Izaija 31
1 Gorje tistim, ki gredo dol v Egipt po pomoč in se zanašajo na konje in zaupajo v bojne vozove, zato ker so številni in na konjenike, ker so zelo močni, toda ne gledajo k Svetemu Izraelovemu niti ne iščejo Gospoda!
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they me many: and in horsemen, because they me very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.
2 Vendar je on tudi moder in privedel bo zlo in svojih besed ne bo poklical nazaj, temveč se bo vzdignil zoper hišo hudodelcev in zoper pomoč tistih, ki počno krivičnost.
But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.
3 Torej Egipčani so ljudje in ne Bog in njihovi konji meso in ne duh. Ko bo Gospod iztegnil svojo roko, bosta padla oba, tako tisti, ki pomaga in komur je pomagano, padla bosta in vsem skupaj bo spodletelo.
Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.
4 Kajti tako mi je govoril Gospod: »Podobno kakor lev in mlad lev rjoveta na svoj plen, ko je zoper njega sklicana množica pastirjev, se on ne bo bal njihovega glasu niti se Gospod nad bojevniki ne bo ponižal zaradi njihovega hrupa. Tako bo Gospod nad bojevniki prišel dol, da se bori za goro Sion in za njen hrib.
For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lion’s whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.
5 Kakor leteče ptice, tako bo Gospod nad bojevniki branil [prestolnico] Jeruzalem; z obrambo jo bo tudi osvobodil in s prehajanjem čeznjo jo bo ohranil.
As birds dying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.
6 Obrnite se k njemu, od katerega so se Izraelovi otroci globoko spuntali.
Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
7 Kajti na ta dan bo vsak človek zavrgel svoje malike iz srebra in svoje malike iz zlata, ki so vam jih v greh naredile vaše lastne roke.
For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.
8 Takrat bo Asirec padel pod mečem, ne od mogočnega človeka; in meč, ne od zlobnega človeka, ga bo požiral. Toda pobegnil bo pred mečem in njegovi mladeniči bodo poraženi.
And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.
9 Zaradi strahu bo prešel k svojemu oporišču in njegovi princi se bodo bali zastave, « govori Gospod, čigar ogenj je na Sionu in njegova talilna peč v Jeruzalemu.
And his strength shall pass away with dread, and his princes fleeing shall be afraid: the Lord hath said it, whose die is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
