Poslovice 2
1 Sine moj, ako primiš rijeèi moje, i zapovijesti moje sahraniš kod sebe,
My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2 Da pazi uho tvoje na mudrost, i prigneš srce svoje k razumu,
so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 Ako prizoveš mudrost, i k razumu podigneš glas svoj,
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 Ako ga ustražiš kao srebro, i kao sakriveno blago ako dobro ustražiš;
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Tada æeš razumjeti strah Gospodnji, i poznanje Božije naæi æeš.
then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 Jer Gospod daje mudrost, iz njegovijeh usta dolazi znanje i razum.
For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 Èuva pravima što doista jest, štit je onima koji hode u bezazlenosti,
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Da bi se držali staza pravijeh, a on èuva put svetaca svojih.
that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9 Tada æeš razumjeti pravdu i sud i što je pravo, i svaki dobri put.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10 Kad doðe mudrost u srce tvoje, i znanje omili duši tvojoj,
For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Pomnjivost æe paziti na te, razum æe te èuvati,
Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 Izbavljajuæi te od zla puta, od ljudi koji govore opake stvari,
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 Koji ostavljaju prave pute da idu putovima mraènijem,
who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Koji se raduju zlo èineæi, i igraju u zlijem opaèinama;
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 Kojih su putovi krivi, i sami su opaki na stazama svojim;
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 Izbavljajuæi te od žene tuðe, od tuðinke, koja laska svojim rijeèima,
to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 Koja ostavlja voða mladosti svoje, i zaboravlja zavjet Boga svojega.
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 Jer k smrti vodi dom njezin, i k mrtvima staze njezine.
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19 Ko god uðe k njoj ne vraæa se, niti izlazi na put životni.
None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 Zato hodi putem dobrijeh, i drži se staza pravednièkih.
Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 Jer æe pravednici nastavati na zemlji, i bezazleni æe ostati na njoj.
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 A bezbožni æe se istrijebiti sa zemlje, i bezakonici æe se išèupati iz nje.
But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
