Isaija 49
1 Poslušajte me, ostrva, i pazite, narodi daljni. Gospod me pozva od utrobe; od utrobe matere moje pomenu ime moje.
Listen, O islands, to Me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, YHWH has called Me from the womb, From the bowels of My mother He has made mention of My Name.
2 I uèinio je usta moja da su kao oštar maè, u sjenu ruke svoje sakri me; uèinio me je sjajnom strijelom, i u tulu svojem sakri me.
And He makes My mouth as a sharp sword, He has hid Me in the shadow of His hand, And He makes Me for a clear arrow, He has hid Me in His quiver.
3 I reèe mi: ti si sluga moj, u Izrailju æu se tobom proslaviti.
And He says to me, “You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.”
4 A ja rekoh: uzalud se trudih, uzalud i naprazno potroših silu svoju; ali opet sud je moj u Gospoda i posao moj u Boga mojega.
And I said, “I labored in vain, I consumed my power for emptiness and vanity, But my judgment [is] with YHWH, And my wage with my God.”
5 A sada govori Gospod, koji me je sazdao od utrobe materine da sam mu sluga, da mu dovedem natrag Jakova; ako se Izrailj i ne sabere, opet æu se proslaviti pred Gospodom, i Bog æe moj biti sila moja.
“And now,” said YHWH, who is forming Me from the belly—His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honored in the eyes of YHWH, And My God has been My strength).
6 I reèe mi: malo je da mi budeš sluga da se podigne pleme Jakovljevo i da se vrati ostatak Izrailjev, nego te uèinih vidjelom narodima da budeš moje spasenje do krajeva zemaljskih.
And He says, “It has been a light thing That You are My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to bring back the preserved of Israel, And I have given You for a light to the nations, To be My salvation to the end of the earth.”
7 Ovako veli Gospod, izbavitelj Izrailjev, svetac njegov, onome kojega preziru, na koga se gadi narod, sluzi onijeh koji gospodare: carevi æe vidjeti i ustati, i knezovi æe se pokloniti radi Gospoda, koji je vjeran, radi sveca Izrailjeva, koji te je izabrao.
Thus said YHWH, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the detested of a nation, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of YHWH, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooses You.”
8 Ovako veli Gospod: u vrijeme milosno usliših te, i u dan spasenja pomogoh ti; i èuvaæu te i daæu te da budeš zavjet narodu da utvrdiš zemlju i naslijediš opustjelo našljedstvo;
Thus said YHWH: “In a time of good pleasure I answered You, And in a day of salvation I helped You, And I keep You, and give You, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
9 Da kažeš sužnjima: izidite; onima koji su u mraku: pokažite se. Oni æe pokraj putova pasti, i paša æe im biti po svijem visokim mjestima.
To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. They feed on the ways, And their pasture is in all high places.
10 Neæe biti gladni ni žedni, neæe ih biti vruæina ni sunce; jer kome ih je žao, on æe ih voditi, i pokraj izvora vodenijeh provodiæe ih.
They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor do mirage and sun strike them, For He who is pitying them leads them, And tends them by fountains of waters.
11 I sve gore svoje obratiæu u putove, i staze æe moje biti povišene.
And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
12 Gle, ovi æe iz daleka doæi, gle, i oni od sjevera i od zapada, i oni iz zemlje Sinske.
Behold, these come in from afar, And behold, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 Pjevajte, nebesa, i veseli se, zemljo, podvikujte, gore, veselo; jer Gospod utješi svoj narod, i na nevoljnike svoje smilova se.
Sing, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For YHWH has comforted His people, And He pities His afflicted ones.
14 Ali Sion reèe: ostavi me Gospod, i zaboravi me Gospod.
And Zion says, “YHWH has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 Može li žena zaboraviti porod svoj da se ne smiluje na èedo utrobe svoje? A da bi ga i zaboravila, ja neæu zaboraviti tebe.
“Does a woman forget her suckling, The loved one—the son of her womb? Indeed, these forget—but I do not forget you.
16 Gle, na dlanovima sam te izrezao; zidovi su tvoji jednako preda mnom.
Behold, I have carved you on the palms of the hand, Your walls [are] continually before Me.
17 Pohitjeæe sinovi tvoji, a koji te raskopavaše i pustošiše, otiæi æe od tebe.
Those building you have hurried, Those destroying you, and laying you waste, go out from you.
18 Podigni oèi svoje unaokolo, i vidi: svi se oni skupljaju i idu k tebi. Tako bio ja živ, veli Gospod, svjema njima kao nakitom zaodjenuæeš se, i uresiæeš se njima kao nevjesta.
Lift up your eyes, [look] around and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to you. [As] I live,” a declaration of YHWH! “Surely you put on all of them as an ornament, And you bind them on like a bride.
19 Jer razvaline tvoje i pustoline i potrvena zemlja tvoja biæe tada tijesna za stanovnike kad se udalje oni koji te proždiraše.
Because your ruins, and your desolate places, And the land of your ruins, Are now surely restricted because of inhabitants, And those consuming you have been far off.
20 I djeca koju æeš imati, pošto si bila bez djece, reæi æe da èuješ: tijesno mi je ovo mjesto, pomakni se da se mogu nastaniti.
Again the sons of your bereavement say in your ears: The place is too narrow for me, Come near to me—and I dwell.
21 A ti æeš reæi u srcu svom: ko mi ih rodi, jer bijah sirota i inokosna, zarobljena i prognana? i ko ih othrani? eto, ja bijah ostala sama, a gdje oni bijahu?
And you have said in your heart: Who has begotten these for me? And I [am] bereaved and barren, A captive, and turned aside, And who has nourished these? Behold, I was left by myself, these—where [are] they from?”
22 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo, podignuæu ruku svoju k narodima, i k plemenima æu podignuti zastavu svoju, i donijeæe sinove tvoje u naruèju, i kæeri tvoje na ramenima æe se nositi.
Thus said Lord YHWH: “Behold, I lift up My hand to nations, And I raise up My ensign to peoples, And they have brought your sons in the bosom, And your daughters are carried on the shoulder.
23 I carevi æe biti hranitelji tvoji i carice njihove tvoje dojkinje, i klanjaæe ti se licem do zemlje, i prah s nogu tvojih lizaæe, i poznaæeš da sam ja Gospod, i da se neæe osramotiti oni koji mene èekaju.
And kings have been your nursing fathers, And their princesses—your nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to you, And they lick up the dust of your feet, And you have known that I [am] YHWH, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.”
24 Hoæe li se junaku uzeti plijen i hoæe li se oteti roblje pravednomu?
Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
25 Jer ovako govori Gospod: i roblje junaku uzeæe se i plijen jakomu oteæe se, jer æu se ja preti s onima koji se s tobom pru, i sinove tvoje ja æu izbaviti;
For thus said YHWH: “Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And I strive with your striver, and I save your sons.
26 I koji ti krivo èine, nahraniæu ih njihovijem mesom i opiæe se svojom krvlju kao novijem vinom; i poznaæe svako tijelo da sam ja Gospod spasitelj tvoj i izbavitelj tvoj, jaki Bog Jakovljev.
And I have caused your oppressors to eat their own flesh, And they drink their own blood as new wine, And all flesh has known that I, YHWH, Your Savior, and your Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!”
