Esias 40
1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says God.
Tješite, tješite narod moj, govori Bog vaš.
2 Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double [the amount of] her sins.
Govorite Jerusalimu ljubazno, i javljajte mu da se navršio rok njegov, da mu se bezakonje oprostilo, jer je primio iz ruke Gospodnje dvojinom za sve grijehe svoje.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God.
Glas je nekoga koji vièe: pripravite u pustinji put Gospodnji, poravnite u pustoši stazu Bogu našemu.
4 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] plains.
Sve doline neka se povise, i sve gore i bregovi neka se slegnu, i što je krivo neka bude pravo, i neravna mjesta neka budu ravna.
5 And the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God: for the Lord has spoken [it].
I javiæe se slava Gospodnja, i svako æe tijelo vidjeti; jer usta Gospodnja govoriše.
6 The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass:
Glas govori: vièi. I reèe: šta da vièem? Da je svako tijelo trava i sve dobro njegovo kao cvijet poljski.
Suši se trava, cvijet opada kad duh Gospodnji dune na nj; doista je narod trava.
8 The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.
Suši se trava, cvijet opada; ali rijeè Boga našega ostaje dovijeka.
9 O you that bring glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up your voice with strength, you that bring glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Juda, Behold your God!
Izidi na visoku goru, Sione, koji javljaš dobre glase; podigni silno glas svoj, Jerusalime, koji javljaš dobre glase; podigni, ne boj se. Kaži gradovima Judinijem: evo Boga vašega.
10 Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and [his] arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and [his] work before him.
Evo, Gospod Bog ide na jakoga, i mišica æe njegova obladati njim; evo plata je njegova kod njega i djelo njegovo pred njim.
11 He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Kao pastir pašæe stado svoje; u naruèje svoje sabraæe jaganjce, i u njedrima æe ih nositi, a dojilice æe voditi polako.
12 Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?
Ko je izmjerio vodu grstima svojim i nebesa premjerio peðu? ko je mjerom izmjerio prah zemaljski, i gore izmjerio na mjerila i bregove na poteg?
13 Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him?
Ko je upravljao duh Gospodnji? ili mu bio savjetnik i nauèio ga?
14 Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgment, or who has taught him the way of understanding;
S kim se je dogovarao i ko ga je urazumio i nauèio putu suda, i nauèio ga znanju i pokazao mu put razuma?
15 since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle?
Gle, narodi su kao kap iz vijedra, i kao praška na mjerilima broje se; gle, premješta ostrva kao prašak.
16 And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:
Ni Livan ne bi bio dosta za oganj, i životinje njegove ne bi bile dosta za žrtvu paljenicu.
17 and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
Svi su narodi kao ništa pred njim, manje negoli ništa i taština vrijede mu.
18 To whom have you compared the Lord? and with what likeness have you compared him?
S kim æete dakle izjednaèiti Boga? i kaku æete mu priliku naæi?
19 Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, [and] made it a similitude?
Umjetnik lije lik, i zlatar ga pozlaæuje, i verižice srebrne lije.
20 For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should not be moved.
A ko je siromah, te nema šta prinijeti, bira drvo koje ne trune, i traži vješta umjetnika da naèini rezan lik, koji se ne pomièe.
21 Will you not know? will you not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have you not known the foundations of the earth?
Ne znate li? ne èujete li? ne kazuje li vam se od iskona? ne razumijete li od temelja zemaljskih?
22 [It is] he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] out as a tent to dwell in:
On sjedi nad krugom zemaljskim, i njezini su mu stanovnici kao skakavci; on je razastro nebesa kao platno i razapeo ih kao šator za stan.
23 he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
On obraæa knezove u ništa, sudije zemaljske èini da su kao taština.
24 For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
Kao da nijesu posaðeni ni posijani, i kao da im se stablo nije ukorijenilo u zemlji, èim dune na njih, posahnu, i vihor kao pljevu raznese ih.
25 Now then to whom have you compared me, that I may be exalted? says the Holy One.
S kim æete me dakle izjednaèiti da bih bio kao on? veli sveti.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? [even] he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by [means of his] great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped you.
Podignite gore oèi svoje i vidite; ko je to stvorio? ko izvodi vojsku svega toga na broj i zove svako po imenu, i velike radi sile njegove i jake moæi ne izostaje nijedno?
27 For say not you, O Jacob, and why have you spoken, Israel, [saying], My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away [my] judgement, and has departed?
Zašto govoriš, Jakove, i kažeš, Izrailju: sakriven je put moj od Gospoda, i stvar moja ne izlazi pred Boga mojega?
28 And now, have you not known? have you not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.
Ne znaš li? nijesi li èuo da Bog vjeèni Gospod, koji je stvorio krajeve zemaljske, ne sustaje niti se utruðuje? razumu njegovu nema mjere.
29 He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.
On daje snagu umornome, i nejakome umnožava krjepost.
30 For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless:
Djeca se more i sustaju, i mladiæi padaju;
31 but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
Ali koji se nadaju Gospodu, dobijaju novu snagu, podižu se na krilima kao orlovi, trèe i ne sustaju, hode i ne more se.
