Izaija 49

1 Poslušajte me, oh otoki in prisluhnite, ve ljudstva od daleč. Gospod me je poklical iz maternice, od notranjosti moje matere je naredil omembo mojega imena.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

2 Moja usta je naredil kakor oster meč; v senco svoje roke me je skril in me naredil zglajeno puščico; v svojem tulu me je skril

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

3 in mi rekel: »Ti si moj služabnik, oh Izrael, v katerem bom proslavljen.«

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

4 Potem sem rekel: »V prazno sem se trudil, svojo moč sem porabil zaman in v prazno. Vendar je zagotovo moja sodba z Gospodom in moje delo z mojim Bogom.«

But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

5 »In sedaj, « govori Gospod, ki me je oblikoval od maternice, da bi bil njegov služabnik, da Jakoba ponovno privedem k njemu: »Čeprav Izrael ne bi bil zbran, bom vendar veličasten v Gospodovih očeh in moj Bog bo moja moč.«

Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

6 Rekel je: »To je lahka stvar, da bi bil moj služabnik, da vzdigneš Jakobove rodove in da obnoviš Izraelove ohranjene. Prav tako te bom dal za svetlobo poganom, da boš lahko moja rešitev duš do konca zemlje.

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

7 Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Odkupitelj in njegov Sveti tistemu, ki ga človek prezira, tistemu, ki ga narod zaničuje, služabniku vladarjev: ›Kralji bodo videli in vstali, tudi princi bodo oboževali zaradi Gospoda, ki je zvest in Svetega Izraelovega in on bo izbral tebe.‹«

The LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

8 Tako govori Gospod: »Ob sprejemljivem času sem te uslišal in na dan rešitve duše sem ti pomagal in ohranil te bom in te dal za zavezo ljudstvu, da povzdigneš deželo, da povzročiš, da podedujejo zapuščene dediščine,

The LORD says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

9 da boš lahko ujetnikom rekel: ›Pojdite naprej; ‹ tistim, ki so v temi: ›Pokažite se.‹ Pasli bodo po poteh in njihovi pašniki bodo na vseh visokih krajih.

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

10 Ne bodo niti lačni niti žejni, niti jih ne bosta udarila, niti vročina, niti sonce, kajti on, ki ima usmiljenje do njih, jih bo vodil, celo pri vodnih izvirih jih bo usmerjal.

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

11 Vse svoje gore bom naredil pot in moje glavne ceste bodo povišane.

I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.

12 Glej, ti bodo prišli od daleč in glej, ti od severa in od zahoda in ti iz dežele Siním.«

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”

13 Prepevaj, oh nebo in bodi radostna, oh zemlja in izbruhnite v petje, oh gore. Kajti Gospod je potolažil svoje ljudstvo in usmiljen bo do svojih trpečih.

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

14 Toda Sion je rekel: » Gospod me je zapustil in moj Gospod me je pozabil.«

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

15 Mar lahko ženska pozabi svojega doječega otroka, da ne bi imela sočutja do sina svoje maternice? Da, one lahko pozabijo, vendar jaz ne bom pozabil tebe.

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

16 Glej, vrezal sem te na dlani svojih rok, tvoja obzidja so nenehno pred menoj.

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

17 Tvoji otroci se bodo podvizali, tvoji uničevalci in tisti, ki so te naredili opustošeno, bodo šli od tebe.

Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.

18 Dvigni svoje oči naokoli in poglej. Vsi ti se zbirajo skupaj in prihajajo k tebi. Kakor jaz živim, ‹ govori Gospod, ›zanesljivo se boš oblekla z njimi vsemi, kakor z ornamentom in si jih privezala nase, kakor stori nevesta.

Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says the LORD, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.

19 Kajti tvoji opustošeni in tvoji zapuščeni kraji in dežela tvojega uničenja bo sedaj torej preozka zaradi prebivalcev in tisti, ki so te pogoltnili, bodo daleč proč.

“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

20 Otroci, ki jih boš imela, potem ko si izgubila druge, bodo v tvoja ušesa ponovno govorili: ›Kraj je preozek zame. Daj mi prostor, da bom lahko prebival.‹

The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’

21 Potem boš v svojem srcu rekla: ›Kdo mi je te rodil, glede na to, da sem izgubila svoje otroke in sem zapuščena, ujetnica in se selim sem ter tja? In kdo je te vzgojil? Glej, sama sem ostala, kje so bili tile?‹«

Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”

22 Tako govori Gospod Bog: »Glej, svojo roko bom dvignil k poganom in svoj prapor postavil k ljudstvu in tvoje sinove bodo privedli na njihovih rokah in tvoje hčere bodo nošene na njihovih ramah.

The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

23 Kralji bodo tvoji negovalni očetje in njihove kraljice tvoje negovalne matere. S svojim obrazom se bodo priklonili k tebi proti zemlji in lizali prah tvojih stopal in vedela boš, da jaz sem Gospod, kajti tisti, ki čakajo name, ne bodo osramočeni.

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”

24 Mar bo plen vzet od mogočnega, mar bo pravično ujetništvo osvobojeno?«

Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

25 Toda tako govori Gospod: »Celo ujetniki mogočnega bodo odvzeti in plen strašnega bo osvobojen, kajti jaz se bom spoprijel s tistim, ki se spoprijema s teboj in jaz bom rešil tvoje otroke.

But the LORD says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

26 Z njihovim lastnim mesom bom hranil tiste, ki te zatirajo in pijani bodo s svojo lastno krvjo kakor s sladkim vinom in vse meso bo vedelo, da jaz sem Gospod, tvoj Odrešenik in tvoj Odkupitelj, Mogočni Jakobov.‹«

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”