Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the desert Sea. As the whirlewindes in the South vse to passe from the wildernesse, so shall it come from the horrible land.
Breme puščave morja. Kakor gredo skozi vrtinčasti vetrovi na jugu, tako ta prihaja iz puščave, iz strašne dežele.
2 A grieuous vision was shewed vnto me, The transgressour against a transgressour, and the destroyer against a destroyer. Goe vp Elam, besiege Media: I haue caused all the mourning thereof to cease.
Mučno videnje mi je naznanjeno, zahrbtnež postopa zahrbtno in plenilec pleni. Pojdi gor, oh Elám. Oblegaj, oh Medija. Vsemu njihovemu vzdihovanju sem storil, da preneha.
3 Therefore are my loynes filled with sorow: sorowes haue taken me as the sorowes of a woman that trauayleth: I was bowed downe when I heard it, and I was amased when I sawe it.
Zato so moja ledja napolnjena z bolečino. Polastile so se me ostre bolečine kakor ostre bolečine ženske, ki je v porodnih mukah. Sklonjen sem bil ob poslušanju tega, ob gledanju tega sem bil zaprepaden.
4 Mine heart failed: fearefulnesse troubled me: the night of my pleasures hath he turned into feare vnto me.
Moje srce trepeta, grozljivost me je preplašila. Noč mojega užitka mi je obrnil v strah.
5 Prepare thou the table: watch in the watch towre: eate, drinke: arise, ye princes, anoynt the shielde.
Pripravite mizo, stražite v stražnem stolpu, jejte, pijte. Vstanite, vi princi in pomazilite ščit.
6 For thus hath the Lord said vnto me, Go, set a watchman, to tell what he seeth.
Kajti tako mi je rekel Gospod: »Pojdi, postavi stražarja, naj razglasi, kar vidi.«
7 And he sawe a charet with two horsemen: a charet of an asse, and a charet of a camel: and he hearkened and tooke diligent heede.
Ta je zagledal bojni voz z nekaj konjeniki, voz z osli in voz s kamelami in marljivo prisluhnil z mnogo pozornosti
8 And he cryed, A lyon: my lorde, I stand continually vpon ye watche towre in the day time, and I am set in my watche euery night:
ter zavpil: »Lev. ›Moj Gospod, nenehno stojim na stražnem stolpu podnevi in na svojo stražo sem postavljen cele noči
9 And beholde, this mans charet commeth with two horsemen. And he answered and said, Babel is fallen: it is fallen, and all the images of her gods hath he broken vnto the ground.
in glej, sem prihaja bojni voz z možmi, z nekaj konjeniki.‹« Odgovoril je in rekel: »Babilon je padel, padel je in vse rezane podobe njegovih bogov je zdrobil na tla.«
10 O my threshing, and the corne of my floore. That which I haue heard of the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, haue I shewed vnto you.
Oh moja mlatev in žito mojih tal. To, kar sem slišal od Gospoda nad bojevniki, Izraelovega Boga, sem vam naznanil.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth vnto me out of Seir, Watchman, what was in ye night? Watchman, what was in the night?
Breme o Dumi. Kliče me iz Seírja: »Stražar, kaj je glede noči? Stražar, kaj je glede noči?«
12 The watchman saide, The morning commeth, and also the night. If yee will aske, enquire: returne and come.
Stražar je rekel: »Prihaja jutro in tudi noč. Če hočete poizvedeti, poizvejte. Vrnite se, pridite.«
13 The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall yee tarie all night, euen in the waies of Dedanim.
Breme nad Arabijo. V arabskem gozdu boste prenočevale, oh ve, potujoče skupine Dedánovcev.
14 O inhabitants of the lande of Tema, bring foorth water to meete the thirstie, and preuent him that fleeth with his bread.
Prebivalci dežele Temá so prinesli vodo tistemu, ki je bil žejen. Tistega, ki je bežal, so prestregli s svojim kruhom.
15 For they flee from the drawen swords, euen from the drawen sword, and from the bent bowe, and from the grieuousnesse of warre.
Kajti pobegnili so pred meči, pred izvlečenim mečem, pred napetim lokom in pred bolečino vojne.
16 For thus hath the Lord sayd vnto me, Yet a yeere according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glorie of Kedar shall faile.
Kajti tako mi je rekel Gospod: »Znotraj leta, glede na najemnikova leta in vsa slava Kedárja bo padla.
17 And the residue of the nomber of ye strong archers of the sonnes of Kedar shall be fewe: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.
Preostanek izmed števila lokostrelcev, močni možje izmed kedárskih otrok, bodo zmanjšani, « kajti Gospod, Izraelov Bog, je to govoril.
