Ecclesiastes · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ecclesiastes 9 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 Ꙗ҆́кѡ првⷣнїи и҆ мꙋ́дрїи и҆ дѣ̑ланїѧ и҆́хъ въ рꙋцѣ̀ бж҃їей, и҆ любве́ же и҆ не́нависти нѣ́сть вѣ́дѧй человѣ́къ: всѧ̑ пред̾ лице́мъ и҆́хъ, сꙋета̀ во всѣ́хъ.
1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
2 Слꙋ́чай є҆ди́нъ првⷣномꙋ и҆ нечести́вомꙋ, бл҃го́мꙋ и҆ ѕло́мꙋ, и҆ чи́стомꙋ и҆ нечи́стомꙋ, и҆ жрꙋ́щемꙋ и҆ не жрꙋ́щемꙋ: ꙗ҆́коже бл҃гі́й, та́кѡ согрѣша́ѧй, ꙗ҆́коже клены́йсѧ, та́кѡ боѧ́йсѧ клѧ́твы.
2 All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
3 Сїѐ лꙋка́во во всѧ́цѣмъ сотворе́нѣмъ под̾ со́лнцемъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ слꙋ́чай є҆ди́нъ всѣ̑мъ: и҆ се́рдце сынѡ́въ человѣ́ческихъ и҆спо́лнисѧ лꙋка́вствїѧ, и҆ пре́лесть въ сердца́хъ и҆́хъ и҆ въ животѣ̀ и҆́хъ, и҆ по си́хъ къ мє́ртвымъ.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4 Поне́же кто̀ є҆́сть, и҆́же приѡбща́етсѧ ко всѣ̑мъ живы̑мъ; Є҆́сть наде́жда, ꙗ҆́кѡ пе́съ живы́й, то́й бла́гъ па́че льва̀ ме́ртва.
4 For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 Поне́же живі́и разꙋмѣ́ютъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆́мрꙋтъ, ме́ртвїи же не сꙋ́ть вѣ́дꙋщїи ничто́же: и҆ ктомꙋ̀ нѣ́сть и҆̀мъ мзды̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ забве́на є҆́сть па́мѧть и҆́хъ,
5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
6 и҆ любо́вь и҆́хъ и҆ не́нависть и҆́хъ и҆ рве́нїе и҆́хъ ᲂу҆жѐ поги́бе, и҆ ча́сти нѣ́сть и҆̀мъ ктомꙋ̀ во вѣ́ки во всѧ́цѣмъ творе́нїи под̾ со́лнцемъ.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
7 Прїидѝ, ꙗ҆́ждь въ весе́лїи хлѣ́бъ тво́й и҆ пі́й во бла́зѣ се́рдцы вїно̀ твоѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆жѐ ᲂу҆гѡ́дна бг҃ꙋ творє́нїѧ твоѧ̑.
7 Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
8 Во всѧ́ко вре́мѧ да бꙋ́дꙋтъ ри̑зы твоѧ̑ бѣлы̑, и҆ є҆ле́й на главѣ̀ твое́й да не ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́етъ.
8 Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
9 И҆ ви́ждь житїѐ съ жено́ю, ю҆́же возлюби́лъ є҆сѝ, во всѧ̑ дни̑ живота̀ ю҆́ности твоеѧ̀, да̑нныѧ тѝ под̾ со́лнцемъ, всѧ̑ дни̑ сꙋ́етствїѧ твоегѡ̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ сїѐ ча́сть твоѧ̀ въ животѣ̀ твое́мъ и҆ въ трꙋдѣ̀ твое́мъ, и҆́мже ты̀ трꙋди́шисѧ под̾ со́лнцемъ.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
10 Всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка а҆́ще ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ рꙋка̀ твоѧ̀ сотвори́ти, ꙗ҆́коже си́ла твоѧ̀, сотворѝ: занѐ нѣ́сть сотворе́нїе и҆ помышле́нїе и҆ ра́зꙋмъ и҆ мꙋ́дрость во а҆́дѣ, а҆́може ты̀ и҆́деши та́мѡ.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
11 Ѡ҆брати́хсѧ и҆ ви́дѣхъ под̾ со́лнцемъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ни лє́гкимъ тече́нїе, нижѐ си̑льнымъ бра́нь, нижѐ самомꙋ̀ мꙋ́дромꙋ хлѣ́бъ, нижѐ разꙋ̑мнымъ бога́тство, нижѐ вѣ́дꙋщымъ благода́ть: ꙗ҆́кѡ вре́мѧ и҆ слꙋ́чай слꙋчи́тсѧ всѣ̑мъ си̑мъ.
