Wisdom of Solomon · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Wisdom of Solomon 4 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 Лꙋ́чше безча́дство со добродѣ́телїю: безсме́ртїе бо є҆́сть въ па́мѧти є҆ѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆ пред̾ бг҃омъ позна́етсѧ и҆ пред̾ человѣ̑ки:
1 It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men.
2 присꙋ́щꙋю бо подража́ютъ ю҆̀ и҆ жела́ютъ ѿше́дшїѧ, и҆ въ вѣ́цѣ вѣнцено́снѡ чти́тсѧ нескве́рныхъ по́двигѡвъ бра́нь ѡ҆долѣ́вши.
2 When it is present, people imitate it. They long after it when it has departed. Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph, victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled.
3 Многопло́дно же нечести́выхъ мно́жество неключи́мо бꙋ́детъ, и҆ прелюбодѣ̑йнаѧ насаждє́нїѧ не дадꙋ́тъ коре́нїѧ въ глꙋбинꙋ̀, нижѐ крѣ́пко стоѧ́нїе сотворѧ́тъ:
3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root, nor will they establish a sure hold.
4 а҆́ще бо и҆ вѣ̑тви на вре́мѧ процвѣтꙋ́тъ, не крѣ́пкѡ возше́дше ѿ вѣ́тра поколе́блютсѧ и҆ ѿ ѕѣ́льныхъ вѣ́трѡвъ и҆скоренѧ́тсѧ:
4 For even if they grow branches and flourish for a season, standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind. They will be uprooted by the violence of winds.
5 сокрꙋша́тсѧ вѣ̑тви несовершє́нны, и҆ пло́дъ и҆́хъ неключи́мь, ѡ҆ско́менъ въ снѣ́дь, и҆ ни во что̀ потре́бенъ.
5 Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity. Their fruit will be useless, never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing.
6 Ѿ беззако́нныхъ бо снѡ́въ ча̑да ражда́ємаѧ свидѣ́телїе сꙋ́ть лꙋка́вствїѧ на роди́тєли во и҆спыта́нїи и҆́хъ.
6 For unlawfully conceived children are witnesses of wickedness against parents when they are investigated.
7 Првⷣникъ же а҆́ще пости́гнетъ сконча́тисѧ, въ поко́и бꙋ́детъ:
7 But a righteous man, even if he dies before his time, will be at rest.
8 ста́рость бо честна̀ не многолѣ́тна, нижѐ въ числѣ̀ лѣ́тъ и҆счита́етсѧ:
8 For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time, nor is its measure given by number of years,
9 сѣди́на же є҆́сть мꙋ́дрость человѣ́кѡмъ, и҆ во́зрастъ ста́рости житїѐ нескве́рно.
9 but understanding is gray hair to men, and an unspotted life is ripe old age.
10 Бл҃гоꙋго́денъ бг҃ови бы́въ, возлю́бленъ бы́сть, и҆ живы́й посредѣ̀ грѣ́шныхъ преста́вленъ бы́сть:
10 Being found well-pleasing to God, someone was loved. While living among sinners he was transported.
11 восхище́нъ бы́сть, да не ѕло́ба и҆змѣни́тъ ра́зꙋмъ є҆гѡ̀, и҆лѝ ле́сть прельсти́тъ дꙋ́шꙋ є҆гѡ̀.
11 He was caught away, lest evil should change his understanding, or guile deceive his soul.
12 Раче́нїе бо ѕло́бы помрача́етъ дѡ́браѧ, и҆ паре́нїе по́хоти премѣнѧ́етъ ᲂу҆́мъ неѕло́бивъ.
12 For the fascination of wickedness obscures the things which are good, and the whirl of desire perverts an innocent mind.
13 Сконча́всѧ вма́лѣ и҆спо́лни лѣ̑та дѡ́лга:
13 Being made perfect quickly, he filled a long time;
14 ᲂу҆го́дна бо бѣ̀ гдⷭ҇еви дꙋша̀ є҆гѡ̀, сегѡ̀ ра́ди потща́сѧ ѿ среды̀ лꙋка́вствїѧ:
14 for his soul was pleasing to the Lord. Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness.
15 лю́дїе же ви́дѣвше и҆ не разꙋмѣ́вше, нижѐ поло́жше въ помышле́нїи таково́е, ꙗ҆́кѡ блгⷣть и҆ млⷭ҇ть въ прпⷣбныхъ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ посѣще́нїе во и҆збра́нныхъ є҆гѡ̀.
15 But the peoples saw and didn’t understand, not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen, and that he visits his holy ones;
16 Ѡ҆сꙋ́дитъ же првⷣникъ ᲂу҆мира́ѧй живы́хъ нечести́выхъ, и҆ ю҆́ность сконча́вшаѧсѧ ско́рѡ долголѣ́тнꙋю ста́рость непра́веднагѡ.
16 but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.
17 Оу҆́зрѧтъ бо кончи́нꙋ премꙋ́драгѡ и҆ не ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́ютъ, что̀ ᲂу҆совѣ́това ѡ҆ не́мъ и҆ во что̀ ᲂу҆твердѝ є҆го̀ гдⷭ҇ь:
17 For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him, and why he safely kept him.
18 ᲂу҆́зрѧтъ и҆ ᲂу҆ничижа́тъ є҆го̀, гдⷭ҇ь же посмѣе́тсѧ и҆̀мъ:
18 They will see, and they will despise; but the Lord will laugh them to scorn. After this, they will become a dishonored carcass and a reproach among the dead forever;
19 и҆ бꙋ́дꙋтъ посе́мъ въ паде́нїе безче́стно и҆ во ᲂу҆кори́знꙋ въ ме́ртвыхъ въ вѣ́къ: ꙗ҆́кѡ расто́ргнетъ и҆̀хъ безгла̑сны ни́цъ и҆ поколе́блетъ и҆̀хъ ѿ ѡ҆снова́нїй, и҆ да́же до послѣ́днихъ ѡ҆пꙋстѣ́ютъ и҆ бꙋ́дꙋтъ въ болѣ́зни, и҆ па́мѧть и҆̀хъ поги́бнетъ:
19 because he will dash them speechless to the ground, and will shake them from the foundations. They will lie utterly waste. They will be in anguish and their memory will perish.
20 прїи́дꙋтъ въ помышле́нїе грѣхѡ́въ свои́хъ боѧзли́вїи, и҆ ѡ҆блича́тъ и҆̀хъ проти́вꙋ беззакѡ́нїѧ и҆́хъ.
20 They will come with coward fear when their sins are counted. Their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.
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).
Of whom it was said before in Wisdom, "Their own iniquities shall convince them to their face." Without doubt they will see that they are justly condemned for their sins and wickednesses; yet it will be as though He said to them, "It is not in consequence of this that ye think, but because I was hungry, and ye gave …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
What if "he was taken away, lest wickedness should alter his understanding." But he was a sinner, thou sayest, and therefore I wished him to live, that he might be corrected.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Now God grants them the approach of a healthy shame, if they despise not the medicine of confession: but if they will not now be ashamed, then they shall be ashamed, when "their iniquities shall convince them to their face." How shall they be ashamed?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)