Izaija 49

1 Čujte me, otoci, slušajte pomno, narodi daleki! Jahve me pozvao od krila materina, od utrobe majke moje spomenuo se moga imena.

Listen, O isles, to me; and listen, you people, from far; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name.

2 Od usta mojih britak mač je načinio, sakrio me u sjeni ruke svoje, od mene je oštru načinio strijelu, sakrio me u svome tobolcu.

And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he hid me;

3 Rekao mi: “Ti si Sluga moj, Izraele, u kom ću se proslaviti!”

And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

4 A ja rekoh: “Zaludu sam se mučio, nizašto naprezao snagu.” Ipak, kod Jahve je moje pravo, kod mog Boga nagrada je moja. A sad govori Jahve, koji me od utrobe Slugom svojim načini, da mu vratim natrag Jakova, da se sabere Izrael.

Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

5 Proslavih se u očima Jahvinim, Bog moj bijaše mi snaga.

And now, says the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

6 I reče mi: “Premalo je da mi budeš Sluga, da podigneš plemena Jakovljeva i vratiš Ostatak Izraelov, nego ću te postaviti za svjetlost narodima, da spas moj do nakraj zemlje doneseš.”

And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

7 Ovako govori Jahve, otkupitelj Izraelov, Svetac njegov, onome kog preziru i odbacuju narodi, sluzi silničkome: “Kad vide, dići će se kraljevi, bacit će se ničice knezovi, zbog Jahve, koji je vjernost svoju pokazao, Sveca Izraelova, koji te izabrao.”

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you.

8 Ovako govori Jahve: “U vrijeme milosti ja ću te uslišiti, u dan spasa ja ću ti pomoći. Sazdao sam te i postavio za Savez narodu, da zemlju podignem, da nanovo razdijelim baštinu opustošenu,

Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

9 da kažeš zasužnjenima: 'Iziđite!' a onima koji su u tami: 'Dođite na svjetlo!' Oni će pasti uzduž svih putova, i paša će im biti po svim goletima.

That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

10 Neće više gladovat' i žeđati, neće ih mučiti žega ni sunce, jer vodit će ih onaj koji im se smiluje, dovest će ih k izvorima vode.

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

11 Sve gore svoje obratit će u putove, i ceste će se moje povisiti.”

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

12 Gle, jedni dolaze izdaleka, drugi sa sjevera i sa zapada, a neki iz zemlje sinimske.

Behold, these shall come from far: and, see, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

13 Kličite, nebesa, veseli se, zemljo, podvikujte, planine, od veselja; jer Jahve tješi narod svoj, on je milosrdan nevoljnima.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted.

14 Sion reče: “Jahve me ostavi, Gospod me zaboravi.”

But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.

15 “Može li žena zaboravit' svoje dojenče, ne imat' sućuti za čedo utrobe svoje? Pa kad bi koja i zaboravila, tebe ja zaboraviti neću.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you.

16 Gle, u dlanove sam te svoje urezao, zidovi tvoji svagda su mi pred očima.

Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

17 Obnovitelji tvoji hitaju, rušioci tvoji i pustošitelji odlaze od tebe.

Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth of you.

18 Obazri se oko sebe i pogledaj: sabiru se svi i dolaze k tebi. Života mi moga” - riječ je Jahvina - “svima ćeš se njima zaodjenuti k'o nakitom, i njima ćeš se k'o nevjesta ukrasiti!

Lift up your eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says the LORD, you shall surely clothe you with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on you, as a bride does.

19 Jest, tvoje ruševine, tvoje razvaline i tvoja zemlja poharana pretijesna će biti žiteljima tvojim kad se udalje oni što te zatirahu.

For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed you up shall be far away.

20 Opet će na tvoje uši reći sinovi kojih si bila lišena: 'Pretijesno mi je mjesto ovo, makni se da se mogu smjestiti.'

The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

21 I ti ćeš se u srcu svom zapitati: 'Tko mi rodi sve ove? Bijah bez djece, neplodna, prognana i odbačena, pa tko ih podiže? Bijah, eto, sama ostala, a oni gdje su bili?'”

Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

22 Ovako govori Gospod Jahve: “Evo, dajem rukom znak narodima i zastavu svoju dižem plemenima. Vratit će ti u naručju sinove, nosit će ti kćeri na plećima.

Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

23 Kraljevi će biti tvoji skrbnici, a kneginje im tvoje dojkinje. Klanjat će ti se licem do zemlje i prah će lizat s tvojih nogu. I znat ćeš da sam ja Jahve: koji se u me uzdaju, neće se posramiti.”

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

24 Može li se otet plijen junaku? Može li sužanj pobjeć pobjedniku?

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

25 Da, ovako govori Jahve: “Bit će oduzet sužanj junaku, pobjeći će plijen pobjedniku! S onima koji se s tobom spore ja ću se sporiti, tvoju djecu ja ću izbaviti;

But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children.

26 tlačiteljima ću tvojim dati njihovo meso za jelo i svojom krvlju opit će se kao moštom. I znat će svako tijelo da sam ja Jahve, Spasitelj tvoj, i da je tvoj okupitelj Silni Jakovljev.”

And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.