< Isaiah 37 >

1 And when the King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and came into the House of the Lord.
Čuvši to, kralj Ezekija razdrije svoje haljine, obuče kostrijet i ode u Dom Jahvin.
2 And he sent Eliakim the stewarde of the house, aud Shebna the chanceller, with the Elders of the Priestes, clothed in sackcloth vnto Isaiah the Prophet, the sonne of Amoz.
Zatim posla Elijakima, upravitelja dvora, kraljevskog pisara Šebnu i svećeničke starješine, odjevene u kostrijet, k proroku Izaiji, sinu Amosovu.
3 And they sayd vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemie: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring foorth.
Oni mu rekoše: “Ovako veli Ezekija: 'Ovo je dan nevolje, kazne i rugla: prispješe djeca do porođaja, a nema snage da se rode.
4 If so be the Lord thy God hath heard the wordes of Rabshakeh, whom the King of Asshur his master hath sent to raile on the liuing God, and to reproch him with wordes which the Lord thy God hath heard, then lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
Možda je Jahve, Bog tvoj, čuo riječi velikog peharnika koga je kralj asirski, gospodar njegov, poslao da se izruguje Bogu živome, i možda će Jahve, Bog tvoj, kazniti riječi koje je čuo! Pomoli se pobožno za Ostatak koji je još preostao!'”
5 So the seruants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Kad su sluge kralja Ezekije stigle k Izaiji,
6 And Isaiah sayde vnto them, Thus say vnto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afrayd of the wordes that thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me.
on im reče: “Kažite svome gospodaru: 'Ovako veli Jahve: Ne boj se riječi koje si čuo kada su na me hulile sluge kralja asirskoga.
7 Beholde, I wil send a blast vpon him, and he shall heare a noyse, and returne to his owne land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land.
Udahnut ću u njega duh, i kad čuje jednu vijest, vratit će se u svoju zemlju. I učinit ću da u svojoj zemlji pogine od mača.'”
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Veliki peharnik vrati se i nađe asirskoga kralja gdje opsjeda Libnu, jer bijaše čuo da je kralj otišao iz Lakiša.
9 He heard also men say of Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he is come out to fight against thee: and when he heard it, he sent other messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Dočuo je, naime, da je Tirhaka, etiopski kralj, zavojštio na njega. Tada Sanherib ponovo uputi poslanike da kažu Ezekiji:
10 Thus shall ye speake to Hezekiah King of Iudah, saying, Let not thy God deceiue thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Ierusalem shall not be giuen into the hand of the King of Asshur.
“Ovako recite judejskom kralju Ezekiji: 'Neka te ne vara tvoj Bog, u koga se uzdaš, govoreći ti: Jeruzalem neće pasti u ruke asirskog kralja.
11 Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all lands in destroying them, and shalt thou be deliuered?
Ti znaš što su kraljevi asirski učinili svim zemljama izručivši ih prokletstvu! A ti, ti li ćeš se spasiti?
12 Haue the gods of the nations deliuered them, which my fathers haue destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Telassar?
Jesu li bogovi spasili narode koje su uništili moji oci: Gozance, Harance, Resefce i Edence, u Tel Basaru?
13 Where is the King of Hamath, and the King of Arpad, and the King of the citie of Sepharuaim, Hena and Iuah?
Gdje je kralj hamatski, kralj arpadski, kralj Sefarvajima, Hene i Ive?'”
14 So Hezekiah receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went vp into the House of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the Lord.
Ezekija primi pismo iz ruke poslanikove i pročita ga. Zatim uđe u Dom Jahvin i razvi ga ondje pred Jahvom.
15 And Hezekiah prayed vnto the Lord, saying,
I pomoli se Ezekija Jahvi ovako:
16 O Lord of hostes, God of Israel, which dwellest betweene the Cherubims, thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth: thou hast made the heauen and the earth.
“Jahve nad Vojskama, Bože Izraelov, koji stoluješ nad kerubima, ti si Bog jedini nad svim kraljevstvima na zemlji, ti si stvorio nebo i zemlju.
17 Encline thine eare, O Lord, and heare: open thine eyes, O Lord, and see, and heare all the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
Prikloni uho, Jahve, i počuj! Otvori oči, Jahve, i vidi! Sanheribove čujder riječi koje poruči da izruga Boga živoga.
18 Trueth it is, O Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed all lands, and their countrey,
Istina je, o Jahve, asirski su kraljevi zatrli sve narode i zemlje njihove;
19 And haue cast their gods in ye fire: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them.
pobacali im u oganj bogove, jer ne bijahu bogovi to, već djela ruku ljudskih, od drva i kamena; zato ih i uništiše.
20 Nowe therefore, O Lord our God, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou onely art the Lord.
Ali sada, Jahve, Bože naš, izbavi nas iz ruke njegove, da spoznaju sva kraljevstva zemlje da si ti, Jahve, Bog jedini!”
