Izaija 8
1 Reče Jahve: “Uzmi veliku ploču i napiši na njoj ljudskim pismom: Maher Šalal Haš Baz - Brz grabež - hitar plijen.”
And Yahweh said unto me: Take thee a large tablet, —and write thereon in plain characters, To Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ["Speed-spoil-hurry-prey".]
2 Potom uzeh vjerne svjedoke, svećenika Uriju i Zahariju, sina Berekjina.
That I may take in attestation, faithful witnesses, —even Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
3 Približih se proročici te ona zače i rodi sina. Jahve mi reče: “Nazovi ga Maher Šalal Haš Baz,
Then approached I unto the prophetess, and she conceived and bare a son, —and Yahweh said unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 jer prije no što dijete počne tepati 'tata' i 'mama', nosit će se pred kralja asirskog sve bogatstvo Damaska i plijen Samarije.”
For before the boy shall have knowledge to cry, My father! and, My mother! the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
5 I opet mi reče Jahve:
And again Yahweh spake unto me yet further saying:
6 “Jer narod ovaj odbacuje mirne tekućice Šiloaha, a dršće pred Rasonom i pred sinom Remalijinim,
Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah which flow softly, —and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 navest će Gospod na vas vodu Eufrata, silnu i veliku - kralja asirskog i svu slavu njegovu - i ona će izići iz rukava svoga, preliti se preko svih obala;
now therefore, lo! the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters, strong and many, of the River ["Euphrates"], even the king of Assyria and all his glory, —and he shall rise over all his channels, and flow over all his banks;
8 provalit će u Judeju, razlit' se i poplaviti je, popeti se do grla njezina; i krila će svoja raširiti preko cijele tvoje zemlje, o Emanuele.”
and roll on throughout Judah—overflow and pass along, till unto the neck, he shall reach, —and it shall be, that, the stretching out of his wings, shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!
9 Udružite se samo, narodi, al' bit ćete smrvljeni! Poslušajte, vi kraljevi daleki, pašite se, bit ćete smrvljeni, pašite se, bit ćete smrvljeni!
Rage, O ye peoples, —and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth, —Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:
10 Kujte naum - bit će uništen, dogovarajte se samo, bit će uzalud, jer s nama je Bog!
Determine a plan, —and it shall be frustrated, —Speak a word, and it shall not stand, For With-us-is-GOD!
11 Jer, ovako mi reče Jahve, kad me rukom uhvatio i opomenuo da ne idem putem kojim narod ovaj ide:
For, thus, spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand, —when he admonished me, not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
12 “Ne zovite urotom sve što narod ovaj urotom zove; ne bojte se čega se on boji i nemajte straha.
Ye shall not say—A confederacy! of everything of which this people may say. A confederacy! And their fear, shall ye not fear or regard as awful:
13 Jahve nad Vojskama - on jedini nek' vam svet bude; jedino se njega bojte, strah od njega nek' vas prožme.
Yahweh of hosts, him, shall ye hallow, —And let, him, be your fear, and let, him inspire you with awe;
14 On će vam biti zamka i kamen spoticanja i stijena posrtanja za obje kuće Izraelove, zamka i mreža svim Jeruzalemcima.
So shall he become a hallowed asylum, —But a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over unto both houses of Israel A trap and a snare to the dweller in Jerusalem;
15 Mnogi će od njih posrnuti, pasti, razbiti se, zaplesti se, uhvatiti.”
And many, shall stumble among them, —and fall and be torn, and snared, and captured.
16 Pohrani ovo svjedočanstvo, zapečati ovu objavu među učenicima svojim:
Bind thou up the testimony, —Seal the instruction amongst my disciples.
17 Čekat ću Jahvu koji je lice svoje sakrio od doma Jakovljeva - u njega ja se uzdam.
I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, —And will wait, for him.
18 Evo, ja i djeca koju mi Jahve dade Izraelu smo znak i znamenje od Jahve nad Vojskama što prebiva na Gori sionskoj.
Lo! I and the children whom Yahweh hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel, —from Yahweh of hosts, who is making his habitation in Mount Zion.
19 Reknu li vam: “Duhove pitajte i vrače koji šapću i mrmljaju” - dakako, narod mora pitati svoje “bogove” i za žive u mrtvih se raspitivati! -
But, when they say unto you—Seek ye unto the necromancers and unto the wizards, who chirp, and who mutter, Should not a people seek, unto its God? In behalf of the living, [should it seek] unto the dead?
20 Uza Zakon! Uza svjedočanstvo! Tko ne rekne tako, zoru neće dočekati.
To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.
21 Lutat će zemljom potlačen i gladan, izgladnjela bijes će ga spopasti, proklinjat će svoga kralja i svog Boga. Okrene l' se k nebu,
Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry, —And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;
22 pogleda l' po zemlji, gle, svuda samo mrak i strava, svuda tmina tjeskobna. Ali će se tama raspršiti,
And unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!
