Wisdom of Solomon · 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 Реко́ша бо въ себѣ̀ помышлѧ́ющїи непра́вѡ: ма́лъ є҆́сть и҆ печа́ленъ живо́тъ на́шъ, и҆ нѣ́сть и҆сцѣле́нїѧ въ кончи́нѣ человѣ́честѣ, и҆ нѣ́сть позна́нъ возврати́выйсѧ ѿ а҆́да.
1 For they said within themselves, with unsound reasoning, “Our life is short and sorrowful. There is no healing when a man comes to his end, and no one was ever known who was released from Hades.
2 Ꙗ҆́кѡ самослꙋча́йнѡ рожде́ни є҆смы̀, и҆ по се́мъ бꙋ́демъ ꙗ҆́коже не бы́вше: поне́же ды́мъ дыха́нїе въ но́здрехъ на́шихъ, и҆ сло́во и҆́скра въ движе́нїи се́рдца на́шегѡ:
2 Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we will be as though we had never been, because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,
3 є҆́йже ᲂу҆га́сшей пе́пелъ бꙋ́детъ тѣ́ло, и҆ дꙋ́хъ на́шъ разлїе́тсѧ ꙗ҆́кѡ мѧ́гкїй воздꙋ́хъ,
3 which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes, and the spirit will be dispersed as thin air.
4 и҆ и҆́мѧ на́ше забве́но бꙋ́детъ во вре́мѧ, и҆ никто́же воспомѧне́тъ дѣ́лъ на́шихъ: и҆ пре́йдетъ живо́тъ на́шъ ꙗ҆́кѡ слѣды̀ ѡ҆́блака, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ мгла̀ разрꙋши́тсѧ, разгна́наѧ ѿ лꙋ̑чь со́лнечныхъ и҆ теплото́ю є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆тѧгчи́вшисѧ.
4 Our name will be forgotten in time. No one will remember our works. Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud, and will be scattered as is a mist, when it is chased by the rays of the sun, and overcome by its heat.
5 Стѣ́ни бо прехо́дъ житїѐ на́ше, и҆ нѣ́сть возвраще́нїѧ кончи́ны на́шеѧ: ꙗ҆́кѡ запеча́тана є҆́сть, и҆ никто̀ возвраща́етсѧ.
5 For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back.
6 Прїиди́те ᲂу҆̀бо и҆ наслади́мсѧ настоѧ́щихъ благи́хъ, и҆ ᲂу҆потреби́мъ созда́нїѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ въ ю҆́ности ско́рѡ:
6 “Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist. Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth.
7 вїна̀ дража́йшагѡ и҆ мѵ́ра (благово́нна) и҆спо́лнимсѧ, и҆ да не пре́йдетъ на́съ цвѣ́тъ житїѧ̀:
7 Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes, and let no spring flower pass us by.
8 ᲂу҆вѣнча́имъ на́съ ши́пковыми цвѣ́ты, пре́жде не́же ᲂу҆вѧ́нꙋтъ:
8 Let’s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
9 ни є҆ди́нъ ѿ на́съ лише́нъ да бꙋ́детъ на́шегѡ наслажде́нїѧ, вездѣ̀ ѡ҆ста́вимъ зна́менїе весе́лїѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сїѧ̀ ча́сть на́ша и҆ жре́бїй се́й.
9 Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry. Let’s leave tokens of mirth everywhere, because this is our portion, and this is our lot.
10 Наси́лїе сотвори́мъ ᲂу҆бо́гꙋ првⷣномꙋ, не пощади́мъ вдови́цы, нижѐ ста́рца ᲂу҆стыди́мсѧ сѣди́нъ многолѣ́тныхъ.
10 Let’s oppress the righteous poor. Let’s not spare the widow, nor regard the gray hair of the old man.
11 Да бꙋ́детъ же на́мъ крѣ́пость зако́нъ пра́вды: некрѣ́пкое бо неполе́зно ѡ҆брѣта́етсѧ.
