2 Maccabees, 4

1. But the aforementioned Simon, who was a betrayer of the money and of his nation, spoke evil about Onias, as if he had instigated Heliodorus to do these things and as if he had been the inciter of evils.

1. Spomenuti Šimun, izdajnik blaga i domovine, okleveta Oniju da je rovario protiv Heliodora i uprilièio onu nesreæu.

2. And he dared to say that he was a traitor to the kingdom, though he provided for the city, and defended his people, and was zealous for the law of God.

2. Dobroèinitelja grada, zaštitnika svojih sunarodnjaka, revnitelja za zakone on se usudio nazvati državnim neprijateljem.

3. But when the hostilities had proceeded to such an extent that even murders were committed by certain close associates of Simon,

3. Mržnja se toliko raspirila da je neki Šimunov pristaša poèinio umorstva.

4. Onias, considering the peril of this contention, and Apollonius to be mad, though he was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, which only augmented the malice of Simon, he brought himself before the king,

4. Onija je bio svjestan da je takvo suparništvo muèno i da Menestejev sin Apolonije, upravitelj Celesirije i Fenicije, potièe Šimuna na zloæu;

5. not so as to be an accuser of a citizen, but in view of his own consideration for the common good of the entire multitude.

5. zato se uputi kralju, ne da svoje sugraðane tuži, nego radi opæe i pojedinaène koristi sveg naroda.

6. For he saw that, without royal providence, it would be impossible to provide peace to events, nor would Simon ever cease from his foolishness.

6. Zapravo je dobro vidio da je bez kraljeva posredovanja veæ nemoguæe održavati javni mir i da se Šimun neæe okaniti svoje ludosti.

7. But after the life of Seleucus expired, when Antiochus, who was called the illustrious, had assumed the kingdom, Jason, the brother of Onias, was ambitions for the high priesthood.

7. Kad je Seleuk preminuo a kraljevstvo preuzeo Antioh nazvan Epifan, Onijin brat Jason gledaše da se doèepa velikog sveæeništva.

8. He went to the king, promising him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and from other revenues eighty talents,

8. Sastavši se s kraljem, obeæa mu tri stotine i šezdeset talenata srebra i još osamdeset talenata na ime drugog dohotka.

9. and beyond these, he promised also one hundred and fifty more, if he would be granted the authority to establish a sports arena, and a school for boys, and to enroll those who were at Jerusalem as Antiochians.

9. Osim toga, obeæao je da æe platiti još stotinu i pedeset talenata ako mu se dopusti da na svoju ruku podigne gimnazij i efebij i da Jeruzalemcima podijeli antiohijsko graðanstvo.

10. When the king had assented, and he had obtained the leadership, he immediately began to transfer his subjects to the rituals of the heathens.

10. Kad je kralj pristao, Jason, èim se doèepao vlasti, prevede svoje sunarodnjake grèkome naèinu života.

11. And taking away those things that had been established by the kings, by reason of the humanitarianism of the Jews, through John, the father of Eupolemus, who formed a friendship and alliance with the Romans, he discharged the legitimate legislations, voiding the oaths of the citizens, and he sanctioned depraved customs.

11. Ukide sloboštine koje je kralj iz èovjekoljublja bio podijelio Židovima posredstvom Ivana, oca Eupolemova - to je onaj Eupolem koji æe kasnije poæi u poslanstvu da s Rimljanima sklopi prijateljstvo i savez. Ukratko, rušio je zakonite graðanske ustanove i uvodio nove protuzakonite obièaje.

12. For he even had the audacity to set up, below the very stronghold, a sports arena, and to place all of the best adolescent boys in brothels.

12. Namjerno je dao ispod tvrðave sagraditi borilište, a sam je najbolje efebe vodio pod petazom.

13. Now this was not the beginning, but a certain increase and progression of heathenism and foreign practices, due to the nefarious and unheard of wickedness of the impious non-priest Jason,

13. Zbog pokvarenosti bezbožnog Jasona, koji nije bio nikakav sveæenik, helenizam je tako ojaèao a strana moda uzela toliko maha

14. so much so that now the priests were not devoted to the concerns of services at the altar, but, despising the temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they hurried to become participants of the wrestling school, and of its prohibited injustices, and of the training of the discus.

