Ecclesiasticus, 16

1. You should not rejoice in impious children, if they are successful; nor should you take delight in them, if the fear of God is not in them.

1. Ne želi mnoštva nevrijedne djece i ne raduj se bezbožnim sinovima.

2. You should not approve of their life, nor should you look with favor on their labors.

2. Ma koliko ih bilo, ne veseli se njima ako nema u njih straha Gospodnjeg.

3. For one child who fears God is better than one thousand impious children.

3. Ne raèunaj na njihov dug život i ne pouzdaj se u njihovu sudbinu, jer više vrijedi jedan nego tisuæu i umrijeti bez djece bolje je nego imati potomke bezbožnike.

4. And it is better to die without children, than to leave behind impious children.

4. Jer jedan razborit èovjek napuèi grad, a rod zlikovaca razori ga.

5. By means one person with understanding, a country will be inhabited. The tribe of the impious will become desolate.

5. Mnogo je sliènoga vidjelo oko moje, a još više slušalo uho moje.

6. Many such things my eyes have seen, and greater things than these my ear has heard.

6. U zboru grešnièkom zapalio se oganj i u puku buntovnom raspalio se gnjev.

7. In the synagogue of sinners, a fire will blaze forth; and amid an unbelieving people, wrath will flare up.

7. Bog nije oprostio divovima u staro doba kad se pobuniše pouzdavši se u svoju moæ.

8. The giants of antiquity did not obtain pardon for their sins; they were destroyed by trusting in their own abilities.

8. Nije poštedio sugraðana Lotovih: njih se gnušao zbog oholosti njihove.

9. And he did not spare the place of Lot’s sojourn, and he abhorred them because of the arrogance of their words.

9. Nije poštedio ni puka prokletoga: oni bijahu iskorijenjeni zbog grijeha svojih.

10. He did not take pity on them, destroying an entire people, who even extolled themselves concerning their sins.

10. Ni šest stotina tisuæa pješaka, koji propadoše zbog tvrdoæe srca svojeg.

11. And this was so with six hundred thousand men, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts. And if even a single obstinate person had escaped unpunished, it would be a wonder.

11. Pa kad bi postojao i samo jedan tvrdoglavac, bilo bi èudo ako bi ostao bez kazne, jer i milosrðe i gnjev pripadaju Gospodu, koji može u svojoj moæi oprostiti i srdžbu iskaliti.

12. For mercy and wrath are with him. He is powerful in forgiveness, and he pours forth wrath.

12. Kao što mu je milosrðe veliko, tako mu je velika i strogost; on ljudima sudi po djelima njihovim.

13. As is his mercy, so also is his correction; he judges a man according to his works.

13. Bez kazne mu ne može uteæi grešnik s plijenom, niti je uzalud strpljivost pobožnika.

14. The sinner, in his violations, will not escape; but the patience of the One who shows mercy will not be diminished.

14. Širok je put njegove milosti, ali svatko dobiva prema djelima svojim.

15. Every mercy will make a place for each man, according to the merit of his works, and according to the understanding of his sojourn.

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16. You should not say: “I am hidden from God,” or, “Who, from on high, will take note of me?”

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17. or, “Among a great number of people, I will not be noticed. For what is my soul amid such an immense creation?”

17. Ne reci: "Sakrit æu se od Boga; tko æe misliti na mene gore u visini? Meðu tolikim mnoštvom neæe me prepoznati; što sam ja u neizmjernom stvaranju?"

18. Behold: the heavens, and the heaven of the heavens, the abyss, and the entire earth, and the things that are within these, will be shaken by his gaze,

18. Gle: nebo i nebesa nad nebesima, bezdan i zemlja, zadrhte kad ih Gospod pohodi.

19. together with mountains and hills, and the foundations of the earth. When God casts his gaze upon them, they will be struck with trembling.

19. Gorski vrhunci i temelji zemaljski istodobno se tresu kad na njih pogleda.

20. And concerning all these things, the heart is without understanding; but every heart is understood by him.

20. Ali na sve to tko æe misliti? I tko da shvati putove njegove?

21. And who will understand his ways, or the tempest, which no eye of man will see?

21. Ima i oluja koje nitko ne vidi, skrivena je veæina njegovih djela.

22. For many of his works are concealed. But who will announce the works of his justice? Or who will endure them? For the testament is far from some persons, and the examination of each thing is in its end.

22. "Pravedna djela tko æe objaviti? I tko ih oèekuje? Jer ugovor je daleko."

23. Whoever diminishes the heart, thinks empty thoughts. For the imprudent and erring man thinks up foolishness.

23. Tako misli èovjek kratke pameti, bez razbora, omamljen svojim tlapnjama.

24. Listen to me, son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in your heart.

24. Slušaj, sine moj, i steæi æeš spoznaju; upravi svoje srce rijeèima mojim.

25. And I will speak with equity about discipline, and I will strive to announce wisdom. So attend to my words in your heart, and I will speak with equity of spirit, about the virtues that God has set within his works from the beginning, and I will announce his knowledge in truth.

25. Odmjereno æu ti objasniti stegu i pomno izložiti znanje.

26. With the judgment of God, his works have been done from the beginning; and from their institution, he himself distinguished their parts and set their beginnings, in their kinds.

26. Bog u poèetku stvori djela svoja i dodijeli nakon stvaranja svakomu mjesto.

27. He has beautified their works unto eternity. They have neither hungered, nor labored, and they have not ceased from their works.

27. Uredio je djela svoja za sva vremena, od njihovih poèetaka do njihove daleke buduænosti: niti gladuju, niti se trude, niti ikad napuštaju svoje dužnosti.

28. Neither will any one of them cause anguish to his neighbor, forever.

28. Nijedno od njih svoga bližnjega ne tlaèi i nikad ne krši njegove zapovijedi.

29. You should not be incredulous at his word.

29. A poslije Gospod pogleda na zemlju i napuni je svojim dobrima.

30. Afterward, God looked with favor upon the earth, and he filled it with his goodness.

30. Pokri joj površje svakojakim životinjama i sve se opet vraæa njoj.

31. The soul of every living thing brought word from before his face, and their return again is to him.

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