Isaija 41
1 Umuknite preda mnom, ostrva; i narodi neka se potkrijepe, neka pristupe, i tada neka reku: hajdemo da se sudimo.
Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew [their] strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.
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 raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint [it] an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?
3 Pogna ih, proðe mirno putem, kojim ne bješe hodio nogama svojim.
And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.
4 Ko je uradio i uèinio to? i zove naraštaje od iskona? Ja, Gospod, prvi i pošljednji, ja isti.
Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM.
5 Vidješe ostrva i uplašiše se, krajevi zemaljski zadrktaše, približiše se i doðoše.
The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,
6 Jedan drugom pomagaše, i bratu svojemu govoraše: budi hrabar.
every one judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother: and one will say,
7 Drvodjelja hrabraše zlatara; koji kleplje hrabraše onoga koji kuje na nakovnju, govoreæi: dobro je za spajanje. I pritvrðivaše klincima da se ne pomièe.
The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.
8 Ali ti, Izrailju, slugo moj; Jakove, kojega izabrah, sjeme Avrama prijatelja mojega!
But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:
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;
whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee.
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.
Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.
11 Gle, postidjeæe se i posramiæe svi koji se ljute na tebe; biæe kao ništa i izginuæe protivnici tvoji.
Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish.
12 Potražiæeš suparnike svoje, ali ih neæeš naæi, biæe kao ništa, i koji vojuju na te, nestaæe ih.
Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be.
13 Jer ja Gospod Bog tvoj držim te za desnicu, i kažem ti: ne boj se, ja æu ti pomagati.
For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee,
14 Ne boj se, crviæu Jakovljev, narodiæu Izrailjev, ja æu ti pomagati, govori Gospod i izbavitelj tvoj, svetac Izrailjev.
Fear not, Jacob, [and thou] Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O 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.
Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make [them] as chaff:
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.
and thou shalt winnow [them], and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones 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.
And the poor and the needy shall exult; for [when] they shall seek water, and there shall be none, [and] their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:
18 Otvoriæu rijeke na visovima, i izvore usred dolina, pustinju æu obratiti u jezero vodeno, i suhu zemlju u izvore vodene.
but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.
19 Posadiæu u pustinji kedar, sitim, mirtu i maslinu; posadiæu u pustoj zemlji jelu, brijest i šimšir,
I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:
20 Da vide i poznadu i da promisle i razumiju da je to uradila ruka Gospodnja, i svetac Izrailjev da je to stvorio.
that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these [works], and the Holy One of Israel has displayed [them].
21 Iznesite parbu svoju, veli Gospod, pokažite razloge svoje, veli car Jakovljev.
Your judgment draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn nigh, saith 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 them draw nigh, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell [us] what things were of old, and we will apply [our] understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:
23 Kažite šta æe biti poslije, i poznaæemo da ste bogovi; ili uèinite što dobro ili zlo, i diviæemo se i gledati svi.
tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last [time], and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time
24 Gle, vi nijeste ništa, i djelo vaše nije ništa; koji vas izbira, gad je.
whence ye are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.
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.
But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.
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.
For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words.
27 Ja prvi Sionu kažem: eto, eto toga. U Jerusalimu æu dati ko æe javljati dobre glase.
I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.
28 Jer pogledam, ali nema nikoga, nema meðu njima nijednoga ko bi svjetovao; pitam ih, ali ne odgovaraju ni rijeèi.
For from among the nations, behold, [there was] no one; and of their idols there was none to declare [anything]: and if I should ask them, Whence are ye? they could not answer me.
29 Gle, svi su taština, ništa su djela njihova; liveni su likovi njihovi vjetar i ništavilo.
For [these] are your makers, [as ye think], and they that cause you to err in vain.
