Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 3 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 Менѐ ѻ҆тца̀ послꙋ́шайте, ча̑да, и҆ си́це твори́те, да спасе́тесѧ:
1 Hear me, your father, O my children, and do what you hear, that you all may be safe.
2 гдⷭ҇ь бо просла́ви ѻ҆тца̀ на ча́дѣхъ и҆ сꙋ́дъ ма́тере ᲂу҆твердѝ на сынѣ́хъ.
2 For the Lord honors the father over the children, and has confirmed the judgment of the mother over her sons.
3 Чты́й ѻ҆тца̀ ѡ҆чи́ститъ грѣхѝ,
3 He who honors his father will make atonement for sins.
4 и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ сокро́вищствꙋѧй прославлѧ́ѧй ма́терь свою̀.
4 He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure.
5 Чты́й ѻ҆тца̀ возвесели́тсѧ ѡ҆ ча́дѣхъ и҆ въ де́нь мольбы̀ своеѧ̀ ᲂу҆слы́шанъ бꙋ́детъ.
5 Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children. He will be heard in the day of his prayer.
6 Прославлѧ́ѧй ѻ҆тца̀ долгоде́нствовати бꙋ́детъ, и҆ послꙋ́шаѧй гдⷭ҇а ᲂу҆поко́итъ ма́терь свою̀.
6 He who gives glory to his father will have length of days. He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother,
7 Боѧ́йсѧ гдⷭ҇а почти́тъ ѻ҆тца̀ и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ влады́камъ послꙋ́житъ роди́вшымъ є҆го̀.
7 and will serve under his parents, as to masters.
8 Дѣ́ломъ и҆ сло́вомъ чтѝ ѻ҆тца̀ твоего̀ и҆ ма́терь, да на́йдетъ тѝ благослове́нїе ѿ ни́хъ.
8 Honor your father in deed and word, that a blessing may come upon you from him.
9 Благослове́нїе бо ѻ҆́тчее ᲂу҆твержда́етъ до́мы ча̑дъ, клѧ́тва же ма́тернѧ и҆скоренѧ́етъ до ѡ҆снова́нїѧ.
9 For the blessing of the father establishes the houses of children, but the curse of the mother roots out the foundations.
10 Не сла́висѧ въ безче́стїи ѻ҆тца̀ твоегѡ̀, нѣ́сть бо тѝ сла́ва ѻ҆́тчее безче́стїе:
10 Don’t glorify yourself in the dishonor of your father, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.
11 сла́ва бо человѣ́кꙋ ѿ че́сти ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ поноше́нїе ча́дѡмъ ма́ти въ безсла́вїи.
11 For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father, and a mother in dishonor is a reproach to her children.
12 Ча́до, застꙋпѝ въ ста́рости ѻ҆тца̀ твоего̀ и҆ не ѡ҆скорбѝ є҆го̀ въ животѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀:
12 My son, help your father in his old age, and don’t grieve him as long as he lives.
13 а҆́ще и҆ ра́зꙋмомъ ѡ҆скꙋдѣва́етъ, проще́нїе и҆мѣ́й и҆ не ѡ҆безче́сти є҆го̀ все́ю крѣ́постїю твое́ю.
13 If he fails in understanding, have patience with him. Don’t dishonor him in your full strength.
14 Ми́лость бо ѻ҆́тча не забве́на бꙋ́детъ, и҆ проти́вꙋ грѣхѡ́въ присози́ждетсѧ тебѣ̀:
14 For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten. Instead of sins it will be added to build you up.
15 въ де́нь ско́рби твоеѧ̀ воспомѧ́нетъ тѧ̀: ꙗ҆́коже ле́дъ ѿ зно́ѧ, та́кѡ раста́ютъ грѣсѝ твоѝ.
15 In the day of your affliction it will be remembered for you, as fair weather upon ice, so your sins will also melt away.
16 Ко́ль хꙋ́ленъ ѡ҆ставлѧ́ѧй ѻ҆тца̀, и҆ про́клѧтъ гдⷭ҇емъ раздража́ѧй ма́терь свою̀.
16 He who forsakes his father is as a blasphemer. He who provokes his mother is cursed by the Lord.
17 Ча́до, въ кро́тости дѣла̀ твоѧ̑ препровожда́й, и҆ человѣ́комъ прїѧ́тнымъ возлю́бленъ бꙋ́деши.
17 My son, go on with your business in humility; so you will be loved by an acceptable man.
18 Є҆ли́кѡ вели́къ є҆сѝ, толи́кѡ смирѧ́йсѧ, и҆ пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ ѡ҆брѧ́щеши благода́ть.
18 The greater you are, humble yourself the more, and you will find favor before the Lord.
19 Мно́зи сꙋ́ть высо́цы и҆ сла́вни: но крѡ́ткимъ ѿкрыва́ютсѧ та̑йны,
19 Not in this translation
20 ꙗ҆́кѡ ве́лїѧ си́ла гдⷭ҇нѧ, и҆ смире́нными сла́витсѧ.
20 For the power of the Lord is great, and he is glorified by those who are lowly.
21 Вы́шшихъ себє̀ не и҆щѝ и҆ крѣ́пльшихъ себє̀ не и҆спытꙋ́й.
21 Don’t seek things that are too hard for you, and don’t search out things that are above your strength.
22 Ꙗ҆̀же тѝ повєлѣ́нна, сїѧ̑ разꙋмѣва́й: нѣ́сть бо тѝ потре́ба та́йныхъ.
22 Think about the things that have been commanded you, for you have no need of the things that are secret.
23 Во и҆збы́тцѣхъ дѣ́лъ твои́хъ не любопы́тствꙋй: вѧ̑щшаѧ бо ра́зꙋма человѣ́ческагѡ пока̑зана тѝ сꙋ́ть:
23 Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you, for more things are shown to you than men can understand.
24 мнѡ́ги бо прельстѝ мнѣ́нїе и҆́хъ, и҆ мнѣ́нїе лꙋка́вно погꙋбѝ мы́сль и҆́хъ.
24 For the conceit of many has led them astray. Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip.
25 И҆ любѧ́й бѣ́дство впаде́тъ въ нѐ:
25 There is no light without eyes. There is no wisdom without knowledge.
26 се́рдце же́стоко ѡ҆ѕло́битсѧ на послѣ́докъ:
26 A stubborn heart will do badly at the end. He who loves danger will perish in it.
27 се́рдце же́стоко ѡ҆тѧготи́тсѧ болѣ́зньми, и҆ грѣ́шникъ приложи́тъ грѣхѝ на грѣхѝ.
27 A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles. The sinner will heap sin upon sins.
28 Въ наведе́нїи велича́вагѡ нѣ́сть и҆сцѣле́нїѧ: са́дъ бо лꙋка́вствїѧ вкорени́сѧ въ не́мъ.
28 The calamity of the proud has no healing, for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him.
29 Се́рдце разꙋми́вагѡ ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́етъ при́тчꙋ, и҆ ᲂу҆́хо слы́шателѧ вожделѣ́нїе премꙋ́драгѡ.
29 The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener.
30 Ѻ҆́гнь горѧ́щь ᲂу҆гаси́тъ вода̀, и҆ ми́лостынѧ ѡ҆чи́ститъ грѣхѝ.
30 Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins.
31 Воздаѧ́й благода̑ти по́мнимь быва́етъ по си́хъ и҆ во вре́мѧ паде́нїѧ своегѡ̀ ѡ҆брѧ́щетъ ᲂу҆твержде́нїе.
31 He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward. In the time of his falling he will find a support.
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).
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