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BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS
POGLAVLJE 122 : ISUSOVO ROĐENJE I DJETINJSTVO
1955 122:0.1 IT WILL hardly be possible fully to explain the many reasons which led to the selection of Palestine as the land for Michael’s bestowal, and especially as to just why the family of Joseph and Mary should have been chosen as the immediate setting for the appearance of this Son of God on Urantia.
2014 122:0.1 TEŠKO da će biti mnoguće u cjelosti objasniti mnoge razloge koji su doveli do izbora Palestine kao zemlje Mihaelovog darivanja, a još manje zašto je obitelj Josipa i Marije izabrana kao neposredno okruženje za pojavu ovog Sina Čovječjeg na Urantiji.
1955 122:0.2 After a study of the special report on the status of segregated worlds prepared by the Melchizedeks, in counsel with Gabriel, Michael finally chose Urantia as the planet whereon to enact his final bestowal. Subsequent to this decision Gabriel made a personal visit to Urantia, and, as a result of his study of human groups and his survey of the spiritual, intellectual, racial, and geographic features of the world and its peoples, he decided that the Hebrews possessed those relative advantages which warranted their selection as the bestowal race. Upon Michael’s approval of this decision, Gabriel appointed and dispatched to Urantia the Family Commission of Twelve—selected from among the higher orders of universe personalities—which was intrusted with the task of making an investigation of Jewish family life. When this commission ended its labors, Gabriel was present on Urantia and received the report nominating three prospective unions as being, in the opinion of the commission, equally favorable as bestowal families for Michael’s projected incarnation.
2014 122:0.2 Nakon proučavanja specijalnog izvješća o statusu izoliranih svjetova koji su pripremili Melkizedeci i savjetovanju s Gabrijelom, Mihael je konačno izabrao Urantiju kao planet na kojem će izvršiti svoje završno darivanje. Po donošenju ove odluke, Gabrijel je osobno posjetio Urantiju i kao rezultat njegove studije različitih ljudskih skupina i njihovih duhovnih, intelektualnih, rasnih i zemljopisnih obilježja, zaključio je da su Židovi posjedovali određene relativne prednosti koje su ih činile rasom pogodnom za darivanje. Nakon što je Mihael odobrio ovu odluku, Gabrijel je imenovao i poslao na Urantiju Dvanaestočlano Obiteljsko Povjerenstvo - sastavljeno od viših redova kozmičkih ličnosti - kojem je povjerena zadaća izučavanja židovskog obiteljskog života. Kad je to povjerenstvo završilo svoje radove, Gabrijel je bio prisutan na Urantiji i primio izvješće o imenovanju tri para potencijalnih kandidata koji su po mišljenju povjerenstva, najbolje zadovoljavali obiteljske uvjete za Mihaelovo planirano utjelovljenje.
1955 122:0.3 From the three couples nominated, Gabriel made the personal choice of Joseph and Mary, subsequently making his personal appearance to Mary, at which time he imparted to her the glad tidings that she had been selected to become the earth mother of the bestowal child.
2014 122:0.3 Između ova tri para kandidata, Gabrijel je osobno odabrao Josipa i Mariju, nakon čega se osobno ukazao Mariji saopćivši joj radosnu vijest da je izabrana da postane zemaljska majka darovanog djeteta.
¶ 1. JOSIP I MARIJA
1. JOSEPH AND MARY
1. JOSIP I MARIJA
1955 122:1.1 Joseph, the human father of Jesus (Joshua ben Joseph), was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, albeit he carried many non-Jewish racial strains which had been added to his ancestral tree from time to time by the female lines of his progenitors. The ancestry of the father of Jesus went back to the days of Abraham and through this venerable patriarch to the earlier lines of inheritance leading to the Sumerians and Nodites and, through the southern tribes of the ancient blue man, to Andon and Fonta. David and Solomon were not in the direct line of Joseph’s ancestry, neither did Joseph’s lineage go directly back to Adam. Joseph’s immediate ancestors were mechanics—builders, carpenters, masons, and smiths. Joseph himself was a carpenter and later a contractor. His family belonged to a long and illustrious line of the nobility of the common people, accentuated ever and anon by the appearance of unusual individuals who had distinguished themselves in connection with the evolution of religion on Urantia.
2014 122:1.1 Josip, zemaljski otac Isusa (Jošue ben Josipa), je bio pravi Židov, iako je nosio i mnoge nežidovske rasne crte koje su s vremena na vrijeme dodavane preko ženskih linija njegovom obiteljskom stablu
[1]. Preci Isusovog oca se pružaju unatrag sve do Abrahamove dobi i preko ovog slavnog patrijarha do ranijih nasljednih loza koje vode do Sumerana i Nodita i preko južnih plemena prastare plave rase, do Andona i Fonte. David i Solomon nisu bili u izravnoj liniji Josipovih predaka, niti Josipova linija ide izravno do Adama. Josipovi neposredni preci su bili mehaničari - graditelji, tesari, zidari i kovači. Sam Josip je bio prvo tesar, a kasnije građevinski poduzetnik. Njegova je obitelj pripadala dugoj i slavnoj liniji plemstva običnih ljudi u kojoj su se s vremena na vrijeme javljali neobični pojedinci koji su se isticali u procesu religiozne evolucije na Urantiji.
1955 122:1.2 Mary, the earth mother of Jesus, was a descendant of a long line of unique ancestors embracing many of the most remarkable women in the racial history of Urantia. Although Mary was an average woman of her day and generation, possessing a fairly normal temperament, she reckoned among her ancestors such well-known women as Annon, Tamar, Ruth, Bathsheba, Ansie, Cloa, Eve, Enta, and Ratta. No Jewish woman of that day had a more illustrious lineage of common progenitors or one extending back to more auspicious beginnings. Mary’s ancestry, like Joseph’s, was characterized by the predominance of strong but average individuals, relieved now and then by numerous outstanding personalities in the march of civilization and the progressive evolution of religion. Racially considered, it is hardly proper to regard Mary as a Jewess. In culture and belief she was a Jew, but in hereditary endowment she was more a composite of Syrian, Hittite, Phoenician, Greek, and Egyptian stocks, her racial inheritance being more general than that of Joseph.
2014 122:1.2 Marija, Isusova zemaljska majka, je proizvod duge linije jedinstvenih predaka koja obuhvaća mnoge od najznačajnijih žena u rasnoj povijesti Urantije. Marija je bila prosječna žena svog vremena i generacije, koja je posjedovala prilično normalan temperament i među čije pretke ulaze takve glasovite žene kao što su Anona, Tamara, Ruta, Bat-Šeba, Ansija, Kloa, Eva, Enta i Rata. Ni jedna ondašnja Židovka nije imala znamenitiju lozu svagdašnjih predaka ili lozu koja se protezala unatrag do povoljnijih početaka. Marijini preci, kao i Josipovi, su bili obilježeni dominacijom snažnih ali prosječnih pojedinaca u liniji koja je s vremena na vrijeme u dugom tijeku civilizacije i progresivne religiozne evolucije bila obilježena pojavom brojnih izvanrednih ličnosti. U rasnom pogledu, Marija se teško može smatrati Židovkom. U kulturi i vjerovanju, bila je prava Židovka, dok je u nasljednom obdarenju bila mješavina sirijskih, hetitskih, feničanskih, grčkih i egipatskih loza, noseći u svom rasnom nasljedstvu više miješane krvi od Josipa.
1955 122:1.3 Of all couples living in Palestine at about the time of Michael’s projected bestowal, Joseph and Mary possessed the most ideal combination of widespread racial connections and superior average of personality endowments. It was the plan of Michael to appear on earth as an average man, that the common people might understand him and receive him; wherefore Gabriel selected just such persons as Joseph and Mary to become the bestowal parents.
2014 122:1.3 Od svih parova koji su živjeli u Palestini u vrijeme Mihaelovog planiranog darivanja, Josip i Marija su posjedovali najidealniju kombinaciju široko rasprostranjenih rasnih veza i višu razinu prosječnog obdarenja ličnosti[2]. Planirano je da se Mihael pojavi na Urantiji kao prosječan čovjek, da ga prosječni ljudi mogli razumjeti i primiti; Gabrijel je stoga odabrao osobe poput Josipa i Marije da postanu roditelji darovanog djeteta.
¶ 2. GABRIJELOVO UKAZANJE ELIZABETI
2. GABRIEL APPEARS TO ELIZABETH
2. GABRIJELOVO UKAZANJE ELIZABETI
1955 122:2.1 Jesus’ lifework on Urantia was really begun by John the Baptist. Zacharias, John’s father, belonged to the Jewish priesthood, while his mother, Elizabeth, was a member of the more prosperous branch of the same large family group to which Mary the mother of Jesus also belonged. Zacharias and Elizabeth, though they had been married many years, were childless.
2014 122:2.1 Isusov životni rad na Urantiji istinski započinje s aktivnostima Ivana Krstitelja. Zakarije, Ivanov otac, je pripadao židovskom svećenstvu, dok je njegova majka Elizabeta, pripadala imućnijoj grani iste velike obitelji iz koje je potekla Isusova majka Marija. Zakarije i Elizabeta nisu imali djece iako su bili u braku mnogo godina[3].
