Isaiah 21
1 The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
Breme puščave morja. Kakor gredo skozi vrtinčasti vetrovi na jugu, tako ta prihaja iz puščave, iz strašne dežele.
2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
Mučno videnje mi je naznanjeno, zahrbtnež postopa zahrbtno in plenilec pleni. Pojdi gor, oh Elám. Oblegaj, oh Medija. Vsemu njihovemu vzdihovanju sem storil, da preneha.
3 For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.
Zato so moja ledja napolnjena z bolečino. Polastile so se me ostre bolečine kakor ostre bolečine ženske, ki je v porodnih mukah. Sklonjen sem bil ob poslušanju tega, ob gledanju tega sem bil zaprepaden.
4 My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
Moje srce trepeta, grozljivost me je preplašila. Noč mojega užitka mi je obrnil v strah.
5 They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
Pripravite mizo, stražite v stražnem stolpu, jejte, pijte. Vstanite, vi princi in pomazilite ščit.
6 For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
Kajti tako mi je rekel Gospod: »Pojdi, postavi stražarja, naj razglasi, kar vidi.«
7 And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
Ta je zagledal bojni voz z nekaj konjeniki, voz z osli in voz s kamelami in marljivo prisluhnil z mnogo pozornosti
8 And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
ter zavpil: »Lev. ›Moj Gospod, nenehno stojim na stražnem stolpu podnevi in na svojo stražo sem postavljen cele noči
9 See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.
in glej, sem prihaja bojni voz z možmi, z nekaj konjeniki.‹« Odgovoril je in rekel: »Babilon je padel, padel je in vse rezane podobe njegovih bogov je zdrobil na tla.«
10 O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
Oh moja mlatev in žito mojih tal. To, kar sem slišal od Gospoda nad bojevniki, Izraelovega Boga, sem vam naznanil.
11 The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
Breme o Dumi. Kliče me iz Seírja: »Stražar, kaj je glede noči? Stražar, kaj je glede noči?«
12 The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
Stražar je rekel: »Prihaja jutro in tudi noč. Če hočete poizvedeti, poizvejte. Vrnite se, pridite.«
13 The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
Breme nad Arabijo. V arabskem gozdu boste prenočevale, oh ve, potujoče skupine Dedánovcev.
14 Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
Prebivalci dežele Temá so prinesli vodo tistemu, ki je bil žejen. Tistega, ki je bežal, so prestregli s svojim kruhom.
15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.
Kajti pobegnili so pred meči, pred izvlečenim mečem, pred napetim lokom in pred bolečino vojne.
16 For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
Kajti tako mi je rekel Gospod: »Znotraj leta, glede na najemnikova leta in vsa slava Kedárja bo padla.
17 And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
Preostanek izmed števila lokostrelcev, močni možje izmed kedárskih otrok, bodo zmanjšani, « kajti Gospod, Izraelov Bog, je to govoril.