14. da sveæenici više u službi oko žrtvenika nisu pokazivali nikakve revnosti, nego su se, preziruæi Hram i zanemarujuæi žrtve, na poziv zveèke žurili na Zakonom nedopuštene priredbe u kazalištu.

15. And, even holding the honors of their fathers to be nothing, they esteemed the glories of the Greeks as best.

15. Ne držeæi ništa do èasti svoje zemlje, vrlo su visoko cijenili helenske poèasti.

16. For the sake of these, they held a dangerous competition, and were imitators of their practices, and so, in all things, they desired to be similar to those who had been their enemies and destroyers.

16. Zato ih je upravo snašla teška nevolja: postadoše im neprijatelji i krvnici baš oni koje su živo nastojali nasljedovati u naèinu života i u svemu im biti slièni.

17. But acting impiously against the divine laws does not go unpunished, as these subsequent events will reveal.

17. Božji se zakoni ne krše nekažnjivo, a to æe pokazati iduæe razdoblje.

18. But when the competition that was celebrated every fifth year was at Tyre, the king being present,

18. Kad su se u Tiru, u kraljevoj nazoènosti, održavala petogodišnja natjecanja,

19. the villainous Jason sent sinful men from Jerusalem, carrying three hundred didrachmas of silver for the sacrifice of Hercules. But those who transported it asked that it might not be paid out for the sacrifices, because it was not needed, but might be used for other expenses.

19. poslao je zloèinaèki Jason kao gledaoce one Jeruzalemce koji su imali antiohijsko graðanstvo; sa sobom su nosili trista srebrnih drahma za žrtvu Heraklu. No èak i oni koji su ih nosili smatrali su da ih nije zgodno upotrijebiti za žrtvu nego za nešto drugo.

20. So, even though this was offered by him who sent it for the sacrifice of Hercules, it was instead given over to the manufacture of Greek warships, because of those presenting it.

20. Tako je, dakle, novac koji je pošiljalac odredio za žrtvu Heraklu, odlukom onih koji su ga nosili, potrošen za gradnju brodova sa tri reda vesala.

21. Then Apollonius, the son of Menestheus, was sent into Egypt because of the nobles of king Philometor of Ptolemy. But when Antiochus realized that he had been effectively alienated from the affairs of the kingdom, consulting his own interests, he started out from there and came to Joppa, and from there to Jerusalem.

21. Menestejev sin Apolonije bi poslan u Egipat da pribiva ustolièenju kralja Filometora. Antioh je doznao da kralj ne odobrava njegovih pothvata, pa se stao brinuti za svoju sigurnost. Zato je došao u Jopu, odakle se zaputio u Jeruzalem.

22. And he was received magnificently by Jason and the city, and he entered with the lights of little torches and with praises. And from there he turned back with his army to Phoenicia.

22. Velièanstveno su ga primili Jason i grad i uveli ga uza zublje i klicanje. Poslije isto tako uðe s vojskom u Feniciju.

23. And, after three years, Jason sent Menelaus, the brother of the above mentioned Simon, carrying money to the king, and bearing responses about essential matters.

23. Poslije tri godine Jason posla Menelaja, brata spomenutog Šimuna, da kralju odnese novaca i da ga podsjeti na rješenje nekih hitnih poslova.

24. And he, being recommended to the king, when he had magnified the appearance of his power, usurped the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver.

24. A Menelaj pristupi kralju s preporukama i, dajuæi dojam ugledna èovjeka, isposlova sebi velikosveæenièku èast, nudeæi tri stotine srebrnih talenata više nego Jason.

25. And so, having received orders from the king, he returned, holding nothing at all worthy of the priesthood, in truth, having the soul of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a wild beast.

25. Primivši, dakle, kraljevske naloge, vrati se a da na njemu nije bilo nièega što bi bilo dostojno velikosveæeništva: donio je sa sobom samo jarost nasilnika i bijes divlje zvijeri.

