Wisdom of Solomon, 2

1. For they have said, reasoning with themselves incorrectly: “Our lifetime is brief and tedious, and there is no relief within the limits of man, and no one is acknowledged to have returned from the dead.

1. Jer oni krivo misle i ovako mudruju: "Kratkovijek je i tužan život naš i nema lijeka kad èovjeku doðe kraj i još nije poznat tko bi se iz Podzemlja izbavio.

2. For we are born from nothing, and after this we will be as if we had not been, because the breath in our nostrils is like smoke, and conversation sends out sparks from the stirring of our heart;

2. Mi smo djeca pukog sluèaja i kasnije æemo biti kao da nikad nismo ni bili, jer samo je dim ono èime dišu naše nosnice, a misao je tek iskra od kucaja našega srca.

3. therefore, when it is extinguished, our body will be ashes, and our spirit will be diffused like a soft breeze, and our life will pass away like the wisp of a cloud, just as a mist is dissolved when it is driven away by the rays of the sun and overpowered by its heat.

3. Kad se ona utrne, pretvorit æe se tijelo u pepeo, a duh æe se rasplinuti kao lagan zrak.

4. And in time our name will surrender to oblivion, and no one will have remembrance of our works.

4. Ime æe nam se s vremenom zaboraviti i nitko se neæe sjeæati djela naših; i život æe nam proæi kao pramenje oblaka i nestat æe ga kao magle što je gone zrake sunèane i pritiskuje žega njihova.

5. For our time is like the passing of a shadow, and nothing can reverse our end, for it is signed and sealed, and cannot be returned.

5. Jer život naš kao sjena odmièe, iz naše smrti nema povratka, zapeèaæeno je i nitko se ne vraæa.

6. Therefore, hurry, let us enjoy the good things of the present time, and let us quickly use up passing things, just as in youth.

6. Zato hodite ovamo! Uživajmo dobra sadašnja, koristimo se stvorovima sa žarom mladosti.

7. Let us indulge ourselves with costly wine and ointments, and let no flower of youth pass us by.

7. Nauživajmo se odabranih vina i mirisa i neka nas ne mimoiðe ni jedan cvijet proljetni,

8. Let us surround ourselves with rosebuds before they wither; let no meadow be left untouched by our indulgence.

8. okrunimo se ružama prije no što uvenu.

9. Let no one among us be exempt from our indulgence. Let us leave behind tokens of enjoyment everywhere, for this is our portion, and this is fate.

9. Neka svaki od nas sudjeluje u pijanki našoj, ostavimo svuda znake našeg veseljenja: to je naš dio i to je naša baština.

10. Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor respect the aged grey hairs of elders.

10. Potlaèimo ubogoga pravednika, ne štedimo udovice, ne poštujmo starca ni sjedina od mnogih godina.

11. But let our strength be the law of justice, for what is weak is found to be useless.

11. Nek' naša snaga bude zakon pravde, jer ono što je slabo nije ni za što.

12. Therefore, let us encircle the just, because he is useless to us, and he is against our works, and he reproaches us with our legal offenses, and makes known to us the sins of our way of life.

12. Postavimo zasjedu pravedniku jer nam smeta i protivi se našem ponašanju, predbacuje nam prijestupe protiv Zakona i spoèitava kako izdadosmo odgoj svoj.

13. He promises that he has the knowledge of God and he calls himself the son of God.

13. On se hvasta posjedom spoznaje o Bogu i naziva se sinom Gospodnjim.

14. He was made among us to expose our very thoughts.

14. On je ukor utjelovljeni našim mislima, sama njegova pojava tišti našu dušu.

15. He is grievous for us even to behold, for his life is unlike other men’s lives, and immutable are his ways.

15. Život njegov nije kao u ostalih i njegovo je ponašanje nastrano.

16. It is as if we are considered by him to be insignificant, and he abstains from our ways as from filth; he prefers the newly justified, and he glories that he has God for his father.

16. Smatra nas patvorinom i uklanja se od putova naših kao od neèisti. On svršetak pravednika proglašava sretnim i hvali se da mu je Bog otac.

17. Let us see, then, if his words are true, and let us test what will happen to him, and then we will know what his end will be.

17. Pogledajmo jesu li istinite rijeèi njegove, istražimo kakav æe biti njegov svršetak.

18. For if he is the true son of God, he will receive him and deliver him from the hands of his adversaries.

18. Jer ako je pravednik Božji sin, On æe se za nj zauzeti i izbavit æe ga iz ruku neprijateljskih.

19. Let us examine him with insult and torture, that we may know his reverence and try his patience.

19. Zato ga iskušajmo porugom i mukom da istražimo blagost njegovu i da prosudimo strpljivost njegovu.

20. Let us condemn him to a most shameful death, for, according to his own words, God will care for him.”

20. Osudimo ga na smrt sramotnu, jer æe mu, kako veli, doæi izbavljenje."

21. These things they thought, and they were mistaken, for their own malice blinded them.

21. Tako oni misle, ali se varaju, jer ih zloæa njihova zasljepljuje.

22. And they were ignorant of the mysteries of God; they neither hoped for the reward of justice, nor judged the value of holy souls.

22. Oni ne znaju tajna Božjih, ne oèekuju nagradu za svetost, ne vjeruju u naknadu èistim dušama.

23. For God created man to be immortal, and he made him in the image of his own likeness.

23. Jer je Bog stvorio èovjeka za neraspadljivost i uèinio ga na sliku svoje besmrtnosti.

24. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world,

24. A ðavlovom je zavišæu došla smrt u svijet i nju æe iskusiti oni koji njemu pripadaju.

25. yet they imitate him, who are from his side.

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