Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 21 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 Ча́до, согрѣши́лъ ли є҆сѝ, не приложѝ ктомꙋ̀, и҆ ѡ҆ пре́жднихъ твои́хъ помоли́сѧ.
1 My son, have you sinned? Do it no more; and ask forgiveness for your past sins.
2 Ꙗ҆́коже ѿ лица̀ ѕмїи́на, бѣжѝ ѿ грѣха̀: а҆́ще бо пристꙋ́пиши къ немꙋ̀, ᲂу҆гры́знетъ тѧ̀:
2 Flee from sin as from the face of a snake; for if you go near, it will bite you. Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, slaying people’s souls.
3 зꙋ́бы львѡ́вы зꙋ́бы є҆гѡ̀, ᲂу҆бива́ющїи дꙋ́шы человѣ̑чи.
3 All iniquity is as a two-edged sword. Its stroke has no healing.
4 Ꙗ҆́кѡ ме́чь ѻ҆бою́дꙋ ѻ҆́стръ всѧ́ко беззако́нїе, ра́нѣ є҆гѡ̀ нѣ́сть и҆сцѣле́нїѧ.
4 Terror and violence will waste away riches. So the house of an arrogant man will be laid waste.
5 Преще́нїе и҆ досажде́нїе ѡ҆пꙋстоша́тъ бога́тство: та́кѡ и҆ до́мъ го́рдыхъ запꙋстѣ́етъ.
5 Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily.
6 Моле́нїе ни́щагѡ и҆з̾ ᲂу҆́стъ до ᲂу҆́шїю є҆гѡ̀, и҆ сꙋ́дъ є҆гѡ̀ со тща́нїемъ грѧде́тъ.
6 One who hates reproof is in the path of the sinner. He who fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
7 Ненави́дѧй ѡ҆бличе́нїѧ послѣ́дꙋетъ грѣ́шникꙋ, и҆ боѧ́йсѧ гдⷭ҇а ѡ҆брати́тсѧ се́рдцемъ.
7 He who is mighty in tongue is known far away; but the man of understanding knows when he slips.
8 Позна́нъ є҆́сть и҆здале́ча си́льный ѧ҆зы́комъ, и҆ разꙋ́мивый вѣ́сть, є҆гда̀ пополза́етсѧ.
8 He who builds his house with other men’s money is like one who gathers stones for his own tomb.
9 Созида́ѧй до́мъ сво́й и҆мѣ́нїемъ чꙋжди́мъ, ꙗ҆́коже собира́ѧй ка́менїе на гро́бъ себѣ̀.
9 The congregation of wicked men is as a bundle of tow with a flame of fire at the end of them.
10 И҆згрє́бїѧ сѡ́брана собо́рище беззако́нникѡвъ, и҆ кончи́на и҆́хъ пла́мень ѻ҆́гненъ.
10 The way of sinners is paved with stones; and at the end of it is the pit of Hades.
11 Пꙋ́ть грѣ́шникѡвъ ᲂу҆глажде́нъ ѿ ка́менїѧ, а҆ на послѣ́докъ є҆гѡ̀ ро́въ а҆́довъ.
11 He who keeps the law becomes master of its intent. The fulfilment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
12 Сохранѧ́ѧй зако́нъ содержи́тъ помышле́нїе своѐ,
12 He who is not clever will not be instructed. There is a cleverness which makes bitterness abound.
13 и҆ соверше́нїе стра́ха гдⷭ҇нѧ премꙋ́дрость.
13 The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood, and his counsel as a fountain of life.
14 Не нака́жетсѧ, и҆́же не є҆́сть кова́ренъ:
14 The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel. He will hold no knowledge.
15 є҆́сть бо кова́рство ᲂу҆множа́ющее го́ресть.
15 If a man of knowledge hears a wise word, he will commend it and add to it. The wanton man hears it, and it displeases him, so he throws it away behind his back.
16 Ра́зꙋмъ премꙋ́драгѡ ꙗ҆́кѡ пото́пъ ᲂу҆мно́житсѧ, и҆ совѣ́тъ є҆гѡ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆сто́чникъ живота̀.