26. And indeed, Jason, who had taken captive his own brother, was himself deceived, and was expelled to become a fugitive in the region of the Ammonites.

26. I tako je Jasona, koji je potkopao vlastitog brata, potkopao drugi, pa je morao pobjeæi u Amanitidu.

27. Then Menelaus, indeed, obtained the principality, but truly, concerning the money that he had promised to the king, nothing was done. Although Sostratus, who was first over the stronghold, attempted to collect it,

27. Menelaj se, doduše, èvrsto držao vlasti, ali kralju nije nikako plaæao obeæanih svota,

28. since the collection of certain taxes pertained to him. For this reason, they were both called before the king.

28. iako je to od njega zahtijevao Sostrat, zapovjednik tvrðave, koji je bio ovlašten da utjeruje dohotke. Zato su obojica pozvana kralju.

29. And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, being succeeded by Lysimachus, his brother. Then Sostratus was appointed over the Cyprians.

29. Menelaj je morao prepustiti veliko sveæeništvo u nasljedstvo bratu Lizimahu, a Sostrata je zamijenio Krates, zapovjednik Ciprana.

30. And while these things were occurring, it happened that those from Tarsus and Mallus incited a sedition, because they had been given as a gift to Antiochidi, the concubine of the king.

30. Dok se to zbivalo, pobunili se Taršani i Malošani zbog toga što su im gradove darovali u miraz kraljevoj inoèi Antiohidi.

31. And so, the king hurried to come and calm them, leaving behind Andronicus, one of his associates, as his deputy.

31. Kralj je, dakle, brže otišao da ih smiri, a kao zamjenika ostavi Andronika, jednog od velikih dostojanstvenika.

32. Then Menelaus, believing that he had reached an opportune time, having stolen certain gold vessels out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, along with others he had gained at Tyre and throughout the neighboring cities.

32. Menelaj, raèunajuæi da mu se pružila zgodna prilika, prisvoji nešto zlatnog posuða iz Hrama i darova ga Androniku, a drugo porasproda u Tiru i susjednim gradovima.

33. But when Onias had realized this with certainty, he accused him, keeping himself in a safe place at Antioch beside Daphne.

33. Kad je Onija o tom primio toène obavijesti, oštro ga prekori, pošto se prije povukao u grad-utoèište Dafnu kod Antiohije.

34. Meanwhile, Menelaus met with Andronicus, asking him to execute Onias. So he then went to Onias, and he gave him his right hand with an oath, and, even though he was suspicious of him, he persuaded him to venture out of asylum, and he immediately killed him, with no respect for justice.

34. Stoga je Menelaj nasamo zamolio Andronika da Oniju ubije. Ovaj doðe k Oniji, prijevarom ga namami pruživši mu desnicu na zakletvu, i Onija, sumnjajuæi doduše, iziðe iz utoèišta, a on ga smjesta ubi, ne mareæi za pravdu.

35. For this reason, not only the Jews, but also the other nations, were indignant and bore much grief for the unjust killing of so great a man.

35. Zbog nepravednog umorstva toga èovjeka silno su se ogorèili i ožalostili ne samo Židovi nego i mnogi pripadnici drugih naroda.

36. But when the king returned from the places of Cilicia, the Jews at Antioch, and similarly the Greeks, went to him, complaining of the iniquitous killing of Onias.

36. Kad se kralj vratio iz cilicijskih krajeva, doðe preda nj poslanstvo Židova iz razlièitih gradova te mu se potuži; njima su se pridružili i Grci, jer su i oni negodovali zbog okrutnog umorstva Onije.

37. And so Antiochus was grieved in his mind because of Onias, and, being moved to compassion, he shed tears, remembering the sobriety and modesty of the deceased.

37. Antioh, jako ožalošæen i ganut, zaplaka sjeæajuæi se pokojnikove mudrosti i razboritosti.

38. And, being inflamed in soul, he ordered the purple to be torn from Andronicus, and that he be led around, throughout the entire city, and that, in the same place where he had committed the impiety against Onias, the sacrilegious man should be deprived of his life, as his fitting punishment rendered by the Lord.

