Wisdom of Solomon, 18
1. But your saints were your greatest light, and they heard your voice, but did not see your form. And because they themselves did not also suffer the same things, they praised you greatly.
1. A svetima tvojim svijetlila je svjetlost najveæa, i Egipæani, slušajuæi njihov glas a ne videæi im oblièja, nazivahu ih blaženima jer nisu nevolju trpjeli;
2. And those who were wounded before, gave thanks, because they were no longer being wounded, and because they had petitioned for this gift, that there would be this difference.
2. i zahvaljivahu im što se ne osveæuju za nanesene nepravde i moljahu ih da im oproste neprijateljstvo.
3. Because of this, they had a burning column of fire as a guide on the unknown way, and you displayed a harmless sun of a good hospitality.
3. A Izraelcima si dao ognjen stup da im bude voðom na stazama neznanim, blago sunce na njihovu èasnom putovanju.
4. The others, indeed, deserved to be deprived of the light and to endure a prison of darkness, who watched for an opportunity to imprison your sons, by whom the incorruptible light of the law was beginning to be given to future generations.
4. Zaslužili su Egipæani da svjetlost izgube i da ih tama zasužnji, jer u zatvoru držahu djecu tvoju po kojoj se svijetu imala podariti nepropadljiva svjetlost Zakona.
5. When they thought to kill the babes of the just, one son having been exposed and set free, to their disgrace, you took away a multitude of their sons and destroyed them all together in a mighty water.
5. I jer odluèiše pogubiti djecu svetaca, a jedno se od izložene djece spasilo, ti im za kaznu oduze mnoštvo djece i sve ih pogubi u silnoj vodi.
6. For that night was known beforehand by our fathers, so that, knowing the truth of the oaths in which they had trusted, they might be more peaceful in their souls.
6. A noæ ona bijaše unaprijed najavljena ocima našim da bi jasno znali kakvim su prisegama povjerovali, i da budu dobre volje.
7. Yet your people received not only the salvation of the just, but also the destruction of the unjust.
7. Tako je tvoj narod oèekivao spas pravednika i propast neprijatelja.
8. For just as you wounded our adversaries, so also did you greatly esteem calling us forth.
8. Jer èime si kaznio naše protivnike, time si proslavio nas, pozvavši nas k sebi.
9. For the just children of goodness were secretly offering sacrifice, and in agreement they administered the law of justice, so that both good and bad would be able to receive justice, and so that you might now approve of their chanting to the father.
9. Tada su pobožna djeca pravednika žrtve tajno prinijela i složno postavila zakon božanstven da sveti tvoji jednako snose i dobra i pogibelji. I tad su zapjevali svete pjesme otaca.
10. On the other hand, a dissimilar voice was resounding from the enemies, and a lamentable wailing was heard for the children who were being cried over.
10. A u odjek im doðoše neskladni povici neprijatelja, tužan jauk za djecom oplakivanom.
11. But the same punishment afflicted the servant with the master, and the common man endured the same as the king.
11. Jednaka kazna stiže i roba i gospodara, isto je trpio i puèanin i kralj.
12. Therefore, all were the same, with one name for death, and the dead were innumerable. For neither were the living sufficient to bury the dead, because, with a single effort, their most illustrious nation was exterminated.
12. A svi su zajedno imali nebrojene mrtvace pogoðene istom smræu. I živih bijaše premalo da pokapaju mrtve, jer im za tren poginu najodlièniji porod.
13. For they would not believe anything because of the drugs; then truly, at the beginning, when the extermination of the firstborn happened, they pledged the people to belong to God.
13. I oni koji, zbog svojih èarolija, ni u što nisu vjerovali, kad im izginuše prvenci njihovi, moradoše priznati da je narod izraelski - sin Božji.
14. For, when a quiet silence surrounded all things, and when the course of the night was passing the middle of its journey,
14. Dok je mirna tišina svime vladala i noæ brzim tijekom stigla do sredine puta svog,
15. your almighty word from heaven leapt down from your royal throne, as a fierce warrior in the midst of the land of extermination,
15. jurnula je tvoja svemoguæa rijeè s nebesa, s kraljevskih prijestolja, kao žestok ratnik u sredinu zemlje, propasti predane. Kao oštar maè nosila je tvoju neopozivu zapovijed.
16. as a sharp sword carrying your unfeigned authority, and standing, filled all things with death, and, standing on the earth, reached all the way up to touch heaven.
16. Zaustavi se i sve ispuni smræu: doticala se neba, stajala na zemlji.
17. Then, incessant visions of nightmares disturbed them, and unexpected fears overcame them.
17. Tada Egipæane iznenada uplašiše prikaze jezivih snova, napade ih neoèekivan strah.
18. And another was thrown down elsewhere half-alive; and so, by means of that which was dying, the cause of death was revealed.
18. Padahu polumrtvi, jedan ovdje, drugi ondje, kazujuæi zašto umiru.
19. For the visions that disturbed them had forewarned of these things, lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.
19. Jer su im sni, što ih smutiše, to unaprijed najavili, da ne bi poginuli ne znajuæi uzroka s kojeg ih je stiglo zlo.
20. Yet, at that time, the trial of death touched even the just, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness, but your wrath did not continue for long.
20. Ali se napast smrtna dotakla i pravednika i mnoštvo ih je u pustinji pomrlo. Ali srdžba nije dugo trajala.
21. For a blameless man, prospering, is to be entreated for your people, bringing forth the shield of your service, through prayer and incense, making prayerful supplication, he withstands anger, and so establishes an end to the necessary difficulty, revealing that he is your servant.
21. Jer se brzo za njih zauzeo èovjek besprijekoran: naoružan oružjem službe svoje - molitvom i pomirbenim kadom - opro se srdžbi i dokrajèio nevolju, pokazavši da je sluga tvoj.
22. Yet he outlasted the disturbance, not by virtue of the body, nor by force of arms, but, with a word, he subdued those who were troubling him, commemorating the oaths and covenant of the parents.
22. On gnjevu nije odolio ni snagom tjelesnom ni silom oružja nego je rijeèju svojom pokorio zatornika spomenuv otaèke prisege i zavjete.
23. For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between them and cut off their attack, and he divided those who controlled the path to the living.
23. Mrtvi veæ ležahu jedan preko drugoga, a on stade sred njih i jarost suzbi, presijeèe joj put ka živima.
24. For, within the garment of shame which he held, the world was all together, and the great deeds of the parents were engraved on four orders of stones, and your majesty was engraved on the crown of his head.
24. Na njegovoj dugoj halji bijaše èitav svemir i u èetiri reda dragulja slavna imena otaca, a na vijencu oko glave tvoje velièanstvo.
25. Yet he who was exterminating yielded even to those he frightened. For one trial of wrath was sufficient.
25. Pred tim uzmaknu zatornik, predade se: samo je malo okušao srdžbu tvoju - i bijaše mu dosta.
