Isaiah, 14

1. Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.

1. Da, smilovat æe se Jahve Jakovu i opet izabrati Izraela, dati mu da poèine u svojoj zemlji. Pridružit æe im se došljak i prikljuèiti se domu Jakovljevu.

2. And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.

2. Sami æe narodi po njih doæi i odvesti ih u njihov kraj, a njih æe Dom Izraelov baštiniti u Jahvinoj zemlji kao sluge i sluškinje. I zarobit æe one koji njih bijahu zarobili i gospodovat æe nad svojim tlaèiteljima.

3. And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,

3. U dan kad ti Jahve dade da poèineš od svojih stradanja, nemira i teškog robovanja kojima te pritisnuše,

4. you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?

4. zapjevat æeš ovu rugalicu kralju babilonskom: Kako nestade silnika? Kako nestade tlaèenja?

5. The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,

5. Jahve slomi štap zlikovaèki i žezlo vladarsko

6. which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.

6. što je bijesno b§ilo narode udarcima bez kraja i konca, što je gnjevno vladalo narodima progoneæ' ih nemilice.

7. All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.

7. Poèiva, miruje sva zemlja klièuæi od radosti.

8. The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’

8. Nad tobom se raduju èempresi i cedri libanonski: "Otkako si pao, ne dolaze nas više sjeæi!"

9. Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.”

9. Zbog tebe se uzbudi Podzemlje da te doèeka kada doðeš. U tvoju èast ono budi sjene, sve zemaljske moguænike, ono diže s prijestolja sve kraljeve naroda.

10. Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.

10. Svi ti oni progovaraju: "I ti si skršen k'o i mi, nama si slièan postao.

11. Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering.

11. Oholost se tvoja sruši u Podzemlje i buka tvojih harfa; pod tobom je ležaj od truleži, a crvi tvoj su pokrivaè.

12. How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?

12. Kako pade sa nebesa, Svjetlonošo, sine Zorin? Kako li si oboren na zemlju, ti, vladaru naroda?

13. And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.

13. U svom si srcu govorio: 'Uspet æu se na nebesa, povrh zvijezda Božjih prijesto æu sebi diæi. Na zbornoj æu stolovati gori na krajnom sjeveru.

14. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’

14. Uzaæi æu u visine oblaène, bit æu jednak Višnjemu.'

15. Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit.

15. A sruši se u Podzemlje, u dubine provalije!"

16. Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,

16. Koji te vide, motre te i o tebi razmišljaju: "Je li to èovjek koji je zemljom tresao i drmao kraljevstvima,

17. who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’ ”

17. koji je u pustinju svijet obraæao i sa zemljom sravnjivao gradove, koji sužnjeva svojih nikad nije kuæi otpuštao?"

18. All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.

18. Kraljevi naroda svi u èasti poèivaju, svaki u svojoj grobnici.

19. But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.

19. A ti si iz groba izbaèen kao smeæe odvratno, pokriven poklanima, maèem probodenima, koji su na ploèe grobne pobacani k'o strvina zgažena!

20. You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.

20. Neæeš se združiti s njima u grobu, jer si zemlju svoju uništio i narod svoj poklao. I nikad se više neæe spominjati pleme zlikovaèko.

21. Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

21. Spremite pokolj djeci za bezakonje otaca njihovih, da se više ne dignu da osvajaju zemlju i da ne pokriju lice svijeta!

22. But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.

22. Ustat æu na njih - rijeè je Jahve nad Vojskama - i zatrt æu Babilonu ime i ostatak, rod i porod - rijeè je Jahvina.

23. And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.

23. Dat æu ga u posjed ježevima i moèvarama. Pomest æu ga metlom zatornom - rijeè je Jahve nad Vojskama.

24. The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,

24. Zakleo se Jahve nad Vojskama: "Što zamislih, zbit æe se, što naumih, izvršit æe se!

25. so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.

25. Skršit æu Asur u svojoj zemlji, zgazit æu ga na svojim gorama. Jaram njegov s njih æe spasti, spast æe im s pleæa breme njegovo."

26. This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.

26. Takva je odluka stvorena protiv èitave zemlje; takva je ruka pružena protiv svih naroda!

27. For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?

27. A kad Jahve nad Vojskama odluèi, tko da se usprotivi? Kada ruku ispruži, tko da je odvrati?

28. In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:

28. One godine kad je umro kralj Ahaz, bi objavljeno ovo proroštvo:

29. You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.

29. Ne raduj se, sva Filistejo, što se slomi štap koji te udarao, jer æe iz korijena zmijinjeg izaæi ljutica što æe izleæi zmaja krilatoga.

30. And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.

30. Ubogi æe pasti na mojim pašnjacima i u pouzdanju poèivati siromasi; glaðu æu pomoriti rod tvoj i pobiti što od tebe ostane.

31. Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.

31. Kukajte, vrata! Zapomaži, grade! Strepi, sva Filistejo! Jer sa sjevera dim dolazi i èete njegove ne napušta nitko!

32. And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.

32. Što æe se tad odgovoriti glasnicima naroda? "Jahve zasnova Sion, i u njem su zaštiæeni siromasi njegova naroda."