Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 5 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 Не ᲂу҆пова́й на и҆мѣ̑нїѧ твоѧ̑ и҆ не и҆ рцы̀: довѡ́льна мѝ сꙋ́ть.
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1 Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”
2 Не послѣ́дꙋй дꙋшѝ твое́й и҆ крѣ́пости твое́й, є҆́же ходи́ти въ по́хотехъ се́рдца твоегѡ̀,
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2 Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart.
3 и҆ не рцы̀: кто́ мѧ премо́жетъ; гдⷭ҇ь бо мстѧ́й ѿмсти́тъ тѝ.
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3 Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
4 Не рцы̀: согрѣши́хъ, и҆ что́ ми бы́сть; гдⷭ҇ь бо є҆́сть долготерпѣли́въ.
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4 Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient.
5 Ѡ҆ ѡ҆чище́нїи безстра́шенъ не бꙋ́ди, прилага́ти грѣхѝ на грѣхѝ,
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5 Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins.
6 не рцы̀: щедро́та є҆гѡ̀ мно́га є҆́сть, мно́жество грѣхѡ́въ мои́хъ ѡ҆чⷭ҇титъ:
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6 Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners.
7 млⷭ҇ть бо и҆ гнѣ́въ ᲂу҆ негѡ̀, и҆ на грѣ́шницѣхъ почі́етъ ꙗ҆́рость є҆гѡ̀.
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7 Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, and you will perish in the time of vengeance.
8 Не ме́дли ѡ҆брати́тисѧ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ и҆ не ѿлага́й де́нь ѿ днѐ:
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8 Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
9 внеза́пꙋ бо и҆зы́детъ гнѣ́въ гдⷭ҇ень, и҆ во вре́мѧ мє́сти поги́бнеши.
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9 Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.
10 Не ᲂу҆пова́й на и҆мѣ̑нїѧ непра́вєдна: ничи́мже бо ᲂу҆по́льзꙋютъ въ де́нь наведе́нїѧ.
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10 Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent.
11 Не вѣ́й себѐ всѧ́кимъ вѣ́тромъ и҆ не ходѝ всѧ́кимъ пꙋте́мъ: си́це грѣ́шникъ двоѧзы́ченъ.
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11 Be swift to hear and answer with patience.
12 Бꙋ́ди ᲂу҆твержде́нъ въ ра́зꙋмѣ твое́мъ, и҆ є҆ди́но бꙋ́ди сло́во твоѐ.
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12 If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
13 Бꙋ́ди ско́ръ въ слꙋ́шанїи твое́мъ, и҆ съ долготерпѣ́нїемъ ѿвѣщава́й ѿвѣ́тъ.
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13 Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
14 А҆́ще є҆́сть въ тебѣ̀ ра́зꙋмъ, ѿвѣща́й и҆́скреннемꙋ: а҆́ще же нѝ, то̀ бꙋ́ди рꙋка̀ твоѧ̀ на ᲂу҆стѣ́хъ твои́хъ.
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14 Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.
15 Сла́ва и҆ безче́стїе въ бесѣ́дѣ и҆ ѧ҆зы́къ человѣ́чь паде́нїе є҆мꙋ̀.
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15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.
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).
… despaired wrongly, and were lost in their despair, and called them back to hope; so doth He go forth to these also who would perish through an evil hope; and by another book He saith to them, "Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord." As He had said to the others, "In whatsoever day a man shall turn from …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)