Књига пророка Исаије 47
1 Сиђи и седи у прах, девојко, кћери вавилонска; седи на земљу, нема престола, кћери халдејска; јер се нећеш више звати нежна и љупка.
[Yahweh also says], “You people of Babylon, you should go and sit in the dust/dirt [to show that you are mourning], because your time to rule [MTY] [other countries] is almost ended. People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful [like] a very attractive/beautiful young woman.
2 Узми жрвње, и мељи брашно, откриј косу своју, изуј се, загали ноге, иди преко река.
[You will be slaves, so] take heavy stones and grind grain [like slave women do]. Take off your [beautiful] veils and take off your robes [as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go].
3 Откриће се голотиња твоја, и видеће се срамота твоја; осветићу се, и нико ми неће сметати.
You will be naked and [very] ashamed. I will get vengeance on you and not pity you.”
4 Име је Избавитељу нашем Господ над војскама, Светац Израиљев.
The one who frees us [people of Judah], whom we call ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, is the Holy One of Israel.
5 Седи ћутећи, и уђи у таму, кћери халдејска; јер се нећеш више звати госпођа царствима.
[Yahweh says], “You people of Babylon, sit silently in the darkness, because people will never again say that your city is [like] [MET] a queen that rules many kingdoms.
6 Разгневих се на народ свој, оскврних наследство своје и предадох га теби у руке; а ти им не показа милост; на старце си метала претешки јарам свој;
I was angry with the people whom I chose [to belong to me], and I punished them. I allowed you [people of Babylon] to conquer them. But [when you conquered them], you did not have mercy on them. You (oppressed/treated cruelly) [MET] even the old people.
7 И говорила си: Довека ћу бити госпођа; али никад ниси то узимала на ум, нити си помишљала шта ће бити на послетку.
You said, ‘We will rule [other nations] forever; [it is as though our city] will be the queen [of the world] forever!’ But you did not think about the things [that you were doing], or think about what would result.
8 Сада дакле чуј ово, која живиш у сластима и без бриге седиш и говориш у срцу свом: Ја сам, и нема друге осим мене, нећу бити удовица нити ћу осиротети.
You people [of Babylon] who enjoy pleasure and sex, listen to this: You enjoy a luxurious life and you feel secure. You say, ‘We are [like gods], and there are no others like us. Our women will never become widows, and our children will never be killed [in wars].’
9 То ће ти обоје доћи уједанпут, у исти дан, да осиротиш и обудовиш, доћи ће ти потпуно, ради мноштва чини твојих и ради велике силе чарања твог.
But both of those things will happen to you suddenly: Many of your women will become widows and many of your children will die, even though you perform much sorcery and many kinds of magic [to prevent bad things from happening to you].
10 Јер си се поуздала у злоћу своју говорећи: Нико ме не види. Мудрост твоја и знање твоје преварише те, те си говорила у срцу свом: Ја сам, и осим мене нема друге.
You felt protected even though you were doing many wicked things, and you said, ‘No one will see what we [are doing]!’ [You thought that] you were very wise and knew many things, and you said, ‘We are gods, and there are no others like us,’ but you deceived yourselves.
11 Зато ће доћи на те зло, а нећеш знати одакле излази, и попашће те невоља, да је нећеш моћи одбити, и доћи ће на те уједанпут погибао, за коју нећеш знати.
So you will experience terrible things, and you will not be able to prevent them by working magic. You will experience disasters, and you will not be able to pay anyone to prevent those things from happening. (A catastrophe/Something terrible) will happen to you suddenly, something that you will not realize [is about to happen].
12 Стани сада с врачањем својим и с мноштвом чини својих, око којих си се трудила од младости своје, не би ли се помогла, не би ли се окрепила.
So you can continue to perform all your magic spells [IRO]! You can perform the many kinds of sorcery that you have practiced for many years! Perhaps [doing those things will enable you to] be successful; perhaps you will be able to cause your enemies to be afraid of you!
13 Уморила си се од мноштва намера својих; нека стану сада звездари, који гледају звезде, који проричу сваког месеца, и нека те сачувају од оног што ће доћи на те.
But [all that has resulted from your] doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired! The men who look at the stars every month and predict what will happen should come forward and rescue you [from the disasters that you are about to experience].
14 Гле, они су као плева, огањ ће их спалити, ни сами себе неће избавити из пламена; неће остати угља да се ко огреје, ни огња да би се поседело код њега.
But [they cannot do that, because] they are like [SIM] straw that is burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from being burned up in the flames. Those men are unable to help you [MET]; they are as useless as stubble [that burns quickly and produces no heat] for you.
15 Такви ће бити они с којима си се трудила и с којима си трговала од младости своје, разбећи ће се сваки на своју страну; неће бити никога да те избави.
The people whom you have associated with and worked with since you were young [will not help you], because they will just continue doing their own foolish things, and they will not pay any attention to you [when you cry out for help].”
