Wisdom 5

KING JAMES BIBLE	Biblija Hrvatski
1 Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.	1 A pravednik će se vedro sučeliti s onima koji ga tlačiše i koji prezirahu patnje njegove.
2 When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.	2 Kad ga ugledaju, uzdrhtat će od silna straha, zapanjeni njegovim iznenadnim spasenjem.
3 And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach:	3 Govorit će među sobom, puni kajanja, i uzdišući u tjeskobi svoje duše:
4 We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour:	4 »To je onaj komu smo se nekoć podsmijevali i koji nam je bio za porugu. Mi, budale, smatrasmo njegov život ludošću i svršetak njegov nečasnim.
5 How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!	5 Kako li se ubrojio među sinove Božje i dobio udio svoj među svecima?
6 Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.	6 Mi, odista, zalutasmo s puta istine i svjetlost pravde nije nam svijetlila niti nam je sunce ogranulo.
7 We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.	7 Bazali smo stazama propasti i prohodili bespuća pustinje, ali puta Gospodnjega nismo spoznali.
8 What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?	8 Što nam je koristila oholost? Što nam je vrijedilo bogatstvo i hvastanje?
9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by;	9 Sve je prošlo kao sjena i kao kratkotrajan glas.
10 And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;	10 I kao lađa koja siječe uzburkano more i traga joj nema kuda prođe niti brazde hrptici njezinoj u valovima;
11 Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;	11 ili kao ptica što zrakom proleti i ne ostavi traga prolazu svojem: šiba lagani uzduh udarcima svojih pera i rasijeca ga uza snažan fijuk i prodire zamasima svojih krila, a poslije nema više nikakva traga njezinu letu;
12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:	12 ili kao strijela odapeta na svoj cilj: probijeni se zrak odmah sklapa i ne raspoznaje se staza njezina –
13 Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.	13 tako i mi: jedva što smo na svijet došli, a već nestadosmo, ni traga kreposti pokazati ne mogosmo: u zloći se svojoj sasvim istrošismo.«
14 For the hope of the Godly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.	14 I doista, nada je bezbožnikova kao pljeva što je vjetar raznosi i kao sitna pjena što je vihor razgoni; ona nestaje kao dim na vjetru i prolazi kao spomen na jednodnevna gosta.
15 But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.	15 A pravednici žive dovijeka, i u Gospodu je nagrada njihova i briga za njih u Svevišnjeg.
16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.	16 Zato će iz ruku Gospodnjih primiti kraljevsku krunu slave i vijenac ljepote; svojom će ih desnicom Gospod zakriliti i svojom ih mišicom zaštititi.
17 He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.	17 Latit će se svog žara ljubomornog kao oružja i naoružat će sve stvorenje da kazni svoje neprijatelje;
18 He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.	18 kao oklop obući će pravednost, a kao šljem stavit će sud bez himbe;
19 He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.	19 uzet će nepobjedivu svetost kao štit,
20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.	20 a kao mač naoštrit će žestok gnjev i sav će svemir poći s njim u boj protiv bezumnika.
21 Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.	21 Tad će poletjet’ dobro naperene strijele: munje iz oblaka padat će na cilj kao iz nategnuta lûka;
22 And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.	22 iz bojne sprave izlijetat će zrna grada srdžbom nabijena. Na njih će voda morska bjesnjeti, i rijeke će ih potapati bez milosti.
23 Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.	23 Dah Svemoći zapuhat će protiv njih, izvijat će ih poput vihora. I tako će svu zemlju opustošiti bezakonje i opačina će prevrnuti prijestolja vladalačka.