Wisdom of Solomon · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Wisdom of Solomon 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.
1 Лучше бездетность с добродетелью, ибо память о ней бессмертна: она признается и у Бога и у людей.
1 It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men.
2 Когда она присуща, ей подражают, а когда отойдет, стремятся к ней: и в вечности увенчанная она торжествует, как одержавшая победу непорочными подвигами.
2 When it is present, people imitate it. They long after it when it has departed. Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph, victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled.
3 А плодородное множество нечестивых не принесет пользы, и прелюбодейные отрасли не дадут корней в глубину и не достигнут незыблемого основания;
3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root, nor will they establish a sure hold.
4 и хотя на время позеленеют в ветвях, но, не имея твердости, поколеблются от ветра и порывом ветров искоренятся;
4 For even if they grow branches and flourish for a season, standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind. They will be uprooted by the violence of winds.
5 некрепкие ветви переломятся, и плод их будет бесполезен, незрел для пищи и ни к чему не годен;
5 Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity. Their fruit will be useless, never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing.
6 ибо дети, рождаемые от беззаконных сожитий, суть свидетели разврата против родителей при допросе их.
6 For unlawfully conceived children are witnesses of wickedness against parents when they are investigated.
7 А праведник, если и рановременно умрет, будет в покое,
7 But a righteous man, even if he dies before his time, will be at rest.
8 ибо не в долговечности честная старость и не числом лет измеряется:
8 For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time, nor is its measure given by number of years,
9 мудрость есть седина для людей, и беспорочная жизнь - возраст старости.
9 but understanding is gray hair to men, and an unspotted life is ripe old age.
10 Как благоугодивший Богу, он возлюблен, и, как живший посреди грешников, преставлен,
10 Being found well-pleasing to God, someone was loved. While living among sinners he was transported.
11 восхищен, чтобы злоба не изменила разума его, или коварство не прельстило души его.
11 He was caught away, lest evil should change his understanding, or guile deceive his soul.
12 Ибо упражнение в нечестии помрачает доброе, и волнение похоти развращает ум незлобивый.
12 For the fascination of wickedness obscures the things which are good, and the whirl of desire perverts an innocent mind.
13 Достигнув совершенства в короткое время, он исполнил долгие лета;
13 Being made perfect quickly, he filled a long time;
14 ибо душа его была угодна Господу, потому и ускорил он из среды нечестия. А люди видели это и не поняли, даже и не подумали о том,
14 for his soul was pleasing to the Lord. Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness.
15 что благодать и милость со святыми Его и промышление об избранных Его.
15 But the peoples saw and didn’t understand, not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen, and that he visits his holy ones;
16 Праведник, умирая, осудит живых нечестивых, и скоро достигшая совершенства юность - долголетнюю старость неправедного;
16 but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.
17 ибо они увидят кончину мудрого и не поймут, что Господь определил о нем и для чего поставил его в безопасность;
17 For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him, and why he safely kept him.
18 они увидят и уничтожат его, но Господь посмеется им;
18 They will see, and they will despise; but the Lord will laugh them to scorn. After this, they will become a dishonored carcass and a reproach among the dead forever;
19 и после сего будут они бесчестным трупом и позором между умершими навек, ибо Он повергнет их ниц безгласными и сдвинет их с оснований, и они вконец запустеют и будут в скорби, и память их погибнет;
19 because he will dash them speechless to the ground, and will shake them from the foundations. They will lie utterly waste. They will be in anguish and their memory will perish.
20 в сознании грехов своих они предстанут со страхом, и беззакония их осудят их в лице их.
20 They will come with coward fear when their sins are counted. Their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.
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).
Of whom it was said before in Wisdom, "Their own iniquities shall convince them to their face." Without doubt they will see that they are justly condemned for their sins and wickednesses; yet it will be as though He said to them, "It is not in consequence of this that ye think, but because I was hungry, and ye gave …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
What if "he was taken away, lest wickedness should alter his understanding." But he was a sinner, thou sayest, and therefore I wished him to live, that he might be corrected.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Now God grants them the approach of a healthy shame, if they despise not the medicine of confession: but if they will not now be ashamed, then they shall be ashamed, when "their iniquities shall convince them to their face." How shall they be ashamed?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)