< Izaija 49 >
1 Poslušajte me, oh otoki in prisluhnite, ve ljudstva od daleč. Gospod me je poklical iz maternice, od notranjosti moje matere je naredil omembo mojega imena.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
2 Moja usta je naredil kakor oster meč; v senco svoje roke me je skril in me naredil zglajeno puščico; v svojem tulu me je skril
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hath concealed me under the shadow of his hand, and he hath made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hidden me.
3 in mi rekel: »Ti si moj služabnik, oh Izrael, v katerem bom proslavljen.«
And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.
4 Potem sem rekel: »V prazno sem se trudil, svojo moč sem porabil zaman in v prazno. Vendar je zagotovo moja sodba z Gospodom in moje delo z mojim Bogom.«
— And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.
5 »In sedaj, « govori Gospod, ki me je oblikoval od maternice, da bi bil njegov služabnik, da Jakoba ponovno privedem k njemu: »Čeprav Izrael ne bi bil zbran, bom vendar veličasten v Gospodovih očeh in moj Bog bo moja moč.«
And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength; )
6 Rekel je: »To je lahka stvar, da bi bil moj služabnik, da vzdigneš Jakobove rodove in da obnoviš Izraelove ohranjene. Prav tako te bom dal za svetlobo poganom, da boš lahko moja rešitev duš do konca zemlje.
— and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
7 Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Odkupitelj in njegov Sveti tistemu, ki ga človek prezira, tistemu, ki ga narod zaničuje, služabniku vladarjev: ›Kralji bodo videli in vstali, tudi princi bodo oboževali zaradi Gospoda, ki je zvest in Svetega Izraelovega in on bo izbral tebe.‹«
Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
8 Tako govori Gospod: »Ob sprejemljivem času sem te uslišal in na dan rešitve duše sem ti pomagal in ohranil te bom in te dal za zavezo ljudstvu, da povzdigneš deželo, da povzročiš, da podedujejo zapuščene dediščine,
Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
9 da boš lahko ujetnikom rekel: ›Pojdite naprej; ‹ tistim, ki so v temi: ›Pokažite se.‹ Pasli bodo po poteh in njihovi pašniki bodo na vseh visokih krajih.
saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
10 Ne bodo niti lačni niti žejni, niti jih ne bosta udarila, niti vročina, niti sonce, kajti on, ki ima usmiljenje do njih, jih bo vodil, celo pri vodnih izvirih jih bo usmerjal.
They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.
11 Vse svoje gore bom naredil pot in moje glavne ceste bodo povišane.
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
12 Glej, ti bodo prišli od daleč in glej, ti od severa in od zahoda in ti iz dežele Siním.«
Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13 Prepevaj, oh nebo in bodi radostna, oh zemlja in izbruhnite v petje, oh gore. Kajti Gospod je potolažil svoje ljudstvo in usmiljen bo do svojih trpečih.
Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.
14 Toda Sion je rekel: » Gospod me je zapustil in moj Gospod me je pozabil.«
But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Mar lahko ženska pozabi svojega doječega otroka, da ne bi imela sočutja do sina svoje maternice? Da, one lahko pozabijo, vendar jaz ne bom pozabil tebe.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.
16 Glej, vrezal sem te na dlani svojih rok, tvoja obzidja so nenehno pred menoj.
Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls are continually before me.
17 Tvoji otroci se bodo podvizali, tvoji uničevalci in tisti, ki so te naredili opustošeno, bodo šli od tebe.
Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth from thee.
18 Dvigni svoje oči naokoli in poglej. Vsi ti se zbirajo skupaj in prihajajo k tebi. Kakor jaz živim, ‹ govori Gospod, ›zanesljivo se boš oblekla z njimi vsemi, kakor z ornamentom in si jih privezala nase, kakor stori nevesta.
Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.
19 Kajti tvoji opustošeni in tvoji zapuščeni kraji in dežela tvojega uničenja bo sedaj torej preozka zaradi prebivalcev in tisti, ki so te pogoltnili, bodo daleč proč.
For [in] thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
20 Otroci, ki jih boš imela, potem ko si izgubila druge, bodo v tvoja ušesa ponovno govorili: ›Kraj je preozek zame. Daj mi prostor, da bom lahko prebival.‹
The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
21 Potem boš v svojem srcu rekla: ›Kdo mi je te rodil, glede na to, da sem izgubila svoje otroke in sem zapuščena, ujetnica in se selim sem ter tja? In kdo je te vzgojil? Glej, sama sem ostala, kje so bili tile?‹«
And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath borne me these, seeing I had lost my children and was desolate, an exile, and driven about? and who hath brought up these? behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
22 Tako govori Gospod Bog: »Glej, svojo roko bom dvignil k poganom in svoj prapor postavil k ljudstvu in tvoje sinove bodo privedli na njihovih rokah in tvoje hčere bodo nošene na njihovih ramah.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.
23 Kralji bodo tvoji negovalni očetje in njihove kraljice tvoje negovalne matere. S svojim obrazom se bodo priklonili k tebi proti zemlji in lizali prah tvojih stopal in vedela boš, da jaz sem Gospod, kajti tisti, ki čakajo name, ne bodo osramočeni.
And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.
24 Mar bo plen vzet od mogočnega, mar bo pravično ujetništvo osvobojeno?«
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?
25 Toda tako govori Gospod: »Celo ujetniki mogočnega bodo odvzeti in plen strašnega bo osvobojen, kajti jaz se bom spoprijel s tistim, ki se spoprijema s teboj in jaz bom rešil tvoje otroke.
For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children.
26 Z njihovim lastnim mesom bom hranil tiste, ki te zatirajo in pijani bodo s svojo lastno krvjo kakor s sladkim vinom in vse meso bo vedelo, da jaz sem Gospod, tvoj Odrešenik in tvoj Odkupitelj, Mogočni Jakobov.‹«
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.