Wisdom of Solomon · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Wisdom of Solomon 11 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 Оу҆пра́ви дѣла̀ и҆́хъ рꙋко́ю прⷪ҇ро́ка ст҃а́гѡ:
1 Wisdom prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet.
2 проидо́ша пꙋсты́ню неѡбита́ннꙋю и҆ въ непроходи́мыхъ водрꙋзи́ша кꙋ́щы,
2 They traveled through a desert without inhabitant, and they pitched their tents in trackless regions.
3 сопроти́вишасѧ сꙋпоста́тѡмъ и҆ ѿмсти́ша врагѡ́мъ:
3 They withstood enemies and repelled foes.
4 возжада́ша и҆ призва́ша тебѐ, и҆ дана̀ бы́сть и҆̀мъ вода̀ ѿ ка́мене несѣко́магѡ и҆ и҆сцѣле́нїе жа́жды ѿ ка́мене же́стока.
4 They thirsted, and they called upon you, and water was given to them out of the flinty rock, and healing of their thirst out of the hard stone.
5 И҆́миже бо нака́зани бы́ша вразѝ и҆́хъ,
5 For by what things their foes were punished, by these they in their need were benefited.
6 си́ми сі́и во ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́нїи сꙋ́ще благодѣ́тельствовани бы́ша:
6 When enemies were troubled with clotted blood instead of a river’s ever-flowing fountain,
7 за и҆сто́чникъ ᲂу҆́бѡ прⷭ҇нотекꙋ́щїѧ рѣкѝ, кро́вїю и҆злїѧ́нною смѧте́нныѧ,
7 to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies, you gave them abundant water beyond all hope,
8 во ѡ҆бличе́нїе младенцеꙋбі́йственнагѡ повелѣ́нїѧ, да́лъ є҆сѝ и҆̀мъ и҆з̾ѻби́льнꙋ во́дꙋ безнаде́жнѡ,
8 having shown by the thirst which they had suffered how you punished the adversaries.
9 показа́въ тогда̀ жа́ждею, ка́кѡ проти́вныхъ ᲂу҆мꙋ́чилъ є҆сѝ.
9 For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented, being judged with wrath.
10 Є҆гда́ бо и҆скꙋше́ни бы́ша и҆ въ ми́лости нака́зани, позна́ша, ка́кѡ во гнѣ́вѣ сꙋди́мїи нечести́вїи мꙋ́чишасѧ:
10 For you tested these as a father admonishing them; but you searched out those as a stern king condemning them.
11 си́хъ бо ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆ц҃ъ ᲂу҆ча́щь и҆скꙋси́лъ є҆сѝ, ѻ҆́нѣхъ же ꙗ҆́кѡ же́стокъ цр҃ь ѡ҆сꙋжда́ѧ и҆стѧза́лъ є҆сѝ.
11 Yes and whether they were far off or near, they were equally distressed;
12 Ѿстоѧ́щїи же и҆ присꙋ́тствꙋющїи та́кожде мꙋ́чишасѧ:
12 for a double grief seized them, and a groaning at the memory of things past.
13 сꙋгꙋ́ба бо и҆̀хъ прїѧ́тъ печа́ль и҆ стена́нїе съ па́мѧтїю минꙋ́вшихъ.
13 For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited, they recognized the Lord.
14 Є҆гда́ бо слы́шахꙋ свои́ми мꙋчє́нїи благодѣ́йствꙋемыхъ ѻ҆́ныхъ, познава́хꙋ гдⷭ҇а:
14 For him who long before was thrown out and exposed they stopped mocking. In the end of what happened, they marveled, having thirsted in another manner than the righteous.
15 є҆го́же бо дре́вле во ѿложе́нїи ѿве́ржена ѿреко́шасѧ смѣю́щесѧ, при концы̀ собы́тїѧ ᲂу҆диви́шасѧ, неподо́бною пра́вєднымъ томи́ми жа́ждею.
