< Isaiah 37 >
1 And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, —and covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh;
Čuvši to, kralj Ezekija razdrije svoje haljine, obuče kostrijet i ode u Dom Jahvin.
2 and sent Eliakim who was over the household and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, —unto Isaiah the prophet, Son of Amoz;
Zatim posla Elijakima, upravitelja dvora, kraljevskog pisara Šebnu i svećeničke starješine, odjevene u kostrijet, k proroku Izaiji, sinu Amosovu.
3 and they said unto him, Thus, saith Hezekiah, A day of distress and rebuke and reviling, is this day, —For children are come to the birth, and, strength, is there none to bring forth.
Oni mu rekoše: “Ovako veli Ezekija: 'Ovo je dan nevolje, kazne i rugla: prispješe djeca do porođaja, a nema snage da se rode.
4 It may be, that Yahweh thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria his lord, hath sent to reproach a Living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh thy God hath heard, —Wherefore lift thou up a prayer, for the remnant that remaineth.
Možda je Jahve, Bog tvoj, čuo riječi velikog peharnika koga je kralj asirski, gospodar njegov, poslao da se izruguje Bogu živome, i možda će Jahve, Bog tvoj, kazniti riječi koje je čuo! Pomoli se pobožno za Ostatak koji je još preostao!'”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came unto Isaiah.
Kad su sluge kralja Ezekije stigle k Izaiji,
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus, shall ye, surely say, unto your lord, —Thus, saith Yahweh—Be not thou afraid because of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled, Me.
on im reče: “Kažite svome gospodaru: 'Ovako veli Jahve: Ne boj se riječi koje si čuo kada su na me hulile sluge kralja asirskoga.
7 Behold me! about to let go against him a blast of alarm, and when he heareth the report, then will he return to his own country, —and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Udahnut ću u njega duh, i kad čuje jednu vijest, vratit će se u svoju zemlju. I učinit ću da u svojoj zemlji pogine od mača.'”
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria, warring against Libnah, —for he had heard, that he had broken up from Lachish.
Veliki peharnik vrati se i nađe asirskoga kralja gdje opsjeda Libnu, jer bijaše čuo da je kralj otišao iz Lakiša.
9 And he heard it reported concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, saying, He hath come forth to fight with thee, —so when he heard it, he sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying:
Dočuo je, naime, da je Tirhaka, etiopski kralj, zavojštio na njega. Tada Sanherib ponovo uputi poslanike da kažu Ezekiji:
10 Thus, shall ye surely speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom, thou, art trusting, beguile thee, saying, —Jerusalem, shall not be given over, into the hand of the king of Assyria.
“Ovako recite judejskom kralju Ezekiji: 'Neka te ne vara tvoj Bog, u koga se uzdaš, govoreći ti: Jeruzalem neće pasti u ruke asirskog kralja.
11 Lo! thou, thyself, hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands in devoting them to destruction, —and shalt, thou, be delivered?
Ti znaš što su kraljevi asirski učinili svim zemljama izručivši ih prokletstvu! A ti, ti li ćeš se spasiti?
12 Did the gods of the nations, deliver them, whom my fathers destroyed, —Gozan, and Haran, —and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were in Telassar?
Jesu li bogovi spasili narode koje su uništili moji oci: Gozance, Harance, Resefce i Edence, u Tel Basaru?
13 Where are the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, —of Hena, and Ivvah?
Gdje je kralj hamatski, kralj arpadski, kralj Sefarvajima, Hene i Ive?'”
14 And, when Hezekiah had received the letter at the hand of the messengers, and had read it, then went he up to the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out, before Yahweh.
Ezekija primi pismo iz ruke poslanikove i pročita ga. Zatim uđe u Dom Jahvin i razvi ga ondje pred Jahvom.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto Yahweh saying:
I pomoli se Ezekija Jahvi ovako:
16 O Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel—inhabiting the cherubim, Thou thyself, art GOD, even thou alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou, didst make the heavens and the earth.
“Jahve nad Vojskama, Bože Izraelov, koji stoluješ nad kerubima, ti si Bog jedini nad svim kraljevstvima na zemlji, ti si stvorio nebo i zemlju.
17 Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear—and hear, Open, O Yahweh, thine eyes—and see, —Yea hear thou all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent—to reproach a Living God.
Prikloni uho, Jahve, i počuj! Otvori oči, Jahve, i vidi! Sanheribove čujder riječi koje poruči da izruga Boga živoga.
18 Of a truth, O Yahweh, —the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction all the countries, and their land;
Istina je, o Jahve, asirski su kraljevi zatrli sve narode i zemlje njihove;
19 and have put their gods in the fire, —for, no-gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men wood and stone and so they destroyed them.
pobacali im u oganj bogove, jer ne bijahu bogovi to, već djela ruku ljudskih, od drva i kamena; zato ih i uništiše.
20 Now, therefore, O Yahweh our God, save us, out of his hand, —That all the kingdoms of the earth, may know, That, thou, art Yahweh, thou alone.
Ali sada, Jahve, Bože naš, izbavi nas iz ruke njegove, da spoznaju sva kraljevstva zemlje da si ti, Jahve, Bog jedini!”
