Izaija 40
1 »Tolažite, tolažite moje ljudstvo, « govori vaš Bog.
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
2 »Govorite tolažilno [prestolnici] Jeruzalem in kličite k njej, da je njeno bojevanje dovršeno, da je njena krivičnost odpuščena, kajti iz Gospodove roke je prejela dvojno za vse svoje grehe.«
Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
3 Glas tistega, ki vpije v divjini: »Pripravite Gospodovo pot, v puščavi izravnajte glavno cesto za našega Boga.
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
4 Vsaka dolina naj bo povišana in vsaka gora in hrib naj bosta znižana in skrivljeno naj bo izravnano in gorski grebeni ravnina
Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,
5 in Gospodova slava se bo razodela in vse meso jo bo hkrati videlo, kajti Gospodova usta so to govorila.«
And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
6 Glas je rekel: »Vpij.« Rekel je: »Kaj naj vpijem?« »Vse meso je trava in vsa njegova ljubkost je kakor cvetica polja.
A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.
7 Trava se suši, cvet veni, ker nanjo piha Gospodov duh. Zagotovo je ljudstvo trava.
The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.
8 Trava se suši, cvet veni, toda beseda našega Boga bo obstala na veke.«
The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
9 Oh Sion, ki prinašaš dobre novice, pojdi gor na visoko goro. Oh Jeruzalem, ki prinašaš dobre novice, povzdigni svoj glas z močjo. Povzdigni ga, ne boj se, govóri Judovim mestom: »Glejte, vaš Bog!«
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
10 Glejte, Gospod Bog bo prišel z močno roko in njegov laket bo vladal zanj. Glejte, njegova nagrada je z njim in njegovo delo pred njim.
See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.
11 Svoj trop bo pasel kakor pastir. Jagnjeta bo zbral s svojim laktom in jih nosil v svojem naročju in nežno vodil tiste, ki so z mladiči.
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
12 Kdo je izmeril vode z dlanjo svoje roke, s pednjem premeril nebo, doumel prah zemlje po meri in odtehtal gore na vagah in hribe na tehtnici?
In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?
13 Kdo je usmerjal Gospodovega Duha ali je bil njegov svetovalec in ga učil?
By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?
14 S kom se je posvetoval in kdo ga je poučeval in ga učil na stezi sodbe in ga učil spoznanja in mu pokazal pot razumevanja?
Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
15 Glej, narodi so kakor kapljica iz vedra in šteti so kakor majhen prah na tehtnici. Glej, otoke dviguje kakor zelo majhno stvar.
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
16 Libanon ni zadosten za gorenje niti njegove živali ne zadoščajo za žgalno daritev.
And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
17 Vsi narodi pred njim so kakor nič in zanj so vsi šteti manj kot nič in ničnost.
All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
18 Komu hočete potem primerjati Boga? Ali kakšno podobnost hočete primerjati k njemu?
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
19 Delavec tali rezano podobo, zlatar jo prevleče z zlatom in uliva srebrne verižice.
The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.
20 Kdor je tako obubožan, da nima daritve, izbira drevo, ki ne bo trohnelo, zanj išče spretnega delavca, da pripravi rezano podobo, ki ne bo omajana.
The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.
21 Mar niste vedeli? Mar niste slišali? Mar vam ni bilo to povedano od začetka? Mar niste razumeli od temeljev zemlje?
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?
22 On je, ki sedi nad zemeljskim krogom, njegovi prebivalci pa so kakor kobilice, ki razprostira nebesa kakor zaveso in jih razširja kakor šotor za prebivanje v njem,
It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.
23 ki prince daje v nič, sodnike zemlje dela kakor ničnost.
He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
24 Da, ne bodo posajeni, da, ne bodo posejani. Da, njihova klada se ne bo zakoreninila v zemlji in nanje bo tudi pihal in se bodo izsušili in vrtinčast veter jih bo odnesel kakor slamo.
They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.
25 »H komu me boste potem primerjali ali [komu] bom enak?« govori Sveti.
Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
26 Povzdignite svoje oči na visoko in glejte, kdo je ustvaril te stvari, ki njihovo vojsko vodi ven po številu. Vse jih kliče po imenih z veličino svoje moči, ker je močan v moči; niti ena ne manjka.
Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.
27 Zakaj praviš, oh Jakob in govoriš, oh Izrael: »Moja pot je skrita pred Gospodom in moja sodba je šla mimo mojega Boga?
Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?
28 Mar nisi spoznal? Mar nisi slišal, da večen Bog, Gospod, Stvarnik koncev zemlje, ne slabi niti ni izmučen? Njegovega razumevanja ni možno preiskati.
Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.
29 Silo daje slabotnim in tistim, ki nimajo moči, povečuje moč.
He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
30 Celo mladostniki bodo oslabeli in bodo izmučeni in mladeniči bodo popolnoma padli,
Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
31 toda tisti, ki čakajo na Gospoda, bodo obnavljali svojo moč, vzpenjali se bodo s perutmi kakor orli, tekli bodo in ne bodo izmučeni in hodili bodo in ne oslabeli.
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
