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.
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1 Не ᲂу҆пова́й на и҆мѣ̑нїѧ твоѧ̑ и҆ не и҆ рцы̀: довѡ́льна мѝ сꙋ́ть.
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,
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.
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.
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,
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
11 Be swift to hear and answer with patience.
12 Бꙋ́ди ᲂу҆твержде́нъ въ ра́зꙋмѣ твое́мъ, и҆ є҆ди́но бꙋ́ди сло́во твоѐ.
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.
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.
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.
15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.
16 Не словѝ шепотни̑къ и҆ ѧ҆зы́комъ твои́мъ не ᲂу҆ловлѧ́й:
16 Not in this translation
17 на та́ти бо стꙋ́дъ є҆́сть и҆ зазо́ръ лꙋка́въ над̾ двоѧзы́чнымъ.
17 Not in this translation
18 Ѡ҆ вели́цѣ и҆ ѡ҆ ма́лѣ не неразꙋмѣва́й.
18 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).
… 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 …
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