Izaija 13
1 Proroštvo o Babilonu koje vidje Izaija, sin Amosov.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
2 Na goletnu brdu dignite zastavu, vičite im iz sveg grla. Mašite rukom neka dođu na vrata kneževska.
Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
3 Zapovijed dadoh svetim svojim ratnicima, gnjevu svom pozvah svoje junake koji slave veličanstvo moje.
I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
4 Čuj! Žagor na gorama kao od silna naroda. Čuj! Buka kraljevstava, sakupljenih naroda. To Jahve nad Vojskama za boj vojsku pregleda.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
5 Iz daleka kraja, s granica neba dolaze oni - Jahve i oruđa gnjeva njegova - da svu zemlju poharaju.
To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: tile Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
6 Kukajte, jer je blizu Jahvin dan, k'o pohara dolazi od Svemoćnog.
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
7 I sve ruke stog' malakšu ... Svako ljudsko srce klone,
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
8 strava ih je obrvala, trudovi boli već ih spopadaju i grče se k'o rodilja. U prepasti jedan drugog motre, lica su im poput plamena.
And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
9 Dolazi nesmiljeni Jahvin dan - gnjev i jarost - da u pustoš zemlju prometne, da istrijebi iz nje grešnike.
Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 Jer nebeske zvijezde a ni Štapci neće više sjati svjetlošću, pomrčat će sunce ishodeći i mjesec neće više svijetliti.
For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
11 Kaznit ću svijet za zloću, bezbožnike za bezakonje, dokrajčit ću ponos oholih, poniziti nadutost silnika.
And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
12 Rjeđi će biti čovjek neg' žeženo zlato, rjeđi samrtnik od zlata ofirskog.
A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
13 Nebesa ću potresti, maknut će se zemlja s mjesta od srdžbe Jahve nad Vojskama u dan kad se izlije gnjev njegov.
For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his tierce wrath.
14 I tada, kao gazela preplašena, kao ovce koje nitko ne prikuplja, svatko će se vratit' svom narodu, svatko će u zemlju svoju pobjeći.
And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
15 Koga stignu, probost će ga: koga uhvate, mačem će sasjeći;
Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
16 pred očima smrskat će im dojenčad, opljačkati kuće, silovati žene.
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
17 Gle, podižem na njih Medijce što ne cijene srebra i preziru zlato.
Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
18 Svi će mladići biti pokošeni, sve djevojke zatrte. Na plod utrobe neće se smilovati, nad djecom im se oko neće sažaliti.
But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
19 Babilon, ures kraljevstava, ures i ponos kaldejski, bit će k'o Sodoma i Gomora kad ih Bog zatrije.
And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
20 Nikad se više neće naseliti, od koljena do koljena ostat će nenapučen. Arapin ondje neće dizati šatora, nit' će pastiri ondje počivati.
It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
21 Počivat će ondje zvijeri pustinjske, sove će im napuniti kuće, nojevi će ondje stanovati, jarci plesati.
But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
22 Hijene će zavijati iz njegovih palača, a čaglji iz raskošnih dvorova... Vrijeme se njegovo bliži, dani mu se neće produžiti.
And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.
