Izaija 47
1 Spusti se, sjedni u prašinu, djevice, kćeri babilonska! Sjedni na zemlju, bez prijestolja, kćeri kaldejska! Jer, neće te više zvati nježnom i tankoćutnom.
Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.
2 Uzmi mlin i melji brašno! Skini prijevjes, podigni skut, razgali bedra, prijeđi preko rijeke!
Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
3 Nek' se golotinja tvoja otkrije, nek' se sramota tvoja pokaže! Ja ću se osvetiti, odvraćat' me nitko neće.
The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
4 Otkupitelj naš, ime mu je Jahve nad Vojskama, Svetac Izraelov, kaže:
Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 “Sjedi šutke, u mrak se povuci, kćeri kaldejska. Jer, neće te više zvati vladaricom kraljevstava.
Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.
6 Razgnjevih se na svoj narod, oskvrnuh svoju baštinu. Tebi ih u ruke izručih, a ti im ne iskaza milosti. Na starce si stavljala jaram svoj preteški.
I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
7 Govorila si: 'Dovijeka gospodaricom ću ostati.' Nikad nisi to k srcu uzela ni pomislila kako će se završiti.
And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
8 A sad poslušaj, razvratnice, koja sjediš bezbrižno i u srcu svom govoriš: 'Ja, i nitko drugi! Nikad neću obudovjeti, neću djece izgubiti!'
So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.
9 Stići će te oboje, za tren, u isti dan! Izgubit ćeš djecu, obudovjet ćeš! Punom će te mjerom snaći oboje, pokraj svega tvojeg vračanja i množine tvojih zaklinjanja!
But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and of husband: in full measure they will come on you, for all your secret arts, and all your wonders.
10 U zloću si se svoju uzdala, govorila si: 'Nitko me ne vidi!' Mudrost tvoja i znanje zavedoše te. U svom si srcu govorila: 'Ja i nitko drugi!'
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
11 Zlo će te snaći - nećeš ga presresti; oborit će se na te nesreća - nećeš je odvratiti; doći će na te propast iznenada - nećeš je predvidjeti.
Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.
12 Ustraj, dakle, u svojim zaklinjanjima i u tolikim svojim čaranjima, oko kojih si se trudila od mladosti. Možda će ti biti od koristi? Možda ćeš s njima strah utjerati?
Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
13 Izmoriše te mnogi tvoji savjetnici! Nek' ustanu samo da te spase oni koji premjeravaju nebesa, koji promatraju zvijezde i koji svakog mjeseca proriču ono što će te snaći.
But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.
14 Gle, oni će biti poput pljeve, oganj će ih sažeći. Ni sami sebe neće izbaviti iz zagrljaja plamenoga. Neće ostat' ni žerave da se tko ogrije, ni ognjišta da uza nj posjedne!
Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.
15 Takvi će ti biti vrači tvoji, oko kojih si se trudila od mladosti! Poći će svaki svojim putem, i nikog neće biti da te spasi.”
Small profit have you had from those who, from your earliest days, got great profit out of you; they have gone in flight, every one straight before him, and you have no saviour.
