2 Maccabees, 5
1. At the same time, Antiochus prepared for a second journey into Egypt.
1. U to je vrijeme Antioh pripremao drugu vojnu na Egipat.
2. But it happened, throughout the entire city of Jerusalem, that there were seen, for forty days, horsemen rushing through the air, having golden robes, and armed with spears, like a cohort of soldiers,
2. Gotovo èetrdeset dana po svem gradu pojavljivali se konjanici koji su u zlatnim odorama projahivali zrakom; zatim naoružane èete rasporeðene u kohorte;
3. and horses, set in order by ranks, running, coming together to engage in close combat, and the shaking of shields, and a helmeted multitude stretching forth swords, and the casting of darts, and the splendor of golden armor, and all kinds of breastplates.
3. pa konjièki odredi svrstani u borbene redove, koji su srljali i napadali jedni na druge; na sve strane zamahivanje štitovima, šuma sulica, maèevi izvuèeni iz korica, blještav sjaj zlatnih oklopa i svakojake bojne opreme.
4. Because of this, everyone begged that these prodigies might be turned to good.
4. Svi su molili da ta pojava bude dobar znak.
5. But when a false rumor went out, as though the life of Antiochus had expired, Jason, taking with him no less than one thousand men, suddenly assaulted the city. And, though the citizens together rushed to the wall, the city at last was taken, and Menelaus fled into the stronghold.
5. Uto se pronese lažan glas da je Antioh preminuo. Jason tada uze ništa manje nego tisuæu ljudi te iznenada napade grad. Pošto su bili istjerani oni koji su branili zidine i grad veæ bio zauzet, Menelaj uteèe u tvrðavu.
6. Truly, Jason did not spare his citizens from the slaughter; not realizing that success at the expense of kin is a very great evil, he considered those over whom he was victorious to be enemies, and not citizens.
6. Jason je stao nemilice klati svoje sugraðane, ne uviðajuæi da je uspjeh protiv sunarodnjaka najveæi neuspjeh, misleæi da stjeèe pobjednièku slavu nad neprijateljima, a ne nad braæom.
7. And so, he certainly did not obtain the leadership, but truly, in the end, received confusion for his betrayals, and he departed again to take refuge among the Ammonites.
7. Nije se domogao vlasti, nego je sramotno završio svoju izdaju i morao opet tražiti utoèište u Amanitidi.
8. In the end, to his ruin, he was enclosed by Aretas, the sovereign of the Arabs. And then, fleeing from city to city, hated by all as a detestable fugitive from the laws, and as an enemy of his own nation and citizens, he was expelled into Egypt.
8. Tako se završilo njegovo opako djelo. Optužili su ga kod arapskog vladara Arete te je morao bježati od grada do grada; svi su ga gonili, svi mrzili kao otpadnika od Zakona i proklinjali kao krvnika svoje domovine i svojih sugraðana, dok konaèno ne zastade u Egiptu.
9. And he who had expelled many from their native land perished abroad, starting out toward the Lacedaemonians, as if, for the sake of kinship, he should have refuge there.
9. Tako je on koji je mnoge izagnao iz domovine poginuo u tuðini, otišavši Lakedemoncima ne bi li u ime srodništva našao zaštitu.
10. And he who cast out many, unburied, was himself also cast out, both unlamented and unburied, and without having use of either foreign burial or a share of the sepulcher of his fathers.
10. On koji je toliko ljudi bez sahrane bacio na zemlju ostade neoplakan, bez ukopa i bez mjesta u grobu svojih otaca.
11. And so, when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would desert the alliance. And because of this, departing from Egypt with a raging soul, he indeed took the city by force.
11. Kad je kralj doznao što se dogodilo, pomisli da se Judeja odmetnula. Zato se podiže iz Egipta, zvjerski razjaren u duši, i zauze grad oružanom rukom.
12. Moreover, he ordered the military to execute, and not to spare, anyone they met, and to ascend through the houses to slay.
12. Vojnicima zapovjedi da nesmiljeno pobiju sve one koje sretnu i da pokolju one koji uteknu u kuæe.
13. Therefore, a massacre occurred of youths and elders, an extermination of women and children, a killing of virgins and little ones.
13. Ubijali su mlado i staro, zatirali žene i djecu, klali djevojke i nejaèad.
14. And so, over three whole days, eighty thousand were executed, forty thousand were imprisoned, and no small number were sold.
14. U cigla tri dana bilo je osamdeset tisuæa žrtava, od èega je èetrdeset tisuæa palo od udaraca, a isto ih je toliko prodano u roblje.
15. But, as if this were not enough, he even presumed to enter into the most holy temple in the entire world, with Menelaus, that traitor to the law and to his own nation, as his guide.
