Baruch, 4

1. “ ‘This is the book of the commandments of God and of the law, which exists in eternity. All those who keep it will attain to life, but those who have forsaken it, to death.

1. Ona je knjiga Božjih zapovijedi, Zakon koji æe trajati dovijeka: tko ga se držao bude, taj æe živjeti; tko ga napusti, taj æe umrijeti.

2. Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light.

2. Vrati se, Jakove, i prihvati je, hodi k sjaju, k njenoj svjetlosti:

3. Do not surrender your glory to another, nor your value to a foreign people.

3. ne ustupaj slavu svoju drugomu, ni dostojanstvo svoje narodu tuðemu.

4. We have been happy, O Israel, because the things that are pleasing to God have been made clear to us.

4. Blago nama, Izraele, jer nam je otkriveno što je Bogu po volji!

5. Be ever more peaceful in soul, O people of God, the memorial of Israel.

5. Ohrabri se, narode moj, spomene Izraelov!

6. You have been sold to the nations, not into destruction, but because of this, in resentment, you provoked God to wrath, and so you have been delivered to adversity.

6. Bili ste prodani narodima, ali ne na uništenje. Boga ste razgnjevili, stoga biste izruèeni neprijateljima;

7. For you have exasperated him who made you, the eternal God, by sacrificing to evil spirits, and not to God.

7. Stvoritelja svog ste izazvali žrtvujuæi zlodusima, a ne Bogu.

8. For you have forgotten God, who nurtured you, and you have saddened Jerusalem, your nurse.

8. Zaboravili ste Boga vjeènog, svoga hranioca! Ožalostili ste i Jeruzalem - majku koja vas je othranila.

9. For she saw the wrath of God approaching you, and she said, “Listen, region of Zion, for God has brought upon me great sorrow.

9. Kada je vidjela gdje se na vas obara gnjev od Boga, stade naricati: "Slušajte, susjede sionske: u tugu veliku zavi me Gospod.

10. For I have seen the captivity of my people, my sons and daughters, which the Eternal has led over them.

10. Vidjeh gdje mi u sužanjstvo izruèi Vjeèni sinove i kæeri.

11. For I nurtured them with joy, but I sent them away with weeping and sorrow.

11. S radošæu sam ih hranila, s tugom i plaèem gledam gdje odlaze.

12. Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and a desolation, for I am forsaken by many because of the sins of my sons, because they strayed from the law of God.

12. Nitko nek' se nada mnom ne raduje što obudovjeh i ostadoh sama. Zbog grijeha djece svoje opustjeh, jer se okrenuše od Božjeg Zakona.

13. And they have not known his righteousness, nor walked in the ways of the commandments of God, nor have they advanced with justice along the paths of his truth.

13. Nisu marili za njegove zapovijedi niti išli putovima njegovih propisa, niti stupali stazom stege u njegovoj pravednosti.

14. Let the region of Zion approach, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal led over them.

14. Doðite, susjede sionske! Gledajte gdje mi u sužanjstvo predaje Vjeèni sinove i kæeri!

15. For he has brought a far away people upon them, a guilty people, and of another language,

15. Doveo je na njih narod iz daljine, narod drzak, tuðega jezika, bez poštovanja prema starcu, bez smilovanja prema djetetu;

16. who have not reverenced the aged, nor had mercy on the children, and who have led away the beloved of the widow, leaving me deserted and alone, without sons.

16. odvedoše udovi ljubimce, ostaviše je samu, bez kæeri.

17. But as for me, how am I able to help you?

17. Kako bih vam mogla ja pomoæi?

18. For he who has brought these evils upon you, will rescue you from the hands of your enemies.

18. Samo onaj koji dovede na vas ove nevolje izbavit' vas može iz ruku neprijatelja.

19. Walk on, sons, walk on, for I have been abandoned and I am alone.

19. Idite, djeco, otiðite svojim putem! Ja ostajem napuštena, samotna;

20. I have taken off the garment of peace and have put on the sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry out to the most High in my days.

20. skinuh haljinu mira, odjenuh se u kostrijet svojih vapaja: sve dane svoje zazivat æu Vjeènoga.

