Isaiah 31
1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;
Běda těm, kteříž se utíkají do Egypta o pomoc, a v koních zpoléhají, a doufají v vozích, že jich mnoho, a v jezdcích, že jich množství veliké, a nepatří k Svatému Izraelskému, aniž Hospodina hledají,
2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.
Ještoť i on jest moudrý. Protož uvede pomstu, a nezměníť slov svých, ale povstane proti domu zlostníků a proti pomoci těch, kteříž páší nepravost.
3 For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
Egyptští pak jsou lidé, a ne Bůh silný, a koni jejich tělo, a ne duch. A protož jakž jen Hospodin vztáhne ruku svou, padne i pomocník, padne i ten, jemuž byl ku pomoci; a tak jednostejně všickni ti na nic přijdou.
4 For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
Nebo tak řekl Hospodin ke mně: Jako když lev řve aneb lvíče nad loupeží svou, proti němuž byl-li by svolán houf pastýřů, křiku jejich se neděsí, aniž se pro hluk jejich koří: tak sstoupí Hospodin zástupů, aby bojoval o horu Sion, a o pahrbek její.
5 Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.
Jako ptáci létajíce, tak hájiti bude Hospodin zástupů Jeruzaléma, anobrž obhajuje vysvobodí, pomíjeje zachová.
6 Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.
Navraťtež se k tomu, od něhož hluboko zabředli synové Izraelští.
7 For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.
Nebo v ten den zavržete jeden každý modly své stříbrné a modly své zlaté, kterýchž vám nadělaly ruce vaše, abyste hřešili.
8 Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.
I padne Assur od meče ne muže, a meč ne člověka zžíře jej; a utíkati bude před mečem, a nejudatnější jeho pod plat uvedeni budou.
9 And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.
A tak skála jeho pro strach zmizí, a knížata jeho korouhve děsiti se budou, praví Hospodin, jehož jest oheň na Sionu a pec v Jeruzalémě.