15. Ni time se nije izdovoljio, nego se drznuo uæi u Hram najsvetiji na svem svijetu, a vodio ga Menelaj, izdajica zakona i domovine.
16. And, taking in his wicked hands the holy vessels, which were given by other kings and cities for the adornment and glory of the place, he unworthily handled and contaminated them.
16. Tu je svojim neèistim rukama uzimao sveto posuðe, poganim rukama grabio darove što su ih drugi kraljevi davali za napredak, slavu i dostojanstvo tog mjesta.
17. So Antiochus, having gone astray in mind, did not consider that, because of the sins of the inhabitants of the city, God had become angry for a while, and so, for this reason, contempt had fallen upon the place.
17. Antioh se uznio u srcu, ne misleæi da se Gospod samo na kratko vrijeme ljuti na graðane zbog njihovih grijeha i zato ne haje za Sveto mjesto.
18. Otherwise, if it had not happened that they were involved in so many sins, as with Heliodorus, who was sent by king Seleucus to plunder the treasury, so also this one, as soon as he had arrived, certainly would have been scourged and driven away from his audacity.
18. I da nije bilo tolikog mnoštva grijeha, i njega bi, èim bi ušao, udarci bièa odvratili od drskosti, kao što su odvratili i Heliodora, koga bijaše poslao kralj Seleuk da pregleda riznicu.
19. Truly, God did not choose the people because of the place, but the place because of the people.
19. Ali Gospodin nije izabrao narod radi Svetog mjesta, nego mjesto radi naroda.
20. And therefore, the place itself also became a participant in the evils of the people. But afterwards, it shall be a companion to what is good. And she who was abandoned to the wrath of Almighty God shall be exalted again with the greatest glory, at the reconciliation of the great Lord.
20. Zato je i samo mjesto, imajuæi udjela u narodnim nevoljama, kasnije sudjelovalo i u blagostanju; zapušteno zbog srdžbe Svemoguæega, bit æe opet u svoj svojoj slavi obnovljeno nakon izmirenja s velikim Gospodinom.
21. Therefore, when Antiochus had taken away from the temple one thousand eight hundred talents, he quickly returned to Antioch, thinking, in his arrogance, to navigate the earth, even by finding a passage leading across the open ocean: such was the elation of his mind.
21. Antioh, dakle, iz Hrama odnije tisuæu i osam stotina talenata pa se požuri u Antiohiju, misleæi u svojoj oholosti da zemlju može uèiniti plovnom a more prohodnim - toliko mu se uznijelo srce!
22. Yet he left behind rulers to afflict the people. In fact, at Jerusalem, Philip was by birth a Phrygian, but he was in manners more cruel than he who had appointed him.
22. Za nadstojnike, pak, koji æe zlostavljati narod ostavi u Jeruzalemu Filipa, po narodnosti Frigijca, po æudi surovijega od onoga koji ga je postavio;
23. Yet Andronicus and Menelaus hung a heavier weight over the citizens at Garizim than the others.
23. a na gori Gerizimu Andronika; osim njih još i Menelaja, koji je opakije od drugih gospodovao svojim sugraðanima, a bio je osobito neprijateljski raspoložen prema Židovima.
24. And when he had been appointed over the Jews, he sent that hateful leader, Apollonius, with an army of twenty-two thousand, instructing him to execute all men in the prime of life, and to sell the women and the youths.
24. Posla i namjesnika Apolonija na èelu vojske od dvadeset i dvije tisuæe ljudi, zapovjedivši mu da sve odrasle pokolje, a žene i mladež proda.
25. When he had arrived at Jerusalem, feigning peace, he remained quiet until the holy day of the Sabbath. And then, when the Jews were taking rest, he instructed his own to take up arms.
25. Kad je taj došao u Jeruzalem, pretvarajuæi se kao miroljubiv èovjek, prièeka do svetoga subotnjeg dana; tada, iskoristivši židovski poèinak, zapovjedi svojim podreðenima da izaðu pod oružjem.
26. And he slaughtered all those who were seen going out. And rushing throughout the city with armed men, he destroyed a vast multitude.
26. Sve one koji su došli da vide smotru dade poubijati, a potom je, krstareæi s naoružanim vojnicima po gradu, pogubio mnoštvo ljudi.
27. But Judas Maccabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself to a deserted place, and there he lived life among the wild beasts in the mountains, with his own. And they remained there, consuming herbs as food, lest they be partakers in the defilement.
27. Tada se Juda Makabej povuèe sa desetak ljudi u pustinju te su u gorama provodili život kao divlje zvijeri, hraneæi se samo zelenjem da se èime ne bi oneèistili.
