Isaiah 42
1 Behold, My servant, I take hold on Him, My Chosen One—My soul has accepted, I have put My Spirit on Him, He brings forth judgment to nations.
Evo Sluge mojega koga podupirem, mog izabranika, miljenika duše moje. Na njega sam svoga duha izlio da donosi pravo narodima.
2 He does not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
On ne viče, on ne diže glasa, niti se čuti može po ulicama.
3 A bruised reed He does not break, And faded flax He does not quench, He brings forth judgment to truth.
On ne lomi napuknutu trsku niti gasi stijenj što tinja. Vjerno on donosi pravdu,
4 He does not become weak nor bruised, Until He sets judgment in the earth, And islands wait with hope for His law.
ne sustaje i ne malakše dok na zemlji ne uspostavi pravo. Otoci žude za njegovim naukom.
5 Thus said God, YHWH, Creating the heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
Ovako govori Jahve, Bog, koji stvori i razastrije nebesa, koji rasprostrije zemlju i njeno raslinje, koji dade dah narodima na njoj i dah bićima što njome hode.
6 I, YHWH, called you in righteousness, And I lay hold on your hand, and keep you, And I give you for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
Ja, Jahve, u pravdi te pozvah, čvrsto te za ruku uzeh; oblikovah te i postavih te za Savez narodu i svjetlost pucima,
7 To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth the bound one from prison, Those sitting in darkness from the house of restraint.
da otvoriš oči slijepima, da izvedeš sužnje iz zatvora, iz tamnice one što žive u tami.
8 I [am] YHWH, this [is] My Name, And I do not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
Ja, Jahve mi je ime, svoje slave drugom ne dam, niti časti svoje kipovima.
9 The former things, behold, have come, And I am declaring new things, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
Što prije prorekoh, evo, zbi se, i nove događaje ja naviještam, i prije negoli se pokažu, vama ih objavljujem.
10 Sing a new song to YHWH, His praise from the end of the earth, You who are going down to the sea, and its fullness, Islands, and their inhabitants.
Pjevajte Jahvi pjesmu novu, i s kraja zemlje hvalu njegovu, neka ga slavi more sa svim što je u njem, otoci i njihovi žitelji!
11 The wilderness and its cities lift up [their voice], Kedar inhabits the villages, The inhabitants of Sela sing, They cry from the top of mountains.
Nek' digne glas pustinja i njeni gradovi, nek' odjeknu naselja gdje žive Kedarci! Nek' podvikuju stanovnici Stijene, neka kliču s gorskih vrhova!
12 They ascribe to YHWH glory, And they declare His praise in the islands.
Nek' daju čast Jahvi i hvalu mu naviještaju po otocima!
13 YHWH goes forth as a mighty one. He stirs up zeal as a man of war, He cries, indeed, He shrieks, He shows Himself mighty against His enemies.
Kao junak izlazi Jahve, kao ratnik žar svoj podjaruje. Uz bojni poklik i viku ratnu ide junački na svog neprijatelja.
14 I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain Myself, I cry out as a travailing woman, I desolate and swallow up together.
“Šutjeh dugo, gluh se činjah, svladavah se; sad vičem kao žena kada rađa, dašćem i uzdišem.
15 I make desolate mountains and hills, And I dry up all their herbs, And I have made rivers become islands, And I dry up ponds.
Isušit ću brda i bregove, sparušiti svu zelen po njima, rijeke ću u stepe pretvoriti i močvare isušiti.
16 And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, I cause them to tread in paths they have not known, I make a dark place become light before them, And unleveled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
Vodit ću slijepce po cestama, uputit' ih putovima. Pred njima ću tamu u svjetlost obratit', a neravno tlo u ravno. To ću učiniti i neću propustiti.
17 Removed backward—utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a carved image, Those saying to a molten image, “You [are] our gods.”
Uzmaknut će u golemu stidu koji se uzdaju u kipove, koji ljevenim likovima govore: 'Vi ste naši bogovi.'”
18 You deaf, hear; and you blind, look to see.
Čujte, gluhi! Progledajte, slijepi, da vidite!
19 Who [is] blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who [is] blind as he who is at peace, Indeed, blind, as the servant of YHWH?
Tko je slijep ako ne moj sluga, tko je gluh kao glasnik koga šaljem? Tko je slijep kao prijatelj, tko je gluh kao sluga Jahvin?
20 Seeing many things, and you do not observe, Opening ears, and he does not hear.
Mnogo si vidio, ali nisi mario, uši ti bjehu otvorene, ali nisi čuo!
21 YHWH has delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifies law, and makes honorable.
Jahvi se svidjelo zbog njegove pravednosti da uzveliča i proslavi Zakon svoj.
22 And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes—all of them, And they were hidden in houses of restraint, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, “Restore.”
A narod je ovaj opljačkan i oplijenjen, mladići mu stavljeni u klade, vrgnuti u zatvore. Plijene ih, a nikoga da ih izbavi; robe ih, a nitko da kaže: “Vrati!”
23 Who among you gives ear [to] this? Attends, and hears afterward?
Tko od vas mari za to? Tko pazi i sluša unapredak?
24 Who has given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not YHWH—He against whom we sinned? Indeed, they have not been willing to walk in His ways, Nor have they listened to His law.
Tko je pljačkašu izručio Jakova i otimačima Izraela? Nije li Jahve, protiv koga smo griješili, čijim putima ne htjedosmo hoditi, čiji Zakon nismo slušali?
25 And He pours fury on him, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it sets him on fire all around, And he has not known, And it burns against him, and he does not lay it to heart!
Zato izli na Izraela žarki gnjev svoj i strahote ratne: plamen ga okruži odasvud, al' on ni to nije shvatio; sažeže ga, al' on ni to k srcu ne uze.
