The unheard story of David and Goliath | Malcolm Gladwell

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So I wanted to tell a story

Želio bih ispričati priču

that really obsessed me when I was writing my new book,

koja me doista zaokupljala tijekom pisanja moje nove knjige.

and it's a story of something that happened

Radi se o priči o nečemu što se dogodilo

3,000 years ago,

prije 3.000 godina,

when the Kingdom of Israel was in its infancy.

dok je Kraljevstvo Izrael bilo još u svome ranom djetinjstvu.

And it takes place in an area called the Shephelah

Odvija se u kraju zvanom Šefela,

in what is now Israel.

koji se danas nalazi u Izraelu.

And the reason the story obsessed me is that

Ta me priča zaokupljala zato što sam

I thought I understood it, and then I went back over it

mislio da je razumijem, a onda sam je ponovno proučio

and I realized that I didn't understand it at all.

i uvidio da je uopće nisam razumio.

Ancient Palestine had a -- along its eastern border,

Duž istočne granice drevne Palestine

there's a mountain range.

nalazi se planinski lanac.

Still same is true of Israel today.

Isto vrijedi i za današnji Izrael.

And in the mountain range are all of the ancient cities

U području tog planinskog lanca nalaze se svi drevni gradovi

of that region, so Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron.

te regije - Jeruzalem, Betlehem, Hebron.

And then there's a coastal plain

A postoji i priobalna ravnica

along the Mediterranean, where Tel Aviv is now.

duž sredozemne obale, gdje se danas nalazi Tel Aviv.

And connecting the mountain range with the coastal plain

Taj planinski lanac je s priobalnom ravnicom povezan

is an area called the Shephelah,

područjem zvanim Šefela,

which is a series of valleys and ridges that run east to west,

kojeg čine nizovi dolina i brežuljaka što se spuštaju od istoka prema zapadu.

and you can follow the Shephelah, go through the Shephelah

Kroz Šefelu trebate proći da biste

to get from the coastal plain to the mountains.

iz priobalne ravnice stigli u planine.

And the Shephelah, if you've been to Israel, you'll know

A Šefela - ako ste ikad bili u Izraelu, znat ćete -

it's just about the most beautiful part of Israel.

jednostavno je najljepši dio Izraela.

It's gorgeous, with forests of oak

Veličanstvena je - s hrastovim šumama,

and wheat fields and vineyards.

žitnim poljima, vinogradima.

But more importantly, though, in the history of that region,

No, još je važnije što je tijekom povijesti te regije

it's served, it's had a real strategic function,

Šefela imala istinski stratešku ulogu.

and that is, it is the means by which hostile armies

Ona je "sredstvo" pomoću kojega neprijateljske vojske

on the coastal plain find their way,

iz priobalne ravnice pronalaze put,

get up into the mountains and threaten those living in the mountains.

uspinju se u planine i prijete žiteljima u planinama.

And 3,000 years ago, that's exactly what happens.

Upravo to se zbiva prije 3.000 godina.

The Philistines, who are the biggest of enemies

Filistejci, najveći neprijatelji

of the Kingdom of Israel,

Kraljevstva Izrael,

are living in the coastal plain.

žive u priobalnoj ravnici.

They're originally from Crete. They're a seafaring people.

Porijeklom su s Krete. Pomorci su.

And they may start to make their way

U prilici su prodrijeti

through one of the valleys of the Shephelah

kroz jednu od dolina Šefele

up into the mountains,

sve do planina,

because what they want to do is occupy the highland area

jer oni žele zaposjesti gorsko područje

right by Bethlehem and split the Kingdom of Israel in two.

oko Betlehema i prepoloviti Kraljevstvo Izrael.

