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Upamtite da postoje dvije vrste mučenja: blago i grubo. Na primjer, neznanje samo po sebi jest mučenje, ali to je blago mučenje; ravnodušnost prema Bogu samo je po sebi mučenje; isto je takvo i laganje, okrutnost i prijevara. Sve su nesavršenosti mučenja. Naravno da je za inteligentnog čovjeka smrt bolja od grijeha, a odsječen jezik bolji od laganja ili klevete. |
Know that there are two kinds of torment: subtile and gross. For example, ignorance itself is a torment, but it is a subtile torment; indifference to God is itself a torment; so also are falsehood, cruelty and treachery. All the imperfections are torments, but they are subtile torments. Certainly for an intelligent man death is better than sin, and a cut tongue is better than lying or calumny. |
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Druga je vrsta mučenja gruba – kao na primjer utamničenje, šibanje, izgon ili progonstvo. No, za Božje je ljude odvojenost od Boga najveće mučenje. |
The other kind of torment is gross—such as penalties, imprisonment, beating, expulsion and banishment. But for the people of God separation from God is the greatest torment of all. |
