Isaiah 21

1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.

Breme pustinji na moru. Kao vihori koji prolaze na jug, tako æe doæi iz pustinje, iz zemlje strašne.

2 A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.

Ljuta utvara javi mi se. Nevjernik nevjeru èini, pustošnik pustoši; hodi, Elame; opkoli, Midijo! svemu uzdisanju uèiniæu kraj.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.

Zato su bedra moja puna bola; muke me obuzeše kao kad se muèi porodilja; zgurih se èujuæi, prepadoh se videæi.

4 My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

Srce mi se smete, groza me poduze; noæ milina mojih pretvori mi se u strah.

5 Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

Postavi sto, stražar neka straži; jedi, pij; ustajte knezovi, mažite štitove.

6 For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.

Jer ovako mi reèe Gospod: idi, postavi stražara da ti javi što vidi.

7 And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.

I vidje kola, i dva reda konjika; kola s magarcima i kola s kamilama; i pažaše dobro velikom pažnjom.

8 And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.

I povika kao lav: gospodaru, ja stojim jednako na straži danju, i stojim na straži po svu noæ.

9 Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.

I evo doðoše na kolima ljudi, u dva reda konjici. Tada povika i reèe: pade, pade Vavilon, i svi rezani likovi bogova njegovijeh razbiše se o zemlju.

10 O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.

Vršaju moj, i pšenice gumna mojega! što èuh od Gospoda nad vojskama, Boga Izrailjeva, javih vam.

11 The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the eight? watchman, what of the night?

Breme Dumi. Vièe k meni neko sa Sira: stražaru! šta bi noæas? stražaru! šta bi noæas?

12 The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

Stražar reèe: doæi æe jutro, ali i noæ; ako æete tražiti, tražite, vratite se, doðite.

13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.

Breme Arapskoj. Po šumama u Arapskoj noæivaæete, putnici Dedanski!

14 Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.

Iznesite vode pred žedne, koji živite u zemlji Temi, sretite s hljebom bjegunca.

15 For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.

Jer æe bježati od maèa, od maèa gologa, od luka zapetoga i od žestokoga boja.

16 For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.

Jer ovako mi reèe Gospod: za godinu, kao što je godina najamnièka, nestaæe sve slave Kidarske.

17 And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.

I što ostane hrabrijeh strijelaca sinova Kidarskih, biæe malo; jer Gospod Bog Izrailjev reèe.