Sirach · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Sirach 9 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 ревнꙋ́й женѣ̀ нѣ́дра твоегѡ̀, нижѐ наꙋчѝ на тебѐ самаго̀ ᲂу҆че́нїю лꙋка́вꙋ.
1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
2 Не да́ждь женѣ̀ дꙋшѝ твоеѧ̀, є҆́же превзы́ти є҆́й над̾ крѣ́пость твою̀.
2 Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength.
3 Не срѣта́й жены̀ блꙋдни́цы, да не ка́кѡ впаде́ши въ сѣ̑ти є҆ѧ̀.
3 Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
4 Къ спѣва́ющей не примѣша́йсѧ, да не ка́кѡ ᲂу҆вѧ́знеши въ начина́нїихъ є҆ѧ̀.
4 Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks.
5 Дѣ́вы не назира́й, да не когда̀ соблазни́шисѧ въ красотѣ̀ є҆ѧ̀.
5 Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.
6 Не да́ждь блꙋдни́цамъ дꙋшѝ твоеѧ̀, да не погꙋби́ши наслѣ́дїѧ твоегѡ̀.
6 Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance.
7 Не ѡ҆бзира́й сто́гнъ гра́да и҆ въ пꙋсты́хъ є҆гѡ̀ не заблꙋжда́й.
7 Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places.
8 Ѿвратѝ ѻ҆́ко твоѐ ѿ жены̀ кра́сныѧ и҆ не назира́й чꙋжды́ѧ добро́ты:
8 Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.
9 добро́тою же́нскою мно́зи прельсти́шасѧ, и҆ ѿ сеѧ̀ по́хоть ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆́гнь разгара́етсѧ.
9 Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest perhaps your soul turn away to her, and with your spirit you slide into destruction.
10 Съ мꙋжа́тицею ѿню́дъ не сѣдѝ и҆ не ме́дли съ не́ю въ вїнѣ̀:
10 Don’t forsake an old friend; for a new one is not comparable to him. A new friend is like new wine: if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness.
11 да не когда̀ приклони́тсѧ дꙋша̀ твоѧ̀ на ню̀, и҆ дꙋ́хомъ твои́мъ поползне́шисѧ въ па́гꙋбꙋ.
11 Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be.
12 Не ѡ҆ставлѧ́й дрꙋ́га ста́рагѡ, но́вый бо нѣ́сть то́ченъ є҆мꙋ̀:
12 Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly. Remember they will not go unpunished to the grave.
13 вїно̀ но́вое дрꙋ́гъ но́въ: а҆́ще ѡ҆бетша́етъ, съ весе́лїемъ и҆спїе́ши є҆го̀.
13 Keep yourself far from the man who has power to kill, and you will not be troubled by the fear of death. If you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life. Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, and walk upon the battlements of a city.
14 Не ревнꙋ́й сла́вѣ грѣ́шника: не вѣ́си бо, ко́е бꙋ́детъ превраще́нїе є҆гѡ̀.
14 As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and take counsel with the wise.
15 Не соизво́ли и҆зволе́нїємъ нечести́выхъ: помѧнѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да́же до а҆́да не ѡ҆правдѧ́тсѧ.
15 Let your conversation be with men of understanding. Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High.
16 Дале́че ѿстꙋпѝ ѿ человѣ́ка, и҆́же и҆́мать вла́сть ᲂу҆бива́ти, и҆ не ᲂу҆бои́шисѧ стра́ха сме́ртна:
16 Let righteous people be companions at your table. Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
17 и҆ а҆́ще пристꙋ́пиши, не согрѣша́й, да не ѿи́метъ живота̀ твоегѡ̀:
17 A work is commended because of the skill of the artisan; so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech.
18 познава́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ посредѣ̀ сѣ́тей минꙋ́еши и҆ по забра́лѡмъ гра́да хо́диши.
18 A loudmouthed man is dangerous in his city. He who is reckless in his speech will be hated.
19 По крѣ́пости твое́й разсмотрѧ́й и҆́скреннѧго и҆ со премꙋ́дрыми совѣ́тꙋй.
19 Not in this translation
20 Съ разꙋми́выми бꙋ́ди размышле́нїе твоѐ, и҆ всѧ̀ по́вѣсть твоѧ̀ въ зако́нѣ вы́шнѧгѡ.
20 Not in this translation
21 Мꙋ́жїе првⷣнїи да вечерѧ́ютъ съ тобо́ю, и҆ во стра́сѣ гдⷭ҇ни бꙋ́ди хвала̀ твоѧ̀.
21 Not in this translation
22 Ѿ рꙋкѝ хꙋдо́жникѡвъ дѣ́ло похвале́но быва́етъ, и҆ во́ждь люді́й премꙋ́дръ въ словесѝ свое́мъ.
22 Not in this translation
23 Стра́шенъ во гра́дѣ свое́мъ мꙋ́жъ ѧ҆зы́ченъ, и҆ де́рзый въ словесѝ свое́мъ возненави́дѣнъ бꙋ́детъ.
23 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).
Whence too it is said in the Psalm, "They have laid stumblingblocks for me by the way side." And another Scripture saith, "Remember that thou walkest in the midst of snares." These snares among which we walk are not in the way; but yet they are "by the way side." What fearest thou, what art thou alarmed at, so thou …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
This even the ancient Scripture corrects from the first, saying, "Contemplate not beauty which is another's." And then, lest any one should say, "what then, if I contemplate, and be not taken captive," He punishes the look, lest confiding in this security thou shouldest some time fall into sin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… a better thing than a gift," and "answer the poor man peaceably with meekness." And all the rest of thy time too adorn it with the rehearsing of the laws of God; "Yea, let all thy communication be in the law of the Most High." Having thus adorned ourselves, let us come to our King, and fall at His knees, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)