15 But in return for the senseless imaginings of their unrighteousness, wherein they were led astray to worship irrational reptiles and wretched vermin, you sent upon them a multitude of irrational creatures to punish them,
16 За помышлє́нїѧ же безꙋ̑мнаѧ непра́вды и҆́хъ, въ ни́хже заблꙋди́вше почита́хꙋ безсловє́снаѧ пресмыка̑ющаѧсѧ и҆ ѕвѣре́й хꙋды́хъ, посла́лъ є҆сѝ и҆̀мъ мно́жество безслове́сныхъ живо́тныхъ во ѿмще́нїе,
16 that they might learn that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished.
17 да позна́ютъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆́миже кто̀ согрѣша́етъ, си́ми и҆ мꙋ́читсѧ.
17 For your all-powerful hand that created the world out of formless matter didn’t lack means to send upon them a multitude of bears, fierce lions,
18 Не неможа́ше бо всеси́льнаѧ рꙋка̀ твоѧ̀, ꙗ҆́же сотворѝ мі́ръ ѿ без̾ѡбра́знагѡ вещества̀, посла́ти на ни́хъ мно́жество медвѣ́дей, и҆лѝ лю́тыхъ львѡ́въ,
18 or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage, either breathing out a blast of fiery breath, or belching out smoke, or flashing dreadful sparks from their eyes;
19 и҆лѝ новосозда́нныхъ ꙗ҆́рости и҆спо́лненыхъ ѕвѣре́й незна́емыхъ, и҆лѝ ѻ҆́гненнымъ ды́шꙋщихъ дꙋ́хомъ, и҆лѝ ѕлосмра́дный произносѧ́щихъ ды́мъ, и҆лѝ стра̑шныѧ и҆з̾ ѻ҆че́й и҆́скры и҆спꙋска́ющихъ:
19 which had power not only to consume them by their violence, but to destroy them even by the terror of their sight.
20 и҆́хже не то́кмѡ вре́дъ можа́ше и҆стреби́ти ѧ҆̀, но и҆ зра́къ ᲂу҆страша́ющь погꙋби́ти.
20 Yes and without these they might have fallen by a single breath, being pursued by Justice, and scattered abroad by the breath of your power; but you arranged all things by measure, number, and weight.
21 И҆ без̾ тѣ́хъ, є҆ди́нымъ дꙋ́хомъ па́сти мого́ша, ѿ сꙋда̀ гони́ми и҆ развѣ́ѧни ѿ дх҃а си́лы твоеѧ̀: но всѧ̑ мѣ́рою и҆ число́мъ и҆ вѣ́сомъ расположи́лъ є҆сѝ.
21 For to be greatly strong is yours at all times. Who could withstand the might of your arm?
22 Є҆́же бо мно́гѡ мощѝ, присꙋ́тствꙋетъ тебѣ̀ всегда̀, и҆ держа́вѣ мы́шцы твоеѧ̀ кто̀ сопроти́витсѧ;
22 Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance, and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning.
23 Поне́же, ꙗ҆́коже стра́жикъ въ превѣ́сѣхъ, (та́кѡ) ве́сь мі́ръ пред̾ тобо́ю, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ка́плѧ росы̀ ᲂу҆́треннїѧ, сходѧ́щїѧ на зе́млю.
23 But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things, and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may repent.
24 Ми́лꙋеши же всѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ̑ мо́жеши, и҆ презира́еши грѣхѝ человѣ́кѡмъ въ покаѧ́нїе.
24 For you love all things that are, and abhor none of the things which you made; For you never would have formed anything if you hated it.
25 Лю́биши же сꙋ̑щаѧ всѧ̑, и҆ ничесогѡ́же гнꙋша́ешисѧ, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ: ниже́ бо ненави́дѧ что̀ ᲂу҆стро́илъ є҆сѝ.
25 How would anything have endured unless you had willed it? Or that which was not called by you, how would it have been preserved?
26 Ка́кѡ же пребы́ло бы что̀, а҆́ще бы ты̀ не и҆зво́лилъ є҆сѝ; и҆лѝ, є҆́же не нарече́но ѿ тебє̀, сохрани́лосѧ бы;
26 But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Sovereign Lord, you who love the living.
27 Щади́ши же всѧ̑, ꙗ҆́кѡ твоѧ̑ сꙋ́ть, влⷣко дш҃елю́бче!
27 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).
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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).
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