Wisdom of Solomon · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Wisdom of Solomon 1 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 Возлюби́те пра́вдꙋ, сꙋдѧ́щїи зе́млю: мꙋ́дрствꙋйте ѡ҆ гдⷭ҇ѣ въ благосты́ни и҆ въ простотѣ̀ се́рдца взыщи́те є҆го̀:
1 Love righteousness, all you who are judges of the earth. Think of the Lord with a good mind. Seek him in singleness of heart,
2 ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆брѣта́етсѧ не и҆скꙋша́ющымъ є҆го̀, ꙗ҆влѧ́етсѧ же не невѣ́рꙋющымъ є҆мꙋ̀.
2 because he is found by those who don’t put him to the test, and is manifested to those who trust him.
3 Стропти̑ваѧ бо помышлє́нїѧ ѿлꙋча́ютъ ѿ бг҃а: и҆скꙋша́емаѧ си́ла ѡ҆блича́етъ безꙋ́мныхъ.
3 for crooked thoughts separate from God. His Power convicts when it is tested, and exposes the foolish;
4 Ꙗ҆́кѡ въ ѕлохꙋдо́жнꙋ дꙋ́шꙋ не вни́детъ премꙋ́дрость, нижѐ ѡ҆бита́етъ въ тѣлесѝ пови́ннѣмъ грѣхꙋ̀:
4 because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil, nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin.
5 ст҃ы́й бо дх҃ъ наказа́нїѧ ѿбѣжи́тъ льсти́ва и҆ ѿи́метсѧ ѿ помышле́нїй неразꙋ́мныхъ и҆ ѡ҆бличи́тсѧ ѿ находѧ́щїѧ непра́вды.
5 For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding, and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in.
6 Человѣколюби́въ бо дꙋ́хъ премꙋ́дрости и҆ не ѡ҆безвини́тъ хꙋ́льника ѿ ᲂу҆сте́нъ є҆гѡ̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ внꙋ́треннихъ є҆гѡ̀ свидѣ́тель є҆́сть бг҃ъ и҆ се́рдца є҆гѡ̀ и҆спыта́тель и҆́стиненъ и҆ ѧ҆зы́ка слы́шатель:
6 For wisdom is a spirit who loves man, and she will not hold a blasphemer guiltless for his lips, because God is witness of his inmost self, and is a true overseer of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
7 ꙗ҆́кѡ дх҃ъ гдⷭ҇ень и҆спо́лни вселе́ннꙋю, и҆ содержа́й всѧ̑ ра́зꙋмъ и҆́мать гла́са.
7 Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said.
8 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди вѣща́ѧй непра́вєднаѧ никто́же ᲂу҆таи́тсѧ, и҆ не мимои́детъ є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆блича́ющь сꙋ́дъ.
8 Therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will be unseen; neither will Justice, when it convicts, pass him by.
9 Въ совѣ́тѣхъ бо нечести́вагѡ и҆стѧза́нїе бꙋ́детъ, слове́съ же є҆гѡ̀ слы́шанїе ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ прїи́детъ во ѡ҆бличе́нїе беззако́нїй є҆гѡ̀:
9 For in his counsels the ungodly will be searched out, and the sound of his words will come to the Lord to bring his lawless deeds to conviction;
10 ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆́хо рве́нїѧ слы́шитъ всѧ̑, и҆ молва̀ ропта́нїй не кры́етсѧ.
10 because a jealous ear listens to all things, and the noise of murmurings is not hidden.
11 Храни́тесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо ѿ ропта́нїѧ неполе́зна и҆ ѿ ѡ҆болга́нїѧ щади́те ѧ҆зы́къ: ꙗ҆́кѡ вѣща́нїе та́йное тщѐ не пре́йдетъ, ᲂу҆ста́ же лжꙋ̑щаѧ ᲂу҆бива́ютъ дꙋ́шꙋ.
11 Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul.
12 Не вожделѣ́йте сме́рти въ заблꙋжде́нїи живота̀ ва́шегѡ, нижѐ привлека́йте поги́бели дѣла́ми рꙋ́къ ва́шихъ:
12 Don’t court death in the error of your life. Don’t draw destruction upon yourselves by the works of your hands;
13 ꙗ҆́кѡ бг҃ъ сме́рти не сотворѝ, ни весели́тсѧ ѡ҆ поги́бели живы́хъ.
13 because God didn’t make death, neither does he delight when the living perish.
14 Созда́ бо во є҆́же бы́ти всѣ̑мъ, и҆ спаси́тєльны бытїѧ̑ мі́ра, ни бо̀ є҆́сть въ ни́хъ врачева́нїѧ гꙋби́тельнагѡ, нижѐ а҆́дꙋ ца́рствїѧ на землѝ.
14 For he created all things that they might have being. The generative powers of the world are wholesome, and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor has Hades royal dominion upon earth;
15 Пра́вда бо безсме́ртна є҆́сть: (непра́вда же сме́рти снабдѣ́нїе:)
15 for righteousness is immortal,
16 нечести́вїи же рꙋка́ма и҆ словесы̀ призва́ша ю҆̀, дрꙋги́ню вмѣни́ша ю҆̀ и҆ и҆ста́ѧша, и҆ завѣ́тъ положи́ша съ не́ю, ꙗ҆́кѡ досто́йни сꙋ́ть ѻ҆́ноѧ ча́сти бы́ти.
16 but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon death; deeming him a friend they pined away. They made a covenant with him, because they are worthy to belong with him.
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).
… to beware of offending Him, suppose that he can serve two masters; and let him disentangle the upright intention of his heart from all doubleness: for thus he will think of the Lord with a good heart, and in simplicity of heart will seek Him. Chapter XV
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
saith the Lord," and "The Spirit of the Lord filleth the world," if God partly contains and partly is contained?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
But the Spirit is believed to have been operating at the same time in Habakkuk and in Daniel at Babylon, and to have been at the prison with Jeremiah, and with Ezekiel at the Chebar. For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world, and "whither shall I go from thy spirit?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
For God did not create death, neither does He take delight in the destruction of living things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… now detest and abhor such impiety, if ye keep clean for the Creator His own temple, if ye would that He should come and make His abode with you, "Think of the Lord with a good heart, and in simplicity of heart seek for Him." Mark well who it is to whom ye say, if so be ye do say …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)