Wisdom of Solomon · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Wisdom of Solomon 8 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 Досѧза́етъ же ѿ конца̀ да́же до конца̀ крѣ́пкѡ и҆ ᲂу҆правлѧ́етъ всѧ̑ бла́гѡ.
1 But she reaches from one end to the other with full strength, and orders all things well.
2 Сїю̀ возлюби́хъ и҆ поиска́хъ ѿ ю҆́ности моеѧ̀, и҆ взыска́хъ невѣ́стꙋ привестѝ себѣ̀, и҆ люби́тель бы́хъ красоты̀ є҆ѧ̀.
2 I loved her and sought her from my youth. I sought to take her for my bride. I became enamoured by her beauty.
3 Благоро́дство сла́витъ сожи́тїе бж҃їе и҆мꙋ́щи, и҆ всѣ́хъ влⷣка возлюбѝ ю҆̀:
3 She glorifies her noble birth by living with God. The Sovereign Lord of all loves her.
4 таи́бница бо є҆́сть бж҃їѧ хи́трости и҆ ѡ҆брѣта́тельница дѣ́лъ є҆гѡ̀.
4 For she is initiated into the knowledge of God, and she chooses his works.
5 И҆ а҆́ще бога́тство є҆́сть вожделѣ́нное притѧжа́нїе въ животѣ̀, что̀ премꙋ́дрости богатѣ́йше, є҆́юже дѣ́лаютсѧ всѧ̑;
5 But if riches are a desired possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, which makes all things?
6 А҆́ще же ра́зꙋмъ дѣ́лаетъ, кто̀ є҆ѧ̀ ѿ сꙋ́щихъ лꙋ́чшїй хꙋдо́жникъ є҆́сть;
6 And if understanding is effective, who more than wisdom is an architect of the things that exist?
7 И҆ а҆́ще пра́вдꙋ лю́битъ кто̀, трꙋды̀ є҆ѧ̀ сꙋ́ть добродѣ́тєли: цѣломꙋ́дрїю бо и҆ ра́зꙋмꙋ ᲂу҆чи́тъ, пра́вдѣ и҆ мꙋ́жествꙋ, и҆́хже потре́бнѣе ничто́же є҆́сть въ житїѝ человѣ́кѡмъ.
7 If a man loves righteousness, the fruits of wisdom’s labor are virtues, for she teaches soberness, understanding, righteousness, and courage. There is nothing in life more profitable for people than these.
8 А҆́ще же и҆ мно́гагѡ и҆скꙋ́сства жела́етъ кто̀, вѣ́сть дрє́внѧѧ и҆ бы́ти хотѧ̑щаѧ разсмотрѧ́етъ: свѣ́сть и҆зви̑тїѧ слове́съ и҆ разрѣшє́нїѧ гада́нїй, зна́мєнїѧ и҆ чꙋдеса̀ проразꙋмѣва́етъ и҆ сбытїѧ̑ време́нъ и҆ лѣ́тъ.
8 And if anyone longs for wide experience, she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come. She understands subtleties of speeches and interpretations of dark sayings. She foresees signs and wonders, and the issues of seasons and times.
9 Сꙋди́хъ ᲂу҆̀бо сїю̀ привестѝ мнѣ̀ къ сожи́тїю, вѣ́дый, ꙗ҆́кѡ бꙋ́детъ мѝ совѣ́тница благи́хъ и҆ ᲂу҆тѣше́нїе попече́нїй и҆ печа́ли.
9 Therefore I determined to take her to live with me, knowing that she is one who would give me good counsel, and encourage me in cares and grief.
10 И҆мѣ́ти бꙋ́дꙋ ра́ди є҆ѧ̀ сла́вꙋ въ наро́дѣхъ и҆ че́сть пред̾ ста̑рцы, ю҆́нъ сы́й:
10 Because of her, I will have glory among multitudes, and honor in the sight of elders, though I am young.
11 ѻ҆́стръ ѡ҆брѧ́щꙋсѧ въ сꙋдѣ̀, и҆ ли́ца си́льныхъ ᲂу҆дивѧ́тсѧ мнѣ̀:
11 I will be found keen when I give judgment. I will be admired in the presence of rulers.
12 молча́щꙋ мѝ потерпѧ́тъ и҆ вѣща́ющꙋ мѝ и҆́мꙋтъ внима́ти, и҆ глаго́лющꙋ мѝ ѡ҆ мно́зѣ, рꙋ́кꙋ положа́тъ на ᲂу҆ста̀ своѧ̑.
