Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 18 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 Все вообще создал Живущий вовеки; Господь один праведен.
1 He who lives forever created the whole universe.
2 Никому не предоставил Он изъяснять дела Его.
2 The Lord alone is just.
3 И кто может исследовать великие дела Его?
3 Not in this translation
4 Кто может измерить силу величия Его? и кто может также изречь милости Его?
4 He has given power to declare his works to no one. Who could trace out his mighty deeds?
5 Невозможно ни умалить, ни увеличить, и невозможно исследовать дивных дел Господа.
5 Who could measure the strength of his majesty? Who could also proclaim his mercies?
6 Когда человек окончил бы, тогда он только начинает, и когда перестанет, придет в изумление.
6 As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them, neither is it possible to explore them.
7 Что есть человек и что польза его? что благо его и что зло его?
7 When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed.
8 Число дней человека - много, если сто лет: как капля воды из моря или крупинка песка, так малы лета его в дне вечности.
8 What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil?
9 Посему Господь долготерпелив к людям и изливает на них милость Свою.
9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years.
10 Он видит и знает, что конец их очень бедствен,
10 As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity.
11 и потому умножает милости Свои.
11 For this cause the Lord was patient over them, and poured out his mercy upon them.
12 Милость человека - к ближнему его, а милость Господа - на всякую плоть.
12 He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil. Therefore he multiplied his forgiveness.
13 Он обличает и вразумляет, и поучает и обращает, как пастырь стадо свое.
13 The mercy of a man is on his neighbor; but the mercy of the Lord is on all flesh: reproving, chastening, teaching, and bringing back, as a shepherd does his flock.
14 Он милует принимающих вразумление и усердно обращающихся к закону Его.
14 He has mercy on those who accept chastening, and that diligently seek after his judgments.
15 Сын мой! при благотворениях не делай упреков, и при всяком даре не оскорбляй словами.
15 My son, don’t add reproach to your good deeds, and no harsh words in any of your giving.
16 Роса не охлаждает ли зноя? так слово - лучше, нежели даяние.
16 Doesn’t the dew relieve the scorching heat? So a word is better than a gift.
17 Поэтому не выше ли доброго даяния слово? а у человека доброжелательного и то и другое.
17 Behold, isn’t a word better than a gift? Both are with a gracious person.
18 Глупый немилосердно укоряет, и подаяние неблагорасположенного иссушает глаза.
18 A fool is ungracious and abusive. The gift of a grudging person consumes the eyes.
19 Прежде, нежели начнешь говорить, обдумывай, и прежде болезни заботься о себе.
19 Learn before you speak. Take care of your health before you get sick.
20 Испытывай себя прежде суда, и во время посещения найдешь милость.
20 Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness.
21 Прежде, нежели почувствуешь слабость, смиряйся, и во время грехов покажи обращение.
21 Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent.
22 Ничто да не препятствует тебе исполнить обет благовременно, и не откладывай оправдания до смерти.
22 Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released.
23 Прежде, нежели начнешь молиться, приготовь себя, и не будь как человек, искушающий Господа.
23 Before you make a vow, prepare yourself. Don’t be like a man who tests the Lord.
24 Припоминай о гневе в день смерти и о времени отмщения, когда Господь отвратит лице Свое.
24 Think about the wrath coming in the days of the end, and the time of vengeance, when he turns away his face.
25 Во время сытости вспоминай о времени голода и во дни богатства - о бедности и нужде.
25 In the days of fullness remember the time of hunger. Remember poverty and lack in the days of wealth.
26 От утра до вечера изменяется время, и все скоротечно пред Господом.
26 From morning until evening, the time changes. All things are speedy before the Lord.
27 Человек мудрый во всем будет осторожен и во дни грехов удержится от беспечности.
27 A wise man is cautious in everything. In days of sinning, he will beware of offense.
28 Всякий разумный познает премудрость и нашедшему ее воздаст хвалу.
28 Every man of understanding knows wisdom. He will give thanks to him who found her.
29 Рассудительные в словах и сами умудряются, и источают основательные притчи.
29 They who were of understanding in sayings also became wise themselves, and poured out apt proverbs.
30 Не ходи вслед похотей твоих и воздерживайся от пожеланий твоих.
30 Don’t go after your lusts. Restrain your appetites.
31 Если будешь доставлять душе твоей приятное для вожделений, то она сделает тебя потехою для врагов твоих.
31 If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire, she will make you the laughing stock of your enemies.
32 Не ищи увеселения в большой роскоши и не привязывайся к пиршествам.
32 Don’t make merry in much luxury, and don’t be tied to its expense.
33 Не сделайся нищим, пиршествуя на занятые деньги, когда ничего нет у тебя в кошельке.
33 Don’t be made a beggar by banqueting with borrowed money when you have nothing in your purse.
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).
I heard another voice of Thine, "Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites." And by Thy favour have I heard this saying likewise, which I have much delighted in, "Neither if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat not, are we the worse;" which is to say, that neither shall the one make …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"For a word," it is said, "is better than a gift." Dost thou not consider that thou art thrusting the sword into thyself, and art receiving a more grievous wound, when he, being reviled, silently withdraws, with groans and many tears?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
"For a word is a better thing than a gift," and "answer the poor man peaceably with meekness." And all the rest of thy time too adorn it with the rehearsing of the laws of God; "Yea, let all thy communication be in the law of the Most High." Having thus adorned ourselves, let us come to our King, and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
"Go not," it is said, "after thy lusts, and refrain thyself from thine appetites." And, touching an harlot again, it is said in opposition to this proverb, "Give not heed to a bad woman: for honey droppeth from the lips of a woman that is an harlot, which, for a season, is luscious unto thy throat; but afterwards thou shalt …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)