Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 19 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 Дѣ́латель пїѧ́нивый не бꙋ́детъ бога́тъ, и҆ ᲂу҆ничижа́ѧй ма̑лаѧ по ма́лѣ ᲂу҆паде́тъ.
1 A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little.
2 Вїно̀ и҆ жєны̀ превратѧ́тъ разꙋми́выхъ, и҆ прилага́ѧйсѧ любодѣ́йцамъ де́рзшїй бꙋ́детъ:
2 Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless.
3 мо́лїе и҆ че́рвїе наслѣ́дѧтъ є҆го̀, и҆ дꙋша̀ де́рзостнаѧ и҆́зметсѧ.
3 Decay and worms will have him as their heritage. A reckless soul will be taken away.
4 Є҆́млѧй ско́рѡ вѣ́рꙋ лего́къ се́рдцемъ, и҆ согрѣша́ѧй на дꙋ́шꙋ свою̀ согрѣша́етъ.
4 He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted. He who sins offends against his own soul.
5 Веселѧ́йсѧ се́рдцемъ ѡ҆ ѕлонра́вїи ѡ҆бличе́нъ бꙋ́детъ, противлѧ́ѧйсѧ же похоте́мъ вѣнча́етъ живо́тъ сво́й.
5 He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned.
6 Ѡ҆бꙋздава́ѧй ѧ҆зы́къ тихоми́рнѡ поживе́тъ, и҆ ненави́дѧй велерѣ́чїѧ ᲂу҆ма́литъ поро́къ.
6 He who hates gossip has less wickedness.
7 Словесѐ никогда́же повторѝ, и҆ ничто́же тебѣ̀ ᲂу҆ма́литсѧ.
7 Never repeat what is told you, and you won’t lose anything.
8 На дрꙋ́га и҆ на врага̀ не повѣ́дай, и҆ а҆́ще не бꙋ́детъ тебѣ̀ грѣха̀, не ѿкрыва́й:
8 Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it.
9 слы́ша бо ᲂу҆ тебє̀, и҆ соблюде́тъ тѧ̀, и҆ во вре́мѧ возненави́дитъ тѧ̀.
9 For if he has heard you and observed you, when the time comes, he will hate you.
10 Слы́шалъ ли є҆сѝ сло́во, да ᲂу҆́мретъ съ тобо́ю: не ᲂу҆бо́йсѧ, не расто́ргнетъ тебѐ.
10 Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave: it will not make you burst!
11 Ѿ лица̀ словесѐ поболи́тъ бꙋ́й, ꙗ҆́коже ражда́ющаѧ ѿ лица̀ младе́нца.
11 A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child.
12 Стрѣла̀ вонзе́на въ стегно̀ пло́ти, та́кѡ сло́во во чре́вѣ бꙋ́ѧгѡ.
12 As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool.
13 Ѡ҆бличѝ дрꙋ́га, є҆гда̀ є҆щѐ не сотвори́лъ, и҆ а҆́ще сотвори́лъ, да не приложи́тъ ктомꙋ̀:
13 Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more.
14 ѡ҆бличѝ дрꙋ́га, не́гли не речѐ, и҆ а҆́ще речѐ є҆ди́ножды, да не повтори́тъ:
14 Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again.
15 ѡ҆бличѝ дрꙋ́га, мно́гажды бо быва́етъ навѣ́тъ.
15 Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word.
16 Не всѧ́комꙋ словесѝ є҆́мли вѣ́ры.
16 There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue?
17 Є҆́сть пополза́ѧйсѧ сло́вомъ, а҆ не дꙋше́ю: и҆ кто̀ не согрѣшѝ ѧ҆зы́комъ свои́мъ;
17 Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High.
18 Ѡ҆бличѝ и҆́скреннѧго своего̀ пре́жде преще́нїѧ, и҆ да́ждь мѣ́сто зако́нꙋ вы́шнѧгѡ. Всѧ́ка премꙋ́дрость стра́хъ гдⷭ҇ень, и҆ во всѧ́цѣй премꙋ́дрости творе́нїе зако́на.
18 Not in this translation
19 И҆ нѣ́сть премꙋ́дрость вѣ́дѣнїе лꙋка́вства, и҆ нѣ́сть ра́зꙋма, и҆дѣ́же совѣ́тъ грѣ́шныхъ.
19 Not in this translation
20 Є҆́сть лꙋка́вство, и҆ то̀ ме́рзость, и҆ є҆́сть безꙋ́менъ ᲂу҆малѧ́ѧйсѧ премꙋ́дростїю.
20 All wisdom is the fear of the Lord. In all wisdom is the doing of the law.
21 Лꙋ́чше є҆́сть ᲂу҆малѧ́ѧйсѧ въ ра́зꙋмѣ боѧзли́вый, не́жели и҆збы́точествꙋѧй мꙋ́дростїю и҆ престꙋпа́ѧ зако́нъ.
21 Not in this translation
22 Є҆́сть кова́рство и҆спы́тно, и҆ то̀ непра́ведно, и҆ є҆́сть развраща́ѧй благода́ть и҆звѣща́ти хотѧ̀ сꙋ́дъ.
22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel.
23 Є҆́сть лꙋка́вствꙋѧй пони́къ черното́ю, и҆ внꙋ́трєннѧѧ є҆гѡ̀ и҆спо́лнь льстѝ:
23 There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination. There is a fool lacking in wisdom.
24 пони́ча лице́мъ и҆ притворѧ́ѧйсѧ глꙋ́хъ, и҆дѣ́же не позна́нъ бы́сть, предвари́тъ тѧ̀.
24 Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God, than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law.
25 И҆ а҆́ще не́мощїю крѣ́пости возбране́нъ бꙋ́детъ согрѣши́ти, а҆́ще ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ вре́мѧ, ѕло̀ сотвори́тъ.
25 There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust. And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment.
26 Ѿ зра́ка позна́нъ бꙋ́детъ мꙋ́жъ, и҆ срѣ́тенїемъ лица̀ позна́нъ бꙋ́детъ ᲂу҆́мный.
26 There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning; but inwardly he is full of deceit,
27 Ѡ҆дѣѧ́нїе мꙋ́жа и҆ смѣ́хъ зꙋбѡ́въ и҆ стѡпы̀ человѣ́ка возвѣстѧ́тъ, ꙗ҆̀же ѡ҆ не́мъ.
27 bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear. Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you.
28 Є҆́сть ѡ҆бличе́нїе, є҆́же нѣ́сть красно̀, и҆ є҆́сть молча́й, и҆ то́й мꙋ́дръ.
28 And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning, if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief. 29 A man will be known by his appearance. One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him. 30 A man’s attire, grinning laughter, and the way he walks show what he is.
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).
And so unto that little, adding daily littles (for "he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little"), she contracted such a habit as, to drink off eagerly her little cup nearly full of wine.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)