gen NBKM 1064 - Petka
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1:	mesica oktomvrie f četirnaisie den	[Title] On the 14th day of Month October
2:	živeeni tu na sfetae prepodobnae maika našja petka tarnovskaja	[Title] Life of our Holy Reverend Mother Petka of Tarnovo
3:	slanci tu kolkotu ima sfetlina ta sfeti	As the sun has light to shine
4:	ta tolkuzi e i pomenuvani tu i na prepodobnae maika našja petka	such is also the remembrance of our Reverend mother Petka
5:	štutu sa i prosfetila po sičkie sfet	which has spread all over the world
6:	neinu tu čjudo i neinu tu guveeni koi izik mož gu da iskaza	whose tongue could explain (all) her miracles and life?
7:	štutu i storila tja dobra rabota na epivatsko mjastu	what good deeds she did in the land of Epibates
	i na trakiisko i na tarnovu i na misija i na dalmati	and in Thrace, and in Tarnovo, and in Moesia, and in Dalmatia
	i nja tuku po tjax mesta ami i po sičkija sfjat	and not only in those lands, but also all around the world?
8:	deto našija um ni moži postigna	that, which our mind cannot comprehend
	ili izike ni naši da izriče i da iskaži	or our tongue cannot explain
	sičko tu i neino čjudo i dobro i guveeni i salzi	all her miracles, good (deeds) and life and tears
9:	ami tuku kolkutu našia um postigna	but only so much, as our mind can comprehend
10:	ta napisax as evѳimie patriarx tarnovski štutu znaex	so I, Patriarch Euthymius of Bulgaria, wrote down what I knew
11:	i tui napisax	and thus I wrote
12:	ami i vie poslušeiti blagosloveni xristeni	but you hear me, o blessed Christians
13:	taizi sfetae i prepodobnae petka tai beši ut epivatsko mjastu	this Saint Reverend Petka was (ʺsoʺ) from the land of Epibates
14:	bašta i i maika i bjaxa dobri i pravoverni xristeni	her father and her mother were good, orthodox Christians
15:	i xodexa pu božii zapoved	and they followed God's commandments
16:	milostinja struvaxa	they gave alms
17:	i drugi dobrini bjaxa u tjax tekmil	and they were full of other virtues
18:	i rodixa taizi čistae galabica i devica	and they gave birth to this pure dove and maiden
19:	i rodixa i drugu mašku deti	and they also gave birth to another, male child
	imi tu mu evѳimie	his name was Euthymius
	deto toi stana nasetne vladika na madit	who later (ʺfinallyʺ) became the bishop of Madit
20:	i naučixa gi na strax božii i na zakon dobar	and they taught them to fear God to (follow) the (ʺgoodʺ) law
21:	i umrjaxa tii	and they died
22:	a pak sfetae petka ustana sas brata si evѳimie	and thus St Petka remained with her brother Euthymius
	deto stana vladika na madit	who became the bishop of Madit
23:	ta i toi mlogo čjudo pokaza tamo	and he showed many miracles there too
24:	zaštotu beši sa i toi prosfetil sas guveenie mlogo i dobrini	because he, too, sanctified himself much by his piety and virtues
25:	zaradi tui sa i posfeti i toi	for that reason he also sanctified himself (ʺtooʺ)
26:	i negovi ti sfetii mošti i du dneska čjudno iscirjavanie struvat	and his holy relics cause miraculous healings even today
27:	i sfetae petka ut katu isprovodi bašta si i maika si	and St Petka (ʺas sheʺ) followed her father and her mother
28:	ta gi pogreba	and then she buried them
29:	i gi uredi dobrja	and she gave them their due well
30:	a či pudbra ut tugis guveeni	and since then she concentrated on piety
31:	i metanie i stueni sička ta nošt na molba	and (she performed) bowing and staying awake every night for prayers
32:	i porevni i sa katu apostolski zakon da uluvi	and it came to her mind (ʺit wanted to herʺ) as an apostolic law
33:	i na gola zimja biz postelka ližeši	and she laid herself on the ground without a bed
34:	i ut negu baška pak i sa ispalni sarce to sas revnust	and from here (ʺhimʺ) again, her heart was filled with desire
	i sas misal božestvennae zaradi da idi f pustine tu	and divine thought to go to the desert
35:	i pubjagna ut tamo	and she ran away from there
36:	i utidi u pustine tu	and she went to the desert
37:	i tamo pominuvaši života si angelski čin	and an angelic host lived there
38:	i sa upriliče kato na prorok ilia i katu na ioanna krastitelja	and she likened herself to Prophet Eliah and to John the Baptist
	sas guveeni i sas matanie i sas salzi deto plačeši	with her piety and bowing and tears, which she cried
39:	na stud i na pek sičko tu terpeši	she suffered everything in both cold and heat
40:	i kusfaši zarat edeni pu malku trivica	and she ate (ʺas for eatingʺ) a bit of grass
	i to ut večer na večer	and even that only in evenings
41:	i molba neprestanno struvaši	and she prayed (ʺdid prayerʺ) perpetually
42:	i za ništu ne maši misal za toizi sfjat	and (she) wouldn't have a thought about the world (?)