16 The chatter of a fool is like a burden in the way, but grace will be found on the lips of the wise.
17 Оу҆тро́ба бꙋ́ѧгѡ ꙗ҆́кѡ сосꙋ́дъ сокрꙋше́нъ и҆ всѧ́кагѡ ра́зꙋма не ᲂу҆держи́тъ.
17 The utterance of the prudent man will be sought for in the congregation. They will ponder his words in their heart.
18 Сло́во премꙋ́дро а҆́ще ᲂу҆слы́шитъ разꙋ́мный, восхва́литъ є҆̀ и҆ къ немꙋ̀ приложи́тъ: ᲂу҆слы́ша є҆̀ бꙋ́й, и҆ не ᲂу҆го́дно є҆мꙋ̀ бы́сть, и҆ ѡ҆братѝ є҆̀ за плещы̀ своѧ̑.
18 As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.
19 По́вѣсть бꙋ́ѧгѡ ꙗ҆́кѡ бре́мѧ на пꙋтѝ: во ᲂу҆стна́хъ же разꙋ́мнагѡ ѡ҆брѧ́щетсѧ благода́ть.
19 Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man, and as manacles on the right hand.
20 Оу҆ста̀ премꙋ́драгѡ взы́щꙋтсѧ въ собра́нїи, и҆ словеса̀ є҆гѡ̀ размышлє́на бꙋ́дꙋтъ въ се́рдцы.
20 A fool lifts up his voice with laughter, but a clever man smiles quietly.
21 Ꙗ҆́коже до́мъ разоре́нъ, та́кѡ бꙋ́ѧгѡ премꙋ́дрость, и҆ ра́зꙋмъ неразꙋ́мнагѡ неиспы̑тны глаго́лы.
21 Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold, and as a bracelet upon his right arm.
22 Пꙋ̑та на нога́хъ неразꙋмѣва́ющымъ наказа́нїѧ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ рꙋчні́и ѡ҆кѡ́вы на рꙋцѣ̀ деснѣ́й.
22 The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience will be ashamed of entering.
23 Бꙋ́й во смѣ́хѣ возно́ситъ гла́съ сво́й, мꙋ́жъ же разꙋ́мный є҆два̀ ти́хѡ ѡ҆скла́битсѧ.
23 A foolish man peers into the door of a house, but a man who is instructed will stand outside.
24 Ꙗ҆́коже ᲂу҆́тварь злата́ѧ мꙋ́дромꙋ наказа́нїе, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже ѡ҆́брꙋчь на деснѣ́й мы́шцѣ є҆гѡ̀.
24 It is rude for someone to listen at a door, but a prudent person will be grieved with the disgrace.
25 Нога̀ бꙋ́ѧгѡ скора̀ въ до́мъ, человѣ́къ же многоискꙋ́сный ᲂу҆срами́тсѧ ѿ лица̀.
25 The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things, but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.
26 Безꙋ́мный две́рьми прини́четъ во хра́минꙋ, мꙋ́жъ же нака́занъ внѣ̀ ста́нетъ.
26 The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart.
27 Ненаказа́нїе человѣ́кꙋ слꙋ́шати при две́рехъ, мꙋ́дрый же ѡ҆тѧготи́тсѧ безче́стїемъ.
27 When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul.
28 Оу҆стнѣ̀ многорѣ́чивыхъ не своѧ̑ сѝ повѣ́дѧтъ, словеса́ же мꙋ́дрыхъ въ мѣ́рилѣхъ ста́нꙋтъ.
28 A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels.
29 Во ᲂу҆стѣ́хъ бꙋ́ихъ се́рдце и҆́хъ, въ се́рдцы же премꙋ́дрыхъ ᲂу҆ста̀ и҆́хъ.
29 Not in this translation
30 Кленꙋ́щꙋ нечести́вомꙋ сатанꙋ̀, са́мъ клене́тъ свою̀ дꙋ́шꙋ.
30 Not in this translation
31 Скверни́тъ свою̀ дꙋ́шꙋ шепотли́вый, и҆ гдѣ́-либо жи́ти и҆́мать, возненави́дѣнъ бꙋ́детъ.
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).
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“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).
… shalt neglect to cure what is past, as it is written, "Son, thou hast sinned, do so no more." And that he might not think to be secure by this only, he saith, "And for thy former sins pray that they may be forgiven thee." But what will it profit thee to pray for forgiveness, if thou shalt not make …
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