Isaiah 8

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Biblija Hrvatski
1 The LORD said to me: Take a large cylinder-seal, and inscribe on it in ordinary letters: "Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz."	1 Reče Jahve: »Uzmi veliku ploču i napiši na njoj ljudskim pismom: Maher Šalal Haš Baz – Brz grabež – hitar plijen.«
2 And I took reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, son of Jeberechiah.	2 Potom uzeh vjerne svjedoke, svećenika Uriju i Zahariju, sina Berekjina.
3 Then I went to the prophetess and she conceived and bore a son. The LORD said to me: Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,	3 Približih se proročici te ona zače i rodi sina. Jahve mi reče: »Nazovi ga Maher Šalal Haš Baz,
4 for before the child knows how to call his father or mother by name, the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria.	4 jer prije no što dijete počne tepati ‘tata’ i ‘mama’, nosit će se pred kralja asirskog sve bogatstvo Damaska i plijen Samarije.«
5 Again the LORD spoke to me:	5 I opet mi reče Jahve:
6 Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, And melts with fear before the loftiness of Rezin and Remaliah's son,	6 »Jer narod ovaj odbacuje mirne tekućice Šiloaha, a dršće pred Rasonom i pred sinom Remalijinim,
7 Therefore the LORD raises against them the waters of the River, great and mighty (the king of Assyria and all his power). It shall rise above all its channels, and overflow all its banks;	7 navest će Gospod na vas vodu Eufrata, silnu i veliku – kralja asirskog i svu slavu njegovu – i ona će izići iz rukava svoga, preliti se preko svih obala;
8 It shall pass into Judah, and flood it all throughout: up to the neck it shall reach; It shall spread its wings the full width of your land, Immanuel!	8 provalit će u Judeju, razlit’ se i poplaviti je, popeti se do grla njezina; i krila će svoja raširiti preko cijele tvoje zemlje, o Emanuele.«
9 Know, O peoples, and be appalled! Give ear, all you distant lands! Arm, but be crushed! Arm, but be crushed!	9 Udružite se samo, narodi, al’ bit ćete smrvljeni! Poslušajte, vi kraljevi daleki, pašite se, bit ćete smrvljeni, pašite se, bit ćete smrvljeni!
10 Form a plan, and it shall be thwarted; make a resolve, and it shall not be carried out, for "With us is God!"	10 Kujte naum – bit će uništen, dogovarajte se samo, bit će uzalud, jer s nama je Bog!
11 For thus said the LORD to me, taking hold of me and warning me not to walk in the way of this people:	11 Jer, ovako mi reče Jahve, kad me rukom uhvatio i opomenuo da ne idem putem kojim narod ovaj ide:
12 Call not alliance what this people calls alliance, and fear not, nor stand in awe of what they fear.	12 »Ne zovite urotom sve što narod ovaj urotom zove; ne bojte se čega se on boji i nemajte straha.
13 But with the LORD of hosts make your alliance-- for him be your fear and your awe.	13 Jahve nad vojskama – on jedini nek’ vam svet bude; jedino se njega bojte, strah od njega nek’ vas prožme.
14 Yet he shall be a snare, an obstacle and a stumbling stone to both the houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to those who dwell in Jerusalem;	14 On će vam biti zamka i kamen spoticanja i stijena posrtanja za obje kuće Izraelove, zamka i mreža svim Jeruzalemcima.
15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, broken, snared, and captured.	15 Mnogi će od njih posrnuti, pasti, razbiti se, zaplesti se, uhvatiti.«
16 The record is to be folded and the sealed instruction kept among my disciples.	16 Pohrani ovo svjedočanstvo, zapečati ovu objavu među učenicima svojim:
17 For I will trust in the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.	17 Čekat ću Jahvu koji je lice svoje sakrio od doma Jakovljeva – u njega ja se uzdam.
18 Look at me and the children whom the Lord has given me: we are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.	18 Evo, ja i djeca koju mi Jahve dade Izraelu smo znak i znamenje od Jahve nad vojskama što prebiva na gori sionskoj.
19 And when they say to you, "Inquire of mediums and fortune-tellers (who chirp and mutter!); should not a people inquire of their gods, apply to the dead on behalf of the living?"--	19 Reknu li vam: »Duhove pitajte i vrače koji šapću i mrmljaju« – dakako, narod mora pitati svoje »bogove« i za žive u mrtvih se raspitivati! –
20 then this document will furnish its instruction. That kind of thing they will surely say.	20 Uza Zakon! Uza svjedočanstvo! Tko ne rekne tako, zoru neće dočekati.
21	21 Lutat će zemljom potlačen i gladan, izgladnjela bijes će ga spopasti, proklinjat će svoga kralja i svog Boga. Okrene l’ se k nebu,
	22 pogleda l’ po zemlji, gle, svuda samo mrak i strava, svuda tmina tjeskobna. Ali će se tama raspršiti,
23 First he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land West of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles. Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness; for there is no gloom where but now there was distress.	23 jer više neće biti mraka gdje je sad tjeskoba.
	24 U prvo vrijeme on obescijeni zemlju Zebulunovu i zemlju Naftalijevu, al’ u vrijeme posljednje on će proslaviti Put uz more, s one strane Jordana – Galileju pogansku.