	ili za dobra drexa da ubiče	nor about good clothes to wear
	ili za rod	nor about a family
	ili za imani	nor about wealth
43:	ami tuku uči te i bexa sas salzi palni denja i noštja i molba na boga	but only her eyes were filled by tears by day and night and prayers to God
44:	i sička ta i misal i nadežda beši na gospode boga	and all of her thoughts were the hope of the Lord God
45:	i misleši za ftoru tu prišestvie i za božie to strašnu sadobišti	and she thought about the Second Coming, about the Divine Judgment
	i kak da si uridi i da si primini dušja ta neina i da posrešni xrista boga sas sfetilnik ukrasen	and how to decorate her soul, to meet Christ the God with a decorated (prepared) lamp
	i kakvo dobro da stori	and what good deed should she do
	da čjui tugis glas krotak ut gospoda boga	to hear that meek voice of the Lord God
	i kak da ispalni sfetilnika si sfoi sas ziitin	and how to fill the lamp with oil (Mt 25:1-13)
	da flezi sas xitri ti devici u rai	to enter the Paradise with the wise maidens
	da sa nasiti na krasota i xubus raiska i sfetlina	to satisfy herself with the heavenly glory and (the) beauty and (the) light
	i pesni angelski	and (the) angelic songs
46:	tuku zarat tui beši i misal ta	her thoughts were (directed) only for that
47:	i tvarde taguvaši sas sarce to si	and (she) yearned powerfully in her heart
	kak da poluči unui dobro	how to receive that boon
48:	i etu tai si spruvažda sfoe život pu unui pustine za mlogo vremi	and thus she lived her life on that desert for a long time
49:	i pak lukavii diavol neprestanno e plašeši	and the evil Devil didn't cease to frighten her
50:	i mlogo patja sa pristruvaši katu zvjar strašen	and many times (he) changed himself to a terrible beast
	dano e uplaši ta da ustavi pustine tu	to frighten her (and thus force her) to leave the desert
51:	ama sfetae petka imaši si boga pomoštnika	but St Petka had God (as a) helper
52:	i ni i prisekvaxa salzi ti ut uči ti i	and the tears didn't stop (to flow) from her eyes
53:	i sička xitrus diavolska pubjagvaši i lipsvaši ut neina ta molba	and all the devilish cunning was vain because of (ʺdisappeared fromʺ) her prayer
54:	ta etu takvazi sila beši dubila tja ut boga	such a power she had acquired from God
55:	i tai sa podkaneši	and thus she had decided to live
56:	makar da beši žina	altough she was a woman
57:	ama ispalnena beši sas duxa sfetago	but she was filled (by the) Holy Spirit
58:	ta zarat tui bjagaši ut nee sila diavolska	and for that reason devilish force ran away from her
59:	i isčezvaši katu dim	and disappeared as a smoke.
60:	i prorok car david za takvizi žini prorokuvaši	and Prophet-King David prophesized about such women
61:	i dumaši	and said:
62:	šte	ʺLet the king be enthralled by your beautyʺ (NIV Ps 45: 11)
	vasžilei	RCS (Ps 44: 11): ʺvozželáetъ crь dobróty tvoeę`ʺ
	car dubrina ta tvoe	Vuković 1536: ʺvьždélějetь crь dóbro_tě tvojeìʺ
63:	i tai sfetae petka primina mlogo gudini tamo f unui pustine	and thus lived St Petka for many years in the desert greatly fasting
64:	i f idna nošt	and (ʺinʺ) one night
	katu si struvaši molba ta i metani ti	as she was doing her prayers and bowing
	i race ti si vasdigaši nagore i plačeši i	and she raised her hands high and wept
	etu apansas vide edno božestvennoe videnie	and here suddenly she saw a divine apparition
	či dodi idin angel	that an angel came
65:	i sa ivi katu idin mlat momak	and he appeared as a young boy
66:	i sfeteši katu sfeš	and (he) shined as a candle
67:	ta i reči	and he said:
68:	da ustaviš tui pustine	ʺ(you should) leave the desertʺ
69:	i da sa varniš	ʺand go backʺ
70:	pak da si utidiš na baštnina ta tvoe	ʺ(you should) go back to your homelandʺ
71:	zaštotu tamo ti i dadinu da si ustaviš telo tu	ʺbecause it is given for you to leave your body thereʺ
72:	a dušja ta ti se badi na xubavii i slatkii rai	ʺand your soul shall be in the beautiful and sweet Paradiseʺ
73:	katu vide sfetae petka tui videnie i katu čju teizi dumi	as St Petka saw this apparition and heard those words
	i razumja oti e ut boga toizi xaber dunee	(ʺandʺ) she understood, that this news (?) was from God
74:	i pozna či šte sa prestavi skoru	and she found out that she will die soon
75:	i sa zaradva zaradi tui	and she was glad because of it
76:	a pak drugu pak sa grižeši	and yet she worried (ʺyetʺ) about something else
	kak šte da ustavi pustine tu tamo	how will she leave the desert
77:	zaštotu ni moži drugu ništu da učisti na čeloveka dušja ta mu kakvotu pustine tu	because nothing else can purify the human soul as a desert
78:	i tugis sfetae petka katu i dodi ut boga toizi xaber ta	and then, as St Petka heard that news
	i da nii i sa šteši da ustavi tamo unui pustine	even though she didn't want to leave that desert
	a tia gu ustavi	she left it
79:	i stana	and she stood up
80:	ta utidi nai napret f carigrat	and went first to Tsarigrad
81:	i flezi f čerkova ta xristova u sfetae sofia	and she entered the church of Christ, to the St Sophia
82:	i molba neprestanno deto struvaši	and she prayed (ʺdid prayerʺ) perpetually
83:	koi moži da duiskaži tolkuzi metani i pokloni	how could one describe so many kneelings and bowings
	i sička ta nošt stueni na molba sjakugis	and staying awake every night, always praying
84:	i plačeši i taguvaši za pustine tu unui štutu gu ustavi	and she wept and craved for the desert
85:	i ubikuli sički ti čerkovi katu njakuja rabotna pčila	and she visited all the churches as a diligent bee
	štutu ubixožda sički ti cvjatuvi proletni	which visits all the vernal flowers
86:	i utidi i f čerkova ta na presfetae bogorodica štutu sa vika vlaxernae	and (then) she went to the church of the most-holy Mother of God which is called Blachernae
87:	i tamo pripadna na ikona ta i na presfetae bogorodica	and there she came (ʺfellʺ?) to the icon of the most-holy Mother of God
88:	i salzi ut uči ti si mlogo izlivaši	and she poured a lot of tears from her eyes
89:	i dumaši molitva	and she said a prayer:
90:	na tebe pripadam vladičice	ʺI bow to you, o Ladyʺ
	štutu si porodila na sičkija sfet xrista boga	ʺyou, who has given birth to Christ the God for the whole worldʺ
91:	as sičkoe moe život na tebe gu pridadux i	ʺI dedicated my whole life for youʺ
