Izaija 41
1 Molčite pred menoj, oh otoki in naj ljudstvo obnavlja svojo moč. Naj pridejo bliže, potem jim pustite govoriti. Pridimo blizu skupaj k sodbi.
Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment.
2 Kdo je dvignil pravičnega človeka od vzhoda in ga poklical k svojemu stopalu, dal predenj narode in ga naredil, [da] vlada nad kralji? Izročil jih je kakor prah njegovemu meču in kakor slamo gnano k njegovemu loku.
Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.
3 Zasledoval jih je in varno prešel; celó po poti, [po] kateri [še] ni šel s svojimi stopali.
He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.
4 Kdo je delal in to storil, kličoč rodove od začetka? Jaz, Gospod, prvi in s poslednjimi; jaz sem ta.
Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.
5 Otoki so to videli in se bali; konci zemlje so bili prestrašeni, se približali in prišli.
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
6 Pomagali so vsak svojemu sosedu in vsak je svojemu bratu rekel: »Bodi odločnega poguma.«
They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Take courage.
7 Tako je tesar hrabril zlatarja in kdor gladi s kladivom, tistega, ki udarja nakovalo, rekoč: »Ta je pripravljen za spajanje« in ga pritrdil z žeblji, da ta ne bi bil premaknjen.
And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.
8 Toda ti, Izrael, si moj služabnik, Jakob, ki sem ga izbral, seme Abrahama, mojega prijatelja.
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
9 Ti, ki sem te vzel od koncev zemlje in te poklical od njihovih glavnih mož in ti rekel: »Ti si moj služabnik, izbral sem te in te nisem zavrgel.
— thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,
10 Ne boj se, kajti jaz sem s teboj. Ne bodi potrt, kajti jaz sem tvoj Bog. Okrepil te bom, da, jaz ti bom pomagal, da, podpiral te bom z desnico svoje pravičnosti.
— Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Glej, vsi tisti, ki so bili ogorčeni zoper tebe, bodo osramočeni in zbegani. Oni bodo kakor nič in tisti, ki se prepirajo s teboj, bodo propadli.
Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
12 Iskal jih boš in jih ne boš našel, celó tiste, ki so se pričkali s teboj. Tisti, ki se vojskujejo zoper tebe, bodo kakor nič in kakor stvar ničnosti.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them — them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 Kajti jaz, Gospod, tvoj Bog, bom držal tvojo desnico, rekoč ti: »Ne boj se, jaz ti bom pomagal.«
For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Ne boj se, ti ličinka Jakob in vi, Izraelovi možje, pomagal ti bom, govori Gospod in tvoj odkupitelj, Sveti Izraelov.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Glej, naredil te bom [za] novo ostro mlatilno pripravo z zobmi. Mlatil boš gore, jih razdrobil in hribe boš naredil kakor pleve.
Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
16 Vejál jih boš in veter jih bo odnesel proč in vrtinčast veter jih bo razkropil, ti pa se boš razveseljeval v Gospodu in slavil boš v Svetem Izraelovem.
thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Kadar ubogi in pomoči potrebni iščejo vode in je tam ni in njihov jezik odpoveduje zaradi žeje, jih bom jaz, Gospod, uslišal in jaz, Izraelov Bog, jih ne bom zapustil.
The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, [I], the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 Odprl bom reke na visokih krajih in studence v sredi dolin. Divjino bom spremenil [v] vodni ribnik in suho deželo [v] izvire voda.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
19 V divjini bom zasadil cedro, akacijevo drevo, mirto in olivno drevo; v puščavi bom skupaj posadil cipreso, bor in pušpan,
I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;
20 da bodo lahko videli, spoznali, preudarili in skupaj razumeli, da je to storila Gospodova roka in Sveti Izraelov je to ustvaril.
that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Prinesite svojo pravdo, ‹ govori Gospod; ›prinesite naprej svoje močne razloge, govori Kralj Jakobov.
Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Naj jih prinesejo naprej in nam pokažejo kaj se bo zgodilo. Naj nam pokažejo prejšnje stvari, kakršne so, da jih lahko preudarimo in spoznamo njihov zadnji konec; ali nam oznanite stvari, ki pridejo.
Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; — or let us hear things to come:
23 Pokažite stvari, ki bodo odslej, da bomo lahko vedeli, da ste vi bogovi. Da, delajte dobro ali delajte zlo, da bomo lahko zaprepadeni in to skupaj gledali.
declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.
24 Glejte, vi ste od ničnosti in vaše delo je ničevo; ogabnost je, kdor vas izbere.
Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...
25 Dvignil sem nekoga iz severa in bo prišel. Od sončnega vzhoda bo klical moje ime in prišel bo nad prince kakor nad malto in kakor lončar gnete ilo.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, — from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Kdo je razglasil od začetka, da bi mi lahko vedeli? In poprej, da bi lahko rekli: » On je pravičen?« Da, tam ni nikogar, ki kaže; da, tam ni nikogar, ki razglaša; da, tam ni nikogar, ki sliši vaše besede.
Who hath declared [it] from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [It is] right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.
27 Prvi bo rekel Sionu: »Poglej, poglej jih.« In Jeruzalemu bom dal nekoga, ki prinaša dobre novice.
The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
28 Kajti gledal sem in tam ni bilo človeka, celo med njimi in tam ni bilo svetovalca, da bi lahko, ko sem jih povprašal, odgovoril besedo.
And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, — and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Glej, vsi so ničnost, njihova dela so nič. Njihove ulite podobe so veter in zmešnjava.
Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
