Isaiah 46
1 [It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
Паде Вил, извали се Нево; ликови њихови метнуше се на животињу и на стоку; шта носите, тешко је, и умориће.
2 [It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
Извалише се, падоше сви, не могоше избавити товар, него и сами одоше у ропство.
3 [Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
Слушајте ме, доме Јаковљев и сви који сте остали од дома Израиљевог, које носим од утробе, које држим од рођења.
4 I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
И до старости ваше ја ћу бити исти, и ја ћу вас носити до седог века; ја сам створио и ја ћу носити, ја ћу вас носити и избавићу.
5 There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
С ким ћете ме изједначити и упоредити? Кога ћете ми узети за прилику да би био као ја?
6 [So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
Просипају злато из тобоца и мере сребро на мерила, плаћају златару да начини од њега бога, пред којим падају и клањају се.
7 They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
Мећу га на раме и носе га, и постављају га на место његово, те стоји и не миче се с места свог; ако га ко зове, не одзива се нити га избавља из невоље његове.
8 [You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
Памтите то, и покажите се да сте људи, узмите на ум, преступници!
9 Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
Памтите шта је било од старине; јер сам ја Бог, и нема другог Бога, и нико није као ја,
10 Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
Који од почетка јављам крај и издалека шта још није било; који кажем: намера моја стоји и учинићу све што ми је воља.
11 So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
Зовем с истока птицу и из далеке земље човека који ће извршити шта сам наумио. Рекох и довешћу то, наумих и учинићу.
12 You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
Слушајте ме, који сте упорног срца, који сте далеко од правде.
13 But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
Приближих правду своју, није далеко, и спасење моје неће одоцнити, јер ћу у Сиону поставити спасење, у Израиљу славу своју.
