Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 16 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 Не жела́й ча̑дъ мно́жества неключи́мыхъ, нижѐ весели́сѧ ѡ҆ сынѣ́хъ нечести́выхъ: є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆мно́жатсѧ, не весели́сѧ ѡ҆ ни́хъ, а҆́ще нѣ́сть стра́ха гдⷭ҇нѧ съ ни́ми.
1 Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
2 Не вѣ́рꙋй животꙋ̀ и҆́хъ и҆ не належѝ на мно́жество и҆́хъ:
2 If they multiply, don’t delight in them unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
3 лꙋ́чше бо є҆ди́нъ првⷣникъ, не́жели ты́сѧща (грѣ̑шникъ),
3 Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.
4 и҆ ᲂу҆мре́ти безча́дномꙋ, не́жели и҆мѣ́ти ча̑да нечести̑ва:
4 For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.
5 ѿ є҆ди́нагѡ бо разꙋ́мна насели́тсѧ гра́дъ, колѣ́но же беззако́нныхъ запꙋстѣ́етъ.
5 I have seen many such things with my eyes. My ear has heard mightier things than these.
6 Мнѡ́га сицева̑ѧ ви́дѣ ѻ҆́ко моѐ, и҆ крѣ̑пльшаѧ си́хъ слы́ша ᲂу҆́хо моѐ.
6 In a congregation of sinners, a fire will be kindled. In a disobedient nation, wrath is kindled.
7 Въ собо́рищи грѣ́шныхъ возгори́тсѧ ѻ҆́гнь, и҆ во ꙗ҆зы́цѣ непокори́вѣ возгори́тсѧ гнѣ́въ.
7 He was not pacified toward the giants of old time, who revolted in their strength.
8 Не ᲂу҆моле́нъ бы́сть (бг҃ъ) ѡ҆ дре́внихъ и҆споли́нѣхъ, и҆̀же ѿстꙋпи́ша крѣ́постїю свое́ю:
8 He didn’t spare Lot’s neighbors, whom he abhorred for their pride.
9 не пощадѣ̀ ѡ҆ жили́щи лѡ́товѣ, и҆́миже возгнꙋша́сѧ за горды́ню и҆́хъ:
9 He didn’t pity the people of perdition who were taken away in their sins,
10 не поми́лова ꙗ҆зы́ка поги́бельнагѡ, возне́сшагѡсѧ во грѣсѣ́хъ свои́хъ,
10 or in like manner, the six hundred thousand footmen who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
11 и҆ та́кѡ ше́сть сѡ́тъ ты́сѧщъ пѣшцє́въ, соше́дшихсѧ въ жестосе́рдїи свое́мъ. И҆ а҆́ще бꙋ́детъ є҆ди́нъ жестоковы́йный въ лю́дехъ, ди́вно є҆́сть сїѐ, а҆́ще непови́ненъ бꙋ́детъ.
11 Even if there is one stiff-necked person, it is a marvel if he will be unpunished; for mercy and wrath are both with him who is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.
12 Млⷭ҇ть бо и҆ гнѣ́въ ᲂу҆ негѡ̀, си́ленъ ᲂу҆моле́нъ бы́ти и҆ и҆злїѧ́ти гнѣ́въ.
12 As his mercy is great, so is his correction also. He judges a man according to his works.
13 По мно́зѣй млⷭ҇ти є҆гѡ̀, та́кѡ мно́го и҆ ѡ҆бличе́нїе є҆гѡ̀: мꙋ́жеви но дѣлѡ́мъ є҆гѡ̀ сꙋ́дитъ.
13 The sinner will not escape with plunder. The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated.
14 Не ᲂу҆бѣжи́тъ хище́нїемъ грѣ́шный, и҆ терпѣ́нїе благовѣ́рнагѡ не лише́но бꙋ́детъ.
14 He will make room for every work of mercy. Each man will receive according to his works.
15 Всѧ́цѣй ми́лостыни сотвори́тъ мѣ́сто: кі́йждо бо по дѣлѡ́мъ свои̑мъ ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ.
