Isaiah, 47

1. Descend, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground. There is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called delicate and tender.

1. Spusti se, sjedni u prašinu, djevice, kæeri babilonska! Sjedni na zemlju, bez prijestolja, kæeri kaldejska! Jer, neæe te više zvati nježnom i tankoæutnom.

2. Take a millstone and grind meal. Uncover your shame, bare your shoulder, reveal your legs, cross the streams.

2. Uzmi mlin i melji brašno! Skini prijevjes, podigni skut, razgali bedra, prijeði preko rijeke!

3. Your disgrace will be revealed, and your shame will be seen. I will seize vengeance, and no man will withstand me.

3. Nek' se golotinja tvoja otkrije, nek' se sramota tvoja pokaže! Ja æu se osvetiti, odvraæat' me nitko neæe.

4. Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

4. Otkupitelj naš, ime mu je Jahve nad Vojskama, Svetac Izraelov, kaže:

5. Sit in silence, and enter into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called the noblewoman of kingdoms.

5. "Sjedi šutke, u mrak se povuci, kæeri kaldejska. Jer, neæe te više zvati vladaricom kraljevstava.

6. I was angry with my people. I have polluted my inheritance, and I have given them into your hand. You have not shown mercy to them. You have greatly increased the burden of your yoke upon the elders.

6. Razgnjevih se na svoj narod, oskvrnuh svoju baštinu. Tebi ih u ruke izruèih, a ti im ne iskaza milosti. Na starce si stavljala jaram svoj preteški.

7. And you have said: “I will be a noblewoman forever.” You have not set these things upon your heart, and you have not remembered your end.

7. Govorila si: 'Dovijeka gospodaricom æu ostati.' Nikad nisi to k srcu uzela ni pomislila kako æe se završiti.

8. And now, hear these things, you who are delicate and have confidence, who say in your heart: “I am, and there is no one greater than me. I will not sit as a widow, and I will not know barrenness.”

8. A sad poslušaj, razvratnice, koja sjediš bezbrižno i u srcu svom govoriš: 'Ja, i nitko drugi! Nikad neæu obudovjeti, neæu djece izgubiti!'

9. These two things will suddenly overwhelm you in one day: barrenness and widowhood. All things shall overwhelm you, because of the multitude of your sorceries and because of the great cruelty of your enchantments.

9. Stiæi æe te oboje, za tren, u isti dan! Izgubit æeš djecu, obudovjet æeš! Punom æe te mjerom snaæi oboje, pokraj svega tvojeg vraèanja i množine tvojih zaklinjanja!

10. And you have trusted in your malice, and you have said: “There is no one who sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge, these have deceived you. And you have said in your heart: “I am, and beside me there is no other.”

10. U zloæu si se svoju uzdala, govorila si: 'Nitko me ne vidi!' Mudrost tvoja i znanje zavedoše te. U svom si srcu govorila: 'Ja i nitko drugi!'

11. Evil will overwhelm you, and you will not notice its rising. And calamity will fall violently over you, and you will not be able to avert it. You will suddenly be overwhelmed by a misery such as you have never known.

11. Zlo æe te snaæi - neæeš ga presresti; oborit æe se na te nesreæa - neæeš je odvratiti; doæi æe na te propast iznenada - neæeš je predvidjeti.

12. Stand with your incantations, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, as if somehow it might benefit you, or as if it were able to make you stronger.

12. Ustraj, dakle, u svojim zaklinjanjima i u tolikim svojim èaranjima, oko kojih si se trudila od mladosti. Možda æe ti biti od koristi? Možda æeš s njima strah utjerati?

13. You have failed in the multitude of your plans! Let the seers stand and save you, those who were contemplating the stars, and figuring the months, so that from these they might announce to you the things to come.

13. Izmoriše te mnogi tvoji savjetnici! Nek' ustanu samo da te spase oni koji premjeravaju nebesa, koji promatraju zvijezde i koji svakog mjeseca prorièu ono što æe te snaæi.

14. Behold, they have become like stubble. Fire has consumed them. They will not free themselves from the power of the flames. These are not coals by which they may be warmed, nor is this a fire which they may sit beside.

14. Gle, oni æe biti poput pljeve, oganj æe ih sažeæi. Ni sami sebe neæe izbaviti iz zagrljaja plamenoga. Neæe ostat' ni žerave da se tko ogrije, ni ognjišta da uza nj posjedne!

15. So have all these things, in which you have labored, become to you. Your merchants from your youth, each one has erred in his own way. There is no one who can save you.

15. Takvi æe ti biti vraèi tvoji, oko kojih si se trudila od mladosti! Poæi æe svaki svojim putem, i nikog neæe biti da te spasi."