1955 122:2.3 “While your husband, Zacharias, stands before the altar in Jerusalem, and while the assembled people pray for the coming of a deliverer, I, Gabriel, have come to announce that you will shortly bear a son who shall be the forerunner of this divine teacher, and you shall call your son John. He will grow up dedicated to the Lord your God, and when he has come to full years, he will gladden your heart because he will turn many souls to God, and he will also proclaim the coming of the soul-healer of your people and the spirit-liberator of all mankind. Your kinswoman Mary shall be the mother of this child of promise, and I will also appear to her.”
2014 122:2.3 “Dok tvoj muž Zakarije stoji pred žrtvenikom u Jeruzalemu i dok se okupljeni narod moli za dolazak izručitelja, ja, Gabrijel, sam došao najaviti da ćeš uskoro roditi sina koji će biti preteča ovom božanskom učitelju, a ti ćeš ga nazvati Ivan. On će odrasti posvećen Gospodinu Bogu našemu i kad odraste u punu zrelost, on će razveseliti tvoje srce, jer će okrenuti mnoge duše k Bogu i proglasiti dolazak iscjelitelja duša vašeg naroda i osloboditelja duha cijelog čovječanstva. Tvoja rođakinja Marija će biti majka ovog obećanog djeteta, a ja ću se i njoj ukazati[5].”
1955 122:2.4 This vision greatly frightened Elizabeth. After Gabriel’s departure she turned this experience over in her mind, long pondering the sayings of the majestic visitor, but did not speak of the revelation to anyone save her husband until her subsequent visit with Mary in early February of the following year.
2014 122:2.4 Elizabeta se jako uplašila od ovog ukazanja.Nakon Gabrijelovog odlaska, neprestano je preturala ovaj događaj u svom umu, dugo razmišljajući o riječima ovog veličanstvenog posjetitelja, ali nije govorila o ovom otkrivenju nikome osim svoga muža, sve do njezine posjete Mariji u mjesecu veljači iduće godine.
1955 122:2.5 For five months, however, Elizabeth withheld her secret even from her husband. Upon her disclosure of the story of Gabriel’s visit, Zacharias was very skeptical and for weeks doubted the entire experience, only consenting halfheartedly to believe in Gabriel’s visit to his wife when he could no longer question that she was expectant with child. Zacharias was very much perplexed regarding the prospective motherhood of Elizabeth, but he did not doubt the integrity of his wife, notwithstanding his own advanced age. It was not until about six weeks before John’s birth that Zacharias, as the result of an impressive dream, became fully convinced that Elizabeth was to become the mother of a son of destiny, one who was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.
2014 122:2.5 Elizabeta je pet mjeseci pažljivo krila svoju tajnu od svog supruga[6]. Kad mu je konačno rekla o Gabrijelovoj posjeti, Zakarije je bio vrlo skeptičan i više tjedana je sumnjao u cijeli događaj i samo je djelomično povjerovao u pripovijed o Gabrijelovu posjetu kada više nije bilo sumnje da mu je žena bila trudna[7]. Zakarije je bio vrlo zbunjen u vezi Elizabetinog budućeg majčinstva, ali on nije sumnjao u integritet svoje supruge, bez obzira na svoju poodmaklu dob. Zakarije je, tek nekih šest tjedana prije Ivanovog rođenja, kao rezultat vrlo upečatljivog sna, postao potpuno uvjeren da je Elizabeta trebala roditi sina sudbine, čovjeka koji će pripremiti put dolasku Mesije.
1955 122:2.6 Gabriel appeared to Mary about the middle of November, 8 B.C., while she was at work in her Nazareth home. Later on, after Mary knew without doubt that she was to become a mother, she persuaded Joseph to let her journey to the City of Judah, four miles west of Jerusalem, in the hills, to visit Elizabeth. Gabriel had informed each of these mothers-to-be of his appearance to the other. Naturally they were anxious to get together, compare experiences, and talk over the probable futures of their sons. Mary remained with her distant cousin for three weeks. Elizabeth did much to strengthen Mary’s faith in the vision of Gabriel, so that she returned home more fully dedicated to the call to mother the child of destiny whom she was so soon to present to the world as a helpless babe, an average and normal infant of the realm.
2014 122:2.6 Gabrijel se ukazao Mariji oko sredine studenog 8[8]. godine pr.K., dok je bila na poslu u svojoj kući u Nazaretu. Kasnije, nakon što je Marija znala bez sumnje da će postati majka, ona je uvjerila Josipa da joj dopusti da ode u posjetu Elizabeti, u Gradu Judinu, u brdima nekih šest kilometara zapadno od Jeruzalema[9]. Gabrijel je obavijestio obje buduće majke da se objema namjeravao ukazati. One su stoga teško čekale da se nađu, da usporede svoja iskustva i da razgovaraju o budućnosti svojih sinova. Marija je ostala kod svoje daleke rođakinje tri tijedna[10]. Elizabeta je na svaki način nastojala ojačati Marijinu vjeru u Gabrijelovo ukazanje, tako da se Marija vratila kući potpunije posvećena pozivu rađanja i podizanja sina sudbine koji se uskoro trebao pojaviti na svijetu kao bespomoćno djetešce - kao prosječna i normalna zemaljska beba.
1955 122:2.7 John was born in the City of Judah, March 25, 7 B.C. Zacharias and Elizabeth rejoiced greatly in the realization that a son had come to them as Gabriel had promised, and when on the eighth day they presented the child for circumcision, they formally christened him John, as they had been directed aforetime. Already had a nephew of Zacharias departed for Nazareth, carrying the message of Elizabeth to Mary proclaiming that a son had been born to her and that his name was to be John.
2014 122:2.7 Ivan je rođen u Gradu Judinu 25[11]. ožujka 7. godine pr. K. Zakarije i Elizabeta su se jako obradovali kad su vidjeli da im se rodio sin kako im je Gabrijel obećao, i kad su osmog dana odnijeli dijete da se obreže, dali su mu ime Ivan kako im je bilo rečeno. Zakarijev nećak je već bio na putu za Nazaret, s vijestima od Elizabete upućenim Mariji da im je rođen sin i da su ga nazvali Ivan.
1955 122:2.8 From his earliest infancy John was judiciously impressed by his parents with the idea that he was to grow up to become a spiritual leader and religious teacher. And the soil of John’s heart was ever responsive to the sowing of such suggestive seeds. Even as a child he was found frequently at the temple during the seasons of his father’s service, and he was tremendously impressed with the significance of all that he saw.
2014 122:2.8 Od svoje najranije mladosti Ivan je bio diskreno impresioniran od strane svojih roditelja da je trebao odrasti da postane duhovni vođa i religiozni učitelj. A tlo Ivanova srce je uvijek reagiralo na takve sugestivne sjemenke. Čak i kao dijete, počeo je provoditi dosta vremena u hramu u periodima kad je jeZakarije obavljao svećeničku službu i bio je strahovito impresioniran značenjem svega što je vidio[12].
¶ 3. GRABRIJELOVA NAJAVA MARIJI
3. GABRIEL’S ANNOUNCEMENT TO MARY
3. GRABRIJELOVA NAJAVA MARIJI
1955 122:3.1 One evening about sundown, before Joseph had returned home, Gabriel appeared to Mary by the side of a low stone table and, after she had recovered her composure, said: “I come at the bidding of one who is my Master and whom you shall love and nurture. To you, Mary, I bring glad tidings when I announce that the conception within you is ordained by heaven, and that in due time you will become the mother of a son; you shall call him Joshua, and he shall inaugurate the kingdom of heaven on earth and among men. Speak not of this matter save to Joseph and to Elizabeth, your kinswoman, to whom I have also appeared, and who shall presently also bear a son, whose name shall be John, and who will prepare the way for the message of deliverance which your son shall proclaim to men with great power and deep conviction. And doubt not my word, Mary, for this home has been chosen as the mortal habitat of the child of destiny. My benediction rests upon you, the power of the Most Highs will strengthen you, and the Lord of all the earth shall overshadow you.”
2014 122:3.1 Jedne večeri otprilike oko zalaska sunca, prije nego što se Josip vratio kući, Gabrijel se ukazao Mariji stojeći pored niskog kamenog stola i, nakon što se uspjela pribrati, rekao: “Dolazim na zahtjev onoga koji je moj Vladar i kojeg ćes uskoro voljeti i hraniti[13]. Tebi, Marija, donosim radosnu vijest da si začela po nebeskom nalogu i da ćeš u dogledno vrijeme roditi sina; ti ćeš mu dati ime Jošua i on će obilježiti početak kraljevstva nebeskog na zemlji među ljudima[14][15]. Ne govori o tome nikome osim Josipa i Elizabete, tvoje rođakinje kojoj sam se već ukazao i koja će s vremenom također roditi sina koji će se zvati Ivan i koji će pripremiti put za poruku izbavljenja koju će tvoj sin proglasiti ljudima s velikom snagom i dubokim uvjerenjem. Ne sumnjaj u moje riječi, Marijo, jer ovaj je dom izabran da postane smrtno stanište djeteta sudbine. Moj blagoslov tebi, i neka te Svevišnji ojača snagom i neka nad tobom bdije Bog sve zemlje.”
