Isaiah, 56

1. Thus says the Lord: Preserve judgment, and accomplish justice. For my salvation is close to its arrival, and my justice is close to being revealed.

1. Ovako govori Jahve: "Držite se prava i èinite pravdu, jer æe uskoro doæi moj spas i objaviti se moja pravednost."

2. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds to this, keeping the Sabbath and not profaning it, guarding his hands and not doing any evil.

2. Blago èovjeku koji èini tako i sinu èovjeèjem što se toga pridržava: koji poštuje subotu da je ne oskvrni i koji ruke svoje èuva od svakoga zla djela.

3. And let not the son of the new arrival, who adheres to the Lord, speak, saying, “The Lord will divide and separate me from his people.” And let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

3. Neka sin tuðinèev koji je prionuo uz Jahvu ne govori: "Jamaèno æe me Jahve odvojiti od svojega naroda." Neka uškopljenik ne govori: "Ja sam, evo, tek suho drvo."

4. For thus says the Lord to the eunuchs: They will keep my Sabbaths, and they will choose the things that I will, and they will hold to my covenant.

4. Jer ovako govori Jahve: "S uškopljenicima koji obdržavaju subotu, koji izabiru što je meni drago i ostanu postojani u Savezu mome -

5. I will give them a place in my house, within my walls, and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, which will never perish.

5. podiæi æu u kuæi svojoj i meðu svojim zidovima spomenik i ime, bolje nego sinovima i kæerima, dat æu im vjeèno ime koje neæe biti iskorijenjeno.

6. And the sons of the new arrival, who adhere to the Lord so as to worship him and to love his name, shall be his servants: all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold to my covenant.

6. A sinove tuðinske koji pristadoše uz Jahvu da mu služe i da ljube ime Jahvino i da mu budu službenici, koji poštuju subotu i ne oskvrnjuju je i postojani su u Savezu mome,

7. I will lead them to my holy mountain, and I will gladden them in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their victims will be pleasing to me upon my altar. For my house will be called the house of prayer for all peoples.

7. njih æu dovesti na svoju svetu goru i razveseliti u svojem Domu molitve. Njihove žrtve paljenice i klanice bit æe ugodne na mojem žrtveniku, jer æe se Dom moj zvati Dom molitve za sve narode."

8. The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, says: Even now, I will gather his congregation to him.

8. Rijeè je Gospoda Jahve koji sabire raspršene Izraelce: "Sabrat æu ih još povrh onih koji su veæ sabrani."

9. All beasts of the field, all the beasts of the forest: approach and devour!

9. Sve zvijeri poljske, doðite jesti, i sve vi, zvijeri šumske!

10. His watchmen are all blind. They are all ignorant. They are mute dogs without the ability to bark, seeing empty things, sleeping and loving dreams.

10. Svi su mu stražari slijepi, i ništa ne shvaæaju. Svi su oni psi nijemi, ne mogu lajati. Sanjaju i drijemlju, najmilije im spavati.

11. And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:

11. Psi su to proždrljivi, nezasitni; pastiri su to bez razbora: svaki svojim putem okreæe, svaki za dobitkom svojim.

12. “Come, let us take wine, and be filled by inebriation. And as it is today, so shall it be tomorrow and for a long time.”

12. "Doðite, donijet æu vina; napit æemo se piæa žestoka, i sutra æe biti kao danas, izobilje veliko, preveliko!"