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah saying, —Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, In that thou hast prayed unto me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Tad Izaija, sin Amosov, poruči Ezekiji: “Ovako veli Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'Uslišah molitvu koju mi uputi zbog Sanheriba, kralja asirskoga.'
22 this, is the word which Yahweh hath spoken concerning him, —The virgin daughter of Zion, laugheth thee to scorn—mocketh thee, The daughter of Jerusalem after thee doth wag her head,
Evo riječi što je Jahve objavi protiv njega: Prezire te, ruga ti se, djevica, Kći sionska; za tobom maše glavom kći jeruzalemska.
23 Whom, hast thou reproached and insulted? And, against whom, hast thou lifted high thy voice? Yea thou hast proudly raised thine eyes, against the Holy One of Israel.
Koga si grdio, hulio? Na koga si glasno vikao, ohol pogled dizao? Na Sveca Izraelova!
24 Through thy servants, thou hast reproached My Lord and hast said, —With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended The height of the mountains The recesses of Lebanon, That I may cut down Its tallest cedars Its choicest firs, That I may enter Its highest summit, Its thick garden forest:
Po slugama si svojim vrijeđao Gospoda. Govorio si: s mnoštvom kola ja popeh se na vrh gorÄa, na najviše vrhunce Libanona. Posjekoh mu ja cedre najviše i čemprese ponajljepše. Dosegoh mu vrh najviši, i vrt njegov šumoviti.
25 I, have digged, and drunk waters, —That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile-streams of Egypt.
Kopao sam i pio sam vode tuđe; stopalima tad isuših sve rijeke egipatske.
26 Hast thou not heard—That, long ago, that, is what I appointed, And from days of old, devised? Now, have I brought it to pass, That thou mightest Serve to lay waste, in desolate ruins, fortified cities;
Čuješ li dobro? Odavna to sam snovao, odiskona smišljao, sada to ostvarujem: na tebi je da prometneš gradove tvrde u razvaline;
27 And their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame—They became—Grass of the field and Young herbage, Grass on housetops, and Seed parched before it came up.
stanovnici njini, nemoćni, prepadnuti i smeteni, bjehu kao trava u polju kao mlado zelenilo, kao trava vrh krovova opaljena vjetrom istočnim.
28 Howbeit, thine abode and thy coming out and thy going in, I know, —and thy raging against me.
Znam kad se dižeš i kad sjedaš, kad izlaziš i kad se vraćaš.
29 Because, thy raging against me, and thy contempt, have come up into mine ears, Therefore will I put My ring in thy nose, and My bit in thy lips, And will turn thee back, by the way by which thou camest.
Jer bjesnio si na me i jer obijest tvoja do ušiju mi dođe, prsten ću ti provući kroz nozdrve, uzde stavit' u žvale, vratit ću te putem kojim si došao!
30 And, this unto thee, is the sign, Eating this year, the growth of scattered seeds, And in the second year, that which shooteth up of itself, —Then in the third year, Sow ye—and reap, and Plant ye vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
A znak nek' ti bude ovo: ove će se godine jesti što se samo okrÄunÄi, dogodine što samo uzraste, a treće godine sijte i žanjite, sadite vinograde, jedite im rod.
31 Then shall the escaped of the house of Judah that remain, again, Take root downward, —And bear fruit upward.
Preživjeli iz kuće Judine, žilje će pustit' u dubinu, plodom rodit' u visinu.
32 For, out of Jerusalem, shall come forth a remnant, And that which hath escaped, out of Mount Zion, —the jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform, this.
Jer će iz Jeruzalema izaći Ostatak. Sačuvani s gore Siona. Sve će to učinit' ljubomora Jahve nad Vojskama.
33 Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not enter this city, Nor shoot there, an arrow, —Nor attack it with shield, Nor cast up against it a mound:
Zato ovo govori Jahve o kralju asirskom: U ovaj grad on ući neće, ovamo strijele svoje neće izmetati, k njemu neće ni štit okrenuti, niti oko njega nasipe kopati.
34 By the way that he Came in, By the Same, shall he return, —And into this city, shall he not enter, Declareth Yahweh.
Vratit će se putem kojim je i došao, u grad ovaj neće ući - riječ je Jahvina.
35 Thus will I throw a covering over this city to save it, —For mine own sake, And for the sake of David my servant.
Grad ću ovaj štitit, zakriliti ga, sebe radi i rad sluge svoga Davida.”
36 Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote—in the camp of the Assyrians—a hundred and eighty-five thousand, —and when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!
Tad iziđe Anđeo Jahvin i pobi u asirskom taboru sto osamdeset i pet tisuća ljudi. Ujutru, kad je valjalo ustati, gle, bijahu ondje sve sami mrtvaci.
37 So Sennacherib the king of Assyria brake up, and went his way, and returned, —and remained in Nineveh.
Sanherib podiže tabor i ode. Vratio se u Ninivu.
38 And it came to pass, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisroch his god, that, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons, smote him with the sword, howbeit, they, escaped into the land of Ararat, —and, Esarhaddon his son, reigned, in his stead.
Jednoga dana, dok se klanjao u hramu svoga boga Nimroka, njegovi ga sinovi Adramelek i Sareser ubiše mačem i pobjegoše u zemlju araratsku. Na njegovo se mjesto zakralji sin mu Asar-Hadon.