Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12)

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Key word of eight beatitudes is word μακάριος (makarios) which could by simply translated as "happy". But in this case, the text has a much broader meaning in mind.

Every beatitude is ended followed by reasoning why it is good to be so. And this reason assures that being such is not in vain. Although short-term experience can speak the opposite.

Jesus assures that he who is such will surely inherit the kingdom of heaven, for God has become king for such people.

Vocabulary

Word Meaning
ὁ, ἡ, τό ten, tá, to
αὐτός, ή, ὁ on, sám seba
μακάριος, α, ον blažený, šťastný
ὅτι že, pretože, lebo
καί a, aj
ὑμεῖς, ὑμῶν vy
εἰμί som; byť
οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ nebo
διώκω pronásledovat
βασιλεία, ας, ἡ kráľovstvo
δικαιοσύνη, ης, ἡ spravodlivosť
θεός, οῦ, ὁ Boh
ἕνεκα kvůli, pro (s G)
ἀνοίγω otvárať
στόμα, τος, τό ústa
διδάσκω učiť, poučovať
λέγω povedať
πτωχός, ή, όν chudý, ubohý
πνεῦμα, τος, τό duch; vietor
πενθέω truchlit, naříkat, oplakávat
παρακαλέω prosiť; povzbudiť
πραΰς, πραει̑α, πραΰ tichý, mírný; přívětivý
κληρονομέω dědit
γῆ, ῆς, ἡ zem
πεινάω mít hlad
διψάω žíznit
χορτάζω sytit, nasytit
ἐλεήμων, ον, ονος milosrdný, soucitný
ἐλεέω smilovat se
καθαρός, ά, όν čistý
καρδία, ας, ἡ srdce
ὁράω vidieť
εἰρηνοποιός, ου, ὁ šiřitel / tvůrce pokoje
υἱός, οῦ, ὁ syn
καλέω volať; zvolať
ὅταν keď