Isaiah 36
1 And it happened that, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he seized them.
Četrnaeste godine Ezekijina kraljevanja asirski kralj Sanherib napade sve utvrđene judejske gradove i osvoji ih.
2 And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh from Lachish into Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a great force, and he stood near the aqueduct of the upper pool, at the road to the fuller’s field.
Tada pošalje asirski kralj iz Lakiša u Jeruzalem kralju Ezekiji velikoga peharnika s jakom vojskom. On stade kod vodovoda Gornjeg ribnjaka, na putu u Valjarevo polje.
3 And those who went to him were Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian.
K njemu iziđe upravitelj dvora Elijakim, sin Hilkijin, pisar Šebna i savjetnik Joah, sin Asafov.
4 And Rabshakeh said to them: “Tell Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith in which you believe?
Veliki im peharnik reče: “Kažite Ezekiji: Ovako govori veliki kralj, kralj asirski: 'Kakvo je to uzdanje u koje se uzdaš?
5 And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me?
Misliš li da su prazne riječi već i savjet i snaga za rat? U koga se uzdaš da si se pobunio protiv mene?
6 Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, in that broken staff of a reed. But if a man were to lean against it, it would enter his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
Eto, oslanjaš se na Egipat, na slomljenu trsku koja prodire i probada dlan onomu tko se na nju nasloni. Takav je faraon, kralj egipatski, svima koji se uzdaju u njega.'
7 But if you answer me by saying: ‘We trust in the Lord our God.’ Is it not his high places and altars that Hezekiah has taken away? And he has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar.’
Možda ćete mi odgovoriti: 'Uzdamo se u Jahvu, Boga svojega.' Ali nije li njemu Ezekija uklonio uzvišice i žrtvenike i zapovjedio Judejcima i Jeruzalemu: 'Samo se pred ovim žrtvenikom klanjajte!'
8 And now, hand yourselves over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and you will not be able to find riders for them on your own.
Hajde, okladi se s mojim gospodarom, kraljem asirskim: dat ću ti dvije tisuće konja ako mogneš naći jahače za njih.
9 So how will you withstand the face of the ruler of even one place, of even the least of my lord’s subordinates? But if you trust in Egypt, in four-horse chariots and in horsemen:
Kako ćeš onda odoljeti jednome jedinom od najmanjih slugu moga gospodara? Ali ti se uzdaš u Egipat da će ti dati kola i konjanike!
10 do I intend to go up against this land to destroy it without the Lord? But the Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”
Naposljetku, zar sam ja mimo volju Jahvinu krenuo protiv ove zemlje da je razorim? Sam mi je Jahve rekao: 'Idi na tu zemlju i razori je!'”
11 And Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh: “Speak to your servants in the Syrian language. For we understand it. Do not speak to us in the Jewish language, in the hearing of the people, who are upon the wall.”
Elijakim, Šebna i Joah rekoše velikom peharniku: “Molimo te, govori svojim slugama aramejski, jer mi razumijemo; ne govori s nama judejski da čuje narod koji je na zidinama.”
12 And Rabshakeh said to them: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you in order to speak all these words, and not even more so to the men who are sitting on the wall, so that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
Ali im veliki peharnik odgovori: “Zar me moj gospodar poslao da ovo kažem tvojem gospodaru i tebi, a ne upravo onim ljudima koji sjede na zidinama, osuđeni da s vama jedu svoju nečist i piju svoju mokraću?”
13 Then Rabshakeh stood up, and he cried out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and he said: “Listen to the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.
Tada se veliki peharnik uspravi i u sav glas povika na judejskom ove riječi: “Čujte riječ velikoga kralja, kralja asirskoga!
14 Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. For he will not be able to rescue you.
Ovako veli kralj: 'Neka vas Ezekija ne zavarava, jer vas ne može izbaviti iz moje ruke.
15 And do not let Hezekiah cause you to trust in the Lord, saying: ‘The Lord will rescue and free us. This city will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
Neka vas Ezekija ne hrabri pouzdanjem u Jahvu govoreći: Jahve će nas sigurno izbaviti: ovaj grad neće pasti u ruke kralju asirskom.
16 Do not listen to Hezekiah. For the king of the Assyrians says this: Act with me to your own benefit, and come out to me. And let each one eat from his own vine, and each one from his own fig tree. And let each one drink water from his own well,
Ne slušajte Ezekije, jer ovako veli asirski kralj: Sklopite mir sa mnom, predajte mi se, pa neka svaki od vas jede plodove iz svoga vinograda i sa svoje smokve i neka pije vode iz svojega studenca
17 until I arrive and take you away to a land which is like your own: a land of grain and of wine, a land of bread and of vineyards.
dok ne dođem i ne odvedem vas u zemlju kao što je vaša, u zemlju pšenice i mošta, u zemlju kruha i vinograda.
18 But you should not let Hezekiah disturb you, saying, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have any of the gods of each of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
Ne dajte da vas Ezekija zaludi govoreći vam: Jahve će vas izbaviti. Jesu li bogovi drugih naroda izbavili svoje zemlje iz ruku asirskoga kralja?
19 Where is the god of Hamath and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim? Have they freed Samaria from my hand?
Gdje su bogovi hamatski i arpadski, gdje su bogovi sefarvajimski, gdje su bogovi samarijski da izbave Samariju iz moje ruke?
20 Who is there, among all the gods of these lands, who has rescued his land from my hand, so that the Lord would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?”
Koji su među svim bogovima tih zemalja izbavili svoju zemlju iz moje ruke, da bi Jahve izbavio Jeruzalem iz ruke moje?'”
21 And they remained silent and did not answer a word to him. For the king had commanded them, saying, “You shall not respond to him.”
Šutjeli su i ni riječi mu nisu odgovorili, jer kralj bijaše zapovjedio: “Ne odgovarajte mu!”
22 And Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian, entered to Hezekiah with their garments rent, and they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.
Upravitelj dvora Elijakim, sin Hilkijin, pisar Šebna i savjetnik Joah, sin Asafov, dođoše k Ezekiji, razdrijevši haljine, i saopćiše mu riječi velikoga peharnika.
