Isaiah 43

1 And now, thus said YHWH, Your Creator, O Jacob, and your Fashioner, O Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, I have called on your name—you [are] Mine.

Toda sedaj tako govori Gospod, ki te je ustvaril, oh Jakob in tisti, ki te je oblikoval, oh Izrael: »Ne boj se, kajti odkupil sem te, poklical sem te s tvojim imenom, moj si.

2 When you pass into waters, I [am] with you, And into floods, they do not overflow you, When you go into fire, you are not burned, And a flame does not burn against you.

Ko hodiš skozi vode, bom s teboj in skozi reke, te ne bodo preplavile. Ko hodiš skozi ogenj, ne boš ožgan niti se plamen ne bo vnel na tebi.

3 For I—your God YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior, I have appointed Egypt your atonement, Cush and Seba in your stead.

Kajti jaz sem Gospod, tvoj Bog, Sveti Izraelov, tvoj Odrešenik. Egipt sem dal za tvojo odkupnino, Etiopijo in Sebo zate.

4 Since you were precious in My eyes, You were honored, and I have loved you, And I appoint men in your stead, And peoples instead of your life.

Ker si bil dragocen v mojem pogledu, bil si častitljiv in jaz sem te ljubil. Zato bom zate dal ljudi in ljudstva za tvoje življenje.

5 Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, I bring in your seed from the east, And I gather you from the west.

Ne boj se, kajti jaz sem s teboj. Tvoje seme bom privedel od vzhoda in te zbral od zahoda.

6 I am saying to the north, “Give up,” And to the south, “Do not restrain.” Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

Severu bom rekel: ›Izroči‹ in jugu: ›Ne zadržuj.‹ Moje sinove privedi od daleč in moje hčere od koncev zemlje,

7 Everyone who is called by My Name, Even for My glory I have created him, I have formed him, indeed, I have made him.

celó vsakega, ki je klican z mojim imenom, kajti jaz sem ga ustvaril za svojo slavo, jaz sem ga oblikoval; da, jaz sem ga naredil.

8 He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.

Privedi slepo ljudstvo, ki ima oči in gluhe, ki imajo ušesa.

9 All the nations have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declares this, And causes us to hear former things? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, “Truth.”

Naj bodo vsi narodi zbrani skupaj in naj bo ljudstvo zbrano. Kdo izmed njih lahko to razglasi in nam pokaže prejšnje stvari? Naj privedejo naprej svoje priče, da bodo lahko opravičeni. Ali naj slišijo in rečejo: › To je resnica.‹

10 You [are] My witnesses, a declaration of YHWH, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you know and give credence to Me, And understand that I [am] He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

Vi ste moje priče, ‹ govori Gospod in moj služabnik, ki sem ga izbral, da me boste lahko poznali in mi verjeli in razumeli, da jaz sem ta. Pred menoj ni bil oblikovan noben Bog niti ne bo za menoj.

11 I [am] YHWH, And besides Me there is no savior.

Jaz, celó jaz sem Gospod in poleg mene ni rešitelja.

12 I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And you [are] My witnesses, a declaration of YHWH, And I [am] God.

Razglasil sem, rešil in pokazal, ko med vami ni bilo nobenega tujega boga. Zato ste vi moje priče, ‹ govori Gospod, ›da jaz sem Bog.

13 Even from the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who turns it back?

Da, preden je bil dan, jaz sem in nobenega ni, ki lahko osvobodi iz moje roke. Delal bom in kdo bo to dopustil?‹

14 Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I have sent to Babylon for your sake, And caused bars to descend—all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships.

Tako govori Gospod, vaš odkupitelj, Sveti Izraelov: ›Zaradi vas sem poslal v Babilon in ponižal vse njihove plemiče in Kaldejce, katerih vpitje je na ladjah.

15 I [am] YHWH, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.”

Jaz sem Gospod, vaš Sveti, stvarnik Izraela, vaš Kralj.‹

16 Thus said YHWH, Who is giving a way in the sea, And a path in the strong waters.

Tako govori Gospod, ki dela pot v morju in stezo v mogočnih vodah,

17 Who is bringing forth chariot and horse, A force, even a strong one: “They lie down together—they do not rise, They have been extinguished, They have been quenched as flax.”

ki privede naprej bojni voz in konja, vojsko in moč; skupaj se bodo ulegli, ne bodo vstali. Izumrli so, pogašeni so kakor predivo.

18 Do not remember former things, And do not consider ancient things.

Ne spominjajte se prejšnjih stvari niti ne preudarjajte stvari od davnine.

19 Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs up, Do you not know it? Indeed, I put a way in a wilderness, In a desolate place—floods.

Glejte, storil bom novo stvar. Sedaj bo ta vzbrstela; mar tega ne boste spoznali? Naredil bom celo pot v divjini in reke v puščavi.

20 The beast of the field honors Me, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given waters in a wilderness, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people—My chosen.

Divja žival polja me bo spoštovala, zmaji in sove, ker dam vode v divjino in reke v puščavo, da dam piti svojemu ljudstvu, svojim izbranim.

21 I have formed this people for Myself, They recount My praise.

To ljudstvo sem oblikoval zase, naznanjali bodo mojo hvalo.

22 And you have not called Me, O Jacob, For you have been wearied of Me, O Israel,

Toda ti nisi klical k meni, oh Jakob, temveč si se me naveličal, oh Izrael.

23 You have not brought to Me, The lamb of your burnt-offerings, And [with] your sacrifices you have not honored Me, I have not caused you to serve with a present, Nor wearied you with frankincense.

Nisi mi privedel majhne živine od svojih žgalnih daritev niti me nisi častil s svojimi klavnimi daritvami. Nisem ti storil, da služiš z daritvijo niti te nisem mučil s kadilom.

24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, And have not filled Me [with] the fat of your sacrifices, Only—you have caused Me to serve with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Z denarjem mi nisi kupil nobenega sladkornega trsta niti me nisi nasičeval s tolščo svojih klavnih daritev, temveč si me s svojimi grehi primoral, da služim; izmučil si me s svojimi krivičnostmi.

25 I [am] He who is blotting out Your transgressions for My own sake, And I do not remember your sins.

Jaz, celó jaz, sem tisti, ki zaradi sebe izbrisujem tvoje prestopke in se ne bom spominjal tvojih grehov.

26 Cause Me to remember—we are judged together, Declare that you may be justified.

Spomni me, skupaj se pravdajva. Ti razglasi, da boš lahko opravičen.

27 Your first father sinned, And your interpreters transgressed against Me,

Tvoj prvi oče je grešil in tvoji učitelji so se pregrešili zoper mene.

28 And I defile princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!

Zato sem oskrunil prince svetišča in dal Jakoba v prekletstvo in Izraela v graje.