Isaiah 21

1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.

Proroštvo primorskoj pustinji. Kao što vihori, hujeći nad Negebom, dolaze iz pustinje, kraja strahotna

2 A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.

- otkri mi se u strašnom viđenju - tako pljačkaš pljačka, pustošnik pustoši. “Navali, Elame, opsjedni, Medijo! Dokrajčit ću sve jauke.”

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.

Zato bedra moja probadaju grčevi; bolovi me spopadaju k'o trudovi porodilju; od smućenosti ogluših, od straha obnevidjeh.

4 My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

Srce mi dršće, groza me obuze, sumrak za kojim čeznuh postade mi užas.

5 Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

Postavljaju stol, prostiru stolnjak, jede se i pije ... Ustajte, knezovi, mažite štit!

6 For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.

Jer Gospod mi ovako reče: “Idi, postavi stražara! Što vidi, nek' javi.

7 And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.

Vidi li konjanike, jahače udvojene, jahače na magarcima, jahače na devama, neka dobro pazi s pažnjom napetom!”

8 And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.

A stražar viknu: “Povazdan, Gospodaru, stojim na stražarnici, čitavu noć na straži prostojim.”

9 Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.

I gle, dolaze konjanici, jahači udvojeni. Oni mi viknuše, oni rekoše: “Pade, pade Babilon! Svi kipovi njegovih bogova o zemlju se razbiše.”

10 O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.

Omlaćeno žito, čedo gumna moga, što čuh od Jahve nad Vojskama, Boga Izraelova, objavih vam!

11 The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the eight? watchman, what of the night?

Proroštvo o Edomu. Viču mi iz Seira: “Stražaru, koje je doba noći? Stražaru, koje je doba noći?”

12 The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

Stražar odgovori: “Dolazi jutro, a zatim opet noć. Hoćete li pitati, pitajte, vratite se, dođite!”

13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.

Proroštvo o Arapima. U šikarama pustinjskim počivate, dedanske karavane.

14 Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.

Vodu iznesite pred žedne, stanovnici zemlje temske, iziđite s kruhom pred bjegunca.

15 For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.

Pred mačevima bježe oni, pred mačem trgnutim, pred lukom zapetim, pred bojem žestokim.

16 For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.

Da, ovako mi reče Gospod: “Još jedna godina, godina nadničarska, i nestat će sve slave Kedrove.

17 And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.

A od mnogobrojnih strijelaca među hrabrim sinovima Kedrovim malo će ih ostati.” Tako je govorio Jahve, Bog Izraelov.