Isaija 41
1 Umuknite preda mnom, ostrva; i narodi neka se potkrijepe, neka pristupe, i tada neka reku: hajdemo da se sudimo.
Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
2 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?
Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
3 Pogna ih, proðe mirno putem, kojim ne bješe hodio nogama svojim.
He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
4 Ko je uradio i uèinio to? i zove naraštaje od iskona? Ja, Gospod, prvi i pošljednji, ja isti.
Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
5 Vidješe ostrva i uplašiše se, krajevi zemaljski zadrktaše, približiše se i doðoše.
The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
6 Jedan drugom pomagaše, i bratu svojemu govoraše: budi hrabar.
They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
7 Drvodjelja hrabraše zlatara; koji kleplje hrabraše onoga koji kuje na nakovnju, govoreæi: dobro je za spajanje. I pritvrðivaše klincima da se ne pomièe.
So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
8 Ali ti, Izrailju, slugo moj; Jakove, kojega izabrah, sjeme Avrama prijatelja mojega!
But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
9 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;
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
10 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.
Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
11 Gle, postidjeæe se i posramiæe svi koji se ljute na tebe; biæe kao ništa i izginuæe protivnici tvoji.
Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
12 Potražiæeš suparnike svoje, ali ih neæeš naæi, biæe kao ništa, i koji vojuju na te, nestaæe ih.
You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.
13 Jer ja Gospod Bog tvoj držim te za desnicu, i kažem ti: ne boj se, ja æu ti pomagati.
For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.
14 Ne boj se, crviæu Jakovljev, narodiæu Izrailjev, ja æu ti pomagati, govori Gospod i izbavitelj tvoj, svetac Izrailjev.
Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Gle, uèiniæu te da budeš kao sprava za vršenje nova sa zupcima: vrijeæi æeš gore i satræeš ih, i brda æeš obratiti u pljevu.
See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
16 Vijaæeš ih, i vjetar æe ih odnijeti i vihor æe ih rasuti, a ti æeš se veseliti u Gospodu i hvaliæeš se svecem Izrailjevijem.
You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
17 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.
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
18 Otvoriæu rijeke na visovima, i izvore usred dolina, pustinju æu obratiti u jezero vodeno, i suhu zemlju u izvore vodene.
I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 Posadiæu u pustinji kedar, sitim, mirtu i maslinu; posadiæu u pustoj zemlji jelu, brijest i šimšir,
I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:
20 Da vide i poznadu i da promisle i razumiju da je to uradila ruka Gospodnja, i svetac Izrailjev da je to stvorio.
So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.
21 Iznesite parbu svoju, veli Gospod, pokažite razloge svoje, veli car Jakovljev.
Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
22 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.
Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
23 Kažite šta æe biti poslije, i poznaæemo da ste bogovi; ili uèinite što dobro ili zlo, i diviæemo se i gledati svi.
Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
24 Gle, vi nijeste ništa, i djelo vaše nije ništa; koji vas izbira, gad je.
But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
25 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.
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
26 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.
Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
27 Ja prvi Sionu kažem: eto, eto toga. U Jerusalimu æu dati ko æe javljati dobre glase.
I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
28 Jer pogledam, ali nema nikoga, nema meðu njima nijednoga ko bi svjetovao; pitam ih, ali ne odgovaraju ni rijeèi.
And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
29 Gle, svi su taština, ništa su djela njihova; liveni su likovi njihovi vjetar i ništavilo.
Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
