Izaija 40
1 “Tješite, tješite moj narod, govori Bog vaš.
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
2 Govorite srcu Jeruzalema, vičite mu da mu se ropstvo okonča, da mu je krivnja okajana, jer iz Jahvine ruke primi dvostruko za sve grijehe svoje.”
“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”
3 Glas viče: “Pripravite Jahvi put kroz pustinju. Poravnajte u stepi stazu Bogu našemu.
The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
4 Nek' se povisi svaka dolina, nek' se spusti svaka gora i brežuljak. Što je neravno, nek' se poravna, strmine nek' postanu ravni.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
5 Otkrit će se tada Slava Jahvina i svako će je tijelo vidjeti, jer Jahvina su usta govorila.”
The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”
6 Glas nalaže: “Viči!” Odgovorih: “Što da vičem?” - “Svako je tijelo k'o trava, k'o cvijet poljski sva mu dražest.
The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 Sahne trava, vene cvijet, kad dah Jahvin preko njih prođe. Doista, narod je trava.
The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
8 Sahne trava, vene cvijet, ali riječ Boga našeg ostaje dovijeka.”
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
9 Na visoku se uspni goru, glasniče radosne vijesti, Sione! Podigni snažno svoj glas, glasniče radosne vijesti, Jeruzaleme! Podigni ga, ne boj se, reci judejskim gradovima: “Evo Boga vašega!”
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
10 Gle, Gospod Jahve dolazi u moći, mišicom svojom vlada! Evo s njim naplata njegova, a ispred njega njegova nagrada.
Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 Kao pastir pase stado svoje, u ruke uzima jaganjce, nosi ih u svome naručju i brižljivo njeguje dojilice.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
12 Tko je šakom izmjerio more i nebesa premjerio pedljem? Tko je mjericom izmjerio zemlju i planine na mjerila, a tezuljom bregove?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Tko je pokrenuo duh Jahvin, koji ga je uputio savjetnik?
Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
14 S kim se on posvjetova, tko je njemu mudrost ulio, naučio ga putovima pravde? Tko li ga je naučio znanju, pokazao mu put k umnosti?
Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Gle, narodi su kao kap iz vjedra, vrijede kao prah na tezulji. Otoci, gle, lebde poput truna!
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
16 Libanon je malen za lomaču, a zvijeri njegovih nema dosta za paljenicu.
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Svi narodi k'o ništa su pred njim, ništavilo su njemu i praznina.
All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 S kime ćete prispodobit' Boga? I s kakvim ga likom usporedit'?
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 Ljevač lijeva idol, zlatar ga pozlaćuje i lijeva od srebra lančiće.
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
20 Siromah za prinos bira drvo koje ne trune; i vješta traži umjetnika. da mu načini kip nepomičan.
He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
21 Zar ne znate? Zar niste čuli? Nije li vam odiskona otkriveno? Zar niste shvatili tko zasnova zemlju?
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 On stoluje vrh kruga zemaljskoga kom su stanovnici poput skakavaca. Kao zastor nebesa je razastro, kao šator za stan razapeo.
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
23 On obraća u ništa knezove, uništava suce zemaljske.
who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 Tek što su zasađeni, tek što su posijani, tek što im stabljika u zemlju korijen pruži, on puhne na njih i oni posahnu, vihor ih k'o pljevu raznese.
They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
25 “S kime ćete mene prispodobit', tko mi je ravan?” - kaže Svetac.
“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Podignite oči i gledajte: tko je to stvorio? Onaj koji na broj izvodi vojsku njihovu i koji ih sve zove po imenu.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
27 Zašto kažeš, Jakove, i ti, Izraele, govoriš: “Moj put sakriven je Jahvi, Bogu mom izmiče moja pravica?”
Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
28 Zar ne znaš? Zar nisi čuo? Jahve je Bog vječni, krajeva zemaljskih stvoritelj. On se ne umara, ne sustaje, i um je njegov neizmjerljiv.
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 Umornome snagu vraća, jača nemoćnoga.
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Mladići se more i malakšu, iznemogli, momci posrću.
Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
31 Al' onima što se u Jahvu uzdaju snaga se obnavlja, krila im rastu kao orlovima, trče i ne sustaju, hode i ne more se.
but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
