2 Maccabees 7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblija Hrvatski
1 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and cords, to partake of unlawful swine's flesh.	1 Uhvatiše tako i sedmoricu braće zajedno s njihovom majkom. Kralj naredi da ih biju bičevima i volovskim žilama: htio ih je prisiliti da jedu zabranjeno svinjsko meso.
2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, "What do you intend to ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our fathers."	2 Jedan od njih progovori u njihovo ime: »Što nas želiš pitati i od nas saznati? Radije ćemo umrijeti nego da prestupimo zakone svojih otaca!«
3 The king fell into a rage, and gave orders that pans and caldrons be heated.	3 Izvan sebe od bijesa, kralj zapovjedi da se užare tave i kotlovi.
4 These were heated immediately, and he commanded that the tongue of their spokesman be cut out and that they scalp him and cut off his hands and feet, while the rest of the brothers and the mother looked on.	4 Kad ih užariše, zapovjedi da se, naočigled ostale braće i majke, odreže jezik onomu koji je u njihovo ime govorio, da mu se s glave oguli koža i odsijeku udovi.
5 When he was utterly helpless, the king ordered them to take him to the fire, still breathing, and to fry him in a pan. The smoke from the pan spread widely, but the brothers and their mother encouraged one another to die nobly, saying,	5 Osakativši ga posvema, zapovjedi da ga još živa primaknu vatri i prže na tavi. Dok se para s tave širila nadaleko, drugi se uzajamno poticali s majkom da junački umru.
6 "The Lord God is watching over us and in truth has compassion on us, as Moses declared in his song which bore witness against the people to their faces, when he said, OAnd he will have compassion on his servants.'"	6 »Gospodin Bog gleda«, govorahu, »i zaista će nam se smilovati, kao što Mojsije objavljuje pjesmom koja svečano svjedoči: ‘I svojim ću se slugama smilovati.’«
7 After the first brother had died in this way, they brought forward the second for their sport. They tore off the skin of his head with the hair, and asked him, "Will you eat rather than have your body punished limb by limb?"	7 Kad je prvi tako preminuo, dovedoše drugoga na mučenje. Pošto su mu s glave ogulili kožu s kosom, upitaše ga: »Hoćeš li jesti svinjetine prije nego ti ud po ud izmučimo tijelo?«
8 He replied in the language of his fathers, and said to them, "No." Therefore he in turn underwent tortures as the first brother had done.	8 On odgovori jezikom svojih otaca: »Neću!« Zato su i njega podvrgli mučenju kao i prvog.
9 And when he was at his last breath, he said, "You accursed wretch, you dismiss us from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life, because we have died for his laws."	9 Izdišući reče: »Ti nam, zlikovče, oduzimaš sadašnji život, ali će nas Kralj svijeta, zato što umiremo za njegove zakone, uskrisiti na život vječni.«
10 After him, the third was the victim of their sport. When it was demanded, he quickly put out his tongue and courageously stretched forth his hands,	10 Poslije njega mučili su trećega. On spremno isplazi jezik kad su zatražili i hrabro pruži ruke.
11 and said nobly, "I got these from Heaven, and because of his laws I disdain them, and from him I hope to get them back again."	11 Junački reče: »Od Neba sam primio ove udove, ali ih zbog njegovih zakona prezirem i nadam se da ću ih od njega natrag dobiti.«
12 As a result the king himself and those with him were astonished at the young man's spirit, for he regarded his sufferings as nothing.	12 I sam kralj i njegova pratnja zadiviše se hrabrosti mladića koji je prezirao muke.
13 When he too had died, they maltreated and tortured the fourth in the same way.	13 Kad je taj preminuo, podvrgli su četvrtoga istim mukama.
