Esias 49

1 Listen to me, you islands; and attend, you Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, says the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:

Čujte me, otoci, slušajte pomno, narodi daleki! Jahve me pozvao od krila materina, od utrobe majke moje spomenuo se moga imena.

2 and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

Od usta mojih britak mač je načinio, sakrio me u sjeni ruke svoje, od mene je oštru načinio strijelu, sakrio me u svome tobolcu.

3 and said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, and in you I will be glorified.

Rekao mi: “Ti si Sluga moj, Izraele, u kom ću se proslaviti!”

4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God.

A ja rekoh: “Zaludu sam se mučio, nizašto naprezao snagu.” Ipak, kod Jahve je moje pravo, kod mog Boga nagrada je moja. A sad govori Jahve, koji me od utrobe Slugom svojim načini, da mu vratim natrag Jakova, da se sabere Izrael.

5 And now, thus says the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

Proslavih se u očima Jahvinim, Bog moj bijaše mi snaga.

6 And he said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.

I reče mi: “Premalo je da mi budeš Sluga, da podigneš plemena Jakovljeva i vratiš Ostatak Izraelov, nego ću te postaviti za svjetlost narodima, da spas moj do nakraj zemlje doneseš.”

7 Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you.

Ovako govori Jahve, otkupitelj Izraelov, Svetac njegov, onome kog preziru i odbacuju narodi, sluzi silničkome: “Kad vide, dići će se kraljevi, bacit će se ničice knezovi, zbog Jahve, koji je vjernost svoju pokazao, Sveca Izraelova, koji te izabrao.”

8 Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I succored you: and I have formed you, and given you for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:

Ovako govori Jahve: “U vrijeme milosti ja ću te uslišiti, u dan spasa ja ću ti pomoći. Sazdao sam te i postavio za Savez narodu, da zemlju podignem, da nanovo razdijelim baštinu opustošenu,

9 saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture.

da kažeš zasužnjenima: 'Iziđite!' a onima koji su u tami: 'Dođite na svjetlo!' Oni će pasti uzduž svih putova, i paša će im biti po svim goletima.

10 They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

Neće više gladovat' i žeđati, neće ih mučiti žega ni sunce, jer vodit će ih onaj koji im se smiluje, dovest će ih k izvorima vode.

11 And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.

Sve gore svoje obratit će u putove, i ceste će se moje povisiti.”

12 Behold, these shall come from far: [and] these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.

Gle, jedni dolaze izdaleka, drugi sa sjevera i sa zapada, a neki iz zemlje sinimske.

13 Rejoice, you heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth [with] joy; for the Lard has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.

Kličite, nebesa, veseli se, zemljo, podvikujte, planine, od veselja; jer Jahve tješi narod svoj, on je milosrdan nevoljnima.

14 But Sion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.

Sion reče: “Jahve me ostavi, Gospod me zaboravi.”

15 Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget you, says the Lord.

“Može li žena zaboravit' svoje dojenče, ne imat' sućuti za čedo utrobe svoje? Pa kad bi koja i zaboravila, tebe ja zaboraviti neću.

16 Behold, I have painted your walls on my hands, and you are continually before me.

Gle, u dlanove sam te svoje urezao, zidovi tvoji svagda su mi pred očima.

17 And you shall soon be built by those by whom you were destroyed, and they that made you desolate shall go forth of you.

Obnovitelji tvoji hitaju, rušioci tvoji i pustošitelji odlaze od tebe.

18 Lift up your eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to you. [As] I live, says the Lord, you shall clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.

Obazri se oko sebe i pogledaj: sabiru se svi i dolaze k tebi. Života mi moga” - riječ je Jahvina - “svima ćeš se njima zaodjenuti k'o nakitom, i njima ćeš se k'o nevjesta ukrasiti!

19 For your desert and marred and ruined [places] shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured you shall be removed far from you.

Jest, tvoje ruševine, tvoje razvaline i tvoja zemlja poharana pretijesna će biti žiteljima tvojim kad se udalje oni što te zatirahu.

20 For your sons whom you have lost shall say in your ears, The place [is too] narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.

Opet će na tvoje uši reći sinovi kojih si bila lišena: 'Pretijesno mi je mjesto ovo, makni se da se mogu smjestiti.'

21 And you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me?

I ti ćeš se u srcu svom zapitati: 'Tko mi rodi sve ove? Bijah bez djece, neplodna, prognana i odbačena, pa tko ih podiže? Bijah, eto, sama ostala, a oni gdje su bili?'”

22 Thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring your sons in [their] bosom, and shall bear your daughters on [their] shoulders.

Ovako govori Gospod Jahve: “Evo, dajem rukom znak narodima i zastavu svoju dižem plemenima. Vratit će ti u naručju sinove, nosit će ti kćeri na plećima.

23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their princesses your nurses, they shall bow down to you on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.

Kraljevi će biti tvoji skrbnici, a kneginje im tvoje dojkinje. Klanjat će ti se licem do zemlje i prah će lizat s tvojih nogu. I znat ćeš da sam ja Jahve: koji se u me uzdaju, neće se posramiti.”

24 Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?

Može li se otet plijen junaku? Može li sužanj pobjeć pobjedniku?

25 For thus says the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes [them] from a mighty [man] shall be delivered: for I will plead your cause, and I will deliver your children.

Da, ovako govori Jahve: “Bit će oduzet sužanj junaku, pobjeći će plijen pobjedniku! S onima koji se s tobom spore ja ću se sporiti, tvoju djecu ja ću izbaviti;

26 And they that afflicted you shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers you, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.

tlačiteljima ću tvojim dati njihovo meso za jelo i svojom krvlju opit će se kao moštom. I znat će svako tijelo da sam ja Jahve, Spasitelj tvoj, i da je tvoj okupitelj Silni Jakovljev.”