Ecclesiasticus, 41

1. O death, how bitter is the memory of you: to a man who has peace in his substance,

1. O smrti, kako je gorka pomisao na te èovjeku koji živi sretno i usred dobara svojih, èovjeku koji živi spokojno i u svemu napreduje i još ima snage uživati raskoš!

2. to a quiet man, and to him whose ways are directed properly in all things, and who still has the strength to take nourishment.

2. O smrti, odluka je tvoja dobrodošla èovjeku ubogu i bez snage, istrošenu starcu, izmorenu brigama, nevjeriènu i na kraju strpljivosti.

3. O death, your judgment is good to the indigent man, and to him whose strength has diminished,

3. Ne boj se zakona smrti, sjeti se onih prije tebe i onih što æe poslije doæi.

4. who is failing due to old age, and who is anxious about all things, and to the unbelieving man who has lost patience.

4. To je presuda Gospodnja svemu živom - i èemu se opirati volji Svevišnjega? Živio ti deset, stotinu ili tisuæu godina, u Podzemlju ti neæe predbacivati dužinu života.

5. Do not choose to dread the judgment of death. Remember the things that occurred before you, and the things that will occur after you. This judgment is from the Lord upon all flesh.

5. Opake su hulje sinovi grešnika i oni koji zalaze u nastambe bezbožnièke.

6. And what will happen to you is well-pleasing to the Most High, whether in ten, or one hundred, or one thousand years.

6. Baština djece grešnièke na propast je osuðena, potomstvo njihovo predmet je vjeèna ukora.

7. For death is no indictment of life.

7. Bezbožna oca proklinju vlastita djeca, jer su zbog njega u sramoti.

8. The sons of sinners, and those who pass their time in the manner of the houses of the impious, become sons of abominations.

8. Teško vama, bezbožnici, koji zapostavljate Zakon Boga Svevišnjega.

9. The inheritance of the sons of sinners will perish, and continual disgrace will be with their offspring.

9. Ako ste se rodili, za prokletstvo se rodiste, a kad umrete, prokletstvo æete baštiniti.

10. The sons of an impious father will complain, for they are in disgrace because of him.

10. Sve što je od zemlje u zemlju se vraæa, tako i bezbožnici iz prokletstva u propast.

11. Woe to you, impious men, who have abandoned the law of the Most High Lord!

11. Ljudi žale za svojim mrtvima, ali æe opako ime grešnika nestati.

12. And when you are born, you will be born into a curse; and when you die, your portion will be in a curse.

12. Brini se za ime, jer ti ono ostaje dulje nego tisuæe velikih zlatnih zaloga.

13. All things that are from the earth shall return to the earth. Similarly, the impious will proceed from a curse unto perdition.

13. Sretan život traje stanovit broj dana, ali èasno ime ostaje zauvijek.

14. The grieving of men is in their body, but the name of the impious will be wiped away.

14. Držite, djeco, pouke moje u miru. Skrivena mudrost i blago nevidljivo, kakva je korist od oboga?

15. Have concern for your good name. For this will continue with you, more so than a thousand precious and great treasures.

15. Bolji je èovjek koji krije ludost svoju negoli koji krije mudrost svoju.

16. A good life has its number of days, but a good name will continue forever.

16. Stidite se prema onome što vam govorim, jer nije dobro svakom stidu podlijegati niti svi jednako cijene sve.

17. Sons, practice discipline peacefully. For what use is there in either concealed wisdom, or undiscovered treasure?

17. Pred ocem i majkom stidi se bludnosti i lÓaži pred poglavarom i moænikom,

18. Better is the man who hides his foolishness than the man who hides his wisdom.

18. zloèina pred sucem i knezom, bezakonja pred opæinom i narodom,

19. Yet truly, have respect for these things which proceed from my mouth.

19. nepravde pred drugom i prijateljem, kraðe pred susjedstvom u kojem živiš.

20. For it is not good to observe every reverence. And all things do not please all persons in their beliefs.

20. Pred istinom Božjom i zavjetom stidi se naslanjati lakte na stol,

21. Have shame of these things: of fornication before father and mother, and of a lie before the first leader and the powerful,

21. prezirno primati i darivati i ne odgovarati onima koji te pozdravljaju;

22. of a crime before a ruler or a judge, of iniquity before a congregation or a people,

22. stidi se piljiti u tuðu ženu i okrenuti leða roðaku,

23. of injustice before a companion or a friend, and of the place in which you live,

23. prisvojiti tuði dio ili dar, udvarati se udatoj ženi,

24. of theft, and of the truth before God, and of the covenant, of reclining to eat bread, and of deceitfulness in giving or receiving,

24. biti prisan sa sluškinjom njezinom: ne prilazi njezinoj postelji!

25. of silence before those who greet you, of looking upon a woman of fornication, and of averting your face from a relative.

25. Stidi se rijeèi pogrde pred prijateljima svojim i nemoj kuditi nakon darivanja,

26. You should not avert your face from your neighbor, nor should you take away a portion and not restore it.

26. ponavljati i širiti glasine i izdavati tajne.

27. You should not stare at another man’s wife, and nor pursue his handmaid, nor approach her bed.

27. Tad æeš biti istinski stidljiv i naæi æeš milost u oèima sviju ljudi.

28. Avoid reproachful speeches before friends, and when you give, you should not place blame.

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