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1955 122:3.2 Mary pondered this visitation secretly in her heart for many weeks until of a certainty she knew she was with child, before she dared to disclose these unusual events to her husband. When Joseph heard all about this, although he had great confidence in Mary, he was much troubled and could not sleep for many nights. At first Joseph had doubts about the Gabriel visitation. Then when he became well-nigh persuaded that Mary had really heard the voice and beheld the form of the divine messenger, he was torn in mind as he pondered how such things could be. How could the offspring of human beings be a child of divine destiny? Never could Joseph reconcile these conflicting ideas until, after several weeks of thought, both he and Mary reached the conclusion that they had been chosen to become the parents of the Messiah, though it had hardly been the Jewish concept that the expected deliverer was to be of divine nature. Upon arriving at this momentous conclusion, Mary hastened to depart for a visit with Elizabeth.
2014 122:3.2 Marija je u svom srcu potajno razmišljala o ovom ukazanju više tjedana sve dok se konačno nije neopozivo uvjerila u svoju trudnoću, prije nego što se usudila povjeriti ove neobične događaje svome mužu. Kad je Josip to čuo, iako je imao veliko poverenje u Mariju, bio je vrlo uznemiren i noćima nije mogao spavati. Josip je isprva sumnjao u Gabrijelov posjet. Onda, kad je postao gotovo posve uvjeren da je Marija doista čula glas i vidjela obličje božanskog glasnika, bio je rastrgan u umu dok je razmišljao kako se takve stvari mogu dogoditi. Kako potomak ljudskih bića može biti dijete božanske sudbine? Josip nije bio u stanju pomiriti ove proturječne ideje sve dok, nakon nekoliko tjedana razmišljanja, on i Marija nisu došli do zaključka da su bili odabrani kao roditelji Mesije, iako je prema židovskom vjerovanju izručitelj teško trebao imati božansku narav. Kad je konačno došla do ovog bitnog zaključka, Marija je požurila u posjet Elizabeti.
1955 122:3.3 Upon her return, Mary went to visit her parents, Joachim and Hannah. Her two brothers and two sisters, as well as her parents, were always very skeptical about the divine mission of Jesus, though, of course, at this time they knew nothing of the Gabriel visitation. But Mary did confide to her sister Salome that she thought her son was destined to become a great teacher.
2014 122:3.3 Po povratku, Marija je otišla posjetiti svoje roditelje, Joakima i Hanu. Njezina dva brata i dvije sestre, kao i njezini roditelji, su uvijek bili vrlo skeptični u pogledu Isusove božanske misije, iako, naravno, u ovom trenutku nisu znali o Gabrijelovom ukazanju. A Marija je povjerila svojoj sestri Salomi da je njezin sin bio predodređen da postane veliki učitelj.
1955 122:3.4 Gabriel’s announcement to Mary was made the day following the conception of Jesus and was the only event of supernatural occurrence connected with her entire experience of carrying and bearing the child of promise.
¶ 4. JOSIPOV SAN
4. JOSEPH’S DREAM
4. JOSIPOV SAN
1955 122:4.1 Joseph did not become reconciled to the idea that Mary was to become the mother of an extraordinary child until after he had experienced a very impressive dream. In this dream a brilliant celestial messenger appeared to him and, among other things, said: “Joseph, I appear by command of Him who now reigns on high, and I am directed to instruct you concerning the son whom Mary shall bear, and who shall become a great light in the world. In him will be life, and his life shall become the light of mankind. He shall first come to his own people, but they will hardly receive him; but to as many as shall receive him to them will he reveal that they are the children of God.” After this experience Joseph never again wholly doubted Mary’s story of Gabriel’s visit and of the promise that the unborn child was to become a divine messenger to the world.
2014 122:4.1 Josip se nije pomirio s idejom da je Marija trebala postati majka nesvakidašnjeg djeteta sve dok nije imao jedan vrlo impresivan san[17]. U ovom snu mu se ukazao sjajni nebeski glasnik koji je između ostalog rekao: “Josipe, javljam ti se prema zapovijedi Onoga koji sada vlada na nebu, i primio sam upute da ti kažem da sin kojeg Marija nosi treba postati veliko svjetlo u svijetu. U njemu će biti život i njegov će život postati svjetlo čovječanstva. On će najprije doći k svome narodu, ali teško da će ga oni primiti; ali onima koji ga prime, njima će biti otkriveno da su djeca Božja.” Nakon ovog doživljaja, Josip nikada više nije u cjelosti sumnjao u Marijinu priču o Gabrijelovu posjetu i obećanje da nerođeno dijete treba postati božanski glasnik svijetu.
1955 122:4.2 In all these visitations nothing was said about the house of David. Nothing was ever intimated about Jesus’ becoming a “deliverer of the Jews,” not even that he was to be the long-expected Messiah. Jesus was not such a Messiah as the Jews had anticipated, but he was the world’s deliverer. His mission was to all races and peoples, not to any one group.
2014 122:4.2 U svim ovim ukazanjima, ništa nije rečeno o kući Davidovoj. Nije bilo pomena da Isus treba postati “izručitelj Židova,” niti da je bio dugo očekivani Mesija.Isus nije bio Mesija kakvog su Židovi očekivali, ali je bio izručitelj svijeta. Njegova je misija bila za sve rase i narode, a ne samo za neku pojedinu skupinu.
1955 122:4.3 Joseph was not of the line of King David. Mary had more of the Davidic ancestry than Joseph. True, Joseph did go to the City of David, Bethlehem, to be registered for the Roman census, but that was because, six generations previously, Joseph’s paternal ancestor of that generation, being an orphan, was adopted by one Zadoc, who was a direct descendant of David; hence was Joseph also accounted as of the “house of David.”
2014 122:4.3 Josip nije pripadao liniji kralja Davida[18]. Marija je imala više davidovskog porijekla od Josipa. Istina, Josip je otišao u Davidov grad, Betlehem, na registraciju prilikom rimskog popisa, ali to je zato što je prije šest generacija određeni predak po imenu Zadok iz izravne Davidove loze usvojio određenog Josipovog pretka koji je bio siroče; Josip se stoga ubrajao među pripadnike “kuće Davidove[19][20].”
1955 122:4.4 Most of the so-called Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament were made to apply to Jesus long after his life had been lived on earth. For centuries the Hebrew prophets had proclaimed the coming of a deliverer, and these promises had been construed by successive generations as referring to a new Jewish ruler who would sit upon the throne of David and, by the reputed miraculous methods of Moses, proceed to establish the Jews in Palestine as a powerful nation, free from all foreign domination. Again, many figurative passages found throughout the Hebrew scriptures were subsequently misapplied to the life mission of Jesus. Many Old Testament sayings were so distorted as to appear to fit some episode of the Master’s earth life. Jesus himself onetime publicly denied any connection with the royal house of David. Even the passage, “a maiden shall bear a son,” was made to read, “a virgin shall bear a son.” This was also true of the many genealogies of both Joseph and Mary which were constructed subsequent to Michael’s career on earth. Many of these lineages contain much of the Master’s ancestry, but on the whole they are not genuine and may not be depended upon as factual. The early followers of Jesus all too often succumbed to the temptation to make all the olden prophetic utterances appear to find fulfillment in the life of their Lord and Master.
2014 122:4.4 Većina takozvanih mesijanskih proročanstava iz Starog Zavjeta je iskrivljena kako bi se mogla povezati s Isusom dugo nakon njegova života na zemlji. Hebrejski proroci su stoljećima navješćivali dolazak izručitelja, tako da su kroz više uzastopnih generacija ta obećanja tumačena kao da se odnose na novog židovskog vladara koji treba sjesti na Davidovo prijestolje, i navodno čudesnim metodama Mojsija utemeljiti Židove u Palestini kao moćnu naciju oslobođenu od svakog oblika inozemne dominacije. I u ovom slučaju, mnoge figurativne izreke iz hebrejskih spisa su isto tako naknadno neispravno povezane s Isusovom životnom misijom. Mnoge izreke iz Starog Zavjeta su iskrivljene kako bi se činile prikladnom vezom s nekom epizodom Učiteljeva zemaljskog života. Sam Isus je jednom prilikom zanijekao svoju povezanost s kraljevskom kućom Davidovom[21]. Čak su i riječi “djevojka će roditi sina,” preinačene u “djevica će roditi sina[22].” Isto se odnosi na mnoga rodoslovlja Josipa i Marije koja su sastavljena nakon Mihaelova života na zemlji[23]. Mnoge od tih loza ukazuju na velik dio Učiteljeva potomstva, ali u cjelini ne pružaju cjelovit prikaz i ne trebaju biti prihvaćene kao činjenica. Isusovi rani sljedbenici su suviše često padali u iskušenje da podese starija proročanstva kako bi se život njihova Učitelja i Gospodina mogao prikazati kao njihovo ispunjenje.
¶ 5. ISUSOVI ZEMALJSKI RODITELJI
5. JESUS’ EARTH PARENTS
5. ISUSOVI ZEMALJSKI RODITELJI
1955 122:5.1 Joseph was a mild-mannered man, extremely conscientious, and in every way faithful to the religious conventions and practices of his people. He talked little but thought much. The sorry plight of the Jewish people caused Joseph much sadness. As a youth, among his eight brothers and sisters, he had been more cheerful, but in the earlier years of married life (during Jesus’ childhood) he was subject to periods of mild spiritual discouragement. These temperamental manifestations were greatly improved just before his untimely death and after the economic condition of his family had been enhanced by his advancement from the rank of carpenter to the role of a prosperous contractor.
