Wisdom of Solomon · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Wisdom of Solomon 5 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 Тогда̀ ста́нетъ во дерзнове́нїи мно́зѣ првⷣникъ пред̾ лице́мъ ѡ҆скорби́вшихъ є҆го̀ и҆ ѿмета́ющихъ трꙋды̀ є҆гѡ̀:
1 Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness before the face of those who afflicted him, and those who make his labors of no account.
2 ви́дѧщїи смѧтꙋ́тсѧ стра́хомъ тѧ́жкимъ и҆ ᲂу҆жа́снꙋтсѧ ѡ҆ пресла́внѣмъ спасе́нїи є҆гѡ̀,
2 When they see him, they will be troubled with terrible fear, and will be amazed at the marvel of salvation.
3 и҆ рекꙋ́тъ въ себѣ̀ ка́ющесѧ и҆ въ тѣснотѣ̀ дꙋ́ха воздыха́юще: се́й бѣ̀, є҆го́же и҆мѣ́хомъ нѣ́когда въ посмѣ́хъ и҆ въ при́тчꙋ поноше́нїѧ.
3 They will speak among themselves repenting, and for distress of spirit they will groan, “This was he whom we used to hold in derision, as a parable of reproach.
4 Безꙋ́мнїи, житїѐ є҆гѡ̀ вмѣни́хомъ неи́стово и҆ кончи́нꙋ є҆гѡ̀ безче́стнꙋ:
4 We fools considered his life madness, and his end without honor.
5 ка́кѡ вмѣни́сѧ въ сн҃ѣ́хъ бж҃їихъ, и҆ во ст҃ы́хъ жре́бїй є҆гѡ̀ є҆́сть;
5 How was he counted among sons of God? How is his lot among saints?
6 Оу҆̀бо заблꙋди́хомъ ѿ пꙋтѝ и҆́стиннагѡ, и҆ пра́вды свѣ́тъ не ѡ҆блиста̀ на́мъ, и҆ со́лнце не возсїѧ̀ на́мъ:
6 Truly we went astray from the way of truth. The light of righteousness didn’t shine for us. The sun didn’t rise for us.
7 беззако́нныхъ и҆спо́лнихомсѧ сте́зь и҆ поги́бели и҆ ходи́хомъ въ пꙋсты̑ни непроходи̑мыѧ, пꙋти́ же гдⷭ҇нѧ не ᲂу҆вѣ́дѣхомъ.
7 We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction. We traveled through trackless deserts, but we didn’t know the Lord’s way.
8 Что̀ по́льзова на́мъ горды́нѧ, и҆ бога́тство съ велича́нїемъ что̀ воздадѐ на́мъ;
8 What did our arrogance profit us? What good have riches and boasting brought us?
9 Преидо́ша всѧ̑ ѡ҆́на ꙗ҆́кѡ сѣ́нь и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ вѣ́сть претека́ющаѧ.
9 Those things all passed away as a shadow, like a rumor that runs by,
10 Ꙗ҆́кѡ кора́бль преходѧ́й волнꙋ́ющꙋюсѧ во́дꙋ, є҆гѡ́же прохо́дꙋ нѣ́сть стопы̀ ѡ҆брѣстѝ, нижѐ стезѝ ше́ствїѧ є҆гѡ̀ въ волна́хъ:
10 like a ship passing through the billowy water, which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found, no pathway of its keel in the waves.
11 и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́кѡ пти́цы, прелета́ющїѧ по а҆́ерꙋ, ни є҆ди́но ѡ҆брѣта́етсѧ зна́менїе пꙋтѝ, ꙗ҆́звою же смꙋща́ѧй бїе́мый дꙋ́хъ ле́гкїй, и҆ разсѣца́емый си́лою шꙋмѧ́щею движе́нїемъ кри́лъ прелетѣ̀, и҆ посе́мъ ни є҆ди́но зна́менїе ѡ҆брѣ́тесѧ прохо́дꙋ въ не́мъ:
11 Or it is like when a bird flies through the air, no evidence of its passage is found, but the light wind, lashed with the stroke of its pinions, and torn apart with the violent rush of the moving wings, is passed through. Afterwards no sign of its coming remains.
12 и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́кѡ стрѣло́ю и҆спꙋще́ною на намѣ́реное мѣ́сто разсѣ́ченный а҆́еръ внеза́пꙋ въ себѣ̀ самѣ́мъ заключе́нъ бы́сть, ꙗ҆́кѡ не позна́тисѧ прохо́дꙋ є҆ѧ̀:
12 Or it is like when an arrow is shot at a mark, the air it divided closes up again immediately, so that men don’t know where it passed through.
