Isaiah 31
1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;
Teško onima što slaze u Egipat po pomoć i nadu u konje polažu te se uzdaju u mnoga kola i u mnoštvo konjanika, ne gledajuć' s uzdanjem u Sveca Izraelova i od Jahve savjeta ne tražeć'.
2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.
Al' i on je mudar i navalit će zlo, i neće poreć' svojih prijetnja; on će ustat' na dom zlikovački i na pomoć zločinačku.
3 For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
Egipćanin je čovjek, a ne Bog; konji su mu meso, a ne duh; kada Jahve rukom mahne, posrnut će pomagač i past će onaj komu pomaže - svi će zajedno propasti.
4 For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
Da, ovako mi reče Jahve: Kao što lav ili lavić nad plijenom reži, pa i kad se strči na njega mnoštvo pastira, on se ne prepada vike njihove, nit' za njihovu graju mari - tako će Jahve nad Vojskama sići da vojuje za goru Sion, za visinu njezinu.
5 Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.
Kao ptice što lepršaju krilima, Jahve nad Vojskama zaklanjat će Jeruzalem, zaklanjat' ga, izbaviti, poštedjet' ga i spasiti.
6 Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.
Vratite se onome od kog otpadoste tako duboko, sinovi Izraelovi.
7 For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.
Da, u onaj će dan svatko prezreti svoje kumire srebrne i zlatne što ih rukama sebi za grijeh načiniste.
8 Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.
Asur neće pasti od mača ljudskoga: proždrijet će ga mač, ali ne čovječji. Od mača će bježat', al' će mu satnici pod tlaku pasti.
9 And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.
Užasnut, ostavit će svoju hridinu, prestravljeni, knezovi od svoje će bježat' zastave - riječ je Jahve, čiji je oganj na Sionu i čija je peć u Jeruzalemu.
