Ponovljeni Zakon 12
1 Ovo su uredbe i zakoni koje æete držati i tvoriti u zemlji koju ti je Gospod Bog otaca tvojih dao da je naslijediš, dokle ste god živi na zemlji.
“(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
2 Raskopajte sasvijem sva mjesta u kojima su služili bogovima svojim narodi koje æete naslijediti, po visokim brdima i po humovima i pod svakijem zelenijem drvetom.
You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
3 Oborite oltare njihove i razbijte likove njihove, i lugove njihove popalite ognjem, i rezane bogove njihove izlomite, i istrijebite ime njihovo iz onoga mjesta.
You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
4 Ne èinite tako Gospodu Bogu svojemu.
“Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
5 Nego ga tražite u mjestu koje izbere Gospod Bog vaš izmeðu svijeh plemena vaših sebi za stan da ondje namjesti ime svoje, i onamo idite.
Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
6 Onamo nosite žrtve svoje paljenice i druge žrtve svoje i desetke svoje i prinose ruku svojih i zavjete svoje i dragovoljne prinose svoje i prvine od stoke svoje krupne i sitne.
That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
7 I jedite ondje pred Gospodom Bogom svojim, i veselite se vi i porodice vaše svaèim, za što se prihvatite rukom svojom, èim te blagoslovi Gospod Bog tvoj.
There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
8 Ne èinite kako mi sada ovdje èinimo, što je kome drago.
“[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
9 Jer još nijeste došli do odmora i našljedstva, koje ti daje Gospod Bog tvoj.
because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
10 Nego kad prijeðete preko Jordana, i stanete živjeti u zemlji koju vam daje Gospod Bog vaš da je naslijedite, i smiri vas od svijeh neprijatelja vaših unaokolo, te stanete živjeti bez straha,
But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
11 Onda u mjesto koje izbere Gospod Bog vaš da u njemu nastani ime svoje, donosite sve što vam ja zapovijedam, žrtve svoje paljenice i druge žrtve svoje, desetke svoje i prinose ruku svojih i sve što bude najbolje u onome što zavjetujete Gospodu.
“Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
12 I veselite se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim vi i sinovi vaši i kæeri vaše i sluge vaše i sluškinje vaše, i Levit koji je u mjestu vašem, jer on nema dijela ni našljedstva s vama.
Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
13 Èuvaj se da ne prinosiš žrtava svojih paljenica na kom god mjestu, koje ugledaš;
Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
14 Nego na onom mjestu koje izbere Gospod Bog u jednom od tvojih plemena, ondje prinosi žrtve svoje paljenice, i ondje èini sve što ti zapovijedam.
You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
15 Ali æeš moæi klati i jesti meso kako ti duša zaželi u svakom mjestu svojem po blagoslovu Gospoda Boga svojega, koji ti da; èist i neèist može jesti kao srnu i jelena.
“However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
16 Samo krvi ne jedite; prolijte je na zemlju kao vodu.
But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
17 Neæeš moæi jesti u mjestu svojem desetka od žita svojega ni od vina svojega ni od ulja svojega, ni prvina od stoke svoje krupne i sitne, ni onoga što zavjetuješ; ni prinosa dragovoljnijeh, ni prinosa ruku svojih.
In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
18 Nego to jedi pred Gospodom Bogom svojim na mjestu koje izbere Gospod Bog tvoj, ti i sin tvoj i kæi tvoja i sluga tvoj i sluškinja tvoja, i Levit koji je u mjestu tvom; i veseli se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim svaèim za što se prihvatiš rukom.
Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
19 Èuvaj se da ne ostaviš Levita dok si god živ na zemlji.
Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
20 Kad raširi Gospod Bog tvoj meðe tvoje, kao što ti je kazao, ako reèeš: da jedem mesa, kad duša tvoja želi da jede mesa, jedi mesa po svoj želji duše svoje.
“When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
21 Ako bi bilo daleko od tebe mjesto koje Gospod Bog tvoj izbere da ondje namjesti ime svoje, zakolji od stoke svoje krupne ili sitne, koju ti da Gospod, kao što sam ti zapovjedio, i jedi u svom mjestu po svoj želji duše svoje.
If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
22 Kako se jede srna i jelen, onako jedi; i èist i neèist neka jede.
Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
23 Samo pazi da ne jedeš krvi; jer je krv duša, pa ne jedi duše s mesom.
But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
24 Ne jedi je; nego prolij na zemlju kao vodu.
Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
25 Ne jedi je, da bi dobro bilo tebi i sinovima tvojim nakon tebe, kad èiniš što je ugodno Gospodu.
If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
26 Ali stvari svoje svete, koje imaš, i što zavjetuješ, uzmi i doði na mjesto koje izbere Gospod.
“But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
27 I prinesi žrtve svoje paljenice, meso i krv, na oltaru Gospoda Boga svojega; krv pak od drugih žrtava tvojih neka se prolije na oltar Gospoda Boga tvojega, a meso jedi.
You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
28 Èuvaj i slušaj sve ove rijeèi koje ti ja zapovijedam, da bi dobro bilo tebi i sinovima tvojim nakon tebe dovijeka kad èiniš što je dobro i pravo pred Gospodom Bogom tvojim.
Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
29 Kad istrijebi Gospod Bog tvoj ispred tebe narode ka kojima ideš da naslijediš zemlju njihovu, i naslijedivši je kad se nastaniš u zemlji njihovoj,
“When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
30 Èuvaj se da se ne uhvatiš u zamku pošavši za njima pošto se potru ispred tebe, i da ne potražiš bogova njihovijeh, i reèeš: kako su ovi narodi služili svojim bogovima, tako æu i ja èiniti.
After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
31 Ne èini tako Gospodu Bogu svojemu; jer oni èiniše svojim bogovima sve što je gadno pred Gospodom i na što on mrzi; jer su i sinove svoje i kæeri svoje sažizali bogovima svojim.
Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
32 Što vam god ja zapovijedam sve držite i tvorite, niti što dodajte k tome ni oduzmite od toga.
“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
