Ecclesiasticus, 34

1. The hopes of a senseless man are empty and false; and dreams extol the imprudent.

1. Za bezumnika su prazne nade i tlapnje, i od snova luðaci okrilate.

2. Like one who chases a shadow and pursues the wind, so also is one who pays attention to lying visions.

2. Kao hvataè sjene ili goniè vjetra, takav je onaj koji vjeruje snovima.

3. In the vision of dreams, one thing represents another, as when a mask is before the face of a man.

3. Slièni su san i zrcalo: u jednome i drugome samo je prividnost.

4. What can be cleansed by the unclean? And what truth can be spoken from a lie?

4. Što se može neèistoæom oèistiti? Kako æe biti istina od laži?

5. Erroneous divinations and false signs and the dreams of evildoers are emptiness.

5. Gatanje, proricanje i sni - sve ispraznosti, sve kao tlapnje porodilje.

6. For your heart suffers from imagination, like a woman suffering in childbirth. Unless it is a visitation sent from the Most High, you should not set your heart upon it.

6. Ako ih Svevišnji ne šalje kao glasnike svoje, ne posveæuj im ni jedne misli.

7. For dreams have caused many to go astray, and those who have hoped in them have fallen away.

7. Jer mnoge su sni zaludili i propali su uzdajuæi se u njih.

8. The word of the law will be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom will be made plain in the mouths of the faithful.

8. Zakon treba ispunjavati bez prijevara, i mudrost je savršena tek u iskrenosti.

9. He who has not been tested, what does he know? A man with much experience will consider many things. And whoever has learned much will explain with understanding.

9. Tko je mnogo putovao - mnogo zna, i tko je mnogo iskusio - umno zbori.

10. He who has no experience knows little. And he who has done many things has made many mistakes.

10. Tko nije ništa iskusio - malo znade; a tko je putovao, u svemu se snalazi.

11. He who has not been tested, what kind of things can he know? He who has been deceived will be more cunning.

11. Mnogo vidjeh na putovanjima svojim i više shvatih nego što mogu iskazati.

12. I have seen much by wandering, and the customs of many things.

12. Èesto bijah i u smrtnoj pogibelji, ali sam se spasio,

13. At times, I have even been in danger of death because of these things, but I was freed by the grace of God.

13. jer živjet æe duh bogobojaznih: oni se uzdaju u onoga koji ih može izbaviti.

14. The spirit of those who fear God is sought, and they will be blessed by his providence.

14. Tko se boji Gospoda, ne boji se nièega i ne straši se, jer je Gospod nada njegova.

15. For their hope is in him who saves them, and the eyes of God are on those who love him.

15. Blago duši onoga koji se boji Gospoda! U koga li se uzdao? I tko mu je potpora?

16. Those who fear the Lord will tremble at nothing, and they will not be terrified. For he is their hope.

16. Gospod ne odvraæa oèiju s onih koji ga ljube, on im je moæna zaštita i snažna potpora, štitnik od vjetra pustinjskog i sjena u jari podnevnoj, obrana od posrtaja i oslon protiv pada.

17. The soul of him who fears the Lord is blessed.

17. On je radost srcu i svjetlost oèima, on je zdravlje, život i blagoslov.

18. To whom should he look, and who is his strength?

18. Žrtva od blaga krivo steèena porugljiv je dar i ne primaju se pokloni opakih.

19. The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him. He is a powerful Protector, a Firmament of virtue, a Shelter from the heat, and a Covering from the midday sun,

19. Svevišnjemu se ne mile darovi bezbožnièki: gomilom žrtava oni neæe iskupiti svoje grijehe.

20. a Guardian from offenses, and a Helper from falling, who exalts the soul and illuminates the eyes, and who gives health and life and blessing.

20. Pred oèima oèevim kolje sina tko prinosi žrtvu od imetka siromaha.

21. An immolation from iniquity is a stained oblation, and the derisions of the unjust are not well pleasing.

21. Oskudna hrana život je siromaha, i tko je otima - pravi je krvnik;

22. The Lord is only for those who persevere for him in the way of truth and justice.

22. ubija bližnjega tko mu otima hranu i prolijeva krv tko radniku uskraæuje plaæu.

23. The Most High does not approve of the gifts of the iniquitous. Neither does he have respect for the oblations of the unjust; neither will he forgive their sins because of the multitude of their sacrifices.

23. Ako jedan gradi, a drugi razgraðuje, što im ostaje, osim trudbe?

24. Whoever offers a sacrifice from the substance of the poor is like one who sacrifices the son in the sight of his father.

24. Ako jedan moli, a drugi kune, èiji æe glas uslišati Gospodar?

25. The bread of the indigent is the life of the poor. Whoever cheats them out of it is a man of blood.

25. Tko se taknuo mrtvaca, pa se oprao i opet ga dirnuo, što mu koristi pranje njegovo?

26. Whoever takes away the bread of sweat is like one who kills his neighbor.

26. Tako je i s èovjekom koji posti za grijehe svoje pa ih opet èini: tko æe mu uslišati molitvu i zar mu koristi što se ponizio?

27. He who sheds blood, and he who cheats the hired hand out of his wages, are brothers.

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28. When one builds and another destroys, what benefit do they have from their labor?

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29. When one prays and another curses, whose voice will God heed?

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30. He who washes himself after touching the dead, and then touches him again, what was the benefit of his washing?

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31. Similarly, a man who fasts for his sins, and then does the same again, what was the benefit of his humbling himself? Who will heed his prayer?

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