Isaiah 41
1 Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.
Umuknite preda mnom, otoci, nek' novu snagu narodi priberu. Nek' se primaknu i progovore; zajedno pristupimo k sudu.
2 Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.
“Tko je podigao s Istoka onog kog ukorak prati Pobjeda? Tko mu izručuje narode i kraljeve podlaže? Prah su pod mačem njegovim, k'o pljevu ih njegov luk raspršuje.
3 He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.
Goni ih, napreduje pouzdano, noge mu se ceste ne dotiču.
4 Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.
Tko je to učinio i izvršio? Onaj koji odiskona zove naraštaje, ja, Jahve, koji sam prvi i bit ću ovaj isti s posljednjima!”
5 The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
Otoci gledaju i strah ih obuzima, dršću krajevi zemaljski, oni se bliže i već su tu.
6 Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.
Svatko pomaže svome drugu i bratu svom zbori: “Hrabro!”
7 The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Ljevač bodri zlatara, onaj koji gladi čekićem bodri onog koji kuje na nakovnju. On govori o spajanju: “Dobro je”, i čavlima kip učvršćuje da se ne pomiče.
8 But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
Ti, Izraele, slugo moja, Jakove, kog sam izabrao, potomče Abrahama, mojega ljubimca!
9 In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
Ti koga uzeh s krajeva zemlje i pozvah s rubova njenih, ti kome rekoh: “Ti si sluga moj, izabrao sam te i nisam te odbacio.”
10 Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
Ne boj se jer ja sam s tobom; ne obaziri se plaho jer ja sam Bog tvoj. Ja te krijepim i pomažem ti, podupirem te pobjedničkom desnicom.
11 Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.
Gle, postidjet će se i smesti svi koji su na tebe bjesnjeli, bit će uništeni i propast će oni što se s tobom parbiše!
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.
Tražit ćeš svoje protivnike, ali ih nećeš naći. Bit će uništeni, svedeni na ništa oni koji protiv tebe vojuju.
13 For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.
Jer ja, Jahve, Bog tvoj, krijepim desnicu tvoju i kažem ti: “Ne boj se, ja ti pomažem.”
14 Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
Ne boj se, Jakove, crviću, Izraele, ličinko, ja sam pomoć tvoja - riječ je Jahvina - Svetac Izraelov tvoj je otkupitelj.
15 I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Gle, činim te mlatilom oštrim, novim, dvostrukih zubaca; mlatit ćeš i satirati brda, u prah ćeš pretvoriti bregove.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.
Vijat ćeš ih, vjetar će ih odnijeti, vihor će ih raspršiti. A ti ćeš kliktati u Jahvi, dičit ćeš se Svecem Izraelovim.
17 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Ubogi i bijedni vodu traže, a nje nema! Jezik im se osuši od žeđi. Ja, Jahve, njih ću uslišiti, ja, Bog Izraelov, ostavit' ih neću.
18 I will open rivers in the high bills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.
U goleti bregova otvorit ću rijeke i posred dolova izvore. Pustinju ću pretvoriti u močvaru, a u vrela sušnu zemlju.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:
Posadit ću u pustinji cedar, bagrem, mirtu i maslinu. Stepu ću pošumiti čempresom, brijestom i šimširom zajedno.
20 That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Nek' svi vide i nek' znaju, nek' promisle i nek' shvate: ruka Jahvina to učini, Svetac Izraelov stvori sve.
21 Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.
“Iznesite svoj spor, kaže Jahve, predočite dokaze, kaže kralj Jakovljev.
22 Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.
Nek' pristupe i nek' nam objave ono što će se zbiti. TÓa što su nam otkrili o onom što bijaše, što se ispunilo, da o tom mislimo? Il' objavite što će biti, da doznamo ono što dolazi.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
Otkrijte nam što će se poslije zbiti, i poznat ćemo da ste bogovi. Učinite nešto, dobro ili zlo, da se začudimo i prepadnemo zajedno.
24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.
Ali vi niste ništa i djela su vam ništavna, gnusan je koji vas izabere.”
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.
Podigoh ga sa sjevera da dođe, zazvah ga po imenu s istoka. Kao blato gazio je namjesnike, kao što po glini lončar gazi.
26 Who bath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.
Tko je to odiskona objavio da bismo znali, unaprijed prorekao da bismo rekli: istina je? Ali nikog nema tko bi objavio, niti koga da bi navijestio, niti koga da čuje riječi vaše.
27 The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.
Ja prvi rekoh Sionu: “Gle, evo ih”; prvi Jeruzalemu poslah glasnika vijesti radosne.
28 And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
Gledao sam, ali ne bješe nikoga, ni jednoga od njih da savjet dade, da ih pitam i da odgovore.
29 Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
Svi zajedno ništa su, ništavna su djela njihova, vjetar i ispraznost njihovi kipovi.
