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.
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1 Боѧ́йсѧ гдⷭ҇а сотвори́тъ сїѐ, и҆ держа́йсѧ зако́на пости́гнетъ ю҆̀.
1 He who fears the Lord will do this. He who has possession of the law will obtain her.
2 И҆ срѧ́щетъ є҆го̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ ма́ти, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ жена̀ дѣ́вства прїи́метъ и҆̀:
2 She will meet him like a mother, and receive him like a wife married in her virginity.
3 ᲂу҆хлѣ́битъ є҆го̀ хлѣ́бомъ ра́зꙋма и҆ водо́ю премꙋ́дрости напои́тъ и҆̀:
3 She will feed him with bread of understanding and give him water of wisdom to drink.
4 ᲂу҆тверди́тсѧ на не́й и҆ не преклони́тсѧ, и҆ до неѧ̀ приста́нетъ и҆ не постыди́тсѧ:
4 He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved. He will rely upon her, and will not be confounded.
5 и҆ вознесе́тъ є҆го̀ па́че и҆́скреннихъ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ посредѣ̀ цр҃кве ѿве́рзетъ ᲂу҆ста̀ є҆гѡ̀:
5 She will exalt him above his neighbors. She will open his mouth in the midst of the congregation.
6 весе́лїе и҆ вѣне́цъ ра́дости и҆ и҆́мѧ вѣ́чно наслѣ́дитъ.
6 He will inherit joy, a crown of gladness, and an everlasting name.
7 Не пости́гнꙋтъ є҆ѧ̀ человѣ́цы неразꙋ́мивїи, и҆ мꙋ́жїе грѣ́шнїи не ᲂу҆́зрѧтъ є҆ѧ̀:
7 Foolish men will not obtain her. Sinners will not see her.
8 дале́че є҆́сть ѿ горды́ни, и҆ мꙋ́жїе лжи́вїи не и҆́мꙋтъ помѧнꙋ́ти є҆ѧ̀.
8 She is far from pride. Liars will not remember her.
9 Не красна̀ похвала̀ во ᲂу҆стѣ́хъ грѣ́шника, ꙗ҆́кѡ не ѿ гдⷭ҇а послана̀ бы́сть:
9 Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner; for it was not sent to him from the Lord.
10 премꙋ́дростїю бо речє́на бꙋ́детъ хвала̀, и҆ гдⷭ҇ь бл҃гопоспѣши́тъ є҆́й.
10 For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it.
11 Не рцы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇а ра́ди ѿстꙋпи́хъ: и҆̀хже бо возненави́дѣ, да не сотвори́ши.
11 Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;” for you shall not do the things that he hates.
12 Не рцы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ са́мъ мѧ̀ прельстѝ: не тре́бꙋетъ бо мꙋ́жа грѣ́шника.
12 Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;” for he has no need of a sinful man.
13 Всѧ́кꙋ ме́рзость возненави́дѣ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆ нѣ́сть любе́зна боѧ́щымсѧ є҆гѡ̀.
13 The Lord hates every abomination; and those who fear him don’t love them.
14 Са́мъ и҆з̾ нача́ла сотворѝ человѣ́ка и҆ ѡ҆ста́ви є҆го̀ въ рꙋцѣ̀ произволе́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀:
14 He himself made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
15 а҆́ще хо́щеши, соблюде́ши за́пѡвѣди и҆ вѣ́рꙋ сотвори́ши благоволе́нїѧ.
15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments. To be faithful is a matter of your choice.
16 Предложи́лъ тѝ ѻ҆́гнь и҆ во́дꙋ, и҆ на не́же хо́щеши, простре́ши рꙋ́кꙋ твою̀.
16 He has set fire and water before you. You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you desire.
17 Пред̾ человѣ́комъ живо́тъ и҆ сме́рть, и҆ є҆́же а҆́ще и҆зво́литъ, да́стсѧ є҆мꙋ̀.
17 Before man is life and death. Whichever he likes, it will be given to him.
18 Ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́га премꙋ́дрость гдⷭ҇нѧ: крѣ́покъ си́лою и҆ ви́дѧй всѧ̑:
18 For the wisdom of the Lord is great. He is mighty in power, and sees all things.
19 и҆ ѻ҆́чи є҆гѡ̀ на боѧ́щихсѧ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ то́й позна́етъ всѧ́ко дѣ́ло человѣ́ческо.
19 His eyes are upon those who fear him. He knows every act of man.
20 Не заповѣ́да ни є҆ди́номꙋ же нече́ствовати и҆ не дадѐ ѡ҆сла́бы ни є҆ди́номꙋ не согрѣша́ти.
20 He has not commanded any man to be ungodly. He has not given any man license to sin.
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)