Proverbs 24
1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
Ne zavidi zlijem ljudima niti želi da si s njima.
2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
Jer o pogibli misli srce njihovo i usne njihove govore o muci.
3 The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
Mudrošæu se zida kuæa i razumom utvrðuje se.
4 And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.
I znanjem se pune klijeti svakoga blaga i dragocjena i mila.
5 A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.
Mudar je èovjek jak, i razuman je èovjek silan snagom.
6 For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.
Jer mudrijem savjetom ratovaæeš, i izbavljenje je u mnoštvu savjetnika.
7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
Visoke su bezumnome mudrosti; neæe otvoriti usta svojih na vratima.
8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
Ko misli zlo èiniti zvaæe se zlikovac.
9 The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
Misao bezumnikova grijeh je, i potsmjevaè je gad ljudski.
10 If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
Ako kloneš u nevolji, skratiæe ti se sila.
11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
Izbavljaj pohvatane na smrt; i koje hoæe da pogube, nemoj se ustegnuti od njih.
12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
Ako li reèeš: gle, nijesmo znali za to; neæe li razumjeti onaj koji ispituje srca, i koji èuva dušu tvoju neæe li doznati i platiti svakome po djelima njegovijem?
13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
Sine moj, jedi med, jer je dobar, i sat, jer je sladak grlu tvojemu.
14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Tako æe biti poznanje mudrosti duši tvojoj, kad je naðeš; i biæe plata, i nadanje tvoje neæe se zatrti.
15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
Bezbožnièe, ne vrebaj oko stana pravednikova, i ne kvari mu poèivanja.
16 For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.
Jer ako i sedam puta padne pravednik, opet ustane, a bezbožnici propadaju u zlu.
17 Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
Kad padne neprijatelj tvoj, nemoj se radovati, i kad propadne, neka ne igra srce tvoje.
18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.
Jer bi vidio Gospod i ne bi mu bilo milo, i obratio bi gnjev svoj od njega na tebe.
19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:
Nemoj se žestiti radi nevaljalaca, nemoj zavidjeti bezbožnicima.
20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
Jer nema plate nevaljalcu, žižak æe se bezbožnicima ugasiti.
21 My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
Boj se Gospoda, sine moj, i cara, i ne miješaj se s nemirnicima.
22 For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?
Jer æe se ujedanput podignuti pogibao njihova, a ko zna propast koja ide od obojice?
23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
I ovo je za mudarce: gledati ko je ko na sudu nije dobro.
24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
Ko govori bezbožniku: pravedan si, njega æe proklinjati ljudi i mrziæe na nj narodi.
25 But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.
A koji ga karaju, oni æe biti mili, i doæi æe na njih blagoslov dobrijeh.
26 He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.
Ko govori rijeèi istinite, u usta ljubi.
27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Uredi svoj posao na polju, i svrši svoje na njivi, potom i kuæu svoju zidaj.
28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
Ne budi svjedok na bližnjega svojega bez razloga, i ne varaj usnama svojima.
29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
Ne govori: kako je on meni uèinio tako æu ja njemu uèiniti; platiæu ovom èovjeku po djelu njegovu.
30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
Iðah mimo njivu èovjeka lijena i mimo vinograd èovjeka bezumna;
31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
I gle, bješe sve zaraslo u trnje i sve pokrio èkalj, i ograda im kamena razvaljena.
32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
I vidjevši uzeh na um, i gledah i pouèih se.
33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Dok malo prospavaš, dok malo prodrijemlješ, dok malo sklopiš ruke da poèineš,
34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
U tom æe doæi siromaštvo tvoje kao putnik, i oskudica tvoja kao oružan èovjek.
