Isaiah, 51

1. Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.

1. Èujte me, vi koji za pravdom težite, koji Jahvu tražite; pogledajte stijenu iz koje ste isjeèeni i jamu duboku iz koje ste izvaðeni.

2. Pay attention to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you. For I called him alone, and I blessed him, and I multiplied him.

2. Pogledajte oca svoga Abrahama i Saru koja vas porodi! Jest, sam bijaše kad sam ga pozvao, al' sam ga blagoslovio i umnožio."

3. Therefore, the Lord will console Zion, and he will console all its ruins. And he will turn her desert into a place of delights, and her wilderness into a garden of the Lord. Gladness and rejoicing will be found in her, thanksgiving and a voice of praise.

3. Jest, Jahvi se sažalio Sion, sažalile mu se njegove razvaline. Pustaru æe njegovu uèiniti poput Edena, a stepu poput Vrta Jahvina. Klicanje i radost njim æe odjekivat', i zahvalnice i glas hvalospjeva.

4. Pay attention to me, my people, and listen to me, my tribes. For a law will go forth from me, and my judgment will rest as a light for the nations.

4. "Pomno me slušaj, puèe moj, poèujte me, narodi! Jer od mene Zakon dolazi i moje pravo za svjetlo narodima.

5. My just one is near. My savior has gone forth. And my arms will judge the people. The islands will hope in me, and they will patiently wait for my arm.

5. Brzo æe stiæi pravda moja, moje æe spasenje doæi kao svjetlost. Moja æe mišica suditi narodima. Mene oèekuju otoci i u moju se mišicu uzdaju.

6. Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will be worn away like a garment, and its inhabitants will pass away in like manner. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will not fail.

6. K nebu oèi podignite, na zemlju dolje pogledajte. K'o dim æe se rasplinut' nebesa, zemlja æe se k'o haljina istrošit', kao komarci nestat æe joj žitelji. Ali æe spasenje moje trajati dovijeka, i pravdi mojoj neæe biti kraja.

7. Listen to me, you who know what is just, my people who have my law in their heart. Do not be afraid of disgrace among men, and do not dread their blasphemies.

7. Poslušajte me, vi koji poznajete pravo, narode kojima je moj Zakon u srcu. Ne bojte se poruge ljudske, ne plašite se uvreda!

8. For the worm will consume them like a garment, and the moth will devour them like wool. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will be from generation to generation.

8. Jer moljac æe ih razjesti kao haljinu, crv æe ih rastoèiti kao vunu. Ali æe pravda moja trajati dovijeka i spas moj od koljena do koljena."

9. Rise up, Rise up! Clothe yourself in strength, O arm of the Lord! Rise up as in the days of antiquity, as in generations long past. Have you not struck the arrogant one and wounded the dragon?

9. Probudi se! Probudi se! Opaši se snagom, mišice Jahvina! Probudi se, kao u dane davne, za drevnih naraštaja. Nisi li ti rasjekla Rahaba i probola Zmaja?

10. Have not you dried up the sea, the waters of the great abyss, and turned the depths of the sea into a road, so that the delivered could cross over it?

10. Nisi li ti isušila more, vodu velikog bezdana, i od dubine morske put naèinila da njime prolaze otkupljeni?

11. And now, those who have been redeemed by the Lord will return. And they will arrive in Zion, praising. And everlasting rejoicing will be upon their heads. They will take hold of gladness and rejoicing. Anguish and mourning will flee away.

11. Vratit æe se oni što ih je oslobodio Jahve i s radosnim kricima doæi æe na Sion. Vjeèna æe sreæa biti nad glavama, pratit æe ih klicanje i radost, nestat æe tuge i jecaja.

12. It is I, I myself, who will console you. Who are you that you would be afraid of a mortal man, and of a son of man, who will wither like the grass?

12. Ja, ja sam tješitelj vaš. Tko si ti da se bojiš smrtna èovjeka i sina èovjeèjeg, koji je kao trava?

13. And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth? And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury, of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?

13. Zaboravio si Jahvu, svoga Stvoritelja, koji razastrije nebesa i koji zemlju utemelji; sveudilj strepiš, svaki dan, od tlaèiteljeve jarosti. Kao da je pregnuo da te uništi. Ali gdje je sad jarost tlaèiteljeva?

14. Advancing quickly, he will arrive to be revealed, and he will not kill unto utter destruction, nor will his bread fail.

14. Doskora æe biti slobodan sužanj, neæe umrijeti u jami, niti æe mu kruha nedostajati.

15. But I am the Lord, your God, who stirs up the sea, and who makes the waves swell. The Lord of hosts is my name.

15. Jer, ja sam Jahve, Bog tvoj, koji burkam more da mu valovi buèe, ime mi je Jahve nad Vojskama.

16. I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand, so that you might plant the heavens, and found the earth, and so that you might say to Zion, “You are my people.”

16. Svoje sam ti rijeèi stavio u usta, u sjenu svoje ruke sakrio sam te kad sam razastro nebesa, utemeljio zemlju i rekao Sionu: "Ti si narod moj!"

17. Lift up, Lift up! Arise, O Jerusalem! You drank, from the hand of the Lord, the cup of his wrath. You drank, even to the bottom of the cup of deep sleep. And you were given to drink, all the way to the dregs.

17. Probudi se, probudi se, ustani, Jeruzaleme! Ti koji si pio iz ruke Jahvine èašu gnjeva njegova. Ispio si pehar opojni, do dna ga iskapio.

18. There is no one who can uphold her, out of all the sons whom she has conceived. And there is no one who would take her by the hand, out of all the sons whom she has raised.

18. Od svih sinova koje je rodio ne bješe nikog da ga vodi; od svih sinova koje je podigao ne bješe nikog da ga pridrži.

19. There are two things which have happened to you. Who will be saddened over you? There is devastation and destruction, and famine and sword. Who will console you?

19. Ovo te dvoje pogodilo - tko da te požali? - pohara i rasap, glad i maè - tko da te utješi?

20. Your sons have been cast out. They have slept at the head of all the roads, and they have been ensnared like a gazelle. They have been filled by the indignation of the Lord, by the rebuke of your God.

20. Sinovi ti leže obamrli po uglovima svih ulica, kao antilopa u mreži, puni gnjeva Jahvina, prijetnje Boga tvojega.

21. Therefore, listen to this, O poor little ones, and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine.

21. Zato èuj ovo, bijednièe, pijan, ali ne od vina.

22. Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord, and your God, who will fight on behalf of his people: Behold, I have taken the cup of deep sleep from your hand. You shall no longer drink from the bottom of the cup of my indignation.

22. Ovako govori Jahve, Gospod tvoj, tvoj Bog, branitelj tvoga naroda: "Iz ruke ti, evo, uzimam èašu opojnu, pehar gnjeva svojega: neæeš ga više piti.

23. And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you, and who have said to your soul: “Bow down, so that we pass over.” And you placed your body on the ground, as a path for them to pass over.

23. Stavit æu je u ruke tvojim tlaèiteljima, onima koji su ti govorili: 'Prigni se da prijeðemo!' I ti si im leða kao tlo podmetao, kao put za prolaznike.