Izaija 17

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Proroštvo o Damasku. »Gle, prestat će Damask biti gradom i postat će hrpom ruševina;	1 Proclamation about Damascus: Damascus wil soon cease to be a city, it wil become a heap of ruins.
2 njegovi gradići, dovijek napušteni, bit će pašnjak stadima; ležat će u njima i nitko ih neće tjerati.	2 Its towns, abandoned for ever, wil be pastures for flocks; there they wil rest with no one to disturbthem.
3 Izgubit će Efrajim utvrde, a Damask kraljevstvo; ostatku Arama zbit će se što i slavi sinova Izraelovih« – riječ je Jahve nad vojskama.	3 Ephraim wil be stripped of its defences and Damascus of its sovereignty; and the remnant of Aram wilbe treated like the glory of the Israelites -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
4 »U onaj dan smanjit će se slava Jakovljeva, spast će salo tijela njegova.	4 When that day comes, Jacob's glory wil diminish, from being fat he wil grow lean;
5 Bit će k’o kad žetelac žito hvata, a ruka mu žanje klasje, kao kad se pabirče klasovi u refajimskoj dolini –	5 as when a reaper gathers in the standing corn, harvesting the ears of corn with his arm, or when theyglean the ears in the Val ey of Rephaim,
6 ostat će samo pabirci; ili kao kad se otresa maslina: dvije-tri uljike sasvim na vrhu, četiri ili pet na granama drveta« – riječ je Jahve, Boga Izraelova.	6 nothing wil remain but pickings, as when an olive tree is beaten; two or three berries left on thetopmost bough, four or five berries on the branches of the tree -- declares Yahweh, God of Israel.
7 U onaj dan čovjek će pogledati na svog Stvoritelja i upraviti oči k Svecu Izraelovu.	7 That day, a man wil look to his Creator and his eyes wil turn to the Holy One of Israel.
8 Neće više gledati žrtvenika, djela svojih ruku, neće više gledati onoga što njegovi prsti stvoriše: ašere i sunčane stupove.	8 He will no longer look to altars, his own handiwork, or to what his own fingers have made: the sacredpoles and incense-altars.
9 U onaj će dan gradovi tvoji biti napušteni, kao što bjehu napušteni hivijski i amorejski kad ih ostaviše pred Izraelcima, i opustjet će,	9 That day, its cities of refuge wil be abandoned as were the woods and heaths at the Israelites'advance: there wil be desolation.
10 jer si zaboravio Boga svog spasenja i nisi se spomenuo stijene svoje snage. Stog i sadiš ljupke biljke i strane presađuješ mladice;	10 Since you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and failed to keep the Rock, your refuge, in mind,you plant pleasure-gardens, you sow exotic seeds;
11 u dan kad ih posadiš, one izrastu, a ujutro procvatu tvoje sadnice, al’ propada žetva u dan nevolje, u dan boli neizlječive.	11 the day you plant them, you get them to sprout, and, next morning, your seedlings are in flower; butthe harvest wil vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
12 Jao, buka naroda mnogobrojnih; buče kao što buči more; šum narodâ koji šume k’o što šumore silne vode.	12 Disaster! The thunder of vast hordes, a thunder like the thunder of the seas, the roar of nationsroaring like the roar of mighty floods,
13 Šume narodi kao što silne vode šumore, al’ kad On im zaprijeti, bježe daleko, po gorama razvijani kao pljeva na vjetru, k’o prašina u vihoru.	13 of nations roaring like the roar of ocean! He rebukes them and far away they flee, driven like chaff onthe mountains before the wind, like an eddy of dust before the storm.
14 Navečer eto straha; prije svanuća više ga nema: to je sudba onih koji nas plijene i kob onih što nas pljačkaju.	14 At evening al is terror, by morning al have disappeared. Such wil be the lot of those who plunder us,such, the fate of our despoilers.