Izaija 41
1 Molčite pred menoj, oh otoki in naj ljudstvo obnavlja svojo moč. Naj pridejo bliže, potem jim pustite govoriti. Pridimo blizu skupaj k sodbi.
Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
2 Kdo je dvignil pravičnega človeka od vzhoda in ga poklical k svojemu stopalu, dal predenj narode in ga naredil, [da] vlada nad kralji? Izročil jih je kakor prah njegovemu meču in kakor slamo gnano k njegovemu loku.
Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
3 Zasledoval jih je in varno prešel; celó po poti, [po] kateri [še] ni šel s svojimi stopali.
He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
4 Kdo je delal in to storil, kličoč rodove od začetka? Jaz, Gospod, prvi in s poslednjimi; jaz sem ta.
Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
5 Otoki so to videli in se bali; konci zemlje so bili prestrašeni, se približali in prišli.
The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
6 Pomagali so vsak svojemu sosedu in vsak je svojemu bratu rekel: »Bodi odločnega poguma.«
Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
7 Tako je tesar hrabril zlatarja in kdor gladi s kladivom, tistega, ki udarja nakovalo, rekoč: »Ta je pripravljen za spajanje« in ga pritrdil z žeblji, da ta ne bi bil premaknjen.
The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
8 Toda ti, Izrael, si moj služabnik, Jakob, ki sem ga izbral, seme Abrahama, mojega prijatelja.
But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
9 Ti, ki sem te vzel od koncev zemlje in te poklical od njihovih glavnih mož in ti rekel: »Ti si moj služabnik, izbral sem te in te nisem zavrgel.
For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
10 Ne boj se, kajti jaz sem s teboj. Ne bodi potrt, kajti jaz sem tvoj Bog. Okrepil te bom, da, jaz ti bom pomagal, da, podpiral te bom z desnico svoje pravičnosti.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
11 Glej, vsi tisti, ki so bili ogorčeni zoper tebe, bodo osramočeni in zbegani. Oni bodo kakor nič in tisti, ki se prepirajo s teboj, bodo propadli.
Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
12 Iskal jih boš in jih ne boš našel, celó tiste, ki so se pričkali s teboj. Tisti, ki se vojskujejo zoper tebe, bodo kakor nič in kakor stvar ničnosti.
You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
13 Kajti jaz, Gospod, tvoj Bog, bom držal tvojo desnico, rekoč ti: »Ne boj se, jaz ti bom pomagal.«
For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
14 Ne boj se, ti ličinka Jakob in vi, Izraelovi možje, pomagal ti bom, govori Gospod in tvoj odkupitelj, Sveti Izraelov.
Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Glej, naredil te bom [za] novo ostro mlatilno pripravo z zobmi. Mlatil boš gore, jih razdrobil in hribe boš naredil kakor pleve.
I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
16 Vejál jih boš in veter jih bo odnesel proč in vrtinčast veter jih bo razkropil, ti pa se boš razveseljeval v Gospodu in slavil boš v Svetem Izraelovem.
You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Kadar ubogi in pomoči potrebni iščejo vode in je tam ni in njihov jezik odpoveduje zaradi žeje, jih bom jaz, Gospod, uslišal in jaz, Izraelov Bog, jih ne bom zapustil.
The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
18 Odprl bom reke na visokih krajih in studence v sredi dolin. Divjino bom spremenil [v] vodni ribnik in suho deželo [v] izvire voda.
I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
19 V divjini bom zasadil cedro, akacijevo drevo, mirto in olivno drevo; v puščavi bom skupaj posadil cipreso, bor in pušpan,
I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
20 da bodo lahko videli, spoznali, preudarili in skupaj razumeli, da je to storila Gospodova roka in Sveti Izraelov je to ustvaril.
so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Prinesite svojo pravdo, ‹ govori Gospod; ›prinesite naprej svoje močne razloge, govori Kralj Jakobov.
Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.
22 Naj jih prinesejo naprej in nam pokažejo kaj se bo zgodilo. Naj nam pokažejo prejšnje stvari, kakršne so, da jih lahko preudarimo in spoznamo njihov zadnji konec; ali nam oznanite stvari, ki pridejo.
Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
23 Pokažite stvari, ki bodo odslej, da bomo lahko vedeli, da ste vi bogovi. Da, delajte dobro ali delajte zlo, da bomo lahko zaprepadeni in to skupaj gledali.
Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
24 Glejte, vi ste od ničnosti in vaše delo je ničevo; ogabnost je, kdor vas izbere.
Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
25 Dvignil sem nekoga iz severa in bo prišel. Od sončnega vzhoda bo klical moje ime in prišel bo nad prince kakor nad malto in kakor lončar gnete ilo.
I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
26 Kdo je razglasil od začetka, da bi mi lahko vedeli? In poprej, da bi lahko rekli: » On je pravičen?« Da, tam ni nikogar, ki kaže; da, tam ni nikogar, ki razglaša; da, tam ni nikogar, ki sliši vaše besede.
Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
27 Prvi bo rekel Sionu: »Poglej, poglej jih.« In Jeruzalemu bom dal nekoga, ki prinaša dobre novice.
The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
28 Kajti gledal sem in tam ni bilo človeka, celo med njimi in tam ni bilo svetovalca, da bi lahko, ko sem jih povprašal, odgovoril besedo.
And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 Glej, vsi so ničnost, njihova dela so nič. Njihove ulite podobe so veter in zmešnjava.
Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.
