Izaija 43

1 Sada ovako govori Jahve, koji te stvorio, Jakove, koji te sazdao, Izraele: “Ne boj se, jer ja sam te otkupio; imenom sam te zazvao: ti si moj!

But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.

2 Kad preko vode prelaziš, s tobom sam; ili preko rijeke, neće te preplaviti. Pođeš li kroz vatru, nećeš izgorjeti, plamen te opaliti neće.

When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,

3 Jer ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj, Svetac Izraelov, tvoj spasitelj. Za otkupninu tvoju dajem Egipat, mjesto tebe dajem Kuš i Šebu.

because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.

4 Jer dragocjen si u mojim očima, vrijedan si i ja te ljubim. Stog i dajem ljude za tebe i narode za život tvoj.

I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.

5 Ne boj se jer ja sam s tobom. S istoka ću ti dovest' potomstvo i sabrat ću te sa zapada.

Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.

6 Reći ću sjeveru: 'Daj mi ga!' a jugu 'Ne zadržavaj ga!' Sinove mi dovedi izdaleka i kćeri moje s kraja zemlje,

I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.

7 sve koji se mojim zovu imenom i koje sam na svoju slavu stvorio, koje sam sazdao i načinio.”

Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’

8 Izvedi narod slijep, premda oči ima, i gluh, premda uši ima.

Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.

9 Neka se saberu sva plemena i neka se skupe narodi. Tko je od njih to prorekao i davno navijestio? Nek' dovedu svjedoke da se opravdaju, neka se čuje da se može reći: “Istina je!”

Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”

10 Jer vi ste mi svjedoci, riječ je Jahvina, i moje sluge koje sam izabrao, da biste znali i vjerovali i uvidjeli da sam to ja. Prije mene nijedan bog nije bio načinjen i neće poslije mene biti.

But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.

11 Ja, ja sam Jahve, osim mene nema spasitelja.

I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.

12 Ja sam prorekao, spasio i navijestio, i nema među vama tuđinca! Vi ste mi svjedoci, riječ je Jahvina, a ja sam Bog

I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.

13 od vječnosti - ja jesam! I nitko iz ruke moje ne izbavlja; što učinim, tko izmijeniti može?

I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”

14 Ovako govori Jahve, otkupitelj vaš, Svetac Izraelov: “Radi vas poslah protiv Babilona, oborit ću prijevornice zatvorima i Kaldejci će udarit u kukanje.

Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.

15 Ja sam Jahve, Svetac vaš, stvoritelj Izraelov, kralj vaš!”

I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.

16 Ovako govori Jahve, koji put po moru načini i stazu po vodama silnim;

I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.

17 koji izvede bojna kola i konje, vojsku i junake, i oni padoše da više ne ustanu, zgasnuše, kao stijenj se utrnuše.

Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.

18 Ne spominjite se onog što se zbilo, nit' mislite na ono što je prošlo.

But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].

19 Evo, činim nešto novo; već nastaje. Zar ne opažate? Da, put ću napraviti u pustinji, a staze u pustoši.

Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.

20 Slavit će me divlje zvijeri, čaglji i nojevi, jer vodu ću stvorit' u pustinji, rijeke u stepi, da napojim svoj narod, izabranika svoga.

The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;

21 I narod koji sam sebi sazdao moju će kazivati hvalu!

I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.

22 Ali me ti, Jakove, nisi zazvao, niti si se zamorio oko mene, Izraele!

But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.

23 Nisi mi prinosio ovce za paljenicu, nisi me častio žrtvama. A ja te silio nisam na prinose, nisam ti dodijavao ištući kada.

You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.

24 Nisi mi kupovao za novac trsku, nisi me sitio salom svojih žrtava; nego si me grijesima svojim mučio, bezakonjem svojim dosađivao mi.

You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).

25 A ja, ja radi sebe opačine tvoje brišem i grijeha se tvojih ne spominjem.

I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.

26 Podsjeti me, zajedno se sporimo, govori ti da se opravdaš.

Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?

27 Prvi je otac tvoj sagriješio, posrednici tvoji od mene se odmetnuli,

No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.

28 knezovi su tvoji oskvrnuli Svetište. Tad izručih Jakova prokletstvu, i poruzi Izraela.

That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”