2014 122:5.1 Josip je bio čovjek blage naravi i iznimne savjesti koji je na svaki način bio vjeran religioznim konvencijama i običajima svoga naroda. Govorio je malo, a mislio puno. Jako ga je žalostio nezavidni položaj židovskog naroda.Kao mladić, među svojih osmero braće i sestara, bio je prilično vedrog raspoloženja, ali je u ranijim godinama bračnog života (u vrijeme Isusova djetinjstva) bio podložan razdobljima blagog duhovnog obeshrabrenja. Ove promjene raspoloženja su uveliko ublažene neposredno prije njegove prerane smrti, kad je značajno unaprijedio ekonomske uvjete svoje obitelji kad je zatvorio svoju tesarsku radnju i postao uspješni poduzetnik.
1955 122:5.2 Mary’s temperament was quite opposite to that of her husband. She was usually cheerful, was very rarely downcast, and possessed an ever-sunny disposition. Mary indulged in free and frequent expression of her emotional feelings and was never observed to be sorrowful until after the sudden death of Joseph. And she had hardly recovered from this shock when she had thrust upon her the anxieties and questionings aroused by the extraordinary career of her eldest son, which was so rapidly unfolding before her astonished gaze. But throughout all this unusual experience Mary was composed, courageous, and fairly wise in her relationship with her strange and little-understood first-born son and his surviving brothers and sisters.
2014 122:5.2 Marija je po temperamentu bila sasvim suprotna od svoga muža. Bila je neobično vedra, vrlo rijetko potištena, i imala je odlično raspoloženje. Slobodno i često je davala oduška svojim emocionalnim osjećajima, i sve do Josipove iznenadne smrti nikada nije ispoljila tugu. A ona se jedva oporavila od tog šoka, kad su se pred njezinim tjeskobnim i zaprepaštenim pogledom počeli razvijati događaji nesvakidašnjeg života njezina najstarijeg sina. No, u svemu ovom neobičnom iskustvu, Marija je ispoljila smirenost, hrabrost i priličnu mudrost u načinu na koji se odnosila prema svom čudnom i teško shvatljivom prvorođencu i njegovoj preživjeloj braći i sesatrama.
1955 122:5.3 Jesus derived much of his unusual gentleness and marvelous sympathetic understanding of human nature from his father; he inherited his gift as a great teacher and his tremendous capacity for righteous indignation from his mother. In emotional reactions to his adult-life environment, Jesus was at one time like his father, meditative and worshipful, sometimes characterized by apparent sadness; but more often he drove forward in the manner of his mother’s optimistic and determined disposition. All in all, Mary’s temperament tended to dominate the career of the divine Son as he grew up and swung into the momentous strides of his adult life. In some particulars Jesus was a blending of his parents’ traits; in other respects he exhibited the traits of one in contrast with those of the other.
2014 122:5.3 Isus je naslijedio najveći dio svoje neuobičajene nježnosti i izvanrednog razumijevanja ljudske naravi od svoga oca; od majke je naslijedio svoj dar kao veliki učitelj i svoj ogromni kapacitet za pravednu netrpeljivost prema nepravdi. U svojim emocionalnim reakcijama na okruženje, Isus je u svojim zrelim godinama ponekad nalikovao svome ocu, bio sklon meditaciji i obožavanju ali povremeno obuzet tugom; ali češće je ispoljavao majčino optimistično i odlučno raspoloženje. Sve u svemu, dok je odrastao i vukao prve znamenite poteze svog odraslog života, božanskim Sinom je sve češće dominirao Marijin temperament. U nekim detaljima, Isus je bio mješavina osobina oboje roditelja; u drugim aspektima je ispoljavao osobine jednog roditelja u suprotnosti s drugim.
1955 122:5.4 From Joseph Jesus secured his strict training in the usages of the Jewish ceremonials and his unusual acquaintance with the Hebrew scriptures; from Mary he derived a broader viewpoint of religious life and a more liberal concept of personal spiritual freedom.
2014 122:5.4 Od Josipa, Isus je naslijedio strogu disciplinu u sprovedbi židovskih ceremonija i neuobičajenu upoznatost s hebrejskim spisima; od Marije je vukao šire gledište religioznog života i slobodnije tumačenje osobne duhovne slobode.
1955 122:5.5 The families of both Joseph and Mary were well educated for their time. Joseph and Mary were educated far above the average for their day and station in life. He was a thinker; she was a planner, expert in adaptation and practical in immediate execution. Joseph was a black-eyed brunet; Mary, a brown-eyed well-nigh blond type.
2014 122:5.5 Obitelji Josipa i Marije su bile dobro obrazovane za svoje vrijeme. Josip i Marija su bili obrazovani daleko iznad prosjeka za svoje vrijeme i životni položaj. On je bio mislilac; ona je bila planer, stručnjak u prilagodbi i praktičar u neposrednoj provedbi. Josip je imao crne oči i smeđu kosu ; Marija je imala smeđe oči i bila gotovo plavokosi tip.
1955 122:5.6 Had Joseph lived, he undoubtedly would have become a firm believer in the divine mission of his eldest son. Mary alternated between believing and doubting, being greatly influenced by the position taken by her other children and by her friends and relatives, but always was she steadied in her final attitude by the memory of Gabriel’s appearance to her immediately after the child was conceived.
2014 122:5.6 Da je poživio, Josip bi nesumnjivo postao čvrsti vjernik u božansku misiju svog najstarijeg sina. Marija se dvoumila između vjere i sumnje, snažno se vodeći prema poziciji njezine ostale djece, kao i svoje rodbine i prijatelja, dok se njezin konačni stav uvijek oslanjao na sjećanje na Gabrijelovo ukazanje neposredno nakon djetetova začeća.
1955 122:5.7 Mary was an expert weaver and more than averagely skilled in most of the household arts of that day; she was a good housekeeper and a superior homemaker. Both Joseph and Mary were good teachers, and they saw to it that their children were well versed in the learning of that day.
2014 122:5.7 Marija je bila odlična tkalja prilično i nadprosječno spretna u većini kućanskih poslova tog doba; bila je vješta spremačica i odlična domaćica. Josip i Marija su bili dobri učitelji koji su se pobrinuli da njihova djeca budu upućena u učenja njihove dobi.
1955 122:5.8 When Joseph was a young man, he was employed by Mary’s father in the work of building an addition to his house, and it was when Mary brought Joseph a cup of water, during a noontime meal, that the courtship of the pair who were destined to become the parents of Jesus really began.
2014 122:5.8 Kad je Josip bio mladić, radio je za Marijinog oca na proširenju kuće i kad mu je Marija o jednom ručku donijela čašu vode, počelo je udvaranje između ovo dvoje ljudi kojima je bilo suđeno da postanu Isusovi roditelji.
1955 122:5.9 Joseph and Mary were married, in accordance with Jewish custom, at Mary’s home in the environs of Nazareth when Joseph was twenty-one years old. This marriage concluded a normal courtship of almost two years’ duration. Shortly thereafter they moved into their new home in Nazareth, which had been built by Joseph with the assistance of two of his brothers. The house was located near the foot of the near-by elevated land which so charmingly overlooked the surrounding countryside. In this home, especially prepared, these young and expectant parents had thought to welcome the child of promise, little realizing that this momentous event of a universe was to transpire while they would be absent from home in Bethlehem of Judea.
2014 122:5.9 Josip i Marija su se uzeli prema židovskom običaju u Marijinom domu u okolici Nazareta, kad je Josipu bila dvadeset i jedna godina[24]. Ovaj je brak sklopljen kao rezultat udvaranja koje je trajao gotovo pune dvije godine. Nedugo nakon toga, preselili su se u svoju novu kuću u Nazaretu koju je Josip sagradio uz pomoć svoja dva brata[25]. Kuća se nalazila u blizini podnožja obližnje uzvišice, s koje se pružao predivan pogled na okolne predjele. U ovoj kući, posebno pripremljeni, ovi mladi i radosni roditelji su čekali na rođenje obećanog djeteta, ali nisu znali da se ovaj važni događaj u svemirskim poslovima trebao odigrati za vrijeme njihove odsutnosti, na putovanju u Betlehem u zemlji Judeji.
1955 122:5.10 The larger part of Joseph’s family became believers in the teachings of Jesus, but very few of Mary’s people ever believed in him until after he departed from this world. Joseph leaned more toward the spiritual concept of the expected Messiah, but Mary and her family, especially her father, held to the idea of the Messiah as a temporal deliverer and political ruler. Mary’s ancestors had been prominently identified with the Maccabean activities of the then but recent times.
2014 122:5.10 Veći dio Josipove obitelji je prihvatio vjerovanje u Isusova učenja, ali vrlo malo Marijinih rođaka su vjerovali u njega sve dok nije otišao s ovog svijeta. Josip je naginjao više prema duhovnom konceptu očekivanog Mesije, ali Marija i njezina obitelj, a pogotovo njezin otac, su držali da je Mesija bio vremenski izručitelj i politički vladar. Marijini preci su aktivno sudjelovali u tada skorašnjim makabejskim podvizima.
1955 122:5.11 Joseph held vigorously to the Eastern, or Babylonian, views of the Jewish religion; Mary leaned strongly toward the more liberal and broader Western, or Hellenistic, interpretation of the law and the prophets.
