Isaiah, 21

1. The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.

1. Proroštvo primorskoj pustinji. Kao što vihori, hujeæi nad Negebom, dolaze iz pustinje, kraja strahotna

2. A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.

2. - otkri mi se u strašnom viðenju - tako pljaèkaš pljaèka, pustošnik pustoši. "Navali, Elame, opsjedni, Medijo! Dokrajèit æu sve jauke."

3. Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.

3. Zato bedra moja probadaju grèevi; bolovi me spopadaju k'o trudovi porodilju; od smuæenosti ogluših, od straha obnevidjeh.

4. My heart withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me.

4. Srce mi dršæe, groza me obuze, sumrak za kojim èeznuh postade mi užas.

5. Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!

5. Postavljaju stol, prostiru stolnjak, jede se i pije ... Ustajte, knezovi, mažite štit!

6. For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”

6. Jer Gospod mi ovako reèe: "Idi, postavi stražara! Što vidi, nek' javi.

7. And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on an donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.

7. Vidi li konjanike, jahaèe udvojene, jahaèe na magarcima, jahaèe na devama, neka dobro pazi s pažnjom napetom!"

8. And a lion cried out: “I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.

8. A stražar viknu: "Povazdan, Gospodaru, stojim na stražarnici, èitavu noæ na straži prostojim."

9. Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!

9. I gle, dolaze konjanici, jahaèi udvojeni. Oni mi viknuše, oni rekoše: "Pade, pade Babilon! Svi kipovi njegovih bogova o zemlju se razbiše."

10. O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”

10. Omlaæeno žito, èedo gumna moga, što èuh od Jahve nad Vojskama, Boga Izraelova, objavih vam!

11. The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”

11. Proroštvo o Edomu. Vièu mi iz Seira: "Stražaru, koje je doba noæi? Stražaru, koje je doba noæi?"

12. The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”

12. Stražar odgovori: "Dolazi jutro, a zatim opet noæ. Hoæete li pitati, pitajte, vratite se, doðite!"

13. The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.

13. Proroštvo o Arapima. U šikarama pustinjskim poèivate, dedanske karavane.

14. You who inhabit the land of the south: upon meeting the thirsty, bring water; meet the fugitive with bread.

14. Vodu iznesite pred žedne, stanovnici zemlje temske, iziðite s kruhom pred bjegunca.

15. For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.

15. Pred maèevima bježe oni, pred maèem trgnutim, pred lukom zapetim, pred bojem žestokim.

16. For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.

16. Da, ovako mi reèe Gospod: "Još jedna godina, godina nadnièarska, i nestat æe sve slave Kedrove.

17. And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

17. A od mnogobrojnih strijelaca meðu hrabrim sinovima Kedrovim malo æe ih ostati." Tako je govorio Jahve, Bog Izraelov.