Књига пророка Исаије 22
1 Бреме долини виђења. Шта ти је те си сва изашла на кровове?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Граде пуни вике и вреве, граде весели! Твоји побијени нису побијени мачем нити погибоше у боју.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Главари твоји узмакоше свиколики, повезаше их стрелци; шта се год нађе твојих, сви су повезани, ако и побегоше далеко.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Зато рекох: Прођите ме се, да плачем горко; не трудите се да ме тешите за погибљу кћери народа мог.
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Јер је ово дан муке и потирања и сметње од Господа, Господа над војскама, у долини виђења; обалиће зид, и вика ће бити до горе.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 И Елам узе Тул, с колима људи и с коњицима, и Кир истаче штит.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 И красне долине твоје напунише се кола, и коњици се наместише пред вратима.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 И одастре се застирач Јудин; и погледао си у то време на оружје у кући шумској.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 И видесте да је много пролома на граду Давидовом, и сабрасте воду у доњем језеру.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 И избројасте куће јерусалимске, и развалисте куће да утврдите зид.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 И начинисте јаз међу два зида за воду из старог језера; али не погледасте на Оног који је то учинио и не обазресте се на Оног који је то одавно спремио.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 И зва вас Господ над војскама у онај дан да плачете и ридате и да скубете косе и припашете кострет;
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 А гле, радост и весеље, убијају говеда, кољу овце, једу месо и пију вино говорећи: Једимо и пијмо, јер ћемо сутра умрети.
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Али Господ над војскама јави ми: Неће вам се опростити ово безакоње до смрти, вели Господ, Господ над војскама.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Овако вели Господ, Господ над војскама: Иди к оном ризничару, к Сомни, управитељу дворском,
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 И реци му: Шта ћеш ти ту? И ко ти је ту, те си ту истесао себи гроб? Истесао си себи гроб на високом месту и спремио си себи стан у камену.
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Ево, човече, Господ ће те бацити далеко и затрпаће те.
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 Завитлаће те и хитити као лопту у земљу пространу; онде ћеш умрети и онде ће бити кола славе твоје, срамото дому господара свог;
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 И сврћи ћу те с места твог, и истераћу те из службе твоје.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 И у то време позваћу слугу свог Елијакима сина Хелкијиног;
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 И обући ћу му твоју хаљину, и твојим ћу га појасом опасати, и твоју ћу му власт дати у руку, и биће отац Јерусалимљанима и дому Јудином.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 И метнућу му кључ од дома Давидовог на раме: кад он отвори, неће нико затворити, и кад он затвори, неће нико отворити.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 И као клин углавићу га на тврдом месту, и биће престо славе дому оца свог;
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 И о њему ће се вешати сва слава дома оца његовог, синова и унука, свакојаки судови, и најмањи, и чаше и мехови.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 У то време, вели Господ над војскама, помериће се клин углављен на тврдом месту, и извадиће се и пашће, и тежа што је на њему пропашће; јер Господ рече.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
