Izaija 42
1 Evo Sluge mojega koga podupirem, mog izabranika, miljenika duše moje. Na njega sam svoga duha izlio da donosi pravo narodima.
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in him I take delight. I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring justice to the nations.
2 On ne viče, on ne diže glasa, niti se čuti može po ulicama.
He will not cry out nor shout, nor make his voice heard in the streets.
3 On ne lomi napuknutu trsku niti gasi stijenj što tinja. Vjerno on donosi pravdu,
A crushed reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench: he will faithfully execute justice.
4 ne sustaje i ne malakše dok na zemlji ne uspostavi pravo. Otoci žude za njegovim naukom.
He will not grow faint nor be discouraged until he has established justice on the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
5 Ovako govori Jahve, Bog, koji stvori i razastrije nebesa, koji rasprostrije zemlju i njeno raslinje, koji dade dah narodima na njoj i dah bićima što njome hode.
This is what God Yahweh says— the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces, the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it:
6 Ja, Jahve, u pravdi te pozvah, čvrsto te za ruku uzeh; oblikovah te i postavih te za Savez narodu i svjetlost pucima,
“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness and will hold your hand. I will keep you and set you as a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles,
7 da otvoriš oči slijepima, da izvedeš sužnje iz zatvora, iz tamnice one što žive u tami.
to open the eyes of the blind, to release the prisoners from the dungeon, and from the house of confinement those who sit in darkness.
8 Ja, Jahve mi je ime, svoje slave drugom ne dam, niti časti svoje kipovima.
I am Yahweh, that is my name; and my glory I will not share with another nor my praise with carved idols.
9 Što prije prorekoh, evo, zbi se, i nove događaje ja naviještam, i prije negoli se pokažu, vama ih objavljujem.
See, the previous things came to pass, now I am about to declare new events. Before they begin to occur I will tell you about them.”
10 Pjevajte Jahvi pjesmu novu, i s kraja zemlje hvalu njegovu, neka ga slavi more sa svim što je u njem, otoci i njihovi žitelji!
Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the coastlands, and those who live there.
11 Nek' digne glas pustinja i njeni gradovi, nek' odjeknu naselja gdje žive Kedarci! Nek' podvikuju stanovnici Stijene, neka kliču s gorskih vrhova!
Let the desert and the cities cry out, the villages where Kedar lives, shout for joy! Let the inhabitants of Sela sing; let them shout from the mountaintops.
12 Nek' daju čast Jahvi i hvalu mu naviještaju po otocima!
Let them give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands.
13 Kao junak izlazi Jahve, kao ratnik žar svoj podjaruje. Uz bojni poklik i viku ratnu ide junački na svog neprijatelja.
Yahweh will go out as a warrior; as a man of war he will stir up his zeal. He will shout, yes, he will roar his battle cries; he will show his enemies his power.
14 “Šutjeh dugo, gluh se činjah, svladavah se; sad vičem kao žena kada rađa, dašćem i uzdišem.
I have kept quiet for a long time; I have been still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
15 Isušit ću brda i bregove, sparušiti svu zelen po njima, rijeke ću u stepe pretvoriti i močvare isušiti.
I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; and I will turn the rivers into islands and will dry up the marshes.
16 Vodit ću slijepce po cestama, uputit' ih putovima. Pred njima ću tamu u svjetlost obratit', a neravno tlo u ravno. To ću učiniti i neću propustiti.
I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know I will lead them. I will turn the darkness into light before them, and make the crooked places straight. These things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
17 Uzmaknut će u golemu stidu koji se uzdaju u kipove, koji ljevenim likovima govore: 'Vi ste naši bogovi.'”
They will be turned back, they will be completely put to shame, those who trust in carved figures, who say to cast metal figures, “You are our gods.”
18 Čujte, gluhi! Progledajte, slijepi, da vidite!
Listen, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
19 Tko je slijep ako ne moj sluga, tko je gluh kao glasnik koga šaljem? Tko je slijep kao prijatelj, tko je gluh kao sluga Jahvin?
Who is blind but my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send? Who is as blind as my covenant partner, or blind as Yahweh's servant?
20 Mnogo si vidio, ali nisi mario, uši ti bjehu otvorene, ali nisi čuo!
You see many things, but do not comprehend; ears are open, but no one hears.
21 Jahvi se svidjelo zbog njegove pravednosti da uzveliča i proslavi Zakon svoj.
It pleased Yahweh to praise his justice and to make his law glorious.
22 A narod je ovaj opljačkan i oplijenjen, mladići mu stavljeni u klade, vrgnuti u zatvore. Plijene ih, a nikoga da ih izbavi; robe ih, a nitko da kaže: “Vrati!”
But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all trapped in pits, held captive in prisons; they have become a plunder with no one to rescue them, and no one says, “Bring them back!”
23 Tko od vas mari za to? Tko pazi i sluša unapredak?
Who among you will listen to this? Who will listen and hear in the future?
24 Tko je pljačkašu izručio Jakova i otimačima Izraela? Nije li Jahve, protiv koga smo griješili, čijim putima ne htjedosmo hoditi, čiji Zakon nismo slušali?
Who gave Jacob over to the robber, and Israel to the looters? Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they refused to walk, and whose law they refused to obey?
25 Zato izli na Izraela žarki gnjev svoj i strahote ratne: plamen ga okruži odasvud, al' on ni to nije shvatio; sažeže ga, al' on ni to k srcu ne uze.
Therefore he poured out on them his fierce anger and the violence of war, Its flames encircled them, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
