Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 11 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Notes on this text (3)
- 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.
- 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.
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1 Премꙋ́дрость смире́ннагѡ вознесе́тъ главꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ посредѣ̀ вельмо́жъ посади́тъ є҆го̀.
1 The wisdom of the lowly will lift up his head, and make him sit in the midst of great men.
2 Не похвалѝ человѣ́ка во красотѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ не бꙋ́ди тѝ ме́рзокъ человѣ́къ видѣ́нїемъ свои́мъ.
2 Don’t commend a man for his good looks. Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance.
3 Мала̀ є҆́сть въ перна́тыхъ пчела̀, и҆ нача́токъ сла́достей пло́дъ є҆ѧ̀.
3 The bee is little among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of confections.
4 Во ѡ҆дѣ́ѧнїи ри́зъ не похвали́сѧ и҆ въ де́нь сла́вы не превозноси́сѧ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ди̑вна дѣла̀ гдⷭ҇нѧ и҆ та̑йна дѣла̀ є҆гѡ̀ пред̾ челѡвѣ́ки.
4 Don’t boast about the clothes you wear, and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor; for the Lord’s works are wonderful, and his works are hidden among men.
5 Мно́зи мꙋчи́телїе сѣдо́ша на землѝ, неча́емый же ᲂу҆вѧзе́сѧ вѣнце́мъ.
5 Many kings have sat down upon the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
6 Мно́зи си́льнїи ᲂу҆коре́ни бы́ша ѕѣлѡ̀, и҆ сла́внїи пре́дани бы́ша въ рꙋ́ки и҆нѣ́хъ.
6 Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands.
7 Пе́рвѣе не́же и҆спыта́еши, не порица́й, ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́й пре́жде и҆ тогда̀ запреща́й.
7 Don’t blame before you investigate. Understand first, and then rebuke.
8 Пре́жде не́же ᲂу҆слы́шиши, не ѿвѣщава́й, и҆ не влага́йсѧ въ средꙋ̀ бесѣ́ды.
8 Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.
9 Ѡ҆ ве́щи, ꙗ҆́же тѝ нѣ́сть на потре́бꙋ, не тѧжи́сѧ, и҆ на сꙋдѣ̀ грѣ́шникѡвъ не сѣда́й.
9 Don’t argue about a matter that doesn’t concern you. Don’t sit with sinners when they judge.
10 Ча́до, дѣѧ̑нїѧ твоѧ̑ да не бꙋ́дꙋтъ ѡ҆ мно́зѣ: а҆́ще ᲂу҆мно́жиши, не бꙋ́деши непови́ненъ, и҆ а҆́ще сѐ го́ниши, не пости́гнеши, и҆ не ᲂу҆тече́ши бѣжа́щь.
10 My son, don’t be busy about many matters; for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished. If you pursue, you will not overtake, and you will not escape by fleeing.
11 Є҆́сть трꙋжда́ѧйсѧ и҆ потѧ́сѧ и҆ тща́сѧ, и҆ толи́кѡ па́че лиша́етсѧ.
11 There is one who toils, labors, and hurries, and is even more behind.
12 Є҆́сть сла́бъ и҆ тре́бꙋѧй застꙋпле́нїѧ, лиша́ѧйсѧ си́лы, и҆ нището́ю и҆з̾ѡби́лꙋетъ:
12 There is one who is sluggish, and needs help, lacking in strength, and who abounds in poverty, but the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good, and he raised him up from his low condition,
13 и҆ ѻ҆́чи гдⷭ҇ни призрѣ́ста є҆мꙋ̀ во блага̑ѧ, и҆ воздви́же и҆̀ ѿ смире́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ вознесѐ главꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ диви́шасѧ ѡ҆ не́мъ мно́зи.
13 and lifted up his head so that many marveled at him.
14 Блага̑ѧ и҆ ѕла̑ѧ, живо́тъ и҆ сме́рть, нищета̀ и҆ бога́тство ѿ гдⷭ҇а сꙋ́ть.
14 Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and riches, are from the Lord.
15 Даѧ́нїе гдⷭ҇не пребыва́етъ бл҃гочести̑вымъ, и҆ бл҃говоле́нїе є҆гѡ̀ бл҃гопоспѣши́тсѧ во вѣ́къ.
15 Not in this translation
16 Є҆́сть богатѧ́йсѧ ᲂу҆держа́нїемъ и҆ скꙋ́постїю свое́ю, и҆ сїѧ̀ ча́сть мзды̀ є҆гѡ̀,
16 Not in this translation
17 внегда̀ рещѝ є҆мꙋ̀: ѡ҆брѣто́хъ поко́й и҆ нн҃ѣ ꙗ҆́мъ ѿ бла̑гъ мои́хъ.