2014 122:5.11 Josip se čvrsto držao istočnog - ili babilonskog - tumačenja židovske religije; Marija je snažno naginjala liberalnijem i širem zapadnom ili helenističkom tumačenju zakona i proroka.
¶ 6. NAZARETSKI DOM
6. THE HOME AT NAZARETH
6. NAZARETSKI DOM
1955 122:6.1 The home of Jesus was not far from the high hill in the northerly part of Nazareth, some distance from the village spring, which was in the eastern section of the town. Jesus’ family dwelt in the outskirts of the city, and this made it all the easier for him subsequently to enjoy frequent strolls in the country and to make trips up to the top of this near-by highland, the highest of all the hills of southern Galilee save the Mount Tabor range to the east and the hill of Nain, which was about the same height. Their home was located a little to the south and east of the southern promontory of this hill and about midway between the base of this elevation and the road leading out of Nazareth toward Cana. Aside from climbing the hill, Jesus’ favorite stroll was to follow a narrow trail winding about the base of the hill in a northeasterly direction to a point where it joined the road to Sepphoris.
2014 122:6.1 Isusov je dom bio smješten u blizini visokog brda u sjevernom dijelu Nazareta, na nekoj udaljenosti od seoskog vrela smještenog u istočnom dijelu grada. Isusova je obitelj živjela u periferiji grada, što im je pružalo veću i češću priliku da uživaju u šetnjama kroz prirodu i izletima do vrha obližjeg gorja, najviše uzvisine u južnoj Galileji izuzev Taborskog gorja na istoku i brda Naina koje je bilo otprilike jednake visine. Njihov je dom bio smješten malo južnije i istočnije od ovog južnog predgorja i otprilike na pola puta između podnožja ovog uzvišenja i puta koji je vodio iz Nazareta prema Kani. Pored izleta na ovo gorje, Isus je najviše volio slijediti usku stazu koja se protezala oko podnožja ovog brda prema sjeveroistoku, do vezišta s putom za Seforis.
1955 122:6.2 The home of Joseph and Mary was a one-room stone structure with a flat roof and an adjoining building for housing the animals. The furniture consisted of a low stone table, earthenware and stone dishes and pots, a loom, a lampstand, several small stools, and mats for sleeping on the stone floor. In the back yard, near the animal annex, was the shelter which covered the oven and the mill for grinding grain. It required two persons to operate this type of mill, one to grind and another to feed the grain. As a small boy Jesus often fed grain to this mill while his mother turned the grinder.
2014 122:6.2 Ova kuća Josipa i Marije je bila jednosobna kamena građevina s ravnim krovom, na koju se nadovezivala staja. Namještaj se sastojao od niskog kamenog stola, glinenog posuđa i kamenih lonaca i tava, razboja za tkanje, svijećnjaka, nekoliko manjih stolica i prostirača za spavanje na kamenom podu. U dvorištu, pored kuće u blizini staje, nalazila se nadstrešnica koja je pokrivala pećnicu i mlin za mljevenje žita. Ovim su mlinom morale upravljati dvije osobe od kojih je jedna okretala ručicu, dok je druga sipala žito. Kad je bio mali, Isus je često sipao žito, dok je njegova majka okretala ručicu.
1955 122:6.3 In later years, as the family grew in size, they would all squat about the enlarged stone table to enjoy their meals, helping themselves from a common dish, or pot, of food. During the winter, at the evening meal the table would be lighted by a small, flat clay lamp, which was filled with olive oil. After the birth of Martha, Joseph built an addition to this house, a large room, which was used as a carpenter shop during the day and as a sleeping room at night.
2014 122:6.3 U kasnijim godinama, kako je obitelj rasla u veličini, imali su običaj objedovati za većim kamenim stolom, poslužujući se iz jedne posude ili lonca. Tijekom zime, za večernjeg obroka, stol bi osvjetljivala mala pljosnata glinena lampa napunjena maslinovim uljem.Nakon rođenja Marte, Josip je proširio kuću izgdradnjom velike sobe koja je preko dana služila kao tesarska radio nic a, a preko noći kao spavaća soba.
¶ 7. PUTOVANJE U BETLEHEM
7. THE TRIP TO BETHLEHEM
7. PUTOVANJE U BETLEHEM
1955 122:7.1 In the month of March, 8 B.C. (the month Joseph and Mary were married), Caesar Augustus decreed that all inhabitants of the Roman Empire should be numbered, that a census should be made which could be used for effecting better taxation. The Jews had always been greatly prejudiced against any attempt to “number the people,” and this, in connection with the serious domestic difficulties of Herod, King of Judea, had conspired to cause the postponement of the taking of this census in the Jewish kingdom for one year. Throughout all the Roman Empire this census was registered in the year 8 B.C., except in the Palestinian kingdom of Herod, where it was taken in 7 B.C., one year later.
2014 122:7.1 U mjesecu ožujku, 8. godine pr. K. (Josip i Marija su se tada upravo uzeli), Cezar August je izdao naredbu da se prebroje žitelji Rimskog carstva, da se izvrši popis pučanstva radi boljeg oporezivanja. Židovi su oduvijek imali duboke predrasude prema svakom pokušaju “prebrojavanja naroda,” i to je, zajedno s ozbiljnim domaćim poteškoćama Heroda, kralja Judeje, vodilo odgodi popisa u židovskom kraljevstvu za cijelu godinu dana[26]. U cijelom rimskom carstvu, s izuzetkom Palestine, ovaj popis stanovništva je obavljen 8. godine pr. K., osim u palestinskom kraljevstvu Heroda, gdje je izvršen 7. godine pr. K., godinu dana kasnije.
1955 122:7.2 It was not necessary that Mary should go to Bethlehem for enrollment—Joseph was authorized to register for his family—but Mary, being an adventurous and aggressive person, insisted on accompanying him. She feared being left alone lest the child be born while Joseph was away, and again, Bethlehem being not far from the City of Judah, Mary foresaw a possible pleasurable visit with her kinswoman Elizabeth.
2014 122:7.2 Marija nije bila obvezna ići u Betlehem na popis - Josip je bio ovlašten prijaviti cijelu obitelj - ali je Marija, koja je bila pustolovna i agresivna osoba, insistirala da mu se pridruži. Bojala se da se dijete ne rodi dok je Josip bio na putu, a kako je Betlehem bio nedaleko od Judina Grada, unaprijed se radovala mogućnosti posjeta svojoj rođakinji Elizabeti.
1955 122:7.3 Joseph virtually forbade Mary to accompany him, but it was of no avail; when the food was packed for the trip of three or four days, she prepared double rations and made ready for the journey. But before they actually set forth, Joseph was reconciled to Mary’s going along, and they cheerfully departed from Nazareth at the break of day.
2014 122:7.3 Josip je doslovce zabranio Mariji da mu se pridruži na putu, ali bez uspjeha; kad je pripravljala hranu za tri ili četiri dana, Marija je spremila duple porcije i spremno pošla na put. Prije nego što će krenuti, Josip se pomirio s idejom njezina putovanja, tako da su radosno napustili Nazaret sutradan rano ujutro[27].
1955 122:7.4 Joseph and Mary were poor, and since they had only one beast of burden, Mary, being large with child, rode on the animal with the provisions while Joseph walked, leading the beast. The building and furnishing of a home had been a great drain on Joseph since he had also to contribute to the support of his parents, as his father had been recently disabled. And so this Jewish couple went forth from their humble home early on the morning of August 18, 7 B.C., on their journey to Bethlehem.
2014 122:7.4 Josip i Marija su bili siromašni i budući da su imali samo jednu teretnu životinju, Marija je jahala, jer je bila u poodmakloj trudnoći, dok je Josip išao pješice vodeći teretnu životinju natovarenu potrepštinama. Josip je bio jako opterećen izgradnjom nove kuće i namještaja, jer je morao pomoći u izdržavanju svojih roditelja, kako mu je otac nedavno onemoćao. Tako je ovaj židovski par napustio svoj skromni dom rano ujutro 18. kolovoza 7. godine pr. K. idući prema Betlehemu.
1955 122:7.5 Their first day of travel carried them around the foothills of Mount Gilboa, where they camped for the night by the river Jordan and engaged in many speculations as to what sort of a son would be born to them, Joseph adhering to the concept of a spiritual teacher and Mary holding to the idea of a Jewish Messiah, a deliverer of the Hebrew nation.
2014 122:7.5 Prvi dan su obišli podnožje brda Gilboe, gdje su se utaborili preko noći uz rijeku Jordan, nagađajući o tome kakav će im se sin roditi, dok se Josip držao koncepta duhovnog učitelja, a Marija ideje o židovskom Mesiji, otkupitelju hebrejske nacije.
1955 122:7.6 Bright and early the morning of August 19, Joseph and Mary were again on their way. They partook of their noontide meal at the foot of Mount Sartaba, overlooking the Jordan valley, and journeyed on, making Jericho for the night, where they stopped at an inn on the highway in the outskirts of the city. Following the evening meal and after much discussion concerning the oppressiveness of Roman rule, Herod, the census enrollment, and the comparative influence of Jerusalem and Alexandria as centers of Jewish learning and culture, the Nazareth travelers retired for the night’s rest. Early in the morning of August 20 they resumed their journey, reaching Jerusalem before noon, visiting the temple, and going on to their destination, arriving at Bethlehem in midafternoon.
