Izaija 21
1 Breme puščave morja. Kakor gredo skozi vrtinčasti vetrovi na jugu, tako ta prihaja iz puščave, iz strašne dežele.
The prophecy concerning the desert of the sea. As storms which rush along through the south, So it cometh from the desert, From the terrible land.
2 Mučno videnje mi je naznanjeno, zahrbtnež postopa zahrbtno in plenilec pleni. Pojdi gor, oh Elám. Oblegaj, oh Medija. Vsemu njihovemu vzdihovanju sem storil, da preneha.
A grievous vision was revealed to me; The plunderer plundereth, and the destroyer destroyeth. “Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All sighing do I make to cease.”
3 Zato so moja ledja napolnjena z bolečino. Polastile so se me ostre bolečine kakor ostre bolečine ženske, ki je v porodnih mukah. Sklonjen sem bil ob poslušanju tega, ob gledanju tega sem bil zaprepaden.
Therefore are my loins full of pain; Pangs have seized me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; For convulsions I cannot hear; For anguish I cannot see.
4 Moje srce trepeta, grozljivost me je preplašila. Noč mojega užitka mi je obrnil v strah.
My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.
5 Pripravite mizo, stražite v stražnem stolpu, jejte, pijte. Vstanite, vi princi in pomazilite ščit.
The table is prepared; the watch is set; They eat; they drink; “Arise, ye princes! Anoint the shield!”
6 Kajti tako mi je rekel Gospod: »Pojdi, postavi stražarja, naj razglasi, kar vidi.«
For thus said the Lord unto me: “Go, set a watchman, Who shall declare what he seeth.”
7 Ta je zagledal bojni voz z nekaj konjeniki, voz z osli in voz s kamelami in marljivo prisluhnil z mnogo pozornosti
And he saw a troop, horsemen in pairs, Riders on asses, and riders on camels, And he watched with the utmost heed.
8 ter zavpil: »Lev. ›Moj Gospod, nenehno stojim na stražnem stolpu podnevi in na svojo stražo sem postavljen cele noči
Then he cried like a lion: “My Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the daytime, And keep my post all the night;
9 in glej, sem prihaja bojni voz z možmi, z nekaj konjeniki.‹« Odgovoril je in rekel: »Babilon je padel, padel je in vse rezane podobe njegovih bogov je zdrobil na tla.«
And behold, there cometh a troop, Horsemen in pairs.” Again also he lifted up his voice, and said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods are cast broken to the ground.”
10 Oh moja mlatev in žito mojih tal. To, kar sem slišal od Gospoda nad bojevniki, Izraelovega Boga, sem vam naznanil.
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, That have I declared to you.
11 Breme o Dumi. Kliče me iz Seírja: »Stražar, kaj je glede noči? Stražar, kaj je glede noči?«
The prophecy concerning Dumah. A voice came to me from Seir: “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
12 Stražar je rekel: »Prihaja jutro in tudi noč. Če hočete poizvedeti, poizvejte. Vrnite se, pridite.«
The watchman saith: “Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire! Return, come!”
13 Breme nad Arabijo. V arabskem gozdu boste prenočevale, oh ve, potujoče skupine Dedánovcev.
The prophecy against the Arabians. In the thickets of Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedan!
14 Prebivalci dežele Temá so prinesli vodo tistemu, ki je bil žejen. Tistega, ki je bežal, so prestregli s svojim kruhom.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema Bring water to the thirsty; They come to meet the fugitive with bread.
15 Kajti pobegnili so pred meči, pred izvlečenim mečem, pred napetim lokom in pred bolečino vojne.
For they flee from swords, From the drawn sword, And from the bent bow, And from the fury of war.
16 Kajti tako mi je rekel Gospod: »Znotraj leta, glede na najemnikova leta in vsa slava Kedárja bo padla.
For thus saith the Lord to me: Within one year, according to the years of a hireling, Shall all the glory of Kedar be consumed.
17 Preostanek izmed števila lokostrelcev, močni možje izmed kedárskih otrok, bodo zmanjšani, « kajti Gospod, Izraelov Bog, je to govoril.
The remainder of the mighty bowmen of the sons of Kedar shall be diminished; For Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath said it.