And the Kingdom of Israel, which is headed by King Saul,

I Kraljevstvo Izrael, na čijem je čelu Kralj Šaul,

obviously catches wind of this,

očito biva dohvaćeno tim vjetrovima.

and Saul brings his army down from the mountains

Šaul spušta svoju vojsku niz planine

and he confronts the Philistines in the Valley of Elah,

i suprotstavlja je Filistejcima u Dolini Elah,

one of the most beautiful of the valleys of the Shephelah.

jednoj od najljepših dolina Šefele.

And the Israelites dig in along the northern ridge,

Izraelci se ukopavaju duž sjevernog grebena,

and the Philistines dig in along the southern ridge,

a Filistejci duž južnoga,

and the two armies just sit there for weeks

i dvije vojske miruju ondje tjednima.

and stare at each other, because they're deadlocked.

Promatraju se međusobno - obje u bezizlaznom položaju.

Neither can attack the other, because to attack the other side

Nijedna ne može napasti drugu jer da biste izveli napad,

you've got to come down the mountain into the valley

morali biste se s planine spustiti u dolinu,

and then up the other side, and you're completely exposed.

a onda opet uspeti na drugu stranu, a tako biste bili potpuno izloženi.

So finally, to break the deadlock,

Konačno, da bi bi izišli iz tog ćorsokaka,

the Philistines send their mightiest warrior

Filistejci pošalju svog najmoćnijeg ratnika

down into the valley floor, and he calls out

u dno doline, odakle on

and he says to the Israelites,

izazove Izraelce:

"Send your mightiest warrior down,

"Pošaljite svog najmoćnijeg ratnika ovamo dolje,

and we'll have this out, just the two of us."

a s naše strane bit ću ja, samo nas dvojica!"

This was a tradition in ancient warfare called single combat.

Ovakva je bila tradicija u drevnim ratovima koja se nazivala jedna borba.

It was a way of settling disputes

Bio je to način rješavanja prijepora

without incurring the bloodshed of a major battle.

bez izazivanja krvoprolića neizbježnog u velikim bitkama.

And the Philistine who is sent down,

A taj Filistejac,

their mighty warrior, is a giant.

njihov moćni ratnik, bio je gorostas.

He's 6 foot 9.

Visok oko 205 cm.

He's outfitted head to toe in this glittering bronze armor,

Od glave do pete, u blještavom brončanom oklopu,

and he's got a sword and he's got a javelin

naoružan mačem i sulicom,

and he's got his spear. He is absolutely terrifying.

i kopljem. Zastrašujuće izgleda.

And he's so terrifying that none of the Israelite soldiers want to fight him.

Toliko zastrašujuće da mu se nijedan izraelski vojnik ne želi suprotstaviti.

It's a death wish, right? There's no way they think they can take him.

To bi značilo smrtnu presudu, zar ne? Nitko ni ne pomišlja da ga može srediti.

And finally the only person who will come forward

Konačno, jedina osoba koja želi istupiti

is this young shepherd boy,

je taj mladi pastir.

and he goes up to Saul and he says, "I'll fight him."

On priđe Šaulu i kaže: "Ja ću se s njim boriti."

And Saul says, "You can't fight him. That's ridiculous.

A Šaul mu reče: "Ne možeš se ti s njime boriti. To je smiješno.

You're this kid. This is this mighty warrior."

Ti si klinac a on je moćan ratnik"

But the shepherd is adamant. He says, "No, no, no,

No, pastir je ustrajan: "Ne, ne, ne,

you don't understand, I have been defending my flock

vi ne razumijete, godinama branim svoje stado

against lions and wolves for years. I think I can do it."

od lavova i vukova. Vjerujem da to mogu."

And Saul has no choice. He's got no one else who's come forward.

I Šaul nema izbora. Nema nikoga drugoga tko bi se odvažio.

So he says, "All right."

Stoga reče: "Dobro."

And then he turns to the kid, and he says,

Okrene se klincu, i kaže:

"But you've got to wear this armor. You can't go as you are."

"Ali, moraš nositi ovaj oklop! Ne možeš ići ovakav"

So he tries to give the shepherd his armor,

I pokuša pastiru dati svoj oklop,

and the shepherd says, "No."

ali pastir reče: "Ne."

