vь mórei grad	and he attacked King Sion in the city of Morea
175:	i porázi ego.	and (Alexander) defeated him
176:	takožde i na ıw´ga crě bráta ego prïíde	in the same way he attacked King Jug, his brother
177:	porázi ego	and (Alexander) defeated him
178:	i razóri velíki grad vasan'.	And he destroyed the great city of Vasan
179:	i těx prěexu sarákinjane.	and their (land) was taken by Saracens
180:	âleѯandrь smíri se sь rábi siwn'skimi.	Alexander made a peace with the servants of Sion
	eže běxu běžali sь gospždami svoími. iže běxu im žéni.	who had ran away with their mistresses, who were their wives
181:	aleѯánьdrь stojáše vь páliopolь.	Alexander stood in Paleopol
182:	a siwn' crь stojaše vь elew´sě.	and Sion stood in Eleos (Mount of Olives?)
183:	a sultan' stojáše sь rabimi siw´nьskimi.	and Sultan stood with Sion's servants
184:	bijáxu se rábi sь gsnьmi svoími	the servants fought their own masters
185:	ponéže im žéni domóve ĭxь napústile.	because their wives left their houses
186:	í tolíko běše vь ti dni. teš'ky ráty	And the fights were so heavy in those days
	elíko tisúštь mrь´tvi givaxu za *i* mca na dnь po tísuštьi.	that for two months, each day there fell a thousand of dead
187:	í poráziše vьsè crïe xanán'sti *dı*	And they killed all the 14 kings
188:	togda jerslmь razórišu i íněx grádovь velikix *sil*	then Jerusalem was destroyed, among 230 other cities
189:	í voè pogubiše	and warriors were slain
190:	í xóri w´pustišu.	and they desolated lands
191:	sultan' že wsta i aleѯandrь i sь nim *r* ljud	and King Sultan remained and Alexander and about a hundred of warriors with him
192:	ponéže vьsì ízbiše s(e)	because all (the others) were slain
193:	i vidě aleѯandrь kolíko se zlà sьtvori za ednu žénu.	And Alexander saw how much evil was done for one woman
194:	í poem mь´čь svoi	and he took his sword
195:	í wtsěče žéně svoei glávu. ígiludi crci (sestri svoeì).	and he cut off the head of his wife, Queen Giluda
196:	a sam skóči vь móri.	and he himself jumped into the sea
197:	bu že nášemu sláva vь vě´ky	glory be to our God forever!
198:	amin.	amen