Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 28 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 Мстительный получит отмщение от Господа, Который не забудет грехов его.
1 He who takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely make his sins firm.
2 Прости ближнему твоему обиду, и тогда по молитве твоей отпустятся грехи твои.
2 Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.
3 Человек питает гнев к человеку, а у Господа просит прощения;
3 Does anyone harbor anger against another and expect healing from the Lord?
4 к подобному себе человеку не имеет милосердия, и молится о грехах своих;
4 Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sins?
5 сам, будучи плотию, питает злобу: кто очистит грехи его?
5 He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath. Who will make atonement for his sins?
6 Помни последнее и перестань враждовать; помни истление и смерть и соблюдай заповеди;
6 Remember your last end, and stop enmity. Remember corruption and death, and be true to the commandments.
7 помни заповеди и не злобствуй на ближнего;
7 Remember the commandments, and don’t be angry with your neighbor. Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance.
8 помни завет Всевышнего и презирай невежество.
8 Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife.
9 Удерживайся от ссоры - и ты уменьшишь грехи;
9 A man who is a sinner will trouble friends and sow discord among those who are at peace.
10 ибо раздражительный человек возжжет ссору; человек- грешник смутит друзей и поселит раздор между живущими в мире.
10 As is the fuel of the fire, so it will burn; and as the stoutness of the strife is, so it will burn. As is the strength of the man, so will be his wrath; and as is his wealth, so he will exalt his anger.
11 Каково вещество огня, так он и возгорится;
11 A contention begun in haste kindles a fire; and hasty fighting sheds blood.
12 и какова сила человека, таков будет и гнев его, и по мере богатства усилится ярость его.
12 If you blow on a spark, it will burn; and if you spit upon it, it will be quenched. Both of these come out of your mouth.
13 Жаркий спор возжигает огонь, а жаркая ссора проливает кровь.
13 Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
14 Если подуешь на искру, она разгорится, а если плюнешь на нее, угаснет: то и другое выходит из уст твоих.
14 A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men.
15 Наушник и двоязычный да будут прокляты, ибо они погубили многих, живших в тишине;
15 A slanderer has cast out brave women and deprived them of their labors.
16 язык третий многих поколебал и изгонял их от народа к народу,
16 He who listens to it will not find rest, nor will he live quietly.
17 и разорял укрепленные города и ниспровергал домы вельмож;
17 The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones.
18 язык третий изгнал доблестных жен и лишил их трудов их;
18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue.
19 внимающий ему не найдет покоя и не будет жить в тишине.
19 Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not been bound with its bands.
20 Удар бича делает рубцы, а удар языка сокрушит кости;
20 For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass.
21 многие пали от острия меча, но не столько, сколько павших от языка;
21 Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it.
22 счастлив, кто укрылся от него, кто не испытал ярости его, кто не влачил ярма его и не связан был узами его;
22 It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame.
23 ибо ярмо его - ярмо железное, и узы его - узы медные,
23 Those who forsake the Lord will fall into it. It will burn among them, and won’t be quenched. It will be sent against them like a lion. It will destroy them like a leopard.
24 смерть лютая - смерть его, и самый ад лучше его.
24 As you hedge your possession about with thorns, and secure your silver and your gold,
25 Не овладеет он благочестивыми, и не сгорят они в пламени его;
25 so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth.
26 оставляющие Господа впадут в него; в них возгорится он и не угаснет: он будет послан на них, как лев, и, как барс, будет истреблять их.
26 Take heed lest you slip with it, lest you fall before one who lies in wait.
27 Смотри, огради владение твое терновником,
27 Not in this translation
28 свяжи серебро твое и золото,
28 Not in this translation
29 и для слов твоих сделай вес и меру, и для уст твоих - дверь и запор.
29 Not in this translation
30 Берегись, чтобы не споткнуться ими и не пасть пред злоумышляющим.
30 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).
One man keepeth anger against another, and doth he seek healing of God?" "And yet He allowed, eye for eye,' and tooth for tooth,' how then doth He find fault?" Because He allowed even those things, not that we should do them one to another, but that through the fear of suffering, we might abstain from the commission of crime.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)