Isaija 52
1 Probudi se, probudi se, obuci se u silu svoju, Sione; obuci krasne haljine svoje, Jerusalime grade sveti; jer neæe više uæi u tebe neobrezani i neèisti.
[You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
2 Otresi prah sa sebe, ustani, sjedi, Jerusalime; skini okove s vrata svojega, zarobljena kæeri Sionska.
People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
3 Jer ovako veli Gospod: zabadava se prodadoste, i iskupiste se bez novaca.
because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
4 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: u Misir siðe moj narod prije da ondje žive kao došljaci; ali Asirci im èiniše silu ni za što.
Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
5 A sada što æu tu? veli Gospod; jer je narod moj zaboravljen ni za što; koji vladaju njim, cvijele ga, veli Gospod, i jednako svaki dan huli se na ime moje.
But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
6 Zato æe poznati narod moj ime moje, zato æe poznati u onaj dan da sam ja koji govorim: evo me.
But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
7 Kako su krasne na gorama noge onoga koji nosi dobre glase, koji oglašuje mir, koji javlja dobro, oglašuje spasenje, govori Sionu: Bog tvoj caruje.
It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
8 Stražari æe tvoji podignuti glas, podignuæe glas, i svi æe zapjevati, jer æe oèima vidjeti gdje Gospod vodi natrag Sion.
The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
9 Klikujte i pjevajte, razvaline Jerusalimske, jer Gospod utješi narod svoj, izbavi Jerusalim.
Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
10 Zagali Gospod svetu mišicu svoju pred svijem narodima, da vide svi krajevi zemaljski spasenje Boga našega.
Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
11 Otstupite, otstupite, izidite odatle, ne dotièite se nièega neèista; izidite ispred njega, oèistite se vi koji nosite sude Gospodnje.
So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
12 Jer neæete izaæi u hitnji, niti æete iæi bježeæi; jer æe Gospod iæi pred vama, i zadnja vojska biæe vam Bog Izrailjev.
But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
13 Gle, sluga æe moj biti sreæan, podignuæe se i uzvisiæe se i proslaviæe se.
[Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
14 Kako se mnogi zaèudiše tebi, što bijaše nagrðen u licu mimo svakoga èovjeka, i u stasu mimo sinove èovjeèije,
But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
15 Tako æe opet udiviti mnoge narode, carevi æe pred njim zatisnuti usta svoja, jer æe vidjeti što im nije kazivano i razumjeæe što nijesu slušali.
But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
