Wisdom of Solomon, 3

1. But the souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment of death will touch them.

1. A duše su pravednika u ruci Božjoj i njih se ne dotièe muka nikakva.

2. In the eyes of the foolish, they seemed to die, and their departure was considered an affliction,

2. Oèima se bezbožnièkim èini da oni umiru i njihov odlazak s ovog svijeta kao nesreæa;

3. and their going away from us, a banishment. Yet they are in peace.

3. i to što nas napuštaju kao propast, ali oni su u miru.

4. And though, in the sight of men, they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.

4. Ako su, u oèima ljudskim, bili kažnjeni, nada im je puna besmrtnosti.

5. Troubled in few things, in many things they will be well compensated, because God has tested them and found them worthy of himself.

5. Za malo muke zadobili su dobra velika jer Bog ih je stavio na kušnju i našao da su ga dostojni.

6. Like gold in the furnace, he has proved them, and as a holocaust victim, he has received them, and in the time of their visitation

6. Iskušao ih je kao zlato u taljiku i primio ih kao žrtvu paljenicu.

7. they will shine, and they will dash about like sparks among stubble.

7. Zato æe se u vrijeme posjeta njegova zasjati te æe vrcati kao iskre u strnjici.

8. They will judge the nations and they will rule over the people, and their Lord will reign forever.

8. Sudit æe pucima i vladati narodima i Gospodin æe kraljevat nad njima uvijeke.

9. Those who trust in him, will understand the truth, and those who are faithful in love will rest in him, because grace and peace is for his elect.

9. Koji se u nj ufaju spoznat æe istinu, i koji su vjerni bit æe u ljubavi s njim, jer izabranici njegovi stjeèu milost i milosrðe.

10. But the impious will be chastised according to their thoughts, for they have neglected the just and have retreated from the Lord.

10. A bezbožnici æe zbog svojih misli biti primjereno kažnjeni jer su prezreli pravednike i otpali od Gospodina.

11. For whoever abandons wisdom and instruction is unhappy, and their hope is empty, and their labors without fruit, and their works useless.

11. Teško onima koji preziru mudrost i stegu! Isprazna je nada njihova, napori uzaludni i poslovi bez probitka.

12. Their wives are foolish and their sons are wicked; the things that serve them are accursed.

12. Žene su im bezumne, djeca opaka i proklet njihov rod!

13. Therefore, fertile is the barren and undefiled, who has not known transgressions in bed; she will bear fruit by caring for holy souls.

13. Blago nerotkinji, ali bez ljage, kojoj ložnica ne poznaje grijeha; plodnost æe se njezina pokazati na istrazi duša.

14. And fertile is the celibate, who has not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wickedness against God; for to him will be given a special gift of faith and a very welcome place in the temple of the Lord.

14. Blago i uškopljeniku koji ne poèini zloèina niti smišlja zla protiv Gospoda; jer æe za vjernost dobiti milost izabranu i baštinu najljupkiju u Domu Gospodnjem.

15. For the fruit of good labors is glorious and the root of wisdom shall never perish.

15. Jer plemenit trud donosi plod pun slave i neraspadljiv je korijen razbora.

16. But the sons of adulterers will not reach completion, and the offspring of a sinful bed will be banished.

16. A djeca preljubnièka neæe doæi do savršenstva i rod nezakonite ložnice propada.

17. And if they live long, they will be counted as nothing, and their last years of old-age will be without honor.

17. Pa ako i žive dugo, nisu ni za što i na koncu im je starost neèasna.

18. And if they die quickly, they will have no hope, nor words of comfort on the day of reckoning.

18. Umru li opet rano, nade nemaju niti utjehe na sudnji dan:

19. For the iniquities of the people have a dreadful result.

19. jer okrutna je kob grešna roda.