Isaiah, 29

1. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.

1. Teško Arielu! Arielu, gradu što ga opkoli David! Nek' se niže godina na godinu, nek' se izredaju blagdani,

2. And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.

2. pa æu pritisnuti Ariel i nastat æe jauk i lelek. Za mene æeš biti Ariel,

3. And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.

3. opkolit æu te kao David, rovovima okružiti, suprot tebi nasipe æu diæi.

4. You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.

4. Oboren govorit æeš sa zemlje, iz praha mucat' rijeèju prigušenom, glas æe ti se iz zemlje dizat' kao pokojnikov, iz praha æeš šaptati besjedu.

5. And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.

5. Kao sitna prašina bit æe mnoštvo tvojih dušmana, kao pljeva razvijana - rulja silnika: i odjednom, u tren oka:

6. And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.

6. pohodit æe te Jahve nad Vojskama grmljavinom, tutnjem, bukom velikom, vihorom, olujom i plamenim ognjem što proždire.

7. And the multitude of all the nations that have struggled against Ariel will be like the dream of a vision by night, along with all who have battled, and besieged, and prevailed against it.

7. Bit æe k'o san, utvara noæna: mnoštvo svih naroda što vojuje s Arielom i svih onih koji zavojštiše na nj i na utvrde njegove i koji ga odasvud pritijesniše.

8. And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.

8. Bit æe kao kad gladan sanja da jede, a probudi se prazna želuca; i kao kad žedan sanja da pije, pa se, iznemogao, suha grla probudi. Tako æe se dogoditi mnoštvu naroda koji vojuju protiv Gore sionske.

9. Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness!

9. Stanite, skamenite se od èuda, oslijepite i obnevidite! Pijani su, ali ne od vina, posræu, ali ne od silna piæa.

10. For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.

10. Jahve je izlio na vas duh obamrlosti, zatvorio je oèi vaše - proroke, zastro glave vaše - vidioce.

11. And the vision of all will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they have given it to someone who knows how to read, they will say, “Read this,” but he will respond, “I cannot; for it has been sealed.”

11. Zato æe vam svako viðenje biti kao rijeèi u zapeèaæenoj knjizi: dade li se kome tko zna èitati govoreæi: "De, èitaj to!" - on æe odgovoriti: "Ne mogu jer je zapeèaæena."

12. But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, “Read,” then he will respond, “I do not know how to read.”

12. A dade li se kome tko ne zna èitati govoreæi: "Èitaj to!" - on æe odvratiti: "Ne znam èitati."

13. And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,

13. Jahve reèe: "Jer mi narod ovaj samo ustima pristupa i samo me usnama èasti, a srce mu je daleko od mene i njegovo štovanje nauèena ljudska uredba,

14. for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.

14. zato æu, evo, i dalje èudno postupati s ovim narodom - èudno i preèudno: i propast æe mudrost njegovih mudraca, pomraèit se umnost njegovih umnika."

15. Woe to you who use the depths of the heart, so that you may hide your intentions from the Lord. Their works are done in darkness, and so they say: “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

15. Teško onima koji se od Jahve kriju da bi svoje sakrili namjere i koji u mraku djeluju i zbore: "Tko nas vidi i tko nas pozna?"

16. This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”

16. Kolike li naopakosti vaše! Cijeni li se glina kao lonèar, pa da djelo rekne svome tvorcu: "NIje me on naèinio"? Ili lonac da rekne lonèaru: "On ne razumije ništa"?

17. In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest.

17. Neæe li se naskoro Libanon u voænjak pretvoriti, a voænjak izroditi u šumu?

18. And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.

18. I èut æe u onaj dan gluhi rijeèi knjige; osloboðene mraka i tmine, oèi æe slijepih vidjeti.

19. And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.

19. A siromasi æe se opet radovati u Jahvi, najbjedniji æe klicat' Svecu Izraelovu,

20. For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.

20. jer neæe više biti silnika, nestat æe podsmjevaèa, istrijebit æe se svi koji zlo snuju:

21. For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.

21. oni koji rijeèju druge okrivljuju, oni koji na vratima sucu postavljaju zamku i nizašto obaraju pravednika.

22. Because of this, thus says the Lord, he who has redeemed Abraham, to the house of Jacob: From now on, Jacob will not be confounded; from now on his countenance will not blush with shame.

22. Zato ovako govori Jahve, Bog kuæe Jakovljeve, koji otkupi Abrahama: "Neæe se odsad više stidjeti Jakov i više mu neæe lice blijedjeti,

23. Instead, when he sees his children, they will be the work of my hands in his midst, sanctifying my name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will preach the God of Israel.

23. jer kad vidi usred sebe djelo mojih ruku, svetit æe ime moje." Svetit æe Sveca Jakovljeva, bojat æe se Boga Izraelova.

24. And those who had gone astray in spirit will know understanding, and those who had murmured will learn the law.

24. Zabludjeli duhom urazumit æe se, a oni što mrmljaju primit æe pouku.