2014 122:7.6 Rano ujutro 19. kolovoza, Josip i Marija su ponovo bili na putu. Nakon što su zastali da ručaju u podnožju brda Sartaba, odakle su pružao pogled na dolinu Jordana, nastavili su ići prema Jerihonu, gdje su stigli predvečer i prenoćili u gostionici na prometnom putu u predgrađu. Nakon večere i mnogih rasprava o tlačiteljskoj rimskoj vlasti, Herodu, popisu i značajnom utjecaju Jeruzalema i Aleksandrije kao centara židovskog učenja i kulture, nazaretski putnici su se povukli na počinak. Rano sutradan ujutro, 20 kolovoza, nastavili su putovati i stigli su u Jeruzalem prije podne, i nakon što su prvo posjetili hram, otišli su u svoje konačno odredište, Betlehem, gdje su stigli oko sredine podneva.
1955 122:7.7 The inn was overcrowded, and Joseph accordingly sought lodgings with distant relatives, but every room in Bethlehem was filled to overflowing. On returning to the courtyard of the inn, he was informed that the caravan stables, hewn out of the side of the rock and situated just below the inn, had been cleared of animals and cleaned up for the reception of lodgers. Leaving the donkey in the courtyard, Joseph shouldered their bags of clothing and provisions and with Mary descended the stone steps to their lodgings below. They found themselves located in what had been a grain storage room to the front of the stalls and mangers. Tent curtains had been hung, and they counted themselves fortunate to have such comfortable quarters.
2014 122:7.7 Gostionica je bila pretrpana, tako da se Josip nadao da će naći prenoćište kod svojih dalekih rođaka, ali je svaka soba u Betlehemu bila krcata posjetiteljima. Po povratku u dvorište gostionice, Josip je saznao da je obližnja karavanska štala, isklesana u stijeni ispod gostionice, ispražnjena i očišćena za prijem posjetitelja[28]. Josip je ostavio magarca u dvorištu, uprtio vreće s odjećom i drugim potrepštinama, i uputio se s Marijom kamenim stubama do svratišta. Našli su se u prostoriji koja je služila kao spremište za žito ispred staje i jaslica. S plafona su visile zavjese od šatorskog platna i putnici su se smatrali jako srećnim što su bili u stanju naći tako udoban smještaj.
1955 122:7.8 Joseph had thought to go out at once and enroll, but Mary was weary; she was considerably distressed and besought him to remain by her side, which he did.
2014 122:7.8 Josip je odmah htio otići da se prijavi, ali je Marija bila umorna; bila je prilično uznemirena i zamolila je Josipa da o stane uz nj u, što j e on i učinio.
¶ 8. ISUSOVO ROĐENJE
8. THE BIRTH OF JESUS
8. ISUSOVO ROĐENJE
1955 122:8.1 All that night Mary was restless so that neither of them slept much. By the break of day the pangs of childbirth were well in evidence, and at noon, August 21, 7 B.C., with the help and kind ministrations of women fellow travelers, Mary was delivered of a male child. Jesus of Nazareth was born into the world, was wrapped in the clothes which Mary had brought along for such a possible contingency, and laid in a near-by manger.
2014 122:8.1 Marija se cijele noći prevrtala, tako da ni ona ni Josip nisu puno spavali. U zoru je počela osjećati porođajne bolove, a točno u podne 21. kolovoza 7. pr. K., uz pomoć i ljubaznu službu drugih žena koje su bile na putu, Marija je rodila dječaka. I tako je Isus iz Nazareta rođen u svijet, i majka Marija je umotala djetešce u odjeću koju je donijela da joj se nađu na putu i položila ga u obližnje jasle[29].
1955 122:8.2 In just the same manner as all babies before that day and since have come into the world, the promised child was born; and on the eighth day, according to the Jewish practice, he was circumcised and formally named Joshua (Jesus).
1955 122:8.3 The next day after the birth of Jesus, Joseph made his enrollment. Meeting a man they had talked with two nights previously at Jericho, Joseph was taken by him to a well-to-do friend who had a room at the inn, and who said he would gladly exchange quarters with the Nazareth couple. That afternoon they moved up to the inn, where they lived for almost three weeks until they found lodgings in the home of a distant relative of Joseph.
2014 122:8.3 Dan nakon Isusova rođenja, Josip se prijavio na popis. Na putu je sreo čovjeka s kojim je razgovarao prije dvije noći u Jerihonu, i koji je imao imućnog prijatelja koji je imao sobu u gostionici, i koji je ponudio da zamijeni mjesto s nazaretskim parom. I tako su tog poslijepodneva prešli u gostionicu, gdje su ostali gotovo tri tjedna, kad su prešli u dom Josipovog daljeg rođaka.
1955 122:8.4 The second day after the birth of Jesus, Mary sent word to Elizabeth that her child had come and received word in return inviting Joseph up to Jerusalem to talk over all their affairs with Zacharias. The following week Joseph went to Jerusalem to confer with Zacharias. Both Zacharias and Elizabeth had become possessed with the sincere conviction that Jesus was indeed to become the Jewish deliverer, the Messiah, and that their son John was to be his chief of aides, his right-hand man of destiny. And since Mary held these same ideas, it was not difficult to prevail upon Joseph to remain in Bethlehem, the City of David, so that Jesus might grow up to become the successor of David on the throne of all Israel. Accordingly, they remained in Bethlehem more than a year, Joseph meantime working some at his carpenter’s trade.
2014 122:8.4 Drugi dan nakon Isusova rođenja, Marija je poslala riječ Elizabeti o djetetovu rođenju, nakon čega je Josip primio poziv od Zakarija da dođe u Jeruzalem da rasprave svoje planove za budućnost. Josip je sljedeći tjedan otišao u Jeruzalem da se posavjetuje sa Zakarijem. Zakarije i Elizabeta su bili obuzeti iskrenim uvjerenjem da je Isus trebao postati židovski izručitelj, Mesija, i da je njihov sin Ivan trebao biti njegov glavni pomoćnik, desna ruka ovog čovjeka sudbine. A budući da je Marija dijelila ova uvjerenja, nije bilo teško nagovoriti Josipa da ostane u Betlehemu, Gradu Davidovu, gdje je Isus mogao odrasti da postane Davidov nasljednik na prijestolju Izraela. I tako su ostali u Betlehemu više od godinu dana, i Josip je u međuvremenu najvećim dijelom radio kao tesar.
1955 122:8.5 At the noontide birth of Jesus the seraphim of Urantia, assembled under their directors, did sing anthems of glory over the Bethlehem manger, but these utterances of praise were not heard by human ears. No shepherds nor any other mortal creatures came to pay homage to the babe of Bethlehem until the day of the arrival of certain priests from Ur, who were sent down from Jerusalem by Zacharias.
2014 122:8.5 U podne na dan Isusova rođenja, serafini Urantije okupljeni pod svojim upraviteljima, su doista pjevali himne slave nad betlehemskim jaslicama, ali ove se himne nisu mogle čuti ljudskim uhom. Ni pastiri niti bilo koje drugo ljudsko biće nije došlo iskazati poštovanje betlehemskom novorođenčetu, sve do dolaska određenih svećenika iz Ura, koje je Zakarije poslao iz Jeruzalema[31].
1955 122:8.6 These priests from Mesopotamia had been told sometime before by a strange religious teacher of their country that he had had a dream in which he was informed that “the light of life” was about to appear on earth as a babe and among the Jews. And thither went these three teachers looking for this “light of life.” After many weeks of futile search in Jerusalem, they were about to return to Ur when Zacharias met them and disclosed his belief that Jesus was the object of their quest and sent them on to Bethlehem, where they found the babe and left their gifts with Mary, his earth mother. The babe was almost three weeks old at the time of their visit.
2014 122:8.6 Ovi svećenici iz Mezopotamije su čuli od nekog čudnog učitelja religije iz njihove zemlje kako je on u snu primio saopćenje da se na zemlji trebalo pojaviti “svjetlo života” u obliku djetešceta među Židovima. I ova tri učitelja su tako krenula u potragu za tim “svjetlom života.” Nakon mnogo tjedana uzaludnog traganja u Jeruzalemu, upravo kad su se spremali vratiti u Ur, sreli su Zakarija koji im je rekao da je vjerovao da je Isus bio taj za kojim su tragali i poslao ih u Betlehem, gdje su ga našli i gdje su ostavili darove kod Marije, njegove zemaljske majke. Djetetu su bila gotovo tri tjedna u vrijeme njihova posjeta[32].
1955 122:8.7 These wise men saw no star to guide them to Bethlehem. The beautiful legend of the star of Bethlehem originated in this way: Jesus was born August 21 at noon, 7 B.C. On May 29, 7 B.C., there occurred an extraordinary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces. And it is a remarkable astronomic fact that similar conjunctions occurred on September 29 and December 5 of the same year. Upon the basis of these extraordinary but wholly natural events the well-meaning zealots of the succeeding generation constructed the appealing legend of the star of Bethlehem and the adoring Magi led thereby to the manger, where they beheld and worshiped the newborn babe. Oriental and near-Oriental minds delight in fairy stories, and they are continually spinning such beautiful myths about the lives of their religious leaders and political heroes. In the absence of printing, when most human knowledge was passed by word of mouth from one generation to another, it was very easy for myths to become traditions and for traditions eventually to become accepted as facts.