38. Planu gnjevom i smjesta s Andronika skinu grimizni plašt, razdera mu odijelo i provede ga èitavim gradom sve do onog mjesta gdje je bezbožno ubio Oniju; tu ubojicu smaknuše. Tako ga je Gospodin kaznio onako kako je zaslužio.

39. But when many sacrileges were committed by Lysimachus in the temple through the counsel of Menelaus, and the news was divulged, the multitude gathered together against Lysimachus, though a great quantity of gold had been exported already.

39. Lizimah je s Menelajevim znanjem u gradu poèinio mnogo svetogrdnih kraða. Kad se o tom nadaleko proširio glas, puk se diže protiv Lizimaha, ali se veæ mnogo zlatnine raznijelo.

40. But when the multitude stirred up an insurrection, and their minds were filled with anger, Lysimachus armed about three thousand, who began to act with hands of iniquity. A certain tyrant was their leader, a man advanced both in age and in madness.

40. Protiv pobunjenog mnoštva, gnjevom raspaljena, Lizimah naoruža oko tri tisuæe ljudi i prvi poèe vršiti nasilja, u kojima je èetovoða bio neki Auran, èovjek poodmakle dobi i nipošto manje bezumnosti.

41. But when they perceived the attempt of Lysimachus, some took hold of stones, others strong clubs, and, in truth, certain ones threw ashes upon Lysimachus.

41. Kad su ljudi vidjeli da æe ih Lizimah napasti, pograbiše jedni kamenje, drugi toljage, a neki zagrabiše pune ruke pepela koji se ondje nalazio, pa svi hrpimice navališe na Lizimahove ljude.

42. And indeed, many were wounded, and some were struck down; however, all were put to flight. And, as for the sacrilegious man, they executed him beside the treasury.

42. Mnoge su ranili, neke ubili, ostale natjerali u bijeg, a samoga oskvrnitelja izmrcvarili kraj riznice.

43. Therefore, about these things, a judgment began to be stirred up against Menelaus.

43. Zbog toga bi podignuta tužba protiv Menelaja.

44. And when the king had arrived at Tyre, three men were sent from the elders to bring the matter to him.

44. Kad je kralj došao u Tir, tri su èovjeka što ih je poslalo veliko vijeæe branila pravednost svoje stvari.

45. But when Menelaus was overcome, he promised to give much money to Ptolemy to persuade the king.

45. Menelaj, videæi da æe izgubiti, obeæa Dorimenovu sinu Ptolemeju mnogo novaca ako za njegovu stvar predobije kralja.

46. And so, Ptolemy went to the king in a certain court where he was, as if merely to refresh himself, and he influenced him away from the sentence.

46. Ptolemej odvede kralja pod neki trijem da se tobože ondje rashladi i skloni ga da promijeni odluku.

47. And so Menelaus, though indeed guilty of all malice, was absolved of the crimes. Moreover, these pitiable men, who, even if they had pleaded their case before Scythians, would have been judged innocent, he condemned to death.

47. I doista, Menelaja, krivca svega zla, kralj oslobodi od svih optužbi, dok one bijednike koji bi bili proglašeni nevinima da su svoju stvar branili i kod Skita - osudi na smrt.

48. Therefore, those who brought the case on behalf of the city, and the people, and the sacred vessels were quickly given an unjust punishment.

48. Tako oni koji su govorili u obranu grada, naroda i svetog posuða smjesta podniješe nepravednu kaznu.

49. For this reason, even the Tyrians, being indignant, proved to be very liberal toward their burial.

49. Èak su im i Tirani, zgražajuæi se nad takvom zloæom, priredili sveèani ukop.

50. Thus, because of the greed of those who were in power, Menelaus remained in authority, increasing in malice, to the betrayal of the citizens.

50. Zbog lakomosti vlastodržaca Menelaj se ipak održi na vlasti; napredujuæi u pakosti, postade glavni protivnik svojih sugraðana.