Isaiah, 28

1. Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.

1. Teško gizdavu vijencu pijanica Efrajimovih, uvelu cvijetu blistava mu nakita - onima što uvrh plodnog dola leže vinom opijeni!

2. Behold, the Lord is powerful and steadfast, like a storm of hail, like a crushing whirlwind, like the force of many waters, inundating, sent forth over a spacious land.

2. Evo, od Gospoda jaki i moæni, kao pljusak s tuèom, kao vihor razorni, prolom oblaka i povodanj, i svom ih snagom na zemlju baca.

3. The arrogant crown of the inebriated of Ephraim will be trampled under foot.

3. Bit æe izgažen nogama gizdav vijenac pijanica Efrajimovih

4. And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.

4. i uveo cvijet blistava mu nakita uvrh plodnih dolina; bit æe kao rana smokva prije ljeta: èim je tko spazi, odmah je ubere.

5. In that day, the Lord of hosts will be the crown of glory and the wreath of exultation for the remnant of his people.

5. U onaj dan Jahve nad Vojskama postat æe kruna slave i sjajan vijenac Ostatku svoga naroda -

6. And he will be the spirit of judgment for those who sit in judgment, and the strength of those who return from war to the gates.

6. duh pravde onome koji sjedi na stolici sudaèkoj i srèanost onome koji odbija napad na vrata.

7. Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.

7. Oni posræu od vina, teturaju od žestoka piæa: sveæenici i proroci od žestoka piæa posræu; omami ih vino; teturaju od žestoka piæa, posræu u viðenjima, ljuljaju se sudeæi.

8. For all the tables have been filled with vomit and filth, so much so that there was no place left.

8. Svi su stolovi puni gnusnih bljuvotina, nigdje èista mjesta nema!

9. To whom will he teach knowledge? And to whom will he grant an understanding of what is heard? To those who have been weaned from the milk, who have been pulled away from the breasts.

9. "Koga on to uèi mudrosti, koga on upuæuje u objavu? Zar djecu odviknutu od mlijeka odbijenu od prsiju?

10. So then: command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there.

10. Sav la-sav, sav la-sav, kav la-kav, kav la-kav, zeer šam, zeer šam."

11. For with the speech of lips and with a different language, he will speak to this people.

11. Da, mucavim usnama i na stranom jeziku govorit æe se ovom narodu.

12. He said to them: “This is my rest. Refresh the weary,” and, “This is my refreshment.” And yet they were unwilling to listen.

12. On im reèe: "Evo poèinka, dajte umornom da otpoèine! Evo odmora!" Ali ne htjedoše poslušati.

13. And so, the word of the Lord to them will be: “Command, and command again; command, and command again; expect, and expect again; a little here, and a little there,” so that they may go forward and fall backward, and so that they may be broken and ensnared and captured.

13. Zato æe im Jahve ovako govoriti: "Sav la-sav, sav la-sav, kav la-kav, kav la-kav, zeer šam, zeer šam", da hodeæi padnu nauznak, da se razbiju, zapletu i uhvate.

14. Because of this, listen to the word of the Lord, you mocking men, who lord it over my people who are at Jerusalem.

14. Stoga èujte rijeè Jahvinu, vi podsmjevaèi, vi što vladate narodom ovim koji je u Jeruzalemu.

15. For you have said: “We struck a deal with death, and we formed a pact with Hell. When the inundating scourge passes through, it will not overwhelm us. For we have placed our hope in lies, and we are protected by what is false.”

15. Vi velite: "Sklopismo savez sa smræu i s Podzemljem uèinismo sporazum. Kad proðe biè razorni, ne, neæe nas dohvatiti, jer od laži naèinismo sebi sklonište i od obmane skrovište."

16. For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.

16. Stog ovako govori Jahve Gospod: "Evo, postavljam na Sion kamen odabrani, dragocjen kamen ugaoni, temeljac. Onaj koji u nj vjeruje neæe propasti.

17. And I will establish judgment in weights, and justice in measures. And a hailstorm will overturn hope in what is false; and waters will inundate its protection.

17. I uzet æu pravo za mjeru, a pravdu za tezulju." I tuèa æe vam zastrti sklonište od laži, a voda otplaviti skrovište;

18. And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it.

18. propast æe savez vaš sa smræu, vaš sporazum s Podzemljem održat' se neæe. Kada biè razorni proðe, satrt æe vas;

19. Whenever it passes through, it will take you away. For, at first light of morning, it will pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone will make you understand what you hear.

19. kad god proðe, dohvatit æe vas; prolazit æe svako jutro, danju i noæu. Samo æe vas strah uputit u objavu.

20. For the bed has been narrowed, so much so that one alone would fall out, and the short blanket is not able to cover two.

20. Prekratka æe bit' postelja da se èovjek pruži, preuzak pokrivaè da se umota.

21. For the Lord will stand, just as at the mountain of divisions. He will be angry, just as in the valley which is in Gibeon, so that he may accomplish his work, his strange work, so that he may complete his work, his work which is foreign even to him.

21. Da, kao na gori Perasimu, Jahve æe ustati, kao u Dolini gibeonskoj, on æe se razjariti, da izvrši djelo svoje, djelo èudnovato, da ispuni naum svoj, naum tajnoviti.

22. And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.

22. Podsmijevanja se okanite, da vas jaèe okovi ne stegnu; jer èuh da je od Gospoda, Jahve nad Vojskama, zemlji ovoj dosuðeno uništenje.

23. Pay close attention, and listen to my voice! Attend and hear my eloquence!

23. Poslušajte i èujte glas moj, prisluhnite pomno moju besjedu.

24. Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?

24. Ore li oraè svakog dana, brazdi, brana njivu svoju?

25. Will he not, when he has made the surface level, sow coriander, and scatter cumin, and plant wheat in rows, and barley, and millet, and vetch in their places?

25. A kad joj poravna površinu, ne sije li grahor, ne sipa li kumin? Pšenicu gdje treba, proso i jeèam, i napokon raž po rubovima?

26. For he will be instructed in judgment; his God will teach him.

26. Bog ga njegov upuæuje, on ga uèi djelu pravom.

27. For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw, and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead, coriander is shaken out with a stick, and cumin with a staff.

27. Ne mlati se grahor cijepom, neæeš toèkom po kuminu, veæ se grahor štapom mlati, a kumin se prutom lupa.

28. But grain for bread must be crushed. Truly, the thresher cannot thresh it unceasingly, and the cartwheel can neither disrupt it, nor break it with its surface.

28. A da li se žito tare? Ne, neæeš ga dovijeka mlatiti: po njem æeš pognat kolski toèak i konje, ali ga zdrobiti neæeš.

29. And this has gone forth from the Lord, the God of hosts, so that he may accomplish his miraculous plan and magnify justice.

29. I to dolazi od Jahve nad Vojskama, savjetom divnog, mudrošæu velikog.