Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
Tješite, tješite narod moj, govori Bog vaš.
2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
Govorite Jerusalimu ljubazno, i javljajte mu da se navršio rok njegov, da mu se bezakonje oprostilo, jer je primio iz ruke Gospodnje dvojinom za sve grijehe svoje.
3 The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
Glas je nekoga koji vièe: pripravite u pustinji put Gospodnji, poravnite u pustoši stazu Bogu našemu.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
Sve doline neka se povise, i sve gore i bregovi neka se slegnu, i što je krivo neka bude pravo, i neravna mjesta neka budu ravna.
5 Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
I javiæe se slava Gospodnja, i svako æe tijelo vidjeti; jer usta Gospodnja govoriše.
6 The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
Glas govori: vièi. I reèe: šta da vièem? Da je svako tijelo trava i sve dobro njegovo kao cvijet poljski.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
Suši se trava, cvijet opada kad duh Gospodnji dune na nj; doista je narod trava.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
Suši se trava, cvijet opada; ali rijeè Boga našega ostaje dovijeka.
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Izidi na visoku goru, Sione, koji javljaš dobre glase; podigni silno glas svoj, Jerusalime, koji javljaš dobre glase; podigni, ne boj se. Kaži gradovima Judinijem: evo Boga vašega.
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Evo, Gospod Bog ide na jakoga, i mišica æe njegova obladati njim; evo plata je njegova kod njega i djelo njegovo pred njim.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
Kao pastir pašæe stado svoje; u naruèje svoje sabraæe jaganjce, i u njedrima æe ih nositi, a dojilice æe voditi polako.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Ko je izmjerio vodu grstima svojim i nebesa premjerio peðu? ko je mjerom izmjerio prah zemaljski, i gore izmjerio na mjerila i bregove na poteg?
13 Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
Ko je upravljao duh Gospodnji? ili mu bio savjetnik i nauèio ga?
14 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
S kim se je dogovarao i ko ga je urazumio i nauèio putu suda, i nauèio ga znanju i pokazao mu put razuma?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
Gle, narodi su kao kap iz vijedra, i kao praška na mjerilima broje se; gle, premješta ostrva kao prašak.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
Ni Livan ne bi bio dosta za oganj, i životinje njegove ne bi bile dosta za žrtvu paljenicu.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
Svi su narodi kao ništa pred njim, manje negoli ništa i taština vrijede mu.
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
S kim æete dakle izjednaèiti Boga? i kaku æete mu priliku naæi?
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
Umjetnik lije lik, i zlatar ga pozlaæuje, i verižice srebrne lije.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
A ko je siromah, te nema šta prinijeti, bira drvo koje ne trune, i traži vješta umjetnika da naèini rezan lik, koji se ne pomièe.
21 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
Ne znate li? ne èujete li? ne kazuje li vam se od iskona? ne razumijete li od temelja zemaljskih?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
On sjedi nad krugom zemaljskim, i njezini su mu stanovnici kao skakavci; on je razastro nebesa kao platno i razapeo ih kao šator za stan.
23 who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
On obraæa knezove u ništa, sudije zemaljske èini da su kao taština.
24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Kao da nijesu posaðeni ni posijani, i kao da im se stablo nije ukorijenilo u zemlji, èim dune na njih, posahnu, i vihor kao pljevu raznese ih.
25 “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
S kim æete me dakle izjednaèiti da bih bio kao on? veli sveti.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Podignite gore oèi svoje i vidite; ko je to stvorio? ko izvodi vojsku svega toga na broj i zove svako po imenu, i velike radi sile njegove i jake moæi ne izostaje nijedno?
27 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
Zašto govoriš, Jakove, i kažeš, Izrailju: sakriven je put moj od Gospoda, i stvar moja ne izlazi pred Boga mojega?
28 Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Ne znaš li? nijesi li èuo da Bog vjeèni Gospod, koji je stvorio krajeve zemaljske, ne sustaje niti se utruðuje? razumu njegovu nema mjere.
29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
On daje snagu umornome, i nejakome umnožava krjepost.
30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
Djeca se more i sustaju, i mladiæi padaju;
31 but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Ali koji se nadaju Gospodu, dobijaju novu snagu, podižu se na krilima kao orlovi, trèe i ne sustaju, hode i ne more se.
