Matthew, 23

1. Then Jesus spoke to the crowds, and to his disciples,

1. Tada Isus prozbori mnoštvu i svojim uèenicima:

2. saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.

2. "Na Mojsijevu stolicu zasjedoše pismoznanci i farizeji.

3. Therefore, all things whatsoever that they shall say to you, observe and do. Yet truly, do not choose to act according to their works. For they say, but they do not do.

3. Èinite dakle i obdržavajte sve što vam kažu, ali se nemojte ravnati po njihovim djelima jer govore, a ne èine.

4. For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men’s shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.

4. Vežu i ljudima na pleæa tovare teška bremena, a sami ni da bi ih prstom makli.

5. Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.

5. Sva svoja djela èine zato da ih ljudi vide. Doista, proširuju zapise svoje i produljuju rese.

6. And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,

6. Vole proèelja na gozbama, prva sjedala u sinagogama,

7. and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.

7. pozdrave na trgovima i da ih ljudi zovu 'Rabbi'.

8. But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.

8. Vi pak ne dajte se zvati 'Rabbi', jer jedan je uèitelj vaš, a svi ste vi braæa.

9. And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.

9. Ni ocem ne zovite nikoga na zemlji jer jedan je Otac vaš - onaj na nebesima.

10. Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.

10. I ne dajte da vas voðama zovu, jer jedan je vaš voða - Krist.

11. Whoever is greater among you shall be your minister.

11. Najveæi meðu vama neka vam bude poslužitelj.

12. But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.

12. Tko se god uzvisuje, bit æe ponižen, a tko se ponizuje, bit æe uzvišen."

13. So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.

13. "Jao vama, pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Zakljuèavate kraljevstvo nebesko pred ljudima; sami ne ulazite, a ne date uæi ni onima koji bi htjeli."

14. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you consume the houses of widows, praying long prayers. Because of this, you shall receive the greater judgment.

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15. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and by land, in order to make one convert. And when he has been converted, you make him twice the son of Hell that you are yourselves.

15. "Jao vama, pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Obilazite morem i kopnom da pridobijete jednog sljedbenika. A kad ga pridobijete, promeæete ga u sina paklenoga dvaput goreg od sebe."

16. Woe to you, blind guides, who say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

16. "Jao vama! Slijepe voðe! Govorite: 'Zakune li se tko Hramom, nije ništa. Ali ako se zakune hramskim zlatom, veže ga zakletva.'

17. You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

17. Budale i slijepci! Ta što je veæe: zlato ili Hram što posveæuje zlato?

18. And you say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.’

18. Nadalje: 'Zakune li se tko žrtvenikom, nije ništa. Ali ako se zakune darom što je na njemu, veže ga zakletva.'

19. How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

19. Slijepci! Ta što je veæe: dar ili žrtvenik što dar posveæuje?

20. Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.

20. Tko se dakle zakune žrtvenikom, kune se njime i svime što je na njemu.

21. And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

21. I tko se zakune Hramom, kune se njime i Onim koji u njemu prebiva.

22. And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

22. I tko se zakune nebom, kune se prijestoljem Božjim i Onim koji na njemu sjedi."

23. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you collect tithes on mint and dill and cumin, but you have abandoned the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, while not omitting the others.

23. "Jao vama, pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Namirujete desetinu od metvice i kopra i kima, a propuštate najvažnije u Zakonu: pravednost, milosrðe, vjernost. Ovo je trebalo èiniti, a ono ne propuštati.

24. You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!

24. Slijepe voðe! Cijedite komarca, a gutate devu!"

25. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you clean what is outside the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of avarice and impurity.

25. "Jao vama, pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Èistite èašu i zdjelu izvana, a iznutra su pune grabeža i pohlepe.

26. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then what is outside becomes clean.

26. Farizeju slijepi! Oèisti najprije nutrinu èaše da joj i vanjština bude èista."

27. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth.

27. Jao vama pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Nalik ste na obijeljene grobove. Izvana izgledaju lijepi, a iznutra su puni mrtvaèkih kostiju i svakojake neèistoæe.

28. So also, you certainly appear to men outwardly to be just. But inwardly you are filled with hypocrisy and iniquity.

28. Tako i vi izvana ljudima izgledate pravedni, a iznutra ste puni licemjerja i bezakonja."

29. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.

29. "Jao vama, pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Gradite grobnice prorocima i kitite spomenike pravednicima

30. And then you say, ‘If we had been there in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined with them in the blood of the prophets.’

30. te govorite: 'Da smo mi živjeli u dane otaca svojih, ne bismo bili njihovi sudionici u prolijevanju krvi proroèke.'

31. And so you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.

31. Tako sami protiv sebe svjedoèite da ste sinovi ubojica proroka.

32. Complete, then, the measure of your fathers.

32. Dopunite samo mjeru otaca svojih!"

33. You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape from the judgment of Hell?

33. "Zmije! Leglo gujinje! Kako æete uteæi osudi paklenoj?

34. For this reason, behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen, and scribes. And some of these you will put to death and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,

34. Zato evo ja šaljem vama proroke i mudrace i pismoznance. Jedne æete od njih ubiti i raspeti, druge bièevati po svojim sinagogama i progoniti od grada do grada

35. so that upon you may fall all the blood of the just, which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

35. da tako na vas doðe sva pravedna krv, prolivena na zemlji od krvi Abela pravednoga pa do krvi Zaharije, sina Barahijina, kojega ubiste izmeðu Hrama i žrtvenika.

36. Amen I say to you, all these things shall fall upon this generation.

36. Zaista, kažem vam, sve æe to doæi na ovaj naraštaj!"

37. Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone those who have been sent to you. How often I have wanted to gather your children together, in the way that a hen gathers her young under her wings. But you were not willing!

37. "Jeruzaleme, Jeruzaleme, koji ubijaš proroke i kamenuješ one što su tebi poslani! Koliko li puta htjedoh okupiti djecu tvoju kao što kvoèka okuplja piliæe pod krila, i ne htjedoste.

38. Behold, your house shall be abandoned to you, having been deserted.

38. Evo, napuštena vam kuæa.

39. For I say to you, you shall not see me again, until you say: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”

39. Doista, kažem vam, odsada me neæete vidjeti dok ne reknete: Blagoslovljen Onaj koji dolazi u ime Gospodnje!"