Isaiah 46
1 Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.
Bel se je upognil dol, Nebó se sklanja, njihovi maliki so bili na živalih in na živini. Vaši vozovi so bili težko obloženi, breme so vsaki izmučeni živini.
2 They are bent down, they are falling together: they were not able to keep their images safe, but they themselves have been taken prisoner.
Sklonili so se, skupaj so se upognili, niso mogli osvoboditi bremena, temveč so sami šli v ujetništvo.
3 Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
Prisluhnite mi, oh hiša Jakobova in ves ostanek Izraelove hiše, ki vas nosim od trebuha, ki ste nošeni od maternice.
4 Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
Celó do vaše visoke starosti jaz sem in celó do osivelih las vas bom prenašal. Jaz sem naredil, jaz bom vzdignil, celó jaz bom nosil in vas osvobodil.
5 Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?
S kom me boste primerjali in me naredili enakega in me primerjali, da bi bila lahko podobna?
6 As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.
Iz torbe iztresajo zlato in na tehtnici tehtajo srebro in najemajo zlatarja in ta ga naredi boga. Padajo dol, da, obožujejo.
7 They put him on their backs, and take him up, and put him in his fixed place, from which he may not be moved; if a man gives a cry for help to him, he is unable to give an answer, or get him out of his trouble.
Vzdignejo ga na ramo, prenašajo ga in ga postavljajo na njegov prostor in ta stoji, iz svojega prostora se ne bo odstranil. Da, nekdo bo vpil k njemu, vendar mu ne more odgovoriti niti ga rešiti iz njegove stiske.
8 Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.
Spomnite se tega in bodite možje. Ponovno premislite, oh vi, prestopniki.
9 Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;
Spominjajte se prejšnjih stvari od davnine, kajti jaz sem Bog in ni nikogar drugega, jaz sem Bog in nobenega ni podobnega meni,
10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
konec razglašam od začetka in od starodavnih časov stvari, ki še niso storjene, rekoč: ›Moj nasvet bo obstal in storil bom vse, kar mi ugaja.
11 Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
Ptico roparico kličem od vzhoda, moža, ki izvršuje mojo namero iz daljne dežele. Da, jaz sem to govoril, jaz bom tudi privedel, da se zgodi, to sem namenil in to bom tudi storil.
12 Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:
Prisluhnite mi, vi arogantni, ki ste daleč od pravičnosti,
13 My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.
svojo pravičnost privedem blizu; ta ne bo daleč stran in moja rešitev duš ne bo mudila. Rešitev duš bom postavil na Sion zaradi Izraela, svoje slave.
