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 islands, to Me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, YHWH has called Me from the womb, From the bowels of My mother He has 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 makes My mouth as a sharp sword, He has hid Me in the shadow of His hand, And He makes Me for a clear arrow, He has hid Me in His quiver.
3 Rekao mi: “Ti si Sluga moj, Izraele, u kom ću se proslaviti!”
And He says to me, “You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.”
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.
And I said, “I labored in vain, I consumed my power for emptiness and vanity, But my judgment [is] with YHWH, And my wage with my God.”
5 Proslavih se u očima Jahvinim, Bog moj bijaše mi snaga.
“And now,” said YHWH, who is forming Me from the belly—His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honored in the eyes of YHWH, And My God has been 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 says, “It has been a light thing That You are My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to bring back the preserved of Israel, And I have given You for a light to the nations, To 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 said YHWH, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the detested of a nation, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of YHWH, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooses 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 said YHWH: “In a time of good pleasure I answered You, And in a day of salvation I helped You, And I keep You, and give You, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
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.
To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. They feed on the ways, And their pasture is 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 do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor do mirage and sun strike them, For He who is pitying them leads them, And tends them by fountains of waters.
11 Sve gore svoje obratit će u putove, i ceste će se moje povisiti.”
And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
12 Gle, jedni dolaze izdaleka, drugi sa sjevera i sa zapada, a neki iz zemlje sinimske.
Behold, these come in from afar, And behold, these from the north, and from the sea, 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 rejoice, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For YHWH has comforted His people, And He pities His afflicted ones.
14 Sion reče: “Jahve me ostavi, Gospod me zaboravi.”
And Zion says, “YHWH 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.
“Does a woman forget her suckling, The loved one—the son of her womb? Indeed, these forget—but I do not forget you.
16 Gle, u dlanove sam te svoje urezao, zidovi tvoji svagda su mi pred očima.
Behold, I have carved you on the palms of the hand, Your walls [are] continually before Me.
17 Obnovitelji tvoji hitaju, rušioci tvoji i pustošitelji odlaze od tebe.
Those building you have hurried, Those destroying you, and laying you waste, go out from 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, [look] around and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to you. [As] I live,” a declaration of YHWH! “Surely you put on all of them as an ornament, And you bind them on like a bride.
19 Jest, tvoje ruševine, tvoje razvaline i tvoja zemlja poharana pretijesna će biti žiteljima tvojim kad se udalje oni što te zatirahu.
Because your ruins, and your desolate places, And the land of your ruins, Are now surely restricted because of inhabitants, And those consuming you have been far off.
20 Opet će na tvoje uši reći sinovi kojih si bila lišena: 'Pretijesno mi je mjesto ovo, makni se da se mogu smjestiti.'
Again the sons of your bereavement say in your ears: The place is too narrow for me, Come near to me—and I 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?'”
And you have said in your heart: Who has begotten these for me? And I [am] bereaved and barren, A captive, and turned aside, And who has nourished these? Behold, I was left by myself, these—where [are] they from?”
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 said Lord YHWH: “Behold, I lift up My hand to nations, And I raise up My ensign to peoples, And they have brought your sons in the bosom, And your daughters are carried on the shoulder.
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 have been your nursing fathers, And their princesses—your nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to you, And they lick up the dust of your feet, And you have known that I [am] YHWH, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.”
24 Može li se otet plijen junaku? Može li sužanj pobjeć pobjedniku?
Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous 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;
For thus said YHWH: “Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And I strive with your striver, and I save your sons.
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 have caused your oppressors to eat their own flesh, And they drink their own blood as new wine, And all flesh has known that I, YHWH, Your Savior, and your Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!”