14 And when he was near death, he said, "One cannot but choose to die at the hands of men and to cherish the hope that God gives of being raised again by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life!"	14 Prije nego što je izdahnuo, reče ovo: »Blago onom koji umre od ruke ljudi, u čvrstoj nadi koju ima od Boga: da će ga Bog uskrisiti! A ti – za tebe nema uskrsnuća na život!«
15 Next they brought forward the fifth and maltreated him.	15 Zatim dovedoše petoga i stadoše ga mučiti.
16 But he looked at the king, and said, "Because you have authority among men, mortal though you are, you do what you please. But do not think that God has forsaken our people.	16 On upilji oči u kralja i reče: »Iako si smrtan, imaš vlast nad ljudima i radiš što hoćeš. Ali ne misli da je Bog naš narod ostavio!
17 Keep on, and see how his mighty power will torture you and your descendants!"	17 Samo čekaj, već ćeš vidjeti njegovu veliku moć: mučit će on tebe i tvoje sjeme!«
18 After him they brought forward the sixth. And when he was about to die, he said, "Do not deceive yourself in vain. For we are suffering these things on our own account, because of our sins against our own God. Therefore astounding things have happened.	18 Poslije toga doveli su šestoga, koji pred smrt reče: »Ne zavaravaj se ludo; mi ovo trpimo zbog sebe jer smo sagriješili protiv svog Boga, i odatle nam sva ova strahota.
19 But do not think that you will go unpunished for having tried to fight against God!"	19 Ali nemoj misliti da ćeš izbjeći kazni ti koji se drsko boriš protiv Boga.«
20 The mother was especially admirable and worthy of honorable memory. Though she saw her seven sons perish within a single day, she bore it with good courage because of her hope in the Lord.	20 Nadasve vrijedna udivljenja i dostojna svijetle uspomene bijaše majka, koja je u jednom jedinom danu gledala smrt svojih sedam sinova: veledušno je to podnijela zato što se ufala u Gospodina.
21 She encouraged each of them in the language of their fathers. Filled with a noble spirit, she fired her woman's reasoning with a man's courage, and said to them,	21 Svakoga od njih poticala je jezikom otaca. Puna plemenitih osjećaja, ona je svoju ženstvenost oživljavala muškom hrabrošću.
22 "I do not know how you came into being in my womb. It was not I who gave you life and breath, nor I who set in order the elements within each of you.	22 Govorila im je: »Ne znam kako ste nastali u mojoj utrobi, jer nisam vam ja darovala ni duh ni život niti vam tkivo složila.
23 Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the beginning of man and devised the origin of all things, will in his mercy give life and breath back to you again, since you now forget yourselves for the sake of his laws."	23 Zato će vam Stvoritelj svijeta, koji je sazdao ljudski rod i koji svemu dade početak, milosrdno vratiti i duh i život, jer vi sad ne marite za se iz ljubavi prema njegovim zakonima.«
24 Antiochus felt that he was being treated with contempt, and he was suspicious of her reproachful tone. The youngest brother being still alive, Antiochus not only appealed to him in words, but promised with oaths that he would make him rich and enviable if he would turn from the ways of his fathers, and that he would take him for his friend and entrust him with public affairs.	24 Antioh pomisli da ga ona omalovažava; u njezinim je riječima nazrijevao porugu. Kako je najmlađi još živio, on ga poče ne samo riječima poticati nego mu se i zaklinjati i uvjeravati ga da će ga obogatiti i usrećiti, sprijateljit će se s njim i povjerit mu visoke službe ako se odrekne pradjedovskih predaja.
25 Since the young man would not listen to him at all, the king called the mother to him and urged her to advise the youth to save himself.	25 Kako mladić za to nije ništa mario, kralj dozove majku i uze je nagovarati neka mladiću savjetuje da sebi spasi život.
26 After much urging on his part, she undertook to persuade her son.	26 Poslije duga nagovaranja pristala je da savjetuje sina.
