Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 33 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 Боѧ́щагосѧ гдⷭ҇а не срѧ́щетъ ѕло̀: а҆́ще и҆ въ напа́сть впаде́тъ, па́ки и҆́зметъ є҆го̀.
1 No evil will happen to him who fears the Lord, but in trials once and again he will deliver him.
2 Мꙋ́жъ премꙋ́дръ не возненави́дитъ зако́на, сꙋмнѧ́йжесѧ въ не́мъ ꙗ҆́коже въ бꙋ́ри кора́бль.
2 A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is a hypocrite about it is like a boat in a storm.
3 Человѣ́къ разꙋми́въ вѣ́рꙋ и҆́метъ зако́нꙋ, и҆ зако́нъ є҆мꙋ̀ вѣ́ренъ,
3 A man of understanding will put his trust in the law. And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks a divine oracle.
4 ꙗ҆́кѡ вопроше́нїе пра́ведныхъ. Пригото́ви сло́во, и҆ та́кѡ ᲂу҆слы́шанъ бꙋ́деши: сочета́й наказа́нїе и҆ тогда̀ ѿвѣща́й.
4 Prepare your speech, and so you will be heard. Bind up instruction, and make your answer.
5 Ко́ло колесни́чное ᲂу҆тро́ба бꙋ́ѧгѡ, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже ѻ҆́сь вертѧ́щаѧсѧ помышле́нїе є҆гѡ̀.
5 The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel. His thoughts are like a rolling axle.
6 Ко́нь на ꙗ҆жде́нїи ꙗ҆́кѡ дрꙋ́гъ лицемѣ́ренъ, под̾ всѧ́кимъ ꙗ҆здѧ́щимъ рже́тъ.
6 A stallion horse is like a mocking friend. He neighs under every one who sits upon him.
7 Почто̀ де́нь днѐ преспѣва́етъ, и҆ всѧ́къ свѣ́тъ днѐ лѣ́та ѿ со́лнца;
7 Why does one day excel another, when all the light of every day in the year is from the sun?
8 Ра́зꙋмомъ гдⷭ҇нимъ разлꙋчи́стасѧ, и҆ и҆змѣнѝ вре́мѧ и҆ пра́здники:
8 They were distinguished by the Lord’s knowledge, and he varied seasons and feasts.
9 ѿ ни́хъ вознесѐ и҆ ѡ҆ст҃ѝ, и҆ ѿ ни́хъ положѝ въ число̀ дні́й.
9 Some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he has made ordinary days.
10 И҆ человѣ́цы всѝ ѿ пе́рсти, и҆ ѿ землѝ со́зданъ бы́сть а҆да́мъ.
10 And all men are from the ground. Adam was created from dust.
11 Мно́жествомъ вѣ́дѣнїѧ гдⷭ҇ь раздѣлѝ ѧ҆̀ и҆ и҆змѣнѝ пꙋти̑ и҆́хъ.
11 In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and made their ways different.
12 Ѿ ни́хъ блгⷭ҇вѝ и҆ вознесѐ, и҆ ѿ ни́хъ ѡ҆ст҃ѝ и҆ къ себѣ̀ прибли́жи, ѿ ни́хъ проклѧ̀ и҆ смирѝ и҆ совратѝ и҆̀хъ ѿ стоѧ́нїѧ и҆́хъ.
12 Some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself. Some of them he cursed and brought low, and overthrew them from their place.
13 Ꙗ҆́кѡ бре́нїе скꙋде́льника въ рꙋцѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀, всѝ пꙋтїѐ є҆гѡ̀ по и҆зволе́нїю є҆гѡ̀: та́кѡ человѣ́цы въ рꙋцѣ̀ сотво́ршагѡ и҆̀хъ, и҆́мже возда́стъ по сꙋдꙋ̀ своемꙋ̀.
13 As the clay of the potter in his hand, all his ways are according to his good pleasure, so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give to them according to his judgment.
14 (Ꙗ҆́кѡ) проти́вꙋ ѕло́мꙋ благо́е и҆ проти́вꙋ сме́рти живо́тъ, та́кѡ проти́вꙋ благочести́вагѡ грѣ́шникъ. И҆ си́це воззрѝ во всѧ̑ дѣла̀ вы́шнѧгѡ: дво́е дво́е, є҆ди́но проти́вꙋ є҆ди́номꙋ.
14 Good is the opposite of evil, and life is the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
15 А҆́зъ же послѣ́днїй бдѣ́хъ и҆ наслѣ́дихъ ꙗ҆́коже ѿ нача́тка, ꙗ҆́коже собира́ѧй в̾слѣ́дъ ѡ҆б̾има́телей вїногра́дныхъ.
15 Look upon all the works of the Most High like this, they come in pairs, one against another.
16 Во блгⷭ҇ве́нїе гдⷭ҇не достиго́хъ и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆б̾има́тель напо́лнихъ точи́ло.
