Izaija 37
1 Čuvši to, kralj Ezekija razdrije svoje haljine, obuče kostrijet i ode u Dom Jahvin.
And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard [it, that] he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to 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 Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,
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-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing [woman], but she has not strength to bring forth.
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!'”
May the Lord thy God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: therefore thou shalt pray to thy Lord for these that are left.
5 Kad su sluge kralja Ezekije stigle k Izaiji,
So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias.
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.
And Esaias said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not thou afraid at the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the ambassadors of the king of the Assyrians have reproached 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] send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land.
8 Veliki peharnik vrati se i nađe asirskoga kralja gdje opsjeda Libnu, jer bijaše čuo da je kralj otišao iz Lakiša.
So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis.
9 Dočuo je, naime, da je Tirhaka, etiopski kralj, zavojštio na njega. Tada Sanherib ponovo uputi poslanike da kažu Ezekiji:
And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to attack him. And when he heard it, he turned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, 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.
Thus shall ye say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
11 Ti znaš što su kraljevi asirski učinili svim zemljama izručivši ih prokletstvu! A ti, ti li ćeš se spasiti?
Hast thou not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Jesu li bogovi spasili narode koje su uništili moji oci: Gozance, Harance, Resefce i Edence, u Tel Basaru?
Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath?
13 Gdje je kralj hamatski, kralj arpadski, kralj Sefarvajima, Hene i Ive?'”
Where are the kings of Emath? and where [is the king of] Arphath? and where [is the king] of the city of Eppharuaim, [and of] Anagugana?
14 Ezekija primi pismo iz ruke poslanikove i pročita ga. Zatim uđe u Dom Jahvin i razvi ga ondje pred Jahvom.
And Ezekias received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord.
15 I pomoli se Ezekija Jahvi ovako:
And Ezekias prayed to the Lord, saying,
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, who sittest upon the cherubs, thou alone art the God of every kingdom of the world: thou hast made heaven and earth.
17 Prikloni uho, Jahve, i počuj! Otvori oči, Jahve, i vidi! Sanheribove čujder riječi koje poruči da izruga Boga živoga.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, hearken, O Lord; open thine eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: and behold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
18 Istina je, o Jahve, asirski su kraljevi zatrli sve narode i zemlje njihove;
For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,
19 pobacali im u oganj bogove, jer ne bijahu bogovi to, već djela ruku ljudskih, od drva i kamena; zato ih i uništiše.
and have cast their idols into the fire: for, they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.
20 Ali sada, Jahve, Bože naš, izbavi nas iz ruke njegove, da spoznaju sva kraljevstva zemlje da si ti, Jahve, Bog jedini!”
But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that thou art God alone.
21 Tad Izaija, sin Amosov, poruči Ezekiji: “Ovako veli Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'Uslišah molitvu koju mi uputi zbog Sanheriba, kralja asirskoga.'
And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, I have heard thy prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.
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 which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion has despised thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
23 Koga si grdio, hulio? Na koga si glasno vikao, ohol pogled dizao? Na Sveca Izraelova!
Whom hast thou reproached and provoked? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice? and hast thou not lifted up thine eyes on high 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.
For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers; for thou hast said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:
25 Kopao sam i pio sam vode tuđe; stopalima tad isuših sve rijeke egipatske.
and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.
26 Čuješ li dobro? Odavna to sam snovao, odiskona smišljao, sada to ostvarujem: na tebi je da prometneš gradove tvrde u razvaline;
Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed [them] from ancient times; but now have I manifested [my purpose] of desolating nations in [their] strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
27 stanovnici njini, nemoćni, prepadnuti i smeteni, bjehu kao trava u polju kao mlado zelenilo, kao trava vrh krovova opaljena vjetrom istočnim.
I weakened [their] hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the house-tops, and as grass.
28 Znam kad se dižeš i kad sjedaš, kad izlaziš i kad se vraćaš.
But now I know thy rest, and thy going out, and thy coming in.
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!
And thy wrath wherewith thou hast been enraged, and thy rancour has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in thy nose, and a bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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 shall be a sign to thee, Eat this year what thou hast sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
31 Preživjeli iz kuće Judine, žilje će pustit' u dubinu, plodom rodit' u visinu.
And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 Jer će iz Jeruzalema izaći Ostatak. Sačuvani s gore Siona. Sve će to učinit' ljubomora Jahve nad Vojskama.
for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform 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.
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.
34 Vratit će se putem kojim je i došao, u grad ovaj neće ući - riječ je Jahvina.
But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into this city: thus saith the Lord.
35 Grad ću ovaj štitit, zakriliti ga, sebe radi i rad sluge svoga Davida.”
I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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.
And the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all [these] bodies dead.
37 Sanherib podiže tabor i ode. Vratio se u Ninivu.
And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and dwelt in Nineve.
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.
And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons smote him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.
