Knjiga Mudrosti 1

Hrvatska Biblija	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
¹ Ljubite pravednost, vi suci zemaljski, pravednim mislima mislite o Gospodinu i tražite ga u jednostavnosti srca.	¹ Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord with uprightness, and seek him with sincerity of heart;
² Jer njega nalaze koji ga ne iskušavaju i otkriva se onima koji mu ne uskraćuju svoju vjeru.	² because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him.
³ A podmukle misli otuđuju od Boga i iskušavana Svemoć posramljuje bezumnike.	³ For perverse thoughts separate men from God, and when his power is tested, it convicts the foolish;
⁴ Jer mudrost ne ulazi u dušu opaku i ne nastanjuje se u tijelu grijehu podložnu.	⁴ because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul, nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin.
⁵ Jer sveti duh pouke bježi od prijevare i uklanja se od misli bezumnih i uzmiče kad se nepravda pojavi.	⁵ For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit, and will rise and depart from foolish thoughts, and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.
⁶ Jer mudrost je duh čovjekoljubiv, ali hulniku neće oprostiti njegovih riječi, jer Bog proniče bubrege njegove, istinski mu srce nadzire i sluša njegove riječi.	⁶ For wisdom is a kindly spirit and will not free a blasphemer from the guilt of his words; because God is witness of his inmost feelings, and a true observer of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
⁷ Doista duh Gospodnji ispunja svemir, i on, koji drži sve, zna i sve što se govori.	⁷ Because the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said;
⁸ Zato ne ostaje skriven tko nepravedno govori niti će ga mimoići osvetnička pravda.	⁸ therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will escape notice, and justice, when it punishes, will not pass him by.
⁹ Jer se namisli bezbožnikove točno ispituju i glas riječi njegovih ide sve do Gospoda da se kazne bezakonja njegova.	⁹ For inquiry will be made into the counsels of an ungodly man, and a report of his words will come to the Lord, to convict him of his lawless deeds;
¹⁰ Jer postoji uho ljubomorno koje čuje sve i ne izmiče mu ni glasak najtišeg gunđanja.	¹⁰ because a jealous ear hears all things, and the sound of murmurings does not go unheard.
¹¹ Čuvajte se isprazna gunđanja i čuvajte jezik od opakih riječi, jer i najtajnija riječ nije bez učinka, a lažljiva usta ubijaju dušu.	¹¹ Beware then of useless murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
¹² Ne trčite za smrću stranputicama života svojeg i ne navlačite na se propast djelima ruku svojih.	¹² Do not invite death by the error of your life, nor bring on destruction by the works of your hands;
¹³ Jer Bog nije stvorio smrt niti se raduje propasti živih.	¹³ because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living.
¹⁴ Već je sve stvorio da sve opstane, i spasonosni su stvorovi svijeta, i u njima nema smrtonosna otrova. I podzemlje ne vlada zemljom,	¹⁴ For he created all things that they might exist, and the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them; and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
¹⁵ jer pravednost je besmrtna.	¹⁵ For righteousness is immortal.
¹⁶ Ali bezbožnici dozivaju smrt i rukama i riječju i za njom ginu smatrajući je prijateljem i s njome ugovor sklapaju, dostojni da joj pripadaju.	¹⁶ But ungodly men by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away, and they made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his party.