Isaiah 41
1 “Listen before me in silence, you coastlands; let the nations renew their strength; let them come near and speak; let us come near together to argue a dispute.
Umuknite preda mnom, ostrva; i narodi neka se potkrijepe, neka pristupe, i tada neka reku: hajdemo da se sudimo.
2 Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and helps him subdue kings. He turns them to dust with his sword, like windblown stubble with his bow.
Ko je podigao pravdu s istoka? ko je dozvao da ide za njim ustopice? ko joj je pokorio narode i dao joj vlast nad carevima i uèinio te su kao prah maèu njezinu i kao razvijana pljeva luku njezinu?
3 He pursues them and passes by safely, by a swift path that his feet scarcely touch.
Pogna ih, proðe mirno putem, kojim ne bješe hodio nogama svojim.
4 Who has performed and accomplished these deeds? Who has summoned the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last ones, I am he.
Ko je uradio i uèinio to? i zove naraštaje od iskona? Ja, Gospod, prvi i pošljednji, ja isti.
5 The isles have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they approach and come.
Vidješe ostrva i uplašiše se, krajevi zemaljski zadrktaše, približiše se i doðoše.
6 Everyone helps his neighbor, and every one says to one another, 'Be encouraged.'
Jedan drugom pomagaše, i bratu svojemu govoraše: budi hrabar.
7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who works with the hammer encourages him who works with an anvil, saying of the welding, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not topple over.
Drvodjelja hrabraše zlatara; koji kleplje hrabraše onoga koji kuje na nakovnju, govoreæi: dobro je za spajanje. I pritvrðivaše klincima da se ne pomièe.
8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
Ali ti, Izrailju, slugo moj; Jakove, kojega izabrah, sjeme Avrama prijatelja mojega!
9 you whom I am bringing back from the ends of the earth, and whom I called from the far away places, and to whom I said, 'You are my servant;' I have chosen you and not rejected you.
Ti, kojega uzeh s krajeva zemaljskih, i izmeðu izbranijeh njezinijeh dozvah te, i rekoh ti: ti si moj sluga, ja te izabrah, i ne odbacih tebe;
10 Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, and I will help you, and I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Ne boj se, jer sam ja s tobom; ne plaši se, jer sam ja Bog tvoj; ukrijepiæu te i pomoæi æu ti, i poduprijeæu te desnicom pravde svoje.
11 See, they will be ashamed and disgraced, all who have been angry with you; they will be as nothing and will perish, those who oppose you.
Gle, postidjeæe se i posramiæe svi koji se ljute na tebe; biæe kao ništa i izginuæe protivnici tvoji.
12 You will seek and will not find those who contended with you; those who warred against you will be like nothing, absolutely nothing.
Potražiæeš suparnike svoje, ali ih neæeš naæi, biæe kao ništa, i koji vojuju na te, nestaæe ih.
13 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Do not fear; I am helping you.'
Jer ja Gospod Bog tvoj držim te za desnicu, i kažem ti: ne boj se, ja æu ti pomagati.
14 Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel; I will help you—this is Yahweh's declaration, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Ne boj se, crviæu Jakovljev, narodiæu Izrailjev, ja æu ti pomagati, govori Gospod i izbavitelj tvoj, svetac Izrailjev.
15 Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged; you will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff.
Gle, uèiniæu te da budeš kao sprava za vršenje nova sa zupcima: vrijeæi æeš gore i satræeš ih, i brda æeš obratiti u pljevu.
16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh, you will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Vijaæeš ih, i vjetar æe ih odnijeti i vihor æe ih rasuti, a ti æeš se veseliti u Gospodu i hvaliæeš se svecem Izrailjevijem.
17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Siromahe i uboge, koji traže vode a nje nema, kojima se jezik osušio od žeði, njih æu uslišiti ja Gospod, ja Bog Izrailjev neæu ih ostaviti.
18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys; I will make the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.
Otvoriæu rijeke na visovima, i izvore usred dolina, pustinju æu obratiti u jezero vodeno, i suhu zemlju u izvore vodene.
19 In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees.
Posadiæu u pustinji kedar, sitim, mirtu i maslinu; posadiæu u pustoj zemlji jelu, brijest i šimšir,
20 I will do this so that the people may see, recognize, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Da vide i poznadu i da promisle i razumiju da je to uradila ruka Gospodnja, i svetac Izrailjev da je to stvorio.
21 “Present your case,” says Yahweh, “present your best arguments for your idols,” says the King of Jacob.
Iznesite parbu svoju, veli Gospod, pokažite razloge svoje, veli car Jakovljev.
22 Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen, so we may know these things well. Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.
Neka doðu i neka nam objave šta æe biti; objavite nam šta je prvo bilo, da promislimo i poznamo šta æe biti iza toga; ili kažite nam šta æe biti unapredak.
23 Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods; do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed.
Kažite šta æe biti poslije, i poznaæemo da ste bogovi; ili uèinite što dobro ili zlo, i diviæemo se i gledati svi.
24 See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable.
Gle, vi nijeste ništa, i djelo vaše nije ništa; koji vas izbira, gad je.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name, and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay.
Podigoh jednoga sa sjevera, i doæi æe; od istoka sunèanoga prizivaæe ime moje, stupaæe po glavarima kao po kalu i kao što lonèar gazi blato.
26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, “He is right”? Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything.
Ko je objavio od iskona, da bismo znali, ili od starina, da bismo rekli: istina je? Ali nema nikoga da bi objavio, niti ima koga da naprijed kazao, niti ima koga da bi èuo rijeèi vaše.
27 I first said to Zion, “Look here they are;” I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
Ja prvi Sionu kažem: eto, eto toga. U Jerusalimu æu dati ko æe javljati dobre glase.
28 When I look, there is no one, not one among them who can give good advice, who, when I ask, can answer a word.
Jer pogledam, ali nema nikoga, nema meðu njima nijednoga ko bi svjetovao; pitam ih, ali ne odgovaraju ni rijeèi.
29 Look, all of them are nothing, and their deeds are nothing; their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness.
Gle, svi su taština, ništa su djela njihova; liveni su likovi njihovi vjetar i ništavilo.
