Wisdom of Solomon, 5

1. Then the just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed them and have taken away their labors.

1. A pravednik æe se vedro suèeliti s onima koji ga tlaèiše i koji prezirahu patnje njegove.

2. Seeing this, they will be troubled with terrible fear, and they will be amazed at the suddenness of unexpected salvation.

2. Kad ga ugledaju, uzdrhtat æe od silna straha, zapanjeni njegovim iznenadnim spasenjem.

3. Driven toward regret, and through the anguish of their groaning spirit, they will say within themselves: “These are the ones whom we held for some time in derision and in mocking reproach.

3. Govorit æe meðu sobom, puni kajanja, i uzdišuæi u tjeskobi svoje duše:

4. We foolish considered their life to be madness, and their end to be without honor.

4. "To je onaj komu smo se nekoæ podsmijevali i koji nam je bio za porugu. Mi, budale, smatrasmo njegov život ludošæu i svršetak njegov neèasnim.

5. How is it that they are counted among the sons of God, and their place is among the holy?

5. Kako li se ubrojio meðu sinove Božje i dobio udio svoj meðu svecima?

6. Therefore, we have strayed from the way of truth, and the light of justice has not shined on us, and the sun of understanding has not risen on us.

6. Mi, odista, zalutasmo s puta istine i svjetlost pravde nije nam svijetlila niti nam je sunce ogranulo.

7. We exhausted ourselves in the way of iniquity and perdition, and have walked a difficult way, while ignoring the way of the Lord.

7. Bazali smo stazama propasti i prohodili bespuæa pustinje, ali puta Gospodnjega nismo spoznali.

8. How has arrogance benefited us? Or what has exalting in riches brought us?

8. Što nam je koristila oholost? Što nam je vrijedilo bogatstvo i hvastanje?

9. All those things have passed away like a shadow, and like a messenger traveling quickly by;

9. Sve je prošlo kao sjena i kao kratkotrajan glas.

10. and like a ship passing over the waves of water, when it has gone by, its trace cannot be found, nor can the pathway of its keel in the waves;

10. I kao laða koja sijeèe uzburkano more i traga joj nema kuda proðe niti brazde hrptici njezinoj u valovima;

11. or, like a bird flying through the air, there is no evidence of her journey to be found, but there is hardly a sound as the beating of her wings lifts up the air and, by the force of her journey, divides the air she has flown across, which was disturbed by her wings, and afterwards there is no sign of her journey to be found;

11. ili kao ptica što zrakom proleti i ne ostavi traga prolazu svojem: šiba lagani uzduh udarcima svojih pera i rasijeca ga uza snažan fijuk i prodire zamasima svojih krila, a poslije nema više nikakva traga njezinu letu;

12. or, like an arrow shot at a selected mark, the air continues to be divided and to be brought together again, so that its passing is unknown.

12. ili kao strijela odapeta na svoj cilj: probijeni se zrak odmah sklapa i ne raspoznaje se staza njezina -

13. And in like manner we, having been born, continuously cease to exist, and indeed, we depart with no sign of virtue to show, but we are consumed in our malice.”

13. tako i mi: jedva što smo na svijet došli, a veæ nestadosmo, ni traga kreposti pokazati ne mogosmo: u zloæi se svojoj sasvim istrošismo."

14. Such things those who sinned said in hell.

14. I doista, nada je bezbožnikova kao pljeva što je vjetar raznosi i kao sitna pjena što je vihor razgoni; ona nestaje kao dim na vjetru i prolazi kao spomen na jednodnevna gosta.

15. For the hope of the impious is like feathers, which are blown away by the wind, and like a thin foam, which is dispersed by a storm, and like smoke, which is scattered by the wind, and like the memory of a guest who passes by one day.

15. A pravednici žive dovijeka, i u Gospodu je nagrada njihova i briga za njih u Svevišnjeg.

16. But the just will live forever, and their reward is with the Lord, and the thought of them is with the Most High.

16. Zato æe iz ruku Gospodnjih primiti kraljevsku krunu slave i vijenac ljepote; svojom æe ih desnicom Gospod zakriliti i svojom ih mišicom zaštititi.

17. Therefore, they will receive a beautiful kingdom and a crown of splendor from the hand of the Lord, for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.

17. Latit æe se svog žara ljubomornog kao oružja i naoružat æe sve stvorenje da kazni svoje neprijatelje;

18. And his zeal will take up arms, and he will equip his servants for retribution on their enemies.

18. kao oklop obuæi æe pravednost, a kao šljem stavit æe sud bez himbe;

19. He will put on justice as a breastplate, and he will grasp sure judgment as a helmet.

19. uzet æe nepobjedivu svetost kao štit,

20. He will select fairness as an invincible shield.

20. a kao maè naoštrit æe žestok gnjev i sav æe svemir poæi s njim u boj protiv bezumnika.

21. Yet he will sharpen his severe wrath into a spear, and he will fight with those of the world against the irrational.

21. Tad æe poletjet' dobro naperene strijele: munje iz oblaka padat æe na cilj kao iz nategnuta luka;

22. Shafts of lightning will hurl forth accurately, and, as if from a well-curved bow of clouds, they will be expelled and will fly to the determined mark.

22. iz bojne sprave izlijetat æe zrna grÓada srdžbom nabijena. Na njih æe voda morska bjesnjeti, i rijeke æe ih potapati bez milosti.

23. And hail will be cast like stones full of anger, and the water of the sea will rise up against them, and the rivers will charge forth harshly.

23. Dah Svemoæi zapuhat æe protiv njih, izvijat æe ih poput vihora. I tako æe svu zemlju opustošiti bezakonje i opaèina æe prevrnuti prijestolja vladalaèka.

24. The spirit of virtue will stand firm against them and like a whirlwind will divide them, and he will lead all the world of iniquity into a wasteland, and malice will overthrow the seats of power.

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