15 Not in this translation
16 Не рцы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ гдⷭ҇а скры́юсѧ, є҆да̀ свы́ше кто́ мѧ помѧне́тъ;
16 Not in this translation
17 въ лю́дехъ мно́жайшихъ не воспомѧне́нъ бꙋ́дꙋ, что́ бо є҆́сть дꙋша̀ моѧ̀ въ безчи́сленнѣй тва́ри;
17 Don’t say, “I will be hidden from the Lord,” and “Who will remember me from on high?” I will not be known among so many people, for what is my soul in a boundless creation?
18 сѐ, нб҃о и҆ нб҃о нб҃сѐ бж҃їѧ, бе́здна и҆ землѧ̀ посѣще́нїемъ є҆гѡ̀ подви́гнꙋтсѧ:
18 Behold, heaven, the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the earth, will be moved when he visits.
19 вкꙋ́пѣ го́ры и҆ ѡ҆снова̑нїѧ землѝ, є҆гда̀ воззри́тъ на нѧ̀, тре́петомъ стрѧсꙋ́тсѧ,
19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them.
20 и҆ ѡ҆ си́хъ не размы́слитъ се́рдце:
20 No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways?
21 и҆ пꙋти̑ є҆гѡ̀ кто̀ пости́гнетъ; и҆ бꙋ́рю ю҆́же не ᲂу҆́зритъ человѣ́къ, мнѡ́жайшаѧ же дѣ́лъ є҆гѡ̀ въ сокрове́нныхъ:
21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden.
22 дѣла̀ пра́вды є҆гѡ̀ кто̀ возвѣсти́тъ; и҆лѝ кто̀ стерпи́тъ; дале́че бо завѣ́тъ.
22 Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off.
23 Оу҆малѧ́ѧйсѧ се́рдцемъ размышлѧ́етъ сїѧ̑, а҆ мꙋ́жъ безꙋ́менъ и҆ заблꙋжда́ѧй размышлѧ́етъ бꙋ̑ѧѧ.
23 He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.
24 Послꙋ́шай менѐ, ча́до, и҆ наꙋчи́сѧ вѣ́дѣнїѧ, и҆ на словеса̀ моѧ̑ внима́й се́рдцемъ твои́мъ:
24 My son, listen to me, learn knowledge, and heed my words with your heart.
25 и҆з̾ѧвлѧ́ю въ мѣ́рилѣ наказа́нїе и҆ со и҆спыта́нїемъ возвѣщꙋ̀ вѣ́дѣнїе.
25 I will impart instruction with precision, and declare knowledge exactly.
26 Сꙋдо́мъ гдⷭ҇нимъ дѣла̀ є҆гѡ̀ и҆з̾ нача́ла, и҆ ѿ сотворе́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀ раздѣлѝ ча̑сти и҆́хъ:
26 In the judgment of the Lord are his works from the beginning. From the making of them he determined their boundaries.
27 ᲂу҆красѝ во вѣ́къ дѣла̀ своѧ̑, и҆ нача̑ла и҆́хъ въ ро́ды и҆́хъ: нижѐ взалка́ша, нижѐ ᲂу҆трꙋди́шасѧ, и҆ не преста́ша ѿ дѣ́лъ свои́хъ.
27 He arranged his works for all time, and their beginnings to their generations. They aren’t hungry or weary, and they don’t cease from their works.
28 Кі́йждо и҆́скреннѧго своего̀ не ѡ҆скорбѝ,
28 No one pushes aside his neighbor. They will never disobey his word.
29 и҆ да́же до вѣ́ка не воспроти́вѧтсѧ гл҃ꙋ є҆гѡ̀.
29 After this also the Lord looked at the earth and filled it with his blessings.
30 И҆ по си́хъ гдⷭ҇ь на зе́млю призрѣ̀ и҆ и҆спо́лни ю҆̀ ѿ бл҃гъ свои́хъ:
30 All manner of living things covered its surface, and they return into it.
31 дꙋша̀ всѧ́кагѡ живо́тна покры̀ лицѐ є҆ѧ̀, и҆ въ ню̀ возвраще́нїе и҆́хъ.
31 Not in this translation
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," as it is written, "God filled the earth with His good things." What is "His"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)