2014 122:8.7 Ti mudraci nisu došli u Betlehem slijedeći zvijezdu. Lijepo predanje o betlehemskoj zvijezdi je nastalo na ovaj način: Isus je rođen u podne 21. kolovoza 7. godine pr. K. 29. svibnja iste ove godine, došlo je do nesvakidašnjeg susreta Jupitera i Saturna u zviježđu Riba. I trebamo zabilježiti tu izvanrednu astronomsku činjenicu da je došlo do sličnih susreta 29. rujna i 5[33]. prosinca iste godine. Na osnovu ovih nesvakidašnjih ali posve prirodnih događaja, dobronamjerni entuzijasti iz sljedeće generacije vjernika su satkali lijepu legendu o zvijezdi Betlehema i mudracima koji su je slijedili do štale, gdje su našli dijete i gdje su mu iskazali štovanje. Istočni i bliskoistočni umovi jako uživaju u bajkama, i ne prestaju izmišljati lijepe mitove o životu svojih religioznih vođa i političkih heroja. Prije pojave tiska, kad se ljudsko znanje najvećim dijelom prenosilo usmenim putom iz generacije u generaciju, predanja su vrlo lako postajala tradicije, a tradicije su vremenom bile prihvaćane kao činjenice.
¶ 9. PREZENTACIJA U HRAMU
9. THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
9. PREZENTACIJA U HRAMU
1955 122:9.1 Moses had taught the Jews that every first-born son belonged to the Lord, and that, in lieu of his sacrifice as was the custom among the heathen nations, such a son might live provided his parents would redeem him by the payment of five shekels to any authorized priest. There was also a Mosaic ordinance which directed that a mother, after the passing of a certain period of time, should present herself (or have someone make the proper sacrifice for her) at the temple for purification. It was customary to perform both of these ceremonies at the same time. Accordingly, Joseph and Mary went up to the temple at Jerusalem in person to present Jesus to the priests and effect his redemption and also to make the proper sacrifice to insure Mary’s ceremonial purification from the alleged uncleanness of childbirth.
2014 122:9.1 Mojsije je učio Židove da svaki prvorođeni sin pripada Bogu i da tako, umjesto što će biti prineseno kao žrtva kao što je bio običaj među paganskim nacijama, dijete može biti ostavljeno u životu ako njegovi roditelji plate pet šekelaovlašćenom svećeniku[34][35]. Mojsije je pored toga odredio da se majka nakon određenog vremena predstavi u hramu (ili da netko drugi prinese odgovarajuću žrtvu u njezino ime) i da prođe kroz proces očišćenja[36]. Te su dvije ceremonije obično izvođene u isto vrijeme[37]. U skladu s tim, Josip i Marija su otišli u hram osobno predstaviti Isusa svećenicima i tražiti djetetovo iskupljenje, kao i s namjerom da Marija prinese ispravnu žrtvu ceremonijalnog očišćenja od navodno nečistog porođaja.
1955 122:9.2 There lingered constantly about the courts of the temple two remarkable characters, Simeon a singer and Anna a poetess. Simeon was a Judean, but Anna was a Galilean. This couple were frequently in each other’s company, and both were intimates of the priest Zacharias, who had confided the secret of John and Jesus to them. Both Simeon and Anna longed for the coming of the Messiah, and their confidence in Zacharias led them to believe that Jesus was the expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
2014 122:9.2 U dvoranama hrama obično su se mogle naći dvije izuzetne osobe, pjevač Šimun i pjesnikinja Ana[38][39]. Šimun je bio iz Judeje, a Ana iz Galileje. Ovo dvoje su uglavnom provodili vrijeme zajedno, i oboje su bili bliski prijatelji Zakarija koji im je povjerio tajnu o Ivanu i Isusu. Šimun i Ana su željno iščekivali dolazak Mesije, i kako su imali veliko povjerenje u Zakarija, povjerovali su da je Isus bio obećani izručitelj židovskog naroda[40].
2014 122:9.5 Blagoslovljen Gospodin, Bog Izraelov;
1955 122:9.6 For he has visited us and wrought redemption for his people;
2014 122:9.6 Jer nas posjeti da otkupi narod svoj;
1955 122:9.7 He has raised up a horn of salvation for all of us
2014 122:9.7 Učini da izraste rog svačijeg spasenja
1955 122:9.9 Even as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets —
2014 122:9.9 Kao što obeća na usta proroka svojih svetih –
1955 122:9.10 Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
2014 122:9.10 Spasenje od naših neprijatelja i od ruke svih koji nas mrze;
1955 122:9.11 To show mercy to our fathers, and remember his holy covenant —
2014 122:9.11 Da učini milosrđe ocima našim i sjeti se svetoga zavjeta –
2014 122:9.12 Zakletve kojom se zakle Abrahamu ocu našemu,
1955 122:9.13 To grant us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,
2014 122:9.13 Da nam dopusti da, izbavljeni iz ruku neprijatelja
1955 122:9.15 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
2014 122:9.15 U svetosti i pravednosti pred njim u sve naše dane.
2014 122:9.16 A i ti, djetešce obećanja, zvat ćeš se prorok Svevišnjega;
1955 122:9.17 For you shall go before the face of the Lord to establish his kingdom;
2014 122:9.17 Jer ćeš ići pred Gospodinom da utemeljiš njegovo kraljevstvo;
1955 122:9.18 To give knowledge of salvation to his people
2014 122:9.18 Da pružiš spoznaju spasenja narodu njegovu U oproštenju grijeha njihovih.
1955 122:9.19 In the remission of their sins.
2014 122:9.19 Radujte se milosrđu Boga našega, zbog koga će nas pohoditi Sunce s visine
1955 122:9.20 Rejoice in the tender mercy of our God because the dayspring from on high has now visited us
2014 122:9.20 Da obasja one koji prebivaju u tmini i sjeni smrtnoj;
1955 122:9.21 To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
2014 122:9.21 Da upravi korake naše na put mira.
1955 122:9.22 To guide our feet into ways of peace.
2014 122:9.22 Sad možeš, Gospodine, otpustiti slugu svojega da,
1955 122:9.23 And now let your servant depart in peace, O Lord, according to your word,
2014 122:9.23 Po riječi tvojoj, ide u miru,
1955 122:9.24 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
2014 122:9.24 Jer mi oči vidješe spasenje tvoje,
1955 122:9.25 Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
2014 122:9.25 Koje si pripravio pred licem svih naroda;
1955 122:9.26 A light for even the unveiling of the gentiles
¶ 10. HEROD NA DJELU
10. HEROD ACTS
10. HEROD NA DJELU
1955 122:10.1 But the watchers for Herod were not inactive. When they reported to him the visit of the priests of Ur to Bethlehem, Herod summoned these Chaldeans to appear before him. He inquired diligently of these wise men about the new “king of the Jews,” but they gave him little satisfaction, explaining that the babe had been born of a woman who had come down to Bethlehem with her husband for the census enrollment. Herod, not being satisfied with this answer, sent them forth with a purse and directed that they should find the child so that he too might come and worship him, since they had declared that his kingdom was to be spiritual, not temporal. But when the wise men did not return, Herod grew suspicious. As he turned these things over in his mind, his informers returned and made full report of the recent occurrences in the temple, bringing him a copy of parts of the Simeon song which had been sung at the redemption ceremonies of Jesus. But they had failed to follow Joseph and Mary, and Herod was very angry with them when they could not tell him whither the pair had taken the babe. He then dispatched searchers to locate Joseph and Mary. Knowing Herod pursued the Nazareth family, Zacharias and Elizabeth remained away from Bethlehem. The boy baby was secreted with Joseph’s relatives.
2014 122:10.1 No, Herodovi promatrači nisu mirovali. Kad su mu donijeli vijesti o posjeti urskih svećenika Betlehemu, Herod je pozvao ove Kaldejce u posjet[46]. Podrobno ih je ispitao o novom “kralju Židova,” ali oni mu nisu mnogo rekli, objašnjavajući da je dijete rođeno ženi koja je s mužem došla u Betlehem da se prijavi na popis pučanstva. Herod, koji nije bio zadovoljan ovim odgovorom, im je dao novčanu nagradu i nalog da nađu dijete, da mu i on iskaže svoje poštovanje, kako su smatrali da će njegovo kraljevstvo biti duhovno, a ne zemaljsko[47]. Ali kad se mudraci nisu vratili, Herod je postao sumnjičav. Dok je okretao te stvari po glavi, njegovi doušnici su se vratili i donijeli puni izvještaj o skorašnjim događajima u hramu, s kopijom dijelova Šimunove pjesme u čast Isusova ceremonijalnog otkupljenja. Ali oni su izgubili traga Josipu i Mariji, i Herod je bio jako ljut što mu nisu bili u stanju reći kamo su odveli dijete[48]. On je zatim poslao doušnike da pronađu Josipa i Mariju. Znajući da je Herod krenuo u potjeru za nazaretskom obitelji, Zakarije i Elizabeta su se držali podalje od Betlehema. Djetešce je bilo sakriveno kod Josipovih rođaka.