He says, "I can't wear this stuff."

Kaže: "Ja ne mogu to nositi."

The Biblical verse is, "I cannot wear this for I have not proved it,"

Biblijski stih glasi: "Ne mogu to nositi jer nisam dokazao."

meaning, "I've never worn armor before. You've got to be crazy."

što znači: "Nikad ranije nisam nosio oklop. Vi ste sigurno poludjeli."

So he reaches down instead on the ground

Umjesto toga, on se prignu k zemlji

and picks up five stones

i pokupi pet kamena

and puts them in his shepherd's bag

i spremi ih u pastirsku vreću

and starts to walk down the mountainside to meet the giant.

i krenu niz brijeg ususret gorostasu.

And the giant sees this figure approaching,

Div ugleda lika koji mu prilazi

and calls out, "Come to me so I can feed your flesh

i izazove ga: "Dođi k meni, da dam tvoje meso

to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field."

pticama nebeskim i zvijerima zemaljskim."

He issues this kind of taunt towards this person

Ovakvom se vrstom poruge obraća osobi koja

coming to fight him.

mu prilazi da bi se s njime borila.

And the shepherd draws closer and closer,

Pastir mu prilazi sve bliže i bliže,

and the giant sees that he's carrying a staff.

i gorostas zamijeti da ovaj nosi štap.

That's all he's carrying.

To je sve što nosi.

Instead of a weapon, just this shepherd's staff,

Umjesto oružja, samo taj pastirski štap,

and he says -- he's insulted --

i div --uvrijeđen-- kaže

"Am I a dog that you would come to me with sticks?"

"Zar sam ja pseto te ideš na me sa štapovima?"

And the shepherd boy takes one of his stones

A mladi pastir vadi jedan od kamena

out of his pocket, puts it in his sling

iz svoga džepa, i stavi ga u praćku

and rolls it around and lets it fly

nategne i opali,

and it hits the giant right between the eyes --

te pogodi diva točno između očiju --

right here, in his most vulnerable spot --

točno ovdje, u najslabiju njegovu točku --

and he falls down either dead or unconscious,

i ovaj pade mrtav ili onesviješten,

and the shepherd boy runs up and takes his sword

i mladi pastir pritrči, uze njegov mač

and cuts off his head,

i odsiječe mu glavu,

and the Philistines see this and they turn and they just run.

i Filistejci to vide, okrenu se i počnu bježati.

And of course, the name of the giant is Goliath

Naravno, ime diva je Golijat,

and the name of the shepherd boy is David,

a mladoga pastira David.

and the reason that story has obsessed me

A razlog zbog kojega me ova priča zaokupljala,

over the course of writing my book

tijekom pisanja ove knjige,

is that everything I thought I knew about that story

jest što se sve što sam mislio da o ovoj priči znam

turned out to be wrong.

ispostavilo pogrešnim.

So David, in that story, is supposed to be the underdog, right?

David je, dakle, u ovoj priči slabija strana, zar ne?

In fact, that term, David and Goliath,

Zapravo, taj izraz , David i Golijat,

has entered our language as a metaphor for

ušao je u naš govor kao metafora za

improbable victories

nevjerojatnu pobjedu

by some weak party over someone far stronger.

slabijega nad nekim znatno jačim.

Now why do we call David an underdog?

E sad, zašto Davida nazivamo slabijim?

Well, we call him an underdog because he's a kid,

Nazivamo ga tako zato što je klinac,

a little kid, and Goliath is this big, strong giant.

klinjo, a Golijat je taj velik i snažan gorostas.

We also call him an underdog

Nazivamo ga slabijim

because Goliath is an experienced warrior,

i zato što je Golijat iskusan ratnik,

and David is just a shepherd.

a David tek pastir.

