Isaija 41
1 Umuknite preda mnom, ostrva; i narodi neka se potkrijepe, neka pristupe, i tada neka reku: hajdemo da se sudimo.
“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgement.
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 has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
3 Pogna ih, proðe mirno putem, kojim ne bješe hodio nogama svojim.
He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Ko je uradio i uèinio to? i zove naraštaje od iskona? Ja, Gospod, prvi i pošljednji, ja isti.
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? 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 islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
6 Jedan drugom pomagaše, i bratu svojemu govoraše: budi hrabar.
Everyone helps his neighbour. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
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 carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
8 Ali ti, Izrailju, slugo moj; Jakove, kojega izabrah, sjeme Avrama prijatelja mojega!
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring 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 hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
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.
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Gle, postidjeæe se i posramiæe svi koji se ljute na tebe; biæe kao ništa i izginuæe protivnici tvoji.
Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
12 Potražiæeš suparnike svoje, ali ih neæeš naæi, biæe kao ništa, i koji vojuju na te, nestaæe ih.
You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.
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, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
14 Ne boj se, crviæu Jakovljev, narodiæu Izrailjev, ja æu ti pomagati, govori Gospod i izbavitelj tvoj, svetac Izrailjev.
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says the LORD. “Your Redeemer is 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.
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like 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.
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD. You will glory 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 needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, 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.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness 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 cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
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, know, consider, and understand together, that the LORD’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Iznesite parbu svoju, veli Gospod, pokažite razloge svoje, veli car Jakovljev.
Produce your cause,” says the LORD. “Bring out your strong reasons!” 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 them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
23 Kažite šta æe biti poslije, i poznaæemo da ste bogovi; ili uèinite što dobro ili zlo, i diviæemo se i gledati svi.
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
24 Gle, vi nijeste ništa, i djelo vaše nije ništa; koji vas izbira, gad je.
Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
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 raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
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 declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27 Ja prvi Sionu kažem: eto, eto toga. U Jerusalimu æu dati ko æe javljati dobre glase.
I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
28 Jer pogledam, ali nema nikoga, nema meðu njima nijednoga ko bi svjetovao; pitam ih, ali ne odgovaraju ni rijeèi.
When I look, there is no man, even amongst them there is no counsellor who, when I ask, can answer a word.
29 Gle, svi su taština, ništa su djela njihova; liveni su likovi njihovi vjetar i ništavilo.
Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