17 The Lord’s gift remains with the godly. His good pleasure will prosper forever.
18 И҆ не вѣ́сть, ко́е вре́мѧ прїи́детъ, и҆ ѡ҆ста́витъ ѧ҆̀ и҆нѣ̑мъ, и҆ ᲂу҆́мретъ.
18 One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial, and this is the portion of his reward:
19 Сто́й въ завѣ́тѣ твое́мъ и҆ пребыва́й въ не́мъ, и҆ въ дѣ́лѣ твое́мъ ѡ҆бетша́й.
19 when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies.
20 Не диви́сѧ дѣлѡ́мъ грѣ́шника, вѣ́рꙋй же гдⷭ҇еви и҆ пребыва́й въ трꙋдѣ̀ твое́мъ:
20 Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it, and grow old in your work.
21 ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆до́бно є҆́сть пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма гдⷭ҇нима внеза́пꙋ ѡ҆богати́ти ни́щаго.
21 Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner, but trust the Lord and stay in your labor; for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to swiftly and suddenly make a poor man rich.
22 Блгⷭ҇ве́нїе гдⷭ҇не на мздѣ̀ благочести́вагѡ, и҆ въ ча́съ ско́ръ процвѣте́тъ блгⷭ҇ве́нїе є҆гѡ̀.
22 The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly. He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly.
23 Не рцы̀: ка́ѧ мѝ потре́ба є҆́сть, и҆ ка̑ѧ ѿнн҃ѣ бꙋ́дꙋтъ мѝ блага̑ѧ;
23 Don’t say, “What use is there of me? What further good things can be mine?”
24 Не рцы̀: довѡ́льна мѝ сꙋ́ть, и҆ чи́мъ ѿсе́лѣ ѡ҆ѕло́бленъ бꙋ́дꙋ;
24 Don’t say, “I have enough. What harm could happen to me now?”
25 Въ де́нь благи́хъ забве́нїе ѕлы́хъ, въ де́нь же ѕлы́хъ не воспомѧнꙋ́тсѧ блага̑ѧ:
25 In the day of good things, bad things are forgotten. In the day of bad things, a man will not remember things that are good.
26 ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆до́бно є҆́сть пред̾ бг҃омъ, въ де́нь сме́рти возда́ти человѣ́кꙋ по дѣлѡ́мъ є҆гѡ̀.
26 For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to reward a man in the day of death according to his ways.
27 Ѡ҆ѕлобле́нїе вре́мене забы́тїе твори́тъ сла́дости, и҆ въ сконча́нїи человѣ́ка ѿкры́тїе дѣ́лъ є҆гѡ̀.
27 The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten. In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed.
28 Пре́жде сме́рти не блажѝ никого́же, и҆ въ ча́дѣхъ свои́хъ позна́нъ бꙋ́детъ мꙋ́жъ.
28 Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children.
29 Не всѧ́каго человѣ́ка вводѝ въ до́мъ тво́й: мнѡ́ги бо сꙋ́ть кѡ́зни льсти́вагѡ.
29 Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man.
30 Ꙗ҆́коже рѧ́бка ᲂу҆ловле́наѧ въ клѣ́тцѣ (ѡ҆бглѧ́даетъ), та́кѡ се́рдце го́рдагѡ, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже соглѧ́дникъ назира́етъ паде́нїѧ:
30 Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.
31 до́брое бо на ѕло̀ ѡ҆браща́ѧ, подса́дꙋ твори́тъ и҆ на дѡ́брыѧ дѣ́тєли возложи́тъ поро́къ.
31 For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil, and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy.
32 Ѿ и҆́скры ѻ҆́гненныѧ ᲂу҆множа́етсѧ ᲂу҆́глїе, и҆ человѣ́къ грѣ́шникъ на кро́вь присѣди́тъ.
32 From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled, and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood.
33 Блюди́сѧ ѿ ѕлодѣ́ѧ, ѕло́ бо содѣва́етъ, да не когда̀ поро́къ да́стъ тѝ во вѣ́къ.
33 Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things, lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever.
34 Вселѝ чꙋжда́го въ до́мъ тво́й, и҆ разврати́тъ тѧ̀ мѧте́жемъ и҆ чꙋ́жда тѧ̀ сотвори́тъ ѿ твои́хъ тѝ.
34 Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family.
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).
Only do not thou feel secure in praising any sort of life: "judge no man blessed before his death."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)