27 But, leaning close to him, she spoke in their native tongue as follows, deriding the cruel tyrant: "My son, have pity on me. I carried you nine months in my womb, and nursed you for three years, and have reared you and brought you up to this point in your life, and have taken care of you.	27 Sagnula se k njemu pa je, zavaravajući okrutnog silnika, ovako progovorila jezikom svojih otaca: »Sinko moj, smiluj se meni koja sam te devet mjeseci nosila u utrobi i dojila te tri godine, zatim te othranila i podigla do sadašnje dobi i odgojila.
28 I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. Thus also mankind comes into being.	28 Molim te, dijete, pogledaj nebo i zemlju i sve što je na njima i znaj da je sve to Bog načinio ni od čega i da je tako nastao i ljudski rod.
29 Do not fear this butcher, but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God's mercy I may get you back again with your brothers."	29 Ne boj se toga krvnika, nego budi dostojan svoje braće i prihvati smrt, da te s tvojom braćom u vrijeme milosti opet nađem!«
30 While she was still speaking, the young man said, "What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king's command, but I obey the command of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses.	30 Tek što je svoje dorekla, mladić reče: »Što čekate? Ne pokoravam se kraljevoj zapovijedi, nego se pokoravam zapovijedi Zakona što ga našim ocima dade Mojsije.
31 But you, who have contrived all sorts of evil against the Hebrews, will certainly not escape the hands of God.	31 A ti, začetniče svake zloće protiv Hebreja, nipošto nećeš izbjeći ruci Božjoj.
32 For we are suffering because of our own sins.	32 Mi trpimo zbog svojih grijeha.
33 And if our living Lord is angry for a little while, to rebuke and discipline us, he will again be reconciled with his own servants.	33 Pa ako se živi Gospodin na trenutak na nas i razgnjevio, da nas pokara i pouči, on će se opet i pomiriti sa svojim slugama.
34 But you, unholy wretch, you most defiled of all men, do not be elated in vain and puffed up by uncertain hopes, when you raise your hand against the children of heaven.	34 A ti, bezbožniče, od svih ljudi najpoganiji, ludo se ne uznosi i ne uljuljavaj se ispraznim nadama dižući ruku protiv sinova Neba,
35 You have not yet escaped the judgment of the almighty, all-seeing God.	35 jer još nisi izbjegao sudu Boga Svevladara, Svevida.
36 For our brothers after enduring a brief suffering have drunk of everflowing life under God's covenant; but you, by the judgment of God, will receive just punishment for your arrogance.	36 Naša braća, pretrpjevši sada muku prolaznu za život neprolazni, pala su za Božji Savez, a ti ćeš već na sudu Božjemu primiti pravednu kaznu za svoju oholost.
37 I, like my brothers, give up body and life for the laws of our fathers, appealing to God to show mercy soon to our nation and by afflictions and plagues to make you confess that he alone is God,	37 Ja sa svojom braćom za zakone otaca i tijelo i dušu rado predajem i molim Boga da se našem narodu naskoro smiluje, a tebe mukama i bičevima prinudi da priznaš da je on Bog jedini.
38 and through me and my brothers to bring to an end the wrath of the Almighty which has justly fallen on our whole nation."	38 Neka se napokon na meni i na mojoj braći zaustavi srdžba Boga Svevladara kojom se s pravom oborio na naš narod.«
39 The king fell into a rage, and handled him worse than the others, being exasperated at his scorn.	39 Sav izvan sebe, kralj se na ovoga razbjesnio još i više nego na druge: napose je gorko osjećao tu porugu.
40 So he died in his integrity, putting his whole trust in the Lord.	40 Tako je i ovaj preminuo a da se nije okaljao, pun pouzdanja u Gospodina.
41 Last of all, the mother died, after her sons.	41 Posljednja je, poslije svojih sinova, umrla majka.
42 Let this be enough, then, about the eating of sacrifices and the extreme tortures.	42 Toliko, evo, o obrednim gozbama i prekomjernim progonstvima.