Baruch, 3

1. “ ‘And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cry out to you.

1. Svevladaru Gospode, Bože Izraelov, tebi vièe duša tjeskobna, duh uznemiren:

2. Listen, O Lord, and be merciful, for you are a merciful God, and so be merciful to us, for we have sinned before you.

2. Èuj, Gospode, i smiluj se jer smo sagriješili pred tobom.

3. For you are enthroned in eternity, but we will pass away in time.

3. Ti vladaš vjeèito, a mi propadamo bez prestanka.

4. O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, listen now to the prayer of the dead of Israel and of their sons, who have sinned before you and have not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, and have joined themselves to evil.

4. Gospode svemoguæi, Bože Izraelov, èuj dakle molitvu samrtnika Izraelovih, sinova onih koji su protiv tebe sagriješili, koji nisu slušali glasa Gospoda, Boga svojega, pa zato navališe na nas nevolje.

5. Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your hand and your name at this time.

5. Ne spominji se opaèina naših otaca, veæ se spomeni u ovo vrijeme ruke svoje i Imena svoga.

6. For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.

6. Da, ti si Gospod, Bog naš, i mi te hoæemo slaviti, Gospode.

7. And for this reason, you have imparted your fear into our hearts, and also, so that we may call upon your name and may praise you in our captivity, for we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who sinned before you.

7. TÓa zato si nam u srce usadio strah svoj da bismo zazvali Ime tvoje i da bismo te proslavili u izgnanstvu uklonivši iz srca svu zloæu naših otaca, koji su sagriješili pred tobom.

8. And, behold, we are still in our captivity on this day, where you have scattered us into disgrace, and into slander, and into sin, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who withdrew from you, O Lord our God.

8. Evo nas još danas u ovom izgnanstvu kamo si nas raspršio na užas, prokletstvo i pokaranje zbog svih opaèina naših.

9. Listen, O Israel, to the commandments of life! Pay attention, so that you may learn prudence!

9. Èuj, Izraele, životne propise, prisluhni da nauèiš mudrost.

10. How is it, O Israel, that you are in the land of your enemies,

10. Zašto, o Izraele, zašto si u zemlji neprijatelja i zašto stariš u tuðini,

11. that you have grown old in a foreign land, that you are defiled with the dead, that you are regarded as among those who are descending into hell?

11. oneèišæujuæ' se mrtvacima, ubrojen meðu one koji su u Podzemlju?

12. You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.

12. Zato što si Vrelo Mudrosti ostavio!

13. For if you had walked in the way of God, you would certainly have lived in everlasting peace.

13. Da si Božjim hodio putem, zauvijek bi prebivao u miru.

14. Learn where prudence is, where virtue is, where understanding is, so that you may know at the same time where long life and prosperity are, where the light of the eyes and peace are.

14. Nauèi stoga gdje je mudrost, gdje snaga, gdje li razboritost, pa da ujedno spoznaš u èemu je dugovjeènost i život i gdje je svjetlost oèinja i mir.

15. Who has discovered its place? And who has entered its treasure chamber?

15. Ali tko je otkrio prebivalište Mudrosti, tko li prodro u njene riznice?

16. Where are the leaders of the peoples, and those who rule over the beasts that are upon the earth,

16. Gdje su vladari narodÄa, gdje gospodari zvijeri zemaljskih,

17. who play among the birds of the air,

17. gdje oni koji se igrahu pticÄa nebeskih i oni koji zgrtahu srebro i zlato - u što se ljudi uzdaju - te ne bijaše kraja zgrtanju njihovu?

18. who store up treasures of silver and gold, in which men trust, and with whom there is no end to their acquiring, who work with silver and are anxious about it, and whose works are inexplicable?

18. I gdje su oni koji s tolikim trudom srebro kovahu da im djela nitko natkriliti ne može?

19. They have been banished and have descended to hell, and others are risen up in their place.

19. Išèezli su, otišli u Podzemlje! Na njihovo mjesto doðoše drugi.

20. The youth have seen the light and have dwelt upon the earth, yet they are ignorant of the way of instruction.

20. Mlaði ugledaše svjetlo dana, nastaniše zemlju, no puta Mudrosti ni oni ne otkriše;

21. They have neither understood the paths of it, nor have their sons accepted it. It is far from their face.

21. staza njenih ni oni ne razumješe, ne doumiše joj se - sinovi njeni daleko ostadoše od puta njezina.

22. It has not been heard of in the land of Canaan, nor has it been seen in Teman.

22. Nije se èulo o njoj u Kanaanu niti se vidjela u Temanu;

23. It is likewise with the sons of Hagar, who search for the practicality that is of the earth, the negotiators of Merran and Teman, and the storytellers, and the searchers of discretion and intelligence. Yet the way of wisdom they have not known, nor have they called to mind its paths.

23. ni sinovi Hagarini što zemsku umnost ištu, ni trgovci iz Midjana i Teme, ni pjesnici prièa, ni istraživaèi umnosti ne spoznaše puta Mudrosti, ne dovinuše se staza njezinih.

24. O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!

24. Kako je veliko, o Izraele, kako je veliko Božje prebivalište i kako je prostrano mjesto posjeda njegova?

25. It is great and has no end! It is exalted and immense!

25. Veliko i bezgranièno, visoko - neizmjerno!

26. There were those who were called giants, who existed from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.

26. Ondje se rodiše divovi, èuveni od davnine, rastom golemi, vješti u boju;

27. The Lord did not choose them, nor did they discover the way of instruction; for this reason they perished,

27. ali njih ne izabra Bog niti im povjeri put spoznanja;

28. and, because they did not have wisdom, they passed away as a result of their foolishness.

28. izginuše jer ne imaše mudrosti, izginuše sa svoje ludosti.

29. Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?

29. Tko se na nebo pope, pa da je dohvati - na oblake, pa da je skine?

30. Who has crossed the sea, and found her, and brought her, chosen instead of gold?

30. Tko prebrodi more da bi je otkrio pa da je kupi za najèistije zlato?

31. There is no one who is able to know her ways, nor any who can search out her paths.

31. Nitko ne zna njezina puta i nitko njezine staze ne shvaæa.

32. Yet he who knows the universe is familiar with her, and in his foresight he invented her, he who prepared the earth for time without end, and filled it with cattle and four-footed beasts,

32. Sveznajuæi - samo je on poznaje, svojim je umom pronièe: on koji je za sva vremena sazdao zemlju i svu je životinjama naselio;

33. who sends out the light, and it goes, and who summoned it, and it obeyed him in fear.

33. on koji pošalje svjetlost, i ona, gle, poðe; natrag je zovne, i dršæuæ' ona ga posluša.

34. Yet the stars have given light from their posts, and they rejoiced.

34. Zvijezde mu veselo sjaju na svojim postajama;

35. They were called, and so they said, “Here we are,” and they shined with cheerfulness to him who made them.

35. zovne li ih, one mu odgovore: "Evo nas!" - i radosno sjaju svom Stvoritelju.

36. This is our God, and no other can compare to him.

36. On je naš Bog: nitko se drugi s njim usporedit' ne može.

37. He invented the way of all instruction, and delivered it to Jacob his child, and to Israel his beloved.

37. On je pronikao sav put spoznaje i predao je sluzi svom Jakovu - Izraelu, svome ljubimcu.

38. After this, he was seen on earth, and he conversed with men.

38. Potom se ona na zemlji pojavila, meðu ljudima udomila.