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;
Gorje tistim, ki gredo dol v Egipt po pomoč in se zanašajo na konje in zaupajo v bojne vozove, zato ker so številni in na konjenike, ker so zelo močni, toda ne gledajo k Svetemu Izraelovemu niti ne iščejo Gospoda!
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.
Vendar je on tudi moder in privedel bo zlo in svojih besed ne bo poklical nazaj, temveč se bo vzdignil zoper hišo hudodelcev in zoper pomoč tistih, ki počno krivičnost.
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.
Torej Egipčani so ljudje in ne Bog in njihovi konji meso in ne duh. Ko bo Gospod iztegnil svojo roko, bosta padla oba, tako tisti, ki pomaga in komur je pomagano, padla bosta in vsem skupaj bo spodletelo.
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.
Kajti tako mi je govoril Gospod: »Podobno kakor lev in mlad lev rjoveta na svoj plen, ko je zoper njega sklicana množica pastirjev, se on ne bo bal njihovega glasu niti se Gospod nad bojevniki ne bo ponižal zaradi njihovega hrupa. Tako bo Gospod nad bojevniki prišel dol, da se bori za goro Sion in za njen hrib.
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.
Kakor leteče ptice, tako bo Gospod nad bojevniki branil [prestolnico] Jeruzalem; z obrambo jo bo tudi osvobodil in s prehajanjem čeznjo jo bo ohranil.
6 Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.
Obrnite se k njemu, od katerega so se Izraelovi otroci globoko spuntali.
7 For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.
Kajti na ta dan bo vsak človek zavrgel svoje malike iz srebra in svoje malike iz zlata, ki so vam jih v greh naredile vaše lastne roke.
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.
Takrat bo Asirec padel pod mečem, ne od mogočnega človeka; in meč, ne od zlobnega človeka, ga bo požiral. Toda pobegnil bo pred mečem in njegovi mladeniči bodo poraženi.
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.
Zaradi strahu bo prešel k svojemu oporišču in njegovi princi se bodo bali zastave, « govori Gospod, čigar ogenj je na Sionu in njegova talilna peč v Jeruzalemu.
