Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 15 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 Боящийся Господа будет поступать так, и твердый в законе овладеет ею.
1 He who fears the Lord will do this. He who has possession of the law will obtain her.
2 И она встретит его, как мать, и примет его к себе, как целомудренная супруга;
2 She will meet him like a mother, and receive him like a wife married in her virginity.
3 напитает его хлебом разума, и водою мудрости напоит его.
3 She will feed him with bread of understanding and give him water of wisdom to drink.
4 Он утвердится на ней и не поколеблется; прилепится к ней и не постыдится.
4 He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved. He will rely upon her, and will not be confounded.
5 И она вознесет его над ближними его, и среди собрания откроет уста его.
5 She will exalt him above his neighbors. She will open his mouth in the midst of the congregation.
6 Веселье и венец радости и вечное имя наследует он.
6 He will inherit joy, a crown of gladness, and an everlasting name.
7 Не постигнут ее люди неразумные, и грешники не увидят ее.
7 Foolish men will not obtain her. Sinners will not see her.
8 Далека она от гордости, и люди лживые не подумают о ней.
8 She is far from pride. Liars will not remember her.
9 Неприятна похвала в устах грешника, ибо не от Господа послана она.
9 Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner; for it was not sent to him from the Lord.
10 Будет похвала произнесена мудростью, и Господь благопоспешит ей.
10 For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it.
11 Не говори: "ради Господа я отступил"; ибо, что Он ненавидит, того ты не должен делать.
11 Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;” for you shall not do the things that he hates.
12 Не говори: "Он ввел меня в заблуждение", ибо Он не имеет надобности в муже грешном.
12 Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;” for he has no need of a sinful man.
13 Всякую мерзость Господь ненавидит, и неприятна она боящимся Его.
13 The Lord hates every abomination; and those who fear him don’t love them.
14 Он от начала сотворил человека и оставил его в руке произволения его.
14 He himself made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
15 Если хочешь, соблюдешь заповеди и сохранишь благоугодную верность.
15 If you choose, you can keep the commandments. To be faithful is a matter of your choice.
16 Он предложил тебе огонь и воду: на что хочешь, прострешь руку твою.
16 He has set fire and water before you. You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you desire.
17 Пред человеком жизнь и смерть, и чего он пожелает, то и дастся ему.
17 Before man is life and death. Whichever he likes, it will be given to him.
18 Велика премудрость Господа, крепок Он могуществом и видит всё.
18 For the wisdom of the Lord is great. He is mighty in power, and sees all things.
19 Очи Его - на боящихся Его, и Он знает всякое дело человека.
19 His eyes are upon those who fear him. He knows every act of man.
20 Никому не заповедал Он поступать нечестиво и никому не дал позволения грешить.
20 He has not commanded any man to be ungodly. He has not given any man license to sin.
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 the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shall die the death." Now, as the law was more plainly given afterward, and the apostle says, "Where no law is, there is no prevarication," on what supposition is what is said in the psalm true, "I accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators," except that all who are held liable …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
In another place it is said, "Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner." If then in the mouth of a sinner praise is not seemly, neither is it pleasant, for that only is pleasant which is seemly....For praise may be pleasant to a man, when he heareth one praising with neat and clever sentiments, and with a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)