But most importantly, we call him an underdog

Ali, najvažnije, nazivamo ga slabijim

because all he has is -- it's that Goliath is outfitted with

jer je sve što ima -- Golijat je opremljen

all of this modern weaponry,

svim tim suvremenim naoružanjem,

this glittering coat of armor

tim blještavim oklopom,

and a sword and a javelin and a spear,

mačem, sulicom i kopljem,

and all David has is this sling.

a sve što David ima je praćka.

Well, let's start there with the phrase

Započnimo stoga s izrazom

"All David has is this sling,"

"Sve što David ima je ta praćka."

because that's the first mistake that we make.

jer to je prva pogreška koju činimo.

In ancient warfare, there are three kinds of warriors.

U drevnom ratovanju postoje tri vrste ratnika.

There's cavalry, men on horseback and with chariots.

Postoji konjica - muškarci na konjima i s kočijama.

There's heavy infantry, which are foot soldiers,

Zatim, teško pješaštvo koje čine pješaci,

armed foot soldiers with swords and shields

naoružani pješaci s mačevima i štitovima,

and some kind of armor.

i nekom vrstom oklopa.

And there's artillery, and artillery are archers,

Na koncu, artiljerija, koju čine streličari te,

but, more importantly, slingers.

još i važnije, praćkaši.

And a slinger is someone who has a leather pouch

Praćkaš je netko tko ima kožni džepić

with two long cords attached to it,

pričvršćen za dva duga užeta,

and they put a projectile, either a rock or a lead ball,

i u njega stavlja projektil, stijenu ili olovnu kuglu,

inside the pouch, and they whirl it around like this

i zavrte ga ovako

and they let one of the cords go,

te otpuste jedno od užadi,

and the effect is to send the projectile forward

i tako odašilju projektil naprijed

towards its target.

ka meti.

That's what David has, and it's important to understand

Upravo je to ono što David ima, i važno je razumjeti

that that sling is not a slingshot.

da ta praćka nije praćka kakvu poznajemo.

It's not this, right? It's not a child's toy.

Ne radi se o ovome, razumijete? To nije dječja igračka.

It's in fact an incredibly devastating weapon.

To je ustvari nevjerojatno razorno oružje.

When David rolls it around like this,

Kada David to na ovaj način zavrti,

he's turning the sling around probably

on tu praćku vrti brzinom od vjerojatno

at six or seven revolutions per second,

6 ili 7 okreta u sekundi.

and that means that when the rock is released,

Znači da kamen, kad je otpušten,

it's going forward really fast,

leti vrlo brzo,

probably 35 meters per second.

vjerojatno oko 35 metara u sekundi.

That's substantially faster than a baseball

To je bitno brže od bejzbolske loptice

thrown by even the finest of baseball pitchers.

koju baca i najvještiji bacač.

More than that, the stones in the Valley of Elah

Štoviše, kamenje u Dolini Elah

were not normal rocks. They were barium sulphate,

nije bilo obično stijenje. Radilo se o barijevom sulfatu,

which are rocks twice the density of normal stones.

a takvo je kamenje dvaput gušće od običnoga.

If you do the calculations on the ballistics,

Napravite li neke balističke proračune

on the stopping power of the rock fired from David's sling,

o zaustavnoj sili kamena ispaljenog iz Davidove praćke,

it's roughly equal to the stopping power

ona je otprilike jednaka zaustavnoj sili

of a [.45 caliber] handgun.

metka ispaljenog iz 45-milimetarskog pištolja.

This is an incredibly devastating weapon.

To je nevjerojatno razorno oružje.

Accuracy, we know from historical records

Preciznost, iz povijesnih zapisa znamo

that slingers -- experienced slingers could hit

da su iskusni praćkaši mogli pogoditi,

and maim or even kill a target at distances of up to 200 yards.

ozlijediti, pa čak i ubiti na udaljenostima i do 200 metara.

From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers

Na srednjovjekovnim tapiserijama vidimo da su praćkaši

were capable of hitting birds in flight.

bili kadri pogoditi ptice u letu.

