Judith 4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblija Hrvatski
1 By this time the people of Israel living in Judea heard of everything that Holofernes, the general of Nebuchadnezzar the king of the Assyrians, had done to the nations, and how he had plundered and destroyed all their temples;	1 Sinovi Izraelovi koji življahu u Judeji dočuše što je Holoferno, vrhovni zapovjednik Nabukodonozora, kralja Asiraca, učinio drugim narodima i kako je opljačkao i razorio hramove njihove;
2 they were therefore very greatly terrified at his approach, and were alarmed both for Jerusalem and for the temple of the Lord their God.	2 obuze ih neiskaziv strah od toga čovjeka i počeše strepiti zbog Jeruzalema i zbog Hrama Gospoda, Boga svoga.
3 For they had only recently returned from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were newly gathered together, and the sacred vessels and the altar and the temple had been consecrated after their profanation.	3 Bjehu se tek vratili iz sužanjstva, sav narod Judeje bio se sabrao tek nedavno, i predmeti, žrtvenik i Hram bili su posvećeni poslije obeščašćenja.
4 So they sent to every district of Samaria, and to Kona and Beth-horon and Belmain and Jericho and to Choba and Aesora and the valley of Salem,	4 Odaslaše zbog toga glasnike na područje Samarije, u Konu, Betoron, Belmajin, Jerihon, u Hobu, u Esoru i u Salemsku dolinu.
5 and immediately seized all the high hilltops and fortified the villages on them and stored up food in preparation for war--since their fields had recently been harvested.	5 Prije svega zaposjedoše sve vrhove najviših brda, opasaše zidovima sela koja su se nalazila ondje i nagomilaše hranu i opremu za vođenje rata, jer polja njihova bijahu istom požnjevena.
6 And Joakim, the high priest, who was in Jerusalem at the time, wrote to the people of Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which faces Esdraelon opposite the plain near Dothan,	6 Tada Joakim, veliki svećenik, koji se tih dana nalazio u Jeruzalemu, napisa stanovnicima Betulije i Betomestaima, koji je smješten nasuprot Ezdrelonu na ulazu u ravan blizu Dotaina,
7 ordering them to seize the passes up into the hills, since by them Judea could be invaded, and it was easy to stop any who tried to enter, for the approach was narrow, only wide enough for two men at the most.	7 i naredi da se zaposjednu brdski prijelazi, jer je preko njih vodio put u Judeju. A bilo je lako spriječiti neprijateljski upad, jer je klanac bio tako uzak da su samo dva čovjeka mogla odjednom proći.
8 So the Israelites did as Joakim the high priest and the senate of the whole people of Israel, in session at Jerusalem, had given order.	8 Sinovi Izraelovi učiniše kako im je naložio Joakim, veliki svećenik, i starješine narodne koje življahu u Jeruzalemu.
9 And every man of Israel cried out to God with great fervor, and they humbled themselves with much fasting.	9 Svaki Izraelac žarko podiže glas k Bogu i svi se poniziše pred Bogom:
10 They and their wives and their children and their cattle and every resident alien and hired laborer and purchased slave--they all girded themselves with sackcloth.	10 oni i žene njihove, i djeca, i životinje, i pridošlice, i plaćenici i robovi nošahu kostrijet oko bokova.
11 And all the men and women of Israel, and their children, living at Jerusalem, prostrated themselves before the temple and put ashes on their heads and spread out their sackcloth before the Lord.	11 Svi Izraelci i žene i djeca što življahu u Jeruzalemu padoše ničice pred Hramom, posuše glavu pepelom i prostriješe kostrijet pred Gospoda:
12 They even surrounded the altar with sackcloth and cried out in unison, praying earnestly to the God of Israel not to give up their infants as prey and their wives as booty, and the cities they had inherited to be destroyed, and the sanctuary to be profaned and desecrated to the malicious joy of the Gentiles.	12 opasaše vrećama i žrtvenik i zazivahu žarko Boga Izraelova u jedan glas, da ne preda njihovu djecu pokolju, njihove žene u ropstvo, njihove gradove i baštinu njihovu rušenju a svetišta njihova obeščašćenju, pogrdi i ruglu pogana.
13 So the Lord heard their prayers and looked upon their affliction; for the people fasted many days throughout Judea and in Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.	13 Bog usliša glas njihov i smilova se nad nevoljom njihovom: sav je narod postio mnogo dana u svoj Judeji i u Jeruzalemu pred svetištem Boga Svevladara.
14 And Joakim the high priest and all the priests who stood before the Lord and ministered to the Lord, with their loins girded with sackcloth, offered the continual burnt offerings and the vows and freewill offerings of the people.	14 Veliki svećenik Joakim, svećenici koji su stajali pred Gospodom i svi oni koji su mu služili, vezavši kostrijet oko bokova, prinosili su svakidašnje žrtve paljenice, zavjetnice i dragovoljne prinose puka;
15 With ashes upon their turbans, they cried out to the Lord with all their might to look with favor upon the whole house of Israel.	15 posuvši pepelom mitre, podizahu iz sve snage glas Gospodu da bi milostivo pogledao dom Izraelov.