	vladičice moe presfetae bogorodice	ʺo my Lady, most-holy Mother of Godʺ
92:	i na tebe si nadjavam da ma pomilvaš	ʺand in yourself I hope that you have mercy upon meʺ
93:	i ni dei sa gnusi ut mene detu sam tvoe rabine	ʺdon't turn away in disgust from me, your servantʺ
94:	za i as ut mladus ta si moja podir tvoego sina tragnax	ʺbecause I followed your son since my youthʺ
95:	i mola ti sa presfetae bogorodice	ʺand I pray to you, most-holy Mother of Godʺ
96:	ti znaš moe ta ženska rabuta i moe ta slabus	ʺyou know my womanly nature and my weaknessʺ
	štutu e na moe ta dušja oznoba	ʺwhich worries my soulʺ (ʺwhich is my soul's worryʺ)
97:	ami ti presfetae bogorodice badi mi pomoštnica	ʺbut you, o St Mother of God, be my helperʺ
98:	zašto usim na tebe na drugo mesto ne mam nadežda da sa nadjavam	ʺbecause I have no hope at another place than by yourselfʺ
99:	ami ti mi badi naklunjavanie	ʺbut you be my teacher (?)ʺ
	da ma nakluniš na dobro i na pokajanie	ʺso that you leads me to the goodness and remorseʺ
100:	i ti da ma upaziš ut sjakakvo zlo	ʺ(so that) you shall protect me from all evilʺ
101:	oti kugitu bex f pustine tu tebe imax za pomoštnica	ʺbecause I had yourself as my helper as I was in (the) desertʺ
102:	i siga pak katu sa varnax f mir	ʺand now, as I have returned into (the) world againʺ
	etu pak tebe si imam nadežba	ʺsee, I have my hopes in you againʺ
103:	i siga ti da ma upazvaš	ʺand now, protect me againʺ
104:	i pomoštnica da mi badiš	ʺand be my helperʺ
105:	i da ma pokrivaš ut sjakakvu zlo	ʺand cover me from all evilʺ
106:	i tui sa pumoli tamo na vlaxernae	and thus she prayed there in Blachernae
	čerkova na presfetae bogorodica	(in the) church of the most-holy Mother of God
107:	i plaka tamo u toe sarce	and wept there, at that heart
108:	i izlezi ut čerkova ta	and she went out of the church
109:	ači tragna tugis da idi du epivaѳi na neinu tu baštnino	and really she went (ʺto moveʺ) to Epibates, her fatherland
110:	i sidja tamo mlogo vremi	and she sat there for a long time
111:	i nikui ja ni puznavaši	and nobody recognized her
112:	i tamo po čestu i metani	and there (she did much) kneeling
	i stueni sička ta nošt na molba	and staying awake for the whole night, praying
	koi moži iskaza	who could tell (how much?)
113:	i sa pomina njakui vremi	and some time passed
114:	i pozna veči či šte sa prestavi ut toizi sfjat	and she understood that she was going to die soon (ʺpresent herself from this worldʺ)
115:	i tja pudbra da si struva molba ta sas salzi	and she started to pray with tears
116:	i dumaši molitva	and spoke (this) prayer:
117:	čelovekoubičlifce vladiko	ʺo Lord, Lover of humansʺ
	da ne ustaviš mene štu sam robinja tvoe	ʺdo not leave me, (who am) your servantʺ
	detu sam sičko tu ustavila zaradi tvoi tu imi	ʺwho has left everything for your nameʺ
118:	i kamtu tebe pribjagnax	ʺand to yourself I ranʺ
119:	ami zaradi tui i ti sigi gospodi bože moi poveli na angela tvoego	ʺbut, my Lord God, give a command to an angelʺ
	mirno da priemi dušja ta mi	ʺto calmly receive my soulʺ
120:	i da mi ni badi zabranenu da fljaza f carstu tu tvoi ut ne čestivi ti i mrasni diavoli	ʺand that I wouldn't be barred from entering your kingdom by sinful and filthy devilsʺ
121:	ami ma spodobi bez strax da stana pret tvoe strašnija prestol	ʺbut make me worthy to stand without fear before your awesome throneʺ
122:	oti si blagosloven gospod do veka	ʺbecause you are blessed, o Lord, in eternityʺ
123:	amin	ʺamenʺ
124:	i tai katu sa pumoli i toizi čjas si pridadi dušja ta na boga	and in that moment, as she thus prayer, she gave her soul to God
125:	i sa sabraxa tugis njakui xristeni	and then some Christians gathered
126:	ta i pogrebaxa telo tu neinu	and they buried her body
127:	i nie pozna nikui du negu čjas	and no one knew her until that (?) moment
	ut de i dušla	(nor) whence she came
128:	i etu tai si isprovodi dini ti sfoi taizi sfetae prepodobnae petka tuka na zimja ta	and thus this St Reverend Petka passed her days here on the Earth
129:	a tamo pak nameri guljamu dobro i lesnina	and there she found great good and peace
130:	ami i tuka ni e ustavi gospod bog za mlogo vremi skrita v zimja ta i da	but even here, Lord God wouldn't leave her hidden in the Earth for long
	i biz pomenuvanie neinu tu čistotu tu i sfetoe telo	to leave her pure and holy body to remain without rememberance
131:	ami pokaza bog čjudo divno zaradi neini ti sfetii mošti	but he showed a miracle on her holy relics
132:	njakui si askitija imaši tamo na blizu pri groba i na sfetae petka	there was one hermit nearby, close to the grave of St Petka
133:	ta posteši na idna kula	and he fasted on a tower
134:	i si sa moleši bogu	and he prayed to God
135:	i sluči sa	and it came to pass
136:	ta umrja njakui si gimičii	one sailor died
137:	i farlixa telo tu mu njakui xora tam plizu pri unas kula	and they threw his body there, close to that tower
	deto sideši na nee onzi puštinak	where the hermit sat
138:	i tugis fmirisa sa pal ta mu na unugos gimičie	and then the flesh of that sailor began to stink
139:	i ze da vuni zla vunja	and a terrible stench started to come out (ʺto stinkʺ)
	kolkutu veči ni možeši ut tamo da primini čelovek	so much that one couldn't pass by
140:	naidno i onzi puštinak i toi ni možeši veki da tarpi ut unas maršja detu voneši tolkus	neither the hermit could suffer that corpse, which was stinking so much, any more
141:	i f idin den slezi onzi postnik ut kula ta si	and one day he climbed down from the tower
142:	i nameri čeloveci	and he found (some) men
143:	i reči im da iskupaet idin trap guljam	and he told them to dig a big hole
	i tamo da ugudat unui vuneštu telo štutu mirišeši	and to throw that stinking body there
144:	i xora ta uneizi poslušexa unugos puštinaka	and those people obeyed that hermit
145:	i utidaxa tamo	and they went there
146:	i zexa da kupaet	and started to dig
147:	i namerixa telo tu i na sfetae petka tzjalu i xubavo	and they found the body of St Petka, healthy and beautiful
148:	kolkutu navivaši neina ta xubava mirizma unaizi mirizma vunešta ta	(and) how much her beautiful scent covered the odor of that (ʺstinkingʺ) stench!
