Wisdom of Solomon · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Wisdom of Solomon 3 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Notes on this text (3)
- 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.
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Првⷣныхъ не дꙋ́ши въ рꙋцѣ̀ бж҃їей, и҆ не прико́снетсѧ и҆́хъ мꙋ́ка.
1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them.
2 Непщева́ни бы́ша во ѻ҆́чїю безꙋ́мныхъ ᲂу҆мре́ти, и҆ вмѣни́сѧ ѡ҆ѕлобле́нїе и҆схо́дъ и҆́хъ,
2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster,
3 и҆ є҆́же ѿ на́съ ше́ствїе сокрꙋше́нїе: ѻ҆ни́ же сꙋ́ть въ ми́рѣ.
3 and their travel away from us ruin, but they are in peace.
4 И҆́бо пред̾ лице́мъ человѣ́ческимъ а҆́ще и҆ мꙋ́кꙋ прїи́мꙋтъ, ᲂу҆пова́нїе и҆́хъ безсме́ртїѧ и҆спо́лнено:
4 For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality.
5 и҆ вма́лѣ нака́зани бы́вше, вели́кими благодѣ́тельствовани бꙋ́дꙋтъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ бг҃ъ и҆скꙋсѝ и҆̀хъ и҆ ѡ҆брѣ́те и҆̀хъ достѡ́йны себѣ̀:
5 Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good; because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself.
6 ꙗ҆́кѡ зла́то въ горни́лѣ и҆скꙋсѝ и҆̀хъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ всепло́дїе же́ртвенное прїѧ́тъ ѧ҆̀.
6 He tested them like gold in the furnace, and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering.
7 И҆ во вре́мѧ посѣще́нїѧ и҆́хъ возсїѧ́ютъ, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆́скры по сте́блїю потекꙋ́тъ:
7 In the time of their visitation they will shine. They will run back and forth like sparks among stubble.
8 сꙋ́дѧтъ ꙗ҆зы́кѡмъ и҆ ѡ҆блада́ютъ людьмѝ, и҆ воцр҃и́тсѧ въ ни́хъ гдⷭ҇ь во вѣ́ки.
8 They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples. The Lord will reign over them forever.
9 Надѣ́ющїисѧ на́нь ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́ютъ и҆́стинꙋ, и҆ вѣ́рнїи въ любвѝ пребꙋ́дꙋтъ є҆мꙋ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ блгⷣть и҆ млⷭ҇ть въ прпⷣбныхъ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ посѣще́нїе во и҆збра́нныхъ є҆гѡ̀.
9 Those who trust him will understand truth. The faithful will live with him in love, because grace and mercy are with his chosen ones.
10 Нечести́вїи же, ꙗ҆́кѡ помы́слиша, прїи́мꙋтъ запреще́нїе, и҆̀же неради́вшїи ѡ҆ првⷣнѣмъ и҆ ѿ гдⷭ҇а ѿстꙋпи́вше.
10 But the ungodly will be punished even as their reasoning deserves, those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord;
11 Премꙋ́дрость бо и҆ наказа́нїе ᲂу҆ничижа́ѧй ѡ҆каѧ́ненъ, и҆ пра́здно ᲂу҆пова́нїе и҆́хъ, и҆ трꙋды̀ безплѡ́дны, и҆ неключи̑ма дѣла̀ и҆́хъ:
11 for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable. Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable. Their works are useless.
12 жєны̀ и҆́хъ безꙋ̑мны и҆ лꙋка̑ва ча̑да и҆́хъ, про́клѧто рожде́нїе и҆́хъ.
12 Their wives are foolish and their children are wicked.
13 Ꙗ҆́кѡ блаже́на є҆́сть непло́ды неѡскверне́наѧ, ꙗ҆́же не позна̀ ло́жа во грѣсѣ̀, и҆мѣ́ти бꙋ́детъ пло́дъ въ посѣще́нїи дꙋ́шъ:
13 Their descendants are cursed. For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy, she who has not conceived in transgression. She will have fruit when God examines souls.
14 и҆ є҆ѵнꙋ́хъ, и҆́же не содѣ́ла въ рꙋкꙋ̀ (своє́ю) беззако́нїѧ, нижѐ помы́сли на гдⷭ҇а лꙋка̑ваѧ, да́стсѧ бо є҆мꙋ̀ вѣ́ры благода́ть и҆збра́нна и҆ жре́бїй во хра́мѣ гдⷭ҇ни ᲂу҆го́днѣйшїй.
14 So is the eunuch which has done no lawless deed with his hands, nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness, and a delightful inheritance in the Lord’s sanctuary.
15 Благи́хъ бо трꙋдѡ́въ пло́дъ благосла́венъ, и҆ не ѿпа́дающь ко́рень ра́зꙋма.
15 For good labors have fruit of great renown. The root of understanding can’t fail.
16 Ча̑да же прелюбодѣ́євъ несовершє́на бꙋ́дꙋтъ, и҆ ѿ законопрестꙋ́пнагѡ ло́жа сѣ́мѧ и҆сче́знетъ:
16 But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away.
17 а҆́ще бо долгоживо́тни бꙋ́дꙋтъ, ни во что́же вмѣнѧ́тсѧ, и҆ безче́стна на послѣ́докъ ста́рость и҆́хъ:
17 For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old age will be without honor.
18 а҆́ще же ско́рѡ сконча́ютсѧ, не бꙋ́дꙋтъ и҆мѣ́ти ᲂу҆пова́нїѧ, нижѐ въ де́нь сꙋда̀ ᲂу҆тѣше́нїѧ:
18 If they die young, they will have no hope, nor consolation in the day of judgment.
19 ро́да бо непра́веднагѡ лю̑таѧ ѡ҆конча̑нїѧ.
19 For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.
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).
Ye have read and heard, "As gold in the furnace hath He tried them, and received them as a burnt-offering." See what ye shall be among the treasures of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For "the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God;" and if of the righteous, then those children's souls also; for neither are they wicked: and the souls too of sinners are straightway led away hence.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The divine Scripture likewise saith that the souls of the just are in God's hand and death cannot lay hold of them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
Truly when the Scripture was speaking of persecution, it said, "Like gold in a furnace it hath proved them" (speaking of Martyrs being slain), "and as the holocaust's victim it hath received them." Hear how even the tongue of flatterers is of such sort: "The proving," he saith, "of silver and of gold is fire; but a man is proved …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… to those who sleep in the tomb, whom God hath not yet remembered: since the righteous are among the latter, of whom, even though God hath not yet called them to the resurrection, it is said, that their "souls are in the hands of God," that is, that "they dwell under the defence of the Most High; and shall abide …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)