Wisdom of Solomon, 9

1. “God of my fathers and Lord of mercy, who has made all things with your word,

1. Bože otaca naših i Gospode milosrða, ti koji si rijeèju svojom stvorio svemir

2. and by your wisdom has established man to have dominion over the creatures which have been made by you,

2. i koji si sazdao èovjeka mudrošæu svojom da vlada nad stvorovima tvojim

3. so that he would order the world in equity and justice, and execute judgment with an upright heart,

3. i da svijetom upravlja u svetosti i pravednosti i da sud sudi dušom praviènom:

4. give me wisdom, the handmaiden at your throne, and be unwilling to reject me from among your children,

4. daj mi mudrost, prisjednicu svoga prijestolja i ne odbaci me izmeðu djece svoje.

5. because I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid, a weak man, and short-lived, with limited understanding of judgment and laws.

5. Jer sam sluga tvoj, sin sluškinje tvoje, èovjek slab i malovjek, nesposoban shvatiti pravdu i zakone.

6. And if someone were perfect among the sons of men, yet if your wisdom was taken away from him, he would be counted as nothing.

6. Jer ako bi tko od sinova ljudskih bio i savršen, ali bez mudrosti koja od tebe dolazi, opet ne bi nièemu vrijedio.

7. You have chosen me to be a king of your people, and a judge of your sons and daughters.

7. Ti si me izabrao za kralja svome narodu i za suca sinovima i kæerima svojim.

8. And you called me to construct a temple on your holy mount, and, in the city of your dwelling, an altar in the likeness of your holy tabernacle, which you have prepared from the beginning.

8. Odredio si mi da sagradim Hram na Svetoj gori tvojoj i žrtvenik u gradu boravišta tvojeg, u liku svetoga Šatora koji si odiskona bio spremio.

9. And with you is wisdom, who is familiar with your works, and who was nearby when you made the world, and who knows what is pleasing to your eyes, and who is guided by your teachings.

9. S tobom je mudrost koja zna djela tvoja, koja je bila nazoèna kad si stvarao svijet; ona zna što je milo tvojim oèima i što je pravo po tvojim zapovijedima.

10. Send her out of your holy heavens and from the throne of your majesty, so that she is with me and labors with me, and I will know what is acceptable with you.

10. Pošlji je s nebesa svetih i otpravi je od svoga slavnog prijestolja, da uza me bude i potrudi se sa mnom i da spoznam što je tebi milo.

11. For she knows and understands all things, and will lead me soberly in my works, and will guard me by her power.

11. Jer ona sve zna i razumije, ona æe me razborito voditi u pothvatima mojim i štititi svojom moæi.

12. And my works will be acceptable, and I will govern your people justly, and I will be worthy of the throne of my father.

12. Tad æe ti djela moja biti ugodna, i ja æu pravedno upravljati pukom tvojim i bit æu dostojan prijestolja oca svoga.

13. For who among men can know the counsel of God? Or who can imagine the will of God?

13. Jer tko može spoznati Božju namisao i tko æe se domisliti što hoæe Gospod?

14. For the thoughts of mortals are timid, and our foresight is uncertain.

14. Plašljive su misli smrtnika i nestalne su naše namisli.

15. For the corruptible body weighs down the soul, and this earthy dwelling presses many thoughts upon the mind.

15. Jer propadljivo tijelo tlaèi dušu i ovaj zemljani šator pritiskuje um bremenit mislima.

16. And we assess with difficulty the things that are of earth, and we discover with labor the things that are within our view. So who will search out the things that are in heaven?

16. Mi jedva nagaðamo što je na zemlji i s mukom spoznajemo i ono što je u našim rukama: a što je na nebu, tko æe istražiti?

17. Moreover, who will know your mind, unless you give wisdom and send your holy spirit from on high?

17. Tko bi doznao tvoju volju da ti nisi dao mudrosti i da s visine nisi poslao Duha svoga svetoga.

18. And in this way, those who are on earth are corrected in their path, and men learn the things that are pleasing to you.

18. Samo tako su se poravnale staze ljudima na zemlji i samo su tako nauèili ljudi što je tebi milo i spasili se tvojom mudrošæu.

19. For by wisdom they are saved, who have pleased you, O Lord, from the beginning.”

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