149:	i uneizi čeloveci bjaxa glupavi i ne razumni	and those people were dumb and irrational
150:	ta ni mužixa da sa usetat zaradi unui sfetoe telo	and they couldn't understand that (it was a) holy body
151:	zaštotu i nikui ni znaeši zašto i tamo pogrebena sfetae petka	because nobody knew that (ʺwhyʺ?) St Petka was buried there
152:	oti	because she was buried since long
	ut kole beši pogrebena	(ʺbecause since when she was buriedʺ ?)
153:	i mlogo sa čjudixa kak da storat	and they wondered a lot what should they do
154:	i rekuxa pumiždu si	and they said to each other:
155:	koi pak da kupai pak na drugu mjastu	ʺwho would dig elsewhereʺ
156:	ami etu toizi trap tuka kak e tolkus dalbok i šerok	ʺlook, how wide and deep is this grave!ʺ
157:	ami da turim vatre i taizi vuneštae palt	ʺso, let's throw that stinking corpse there as wellʺ
	da ni vuni tai	ʺso that it doesn't stink so (much)ʺ
158:	ato aku e sfeto tui telo bog šti pak da gu iživi i da gu izvadi ut tuka	ʺand if it would be a holy body, God will revive it and take it outʺ
159:	teizi dumi katu si podumaxa	and as they spoke such words to each other
	ači farlixa i unas maršja vatre tamo pri unui sfetoe telo	they, really, buried that corpse there next to that holy body
160:	i si razutiduxa seki u tjax si	and all went home
161:	i ut tjax čeloveci njakui si vikaxa gu georgie	one of those people was (ʺsomebodyʺ) called Georgi
162:	xristenin dubar beši	he was a good Christian
163:	i toi katu si utidi u tjax si i podir vičere nasetne stana da sa pumoli bogu kakvotu si struvaši sjakugi molba bogu	and as he also went home he stood up by the evening to pray to God
164:	ači priz nee nošt na rassamvani zaspa	and in the night at the twilight he fell down asleep
165:	i vide edna žina katu njakui carica	and he saw a woman (looking) like a queen
	či sidi na zlat stol sfetlif	sitting on a shiny golden throne
166:	i okulu i naridili sa momci xubavi sfetlikavi	and many beautiful, shiny young men stood around her
167:	i toizi georgie uplaši sa	and that Georgi was scared
168:	i padna na zimja ta ut strax	and he fell to the ground from fear
169:	i sa rastripera	and he trembled
170:	i ni možeši da gleda unaizi sfetlina	and he couldn't watch that light for its beauty
171:	i idin ut uneizi xubavi i sfetlivi momci pristapi	and one of those beautiful shiny young men stepped to him
172:	ta gu uluvi za raka ta	and he seized his arm
173:	ta gu isdigna	and he raised him
174:	i mu reči	and he said to him:
175:	stani georgie	ʺstand up, Georgi!ʺ
176:	ami oti sti storili tai	ʺand as you did soʺ
177:	ta sti ugudili unui vuneštu telo pri sfetae petka	ʺas you left that stinking body next to the body of St Petkaʺ
178:	skoru da utidiš da izvadiš ut tamo sfeti ti i neini mošti	ʺyou shall go quickly to retrieve the relics of St Petkaʺ
	i da gi ugudiš v zlat sandak	ʺand to put them to a golden coffinʺ
179:	zašto car nibesnii poželi neina ta dobrina	ʺfor the heavenly King craves for her virtueʺ
180:	i šti gospod da ja proslavi nee po sičkie sfjat	ʺand now Lord will spread her fame in the whole worldʺ
181:	tugis i tja mu sama reči sfetae petka	then she, St Petka, spoke to him herself:
182:	georgie skoru da izvaditi moi ti mošti ut tamo	ʺGeorgi, retrieve my relics quickly from thereʺ
183:	i gi položiti na xubavo mjastu	ʺand put them on a nice placeʺ
184:	zašto ni moga da tarpa as za mlogu da sam tamo	ʺbecause I can't suffer to be there anymoreʺ
	i	ʺand from that other one, whom you have put there, and his stenchʺ
	ut negu baška i taizi vunja štutu sti ja ugudili pri moi tu telo	(ʺand from that other one and that stench, which you have put thereʺ)
185:	ni sa li buiti ut boga da ni pusni ogan da vi izguri	ʺdon't you fear God that he'd cast fire to burn you?ʺ
186:	oti da znaiti či i as sam čelovek ut maika i ut bašta rodena	ʺand I am a human too, born from a mother and a fatherʺ
187:	i baštnina ta mi i tui epivaѳi detu gu vikat detu sti i vii siga na negu	ʺand my fatherland is this (land), which you call Epibates, and where you are nowʺ
188:	i priz nee nošt i druga žina xristjanka imi tu i eѵtimie i tja videla takvos videnie	and in that night another Christian woman, her name was Efimia, also saw such a vision
189:	i na nee sa rekli teizi dumi	and they said such words to her
190:	i i zaračeli i nei	and they commanded her
191:	ta i rekli	and they said to her:
192:	skoru utre ranu da kažiti na xora ta tui pu kunec	ʺyou shall tell that early in the morning to everyoneʺ
193:	ta da vi ni isguri ut boga ogan	ʺso that you won't be burned down by the fire of Godʺ
194:	i na utrina ta izljazuxa i dvama ta georgie i unas žina	and both Georgi and the woman went out in the morning
195:	i kazaxa na sički ti xora tui neštu pu kunec	and told to all that thing to the end
196:	i katu čjuxa tui epivaѳeni na skoru sički ti sa spusnaxa	and as the people of Epibates heard it, they all hurried (to the grave)
197:	i sas goljama radus izvadixa mošti tu i na sfetae i prepodobnae petka	and they retrieved the relics of St Reverend Petka with great joy
198:	i katu či namerixa njakui mlogocjannu skrivovišti tamo i zaradvaxa	and they rejoiced as if they had found some very precious treasure (?)
