Druga knjiga o Makabejcima 5

Biblija Hrvatski	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 U to je vrijeme Antioh pripremao drugu vojnu na Egipat.	1 About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt:
2 Gotovo četrdeset dana po svem gradu pojavljivali se konjanici koji su u zlatnim odorama projahivali zrakom; zatim naoružane čete raspoređene u kohorte;	2 And then it happened, that through all the city, for the space almost of forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, and armed with lances, like a band of soldiers,
3 pa konjički odredi svrstani u borbene redove, koji su srljali i napadali jedni na druge; na sve strane zamahivanje štitovima, šuma sulica, mačevi izvučeni iz korica, blještav sjaj zlatnih oklopa i svakojake bojne opreme.	3 And troops of horsemen in array, encountering and running one against another, with shaking of shields, and multitude of pikes, and drawing of swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden ornaments, and harness of all sorts.
4 Svi su molili da ta pojava bude dobar znak.	4 Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good.
5 Uto se pronese lažan glas da je Antioh preminuo. Jason tada uze ništa manje nego tisuću ljudi te iznenada napade grad. Pošto su bili istjerani oni koji su branili zidine i grad već bio zauzet, Menelaj uteče u tvrđavu.	5 Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city; and they that were upon the walls being put back, and the city at length taken, Menelans fled into the castle:
6 Jason je stao nemilice klati svoje sugrađane, ne uviđajući da je uspjeh protiv sunarodnjaka najveći neuspjeh, misleći da stječe pobjedničku slavu nad neprijateljima, a ne nad braćom.	6 But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.
7 Nije se domogao vlasti, nego je sramotno završio svoju izdaju i morao opet tražiti utočište u Amanitidi.	7 Howbeit for all this he obtained not the principality, but at the last received shame for the reward of his treason, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.
8 Tako se završilo njegovo opako djelo. Optužili su ga kod arapskog vladara Arete te je morao bježati od grada do grada; svi su ga gonili, svi mrzili kao otpadnika od Zakona i proklinjali kao krvnika svoje domovine i svojih sugrađana, dok konačno ne zastade u Egiptu.	8 In the end therefore he had an unhappy return, being accused before Aretas the king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued of all men, hated as a forsaker of the laws, and being had in abomination as an open enemy of his country and countrymen, he was cast out into Egypt.
9 Tako je on koji je mnoge izagnao iz domovine poginuo u tuđini, otišavši Lakedemoncima ne bi li u ime srodstva našao zaštitu.	9 Thus he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, retiring to the Lacedemonians, and thinking there to find succour by reason of his kindred:
10 On koji je toliko ljudi bez sahrane bacio na zemlju ostade neoplakan, bez ukopa i bez mjesta u grobu svojih otaca.	10 And he that had cast out many unburied had none to mourn for him, nor any solemn funerals at all, nor sepulchre with his fathers.
11 Kad je kralj doznao što se dogodilo, pomisli da se Judeja odmetnula. Zato se podiže iz Egipta, zvjerski razjaren u duši, i zauze grad oružanom rukom.	11 Now when this that was done came to the king's car, he thought that Judea had revolted: whereupon removing out of Egypt in a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms,
12 Vojnicima zapovjedi da nesmiljeno pobiju sve one koje sretnu i da pokolju one koji uteknu u kuće.	12 And commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses.
13 Ubijali su mlado i staro, zatirali žene i djecu, klali djevojke i nejačad.	13 Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
14 U cigla tri dana bilo je osamdeset tisuća žrtava, od čega je četrdeset tisuća palo od udaraca, a isto ih je toliko prodano u roblje.	14 And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
15 Ni time se nije izdovoljio, nego se drznuo ući u Hram najsvetiji na svem svijetu, a vodio ga Menelaj, izdajica zakonâ i domovine.	15 Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go intothe most holy temple of all the world; Menelans, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:
16 Tu je svojim nečistim rukama uzimao sveto posuđe, poganim rukama grabio darove što su ih drugi kraljevi davali za napredak, slavu i dostojanstvo tog mjesta.	16 And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with profane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings to the augmentation and glory and honour of the place, he gave them away.
17 Antioh se uznio u srcu, ne misleći da se Gospod samo na kratko vrijeme ljuti na građane zbog njihovih grijeha i zato ne haje za Sveto mjesto.	17 And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place.
18 I da nije bilo tolikog mnoštva grijeha, i njega bi, čim bi ušao, udarci biča odvratili od drskosti, kao što su odvratili i Heliodora, koga bijaše poslao kralj Seleuk da pregleda riznicu.	18 For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man, as soon as he had come, had forthwith been scourged, and put back from his presumption, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury.
19 Ali Gospodin nije izabrao narod radi Svetog mjesta, nego mjesto radi naroda.	19 Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place far the people's sake.
20 Zato je i samo mjesto, imajući udjela u narodnim nevoljama, kasnije sudjelovalo i u blagostanju; zapušteno zbog srdžbe Svemogućega, bit će opet u svoj svojoj slavi obnovljeno nakon izmirenja s velikim Gospodinom.	20 And therefore the place itself, that was partaker with them of the adversity that happened to the nation, did afterward communicate in the benefits sent from the Lord: and as it was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty, so again, the great Lord being reconciled, it was set up with all glory.
21 Antioh, dakle, iz Hrama odnije tisuću i osam stotina talenata pa se požuri u Antiohiju, misleći u svojoj oholosti da zemlju može učiniti plovnom a more prohodnim – toliko mu se uznijelo srce!	21 So when Antiochus had carried out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he departed in all haste unto Antiochia, weening in his pride to make the land navigable, and the sea passable by foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.
22 Za nadstojnike, pak, koji će zlostavljati narod ostavi u Jeruzalemu Filipa, po narodnosti Frigijca, po ćudi surovijega od onoga koji ga je postavio;	22 And he left governors to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;
23 a na gori Gerizimu Andronika; osim njih još i Menelaja, koji je opakije od drugih gospodovao svojim sugrađanima, a bio je osobito neprijateljski raspoložen prema Židovima.	23 And at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelans, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.
24 Posla i namjesnika Apolonija na čelu vojske od dvadeset i dvije tisuće ljudi, zapovjedivši mu da sve odrasle pokolje, a žene i mladež proda.	24 He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort:
25 Kad je taj došao u Jeruzalem, pretvarajući se kao miroljubiv čovjek, pričeka do svetoga subotnjeg dana; tada, iskoristivši židovski počinak, zapovjedi svojim podređenima da izađu pod oružjem.	25 Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
26 Sve one koji su došli da vide smotru dade poubijati, a potom je, krstareći s naoružanim vojnicima po gradu, pogubio mnoštvo ljudi.	26 And so he slew all them that were gone to the celebrating of the sabbath, and running through the city with weapons slew great multitudes.
27 Tada se Juda Makabej povuče s desetak ljudi u pustinju te su u gorama provodili život kao divlje zvijeri, hraneći se samo zelenjem da se čime ne bi onečistili.	27 But Judas Maccabeus with nine others, or thereabout, withdrew himself into the wilderness, and lived in the mountains after the manner of beasts, with his company, who fed on herbs continually, lest they should be partakers of the pollution.