Wisdom of Solomon, 10

1. This is he, who was formed first by God, the father of the world, who was alone when created; she preserved him,

1. Ona je štitila prvooblikovanog oca svijeta, koji je stvoren sam, istrgla ga iz grijeha njegova

2. and led him out of his offense, and gave him the power to maintain all things.

2. i dala mu jakost da vlada svemirom.

3. After this, when the unjust man withdrew from her in his anger, he perished through anger by the murder of his brother.

3. A kad se u jarosti svojoj grešnik odmetnu od nje, poginu u mržnji svojoj bratoubilaèkoj.

4. Because of this, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, guiding the just by means of contemptible wood.

4. I kad je zemlju zbog njega potop stigao, opet ju je mudrost spasila brodeæi s pravednikom na krhkom drvetu.

5. Moreover, when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame before God, and preserved his strength out of mercy for his sons.

5. I kada se, složni u opaèini svojoj, narodi bijahu pomutili, ona je našla pravednika i saèuvala ga Bogu nezazorna i uzdržala jaèim od ljubavi prema djetetu.

6. She freed this just man from the destruction of the impious, fleeing descending fire in the Five Cities,

6. Kad su bezbožnici izgibali, ona je izbavila pravednika koji je bježao od ognja što je s neba pao na pet gradova.

7. which, as a testimony to their wickedness, is a constantly smoking desolate land, and the trees bear fruit at uncertain times, and a figure of salt stands as a monument to an unbelieving soul.

7. O opaèini njihovoj još svjedoèi pustoš puna dima i bilje kojemu plod nikad ne sazrijeva i stup od soli što stoji kao spomenik duši nevjernoj.

8. For, in disregarding wisdom, they are fallen, not so much in this, that they were ignorant of good, but that they bequeathed to men a memorial of their foolishness, so that, in the things in which they sinned, they were unable to escape notice.

8. I jer nisu slijedili puta mudrosti, izgubili su spoznaju o dobru i još ostavili svijetu spomenik svoje ludosti da se ne mogahu sakriti zlodjela njihova.

9. Yet wisdom has freed from sorrow those who are self-observant.

9. A mudrost je vjernike svoje spasila od nevolje.

10. She led the just man, this fugitive of his brother’s wrath, by the right ways, and revealed to him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of holiness, honored him in his labors, and completed his labors.

10. Kad je pravednik bježao ispred jarosti bratove, ona ga je vodila pravim stazama; pokazala mu Božje kraljevstvo i podarila mu znanje o svetinjama; uspjehom okrunila napore njegove i umnožila plodove truda njegova.

11. In the midst of encircling deceit, she flowed around him and made him honest.

11. Kad su ga pritijesnili lakomci, pomogla ga je i obdarila bogatstvom,

12. She guarded him from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and she gave him a strong conflict so that he might overcome and might know that the power of all things is wisdom.

12. saèuvala ga od neprijatelja i zaštitila ga od zasjeda, darovala mu pobjedu u žestokom boju da spozna kako je bogobojaznost od svega jaèa.

13. She did not abandon the just man when he was sold, but freed him from sinners; she went down with him into the pit,

13. Ona nije ostavila prodanog pravednika, nego ga je èuvala od grijeha.

14. and she did not abandon him in chains, while she brought him the scepter of the kingdom and power against those who oppressed him, and revealed them to be liars who had dishonored him, and gave him everlasting glory.

14. S njime je u tamnicu sišla te ga ni u okovima nije zapustila dok mu nije donijela žezlo kraljevsko i vlast nad onima koji ga tlaèiše i nagnala u laž one koji ga kaljahu, a njemu dala slavu vjeènu.

15. She freed this just people and the blameless offspring, from the nations that had oppressed them.

15. Ona je spasila sveti puk i rod besprijekorni od vlasti naroda muèiteljskog.

16. She entered the soul of the servant of God and stood against dreadful kings in the midst of portents and signs,

16. Ušla je u dušu sluge Gospodnjeg, i on se strašnim kraljevima opro èudesima i znacima.

17. and she rendered to the just the wages of their labors, and led them along a wondrous way; and she was to them, like a cover by day, and like the light of the stars by night.

17. Ona je dala plaæu svetima za njihove trude i vodila ih putem èudesnim, danju im bila zaklon od žege i noæu zvjezdani sjaj.

18. She carried them through the Red Sea, and led them across a great water.

18. Provela ih preko Mora crvenog, provela ih je preko vode velike,

19. But their enemies, she submerged in the sea, and from the furthest depths, she drew them up. Therefore, the just carried off the spoils of the impious.

19. a neprijatelje njihove valovima potopila i onda ih izbacila iz dubina bezdana.

20. And they chanted to your holy name, Lord, and they together praised your victorious hand,

20. Zato su pravednici oplijenili bezbožnike i pjesmom proslavili tvoje sveto ime, Gospode, jednodušno opjevali tvoju ruku zaštitnicu.

21. because wisdom opened the mouth of the mute, and made the speech of infants eloquent.

21. Jer je mudrost otvorila usta nijemima i obdarila djecu nejaku jezikom rjeèitim.