Wisdom 8

DOUAI-RHEIMS	Biblija Hrvatski
1 She reacheth therefore from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.	1 Njena se snaga prostire s jednoga kraja svijeta na drugi i blagotvorno upravlja svemirom.
2 Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take her for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.	2 Nju zavoljeh i za njom čeznuh od svoje mladosti; i nastojah da mi bude zaručnica i zaljubih se u ljepotu njezinu.
3 She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea and the Lord of all things hath loved her.	3 Njezina životna prisnost s Bogom podaruje sjaj njezinu plemenitom podrijetlu jer je ljubi gospodar svemira.
4 For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God, and is the chooser of his works.	4 Ona je povjerenica znanja Božjeg, izbiračica djela njegovih.
5 And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things?	5 Ako je bogatstvo blago poželjno u ovom životu, što je onda bogatije od mudrosti koja sve stvara?
6 And if sense do work: who is a more artful worker than she of those things that are?	6 Ako opet razum stvara, tko je na svijetu od nje veći umjetnik?
7 And if a man love justice: her labours have great virtues; for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, anad justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life.	7 Ako li pak tko ljubi pravednost, pa, kreposti su plodovi njezinih napora: ona poučava umjerenosti i razboritosti, pravednosti i hrabrosti, od kojih u životu nema ništa korisnije ljudima.
8 And if a man desire much knowledge: she knoweth things past, and judgeth of things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions of arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages.	8 Ako li tko čezne za većim znanjem, ona poznaje prošlost i proriče budućnost, vična je izrekama i umije odgonetati zagonetke. Ona znade unaprijed znake i čudesa i slijed razdoblja i vremena.
9 I purposed therefore to take her to me to live with me: knowing that she will communicate to me of her good things, and will be a comfort in my cares and grief.	9 Zato odlučih dovesti je kao družicu životnu, znajući da će mi biti savjetnica u sreći i tješiteljica u brigama i tuzi.
10 For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young:	10 Po njoj ću steći slavu u mnoštvu narodnom, još kao mladić čast pred starcima.
11 And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me.	11 Na sudu će se vidjeti kako sam oštrouman i divit će mi se velikaši kad stanem pred njih.
12 They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak, and if I talk much they shall lay their hands on their mouths.	12 Čekat će me kad budem šutio i slušat će me kad prozborim; ako se odulji govor moj, držat će ruku na svojim ustima.
13 Moreover by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.	13 Po njoj ću zadobiti besmrtnost i ostavit ću vječni spomen rodu budućem.
14 I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me.	14 Vladat ću pucima i narodi će mi biti podložni.
15 Terrible kings hearing shall be afraid of me: among the multitude I shall be found good, and valiant in war.	15 Pobojat će se strašni silnici kad čuju za me, s narodom ću svojim biti dobrostiv i hrabar u ratu.
16 When I go into my house, I shall repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but joy and gladness.	16 Kada se vratim kući, tad ću počinuti kraj nje, jer u drugovanju s njome nema gorčine i nema bola u zajedništvu s njom, već samo užitak i radost.
17 Thinking these things with myself, and pondering them in my heart, that to be allied to wisdom is immortality,	17 Kad sam tako sve u sebi razmislio i srcem svojim razabrao da je besmrtnost u srodstvu s mudrošću
18 And that there is great delight in her friendship, and inexhaustible riches in the works of her hands, and in the exercise of conference with her, wisdom, and glory in the communication of her words: I went about seeking, that I might take her to myself.	18 i da je u ljubavi njezinoj radost čista i u djelima ruku njezinih blago neiscrpno, i razboritost u izmjeni misli s njome i slava u zajedništvu riječi njezinih, stao sam tad okolo hoditi i nastojati kako bih je zadobio.
19 And I was a witty child and had received a good soul.	19 Ja bijah mladić sretne naravi i imao sam dobru dušu,
20 And whereas I was more good, I came to a body undefiled.	20 ili bolje: jer bijah dobar, ušao sam u tijelo bez ljage.
21 And as I knew that I could not otherwise be continent, except God gave it, and this also was a point of wisdom, to know whose gift it was: I went to the Lord, and besought him, and said with my whole heart:	21 A znajući da neću mudrost zadobiti ako ne dâ Bog – a razboritost je već bila znati čiji je ona dar – pristupih Gospodu i pomolih se i svim srcem svojim rekoh: