Isaiah 46
1 Bel sinketh down; Nebo falleth; Their images are laid upon beasts and cattle; Those that ye once bore are packed upon them; A burden to the weary beast!
Bel se je upognil dol, Nebó se sklanja, njihovi maliki so bili na živalih in na živini. Vaši vozovi so bili težko obloženi, breme so vsaki izmučeni živini.
2 They sink down; they fall together; They cannot rescue the burden; They themselves go into captivity.
Sklonili so se, skupaj so se upognili, niso mogli osvoboditi bremena, temveč so sami šli v ujetništvo.
3 Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel; Ye that have been borne by me from your birth, That have been carried by me from your earliest breath!
Prisluhnite mi, oh hiša Jakobova in ves ostanek Izraelove hiše, ki vas nosim od trebuha, ki ste nošeni od maternice.
4 Even to your old age I am the same; Even to hoar hairs I will carry you; I have done it, and I will still bear you; I will carry, and will deliver you.
Celó do vaše visoke starosti jaz sem in celó do osivelih las vas bom prenašal. Jaz sem naredil, jaz bom vzdignil, celó jaz bom nosil in vas osvobodil.
5 To whom will ye liken me, and compare me? Yea, to whom will ye compare me, that we may be like?
S kom me boste primerjali in me naredili enakega in me primerjali, da bi bila lahko podobna?
6 They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver in the balance; They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; They fall down, yea, they worship it.
Iz torbe iztresajo zlato in na tehtnici tehtajo srebro in najemajo zlatarja in ta ga naredi boga. Padajo dol, da, obožujejo.
7 They lift him upon the shoulder, and carry him; They set him in his place, and there he standeth; From his place he moveth not; Yea, one may cry to him, yet doth he not answer, Nor save him out of his distress.
Vzdignejo ga na ramo, prenašajo ga in ga postavljajo na njegov prostor in ta stoji, iz svojega prostora se ne bo odstranil. Da, nekdo bo vpil k njemu, vendar mu ne more odgovoriti niti ga rešiti iz njegove stiske.
8 Remember these things, and show yourselves men; Lay them to heart, ye apostates!
Spomnite se tega in bodite možje. Ponovno premislite, oh vi, prestopniki.
9 Remember the former things in ancient times! For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.
Spominjajte se prejšnjih stvari od davnine, kajti jaz sem Bog in ni nikogar drugega, jaz sem Bog in nobenega ni podobnega meni,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning; From ancient times the things that were not yet done; Saying, My purpose shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure;
konec razglašam od začetka in od starodavnih časov stvari, ki še niso storjene, rekoč: ›Moj nasvet bo obstal in storil bom vse, kar mi ugaja.
11 Calling from the East the eagle, The man that executeth my purpose from a far country; I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Ptico roparico kličem od vzhoda, moža, ki izvršuje mojo namero iz daljne dežele. Da, jaz sem to govoril, jaz bom tudi privedel, da se zgodi, to sem namenil in to bom tudi storil.
12 Hearken to me, ye stubborn-hearted, That are far from deliverance!
Prisluhnite mi, vi arogantni, ki ste daleč od pravičnosti,
13 I have brought near my deliverance; it is not far off; My salvation shall not tarry; I will give to Zion salvation, To Israel, my glory.
svojo pravičnost privedem blizu; ta ne bo daleč stran in moja rešitev duš ne bo mudila. Rešitev duš bom postavil na Sion zaradi Izraela, svoje slave.