21 Then Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sent vnto Hezekiah, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, Because thou hast prayed vnto me, concerning Saneherib king of Asshur,
Tad Izaija, sin Amosov, poruči Ezekiji: “Ovako veli Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'Uslišah molitvu koju mi uputi zbog Sanheriba, kralja asirskoga.'
22 This is the worde that the Lord hath spoken against him, the virgine, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorne: the daughter of Ierusalem, hath shaken her head at thee.
Evo riječi što je Jahve objavi protiv njega: Prezire te, ruga ti se, djevica, Kći sionska; za tobom maše glavom kći jeruzalemska.
23 Whome hast thou railed on and blasphemed? and against whome hast thou exalted thy voyce, and lifted vp thine eyes on hie? euen against the holy one of Israel.
Koga si grdio, hulio? Na koga si glasno vikao, ohol pogled dizao? Na Sveca Izraelova!
24 By thy seruants hast thou railed on the Lord, and sayd, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the top of the mountaines to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut downe the hie cedars thereof, and the faire firre trees thereof, and I will goe vp to the heightes of his top and to the forest of his fruitfull places.
Po slugama si svojim vrijeđao Gospoda. Govorio si: s mnoštvom kola ja popeh se na vrh gorÄa, na najviše vrhunce Libanona. Posjekoh mu ja cedre najviše i čemprese ponajljepše. Dosegoh mu vrh najviši, i vrt njegov šumoviti.
25 I haue digged and drunke the waters, and with the plant of my feete haue I dryed all the riuers closed in.
Kopao sam i pio sam vode tuđe; stopalima tad isuših sve rijeke egipatske.
26 Hast thou not heard howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and layde on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?
Čuješ li dobro? Odavna to sam snovao, odiskona smišljao, sada to ostvarujem: na tebi je da prometneš gradove tvrde u razvaline;
27 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afrayd and confounded: they are like the grasse of the field and greene herbe, or grasse on the house tops, or corne blassed afore it be growen.
stanovnici njini, nemoćni, prepadnuti i smeteni, bjehu kao trava u polju kao mlado zelenilo, kao trava vrh krovova opaljena vjetrom istočnim.
28 But I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy fury against me.
Znam kad se dižeš i kad sjedaš, kad izlaziš i kad se vraćaš.
29 Because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vnto mine eares, therefore will I put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lips, and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.
Jer bjesnio si na me i jer obijest tvoja do ušiju mi dođe, prsten ću ti provući kroz nozdrve, uzde stavit' u žvale, vratit ću te putem kojim si došao!
30 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, O Hezekiah, Thou shalt eate this yeere such as groweth of it selfe: and the second yeere, such things as growe without sowing: and in the third yeere, sowe ye and reape, and plant vineyards, and eate the fruite thereof.
A znak nek' ti bude ovo: ove će se godine jesti što se samo okrÄunÄi, dogodine što samo uzraste, a treće godine sijte i žanjite, sadite vinograde, jedite im rod.
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall againe take roote downward and beare fruite vpward.
Preživjeli iz kuće Judine, žilje će pustit' u dubinu, plodom rodit' u visinu.
32 For out of Ierusalem shall goe a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeale of the Lord of hostes shall doe this.
Jer će iz Jeruzalema izaći Ostatak. Sačuvani s gore Siona. Sve će to učinit' ljubomora Jahve nad Vojskama.
33 Therefore thus sayth the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.
Zato ovo govori Jahve o kralju asirskom: U ovaj grad on ući neće, ovamo strijele svoje neće izmetati, k njemu neće ni štit okrenuti, niti oko njega nasipe kopati.
34 By the same way that he came, he shall returne, and not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
Vratit će se putem kojim je i došao, u grad ovaj neće ući - riječ je Jahvina.
35 For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.
Grad ću ovaj štitit, zakriliti ga, sebe radi i rad sluge svoga Davida.”
36 Then the Angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth, fourescore, and fiue thousand: so when they arose early in the morning, beholde, they were all dead corpses.
Tad iziđe Anđeo Jahvin i pobi u asirskom taboru sto osamdeset i pet tisuća ljudi. Ujutru, kad je valjalo ustati, gle, bijahu ondje sve sami mrtvaci.
37 So Saneherib king of Asshur departed, and went away and returned and dwelt at Nineueh.
Sanherib podiže tabor i ode. Vratio se u Ninivu.
38 And as he was in the temple worshipping of Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sonnes slewe him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esarhaddon his sonne reigned in his steade.
Jednoga dana, dok se klanjao u hramu svoga boga Nimroka, njegovi ga sinovi Adramelek i Sareser ubiše mačem i pobjegoše u zemlju araratsku. Na njegovo se mjesto zakralji sin mu Asar-Hadon.

< Isaiah 37 >