Izaija 47
1 Spusti se, sjedni u prašinu, djevice, kćeri babilonska! Sjedni na zemlju, bez prijestolja, kćeri kaldejska! Jer, neće te više zvati nježnom i tankoćutnom.
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Uzmi mlin i melji brašno! Skini prijevjes, podigni skut, razgali bedra, prijeđi preko rijeke!
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bore the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3 Nek' se golotinja tvoja otkrije, nek' se sramota tvoja pokaže! Ja ću se osvetiti, odvraćat' me nitko neće.
Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet you as a man.
4 Otkupitelj naš, ime mu je Jahve nad Vojskama, Svetac Izraelov, kaže:
As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 “Sjedi šutke, u mrak se povuci, kćeri kaldejska. Jer, neće te više zvati vladaricom kraljevstava.
Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 Razgnjevih se na svoj narod, oskvrnuh svoju baštinu. Tebi ih u ruke izručih, a ti im ne iskaza milosti. Na starce si stavljala jaram svoj preteški.
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; on the ancient have you very heavily laid your yoke.
7 Govorila si: 'Dovijeka gospodaricom ću ostati.' Nikad nisi to k srcu uzela ni pomislila kako će se završiti.
And you said, I shall be a lady for ever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
8 A sad poslušaj, razvratnice, koja sjediš bezbrižno i u srcu svom govoriš: 'Ja, i nitko drugi! Nikad neću obudovjeti, neću djece izgubiti!'
Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell carelessly, that say in your heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9 Stići će te oboje, za tren, u isti dan! Izgubit ćeš djecu, obudovjet ćeš! Punom će te mjerom snaći oboje, pokraj svega tvojeg vračanja i množine tvojih zaklinjanja!
But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come on you in their perfection for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great abundance of your enchantments.
10 U zloću si se svoju uzdala, govorila si: 'Nitko me ne vidi!' Mudrost tvoja i znanje zavedoše te. U svom si srcu govorila: 'Ja i nitko drugi!'
For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and none else beside me.
11 Zlo će te snaći - nećeš ga presresti; oborit će se na te nesreća - nećeš je odvratiti; doći će na te propast iznenada - nećeš je predvidjeti.
Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know from where it rises: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you shall not know.
12 Ustraj, dakle, u svojim zaklinjanjima i u tolikim svojim čaranjima, oko kojih si se trudila od mladosti. Možda će ti biti od koristi? Možda ćeš s njima strah utjerati?
Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, wherein you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
13 Izmoriše te mnogi tvoji savjetnici! Nek' ustanu samo da te spase oni koji premjeravaju nebesa, koji promatraju zvijezde i koji svakog mjeseca proriču ono što će te snaći.
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from these things that shall come on you.
14 Gle, oni će biti poput pljeve, oganj će ih sažeći. Ni sami sebe neće izbaviti iz zagrljaja plamenoga. Neće ostat' ni žerave da se tko ogrije, ni ognjišta da uza nj posjedne!
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Takvi će ti biti vrači tvoji, oko kojih si se trudila od mladosti! Poći će svaki svojim putem, i nikog neće biti da te spasi.”
Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored, even your merchants, from your youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save you.
