Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 5 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 Не полагайся на имущества твои и не говори: "станет на жизнь мою".
1 Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”
2 Не следуй влечению души твоей и крепости твоей, чтобы ходить в похотях сердца твоего,
2 Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart.
3 и не говори: "кто властен в делах моих?", ибо Господь непременно отмстит за дерзость твою.
3 Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
4 Не говори: "я грешил, и что мне было?", ибо Господь долготерпелив.
4 Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient.
5 При мысли об умилостивлении не будь бесстрашен, чтобы прилагать грех ко грехам
5 Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins.
6 и не говори: "милосердие Его велико, Он простит множество грехов моих";
6 Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners.
7 ибо милосердие и гнев у Него, и на грешниках пребывает ярость Его.
7 Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, and you will perish in the time of vengeance.
8 Не медли обратиться к Господу и не откладывай со дня на день:
8 Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
9 ибо внезапно найдет гнев Господа, и ты погибнешь во время отмщения.
9 Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.
10 Не полагайся на имущества неправедные, ибо они не принесут тебе пользы в день посещения.
10 Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent.
11 Не вей при всяком ветре и не ходи всякою стезею: таков двоязычный грешник.
11 Be swift to hear and answer with patience.
12 Будь тверд в твоем убеждении, и одно да будет твое слово.
12 If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
13 Будь скор к слушанию, и обдуманно давай ответ.
13 Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
14 Если имеешь знание, то отвечай ближнему, а если нет, то рука твоя да будет на устах твоих.
14 Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.
15 В речах - слава и бесчестие, и язык человека бывает падением ему.
15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.
16 Не прослыви наушником, и не коварствуй языком твоим:
16 Not in this translation
17 ибо на воре - стыд, и на двоязычном - злое порицание.
17 Not in this translation
18 Не будь неразумным ни в большом ни в малом.
18 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).
… despaired wrongly, and were lost in their despair, and called them back to hope; so doth He go forth to these also who would perish through an evil hope; and by another book He saith to them, "Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord." As He had said to the others, "In whatsoever day a man shall turn from …
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