Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 2 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, а҆́ще пристꙋпа́еши рабо́тати гдⷭ҇еви бг҃ꙋ, ᲂу҆гото́ви дꙋ́шꙋ твою̀ во и҆скꙋше́нїе:
1 My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation.
2 ᲂу҆пра́ви се́рдце твоѐ и҆ потерпѝ, и҆ не ско́ръ бꙋ́ди во вре́мѧ наведе́нїѧ:
2 Set your heart aright, constantly endure, and don’t make haste in time of calamity.
3 прилѣпи́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ не ѿстꙋпѝ, да возрасте́ши на послѣ́докъ тво́й.
3 Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end.
4 Всѐ є҆ли́ко а҆́ще нанесе́но тѝ бꙋ́детъ, прїимѝ и҆ во и҆змѣне́нїи смире́нїѧ твоегѡ̀ долготерпѝ:
4 Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation.
5 ꙗ҆́кѡ во ѻ҆гнѝ и҆скꙋша́етсѧ зла́то, и҆ человѣ́цы прїѧ́тни въ пещѝ смире́нїѧ.
5 For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6 Вѣ́рꙋй є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ застꙋ́питъ тѧ̀, и҆ ᲂу҆пра́ви пꙋти̑ твоѧ̑ и҆ ᲂу҆пова́й на́нь.
6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him.
7 Боѧ́щїисѧ гдⷭ҇а, пожди́те млⷭ҇ти є҆гѡ̀ и҆ не ᲂу҆клони́тесѧ, да не паде́те.
7 All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
8 Боѧ́щїисѧ гдⷭ҇а, вѣ́рꙋйте є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ не и҆́мать ѿпа́сти мзда̀ ва́ша.
8 All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail.
9 Боѧ́щїисѧ гдⷭ҇а, надѣ́йтесѧ на блага̑ѧ и҆ на весе́лїе вѣ́ка и҆ ми̑лости.
9 All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, and for eternal gladness and mercy.
10 Воззри́те на дрє́внїѧ ро́ды и҆ ви́дите, кто̀ вѣ́рова гдⷭ҇еви и҆ постыдѣ́сѧ; и҆лѝ кто̀ пребы́сть во стра́сѣ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ ѡ҆ста́висѧ; и҆лѝ кто̀ призва̀ є҆го̀, и҆ презрѣ̀ и҆̀;
10 Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him?
11 Занѐ ще́дръ и҆ млⷭ҇тивъ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆ ѡ҆ставлѧ́етъ грѣхѝ, и҆ сп҃са́етъ во вре́мѧ ско́рби.
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
12 Го́ре сердца́мъ страшли̑вымъ и҆ рꙋка́мъ ѡ҆сла́блєнымъ, и҆ грѣ́шникꙋ ходѧ́щꙋ на двѣ̀ стєзѝ.
12 Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways!
13 Го́ре се́рдцꙋ ѡ҆сла́бленꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не вѣ́рꙋетъ: сегѡ̀ ра́ди покрове́но не бꙋ́детъ.
13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended.
14 Го́ре ва́мъ погꙋ́бльшымъ терпѣ́нїе: и҆ что̀ сотворитѐ, є҆гда̀ посѣти́тъ гдⷭ҇ь;
14 Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you?
15 Боѧ́щїисѧ гдⷭ҇а не сꙋмнѣва́ютсѧ ѡ҆ гл҃го́лѣхъ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ лю́бѧщїи є҆го̀ сохранѧ́тъ пꙋти̑ є҆гѡ̀.
15 Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways.
16 Боѧ́щїисѧ гдⷭ҇а пои́щꙋтъ бл҃говоле́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ лю́бѧщїи є҆го̀ и҆спо́лнѧтсѧ зако́на.
16 Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure. Those who love him will be filled with the law.
17 Боѧ́щїисѧ гдⷭ҇а ᲂу҆гото́вѧтъ сердца̀ своѧ̑ и҆ пред̾ ни́мъ смирѧ́тъ дꙋ́шы своѧ̑, (глаго́люще:)
17 Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble their souls in his sight.
18 да впаде́мъ въ рꙋ́цѣ гдⷭ҇ни, а҆ не въ рꙋ́цѣ человѣ́чєски, ꙗ҆́кѡ бо вели́чество є҆гѡ̀, та́кѡ и҆ млⷭ҇ть є҆гѡ̀.
18 We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men; for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.
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).
… rise again but what falls, whence they conclude that resurrection pertains to bodies only, and not to souls, because bodies fall, why do they make nothing of the words, "Ye that fear the Lord, wait for His mercy; and go not aside lest ye fall;" and "To his own Master he stands or falls;" and "He that thinketh he standeth, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Where then is that, "Who hath called upon God, and hath been forsaken by Him?" where again is that, "Whosoever shall call on the Name of the Lord, shall be delivered." Immediately reaching forth the help of His right hand, He lifted him up as he was sinking, and rebuked his distrust; "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
In such manner evidently Thou wilt be angry, because it hath been written, "My son, drawing near unto the service of God, stand thou in righteousness and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation." Think not that now the wrath of God hath passed away, because thou hast been converted.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)