Ecclesiastes · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ecclesiastes 4 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.
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1 И҆ ѡ҆брати́хсѧ а҆́зъ и҆ ви́дѣхъ всѧ̑ ѡ҆клевєта́нїѧ быва̑ющаѧ под̾ со́лнцемъ: и҆ сѐ, сле́зы ѡ҆клевета́нныхъ, и҆ нѣ́сть и҆̀мъ ᲂу҆тѣша́ющагѡ, и҆ ѿ рꙋкѝ клеве́щꙋщихъ на нѧ̀ крѣ́пость, и҆ нѣ́сть и҆̀мъ ᲂу҆тѣша́ющагѡ.
1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2 И҆ похвали́хъ а҆́зъ всѣ́хъ ᲂу҆ме́ршихъ, и҆̀же ᲂу҆мро́ша ᲂу҆жѐ, па́че живы́хъ, є҆ли́цы жи́ви сꙋ́ть досе́лѣ:
2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3 и҆ бла́гъ па́че ѻ҆бои́хъ си́хъ, и҆́же є҆щѐ не бы́сть, и҆́же не ви́дѣ всѧ́кагѡ сотворе́нїѧ лꙋка́вагѡ сотворе́ннагѡ под̾ со́лнцемъ.
3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 И҆ ви́дѣхъ а҆́зъ ве́сь трꙋ́дъ и҆ всѧ́ко мꙋ́жество сотворе́нїѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сїѐ ре́вность мꙋ́жа ѿ по́дрꙋга своегѡ̀. И҆ сїѐ сꙋета̀ и҆ произволе́нїе дꙋ́ха.
4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
5 Безꙋ́мный ѡ҆б̾ѧ́тъ рꙋ́цѣ своѝ и҆ снѣдѐ плѡ́ти своѧ̑.
5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
6 Бла́го є҆́сть и҆сполне́нїе го́рсти поко́ѧ, па́че и҆сполне́нїѧ двою̀ гѡ́рстїю трꙋда̀ и҆ произволе́нїѧ дꙋ́ха.
6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
7 И҆ ѡ҆брати́хсѧ а҆́зъ и҆ ви́дѣхъ сꙋ́етство под̾ со́лнцемъ:
7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
8 є҆́сть є҆ди́нъ, и҆ нѣ́сть втора́гѡ, ни сы́на, нижѐ бра́та нѣ́сть є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ нѣ́сть конца̀ всемꙋ̀ трꙋдꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀, нижѐ ѻ҆́ко є҆гѡ̀ насыща́етсѧ бога́тства. И҆ комꙋ̀ а҆́зъ трꙋжда́юсѧ и҆ лиша́ю дꙋ́шꙋ мою̀ ѿ благосты́ни; И҆ сїѐ сꙋета̀ и҆ попече́нїе лꙋка́вно є҆́сть.
8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
9 Бла́зи два̀ па́че є҆ди́нагѡ, и҆̀мже є҆́сть мзда̀ бла́га въ трꙋдѣ̀ и҆́хъ:
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́ще паде́тсѧ є҆ди́нъ ѿ ни́хъ, воздви́гнетъ дрꙋгі́й прича́стника своего̀: и҆ го́ре томꙋ̀ є҆ди́номꙋ, є҆гда̀ паде́тъ и҆ не бꙋ́детъ втора́гѡ воздви́гнꙋти є҆го̀.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
11 И҆ а҆́ще ᲂу҆́снета два̀, тепло̀ и҆́ма бꙋ́детъ, а҆ є҆ди́нъ ка́кѡ согрѣ́етсѧ;
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 И҆ а҆́ще ᲂу҆крѣпи́тсѧ є҆ди́нъ, два̀ ста́нета проти́вꙋ є҆мꙋ̀: и҆ ве́рвь треплете́на не ско́рѡ расто́ргнетсѧ.
12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Бла́гъ ѻ҆́трокъ ни́щь и҆ мꙋ́дръ, па́че ста́ра царѧ̀ и҆ безꙋ́мна, и҆́же не разꙋмѣ̀ внима́ти є҆щѐ:
13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
14 ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆з̾ до́мꙋ ю҆́зникѡвъ и҆зы́детъ ца́рствовати, поне́же и҆ въ ца́рствѣ свое́мъ роди́сѧ ни́щь.
14 For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
15 Ви́дѣхъ всѣ́хъ живꙋ́щихъ, ходѧ́щихъ под̾ со́лнцемъ, съ ю҆́нымъ вторы́мъ, и҆́же воста́нетъ вмѣ́стѡ є҆гѡ̀.
15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
16 Нѣ́сть конца̀ всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ, всѣ̑мъ, и҆̀же пред̾ ни́ми бы́ша, и҆́бо послѣ́днїи не возвеселѧ́тсѧ ѡ҆ не́мъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆ сїѐ сꙋета̀ и҆ произволе́нїе дꙋ́ха.
16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
17 Сохранѝ но́гꙋ твою̀, є҆гда̀ а҆́ще и҆́деши въ до́мъ бж҃їй, и҆ бли́з̾ (бꙋ́ди) є҆́же слꙋ́шати: па́че даѧ́нїѧ безꙋ́мныхъ же́ртва твоѧ̀, поне́же не вѣ́дѧтъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ творѧ́тъ ѕло̀.
17 Not in this translation
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 5:7; 2 Timothy 4:16–17; Isaiah 51:23
- 2 Job 3:11–26; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 9:4–6
- 3 Luke 23:29; Matthew 24:19; Ecclesiastes 6:3–5; Job 10:18–19; Jeremiah 9:2–3
- 4 1 John 3:12; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 2:26; 1 Samuel 18:29–30
- 5 Isaiah 9:20; Proverbs 6:10–11; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Job 13:14
- 6 Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 15:16–17; Psalm 37:16; Proverbs 17:1
- 7 Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 78:33; Zechariah 1:6
- 8 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 27:20; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 1:8; Matthew 11:28
- 9 Proverbs 27:17; Genesis 2:18; 1 Corinthians 12:18–21; Numbers 11:14; Mark 6:7
- 10 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; Galatians 6:1; Isaiah 35:3–4; Job 4:3–4
- 11 1 Kings 1:1–4
- 12 Ephesians 4:3; Daniel 3:16–17
- 13 Proverbs 19:1; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Chronicles 16:9–10; Proverbs 28:15–16; 1 Kings 22:8
- 14 Psalm 113:7–8; Genesis 41:14; Job 5:11; Lamentations 4:20; Genesis 41:33–44
- 15 2 Samuel 15:6
- 16 Ecclesiastes 1:14; 1 Kings 1:40; Ecclesiastes 2:17; 2 Samuel 15:12–13; 1 Kings 1:5–7
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