1 И҆ помѧнѝ сотво́ршаго тѧ̀ во дне́хъ ю҆́ности твоеѧ̀, до́ндеже не прїи́дꙋтъ дні́е ѕло́бы твоеѧ̀, и҆ приспѣ́ютъ лѣ̑та, въ ни́хже рече́ши: нѣ́сть мѝ въ ни́хъ хотѣ́нїѧ: 2 до́ндеже не поме́ркнетъ со́лнце и҆ свѣ́тъ, и҆ лꙋна̀ и҆ ѕвѣ́зды, и҆ ѡ҆братѧ́тсѧ ѡ҆́блацы созадѝ дождѧ̀: 3 въ де́нь, во́ньже подви́гнꙋтсѧ стра́жїе до́мꙋ, и҆ развратѧ́тсѧ мꙋ́жїе си́лы, и҆ ᲂу҆празднѧ́тсѧ ме́лющїи, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆ма́лишасѧ, и҆ помрача́тсѧ зрѧ́щїи во сква́жнехъ: 4 и҆ затворѧ́тъ двє́ри на то́ржищи, въ не́мощи гла́са ме́лющїѧ, и҆ воста́нетъ на гла́съ пти́цы, и҆ смирѧ́тсѧ всѧ̑ дщє́ри пѣ́сни: 5 и҆ на высотꙋ̀ ᲂу҆́зрѧтъ, и҆ ᲂу҆́жасъ на пꙋтѝ, и҆ процвѣте́тъ а҆мѷгда́лъ, и҆ ѡ҆толстѣ́ютъ прꙋ́зїе, и҆ разрꙋши́тсѧ каппарі́съ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿи́де человѣ́къ въ до́мъ вѣ́ка своегѡ̀, и҆ ѡ҆быдо́ша на то́ржищи пла́чꙋщїи: 6 до́ндеже не преврати́тсѧ ᲂу҆́же сре́брѧное, и҆ не сокрꙋши́тсѧ повѧ́зка злата́ѧ, и҆ сокрꙋши́тсѧ водоно́съ ᲂу҆ и҆сто́чника, и҆ сло́митсѧ колесо̀ въ ко́лїи. 7 И҆ возврати́тсѧ пе́рсть въ зе́млю, ꙗ҆́коже бѣ̀, и҆ дꙋ́хъ возврати́тсѧ къ бг҃ꙋ, и҆́же дадѐ є҆го̀. 8 Сꙋета̀ сꙋ́етствїй, речѐ є҆кклесїа́стъ, всѧ́чєскаѧ сꙋета̀. 9 И҆ ли́шшее, ꙗ҆́кѡ бы́сть є҆кклесїа́стъ мꙋ́дръ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ наꙋчѝ ра́зꙋмꙋ человѣ́ка: и҆ ᲂу҆́хо и҆зслѣ́дитъ красотꙋ̀ при́тчей. 10 Мно́гѡ взыска̀ є҆кклесїа́стъ, є҆́же ѡ҆брѣстѝ словеса̀ хотѣ́нїѧ, и҆ напи́саное пра́вости, словеса̀ и҆́стины. 11 Словеса̀ мꙋ́дрыхъ ꙗ҆́коже ѻ҆стны̀ воло́вїи и҆ ꙗ҆́коже гво́здїе вонзе́но, и҆̀же ѿ сложе́нїй да́ни бы́ша ѿ па́стырѧ є҆ди́нагѡ. 12 И҆ мно́жае ѿ ни́хъ, сы́не мо́й, храни́сѧ: твори́ти кни̑ги мнѡ́ги нѣ́сть конца̀, и҆ ᲂу҆че́нїе мно́гое трꙋ́дъ пло́ти. 13 Коне́цъ сло́ва, всѐ слꙋ́шай: бг҃а бо́йсѧ и҆ за́пѡвѣди є҆гѡ̀ хранѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сїѐ всѧ́къ человѣ́къ: 14 ꙗ҆́кѡ всѐ творе́нїе приведе́тъ бг҃ъ на сꙋ́дъ ѡ҆ всѧ́цѣмъ погрѣше́нїи, а҆́ще бла́го и҆ а҆́ще лꙋка́во.
Ecclesiastes · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ecclesiastes 12 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- 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.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Lamentations 3:27; Ecclesiastes 11:8; Psalm 71:17–18; Proverbs 22:6; Luke 18:16
- 2 Isaiah 5:30; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 3:2; Ezekiel 32:7–8
- 3 Psalm 90:9–10; Psalm 102:23; Genesis 48:10; 1 Samuel 3:2; Zechariah 8:4
- 4 Jeremiah 25:10; 2 Samuel 19:35; Revelation 18:22
- 5 Job 17:13; Jeremiah 9:17–20; Job 30:23; Proverbs 16:31; Psalm 71:18
- 6 Zechariah 4:2–3
- 7 Daniel 12:2; Ecclesiastes 3:20–21; Psalm 146:4; Genesis 3:19; Job 34:14–15
- 8 Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Psalm 62:9
- 9 Proverbs 1:1; 1 Kings 4:32; Proverbs 25:1; 1 Kings 10:8; Proverbs 10:1
- 10 Colossians 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:15; Proverbs 16:21–24; Proverbs 1:1–6; Proverbs 8:6–10
- 11 Jeremiah 23:29; Acts 2:37; Hebrews 4:12; Ezekiel 34:23; John 3:10
- 12 Ecclesiastes 1:18; John 21:25; 2 Peter 1:19–21; John 5:39; 1 Kings 4:32
- 13 Deuteronomy 10:12; Micah 6:8; Deuteronomy 6:2; Psalms 111:10–112:1; Psalm 145:19
- 14 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:16; Matthew 12:36; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Matthew 10:26
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall grow heavy, and the caper-berry shall be scattered abroad.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)