Wisdom 17

KING JAMES BIBLE	Biblija Hrvatski
1 For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnurtured souls have erred.	1 Veliki su i nedokučivi sudovi tvoji, zato lutaju duše nepoučljive.
2 For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.	2 Dok su mislili bezbožnici da imaju u vlasti sveti narod tvoj, postadoše sužnji tmine u okovima duge noći, zatvoreni pod svojim krovovima, prognanici vječne providnosti.
3 For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly astonished, and troubled with [strange] apparitions.	3 Mišljahu da će im se tajni grijesi skriti, pokriveni tamnim velom zaborava, a rasuše se u užasnu strahu, zaplašeni utvarama.
4 For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: but noises [as of waters] falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.	4 Ni skrovište u koje se povukoše nije ih sačuvalo od straha, nego se oko njih razlijegao grozan jek, ukazivahu im se kobne utvare, mračnih lica.
5 No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.	5 I nikakva im sila ognjena nije mogla svjetla pružiti, niti su sjajne plamene zvijezde mogle osvijetliti tu strašnu noć.
6 Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.	6 Jedino im se ukazivaše neka lomača, sama od sebe upaljena, puna užasa; i kad bi ta prikaza iščezla, oni je, izvan sebe od straha, držahu strašnijom nego što bijaše.
7 As for the illusions of art magick, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.	7 Nemoćna bijahu njihova umijeća čarobnjačka i njihovo hvastanje razborom bijaše izvrgnuto ruglu.
8 For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.	8 Jer oni koji prije obećavahu kako će istjerati strah i tjeskobu iz bolne duše, sami se razbolješe od straha smiješnoga.
9 For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,	9 Kad ih i nije ništa strahovito plašilo, bješe im na užas gmizanje životinja i šištanje zmija. Ginuli su od straha, ne usuđujući se pogledati ni u zrak kojem se ne može umaknuti.
10 They died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.	10 Jer zloća je strašljivaca: vlastitim se svjedočanstvom osuđuje i uvijek zlo uvećava kad je stane savjest tištiti.
11 For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.	11 Jer strah i nije drugo nego izdaja pomagala što ih razum daje:
12 For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.	12 što se manje čovjek u sebi na njih oslanja, to mu teže pada što ne zna uzrok svojoj patnji.
13 And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.	13 I tako oni, one noći zaista nemoćne, izišle iz dubina podzemlja nemoćnog, usnuli istim snom,
14 But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,	14 bijahu progonjeni strašnim sablastima ili su smalaksali obamrle duše, jer ih napade iznenadan i neočekivan strah.
15 Were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.	15 I tako svaki, pavši gdje se našao, osta zatočen u tamnici bez prijevornica:
16 So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars,	16 i orač i pastir i radnik koji se samotan muči zaskočeni zapadoše u neminovnu nevolju, svi bijahu okovani jednim lancem tame.
17 For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.	17 I šumni vjetar, i milopojni ptičji glas među lisnim granama, i odmjeren huk vode što silovito protječe; i divlja buka pećinâ što se ruše,
18 Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,	18 i nevidljiva trka životinja što skaču, i urlik ljutih divljih zvijeri, i jeka što se odbija od gorskih dolova – sve ih ispunjaše užasom.
19 Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains; these things made them to swoon for fear.	19 A sav svijet blistao od sjajne svjetlosti i prepuštao se nesmetano svojim djelima.
20 For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:	20 Jedino se nad njima raskrilila teška noć, slika mraka koji će ih primiti; ali teži od same tame bijahu oni – teret sami sebi.
21 Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.