12 When I am silent, they will wait for me. When I open my lips, they will heed what I say. If I continue speaking, they will put their hands on their mouths.
13 Сеѧ̀ ра́ди прїимꙋ̀ безсме́ртїе и҆ па́мѧть вѣ́чнꙋю сꙋ́щымъ по мнѣ̀ ѡ҆ста́влю:
13 Because of her, I will have immortality, and leave behind an eternal memory to those who come after me.
14 ᲂу҆пра́влю лю́ди, и҆ ꙗ҆зы́цы покорѧ́тсѧ мѝ:
14 I will govern peoples. Nations will be subjected to me.
15 ᲂу҆боѧ́тсѧ менє̀ слы́шавшїи мꙋчи́телїе стра́шнїи: во мно́жествѣ ꙗ҆влю́сѧ бла́гъ и҆ въ бра́ни крѣ́покъ.
15 Dreaded monarchs will fear me when they hear of me. Among the people, I will show myself to be good, and courageous in war.
16 Вше́дъ въ до́мъ мо́й ᲂу҆поко́юсѧ съ не́ю: не бо̀ и҆́мать го́рести соѻбще́нїе є҆ѧ̀, ни болѣ́зни сожи́тїе тоѧ̀, но весе́лїе и҆ ра́дость.
16 When I come into my house, I will find rest with her. For conversation with her has no bitterness, and living with her has no pain, but gladness and joy.
17 Сїѧ̑ помы́сливъ во мнѣ̀, печа́хсѧ въ се́рдцы мое́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ безсме́ртїе є҆́сть въ сро́дствѣ премꙋ́дрости,
17 When I considered these things in myself, and thought in my heart how immortality is in kinship to wisdom,
18 и҆ въ содрꙋже́нїи є҆ѧ̀ ᲂу҆слажде́нїе бла́го, и҆ въ трꙋдѣ́хъ рꙋкꙋ̀ є҆ѧ̀ бога́тство без̾ ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́нїѧ, и҆ въ соѡбꙋче́нїи бесѣ́ды є҆ѧ̀ ра́зꙋмъ, и҆ благосла́вїе въ приѻбще́нїи слове́съ є҆ѧ̀, ѡ҆бхожда́хъ и҆́щꙋщь, да воспрїимꙋ̀ ю҆̀ въ себѐ.
18 and in her friendship is good delight, and in the labors of her hands is wealth that doesn’t fail, and understanding is in her companionship, and great renown in having fellowship with her words, I went about seeking how to take her to myself.
19 Ѻ҆́трокъ же бѣ́хъ ѻ҆строꙋ́менъ, дꙋ́шꙋ же полꙋчи́хъ бла́гꙋ:
19 Now I was a clever child, and received a good soul.
20 па́че же бла́гъ сы́й прїидо́хъ въ тѣ́ло нескве́рно.
20 Or rather, being good, I came into an undefiled body.
21 Позна́въ же, ꙗ҆́кѡ не и҆́накѡ ѡ҆держꙋ̀, а҆́ще не бг҃ъ да́стъ, и҆ сїе́ же бѣ̀ ра́зꙋма, є҆́же вѣ́дѣти, чїѧ̀ є҆́сть благода́ть, прїидо́хъ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ и҆ моли́хсѧ є҆мꙋ̀, и҆ реко́хъ ѿ всегѡ̀ се́рдца моегѡ̀:
21 But perceiving that I could not otherwise possess wisdom unless God gave her to me— yes, and to know and understand by whom the grace is given— I pleaded with the Lord and implored him, and with my whole heart I said:
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).
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“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).
that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was." For by continency are we bound up and brought into one, whence we were scattered abroad into many.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… also their form, not from without, but from the secret and profound might of the Creator, who said, "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" and whose wisdom it is that "reacheth from one end to another mightily; and sweetly doth she order all things." Wherefore I know not what kind of aid the angels, themselves created first, afforded to …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Therefore it is said that he was born "according to the flesh,"--not because such births are not the gifts of God, nor His handiwork, whose creative wisdom "reaches," as it is written, "from one end to another mightily, and sweetly doth she order all things," but because, in a case in which the gift of God, which was not due …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)