Deuteronomy, 9

1. “Listen, O Israel: You shall cross over the Jordan today, in order to possess nations, very great and stronger than yourself, cities vast and walled even to the sky,

1. Slušaj, Izraele! Danas prelaziš preko Jordana da sebi podvrgneš narode i veæe i brojnije nego što si ti; velike gradove, s utvrdama do nebesa;

2. a people great and lofty, the sons of the Anakim, whom you yourselves have seen and heard, against whom no one is able to stand.

2. narod velik i gorostasan poput Anakovaca, koje veæ poznaješ i o kojima si slušao: 'Tko da odoli Anakovcima?'

3. Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you, like a devouring and consuming fire, to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly, just as he has spoken to you.

3. Znaj dakle danas da Jahve, Bog tvoj, ide pred tobom. On je vatra što proždire; on æe ih oboriti, tebi ih podvrgnuti. A ti æeš ih onda rastjerati i ubrzo pobiti, kako ti je Jahve i rekao.

4. You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’

4. Pošto ih otjera ispred tebe Jahve, Bog tvoj, nemoj reæi u srcu svome: 'Jahve me uveo da zaposjednem ovu zemlju zbog moje pravednosti.' Naprotiv, zbog opaèina onih naroda Jahve ih tjera ispred tebe.

5. For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

5. Ne ideš ti da zaposjedneš njihovu zemlju zbog svoje pravednosti i èestitosti svoga srca, nego zato što Jahve, Bog tvoj, zbog opaèine onih naroda tjera njih ispred tebe da tako održi rijeè kojom se zakleo tvojim ocima: Abrahamu, Izaku i Jakovu.

6. Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices, for you are a very stiff-necked people.

6. Znaj, dakle, da ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, ne daje ovu dobru zemlju u posjed zbog tvoje pravednosti, jer si ti narod tvrde šije!

7. Remember, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.

7. Sjeæaj se i ne zaboravljaj kako si u pustinji ljutio Jahvu, Boga svoga. Od dana kad ste izašli iz zemlje egipatske do dolaska na ovo mjesto, Jahvi ste se opirali.

8. For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and, becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,

8. Na Horebu ste rasrdili Jahvu i Jahve je na vas tako planuo da vas je htio uništiti.

9. when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.

9. Popeo sam se na brdo da primim kamene ploèe, ploèe Saveza što ga s vama sklopi Jahve. Na brdu sam ostao èetrdeset dana i èetrdeset noæi: niti sam jeo kruha niti pio vode.

10. And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.

10. I dade mi Jahve dvije kamene ploèe, ispisane prstom Božjim, na kojima bijahu sve rijeèi što vam ih je Jahve isred ognja na brdu rekao na dan zbora.

11. And when forty days, and as many nights, had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

11. Kad je prošlo èetrdeset dana i èetrdeset noæi, Jahve mi dade dvije kamene ploèe - ploèe Saveza.

12. And he said to me: ‘Rise up, and descend quickly from here. For your people, whom you led away from Egypt, have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them, and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’

12. I reèe mi Jahve: 'Ustaj! Žurno siði odavde, jer se pokvario narod tvoj koji si izveo iz Egipta. Brzo su zašli s puta koji sam im oznaèio: veæ su sebi napravili livenog kumira.'

13. And again, the Lord said to me: ‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.

13. Još mi reèe Jahve: 'Promatrao sam taj narod. Zbilja je to narod tvrde šije!

14. Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’

14. Pusti me da ih uništim i njihovo ime izbrišem pod nebesima, a od tebe da uèinim narod i jaèi i brojniji nego što je ovaj!'

15. And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,

15. Okrenuh se i siðoh niz brdo, a brdo svejednako plamtjelo u ognju. Dvije ploèe Saveza bijahu mi u rukama.

16. and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made a molten calf for yourselves, and had quickly abandoned his way, which he had revealed to you,

16. Pogledah: zbilja ste sagriješili protiv Jahve, Boga svoga. Salili ste sebi tele od kovine. Tako ste brzo zašli s puta što vam ga Jahve bijaše oznaèio.

17. I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight.

17. Pograbih dvije ploèe te ih bacih od sebe objema rukama - razbih ploèe pred vašim oèima.

18. And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger.

18. Onda se nièice bacih pred Jahvu. Èetrdeset dana i èetrdeset noæi - kao i prije - niti sam jeo kruha niti pio vode zbog svih grijeha koje ste poèinili radeæi zlo u oèima Jahve i srdeæi ga.

19. For I feared his indignation and wrath, which had been stirred up against you, so that he was willing to destroy you. And the Lord heeded me at this time also.

19. Jer se bojah srdžbe i gnjeva kojim je Jahve usplamtio na vas da vas zatre. Ali me i tada Jahve usliša.

20. Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron, and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.

20. I na Arona se Jahve silno rasrdio, htio ga uništiti. Tada se zauzeh i za Arona.

21. But as for your sin which you committed, that is, the calf, taking hold of it, I burned it with fire. And breaking it into pieces, and reducing it entirely to dust, I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.

21. Vaš grijeh, tele što bijaste naèinili, uzeh i sažegoh ga u vatri. U prah ga satrh i prah mu bacih u potok što teèe s brda.

22. Likewise, at the Burning, and at the Temptation, and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.

22. Kod Tabere, kod Mase i Kibrot Hataave srdili ste Jahvu.

23. And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Ascend and possess the land, which I have given to you,’ even so, you spurned the command of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor were you willing to listen to his voice.

23. Kad vas je Jahve slao od Kadeš Barnee govoreæi: 'Idite gore i uzmite zemlju koju sam vam dao', pobunili ste se protiv rijeèi Jahve, Boga svoga; u nj se niste pouzdavali niti ste slušali njegov glas.

24. Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.

24. Nepokorni bijaste Jahvi otkad vas poznajem.

25. And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.

25. Zato sam pao nièice i ležao pred Jahvom èetrdeset dana i èetrdeset noæi, jer Jahve bijaše rekao da æe vas uništiti.

26. And praying, I said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you have redeemed in your greatness, whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.

26. Jahvu sam molio i rekao: 'Gospodine moj, Jahve! Ne uništavaj naroda svoga, baštine svoje koju si izbavio u svojoj velièajnosti i svojom moænom rukom izveo iz Egipta.

27. Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.

27. Sjeti se slugu svojih: Abrahama, Izaka i Jakova, a ne obaziri se na tvrdokornost ovoga naroda, na njegovu opaèinu, na grijeh njegov,

28. Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which you have led us, may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land, which he promised to them. And he hated them; therefore, he led them out, so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”

28. da se ne rekne u zemlji iz koje si nas izbavio: Jahve ih nije mogao uvesti u zemlju koju im je obeæao, ili ih je mrzio pa ih je zato odveo da ih pomori u pustinji.

29. These are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led out by your great strength, and with your outstretched arm.’ ”

29. A oni su tvoj narod, tvoja baština, oni koje si izveo svojom velikom moæi i ispruženom mišicom.'