Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 4 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.
Sirach is not in RV1909.
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Ча́до, живота̀ ни́щагѡ не лишѝ и҆ не ѿвраща́й ѻ҆че́съ ѿ просѧ́щагѡ,
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1 My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
2 дꙋшѝ а҆́лчꙋщїѧ не ѡ҆скорбѝ и҆ не разгнѣ́вай мꙋ́жа въ нищетѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀,
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2 Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress.
3 се́рдца раздраже́нагѡ не превозмꙋтѝ и҆ не продолжа́й даѧ́нїѧ тре́бꙋющемꙋ,
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3 Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
4 раба̀ скорбѧ́ща не ѿрѣ́й и҆ не ѿвратѝ лица̀ твоегѡ̀ ѿ ни́щагѡ,
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4 Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
5 ѿ тре́бꙋющагѡ не ѿвратѝ ѻ҆че́съ и҆ не да́ждь мѣ́ста человѣ́кꙋ клѧ́ти тѧ̀:
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5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
6 кленꙋ́щагѡ бо тѧ̀ въ го́рести дꙋшѝ своеѧ̀ мольбꙋ̀ ᲂу҆слы́шитъ сотвори́вый є҆го̀.
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6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication.
7 Прїѧ́тна собо́рищꙋ творѝ себѐ и҆ кнѧ́зю смирѧ́й главꙋ̀ твою̀,
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7 Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man.
8 приклонѝ ᲂу҆́хо твоѐ къ ни́щемꙋ и҆ ѿвѣща́й є҆мꙋ̀ ми̑рнаѧ въ кро́тости,
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8 Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
9 и҆змѝ ѡ҆би́димаго и҆з̾ рꙋкѝ ѡ҆би́дѧщаго и҆ не малодꙋ́шествꙋй, є҆гда̀ сꙋ́диши,
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9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.
10 бꙋ́ди си̑рымъ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆те́цъ и҆ вмѣ́стѡ мꙋ́жа ма́тери и҆́хъ:
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10 Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does.
11 и҆ бꙋ́деши ꙗ҆́кѡ сы́нъ вы́шнѧгѡ, и҆ возлю́битъ тѧ̀ па́че не́же ма́ти твоѧ̀.
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11 Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.
12 Премꙋ́дрость сы́ны своѧ̑ вознесѐ и҆ застꙋпа́етъ и҆́щꙋщихъ є҆ѧ̀:
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12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
13 любѧ́й ю҆̀ лю́битъ жи́знь, и҆ ᲂу҆́тренюющїи къ не́й и҆спо́лнѧтсѧ весе́лїѧ:
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13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
14 держа́йсѧ є҆ѧ̀ наслѣ́дитъ сла́вꙋ, и҆ и҆дѣ́же вхо́дитъ, блгⷭ҇ви́тъ є҆го̀ гдⷭ҇ь:
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14 Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
15 слꙋжа́щїи є҆́й послꙋ́жатъ ст҃о́мꙋ, и҆ лю́бѧщихъ ю҆̀ лю́битъ гдⷭ҇ь:
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15 He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
16 слꙋ́шаѧй є҆ѧ̀ сꙋди́ти и҆́мать ꙗ҆зы́ки, и҆ внима́ѧй є҆́й всели́тсѧ надѣ́ѧвсѧ.
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16 If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
17 А҆́ще ᲂу҆вѣ́рꙋеши, наслѣ́диши ю҆̀, и҆ во ѡ҆держа́нїи бꙋ́дꙋтъ ро́ды є҆гѡ̀:
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17 For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
18 ꙗ҆́кѡ стро́потнѡ хо́дитъ съ ни́мъ въ пе́рвыхъ, боѧ́знь же и҆ стра́хъ наведе́тъ на́нь
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18 Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
19 и҆ помꙋ́читъ є҆го̀ въ наказа́нїи свое́мъ, до́ндеже вѣ́рꙋ и҆́метъ дꙋшѝ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ и҆скꙋ́ситъ є҆го̀ во ѡ҆правда́нїихъ свои́хъ,
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19 If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall.
20 и҆ па́ки возврати́тсѧ прѧ́мѡ къ немꙋ̀ и҆ возвесели́тъ є҆го̀
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20 Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
21 и҆ ѿкры́етъ є҆мꙋ̀ та̑йны своѧ̑:
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21 For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
22 а҆́ще заблꙋ́дитъ, ѡ҆ста́витъ є҆го̀ и҆ преда́стъ є҆го̀ въ рꙋ́цѣ паде́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀.
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22 Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.
23 Блюдѝ вре́мѧ и҆ храни́сѧ ѿ лꙋка́вагѡ,
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23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
24 и҆ ѡ҆ дꙋшѝ твое́й не постыди́сѧ:
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24 For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue.
25 є҆́сть бо сты́дъ наводѧ́й грѣ́хъ, и҆ є҆́сть сты́дъ сла́ва и҆ благода́ть.
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25 Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance.
26 Не прїимѝ лица̀ на дꙋ́шꙋ твою̀ и҆ не срамлѧ́йсѧ ѡ҆ паде́нїи твое́мъ.
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26 Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
27 Не возбранѝ словесѐ во вре́мѧ спасе́нїѧ:
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27 Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon. Don’t be partial to one who is mighty.
28 въ словеси́ бо позна́на бꙋ́детъ премꙋ́дрость, и҆ наказа́нїе въ глаго́лѣхъ ѧ҆зы́ка.
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28 Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.
29 Не прерѣка́й проти́вꙋ и҆́стины и҆ ѡ҆ ненаказа́нїи твое́мъ срамлѧ́йсѧ:
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29 Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.
30 не стыди́сѧ и҆сповѣ́дати грѣхѝ твоѧ̑ и҆ не воспѧща́й быстрины̀ рѣчны́ѧ.
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30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.
31 И҆ не подстели́сѧ мꙋ́жꙋ бꙋ́ю и҆ не ѡ҆бини́сѧ лица̀ си́льнагѡ.
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31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.
32 Да́же до сме́рти подвиза́йсѧ ѡ҆ и҆́стинѣ, и҆ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ побо́ретъ по тебѣ̀.
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32 Not in this translation
33 Не бꙋ́ди ско́ръ ѧ҆зы́комъ твои́мъ, лѣни́въ же и҆ сла́бъ въ дѣ́лѣхъ твои́хъ.
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33 Not in this translation
34 Не бꙋ́ди ꙗ҆́кѡ ле́въ въ домꙋ̀ твое́мъ и҆ жестоконеи́стовъ въ рабѣ́хъ твои́хъ.
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34 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).
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