Izajasza 3
1 Oto bowiem Pan, PAN zastępów, odbierze Jerozolimie i Judzie podporę i laskę, wszelką podporę w chlebie i wszelką podporę w wodzie.
The Commander of the armies of angels is about to take away from Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea everything that you depend on— all your food and water.
2 Mocarza i męża walecznego, sędziego i proroka, mędrca i starca;
He will take away your heroes and your [other] soldiers, your judges and your prophets, people who do rituals to find out what will happen in the future and the elders,
3 Dowódcę pięćdziesiątki i dostojnika, doradcę, wybitnego rzemieślnika i krasomówcę.
army officers and [other] officials, advisors and skilled craftsmen and those who perform rituals to predict the future.
4 Książętami ustanowię chłopców, dzieci będą panować nad nimi.
He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you.
5 Ludzie będą gnębić jeden drugiego, każdy swego bliźniego. Dziecko powstanie przeciwko starcowi, a podły przeciwko dostojnikowi.
People will treat each other cruelly: people will fight against their neighbors. Young people will insult older people, and vulgar/dishonorable people will sneer at people who should be honored.
6 Gdy człowiek uchwyci się swego brata z domu swego ojca i [powie]: Masz ubranie, bądź naszym wodzem, niech te ruiny będą pod twoją ręką;
At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him, “You have a coat, [which shows that you are respected]. [So] you be our leader! You rule this [city, which is now] a pile of ruins!”
7 Ten przysięgnie w tym dniu, mówiąc: Nie będę opatrywał [tych ran]; w moim domu bowiem nie ma chleba ani ubrania; nie czyńcie mnie wodzem ludu.
[But] his brother will reply, “[No], I cannot help you, [because] I do not have [any extra] food or clothes in this house. [So] do not appoint me to be your leader!”
8 Bo Jerozolima upada, a Juda się wali, gdyż ich język i czyny są przeciwko PANU, aby pobudzić do gniewu oczy jego majestatu.
Jerusalem and [the other towns in] Judah will be destroyed, because [everything] that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh, who is powerful and glorious, and they refuse to obey him. They rebel against him.
9 Wyraz ich twarzy świadczy przeciwko nim; jak Sodoma ogłaszają swój grzech, nie kryją [go]. Biada ich duszy! Gdyż sami na siebie sprowadzają zło.
They even show on their faces that [they oppose Yahweh]. They are proud of their sins, like [the people of] Sodom were [long ago]; they do not try to hide their sins. [Because of their sins], terrible things will happen to them, [but] they will bring those disasters on themselves.
10 Powiedzcie sprawiedliwemu, że będzie mu dobrze, bo będzie spożywać owoc swoich rąk.
[Yahweh told me to] tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them; they will enjoy the blessings that they will receive for their good deeds.
11 Biada niegodziwemu! Będzie mu źle, odpłacą [mu] bowiem według [czynów] jego rąk.
[But] terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be (paid back/punished) for [the evil things that] [MTY] they have done.
12 Ciemięzcami mego ludu są dzieci i kobiety nim rządzą. O ludu mój! Twoi wodzowie cię zwodzą i niszczą drogę twoich ścieżek.
[Now], youths [who have become leaders] treat my people cruelly, and women rule over my people. My people, your leaders are misleading you; they are causing you to go down the wrong road [MET].
13 PAN powstał, aby się rozprawić, stoi, aby sądzić lud.
[It is as though] Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom and is ready to judge his people.
14 PAN stawi na sąd starszych swego ludu i ich książąt: Wy spustoszyliście [moją] winnicę, w waszych domach znajduje się łup ubogich.
He will stand up to declare why the elders and rulers of his people should be punished: [he says], “The people of Israel are [like] [MET] a vineyard that I planted, but you have ruined it! Your houses are full of things that you have stolen from poor people.
15 Po co miażdżycie mój lud i uciskacie oblicza ubogich? – mówi Pan BÓG zastępów.
You should stop [RHQ] crushing my people! [It is as though] you are pushing the faces of poor people into the dirt!” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
16 PAN powiedział: Ponieważ wynoszą się córki Syjonu i chodzą z wyciągniętą szyją, uwodzą oczami, a chodząc, drepczą i pobrzękują swoimi nogami;
Yahweh says this: “The women of Jerusalem are haughty/proud; they walk around sticking their chins out, and flirting [with men] with their eyes. They walk with tiny steps with bracelets on their ankles that jingle.
17 Dlatego Pan ogoli wierzch głowy córek Syjonu i PAN obnaży ich nagość.
So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads, and I will cause those beautiful women in Jerusalem to become bald.”
18 W tym dniu Pan odejmie ozdobne brzękadła [od ich stóp], ich czepce i księżyce;
At the time [that Yahweh does that], he will strip away everything that the women of Jerusalem wear to make themselves beautiful—the ornaments on their ankles and their headbands, their crescent necklaces,
19 Łańcuszki, bransolety i welony;
their earrings and bracelets and veils,
20 Czapeczki, ozdoby u nóg, opaski, naszyjniki i kolczyki;
their scarves and ankle bracelets and sashes, their perfumes and (charms/little things that they wear thinking that those things will protect them from evil),
21 Pierścionki i wisiorki na czołach;
their signet rings and nose rings,
22 Odświętne szaty, płaszcze, szale i torebki;
their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses,
23 Zwierciadełka, bisior, turbany i narzutki.
their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls.
24 I wtedy zamiast wonności będzie smród, zamiast pasa będzie rozdarcie, zamiast upiętych włosów będzie łysina, zamiast szerokiej szaty będzie przepasanie worem i zamiast piękna będzie oparzenie.
Instead of their having a nice smell from perfume, they will stink; instead of nice sashes, they will have ropes [around their waists because they will be captives]. Instead of having fancy hairdos, they will be bald. Instead of fancy/beautiful robes, they will wear rough sackcloth, and instead of being beautiful, they will be branded.
25 Twoi mężczyźni polegną od miecza i twoi mocarze – na wojnie.
Their husbands will be killed by [their enemies’] swords, and their soldiers [will also die] in battles.
26 Jej bramy zasmucą się i zapłaczą, a [ona], spustoszona, usiądzie na ziemi.
People [PRS] will mourn and cry at the gates [of the city]. The city will [be like] [MET] a woman who sits on the ground because everything that she owned is gone.
