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1 Prièe Solomuna sina Davidova, cara Izrailjeva,
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2 Da se poznaje mudrost i nastava, da se razumiju rijeèi razumne,
To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
3 Da se prima nastava u razumu, u pravdi, u sudu i u svemu što je pravo,
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
4 Da se daje ludima razboritost, mladiæima znanje i pomnjivost.
To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
5 Mudar æe slušati i više æe znati, i razuman æe steæi mudrost,
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
6 Da razumije prièe i znaèenje, rijeèi mudrijeh ljudi i zagonetke njihove.
To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 Poèetak je mudrosti strah Gospodnji; ludi preziru mudrost i nastavu.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Slušaj, sine, nastavu oca svojega, i ne ostavljaj nauke matere svoje.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 Jer æe biti vijenac od milina oko glave tvoje, i grivna na grlu tvom.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
10 Sine moj, ako bi te mamili grješnici, ne pristaj;
My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
11 Ako bi rekli: hodi s nama da vrebamo krv, da zasjedamo pravome ni za što;
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 Svakojakoga blaga dobiæemo, napuniæemo kuæe svoje plijena;
We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Bacaæeš ždrijeb svoj s nama; jedan æe nam tobolac biti svjema;
Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:
15 Sine moj, ne idi na put s njima, èuvaj nogu svoju od staze njihove.
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
16 Jer nogama svojim trèe na zlo i hite da proljevaju krv.
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Jer se uzalud razapinje mreža na oèi svakoj ptici;
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
18 A oni vrebaju svoju krv i zasjedaju svojoj duši.
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
19 Taki su putovi svijeh lakomijeh na dobitak, koji uzima dušu svojim gospodarima.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Premudrost vièe na polju, na ulicama pušta glas svoj;
Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21 U najveæoj vrevi vièe, na vratima, u gradu govori svoje besjede:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
22 Ludi, dokle æete ljubiti ludost? i potsmjevaèima dokle æe biti mio potsmijeh? i bezumni dokle æe mrziti na znanje?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
23 Obratite se na karanje moje; evo, izasuæu vam duh svoj, kazaæu vam rijeèi svoje.
Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
24 Što zvah, ali ne htjeste, pružah ruku svoju, ali niko ne mari,
Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25 Nego odbaciste svaki savjet moj, i karanja mojega ne htjeste primiti;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
26 Zato æu se i ja smijati vašoj nevolji, rugaæu se kad doðe èega se bojite;
I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 Kad kao pustoš doðe èega se bojite, i pogibao vaša kao oluja kad doðe, kad navali na vas nevolja i muka.
When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Tada æe me zvati, ali se neæu odazvati; rano æe tražiti, ali me neæe naæi.
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
29 Jer mrziše na znanje, i straha Gospodnjega ne izabraše;
For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
30 Ne pristaše na moj svjet, i preziraše sva karanja moja.
They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.
31 Zato æe jesti plod od putova svojih, i nasitiæe se savjeta svojih.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
32 Jer æe lude ubiti mir njihov, i bezumne æe pogubiti sreæa njihova.
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
33 Ali ko me sluša, boraviæe bezbrižno, i biæe na miru ne bojeæi se zla.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