11 But let our strength be a law of righteousness; for that which is weak is proven useless.
12 Оу҆лови́мъ же (ле́стїю) првⷣнаго, ꙗ҆́кѡ непотре́бенъ на́мъ є҆́сть и҆ проти́витсѧ дѣлѡ́мъ на́шымъ, и҆ поно́ситъ на́мъ грѣхѝ зако́на и҆ ѕлосла́витъ на́мъ грѣхѝ ᲂу҆че́нїѧ на́шегѡ:
12 But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man, because he annoys us, is contrary to our works, reproaches us with sins against the law, and charges us with sins against our training.
13 возвѣща́етъ на́мъ ра́зꙋмъ и҆мѣ́ти бж҃їй, и҆ ѻ҆́трока гдⷭ҇нѧ себѐ и҆менꙋ́етъ:
13 He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
14 бы́сть на́мъ на ѡ҆бличе́нїе помышле́нїй на́шихъ:
14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.
15 тѧ́жекъ є҆́сть на́мъ и҆ къ видѣ́нїю, ꙗ҆́кѡ неподо́бно (є҆́сть) и҆ны̑мъ житїѐ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ ѿмѣ̑нны (сꙋ́ть) стєзѝ є҆гѡ̀:
15 He is grievous to us even to look at, because his life is unlike other men’s, and his paths are strange.
16 въ порꙋга́нїе вмѣни́хомсѧ є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ ᲂу҆далѧ́етесѧ ѿ пꙋті́й на́шихъ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ нечисто́тъ: блажи́тъ послѣ̑днѧѧ првⷣныхъ и҆ сла́витсѧ ѻ҆ц҃а̀ и҆мѣ́ти (себѣ̀) бг҃а.
16 We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father.
17 Оу҆ви́димъ, а҆́ще словеса̀ є҆гѡ̀ и҆́стинна, и҆ и҆скꙋ́симъ ꙗ҆̀же сбꙋ́дꙋтсѧ є҆мꙋ̀.
17 Let’s see if his words are true. Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life.
18 А҆́ще бо є҆́сть и҆́стинный сы́нъ бж҃їй, защи́титъ є҆го̀ и҆ и҆зба́витъ є҆го̀ ѿ рꙋкѝ проти́вѧщихсѧ.
18 For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.
19 Досажде́нїемъ и҆ мꙋ́кою и҆стѧ́жимъ є҆го̀, да ᲂу҆вѣ́мы кро́тость є҆гѡ̀ и҆ и҆скꙋ́симъ безѕло́бство є҆гѡ̀:
19 Let’s test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and test his patience.
20 сме́ртїю поно́сною ѡ҆сꙋ́димъ є҆го̀, бꙋ́детъ бо є҆мꙋ̀ разсмотре́нїе ѿ слове́съ є҆гѡ̀.
20 Let’s condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words.”
21 Сїѧ̑ помы́слиша и҆ прельсти́шасѧ: ѡ҆слѣпи́ бо и҆̀хъ ѕло́ба и҆́хъ,
21 Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray; for their wickedness blinded them,
22 и҆ не ᲂу҆вѣ́дѣша та̑инъ бж҃їихъ, нижѐ мзды̀ ᲂу҆пова́ша преподо́бїѧ, нижѐ присꙋди́ша че́сти дꙋша́мъ непорѡ́чнымъ.
22 and they didn’t know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls.
23 Ꙗ҆́кѡ бг҃ъ созда̀ человѣ́ка въ неистлѣ́нїе и҆ во ѡ҆́бразъ подо́бїѧ своегѡ̀ сотворѝ є҆го̀:
23 Because God created man for incorruption, and made him an image of his own everlastingness;
24 за́вистїю же дїа́волею сме́рть вни́де въ мі́ръ: вкꙋша́ютъ же ю҆̀, и҆̀же ѿ є҆ѧ̀ ча́сти сꙋ́ть.
24 but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil, and those who belong to him experience it.
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).
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