Isaiah 42

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Biblija Hrvatski
1 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations,	1 Evo Sluge mojega koga podupirem, mog izabranika, miljenika duše moje. Na njega sam svoga duha izlio da donosi pravo narodima.
2 Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.	2 On ne viče, on ne diže glasa, niti se čuti može po ulicama.
3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,	3 On ne lomi napuknutu trsku niti gasi stijenj što tinja. Vjerno on donosi pravdu,
4 Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.	4 ne sustaje i ne malakše dok na zemlji ne uspostavi pravo. Otoci žude za njegovim naukom.
5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:	5 Ovako govori Jahve, Bog, koji stvori i razastrije nebesa, koji rasprostrije zemlju i njeno raslinje, koji dade dah narodima na njoj, i dah bićima što njome hode.
6 I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations,	6 »Ja, Jahve, u pravdi te pozvah, čvrsto te za ruku uzeh; oblikovah te i postavih te za savez narodu i svjetlost pucima,
7 To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.	7 da otvoriš oči slijepima, da izvedeš sužnje iz zatvora, iz tamnice one što žive u tami.
8 I am the LORD, this is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols.	8 Ja, Jahve mi je ime, svoje slave drugom ne dam, niti časti svoje kipovima.
9 See, the earlier things have come to pass, new ones I now foretell; Before they spring into being, I announce them to you.	9 Što prije prorekoh, evo, zbi se, i nove događaje ja naviještam, i prije negoli se pokažu, vama ih objavljujem.«
10 Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth: Let the sea and what fills it resound, the coastlands, and those who dwell in them.	10 Pjevajte Jahvi pjesmu novu, i s kraja zemlje hvalu njegovu, neka ga slavi more sa svim što je u njem, otoci i njihovi žitelji!
11 Let the steppe and its cities cry out, the villages where Kedar dwells; Let the inhabitants of Sela exult, and shout from the top of the mountains.	11 Nek’ digne glas pustinja i njeni gradovi, nek’ odjeknu naselja gdje žive Kedarci! Nek’ podvikuju stanovnici Stijene, neka kliču s gorskih vrhova!
12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and utter his praise in the coastlands.	12 Nek’ daju čast Jahvi i hvalu mu naviještaju po otocima!
13 The LORD goes forth like a hero, like a warrior he stirs up his ardor; He shouts out his battle cry, against his enemies he shows his might:	13 Kao junak izlazi Jahve, kao ratnik žar svoj podjaruje. Uz bojni poklik i viku ratnu ide junački na svog neprijatelja.
14 I have looked away, and kept silence, I have said nothing, holding myself in; But now, I cry out as a woman in labor, gasping and panting.	14 »Šutjeh dugo, gluh se činjah, svladavah se; sad vičem kao žena kada rađa, dašćem i uzdišem.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, all their herbage I will dry up; I will turn the rivers into marshes, and the marshes I will dry up.	15 Isušit ću brda i bregove, sparušiti svu zelen po njima, rijeke ću u stepe pretvoriti i močvare isušiti.
16 I will lead the blind on their journey; by paths unknown I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them, and make crooked ways straight. These things I do for them, and I will not forsake them.	16 Vodit ću slijepce po cestama, uputit’ ih putovima. Pred njima ću tamu u svjetlost obratit’, a neravno tlo u ravno. To ću učiniti i neću propustiti.
17 They shall be turned back in utter shame who trust in idols; Who say to molten images, "You are our gods."	17 Uzmaknut će u golemu stidu koji se uzdaju u kipove, koji ljevenim likovima govore: ‘Vi ste naši bogovi.’«
18 You who are deaf, listen, you who are blind, look and see!	18 Čujte, gluhi! Progledajte, slijepi, da vidite!
19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like the messenger I send?	19 Tko je slijep ako ne moj sluga, tko je gluh kao glasnik koga šaljem? Tko je slijep kao prijatelj, tko je gluh kao sluga Jahvin?
20 You see many things without taking note; your ears are open, but without hearing.	20 Mnogo si vidio, ali nisi mario, uši ti bjehu otvorene, ali nisi čuo!
21 Though it pleased the LORD in his justice to make his law great and glorious,	21 Jahvi se svidjelo zbog njegove pravednosti da uzveliča i proslavi zakon svoj.
22 This is a people despoiled and plundered, all of them trapped in holes, hidden away in prisons. They are taken as booty, with no one to rescue them, as spoil, with no one to demand their return.	22 A narod je ovaj opljačkan i oplijenjen, mladići mu stavljeni u klade, vrgnuti u zatvore. Plijene ih, a nikoga da ih izbavi; robe ih, a nitko da kaže: »Vrati!«
23 Who of you gives ear to this? Who listens and pays heed for the time to come?	23 Tko od vas mari za to? Tko pazi i sluša unapredak?
24 Who was it that gave Jacob to be plundered, Israel to the despoilers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? In his ways they refused to walk, his law they disobeyed.	24 Tko je pljačkašu izručio Jakova, i otimačima Izraela? Nije li Jahve, protiv koga smo griješili, čijim putima ne htjedosmo hoditi, čiji zakon nismo slušali?
25 So he poured out wrath upon them, his anger, and the fury of battle; It blazed round about them, yet they did not realize, it burned them, but they took it not to heart.	25 Zato izli na Izraela žarki gnjev svoj i strahote ratne: plamen ga okruži odasvud, al’ on ni to nije shvatio; sažeže ga, al’ on ni to k srcu ne uze.