Isaiah, 41

1. Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.

1. Umuknite preda mnom, otoci, nek' novu snagu narodi priberu. Nek' se primaknu i progovore; zajedno pristupimo k sudu.

2. Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.

2. "Tko je podigao s Istoka onog kog ukorak prati Pobjeda? Tko mu izruèuje narode i kraljeve podlaže? Prah su pod maèem njegovim, k'o pljevu ih njegov luk raspršuje.

3. He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.

3. Goni ih, napreduje pouzdano, noge mu se ceste ne dotièu.

4. Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”

4. Tko je to uèinio i izvršio? Onaj koji odiskona zove naraštaje, ja, Jahve, koji sam prvi i bit æu ovaj isti s posljednjima!"

5. The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.

5. Otoci gledaju i strah ih obuzima, dršæu krajevi zemaljski, oni se bliže i veæ su tu.

6. Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”

6. Svatko pomaže svome drugu i bratu svom zbori: "Hrabro!"

7. The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.

7. Ljevaè bodri zlatara, onaj koji gladi èekiæem bodri onog koji kuje na nakovnju. On govori o spajanju: "Dobro je", i èavlima kip uèvršæuje da se ne pomièe.

8. But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.

8. Ti, Izraele, slugo moja, Jakove, kog sam izabrao, potomèe Abrahama, mojega ljubimca!

9. For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”

9. Ti koga uzeh s krajeva zemlje i pozvah s rubova njenih, ti kome rekoh: "Ti si sluga moj, izabrao sam te i nisam te odbacio."

10. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

10. Ne boj se jer ja sam s tobom; ne obaziri se plaho jer ja sam Bog tvoj. Ja te krijepim i pomažem ti, podupirem te pobjednièkom desnicom.

11. Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.

11. Gle, postidjet æe se i smesti svi koji su na tebe bjesnjeli, bit æe uništeni i propast æe oni što se s tobom parbiše!

12. You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.

12. Tražit æeš svoje protivnike, ali ih neæeš naæi. Bit æe uništeni, svedeni na ništa oni koji protiv tebe vojuju.

13. For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.

13. Jer ja, Jahve, Bog tvoj, krijepim desnicu tvoju i kažem ti: "Ne boj se, ja ti pomažem."

14. Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

14. Ne boj se, Jakove, crviæu, Izraele, lièinko, ja sam pomoæ tvoja - rijeè je Jahvina - Svetac Izraelov tvoj je otkupitelj.

15. I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.

15. Gle, èinim te mlatilom oštrim, novim, dvostrukih zubaca; mlatit æeš i satirati brda, u prah æeš pretvoriti bregove.

16. You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

16. Vijat æeš ih, vjetar æe ih odnijeti, vihor æe ih raspršiti. A ti æeš kliktati u Jahvi, dièit æeš se Svecem Izraelovim.

17. The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

17. Ubogi i bijedni vodu traže, a nje nema! Jezik im se osuši od žeði. Ja, Jahve, njih æu uslišiti, ja, Bog Izraelov, ostavit' ih neæu.

18. I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.

18. U goleti bregova otvorit æu rijeke i posred dolova izvore. Pustinju æu pretvoriti u moèvaru, a u vrela sušnu zemlju.

19. I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,

19. Posadit æu u pustinji cedar, bagrem, mirtu i maslinu. Stepu æu pošumiti èempresom, brijestom i šimširom zajedno.

20. so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

20. Nek' svi vide i nek' znaju, nek' promisle i nek' shvate: ruka Jahvina to uèini, Svetac Izraelov stvori sve.

21. Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.

21. "Iznesite svoj spor, kaže Jahve, predoèite dokaze, kaže kralj Jakovljev.

22. Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.

22. Nek' pristupe i nek' nam objave ono što æe se zbiti. TÓa što su nam otkrili o onom što bijaše, što se ispunilo, da o tom mislimo? Il' objavite što æe biti, da doznamo ono što dolazi.

23. Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.

23. Otkrijte nam što æe se poslije zbiti, i poznat æemo da ste bogovi. Uèinite nešto, dobro ili zlo, da se zaèudimo i prepadnemo zajedno.

24. Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.

24. Ali vi niste ništa i djela su vam ništavna, gnusan je koji vas izabere."

25. I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.

25. Podigoh ga sa sjevera da doðe, zazvah ga po imenu s istoka. Kao blato gazio je namjesnike, kao što po glini lonèar gazi.

26. Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.

26. Tko je to odiskona objavio da bismo znali, unaprijed prorekao da bismo rekli: istina je? Ali nikog nema tko bi objavio, niti koga da bi navijestio, niti koga da èuje rijeèi vaše.

27. The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”

27. Ja prvi rekoh Sionu: "Gle, evo ih"; prvi Jeruzalemu poslah glasnika vijesti radosne.

28. And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.

28. Gledao sam, ali ne bješe nikoga, ni jednoga od njih da savjet dade, da ih pitam i da odgovore.

29. Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.

29. Svi zajedno ništa su, ništavna su djela njihova, vjetar i ispraznost njihovi kipovi.