Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 30 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 Любѧ́й сы́на своего̀ ᲂу҆части́тъ є҆мꙋ̀ ра̑ны, да возвесели́тсѧ въ послѣ̑днѧѧ своѧ̑.
1 He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him, that he may have joy from him in the end.
2 Наказꙋ́ѧй сы́на своего̀ наслади́тсѧ ѡ҆ не́мъ и҆ посредѣ̀ зна́емыхъ ѡ҆ не́мъ похва́литсѧ.
2 He who chastises his son will have profit from him, and will brag about him among his acquaintances.
3 Оу҆ча́й сы́на своего̀ раздражи́тъ врага̀ и҆ пред̾ дрꙋ́ги ѡ҆ не́мъ возра́дꙋетсѧ.
3 He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him.
4 Оу҆́мре ѻ҆те́цъ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ а҆́ки не ᲂу҆́мре: подо́бна бо себѣ̀ ѡ҆ста́ви по себѣ̀.
4 His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself.
5 Во житїѝ свое́мъ ви́дѣ и҆ возвесели́сѧ ѡ҆ не́мъ и҆ при кончи́нѣ свое́й не ѡ҆скорби́сѧ:
5 In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was without regret.
6 проти́вꙋ врагѡ́мъ ѡ҆ста́ви ме́стника и҆ дрꙋгѡ́мъ воздаю́ща благода́ть.
6 He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay kindness to his friends.
7 Оу҆гожда́ѧй сы́нꙋ ѡ҆бѧ́жетъ стрꙋ́пы є҆гѡ̀, и҆ ѡ҆ всѧ́цѣмъ во́пли возмѧте́тсѧ ᲂу҆тро́ба є҆гѡ̀.
7 He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds. His heart will be troubled at every cry.
8 Ко́нь неꙋкроще́нъ свирѣ́пъ быва́етъ, и҆ сы́нъ самово́льный проде́рзъ бꙋ́детъ.
8 An unbroken horse becomes stubborn. An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.
9 Ласка́й ча́до, и҆ ᲂу҆страши́тъ тѧ̀, и҆гра́й съ ни́мъ, и҆ ѡ҆печа́литъ тѧ̀.
9 Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you.
10 Не смѣ́йсѧ съ ни́мъ, да не поболи́ши ѡ҆ не́мъ и҆ на послѣ́докъ сти́снеши зꙋ́бы твоѧ̑.
10 Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end.
11 Не да́ждь є҆мꙋ̀ вла́сти въ ю҆́ности и҆ не пре́зри невѣ́дѣнїѧ є҆гѡ̀:
11 Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies.
12 слѧцы̀ вы́ю є҆гѡ̀ въ ю҆́ности и҆ сокрꙋшѝ ре́бра є҆гѡ̀, до́ндеже мла́дъ є҆́сть, да не когда̀ ѡ҆жестѣ́въ не покори́ттисѧ.
12 Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul.
13 Накажѝ сы́на твоего̀ и҆ дѣ́лай и҆́мъ, да не въ безстꙋ́дїи є҆гѡ̀ поткне́шисѧ.
13 Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you.
14 Лꙋ́чше ни́щь здра́въ и҆ крѣ́покъ въ си́лѣ свое́й, не́жели бога́тъ ᲂу҆ра́ненъ тѣ́ломъ свои́мъ.
14 Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.
15 Здра́вїе и҆ крѣ́пость лꙋ́чше є҆́сть всѧ́кагѡ зла́та, и҆ тѣ́ло здра́вое, не́жели бога́тство безчи́сленное.
15 Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure.
16 Нѣ́сть бога́тство лꙋ́чше здра́вїѧ тѣле́снагѡ, и҆ нѣ́сть весе́лїе па́че ра́дости серде́чныѧ.
16 There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.
17 Лꙋ́чше є҆́сть сме́рть па́че живота̀ го́рька и҆лѝ недꙋ́га до́лгагѡ.
17 Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.
18 Блага̑ѧ и҆злїѧ̑ннаѧ пред̾ ᲂу҆сты̑ затворе́нными предложє́нїѧ бра́шенъ предлежа̑щаѧ ᲂу҆ гро́ба.
18 Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave.
19 Ка́ѧ по́льза і҆́дѡлꙋ ѿ же́ртвы; не и҆́мать бо ꙗ҆́сти, ни ѡ҆бонѧ́ти:
19 What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. So is he who is punished by the Lord,
20 та́кѡ гони́мый ѿ гдⷭ҇а,
20 seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning.
21 зрѧ́й ѻ҆чи́ма и҆ стенѧ́й, ꙗ҆́коже є҆ѵнꙋ́хъ ѡ҆сѧза́ѧй дѣви́цꙋ и҆ воздыха́ѧй.
21 Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.
22 Не вда́ждь въ печа́ль дꙋ́шꙋ твою̀ и҆ не ѡ҆скорбѝ себѐ совѣ́томъ твои́мъ.
22 Gladness of heart is the life of a man. Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.
23 Весе́лїе се́рдца живо́тъ человѣ́ка, и҆ ра́дованїе мꙋ́жа долгоде́нствїе.
23 Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.
24 Любѝ дꙋ́шꙋ твою̀ и҆ ᲂу҆тѣша́й се́рдце твоѐ, и҆ печа́ль ѿ себє̀ ѿри́ни дале́че:
24 Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time.
25 мнѡ́ги бо печа́ль ᲂу҆бѝ, и҆ нѣ́сть по́льзы въ не́й.
25 Those who are cheerful and merry will benefit from their food.
26 Рве́нїе и҆ ꙗ҆́рость ᲂу҆малѧ́ютъ дни̑, и҆ печа́ль пре́жде вре́мене ста́рость наво́дитъ.
26 Not in this translation
27 Свѣ́тло се́рдце и҆ бла́го ѡ҆ бра́шнѣ и҆ ѡ҆ ꙗ҆́ди свое́й попече́тсѧ.
27 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).
What mean pedagogues, masters, the birch, the strap, the cane, the schooling which Scripture says must be given a child, "beating him on the sides lest he wax stubborn," and it be hardly possible or not possible at all to subdue him?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… spares it not, preserves." To which effect also a certain wise man said, "If thou beat thy son with a rod, he shall not die, but thou shalt deliver his soul from death." And again, "He that refresheth his son, shall bind up his wounds." This takes place in the camp also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)