199:	i sa čjudexa mlogo na neinu tu sfetoe telo	and they wondered a lot about her holy body
	ut tolkuzi vremi kak si stui tai cjalu i	how could it stay so healthy after so much time
	xubavo i dobromirizlivu i ut xubava mirizma	and beautifully, and well-smelling (ʺwith beautiful scentʺ)
	da sa čelovek nasiti	so that one cannot stop smell it
200:	i punesuxa tugis unui sfetoe telo sas sfešti i sas kandilnici i ѳimian i izmirnu i sas drugi xubavi mirizmi	and they carried that holy body with candles and censers and thyme and myrrh and other beautiful incenses
201:	i utnesuxa ja sas goljama radus	and carried her away with great joy
202:	i položixa ja f čerkova na sfeti ti apostoli	and they laid her in the Church of the Holy Apostles
203:	i tamo mlogo čjudo stori tugis sfetae petka	and St Petka then performed many miracles there
204:	besni sa iscirixa i bolni i gluxi	the mad were cured, and the ill, the deaf and the wounded as well
205:	i ut drugi bolesti sjakakvi sa iscirixa	and they were healed from all kinds of other illnesses
206:	koito duxoždaxa sas vjara čistae i sas ljubov i sas se sarce na sfetae petka toizi čjas sa uzdravjavaxa	those, who came, and had pure faith and love for St Petka from the whole heart, were cured instantly
207:	i pročju sa po sička ta zimja epivatska	and she became famous in the whole land of Epibates
	i nja tuku tamo deto sa pročju	and not only there (ʺwhere she became famousʺ)
	ami i du carigrad i po sička ta zimja	but even in Tsarigrad and on the whole Earth
208:	i katu sa pomina njakolku vremi	and after some time passed
	sas božie povelenie	with God's permission
	utslabna grečesko tu carstu	the Greek kingdom became weak
209:	oti doduxa rimleni	(ʺbecauseʺ) Romans came
210:	i privzexa carigrad	and they took Tsarigrad
211:	kakvoto kaži i prorok car david	as the King David says
212:	sas palica žiljazna udaržjaxa gu	they ruled it ʺwith a rod of ironʺ (Ps 2:9)
213:	i sičko tu f carigrat plenixa gu	and they looted everything in Tsarigrad
214:	i ubraxu zlatu i srebru i čerkovi i drexi čerkovni i sadlini štutu bjaxa mlogocenni	and they stole gold, and silver, and churches, and ecclesial robes and ceremonial instruments (?), which were very precious
215:	ta naidno sas tui zexa i sfeti ti mošti na sfeti ti	they took it together with holy relics of the saints
216:	i sičko tu zanesuxa na rim	and they carried everything away to Rome
217:	tugizi carograždeni katu videxa katu dučjakaxa tui neštu sički sabor xristenski vasdaxna tvarde	as the Tsarigradians saw and suffered that, the whole Christian synod sighed heavily
218:	i guljama grižja i taga im pripadna tugis	and they were overcome with great sadness and sorrow
219:	i xodexa katu martvi	and they walked as dead
220:	i molexa sa bogu	and they prayed to God
221:	i dumaxa	and said:
222:	vaskrasni	ʺwake upʺ
223:	i stani	ʺand stand upʺ
224:	zašto zakasnjavaš gospodi	ʺwhy are you late, o Lord?ʺ
225:	zašto zabravi naš tu siromašestu i grižja ta našja	ʺwhy do you forget our misery and worries?ʺ (Ps 44:24)
226:	i drugi dumi mlogo jošti dumaxa i sa molexa	and they prayed and said many other words
227:	i f tui vremi blagočestivi i xristenski car tarnovski ioan asenjuv jaku daržeši tugis carstu	and in that time John Asen, the honorable Christian King of Tarnovo, held his kingdom fast
228:	ta toi nikak ni sa uplaši ut unes frenci katu prevzexa carigrat	and he was in no way scared by those Franks as they conquered Tsarigrad
229:	ami jošti mu prilegna i vremi tu mu nameri	and even more, he found a good opportunity
	da podigni sifer da pleni ne čestivi	to raise a number (of troops?) to attack the dishonorable (Franks)
	i da privzema zimja mlogo	and to capture a lot of land
230:	i skoči tugis junaški sas božie povelenie	and he jumped heroically with the divine command
231:	i privze makedonskae zimja i seres	and conquered the land of Macedon and Serres
	i anѳonskae gora saikim sfetae gora	and the Mount Athos, that is, the Holy Mountain
	i na okulu štutu sa gradove i selenii	and the cities and settlements around it
	i sička ta zimja ѳetaliiska	and all the land of Thessaly
232:	i trivalia ze tai i dalmatia deto e arbanaska daržjava	and he took both Triballia (Serbia) and Dalmatia, which is a country of Albanians
233:	i privze i du drače	and he conquered it up to Dyrrhacium
234:	i po sička ta zimja i kolkuta e privze se ugudi i naredi mitropoliti i episkopi sfetli i blagočestivi	and he placed bright and honorable metropolites and bishops to all the lands he conquered
	sas neguvi ti si sfetii zlatni mjuxjuri detu sa siga u slavnae lavra na sfetae gora	by his golden bulls, which are now stored in the famous lavra on the Holy Mountain
235:	i nja tuku tjax zimi detu privze ači da sa ustavi	and he wouldn't stop at those countries he had already conquered
236:	i da mu sa dudei	he wouldn't bother himself (to not conquer anything more)
237:	ami utidi i na carigrat	but he marched to Tsarigrad as well
238:	ta privze i nego	and took it
