1 Боѧ́йсѧ гдⷭ҇а сотвори́тъ сїѐ, и҆ держа́йсѧ зако́на пости́гнетъ ю҆̀. 2 И҆ срѧ́щетъ є҆го̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ ма́ти, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ жена̀ дѣ́вства прїи́метъ и҆̀: 3 ᲂу҆хлѣ́битъ є҆го̀ хлѣ́бомъ ра́зꙋма и҆ водо́ю премꙋ́дрости напои́тъ и҆̀: 4 ᲂу҆тверди́тсѧ на не́й и҆ не преклони́тсѧ, и҆ до неѧ̀ приста́нетъ и҆ не постыди́тсѧ: 5 и҆ вознесе́тъ є҆го̀ па́че и҆́скреннихъ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ посредѣ̀ цр҃кве ѿве́рзетъ ᲂу҆ста̀ є҆гѡ̀: 6 весе́лїе и҆ вѣне́цъ ра́дости и҆ и҆́мѧ вѣ́чно наслѣ́дитъ. 7 Не пости́гнꙋтъ є҆ѧ̀ человѣ́цы неразꙋ́мивїи, и҆ мꙋ́жїе грѣ́шнїи не ᲂу҆́зрѧтъ є҆ѧ̀: 8 дале́че є҆́сть ѿ горды́ни, и҆ мꙋ́жїе лжи́вїи не и҆́мꙋтъ помѧнꙋ́ти є҆ѧ̀. 9 Не красна̀ похвала̀ во ᲂу҆стѣ́хъ грѣ́шника, ꙗ҆́кѡ не ѿ гдⷭ҇а послана̀ бы́сть: 10 премꙋ́дростїю бо речє́на бꙋ́детъ хвала̀, и҆ гдⷭ҇ь бл҃гопоспѣши́тъ є҆́й. 11 Не рцы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇а ра́ди ѿстꙋпи́хъ: и҆̀хже бо возненави́дѣ, да не сотвори́ши. 12 Не рцы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ са́мъ мѧ̀ прельстѝ: не тре́бꙋетъ бо мꙋ́жа грѣ́шника. 13 Всѧ́кꙋ ме́рзость возненави́дѣ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆ нѣ́сть любе́зна боѧ́щымсѧ є҆гѡ̀. 14 Са́мъ и҆з̾ нача́ла сотворѝ человѣ́ка и҆ ѡ҆ста́ви є҆го̀ въ рꙋцѣ̀ произволе́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀: 15 а҆́ще хо́щеши, соблюде́ши за́пѡвѣди и҆ вѣ́рꙋ сотвори́ши благоволе́нїѧ. 16 Предложи́лъ тѝ ѻ҆́гнь и҆ во́дꙋ, и҆ на не́же хо́щеши, простре́ши рꙋ́кꙋ твою̀. 17 Пред̾ человѣ́комъ живо́тъ и҆ сме́рть, и҆ є҆́же а҆́ще и҆зво́литъ, да́стсѧ є҆мꙋ̀. 18 Ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́га премꙋ́дрость гдⷭ҇нѧ: крѣ́покъ си́лою и҆ ви́дѧй всѧ̑: 19 и҆ ѻ҆́чи є҆гѡ̀ на боѧ́щихсѧ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ то́й позна́етъ всѧ́ко дѣ́ло человѣ́ческо. 20 Не заповѣ́да ни є҆ди́номꙋ же нече́ствовати и҆ не дадѐ ѡ҆сла́бы ни є҆ди́номꙋ не согрѣша́ти.
Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 15 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.
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).
For the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shall die the death." Now, as the law was more plainly given afterward, and the apostle says, "Where no law is, there is no prevarication," on what supposition is what is said in the psalm true, "I accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators," except that all who are held liable …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
In another place it is said, "Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner." If then in the mouth of a sinner praise is not seemly, neither is it pleasant, for that only is pleasant which is seemly....For praise may be pleasant to a man, when he heareth one praising with neat and clever sentiments, and with a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)