Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 4 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.
Sirach is not in RV1909.
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Сын мой! не отказывай в пропитании нищему и не утомляй ожиданием очей нуждающихся;
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1 My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
2 не опечаль души алчущей и не огорчай человека в его скудости;
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2 Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress.
3 не смущай сердца уже огорченного и не откладывай подавать нуждающемуся;
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3 Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
4 не отказывай угнетенному, умоляющему о помощи, и не отвращай лица твоего от нищего;
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4 Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
5 не отвращай очей от просящего и не давай человеку повода проклинать тебя;
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5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
6 ибо, когда он в горести души своей будет проклинать тебя, Сотворивший его услышит моление его.
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6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication.
7 В собрании старайся быть приятным и пред высшим наклоняй твою голову;
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7 Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man.
8 приклоняй ухо твое к нищему и отвечай ему ласково, с кротостью;
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8 Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
9 спасай обижаемого от руки обижающего и не будь малодушен, когда судишь;
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9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.
10 сиротам будь как отец и матери их - вместо мужа:
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10 Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does.
11 и будешь как сын Вышнего, и Он возлюбит тебя более, нежели мать твоя.
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11 Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.
12 Премудрость возвышает сынов своих и поддерживает ищущих ее:
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12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
13 любящий ее любит жизнь, и ищущие ее с раннего утра исполнятся радости:
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13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
14 обладающий ею наследует славу, и, куда бы ни пошел, Господь благословит его;
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14 Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
15 служащие ей служат Святому, и любящих ее любит Господь;
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15 He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
16 послушный ей будет судить народы, и внимающий ей будет жить надежно;
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16 If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
17 кто вверится ей, тот наследует ее, и потомки его будут обладать ею:
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17 For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
18 ибо сначала она пойдет с ним путями извилистыми, наведет на него страх и боязнь
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18 Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
19 и будет мучить его своим водительством, доколе не уверится в душе его и не искусит его своими уставами;
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19 If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall.
20 но потом она выйдет к нему на прямом пути и обрадует его
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20 Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
21 и откроет ему тайны свои.
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21 For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
22 Если он совратится с пути, она оставляет его и отдает его в руки падения его.
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22 Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.
23 Наблюдай время и храни себя от зла -
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23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
24 и не постыдишься за душу твою:
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24 For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue.
25 есть стыд, ведущий ко греху, и есть стыд - слава и благодать.
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25 Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance.
26 Не будь лицеприятен против души твоей и не стыдись ко вреду твоему.
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26 Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
27 Не удерживай слова, когда оно может помочь:
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27 Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon. Don’t be partial to one who is mighty.
28 ибо в слове познается мудрость и в речи языка - знание.
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28 Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.
29 Не противоречь истине и стыдись твоего невежества.
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29 Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.
30 Не стыдись исповедывать грехи твои и не удерживай течения реки.
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30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.
31 Не подчиняйся человеку глупому и не смотри на сильного.
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31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.
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).
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