239:	i štutu bjaxa tamo frenci poklonixa mu sa da mu sa raja	and the Franks there bowed to him, (surrendering themselves) to be his subjects
240:	i xazna mu davaxa	and they paid him tax
241:	i tam tai prie sički ti teizi mesta	and thus he conquered all those towns there
242:	nasetne si čju du negu i zaradi sfetae petka slavva ta i	then, finally, he heard about the glory of St Petka
	kak e sfeta i struva iscirjavanie mlogu i čjudesa	how she was holy and performed many healings and miracles
243:	i tvarde si ugudi na uma zaradi neini ti sfetii mošti	he thought much (lit. ʺlaid to his mindʺ) about her holy relics
244:	i mu sa raspali sarce to	and his heart burned (with desire)
245:	katu njakui elen kugi užidnei za voda	ʺas the deer pants for streams of waterʺ (Ps 42:1)
	tai i car ioann asenjuf poželi kak da sa dubii vidnaš du neini ti sfetii mošti	so did the King John Asen crave to gain those holy relics
246:	zašto biši sa po sičkie sfjat rasprostrjala neina ta darba i neinu tu čjudo	for her grace and miracles were spread around the whole world
247:	i si utidi car na tarnovu	and the king went to Tarnovo
248:	i na boga deto e prietna edna misal namisli	and conceived an idea pleasing to God
249:	i tugis provodi firman na carigrat na frenci ti štutu bjaxa tamo	and then he sent a command to the Franks in Tsarigrad (ʺwho were thereʺ)
250:	i reči im etu	and thus he spoke to them:
251:	ni išta as ut vas ni srabru ni zlatu nilo bizcenni kamani	ʺI don't want silver, nor gold, nor pearls, nor precious stones from youʺ
252:	ami vi iskam deto e na vaš ta frenska daržjava grad epivaѳi	ʺbut I want from you that, which is in your Frankish land the town of Epibatesʺ
	deto ima tamo mošti na sfetae petka	ʺwhere the relics of the St Petka are placedʺ
253:	ta tjax iskam ut vas	ʺthat is I want from youʺ
254:	tui kato čjuxa i rasbraxa frenci ti štutu bjaxa f carigrat gotuvi bixa	as the Franks in Tsarigrad heard it, they were ready (to accept)
255:	i poslušexa care sas se sarce	and they obeyed the king with all their heart
256:	i poklonixa sa na carjuvu tu povelenie	and they bowed to his command
257:	i provodixa i tii nazat pismu i poklon du care	and they, too, sent back a letter and respect to the king
258:	i rekuxa	and they said:
259:	da badi vole ta tvoe carjo čistitii	ʺyour will be done, o king for many yearsʺ
260:	štutu ištiš ut nas zamni	ʺtake what you wishʺ
261:	aku šteš i dušja ta ni ze	ʺif you want, (you can) take even our soulsʺ (ʺthe soul from usʺ)
262:	tui katu čju pak car ioann struvaši mu sa či katu či farče pod nibe to	as the king heard it, he felt as he was flying in the skies
263:	i ut guljama radus ne maši kakvo štu da stori	and he didn't know what to do because of the great joy
264:	zašto misleši i kažeši	for he thought and said:
265:	aku si izdam i sičko tu imani i sičko tu zlatu i srebru	ʺif I give away all my wealth and all gold and silverʺ
	naidno i polovina ta ut carstu tu si da šta	ʺI would give the half of my kingdom together with itʺ
	tuku sfetae petka vidnaš da prinisa na moi tu carstu	ʺonly to bring St Petka to my kingdomʺ
266:	i tugis provodi preosfeštennago marka mitropolita na velikago preslavnago grada epivaѳi	and then he sent the holy man Marko, Metropolite of Great Preslav to the great and famous city of Epibates
	da idi i da prinise mošti ti sfeti i na sfetae petka sas goljama počest na velikago grada tarnov	to go and to bring the holy relics of St Petka with great honors to the great city of Tarnovo
267:	i utidi onzi vladika tamo	and the bishop went there
268:	i stori sičko tu počestno kakvoto trjabaši	and he duly did all what was required
269:	i ze uneizi sfetii mošti ut tamo	and he took those relics from there
270:	i ideši si sas tjax	and he went with them
271:	i prifaleši boga i prepodobnae petka	and he praised God and Reverend Petka
272:	i katu primina frenskie sinor	and when he crossed the Frankish border
	i flezi na taizi starna balgarskae	and entered this Bulgarian land
	i sički ti iz okulu štutu bjaxa gradove i sila izljazvaxa na sreštu sfetii mošti	all (the people) from the near towns and villages went out to meet the holy relics
	sas sfešti i sas kandilnici i sfeštennici ublečeni u sfeštenničeski drexi	with candles and censers and clerics clothed in ceremonial robes
273:	i provaždaxa sfetae petka sas kandilnici i ѳimian i izmirnu i sas drugi xubavi mirizmi	and they followed St Petka with censers and thyme and myrrh and other beautiful incenses
274:	i katu čju bagočestivii car ioann asenjuv oti nosat mošti ti i na sfetae petka	and as the honorable King John Asen heard that they bring the relics of St Petka
	i car tugis izlezi ut grada pišja	the king too went out of the city on foot
	i maika mu carica elena	(with) Queen Elena, his mother
	i negova ta carica anna sas sički ti si texni boleri	and Anna, his queen with all their boyars
275:	i patriarx kir vasilie sas sički ti sfeštennici i diakoni	and the Patriarch lord Vasilii with all the clerics and deacons
