Mudre Izreke 2

1 Sine moj, ako primiš moje riječi i pohraniš u sebi moje zapovijedi,

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

2 i uhom svojim osluhneš mudrost i obratiš svoje srce razboru;

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

3 jest, ako prizoveš razum i zavapiš za razborom;

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

4 ako ga potražiš kao srebro i tragaš za njim kao za skrivenim blagom -

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

5 tada ćeš shvatiti strah Gospodnji i naći ćeš Božje znanje.

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

6 Jer Jahve daje mudrost, iz njegovih usta dolazi znanje i razboritost.

For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

7 On pravednicima pruža svoju pomoć, štit je onih koji hode u bezazlenosti.

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

8 Jer on štiti staze pravde i čuva pute svojih pobožnika.

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

9 Tada ćeš shvatiti pravdu, pravicu, pravednost i sve staze dobra,

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

10 jer će mudrost ući u tvoje srce i spoznaja će obradovati tvoju dušu.

For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

11 Oprez će paziti na te i razboritost će te čuvati:

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

12 da te izbavi od zla puta, od varava čovjeka,

Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

13 od onih koji ostavljaju staze poštenja te idu mračnim putovima;

Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

14 koji se vesele čineći zlo i likuju u opačinama zloće;

Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

15 kojih su staze krive i koji su opaki na svojim putovima;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

16 da te izbavi od preljubnice i od tuđinke koja laska riječima;

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

17 koja ostavlja prijatelja svoje mladosti i zaboravlja zavjet svoga Boga

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

18 jer joj kuća tone u smrt i njezini putovi vode mrtvima.

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

19 Tko god zalazi k njoj ne vraća se nikad i ne nalazi više putove života.

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

20 Zato idi putem čestitih i drži se staza pravedničkih!

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

21 Jer samo će pravedni nastavati zemlju i bezazleni će ostati na njoj.

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

22 A opake će zbrisati sa zemlje i bogohulnike iščupati iz nje.

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.