Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 29 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 Кто оказывает милость, тот дает взаем ближнему, и кто поддерживает его своею рукою, тот соблюдает заповеди.
1 He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor. He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
2 Давай взаймы ближнему во время нужды его и сам в свое время возвращай ближнему.
2 Lend to your neighbor in time of his need. Repay your neighbor on time.
3 Твердо держи слово и будь верен ему - и ты во всякое время найдешь нужное для тебя.
3 Confirm your word, and keep faith with him; and at all seasons you will find what you need.
4 Многие считали заем находкою и причинили огорчение тем, которые помогли им.
4 Many have considered a loan to be a windfall, and have given trouble to those who helped them.
5 Доколе не получит, он будет целовать руку его и из-за денег ближнего смирит голос;
5 Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands. For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissively. Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time, return excuses, and complain about the season.
6 а в срок отдачи он будет протягивать время и будет отвечать уныло и жаловаться на время.
6 If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half; and he will count it as a windfall. If not, he has deprived him of his money, and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause. He will pay him with cursing and railing. Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace.
7 Если он будет в состоянии, то едва половину принесет - и это вменит ему в находку;
7 Many on account of fraud have turned away. They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing.
8 а если будет не в состоянии, то заимодавец лишился своих денег и без причины приобрел себе врага в нем:
8 However be patient with a man in poor estate. Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
9 он воздаст ему проклятиями и бранью и вместо почтения воздаст бесчестием.
9 Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away.
10 Многие по причине такого лукавства уклоняются от ссуды, опасаясь напрасно потерпеть утрату.
10 Lose your money for a brother and a friend. Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost.
11 Но к бедному ты будь снисходителен и милостынею ему не медли;
11 Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High and it will profit you more than gold.
12 ради заповеди помоги бедному и в нужде его не отпускай его ни с чем.
12 Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers and it will deliver you out of all affliction.
13 Трать серебро для брата и друга и не давай ему заржаветь под камнем на погибель;
13 It will fight for you against your enemy better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
14 располагай сокровищем твоим по заповедям Всевышнего, и оно принесет тебе более пользы, нежели золото;
14 A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him.
15 заключи в кладовых твоих милостыню, и она избавит тебя от всякого несчастья:
15 Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you.
16 лучше крепкого щита и твердого копья она защитит тебя против врага.
16 A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor.
17 Добрый человек поручится за ближнего, а потерявший стыд оставит его.
17 He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
18 Не забывай благодеяний поручителя; ибо он дал душу свою за тебя.
18 Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign nations.
19 Грешник расстроит состояние поручителя, и неблагодарный в душе оставит своего избавителя.
19 A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work will fall into lawsuits.
20 Поручительство привело в разорение многих достаточных людей и пошатнуло их, как волна морская;
20 Help your neighbor according to your power, and be careful not to fall yourself.
21 мужей могущественных изгнало из домов, и они блуждали между чужими народами.
21 The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy.
22 Грешник, принимающий на себя поручительство и ищущий корысти, впадет в тяжбу.
22 Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
23 Помогай ближнему по силе твоей и берегись, чтобы тебе не впасть в то же.
23 With little or with much, be well satisfied.
24 Главная потребность для жизни - вода и хлеб, и одежда и дом, прикрывающий наготу.
24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
25 Лучше жизнь бедного под досчатым кровом, нежели роскошные пиршества в чужих домах.
25 You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.
26 Будь доволен малым, как и многим.
26 “Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”
27 Худая жизнь - скитаться из дома в дом, и где водворишься, не посмеешь и рта открыть;
27 “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
28 будешь подавать пищу и питье без благодарности, да и сверх того еще услышишь горькое:
28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.
29 "пойди сюда, пришлец, приготовь стол и, если есть что у тебя, накорми меня";
29 Not in this translation
30 "удались, пришлец, ради почетного лица: брат пришел ко мне в гости, дом нужен".
30 Not in this translation
31 Тяжел для человека с чувством упрек за приют в доме и порицание за одолжение.
31 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).
Shut up alms in the heart of a poor man, and it shall intercede for thee unto the Lord."
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of the life of this world, in which all men are passing along as strangers, and no one abides here as possessor; but to every man it is said, "Thou hast been refreshed, pass on, go on thy way, give place to the next comer." Or perhaps from an evil "way," that is, from an evil life, some friend of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)