Isaija 21
1 Breme pustinji na moru. Kao vihori koji prolaze na jug, tako æe doæi iz pustinje, iz zemlje strašne.
THE VISION OF THE DESERT. As though a whirlwind should pass through the desert, coming from a desert, [even] from such a land,
2 Ljuta utvara javi mi se. Nevjernik nevjeru èini, pustošnik pustoši; hodi, Elame; opkoli, Midijo! svemu uzdisanju uèiniæu kraj.
[so] a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.
3 Zato su bedra moja puna bola; muke me obuzeše kao kad se muèi porodilja; zgurih se èujuæi, prepadoh se videæi.
Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman: I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hasted that I might not see.
4 Srce mi se smete, groza me poduze; noæ milina mojih pretvori mi se u strah.
My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.
5 Postavi sto, stražar neka straži; jedi, pij; ustajte knezovi, mažite štitove.
Prepare the table, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and prepare [your] shields.
6 Jer ovako mi reèe Gospod: idi, postavi stražara da ti javi što vidi.
For thus said the Lord to me, Go and station a watchman for thyself, and declare whatever thou shalt see.
7 I vidje kola, i dva reda konjika; kola s magarcima i kola s kamilama; i pažaše dobro velikom pažnjom.
And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel.
8 I povika kao lav: gospodaru, ja stojim jednako na straži danju, i stojim na straži po svu noæ.
Hearken with great attention, and call thou Urias to the watch-tower: the Lord has spoken. I stood continually during the day, and I stood in the camp all night:
9 I evo doðoše na kolima ljudi, u dva reda konjici. Tada povika i reèe: pade, pade Vavilon, i svi rezani likovi bogova njegovijeh razbiše se o zemlju.
and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.
10 Vršaju moj, i pšenice gumna mojega! što èuh od Gospoda nad vojskama, Boga Izrailjeva, javih vam.
Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts [which] the God of Israel has declared to us. THE VISION OF IDUMEA.
11 Breme Dumi. Vièe k meni neko sa Sira: stražaru! šta bi noæas? stražaru! šta bi noæas?
Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks.
12 Stražar reèe: doæi æe jutro, ali i noæ; ako æete tražiti, tražite, vratite se, doðite.
I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest enquire, enquire, and dwell by me.
13 Breme Arapskoj. Po šumama u Arapskoj noæivaæete, putnici Dedanski!
Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Daedan.
14 Iznesite vode pred žedne, koji živite u zemlji Temi, sretite s hljebom bjegunca.
Ye that dwell in the country of Thaeman, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;
15 Jer æe bježati od maèa, od maèa gologa, od luka zapetoga i od žestokoga boja.
meet the fugitives with bread, because of the multitude of the slain, and because of the multitude of them that lose their way, and because of the multitude of swords, and because of the multitude of bent bows, and because of the multitude of them that have fallen in war.
16 Jer ovako mi reèe Gospod: za godinu, kao što je godina najamnièka, nestaæe sve slave Kidarske.
For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of an hireling, [and] the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail:
17 I što ostane hrabrijeh strijelaca sinova Kidarskih, biæe malo; jer Gospod Bog Izrailjev reèe.
and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has spoken [it].
