Izaija 46
1 Pade Bel! Sruši se Nebo! Prte svoje kipove na životinje i stoku, nose ih kao breme, teret što zamara.
Bel is bowed downe: Nebo is fallen: their idoles were vpon the beastes, and vpon the cattell: they which did beare you, were laden with a wearie burden.
2 Padaju, ruše se svi zajedno, ne mogu spasiti one što ih nose, nego i sami u ropstvo odlaze.
They are bowed downe, and fallen together: for they coulde not rid them of the burden, and their soule is gone into captiuitie.
3 “Slušajte me, kućo Jakovljeva, i svi koji ostadoste od kuće Izraelove! Ja sam vas ponio tek što se rodiste, i nosio vas od krila materina.
Heare ye me, O house of Iaakob, and all that remaine of the house of Israel, which are borne of me from the wombe, and brought vp of me from the birth.
4 Do starosti vaše ja ću ostat' isti, do vaših sjedina podupirat ću vas. To sam činio; nosit ću vas i dalje, pomagati vas, izbavljati.
Therefore vnto olde age, I the same, euen I will beare you vntill the hoare heares: I haue made you: I will also beare you, and I will cary you and I will deliuer you.
5 S kime biste me usporedili i izjednačili, s kime prispodobili: komu da sam sličan?
To whom will ye make me like or make me equall, or copare me, that I should be like him?
6 Vade zlato iz kese i tezuljom mjere srebro, pa naimlju zlatara da od njeg boga načini te pred njim padaju ničice i klanjaju se.
They draw gold out of the bagge and weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.
7 Dižu ga na rame i nose ga, onda ga stavljaju na njegovo mjesto; on stoji i ne miče se s njega. Prizivaju li ga, on ne odgovara i nikog ne spasava od nevolje njegove.
They beare it vpon the shoulders: they carie him and set him in his place: so doeth he stand, and cannot remoue from his place. Though one crie vnto him, yet can he not answere, nor deliuer him out of his tribulation.
8 Sjetite se toga i budite ljudi, uzmite to k srcu, otpadnici,
Remember this, and be ashamed: bring it againe to minde, O you transgressers.
9 sjetite se prošlosti pradavne: ja sam Bog i nema drugoga; Bog, nitko mi sličan nije!
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none other God, and there is nothing like me,
10 Onaj sam koji od početka svršetak otkriva i unaprijed javlja što još se nije zbilo! Ja kažem: Odluka će se moja ispuniti, izvršit ću sve što mi je po volji.
Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.
11 S istoka zovem grabljivicu, iz daleke zemlje zovem čovjeka svog nauma. Rekao sam - ispunit ću, naumio sam - izvršit ću.
I call a birde from the East, and the man of my counsell from farre: as I haue spoken, so will I bring it to passe: I haue purposed it, and I will doe it.
12 Slušajte me, vi koji gubite srčanost i koji ste daleko od pobjede.
Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are farre from iustice.
13 Primičem svoju pobjedu, nije više daleko, spasenje moje zakasniti neće. Na Sion ću spas staviti, u Izraela svoju slavu.”
I bring neere my iustice: it shall not be farre off, and my saluation shall not tarie: for I wil giue saluation in Zion, and my glory vnto Israel.
