Sirach · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Sirach 9 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 будь ревнив к жене сердца твоего и не подавай ей дурного урока против тебя самого.
1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
2 Не отдавай жене души твоей, чтобы она не восстала против власти твоей.
2 Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength.
3 Не выходи навстречу развратной женщине, чтобы как-нибудь не попасть в сети ее.
3 Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
4 Не оставайся долго с певицею, чтобы не плениться тебе искусством ее.
4 Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks.
5 Не засматривайся на девицу, чтобы не соблазниться прелестями ее.
5 Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.
6 Не отдавай души твоей блудницам, чтобы не погубить наследства твоего.
6 Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance.
7 Не смотри по сторонам на улицах города и не броди по пустым местам его.
7 Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places.
8 Отвращай око твое от женщины благообразной и не засматривайся на чужую красоту:
8 Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.
9 многие совратились с пути чрез красоту женскую; от нее, как огонь, загорается любовь.
9 Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest perhaps your soul turn away to her, and with your spirit you slide into destruction.
10 Отнюдь не сиди с женою замужнею и не оставайся с нею на пиру за вином,
10 Don’t forsake an old friend; for a new one is not comparable to him. A new friend is like new wine: if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness.
11 чтобы не склонилась к ней душа твоя и чтобы ты не поползнулся духом в погибель.
11 Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be.
12 Не оставляй старого друга, ибо новый не может сравниться с ним;
12 Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly. Remember they will not go unpunished to the grave.
13 друг новый - то же, что вино новое: когда оно сделается старым, с удовольствием будешь пить его.
13 Keep yourself far from the man who has power to kill, and you will not be troubled by the fear of death. If you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life. Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, and walk upon the battlements of a city.
14 Не завидуй славе грешника, ибо не знаешь, какой будет конец его.
14 As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and take counsel with the wise.
15 Не одобряй того, что одобряют нечестивые: помни, что они до самого ада не исправятся.
15 Let your conversation be with men of understanding. Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High.
16 Держи себя дальше от человека, имеющего власть умерщвлять, и ты не будешь смущаться страхом смерти;
16 Let righteous people be companions at your table. Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
17 а если сближаешься с ним, не ошибись, чтобы он не лишил тебя жизни:
17 A work is commended because of the skill of the artisan; so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech.
18 знай, что ты посреди сетей идешь и по зубцам городских стен проходишь.
18 A loudmouthed man is dangerous in his city. He who is reckless in his speech will be hated.
19 По силе твоей узнавай ближних и советуйся с мудрыми.
19 Not in this translation
20 Рассуждение твое да будет с разумными, и всякая беседа твоя - в законе Вышнего.
20 Not in this translation
21 Да вечеряют с тобою мужи праведные, и слава твоя да будет в страхе Господнем.
21 Not in this translation
22 Изделие хвалится по руке художника, а правитель народа считается мудрым по словам его.
22 Not in this translation
23 Боятся в городе дерзкого на язык, и ненавидят опрометчивого в словах.
23 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).
Whence too it is said in the Psalm, "They have laid stumblingblocks for me by the way side." And another Scripture saith, "Remember that thou walkest in the midst of snares." These snares among which we walk are not in the way; but yet they are "by the way side." What fearest thou, what art thou alarmed at, so thou …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
This even the ancient Scripture corrects from the first, saying, "Contemplate not beauty which is another's." And then, lest any one should say, "what then, if I contemplate, and be not taken captive," He punishes the look, lest confiding in this security thou shouldest some time fall into sin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… a better thing than a gift," and "answer the poor man peaceably with meekness." And all the rest of thy time too adorn it with the rehearsing of the laws of God; "Yea, let all thy communication be in the law of the Most High." Having thus adorned ourselves, let us come to our King, and fall at His knees, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)