Wisdom of Solomon · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Wisdom of Solomon 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 Боже отцов и Господи милости, сотворивший все словом Твоим
1 “O God of my ancestors and Lord of mercy, who made all things by your word;
2 и премудростию Твоею устроивший человека, чтобы он владычествовал над созданными Тобою тварями
2 and by your wisdom you formed man, that he should have dominion over the creatures that were made by you,
3 и управлял миром свято и справедливо, и в правоте души производил суд!
3 and rule the world in holiness and righteousness, and execute judgment in uprightness of soul,
4 Даруй мне приседящую престолу Твоему премудрость и не отринь меня от отроков Твоих,
4 give me wisdom, her who sits by you on your thrones. Don’t reject me from among your servants,
5 ибо я раб Твой и сын рабы Твоей, человек немощный и кратковременный и слабый в разумении суда и законов.
5 because I am your servant and the son of your handmaid, a weak and short-lived man, with little power to understand judgment and laws.
6 Да хотя бы кто и совершен был между сынами человеческими, без Твоей премудрости он будет признан за ничто.
6 For even if a man is perfect among the sons of men, if the wisdom that comes from you is not with him, he will count for nothing.
7 Ты избрал меня царем народа Твоего и судьею сынов Твоих и дщерей;
7 You chose me to be king of your people, and a judge for your sons and daughters.
8 Ты сказал, чтобы я построил храм на святой горе Твоей и алтарь в городе обитания Твоего, по подобию святой скинии, которую Ты предуготовил от начала.
8 You gave a command to build a sanctuary on your holy mountain, and an altar in the city where you live, a copy of the holy tent which you prepared from the beginning.
9 С Тобою премудрость, которая знает дела Твои и присуща была, когда Ты творил мир, и ведает, что угодно пред очами Твоими и что право по заповедям Твоим:
9 Wisdom is with you and knows your works, and was present when you were making the world, and understands what is pleasing in your eyes, and what is right according to your commandments.
10 ниспошли ее от святых небес и от престола славы Твоей ниспошли ее, чтобы она споспешествовала мне в трудах моих, и чтобы я знал, что благоугодно пред Тобою;
10 Send her from the holy heavens, and ask her to come from the throne of your glory, that being present with me she may work, and I may learn what pleases you well.
11 ибо она все знает и разумеет, и мудро будет руководить меня в делах моих, и сохранит меня в своей славе;
11 For she knows all things and understands, and she will guide me prudently in my actions. She will guard me in her glory.
12 и дела мои будут благоприятны, и буду судить народ Твой справедливо, и буду достойным престола отца моего.
12 So my works will be acceptible. I will judge your people righteously, and I will be worthy of my father’s throne.
13 Ибо какой человек в состоянии познать совет Божий? или кто может уразуметь, что угодно Господу?
13 For what man will know the counsel of God? Or who will conceive what the Lord wills?
14 Помышления смертных нетверды, и мысли наши ошибочны,
14 For the thoughts of mortals are unstable, and our plans are prone to fail.
15 ибо тленное тело отягощает душу, и эта земная храмина подавляет многозаботливый ум.
15 For a corruptible body weighs down the soul. The earthy tent burdens a mind that is full of cares.
16 Мы едва можем постигать и то, что на земле, и с трудом понимаем то, что под руками, а что на небесах - кто исследовал?
16 We can hardly guess the things that are on earth, and we find the things that are close at hand with labor; but who has traced out the things that are in the heavens?
17 Волю же Твою кто познал бы, если бы Ты не даровал премудрости и не ниспослал свыше святаго Твоего Духа?
17 Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom, and sent your holy spirit from on high?
18 И так исправились пути живущих на земле, и люди научились тому, что угодно Тебе,
18 It was thus that the ways of those who are on earth were corrected, and men were taught the things that are pleasing to you. They were saved through wisdom.”
19 и спаслись премудростью.
19 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).
… that there was one to whom I might cleave, but that I was not yet one who could cleave unto Thee; for that the body which is corrupted presseth down the soul, and the earthly dwelling weigheth down the mind which thinketh upon many things. And most certain I was that Thy "invisible things from the creation of the world …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things." Many things certainly do I muse upon in this earthly tabernacle, because the one thing which is true among the many, or beyond the many, I cannot find.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hence that sentence of Scripture we quoted in a foregoing book, "For the corruptible body presseth down the soul." The word corruptible is added to show that the soul is burdened, not by any body whatsoever, but by the body such as it has become in consequence of sin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)