Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 2 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 Сын мой! если ты приступаешь служить Господу Богу, то приготовь душу твою к искушению:
1 My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation.
2 управь сердце твое и будь тверд, и не смущайся во время посещения;
2 Set your heart aright, constantly endure, and don’t make haste in time of calamity.
3 прилепись к Нему и не отступай, дабы возвеличиться тебе напоследок.
3 Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end.
4 Все, что ни приключится тебе, принимай охотно, и в превратностях твоего уничижения будь долготерпелив,
4 Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation.
5 ибо золото испытывается в огне, а люди, угодные Богу,- в горниле уничижения.
5 For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6 Веруй Ему, и Он защитит тебя; управь пути твои и надейся на Него.
6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him.
7 Боящиеся Господа! ожидайте милости Его и не уклоняйтесь от Него, чтобы не упасть.
7 All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
8 Боящиеся Господа! веруйте Ему, и не погибнет награда ваша.
8 All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail.
9 Боящиеся Господа! надейтесь на благое, на радость вечную и милости.
9 All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, and for eternal gladness and mercy.
10 Взгляните на древние роды и посмотрите: кто верил Господу - и был постыжен? или кто пребывал в страхе Его - и был оставлен? или кто взывал к Нему- и Он презрел его?
10 Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him?
11 Ибо Господь сострадателен и милостив и прощает грехи, и спасает во время скорби.
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
12 Горе сердцам боязливым и рукам ослабленным и грешнику, ходящему по двум стезям!
12 Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways!
13 Горе сердцу расслабленному! ибо оно не верует, и за то не будет защищено.
13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended.
14 Горе вам, потерявшим терпение! что будете вы делать, когда Господь посетит?
14 Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you?
15 Боящиеся Господа не будут недоверчивы к словам Его, и любящие Его сохранят пути Его.
15 Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways.
16 Боящиеся Господа будут искать благоволения Его, и любящие Его насытятся законом.
16 Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure. Those who love him will be filled with the law.
17 Боящиеся Господа уготовят сердца свои и смирят пред Ним души свои, говоря:
17 Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble their souls in his sight.
18 впадем в руки Господа, а не в руки людей; ибо, каково величие Его, такова и милость Его.
18 We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men; for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.
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).
… rise again but what falls, whence they conclude that resurrection pertains to bodies only, and not to souls, because bodies fall, why do they make nothing of the words, "Ye that fear the Lord, wait for His mercy; and go not aside lest ye fall;" and "To his own Master he stands or falls;" and "He that thinketh he standeth, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Where then is that, "Who hath called upon God, and hath been forsaken by Him?" where again is that, "Whosoever shall call on the Name of the Lord, shall be delivered." Immediately reaching forth the help of His right hand, He lifted him up as he was sinking, and rebuked his distrust; "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
In such manner evidently Thou wilt be angry, because it hath been written, "My son, drawing near unto the service of God, stand thou in righteousness and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation." Think not that now the wrath of God hath passed away, because thou hast been converted.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)