11 I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
12 Ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆́бѡ не разꙋмѣ̀ человѣ́къ вре́мене своегѡ̀: ꙗ҆́коже ры̑бы ᲂу҆ловлѧ́ємы во мре́жи ѕлѣ̀, и҆ а҆́ки пти̑цы ᲂу҆ловлѧ́ємы въ сѣ́ти: ꙗ҆́коже сїѧ̑, ᲂу҆ловлѧ́ютсѧ сы́нове человѣ́честїи во вре́мѧ лꙋка́во, є҆гда̀ нападе́тъ на нѧ̀ внеза́пꙋ.
12 For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
13 И҆ сїѐ ви́дѣхъ, мꙋ́дрость под̾ со́лнцемъ, и҆ вели́ка є҆́сть во мнѣ̀:
13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
14 гра́дъ ма́лъ, и҆ мꙋже́й въ не́мъ ма́лѡ, и҆ прїи́детъ на́нь ца́рь вели́къ и҆ ѡ҆́крестъ ѡ҆блѧ́жетъ є҆го̀, и҆ содѣ́лаетъ на него̀ ѻ҆стро́ги вє́лїѧ,
14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
15 и҆ ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ въ не́мъ мꙋ́жа ни́щаго мꙋ́дра, и҆ се́й спасе́тъ гра́дъ мꙋ́дростїю свое́ю, и҆ человѣ́къ не воспомѧнꙋ̀ мꙋ́жа ни́щагѡ ѻ҆́нагѡ.
15 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 И҆ рѣ́хъ а҆́зъ: блага̀ мꙋ́дрость па́че си́лы, и҆ мꙋ́дрость ни́щагѡ ᲂу҆ничиже́на, и҆ словеса̀ є҆гѡ̀ не сꙋ́ть послꙋ́шаєма.
16 Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 Словеса̀ мꙋ́дрыхъ въ поко́и слы́шатсѧ, па́че кли́ча ѡ҆блада́ющихъ въ безꙋ́мїи.
17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
18 Блага̀ мꙋ́дрость па́че ѻ҆рꙋ́дїй ра́тныхъ: и҆ согрѣша́ѧй є҆ди́нъ погꙋби́тъ благосты́ню мно́гꙋ.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 33:3; John 10:27–30; Job 12:10; Ecclesiastes 8:14; 1 Peter 1:5
- 2 Malachi 3:18; Ecclesiastes 2:14–16; Job 9:22; Psalm 73:3; Malachi 3:5
- 3 Jeremiah 17:9; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Job 15:16; Titus 3:3
- 4 Job 14:7–12; Isaiah 38:18; Luke 16:26–29; Lamentations 3:21–22; Job 27:8
- 5 Isaiah 26:14; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 88:10–12; Hebrews 9:27
- 6 Psalm 146:3–4; Matthew 2:20; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Job 3:17–18; Ecclesiastes 2:18–23
- 7 Ecclesiastes 3:12–13; Deuteronomy 12:7; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 2:24–26
- 8 Revelation 19:14; Revelation 3:4–5; Revelation 19:8; Revelation 7:13–14; Revelation 16:15
- 9 Proverbs 5:18–19; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Malachi 2:15; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 3:13
- 10 Colossians 3:23; Ephesians 5:16; Romans 12:11; Psalm 6:5; Ecclesiastes 11:6
- 11 Jeremiah 9:23; Proverbs 21:30–31; Lamentations 3:37–38; Job 5:11–14; Ecclesiastes 3:17
- 12 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Luke 21:34–36; Proverbs 6:15; Luke 12:20; Proverbs 29:6
- 13 Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11
- 14 2 Samuel 20:15–22; 2 Kings 6:24–7:20
- 15 Ecclesiastes 4:13; Genesis 40:23; Esther 6:2–3; 2 Samuel 20:22; Ecclesiastes 2:16
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Proverbs 24:5; Proverbs 21:22; Mark 6:2–3; James 2:2–6
- 17 James 3:17–18; Proverbs 28:23; James 1:20; Isaiah 42:2; Genesis 41:33–40
- 18 Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:11–12; Joshua 7:5; 2 Timothy 2:16–18; Ecclesiastes 9:16
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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).
… thy wine with a merry heart (that is, the spiritual wine); and let oil be poured out upon thy head (thou seest he alludes even to the mystic Chrism); and let thy garments be always white, for the Lord is well pleased with thy works; for before thou camest to Baptism, thy works were vanity of vanities.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So, since no human voice is strong enough to be heard in such a disturbance, I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for if there is any truth in the words of the Preacher, "The words of wise men are heard in quiet," in the present condition of things any discussion of them must be anything but becoming.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)