They were incredibly accurate.

Bili su iznimno precizni.

When David lines up -- and he's not 200 yards away from Goliath,

Kad se David postavi nasuprot Golijatu, i to ne na 200 metara od Golijata,

he's quite close to Goliath --

prilično mu je blizu --

when he lines up and fires that thing at Goliath,

kad mu se suprotstavi i ispali taj kamen na Golijata,

he has every intention and every expectation

on je odlučan u namjeri i očekuje

of being able to hit Goliath at his most vulnerable spot

da će pogoditi Golijata u njegovu najslabiju točku

between his eyes.

između njegovih očiju.

If you go back over the history of ancient warfare,

Osvrnete li se na povijest drevnog ratovanja,

you will find time and time again

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that slingers were the decisive factor against infantry

da su praćkaši bili odlučan čimbenik u srazu s pješaštvom

in one kind of battle or another.

o kakvoj se god bitci radilo.

So what's Goliath? He's heavy infantry,

Što je onda Golijat? On je teško pješaštvo,

and his expectation when he challenges the Israelites to a duel

i on, pozivajući Izraelce na dvoboj, očekuje

is that he's going to be fighting another heavy infantryman.

da će se boriti s drugim teškim pješakom.

When he says, "Come to me that I might

Kad on kaže: "Dođi k meni, da dam

feed your flesh to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field,"

tvoje meso pticama nebeskim i zvijerima zemaljskim!",

the key phrase is "Come to me."

ključan je izraz: "Dođi k meni"

Come up to me because we're going to fight,

Dođi k meni, jer ćemo se boriti,

hand to hand, like this.

prsa o prsa, ovako.

Saul has the same expectation.

Šaul očekuje isto.

David says, "I want to fight Goliath,"

David kaže: "Ja se želim boriti s Golijatom."

and Saul tries to give him his armor,

i Šaul mu nastoji dati svoj oklop

because Saul is thinking, "Oh, when you say 'fight Goliath,'

jer i sam misli: "O, kad kažeš 'boriti se s Golijatom',

you mean 'fight him in hand-to-hand combat,'

ti misliš 'boriti se s njime u borbi prsa o prsa',

infantry on infantry."

pješak protiv pješaka."

But David has absolutely no expectation.

Međutim, David uopće ništa ne očekuje.

He's not going to fight him that way. Why would he?

On se ne kani tako boriti s njime. Zašto i bi?

He's a shepherd. He's spent his entire career

On je pastir. Čitavu je svoju karijeru proveo

using a sling to defend his flock against lions and wolves.

koristeći praćku kako bi svoje stado zaštitio od lavova i vukova.

That's where his strength lies.

U tome leži njegova snaga.

So here he is, this shepherd, experienced

Imamo, dakle, njega, tog pastira vještog

in the use of a devastating weapon,

u korištenju razornog oružja,

up against this lumbering giant

nasuprot ovom nezgrapnom gorostasu

weighed down by a hundred pounds of armor

natovarenom s pedeset kilograma oklopa

and these incredibly heavy weapons

i tim nevjerojatno teškim oružjem

that are useful only in short-range combat.

upotrebljivim tek u bliskoj borbi.

Goliath is a sitting duck. He doesn't have a chance.

Golijat je osuđen na poraz. On nema izgleda.

So why do we keep calling David an underdog,

Pa zašto onda ustrajemo u nazivanju Davida slabijim,

and why do we keep referring to his victory as improbable?

i zašto neprestano njegovu pobjedu nazivamo nevjerojatnom?

There's a second piece of this that's important.

Postoji drugi element koji je ovdje važan.

It's not just that we misunderstand David

Ne samo da pogrešno doživljavamo Davida

and his choice of weaponry.

i njegov odabir oružja.

It's also that we profoundly misunderstand Goliath.

Mi duboko pogrešno doživljavamo i Golijata.

Goliath is not what he seems to be.

