Izaija 37
1 Čuvši to, kralj Ezekija razdrije svoje haljine, obuče kostrijet i ode u Dom Jahvin.
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
2 Zatim posla Elijakima, upravitelja dvora, kraljevskog pisara Šebnu i svećeničke starješine, odjevene u kostrijet, k proroku Izaiji, sinu Amosovu.
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
3 Oni mu rekoše: “Ovako veli Ezekija: 'Ovo je dan nevolje, kazne i rugla: prispješe djeca do porođaja, a nema snage da se rode.
to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
4 Možda je Jahve, Bog tvoj, čuo riječi velikog peharnika koga je kralj asirski, gospodar njegov, poslao da se izruguje Bogu živome, i možda će Jahve, Bog tvoj, kazniti riječi koje je čuo! Pomoli se pobožno za Ostatak koji je još preostao!'”
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
5 Kad su sluge kralja Ezekije stigle k Izaiji,
So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
6 on im reče: “Kažite svome gospodaru: 'Ovako veli Jahve: Ne boj se riječi koje si čuo kada su na me hulile sluge kralja asirskoga.
who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
7 Udahnut ću u njega duh, i kad čuje jednu vijest, vratit će se u svoju zemlju. I učinit ću da u svojoj zemlji pogine od mača.'”
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
8 Veliki peharnik vrati se i nađe asirskoga kralja gdje opsjeda Libnu, jer bijaše čuo da je kralj otišao iz Lakiša.
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
9 Dočuo je, naime, da je Tirhaka, etiopski kralj, zavojštio na njega. Tada Sanherib ponovo uputi poslanike da kažu Ezekiji:
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Ovako recite judejskom kralju Ezekiji: 'Neka te ne vara tvoj Bog, u koga se uzdaš, govoreći ti: Jeruzalem neće pasti u ruke asirskog kralja.
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Ti znaš što su kraljevi asirski učinili svim zemljama izručivši ih prokletstvu! A ti, ti li ćeš se spasiti?
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
12 Jesu li bogovi spasili narode koje su uništili moji oci: Gozance, Harance, Resefce i Edence, u Tel Basaru?
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
13 Gdje je kralj hamatski, kralj arpadski, kralj Sefarvajima, Hene i Ive?'”
Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
14 Ezekija primi pismo iz ruke poslanikove i pročita ga. Zatim uđe u Dom Jahvin i razvi ga ondje pred Jahvom.
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
15 I pomoli se Ezekija Jahvi ovako:
And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
16 “Jahve nad Vojskama, Bože Izraelov, koji stoluješ nad kerubima, ti si Bog jedini nad svim kraljevstvima na zemlji, ti si stvorio nebo i zemlju.
“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
17 Prikloni uho, Jahve, i počuj! Otvori oči, Jahve, i vidi! Sanheribove čujder riječi koje poruči da izruga Boga živoga.
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
18 Istina je, o Jahve, asirski su kraljevi zatrli sve narode i zemlje njihove;
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
19 pobacali im u oganj bogove, jer ne bijahu bogovi to, već djela ruku ljudskih, od drva i kamena; zato ih i uništiše.
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
20 Ali sada, Jahve, Bože naš, izbavi nas iz ruke njegove, da spoznaju sva kraljevstva zemlje da si ti, Jahve, Bog jedini!”
And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
21 Tad Izaija, sin Amosov, poruči Ezekiji: “Ovako veli Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'Uslišah molitvu koju mi uputi zbog Sanheriba, kralja asirskoga.'
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 Evo riječi što je Jahve objavi protiv njega: Prezire te, ruga ti se, djevica, Kći sionska; za tobom maše glavom kći jeruzalemska.
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
23 Koga si grdio, hulio? Na koga si glasno vikao, ohol pogled dizao? Na Sveca Izraelova!
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
24 Po slugama si svojim vrijeđao Gospoda. Govorio si: s mnoštvom kola ja popeh se na vrh gorÄa, na najviše vrhunce Libanona. Posjekoh mu ja cedre najviše i čemprese ponajljepše. Dosegoh mu vrh najviši, i vrt njegov šumoviti.
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
25 Kopao sam i pio sam vode tuđe; stopalima tad isuših sve rijeke egipatske.
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
26 Čuješ li dobro? Odavna to sam snovao, odiskona smišljao, sada to ostvarujem: na tebi je da prometneš gradove tvrde u razvaline;
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
27 stanovnici njini, nemoćni, prepadnuti i smeteni, bjehu kao trava u polju kao mlado zelenilo, kao trava vrh krovova opaljena vjetrom istočnim.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
28 Znam kad se dižeš i kad sjedaš, kad izlaziš i kad se vraćaš.
But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
29 Jer bjesnio si na me i jer obijest tvoja do ušiju mi dođe, prsten ću ti provući kroz nozdrve, uzde stavit' u žvale, vratit ću te putem kojim si došao!
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
30 A znak nek' ti bude ovo: ove će se godine jesti što se samo okrÄunÄi, dogodine što samo uzraste, a treće godine sijte i žanjite, sadite vinograde, jedite im rod.
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
31 Preživjeli iz kuće Judine, žilje će pustit' u dubinu, plodom rodit' u visinu.
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
32 Jer će iz Jeruzalema izaći Ostatak. Sačuvani s gore Siona. Sve će to učinit' ljubomora Jahve nad Vojskama.
For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
33 Zato ovo govori Jahve o kralju asirskom: U ovaj grad on ući neće, ovamo strijele svoje neće izmetati, k njemu neće ni štit okrenuti, niti oko njega nasipe kopati.
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
34 Vratit će se putem kojim je i došao, u grad ovaj neće ući - riječ je Jahvina.
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’
35 Grad ću ovaj štitit, zakriliti ga, sebe radi i rad sluge svoga Davida.”
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
36 Tad iziđe Anđeo Jahvin i pobi u asirskom taboru sto osamdeset i pet tisuća ljudi. Ujutru, kad je valjalo ustati, gle, bijahu ondje sve sami mrtvaci.
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
37 Sanherib podiže tabor i ode. Vratio se u Ninivu.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
38 Jednoga dana, dok se klanjao u hramu svoga boga Nimroka, njegovi ga sinovi Adramelek i Sareser ubiše mačem i pobjegoše u zemlju araratsku. Na njegovo se mjesto zakralji sin mu Asar-Hadon.
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
