Wisdom of Solomon, 12

1. O how good and gracious, Lord, is your spirit in all things!

1. i tvoj je besmrtni duh u svemu.

2. Therefore, those who wander afield, you correct, and, as to those who sin, you counsel them and admonish them, so that, having abandoned malice, they may believe in you, O Lord.

2. Blago kažnjavaš prestupnike, koriš ih i opominješ za grijehe njihove da se ostave zloæe i da se ufaju u tebe, Gospode!

3. For those ancient inhabitants of your holy land, who you abhorred,

3. Zamrzio si drevne stanovnike svoje Svete zemlje

4. because they were doing works hateful to you, through unjust medicines and sacrifices,

4. jer su èinili zlodjela grozna u vradžbinama i obredima bezbožnim;

5. and the merciless murderers of their own sons, and the eaters of human entrails, and the devourers of blood apart from your community sacrament,

5. okrutne ubojice djece, žderaèe utrobe na gozbama mesa ljudskog, posveæenike s krvava pira,

6. and the sellers performing the ceremonies of helpless souls, you willed to destroy by the hands of our parents,

6. roditelje ubojice biæa bespomoænih, odluèio si uništiti rukama otaca naših,

7. so that they might worthily secure the sojourn of the children of God, in the land which is most beloved by you.

7. da najdraža ti od sviju zemalja primi dostojno naselje djece Božje.

8. Yet, so that you were lenient even to these men, you sent wasps, forerunners of your army, so that you might destroy them little by little,

8. Ipak si i njih poštedio kao ljude, jer si im pred vojskom svojom poslao ose kao preteèe da ih malo-pomalo istrijebe.

9. not because you were unable to subdue the impious under the just by war or by cruel beasts, or with a harsh word to exterminate them at once,

9. Premda si ih mogao, kao bezbožnike, predati u boju rukama pravednika ili strašnim zvijerima ili ih strogom rijeèju najedanput zatrti,

10. but, in judging by degrees, you were giving them a place of repentance, not unaware that their nation is wicked, and their malice is inherent, and that their thinking could never be changed.

10. sudeæi im malo-pomalo, davao si mjesta pokajanju, premda si dobro znao da je to opak rod kojem je zloæa priroðena i da im se æud nikad neæe izmijeniti,

11. For this offspring was accursed from the beginning. Neither did you, fearing anyone, give favor to their sins.

11. jer je to pleme odiskona bilo prokleto. A što si ostavio nekažnjene njihove grijehe, nije bilo od straha ni pred kim.

12. For who will say to you, “What have you done?” Or who will stand against your judgment? Or who will come before you as a defender of unfair men? Or who will accuse you, if the nations perish, which you have made?

12. Jer tko bi tebi smio kazati: "Što si uèinio?" I tko se smije oprijeti sudu tvojemu? Ili te optužiti što si uništio narode koje si stvorio? Ili tko æe ustati protiv tebe kao branitelj nepravednih ljudi?

13. For neither is there any other God but you, who has care of all, to whom you would show that you did not give judgment unjustly.

13. Jer, osim tebe, nema Boga koji se brine za sve da bi mu morao dokazati kako ne sudiš krivo.

14. Neither will king or tyrant inquire before you about those whom you destroyed.

14. A nijedan kralj ni vladar ne smije ustati protiv tebe u korist onih koje si kaznio.

15. Therefore, since you are just, you order all things justly, considering it foreign to your virtue to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.

15. I jer si pravedan, upravljaš svime pravedno, i nedostojno je moæi tvoje kazniti onoga koji kazne ne zaslužuje.

16. For your power is the beginning of justice, and, because you are Lord of all, you make yourself to be lenient to all.

16. Jer moæ je tvoja naèelo pravice tvoje i jer svime vladaš, možeš i sve poštedjeti.

17. For you reveal power to those who do not believe you to be perfect in power, and you expose the arrogance of those who do not know you.

17. Jakost svoju pokazuješ samo onda kad ljudi ne vjeruju u puninu tvoje moæi i kažnjavaš drskost onih koji je spoznaše.

18. Yet, you are the master of power, since you judge with tranquility, and since you administer us with great reverence; for it is close to you to be used whenever you will.

18. Ti, silni gospodaru, sudiš blago i upravljaš nama s velikom pažnjom, jer kad god hoæeš, moæ ti je pri ruci.

19. But you have taught your people, through such works, that they must be just and humane, and you have made your sons to be of good hope, because in judging you provide a place for repentance from sins.

19. A takvim si djelima narod svoj pouèio da pravednik ima biti èovjeèan; podario si sinovima svojim dobru nadu, jer daješ pokajanje za grijehe.

20. For even if the enemies of your servants were deserving of death, you afflicted them with great attentiveness, providing a time and a place whereby they would be able to be changed from malice;

20. Jer kad si s tolikim obzirom i blagošæu kaznio neprijatelje djece svoje i smrtne krivce - dajuæi im vremena i prigode da se zloæe svoje okane -

21. with what diligence, then, have you judged your sons, whose parents you have given oaths and covenants in good faith!

21. kako li si brižno sudio sinove svoje, èijim si ocima dao divna obeæanja i prisegama i savezima!

22. Therefore, while you give us discipline, you give our enemies a multiplicity of scourges, so that in judging we may think on your goodness, and when we are judged, we may hope for mercy.

22. Dok nas, dakle, koriš, dotle šibaš naše neprijatelje deset tisuæa puta strože, da bismo se sjetili dobrote tvoje kada sami sudimo i da oèekujemo milosrðe tvoje kada nam bude suðeno.

23. Therefore, also to these, who have lived their lived their life irrationally and unjustly, through these things that they worshiped, you gave the greatest torments.

23. Zato si one koji su živjeli bezbrižnim i bezumnim životom namuèio njihovim vlastitim gnusobama.

24. And, indeed, they wandered for a long time in the way of error, valuing those things as gods, which are worthless even among animals, living in foolish irrational behavior.

24. Jer su odviše zabasali na krivim putovima i stali kao bogove štovati najgore i najprezrenije od životinja, zabludjeli kao djeca bez razbora.

25. Because of this, you have given a judgment in derision, as if from foolish children.

25. Zato si im kao djeci bez razbora poslao kaznu rugla.

26. But those who have not been corrected by mockery and chiding, have experienced a judgment worthy of God.

26. A jer ih nije pouèila kazna porugljiva, ubrzo iskusiše kaznu dostojnu Boga.

27. For among those who were indignant at their sufferings, which came through those things that they reputed to be gods, when they saw that they would be destroyed by these same things, those who formerly refused knowledge of him, now acknowledged the true God, and, because of this, the end of their condemnation came upon them.

27. Jer kad vidješe da su im za kaznu te životinje koje štovahu kao bogove, rasrdiše se na njih zbog patnja koje im prouzrokovaše i spoznaše pravoga Boga, o kom prije nisu htjeli ništa èuti. Zato ih je i stigla najviša osuda.