Golijat nije onaj kakvim se čini.

There's all kinds of hints of this in the Biblical text,

Niz je nagovještaja ovoga u biblijskom tekstu,

things that are in retrospect quite puzzling

stvari koje su, osvrnemo li se, prilično zbunjujuće

and don't square with his image as this mighty warrior.

i ne odgovaraju predodžbi njega kao moćnog ratnika.

So to begin with, the Bible says that Goliath

Za početak, Biblija kaže da Golijata

is led onto the valley floor by an attendant.

do dna doline dovodi sluga.

Now that is weird, right?

Čudno, zar ne?

Here is this mighty warrior

Imamo tog moćnog ratnika koji

challenging the Israelites to one-on-one combat.

izaziva Izraelce na borbu jedan-na-jedan.

Why is he being led by the hand

Zašto ga neki mladić

by some young boy, presumably,

vodi za ruku

to the point of combat?

do mjesta gdje će se boriti?

Secondly, the Bible story makes special note

Nadalje, u biblijskoj se priči posebno naglašava

of how slowly Goliath moves,

koliko se sporo Golijat kreće,

another odd thing to say when you're describing

još jedan neobičan detalj za istaknuti pri opisivanju

the mightiest warrior known to man at that point.

najmoćnijeg ratnika toga doba.

And then there's this whole weird thing

Konačno, tu je i čitava ta priča

about how long it takes Goliath to react

o tome koliko je puno vremena Golijatu potrebno da reagira

to the sight of David.

pošto ugleda Davida.

So David's coming down the mountain,

David se, dakle, spušta niz planinu

and he's clearly not preparing for hand-to-hand combat.

i očigledno se ne priprema za borbu prsa o prsa.

There is nothing about him that says,

Ništa na njemu ne govori:

"I am about to fight you like this."

"Borit ću se s tobom ovako."

He's not even carrying a sword.

Ne nosi niti mač.

Why does Goliath not react to that?

Zašto Golijat na to ne reagira?

It's as if he's oblivious to what's going on that day.

Kao da ne primjećuje što se zbiva toga dana.

And then there's that strange comment he makes to David:

Tu je i onaj čudan komentar kojeg upućuje Davidu:

"Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?"

"Zar sam ja pseto te ideš na me sa štapovima?"

Sticks? David only has one stick.

Štapovima? David ima svega jedan štap.

Well, it turns out that there's been a great deal

Čini se da se, tijekom godina,

of speculation within the medical community over the years

u medicinskoj zajednici podosta špekuliralo

about whether there is something

o tome ima li možda Golijat

fundamentally wrong with Goliath,

kakvu bitnu slabost.

an attempt to make sense of all of those apparent anomalies.

Pokušaj je to da se nekako obrazlože sve te očite anomalije.

There have been many articles written.

Mnogo je članaka objavljeno.

The first one was in 1960 in the Indiana Medical Journal,

Prvi je bio onaj 1960., u Indiana Medical Journal,

and it started a chain of speculation

s kojime su započela nagađanja

that starts with an explanation for Goliath's height.

koja započinju s objašnjenjem Golijatove visine.

So Goliath is head and shoulders above

Golijat je za glavu i ramena viši

all of his peers in that era,

od svih ratnika toga doba.

and usually when someone is that far out of the norm,

Kad je netko toliko izvan prosjeka,

there's an explanation for it.

obično za to postoji neko objašnjenje.

So the most common form of giantism

Najuobičajeniji oblik gigantizma

is a condition called acromegaly,

stanje je koje nazivamo akromegalija,

and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor

a nju uzrokuje dobroćudni tumor

on your pituitary gland

hipofize, koji pak uzrokuje

that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone.

prekomjernu proizvodnju ljudskog hormona rasta.

And throughout history, many of the most famous giants

Mnogi od najčuvenijih gorostasa u povijesti

have all had acromegaly.

bolovali su od akromegalije.

