Isaiah 43

1 And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Toda sedaj tako govori Gospod, ki te je ustvaril, oh Jakob in tisti, ki te je oblikoval, oh Izrael: »Ne boj se, kajti odkupil sem te, poklical sem te s tvojim imenom, moj si.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.

Ko hodiš skozi vode, bom s teboj in skozi reke, te ne bodo preplavile. Ko hodiš skozi ogenj, ne boš ožgan niti se plamen ne bo vnel na tebi.

3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.

Kajti jaz sem Gospod, tvoj Bog, Sveti Izraelov, tvoj Odrešenik. Egipt sem dal za tvojo odkupnino, Etiopijo in Sebo zate.

4 Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.

Ker si bil dragocen v mojem pogledu, bil si častitljiv in jaz sem te ljubil. Zato bom zate dal ljudi in ljudstva za tvoje življenje.

5 Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.

Ne boj se, kajti jaz sem s teboj. Tvoje seme bom privedel od vzhoda in te zbral od zahoda.

6 I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

Severu bom rekel: ›Izroči‹ in jugu: ›Ne zadržuj.‹ Moje sinove privedi od daleč in moje hčere od koncev zemlje,

7 And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.

celó vsakega, ki je klican z mojim imenom, kajti jaz sem ga ustvaril za svojo slavo, jaz sem ga oblikoval; da, jaz sem ga naredil.

8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.

Privedi slepo ljudstvo, ki ima oči in gluhe, ki imajo ušesa.

9 All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”

Naj bodo vsi narodi zbrani skupaj in naj bo ljudstvo zbrano. Kdo izmed njih lahko to razglasi in nam pokaže prejšnje stvari? Naj privedejo naprej svoje priče, da bodo lahko opravičeni. Ali naj slišijo in rečejo: › To je resnica.‹

10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.

Vi ste moje priče, ‹ govori Gospod in moj služabnik, ki sem ga izbral, da me boste lahko poznali in mi verjeli in razumeli, da jaz sem ta. Pred menoj ni bil oblikovan noben Bog niti ne bo za menoj.

11 I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.

Jaz, celó jaz sem Gospod in poleg mene ni rešitelja.

12 I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.

Razglasil sem, rešil in pokazal, ko med vami ni bilo nobenega tujega boga. Zato ste vi moje priče, ‹ govori Gospod, ›da jaz sem Bog.

13 And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?

Da, preden je bil dan, jaz sem in nobenega ni, ki lahko osvobodi iz moje roke. Delal bom in kdo bo to dopustil?‹

14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.

Tako govori Gospod, vaš odkupitelj, Sveti Izraelov: ›Zaradi vas sem poslal v Babilon in ponižal vse njihove plemiče in Kaldejce, katerih vpitje je na ladjah.

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

Jaz sem Gospod, vaš Sveti, stvarnik Izraela, vaš Kralj.‹

16 Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,

Tako govori Gospod, ki dela pot v morju in stezo v mogočnih vodah,

17 who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.

ki privede naprej bojni voz in konja, vojsko in moč; skupaj se bodo ulegli, ne bodo vstali. Izumrli so, pogašeni so kakor predivo.

18 You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.

Ne spominjajte se prejšnjih stvari niti ne preudarjajte stvari od davnine.

19 Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.

Glejte, storil bom novo stvar. Sedaj bo ta vzbrstela; mar tega ne boste spoznali? Naredil bom celo pot v divjini in reke v puščavi.

20 The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.

Divja žival polja me bo spoštovala, zmaji in sove, ker dam vode v divjino in reke v puščavo, da dam piti svojemu ljudstvu, svojim izbranim.

21 This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.

To ljudstvo sem oblikoval zase, naznanjali bodo mojo hvalo.

22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.

Toda ti nisi klical k meni, oh Jakob, temveč si se me naveličal, oh Izrael.

23 You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.

Nisi mi privedel majhne živine od svojih žgalnih daritev niti me nisi častil s svojimi klavnimi daritvami. Nisem ti storil, da služiš z daritvijo niti te nisem mučil s kadilom.

24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.

Z denarjem mi nisi kupil nobenega sladkornega trsta niti me nisi nasičeval s tolščo svojih klavnih daritev, temveč si me s svojimi grehi primoral, da služim; izmučil si me s svojimi krivičnostmi.

25 I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

Jaz, celó jaz, sem tisti, ki zaradi sebe izbrisujem tvoje prestopke in se ne bom spominjal tvojih grehov.

26 Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.

Spomni me, skupaj se pravdajva. Ti razglasi, da boš lahko opravičen.

27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.

Tvoj prvi oče je grešil in tvoji učitelji so se pregrešili zoper mene.

28 And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.

Zato sem oskrunil prince svetišča in dal Jakoba v prekletstvo in Izraela v graje.