	i sički ti xora malu goljamu izljazuxa ut grada	and about all the townspeople went out of the city too
276:	i utiduxa sički ti pišja du četiri pogleda mjastu sas mlogo počest	and all went by foot to a place four shots (away) with great honors
277:	i pokloni sa car du sama ta zimja	and the king bowed to the ground
278:	i caluva i na sfetae race ti i i telo tu i početno	and he kissed the hands and body of the Saint honorably
279:	ači i drugi ti sički ti početnu sa poklonixa	and everyone honorably bowed to her
280:	i i caluvaxa sfeto tu telo	and they kissed her holy body
281:	i ja fnesoxa v grada	and they brought her to the city
282:	i ja polozixa f čerkova ta carjuva na sinetu ut poroždenie to xristovo na 1202	and they placed (her) there in the Church in the year (?) from the Birth of Christ 1202
283:	i mlogo različnu iscirjavanie i čjudo pudbra da struva	and she began to do many miraculous healings
284:	koitu sas čista vjara prixožda si na neinie sandak	(to everyone) who comes with pure faith to her coffin
	detu mlogu gudini i ližjaxa tamo sfetii neini mošti	in which her holy relics laid for many years
285:	i podir mlogu tu tui vremi stana ut boga pak popusvanie	and after a long time God had allowed again (the Christians kingdoms to become weak)
286:	ta turci ti navixa pak gracko tu carstu	and the Turks conquered the Greek kingdom again
287:	i spurit negu ta privzexa i balgarsko tu carstu	and after (ʺaccording toʺ) it they took the Bulgarian kingdom too
	i sarpsku detu si kaži	and also the Serbian (kingdom), as it calls itself
	a nai poveči f dini ti na selima na tui imi detu beši i toi turskie car ftorie	and especially in the days of Selim, who was the second Turkish king of this name
288:	ta toizi car selim napadnal tugis na grat tarnovu sas mlogu vuiska	and this king Selim attacked Tarnovo with a large army
289:	i sičko tu carsku štutu gu imaši tamo	and he stole all the royal (trasures) from there
	i čerkovni rabuti i uredi dubri ta segi ubral	and (with them) ceremonial instruments and good tools
290:	ta sas tui sičko tu naidno zel tugis i sfetii mošti na sfetae petka	and he also took the holy relics of St Petka
291:	i gi zanesal toizi selim na carigrat	and this Selim brought them to Tsarigrad
292:	i gi ugudil f sfoi ti si sarai	and he placed them in his palace
293:	anček ni muži da ukrii toizi mlogocjannii biser ili biscennii kamak	however, that precious pearl or jewel could not hide itself
294:	oti pudbrali i tamo da struvat čjudesa sfetii neini mošti	for her holy relics started to work miracles there too
295:	ači ni prixoždali tuku xristeni ti na poklonenie	and then not only Christians were coming to bow to them
296:	ami pudbrali i turci ti da sa varvat na poklonenie	but also Turks started to come, bowing to them
297:	i spuri tui neštu katu gledaxa tai turci ti i drugi ti ta sa rasmatixa	and as the Turks and others saw it, they became worried
298:	i sa uplašixa da sa njakak ni rasprostre tui uverjavanie po mlogo	and they were afraid that the (Christian) faith will spread more
299:	ta utdali tugis sfeti ti mošti na xristeni ti carograždenski	thus they gave the holy relics to the Christians of Tsarigrad
300:	zaštotu tii imali asla istax	because they always had a desire (?) for them
301:	i sa griželi za tjax	and they cared for them
302:	ta gi prieli tugis sas raduzlivu sarce	and they received them with a joyful heart
303:	i gi položili f patriska ta čerkova	and they placed them in the Patriarchal Church
304:	ači nasetne pak na skoru	then (ʺand finally again early afterwardsʺ)
	blagočestivii xristenin ioann na vasilie vaivoda i guspudar detu besi f moldafska ta zimja	the honorable Christian, John, (the son of?) Vasilii, the voivod and ruler in the Moldavian land
	čju i toi za teizi mošti na sfetae petka kak sa tamo f carigrat	he, too, heard about the relics of St Petka, as (they worked miracles) in Tsarigrad
305:	i požilee sas se sarce da gi prinise ut tamo na preslavno tu si neguvu guspudarstvo	and he desired with all his heart to bring them to his famed domain
306:	a pak i gospod bog deto si prifale spurit sfeti ti neguvi poiskal da proslavi i tamo sfetae petka	and again, Lord God, who glorifies His saints, wanted to make St Petka famous there as well
307:	ta	for that reason, God fulfilled the John's wish for the holy relics
	zaradi tui i deto si žileel za tjax sfetii mošti toizi ioann ta sa pumognalu ut boga	(ʺand thus also that, the holy relics desired by John, was helped by Godʺ)
308:	oti i gospod bog fložil f sarce tu na preosfeštennago patriarxa konstantinopolskago kir parѳenie	because Lord God has put (it) into the heart of the most holy Patriarch of Constantinople Lord Parthenius
	sas zgovor ut sičkie sfeštennija sabur i sas proizvolenie i uz drugi ti sfetii patriarxi ta utdali etu čestnii mošti na tugozi blagočestivago guspudarja ioanna na vasilie vaivoda	to give the honorable relics, with consent of the whole Holy Synod and of other holy patriarchs, to that blessed ruler, voivod John Vasilii