16 I was the last on watch, like one who gleans after the grape gatherers.
17 Разсмотри́те, ꙗ҆́кѡ не себѣ̀ є҆ди́номꙋ трꙋди́хсѧ, но всѣ̑мъ и҆́щꙋщымъ наказа́нїѧ.
17 By the Lord’s blessing I arrived before them, and filled my winepress like one who gathers grapes.
18 Послꙋ́шайте менѐ, вельмѡ́жи люді́й, и҆ вла́стелїе собо́ра, внꙋши́те.
18 Consider that I labored not for myself alone, but for all those who seek instruction.
19 Сы́нꙋ и҆ женѣ̀, бра́тꙋ и҆ дрꙋ́гꙋ не да́ждь вла́сти на себѣ̀ въ животѣ̀ свое́мъ,
19 Hear me, you great men of the people, and listen with your ears, you rulers of the congregation.
20 и҆ не да́ждь и҆но́мꙋ и҆мѣ́нїѧ своегѡ̀, да не раска́ешисѧ тре́бꙋѧй и҆̀хъ:
20 To son and wife, to brother and friend, don’t give power over yourself while you live, and don’t give your goods to another, lest you regret it and must ask for them.
21 до́ндеже жи́въ є҆сѝ и҆ дыха́нїе въ тебѣ̀, не и҆змѣнѝ себѐ всѧ́цѣй пло́ти:
21 While you still live and breath is in you, don’t give yourself over to anybody.
22 лꙋ́чше бо є҆́сть, да тебѣ̀ мо́лѧтсѧ ча̑да твоѧ̑, не́жели тебѣ̀ зрѣ́ти въ рꙋ́цѣ ча̑дъ твои́хъ.
22 For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of your children.
23 Во всѣ́хъ дѣ́лѣхъ твои́хъ бꙋ́ди преспѣва́ѧ и҆ не да́ждь поро́ка на сла́вꙋ твою̀.
23 Excel in all your works. Don’t bring a stain on your honor.
24 Въ де́нь сконча́нїѧ дні́й живота̀ твоегѡ̀ и҆ во вре́мѧ сме́рти твоеѧ̀ раздѣлѝ наслѣ́дїе твоѐ.
24 In the day that you end the days of your life, in the time of death, distribute your inheritance.
25 Пи́ща и҆ же́злїе и҆ бре́мѧ ѻ҆слꙋ̀: хлѣ́бъ и҆ наказа́нїе и҆ дѣ́ло рабꙋ̀.
25 Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant.
26 Накажѝ раба̀, и҆ ѡ҆брѧ́щеши поко́й: ѡ҆сла́би рꙋ́кꙋ є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ и҆ска́ти на́чнетъ свобо́ды.
26 Set your slave to work, and you will find rest. Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
27 И҆́го и҆ реме́нь вы́ю прекланѧ́ютъ, и҆ рабꙋ̀ лꙋка́вꙋ ᲂу҆́зы и҆ ра̑ны.
27 Yoke and whip will bow the neck. For an evil slave there are racks and tortures.
28 Вложѝ є҆го̀ въ дѣ́ло, да не пра́зденъ бꙋ́детъ, мно́зѣй бо ѕло́бѣ наꙋчи́ла пра́здность:
28 Send him to labor, that he not be idle, for idleness teaches much mischief.
29 ᲂу҆стро́й є҆го̀ въ дѣ́лѣхъ, ꙗ҆́коже подоба́етъ є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ а҆́ще не послꙋ́шаетъ, всадѝ є҆го̀ во ѡ҆кѡ́вы.
29 Set him to work, as is fit for him. If he doesn’t obey, make his fetters heavy.
30 И҆ не бꙋ́ди и҆зли́шенъ над̾ всѧ́кою пло́тїю, и҆ без̾ сꙋда̀ не сотворѝ ничесѡ́же.
30 Don’t be excessive toward any. Do nothing unjust.
31 А҆́ще тѝ є҆́сть ра́бъ, да бꙋ́детъ ꙗ҆́коже ты̀, поне́же кро́вїю стѧжа́лъ є҆сѝ є҆го̀:
31 If you have a slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood.
32 а҆́ще тѝ є҆́сть ра́бъ, и҆мѣ́й є҆го̀ ꙗ҆́коже бра́та, поне́же ꙗ҆́кѡ дꙋшѝ твоеѧ̀ востре́бꙋеши є҆гѡ̀:
32 If you have a slave, treat him like yourself. For like your own soul, you will need him. If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away,
33 а҆́ще ѡ҆ѕло́биши є҆го̀ непра́веднѡ, и҆ воста́въ ѿбѣжи́тъ, кі́имъ пꙋте́мъ пои́щеши є҆гѡ̀; (не вѣ́си.)
33 which way will you go to seek him?
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).
So look upon all the works of the Most High, and these are two and two, one against another."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)