Izaija 31
1 Gorje tistim, ki gredo dol v Egipt po pomoč in se zanašajo na konje in zaupajo v bojne vozove, zato ker so številni in na konjenike, ker so zelo močni, toda ne gledajo k Svetemu Izraelovemu niti ne iščejo Gospoda!
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on horses; and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
2 Vendar je on tudi moder in privedel bo zlo in svojih besed ne bo poklical nazaj, temveč se bo vzdignil zoper hišo hudodelcev in zoper pomoč tistih, ki počno krivičnost.
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Torej Egipčani so ljudje in ne Bog in njihovi konji meso in ne duh. Ko bo Gospod iztegnil svojo roko, bosta padla oba, tako tisti, ki pomaga in komur je pomagano, padla bosta in vsem skupaj bo spodletelo.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is holpen shall fall, and they all shall fail together.
4 Kajti tako mi je govoril Gospod: »Podobno kakor lev in mlad lev rjoveta na svoj plen, ko je zoper njega sklicana množica pastirjev, se on ne bo bal njihovega glasu niti se Gospod nad bojevniki ne bo ponižal zaradi njihovega hrupa. Tako bo Gospod nad bojevniki prišel dol, da se bori za goro Sion in za njen hrib.
For thus saith the LORD unto me, Like as when the lion growleth and the young lion over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
5 Kakor leteče ptice, tako bo Gospod nad bojevniki branil [prestolnico] Jeruzalem; z obrambo jo bo tudi osvobodil in s prehajanjem čeznjo jo bo ohranil.
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver [it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
6 Obrnite se k njemu, od katerega so se Izraelovi otroci globoko spuntali.
Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
7 Kajti na ta dan bo vsak človek zavrgel svoje malike iz srebra in svoje malike iz zlata, ki so vam jih v greh naredile vaše lastne roke.
For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
8 Takrat bo Asirec padel pod mečem, ne od mogočnega človeka; in meč, ne od zlobnega človeka, ga bo požiral. Toda pobegnil bo pred mečem in njegovi mladeniči bodo poraženi.
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him: and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary.
9 Zaradi strahu bo prešel k svojemu oporišču in njegovi princi se bodo bali zastave, « govori Gospod, čigar ogenj je na Sionu in njegova talilna peč v Jeruzalemu.
And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