	spurit neguvu tu žileeni detu toi tolkus imal gureštu sarce za tjax	according to his wish, for which his heart was burning so much (with desire)
	u sički sfetii oci sas blagoslovenie tu im	(when asking?) all the holy fathers with (for?) their blessing
309:	i provodili sas tjax trima vladici ioanikie irakliiskago i parѳenie aadrianupolskago i ѳeofan paleonpronskago	and they sent three blessed bishops with them: Joannicius of Heraclion, Parthenius of Adrianople and Theophanes of Old Patras
310:	f moldafska ta zimja gi zanesuxa f prestolnii grat jašja	they brought them to the Moldavian land, to the capital city of Jassy
311:	i ugudili gi f čerkova ta deto e na trima ta ierarxi	and they placed them in the Church of the Three Hierarchs
	ili riči na trima ta sfetiteli	or, say, three Consecrators
	sas mlogo počest i guljama radus	with great honors
	na sinetu ut poroždenie to xristovo na 1641	in the year since the Birth of Christ 1641
	na oktomvrie na četirnaisie den	on the October 14th
312:	eto videxti i čjuxti poslušnici moi	so, you have seen and heared, my hearers
	kakvo žjuveeni minuvali na vetu vremi čeloveci ti i maži i žini	what kind of life lived the people, men and women (alike), in the ancient times
313:	ni sa grižili tuku za sfetovni pustušni rabuti kakvotu smi segi nii	they did not care so much for the mundane, vain things as we do (ʺareʺ) now
314:	višti	see:
315:	oti tii ni gledali mlogu imani da sabirat	for they did not look (forward) to amass much wealth
316:	i oti ni gledali zemalna slava i počet da imat	and for they did not look (forward) to gain (ʺhaveʺ) mundane glory and respect
	kakvotu smi segi nii	as we do (ʺareʺ) now
317:	ami tuku gledali salt dušja ta si sfoe da ja očistat	but rather they looked (forward) continuously (?) to purify their soul
	i da ja spasat	and to save it
318:	i gledali i podmanexa sa	and they looked (forward) and worked
	da prilogvat sebe si za onzi sfjat	to prepare themselves for the world beyond
	za unui počivanie i naslaždenie	for the (final) rest and enjoyment
319:	tuku zaradi tui sa trudili	they struggled only for this goal
320:	sade bačili	they only worked
321:	i zarаdi tui gi bog proslavil tjax i na nibe to i na zimja ta	and that is why God gave them glory in the heavens and on the Earth
322:	i pomenuvanie tu tjaxnu večnu bazda	and their praise shall be forever (?)
323:	ta spurit tui i nam potrebnu i da sa trudimi sas dobro celaśtisfanie	thus we should work with good intentions too
	da priminim i nii duši ti si naši sas dobri rabuti	to make are souls beautiful with good deeds
	na duxovnu da ubarnim telo tu naši	to turn our bodies to spiritual needs
	i da naviimi snagisni ti paѳosti naši	and to defeat our desires of the flesh
	i da xodim pu zapovedi ti božii	and to follow the divine commandments
324:	zašto etu znaimi i nii či kak štem da umrem	because we know well, that (ʺhowʺ) we will die
	kakvoto sa ismreli bašti i bratia naši	as our fathers and brothers have died
325:	i štim da sa priselim ut toizi sfjat na čjuždu mjastu,	and we will move from this world to a strange place
	deto drugi pat ni sme xodili nikogis tamo	where we have not been (ʺwhere we other time were not walking never thereʺ)
326:	i štim da vidim tamo deto nikogi ni sme viždali	and we will see there what we have never seen
327:	i štim da stanim tamo pret strašnu tu sadobišti xristovo	and we will stand in front of the terrible judgement seat of Christ
328:	i čjuvap štim da vasdadem za žjuveeni tu naši štutu smi rabutili	and we will give an answer about our life, what we have done
329:	i rastriperani se badim ut naš ti loši i mrasni rabuti,	and we will tremble because of our bad and filthy works
	štutu smi gi storili na toizi sfjat lažjovnii	which we have done in this false world
	loši i prazni dumi, prislušfanie	(that is: by) listening to bad and vain words
	sas lošju i raspalenu gledanie	by bad or burning (by anger? desire?) gazing
	ili sas čjuždi žini smjasvanie	or by mixing with strange women
	ili drugi jošti diavolski rabuti	or (by) other devilish deeds
330:	ami da sa ustavim ut tui bratia moi xristeni	but let us abandon this, my Christian brothers
331:	i ilati	and come
332:	da učistim nai napret race ti si naši ut ne pravedno grabenie	let us clean our hands first from unjust stealing
333:	i da zabranim uči ti si naši ut puvrednu gledanie	and let us prevent our eyes from harmful gazing
	i usta ta naši ut sramotni i ne prilični dumi	and our mouths from shameful and unworthy words
334:	i kraka ta si nasi da upravim na pat mirnii i dobrii	and let us bring our legs to the peaceful and good way
335:	i sjakogi na boga da si vazlagami nadežda ta našja	and let us always put our hope to God
336:	ta dano stanim prietni nemu	so let us become acceptable to Him
337:	i mirasčii da badim na večni tu mu xubavini f xrista iisusa gospoda našego,	and let us become inheritors of the eternal beauties of (ʺinʺ??) our Lord Jesus Christ
	deto e nemu slava vo veki	to whom is the glory forever
338:	amin	amen