1955 122:10.2 Joseph was afraid to seek work, and their small savings were rapidly disappearing. Even at the time of the purification ceremonies at the temple, Joseph deemed himself sufficiently poor to warrant his offering for Mary two young pigeons as Moses had directed for the purification of mothers among the poor.
2014 122:10.2 Josip se bojao tražiti posla, i njihova mala ušteđevina je svakim danom postajala sve manja. Čak i prilikom ceremonijalnog očišćenja u hramu, Josip se smatrao toliko siromašnim da je ponudio samo dva golubića za Marijino očišćenje, što je Mojsije naložio kao cijenu za očišćenje siromašnih majki[49].
1955 122:10.3 When, after more than a year of searching, Herod’s spies had not located Jesus, and because of the suspicion that the babe was still concealed in Bethlehem, he prepared an order directing that a systematic search be made of every house in Bethlehem, and that all boy babies under two years of age should be killed. In this manner Herod hoped to make sure that this child who was to become “king of the Jews” would be destroyed. And thus perished in one day sixteen boy babies in Bethlehem of Judea. But intrigue and murder, even in his own immediate family, were common occurrences at the court of Herod.
2014 122:10.3 Kada, nakon više od godinu dana uzaludnog traganja, Herodove uhode nisu bile u stanju naći Isusa i kako je postojala sumnja da se dijete još uvijek nalazilo u Betlehemu, Herod je izdao nalog da se sistematski pretraži svaka kuća u Betlehemu i da se ubiju svi dječaci koji su imali manje od dvije godine. Na taj način, Herod se nadao da će uništiti to dijete koje je trebalo postati “kralj Židova.”I tako je u jednom danu ubijeno šesnaest dječaka u Betlehemu judejskome. No, intriga i ubojstvo, čak i u njegovoj užoj obitelji, su bili uobičajeni na dvoru Heroda[50].
1955 122:10.4 The massacre of these infants took place about the middle of October, 6 B.C., when Jesus was a little over one year of age. But there were believers in the coming Messiah even among Herod’s court attachés, and one of these, learning of the order to slaughter the Bethlehem boy babies, communicated with Zacharias, who in turn dispatched a messenger to Joseph; and the night before the massacre Joseph and Mary departed from Bethlehem with the babe for Alexandria in Egypt. In order to avoid attracting attention, they journeyed alone to Egypt with Jesus. They went to Alexandria on funds provided by Zacharias, and there Joseph worked at his trade while Mary and Jesus lodged with well-to-do relatives of Joseph’s family. They sojourned in Alexandria two full years, not returning to Bethlehem until after the death of Herod.
2014 122:10.4 Ovaj pokolj djece se odigrao sredinom listopada 6. godine pr. K., kad je Isusu bilo malo više od godinu dana. No, i među Herodovim dvoranima je bilo vjernika u dolazak Mesije i jedan od njih je saznao o naredbi da se pobiju betlehemska muška djeca i saopćio te vijesti Zakariju, koji je pak poslao glasnika Josipu; tako su noć prije ovog masakra Josip i Marija s djetešcetom otišli iz Betlehema i uputili se prema Aleksandriji u Egiptu[51]. Kako ne bi privlačili pozornost, bez pratnje su putovali s Isusom prema Egiptu[52]. Bili su u mogućnosti otići u Aleksandriju zahvaljujući novčanoj pomoći Zakarija, i Josip je tamo bio u prilici raditi u svojoj struci, dok su Marija i Isus boravili kod imućnog člana Josipove obitelji. U Aleksandriji su se zadržali dvije godine i vratili se u Betlehem tek nakon Herodove smrti[53].
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¶ Reference
¶ Biblija
- ↑ 122:1.1 Josipovo podrijetlo: Mt 1:1-16; Lk 3:23-38.
- ↑ 122:1.3 Isusovi roditelji: Mt 1:16-21,24-25; Mt 2:11; Mt 13:55; Mt 27:56; Mk 6:3; Mk 15:40; Lk 1:26-56; Lk 2:4-5,16,19; Lk 2:33-34,43; Lk 3:23; Iv 1:45; Iv 6:42; Iv 19:25-27; Dj 1:14.
- ↑ 122:2.1 Ivanovi roditelji: Lk 1:5-7.
- ↑ 122:2.2 Gabrielov nastup: Lk 1:11-12.
- ↑ 122:2.3 Gabrielova poruka Zahariji: Lk 1:13-17. Zaharijina služba: Lk 1:8-10.
- ↑ 122:2.5 Elizabetina tajna: Lk 1:24-25.
- ↑ 122:2.5 Zaharijina sumnja: Lk 1:18.
- ↑ 122:2.6 Gabrijel se ukazuje Mariji: Lk 1:26-27.
- ↑ 122:2.6 Marija posjećuje Elizabetu: Lk 1:39-40.
- ↑ 122:2.6 Trajanje posjeta: Lk 1:56.
- ↑ 122:2.7 Ivanovo rođenje i djetinjstvo: Lk 1:57-63.
- ↑ 122:2.8 Ivanova mladost: Lk 1:80.
- ↑ 122:3.1 Gabrijel se ukazuje Mariji: Lk 1:26-27.
- ↑ 122:3.1 Navještenje: Lk 1:28-37.
- ↑ 122:3.1 Ime Isusovo: Mt 1:21,25; Lk 1:31.
- ↑ 122:3.4 Samo nadnaravni čin: Lk 1:26-38.
- ↑ 122:4.1 Josipov san: Mt 1:20-21,24.
- ↑ 122:4.3 Josip ne potječe iz Davidove loze: Mt 1:1-16; Lk 1:27; Lk 2:4.
- ↑ 122:4.3 Josipa do Betlehema: Lk 2:4.
- ↑ 122:4.3 Usvojeni predak: Mt 1:14-16; Lk 3:23-24.
- ↑ 122:4.4 Isus nije bio iz Davidove loze: Mt 22:41-46; Mk 12:35-37; Lk 20:41-44.
- ↑ 122:4.4 Pogrešno predstavljanje proročanstva o djevičanskom začeću: Iz 7:14; Mt 1:22-23.
- ↑ 122:4.4 Pogrešne genealogije: Mt 1:1-16; Lk 3:23-37.
- ↑ 122:5.9 Vjenčanje Isusovih roditelja: Mt 1:18-21,24-25.
- ↑ 122:5.9 Živio/la je u Nazaretu: Lk 1:26; Lk 2:4-5.
- ↑ 122:7.1 „Broj“ ljudi za poreze: Lk 2:1,3. Reakcije protiv numeriranja ljudi: 1 Ljet 21:1,5; 2 Sam 24:1-4,10.
- ↑ 122:7.3 Marija ide u Betlehem: Lk 2:4-5.
- ↑ 122:7.7 Koliba u štali: Lk 2:7b.
- ↑ 122:8.1 Isusovo rođenje: Mt 1:25b; Lk 2:6-7.
- ↑ 122:8.2 Obrezivanje i posveta: Lk 2:21.
- ↑ 122:8.5 Anđeli, bez pastira: Lk 2:8-18, 20.
- ↑ 122:8.6 Posjet mudraca: Mt 2:1-12.
- ↑ 122:8.7 U Betlehemu nije bilo zvijezde: Mt 2:2,7,9-10.
- ↑ 122:9.1 Prvorođenac Bogu: Izl 13:1-2; Izl 22:29-30; Br 3:13; Br 8:16-17.
- ↑ 122:9.1 Otkupljenje: Izl 13:15; Izl 34:20; Br 18:15-16; Lk 2:22-24.
- ↑ 122:9.1 Pročišćavanje trudnica: Lev 2:2-3,6,8; Lk 2:22-24.
- ↑ 122:9.1 Dva obreda: Lk 2:21-24.
- ↑ 122:9.2 Simeon: Lk 2:25.
- ↑ 122:9.2 Ana: Lk 2:36-38.
- ↑ 122:9.2 Oboje vide Isusa kao Mesiju: Lk 2:26.
- ↑ 122:9.3 Dvoje je bilo u Hramu: Lk 2:27a.
- ↑ 122:9.4 Annina pjesma: Lk 1:67; Lk 2:28.
- ↑ 122:9.4 Himna otkupljenja: Lk 1:68-79; Lk 2:29-32.
- ↑ 122:9.26 Svjetlo poganima: Iz 9:2; Iv 1:4-9; Iv 8:12; Iv 9:5; 1 Iv 2:8.
- ↑ 122:9.28 Roditelji se dive: Lk 2:33.
- ↑ 122:10.1 Herod poziva mudrace: Mt 2:1-3,.
- ↑ 122:10.1 Šalje mudrace da pronađu bebu: Mt 2:7-9a.
- ↑ 122:10.1 Herod ljut: Mt 2:16a.
- ↑ 122:10.2 Josip „siromašan“: Lev 12:2,6-8; Lk 2:22-24.
- ↑ 122:10.3 Ubijeni muški bebe: Mt 2:16.
- ↑ 122:10.4 Upozorenje: Mt 2:13.
- ↑ 122:10.4 Let za Egipat: Mt 2:14.
- ↑ 122:10.4 Duljina boravka: Mt 2:15a,19-21.
¶ Druge knjige
- ↑ 122:3.1 122:3.1: Qur'an, ---, poglavlje 3, p. v43
- ↑ 122:3.1 122:3.1: Qur'an, ---, poglavlje 19, p. v21