13 та́кѡ и҆ мы̀ рожде́ни ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́хомъ и҆ добродѣ́тели ᲂу҆́бѡ ни є҆ди́нагѡ зна́менїѧ мо́жемъ показа́ти, во ѕло́бѣ же на́шей сконча́хомсѧ.
13 So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be; and we had no sign of virtue to show, but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.”
14 И҆́бо ᲂу҆пова́нїе нечести́вагѡ, ꙗ҆́кѡ пра́хъ ѿ вѣ́тра под̾е́млемый и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ пѣ́на мѧ́гка ѿ бꙋ́ри расто́ргнена, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ды́мъ ѿ вѣ́тра разлива́етсѧ и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ па́мѧть прише́льца є҆ди́нагѡ днѐ пре́йде:
14 Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind, and as foam vanishing before a tempest; and is scattered like smoke by the wind, and passes by as the remembrance of a guest who stays just a day.
15 првⷣницы же во вѣ́ки живꙋ́тъ, и҆ во гдѣ̀ мзда̀ и҆́хъ, и҆ попече́нїе и҆́хъ ᲂу҆ вы́шнѧгѡ:
15 But the righteous live forever. Their reward is in the Lord, and the care for them with the Most High.
16 сегѡ̀ ра́ди прїи́мꙋтъ црⷭ҇твїе благолѣ́пїѧ и҆ вѣне́цъ добро́ты ѿ рꙋкѝ гдⷭ҇ни, ꙗ҆́кѡ десни́цею покры́етъ и҆̀хъ и҆ мы́шцею защи́титъ и҆̀хъ.
16 Therefore they will receive the crown of royal dignity and the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand, because he will cover them with his right hand, and he will shield them with his arm.
17 Прїи́метъ всеѻрꙋ́жїе рве́нїе своѐ и҆ воѡрꙋжи́тъ тва́рь въ ме́сть врагѡ́мъ,
17 He will take his zeal as complete armor, and will make the whole creation his weapons to punish his enemies:
18 ѡ҆блече́тсѧ въ брѡнѧ̀ пра́вды и҆ возложи́тъ шле́мъ сꙋ́дъ нелицемѣ́ренъ,
18 He will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and will wear impartial judgment as a helmet.
19 прїи́метъ щи́тъ непобѣди́мый преподо́бїе,
19 He will take holiness as an invincible shield.
20 поѡстри́тъ же напра́сный гнѣ́въ во ѻ҆рꙋ́жїе: спобо́ретъ же съ ни́мъ мі́ръ на безꙋ̑мныѧ.
20 He will sharpen stern wrath for a sword. The universe will go with him to fight against his frenzied foes.
21 По́йдꙋтъ праволꙋ̑чныѧ стрѣ́лы мѡ́лнїины, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ благокрꙋ́гла лꙋ́ка ѡ҆блакѡ́въ на намѣ́ренїе полетѧ́тъ:
21 Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim. They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow.
22 и҆ ѿ каменоме́тныѧ ꙗ҆́рости и҆спо́лнь падꙋ́тъ гра́ды: вознегодꙋ́етъ на ни́хъ вода̀ морска́ѧ, рѣ́ки же потопѧ́тъ на́глѡ:
22 Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult. The water of the sea will be angered against them. Rivers will sternly overwhelm them.
23 сопроти́въ ста́нетъ и҆̀мъ дꙋ́хъ си́лы, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ ви́хоръ развѣ́етъ и҆̀хъ:
23 A mighty wind will encounter them. It will winnow them away like a tempest. So lawlessness will make all the land desolate. Their evil-doing will overturn the thrones of princes.
24 и҆ ѡ҆пꙋстоши́тъ всю̀ зе́млю беззако́нїе, и҆ ѕлодѣ́йство преврати́тъ престо́лы си́льныхъ.
24 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).
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).
For it is the expression of those who lose what they have wrought, that text which says, "What hath pride profited us, or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us? All those things are passed away like a shadow." "The seed of the wicked," then, "shall be cut off."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
If He is not to show, who will they be that are to say, "What hath profited us pride, and what hath boasting of riches bestowed upon us?" For then shall they know, that now will not know.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Therefore we have strayed from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shone to us, and the sun hath not risen to us."...
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)