21. Be ever more peaceful, sons. Cry out to the Lord, and he will rescue you from the hand of the hostile leaders.

21. Ohrabrite se, djeco, zavapite Bogu: on æe vas izbaviti iz nasilja, iz ruku neprijatelja.

22. For I have placed my hope in your eternal salvation, and joy approaches me from the Holy One, over the mercy which will come to you by our eternal salvation.

22. Jer u Vjeènog se uzdam, on æe vas spasiti; od Svetoga oèekujem radost: uskoro na vas æe se smilovati, Vjeèni, Spasitelj vaš.

23. For I sent you forth with sorrow and weeping, but the Lord will restore you to me with joy and gladness for eternity.

23. S tugom i plaèem vidjeh vas gdje odlazite, ali Bog æe vas meni vratiti s radošæu i klicanjem za sva vremena.

24. For just as the neighbors of Zion have seen your captivity from God, so also will they soon see your salvation from God, which will overcome you with great honor and eternal splendor.

24. Kao što susjede sionske vidješe gdje vas zasužnjuju, tako æe naskoro vidjeti gdje æe vas izbaviti Bog, koji æe doæi u velikoj slavi i sjaju Vjeènoga.

25. Sons, endure patiently the wrath that has come upon you, for your enemy has persecuted you, but you will quickly see his destruction and you will climb over his neck.

25. Djeco moja, podnesite pokaranje što se obori na vas od Boga. Neprijatelj te progonio, al' uskoro vidjet æeš njegovu propast, na njegovu æeš šiju staviti nogu.

26. My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were regarded as a flock torn apart by enemies.

26. Moja su nježna djeca hodila grubim putovima, otjerana kao stado što ga ote neprijatelj.

27. Be ever more peaceful in soul, sons, and call out to the Lord, for you will be remembered by him who led you away.

27. Ohrabrite se, djeco, zavapite Bogu: Onaj koji vas stavi na kušnju, on æe vas se spomenuti.

28. For as much as you thought to go astray from God, ten times as much again he will require of you when converting.

28. Ako vam je misao, zastranivši, bila daleko od Boga, vratite se i tražite ga revnošæu deseterostrukom.

29. For he who led you into evil, he himself will again lead you to eternal happiness with your salvation.”

29. Jer onaj koji je na vas nesreæu doveo, vašim æe spasenjem vratiti vam vjeènu radost.

30. Be ever more peaceful in soul, Jerusalem, for he who has named you, has been affected by you.

30. Ohrabri se, Jeruzaleme, utješit æe te onaj koji ti dade ime.

31. The criminals who have troubled you, will perish, and those who rejoiced in your ruin, will be punished.

31. Jao onima koji te zlostavljaju, koji se vesele tvojoj propasti!

32. The cities that your sons have served, will be punished, and also, she who received your sons.

32. Jao gradovima kojima su tvoja djeca robovala, teško onom koji ti odvede sinove!

33. For just as she was glad at your ruin, and she rejoiced in your fall, so also will she be grieved in her own desolation,

33. Jer kao što je uživao u tvojemu padu i tvojoj se propasti radovao, tako æe tugovati nad svojim opustošenjem.

34. and the exaltation of her multitude will be cut off, and her gladness will be turned to sorrow.

34. Neæe se veseliti mnogome puèanstvu, obijest æe mu se preobratit' u tugovanje,

35. For fire will overcome her from the Eternal for many days, and she will be inhabited by evil spirits for a long time.

35. od Vjeènoga na nj æe doæi oganj za mnogo dana, i za dugo vrijeme bit æe stan zlodusima.

36. Look around, Jerusalem, towards the east, and see the happiness that comes to you from God.

36. Obazri se na istok, Jeruzaleme, vidi radost što ti dolazi od Boga.

37. For behold, your sons approach, whom you sent away scattered. They approach, gathering together, from the east all the way to the west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the honor of God.

37. Evo, vraæaju ti se sinovi koje si vidio gdje odlaze, sabiru se u tebi od istoka do zapada na zapovijed Svetoga i klièu u slavu Božju.