So the tallest person of all time

Najviša osoba svih vremena

was a guy named Robert Wadlow

bio je Robert Wadlow, mladić koji je

who was still growing when he died at the age of 24

još uvijek rastao i kad je u 24. godini umro,

and he was 8 foot 11.

bio je visok 2.72.

He had acromegaly.

Bolovao je od akromegalije.

Do you remember the wrestler André the Giant?

Sjećate li se hrvača Gorostasnog Andrea?

Famous. He had acromegaly.

Čuven. Bolovao je od akromegalije.

There's even speculation that Abraham Lincoln had acromegaly.

Nagađa se kako je čak i Abraham Lincoln bolovao od akromegalije.

Anyone who's unusually tall,

Svaki slučaj neuobičajene visine

that's the first explanation we come up with.

najprije objašnjavamo na taj način.

And acromegaly has a very distinct set of side effects

Akromegalija ima niz vrlo karakterističnih nuspojava

associated with it,

koje se uz nju vežu,

principally having to do with vision.

a načelno se tiču vida.

The pituitary tumor, as it grows,

Tumor hipofize, dok raste,

often starts to compress the visual nerves in your brain,

često počinje pritiskati vidne živce u mozgu,

with the result that people with acromegaly

s posljedicom da ljudi s akromegalijom

have either double vision or they are profoundly nearsighted.

vide dvostruke slike ili su izrazito kratkovidni.

So when people have started to speculate

Kad su ljudi počeli spekulirati

about what might have been wrong with Goliath,

o tome što se moglo dogoditi Golijatu,

they've said, "Wait a minute,

rekli su: "Čekaj malo,

he looks and sounds an awful lot like someone

on djeluje i zvuči silno nalik nekome

who has acromegaly."

tko boluje od akromegalije."

And that would also explain so much of what was strange

Time se, također, može objasniti toliko toga neobičnoga

about his behavior that day.

u njegovu ponašanju toga dana.

Why does he move so slowly

Zašto se toliko sporo kreće

and have to be escorted down into the valley floor

i zašto ga do dna doline treba otpratiti

by an attendant?

njegov pomoćnik?

Because he can't make his way on his own.

Zato što on to sam nije u stanju.

Why is he so strangely oblivious to David

Zašto on toliko neobično ne mari za Davida

that he doesn't understand that David's not going to fight him

pa i ne razumije da mu se David neće suprotstaviti

until the very last moment?

sve do posljednjeg trenutka?

Because he can't see him.

Jer ga on ne može vidjeti.

When he says, "Come to me that I might feed your flesh

Kad on kaže: "Dođi k meni, da dam tvoje meso

to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field,"

pticama nebeskim i zvijerima zemaljskim",

the phrase "come to me" is a hint also of his vulnerability.

izraz "dođi k meni" nagovještaj je njegove ranjivosti.

Come to me because I can't see you.

"Dođi k meni" jer te ja ne mogu vidjeti.

And then there's, "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?"

A potom: "Zar sam ja pseto te ideš na me sa štapovima?"

He sees two sticks when David has only one.

On vidi dva štapa iako David drži u ruci samo jedan.

So the Israelites up on the mountain ridge

I tako su ga Izraelci, promatrajući ga odozgo,

looking down on him thought he was

s planinskog sedla, smatrali

this extraordinarily powerful foe.

izvanredno moćnim protivnikom.

What they didn't understand was that

Ono što oni nisu razumjeli jest da je

the very thing that was the source of his apparent strength

upravo ono što je izvor njegove očigledne snage

was also the source of his greatest weakness.

bilo ujedno i izvor njegove najveće slabosti.

And there is, I think, in that,

Mislim da se u tome nalazi

a very important lesson for all of us.

vrlo važna pouka za sve nas.

Giants are not as strong and powerful as they seem.

Divovi nisu tako snažni i moćni kakvima se čine.

And sometimes the shepherd boy has a sling in his pocket.

A pastirčić katkad ima praćku u svom džepu.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)