Tobit · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- 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.
- 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.
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1 Є҆гда́ же прїидо́хъ въ до́мъ мо́й, и҆ ѿдана̀ бы́сть мнѣ̀ а҆́нна жена̀ моѧ̀ и҆ тѡві́а сы́нъ мо́й, въ пра́здникъ пѧтьдесѧ́тницы, и҆̀же є҆́сть ст҃ъ се́дмь седми́цъ, бы́сть ѡ҆бѣ́дъ до́бръ мнѣ̀, и҆ возлего́хъ, є҆́же ꙗ҆́сти.
1 Now when I had come home again, and my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared for me, and I sat down to eat.
2 И҆ ᲂу҆зрѣ́хъ снѣ̑ди мнѡ́ги и҆ рѣ́хъ сы́нꙋ моемꙋ̀: и҆дѝ и҆ приведѝ, є҆го́же а҆́ще ѡ҆брѧ́щеши ѿ бра́тїи на́шеѧ ни́щаго, и҆́же по́мнитъ гдⷭ҇а, и҆ сѐ, ѡ҆жида́ю тебѐ.
2 I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, “Go and bring whatever poor man you find of our kindred, who is mindful of the Lord. Behold, I wait for you.”
3 И҆ прише́дъ речѐ: ѻ҆́тче, є҆ди́нъ ѿ ро́да на́шегѡ ᲂу҆давле́нъ пове́рженъ є҆́сть на то́ржищи.
3 Then he came, and said, “Father, one of our race is strangled, and has been cast out in the marketplace.”
4 И҆ а҆́зъ, пре́жде не́же вкꙋси́ти мѝ, взѧ́хъ є҆го̀ въ нѣ́кїй до́мъ, доне́лѣже за́йде со́лнце:
4 Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun had set.
5 и҆ возврати́всѧ ᲂу҆мы́хсѧ и҆ ꙗ҆до́хъ хлѣ́бъ мо́й въ ско́рби,
5 Then I returned, washed myself, ate my bread in heaviness,
6 и҆ помѧнꙋ́хъ прⷪ҇ро́чество а҆мѡ́са, ꙗ҆́коже речѐ: ѡ҆братѧ́тсѧ дні́е ва́ши въ пла́чь, и҆ всѧ̑ весє́лїѧ ва̑ша въ сѣ́тованїе:
6 and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said, “Your feasts will be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.
7 и҆ пла́кахсѧ: и҆ є҆гда̀ за́йде со́лнце, поидо́хъ и҆ и҆скопа́въ погребо́хъ є҆го̀.
7 So I wept: and when the sun had set, I went and dug a grave, and buried him.
8 Бли́жнїи же посмѣва́хꙋсѧ, глаго́люще: є҆щѐ не бои́тсѧ ᲂу҆бїе́нъ бы́ти за дѣ́ло сїѐ: и҆ бѣжа̀, и҆ сѐ, па́ки погреба́етъ мє́ртвыѧ.
8 My neighbors mocked me, and said, “He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter; and yet he fled away. Behold, he buries the dead again.”
9 И҆ въ тꙋ̀ но́щь, є҆гда̀ погребо́хъ, возврати́хсѧ и҆ лего́хъ ѡ҆скверне́нъ при стѣнѣ̀ двора̀, и҆ лицѐ моѐ ѿкрове́но бѣ̀:
9 The same night I returned from burying him, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted; and my face was uncovered.
10 не ви́дѣхъ же, ꙗ҆́кѡ вра̑бїѧ на стѣнѣ̀ сꙋ́ть, и҆ ѻ҆чесє́мъ мои̑мъ ѿвє́рстымъ сꙋ́щымъ, и҆спꙋсти́ша вра̑бїѧ те́плое на ѻ҆чеса̀ моѧ̑, и҆ бы́ша бѣ́льма на ѻ҆чесѣ́хъ мои́хъ: и҆ и҆до́хъ ко врачє́мъ и҆ не по́льзоваша мѧ̀: а҆хїа́харъ же пита́ше мѧ̀, до́ндеже ѿидо́хъ во є҆лѷмаі́дꙋ.
10 I didn’t know that there were sparrows in the wall. My eyes were open and the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes, and white films came over my eyes. I went to the physicians, and they didn’t help me; but Achiacharus nourished me, until I went into Elymais.
11 А҆ жена̀ моѧ̀ а҆́нна во́лнꙋ прѧдѧ́ше въ домѣ́хъ же́нскихъ
11 My wife Anna wove cloth in the women’s chambers,
12 и҆ посыла́ше госпо́дїємъ: даѧ́хꙋ же є҆́й и҆ ѻ҆нѝ мздꙋ̀, прида́вше и҆ козлѧ̀.
12 and sent the work back to the owners. They on their part paid her wages, and also gave her a kid.
13 Є҆гда́ же прїи́де ко мнѣ̀, нача̀ вопи́ти: и҆ рѣ́хъ є҆́й: ѿкꙋ́дꙋ козлѧ̀; не ᲂу҆кра́дено ли є҆́сть; ѿда́ждь є҆̀ госпо́дїємъ: не бо̀ лѣ́по є҆́сть ꙗ҆́сти кра́деное.
13 But when it came to my house, it began to cry, and I said to her, “Where did this kid come from? Is it stolen? Give it back to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.”
14 Ѻ҆на́ же речѐ: да́ръ даде́сѧ мѝ над̾ мздꙋ̀. И҆ не вѣ́ровахъ є҆́й и҆ глаго́лахъ ѿда́ти є҆̀ госпо́дїємъ, и҆ стыдѧ́хсѧ пред̾ не́ю. Ѻ҆на́ же ѿвѣща́вши речѐ мѝ: гдѣ̀ сꙋ́ть ми́лѡстыни твоѧ̑ и҆ пра̑вды твоѧ̑; сѐ, вѣ́дѡма всѧ̑ съ тобо́ю.
14 But she said, “It has been given to me for a gift more than the wages.” I didn’t believe her, and I asked her to return it to the owners; and I was ashamed of her. But she answered and said to me, “Where are your alms and your righteous deeds? Behold, you and all your works are known.”
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“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).
… of theft; he did not like to hear the sound of any stolen thing in his house; and she, maintaining what she had done, reproached her husband; and when he said, "Restore it if it be stolen;" she answered insultingly, "Where are thy righteous deeds?" How great was her blindness who maintained the theft; and how clear a light he …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)