Ezekiel, 33

1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

1. Doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

2. “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,

2. "Sine èovjeèji, govori sinovima naroda svojega! Reci: 'Ako ja na neku zemlju dovedem maè, a narod te zemlje uzme jednoga izmeðu sebe i postavi ga za stražara,

3. and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,

3. a on - videæi da maè dolazi na zemlju - zatrubi u rog i opomene sav narod:

4. then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.

4. ako se tada onaj koji èuje glas roga ne da opomenuti te maè doðe i pogubi ga - krv njegova past æe na glavu njegovu:

5. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and he did not take care of himself, so his blood will be upon him. But if he guards himself, he will save his own life.

5. jer, èuo je glas roga, ali se ne dade opomenuti - krv njegova past æe na njega. Da se dao opomenuti, spasio bi život.

6. And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.

6. A opet, ako stražar - videæi da maè dolazi na zemlju - ne zatrubi u rog i ne opomene narod te maè doðe i pogubi koga od njih: taj je, doduše, poginuo zbog svoga grijeha, ali æu ja krv njegovu tražiti iz stražarove ruke.'

7. And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.

7. I tebe sam, sine èovjeèji, postavio za stražara domu Izraelovu: kad èuješ rijeè iz mojih usta, opomeni ih u moje ime.

8. When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

8. Reknem li bezbožniku: 'Bezbožnièe, umrijet æeš!' - a ti ne progovoriš i ne opomeneš bezbožnika da se vrati od svojega zloga puta, bezbožnik æe umrijeti zbog svojega grijeha, ali krv njegovu tražit æu iz tvoje ruke.

9. But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.

9. Ali ako bezbožnika opomeneš da se vrati od svojega zloga puta, a on se ne vrati sa svojega puta: on æe umrijeti zbog svojega grijeha, a ti si spasio život svoj.

10. You, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have spoken in this way, saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them. So then, how would we be able to live?’

10. Sine èovjeèji, reci domu Izraelovu: Vi govorite: 'Prijestupi i grijesi naši pritišæu nas i zbog njih propadamo! I da još živimo?'

11. Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?

11. Odgovori im: 'Života mi moga - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda - nije meni do smrti bezbožnikove, nego da se odvrati od zloga puta svojega i da živi! Obratite se, dakle, obratite od zloga puta svojega! Zašto da umrete, dome Izraelov!'

12. And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impius man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.

12. Sine èovjeèji, reci sinovima naroda svoga: 'Pravednika neæe izbaviti pravednost njegova u dan kad sagriješi niti æe bezbožnik stradati zbog svoje bezbožnosti u dan kad se od nje odvrati, kao što ni pravednik neæe moæi ostati na životu u dan kad sagriješi.

13. Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.

13. Reknem li ja prevedniku: 'Živjet æeš!' a on se pouzda u svoju pravednost i stane èiniti nepravdu, zaboravit æu svu njegovu pravednost, i on æe umrijeti zbog nepravde što je poèini!

14. And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,

14. A reknem li bezbožniku: 'Umrijet æeš!' a on se odvrati od grijeha svojega i stane raditi po zakonu i pravdi,

15. and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.

15. vrati zalog, plati oteto i stane živjeti po zakonima života, ne èineæi bezakonja - živjet æe, neæe umrijeti!

16. None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.

16. I svi grijesi njegovi što ih bijaše poèinio bit æe mu zaboravljeni. Radi po zakonu i pravdi, živjet æe!'

17. And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.

17. Ali sinovi naroda tvoga govore: 'Jahvin put nije pravedan!' Njihov put nije pravedan!

18. For when the just man will have withdraw from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.

18. Ako se pravednik odvrati od svoje pravednosti i stane èiniti nepravdu, on æe stoga umrijeti.

19. And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.

19. A ako se bezbožnik odvrati od svoje bezbožnosti i stane raditi po zakonu i pravdi, on æe zbog toga živjeti.

20. And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”

20. A vi velite: 'Jahvin put nije pravedan!' Svakome æu od vas suditi prema putovima njegovim, dome Izraelov!"

21. And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”

21. Godine dvanaeste, desetoga mjeseca, petoga dana našeg izgnanstva, doðe k meni bjegunac iz Jeruzalema i reèe: "Pade grad!"

22. But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.

22. Ruka se Jahvina spustila na me uveèe, prije dolaska toga bjegunca, i otvorila mi usta prije negoli on doðe k meni ujutro! Otvoriše mi se, dakle, usta i ja više ne bijah nijem.

23. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

23. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

24. “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

24. "Sine èovjeèji, oni koji žive u ovim ruševinama zemlje Izraelove govore: 'Jedan bijaše Abraham i baštini ovu zemlju, a nas je mnogo - nama je zemlja dana u posjed!'

25. Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?

25. Stoga im reci: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Vi blagujete po gorama, oèi podižete kumirima svojim, krv prolijevate - i još da posjedujete ovu zemlju?

26. You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

26. Na svoj se maè oslanjate, èinite gadosti, oskvrnjujete ženu bližnjega - i još da posjedujete ovu zemlju?'

27. You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.

27. Ovo im reci: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Života mi moga, oni koji su u ruševinama od maèa æe pasti; one koji su u polju dat æu zvijerima da ih proždru; a koji su u utvrdama i po peæinama od kuge æe poginuti!

28. And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.

28. Tako æu zemlju ovu razoriti i opustošiti i nestat æe zauvijek drskoga njezina ponosa. Opustjet æe gore Izraelove i nitko više neæe njima prolaziti.

29. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have make their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.

29. I znat æe da sam ja Jahve kad zemlju njihovu razorim i opustošim zbog svih gadosti što ih poèiniše.'

30. And as for you, O son of man: the sons of your people speak about you beside the walls and in the doorways of houses. And they speak to one another, each man to his neighbor, saying: ‘Come, and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’

30. A o tebi, sine èovjeèji, sinovi naroda tvoga kazuju uza zidove i na kuænim vratima i govore jedan drugom: 'Hajde da èujemo kakva je to rijeè došla od Jahve!'

31. And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

31. I hrle k tebi kao na zbor narodni; i narod moj sjeda preda te i sluša tvoje rijeèi, ali ih ne izvršuje: naslaðuju se njima u ustima, a srce im ide za nepravednim dobitkom.

32. And you are to them like a verse set to music, which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.

32. I gle, ti si za njih kao slatka pjesma uz glazbu otpjevana glasom umilnim: rijeèi ti slušaju, ali ih ne izvršuju.

33. And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”

33. Ali kad sve ovo doðe - gle, veæ dolazi - znat æe da prorok bijaše meðu njima!"