Izaija 21

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Proroštvo primorskoj pustinji. Kao što vihori, hujeći nad Negebom, dolaze iz pustinje, kraja strahotna	1 Proclamation about the coastal desert: As whirlwinds sweeping over the Negeb, he comes from thedesert, from a fearsome country.
2 – otkri mi se u strašnom viđenju – tako pljačkaš pljačka, pustošnik pustoši. »Navali, Elame, opsjedni, Medijo! Dokrajčit ću sve jauke.«	2 A harsh vision has been shown me, 'The traitor betrays and the despoiler despoils. Advance, Elam, laysiege, Media!' I have cut short all groaning.
3 Zato bedra moja probadaju grčevi; bolovi me spopadaju k’o trudovi rodilju; od smućenosti ogluših, od straha obnevidjeh.	3 This is why my loins are racked with pain, why I am seized with pangs like the pangs of a woman inlabour; I am too distressed to hear, too afraid to look.
4 Srce mi dršće, groza me obuze, sumrak za kojim čeznuh postade mi užas.	4 My heart is bewildered, dread overwhelms me, the twilight I longed for has become my horror.
5 Postavljaju stol, prostiru stolnjak, jede se i pije ... Ustajte, knezovi, mažite štit!	5 They lay the table, spread the cloth, they eat, they drink. Up, princes, grease the shield!
6 Jer Gospod mi ovako reče: »Idi, postavi stražara! Što vidi, nek’ javi.	6 For this is what the Lord has told me, 'Go, post a look-out, let him report what he sees.
7 Vidi li konjanike, jahače udvojene, jahače na magarcima, jahače na devama, neka dobro pazi s pažnjom napetom!«	7 He will see cavalry, horsemen two by two, men mounted on donkeys, men mounted on camels; let himwatch alertly, be very alert indeed!'
8 A stražar viknu: »Povazdan, Gospodaru, stojim na stražarnici, čitavu noć na straži prostojim.«	8 Then the look-out shouted, 'On the watchtower, Lord, I stay al day and at my post I stand al night.
9 I gle, dolaze konjanici, jahači udvojeni. Oni mi viknuše, oni rekoše: »Pade, pade Babilon! Svi kipovi njegovih bogova o zemlju se razbiše.«	9 Now the cavalry is coming, horsemen two by two.' He shouted again and said, 'Babylon has fallen, hasfal en, and al the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground!'
10 Omlaćeno žito, čedo gumna moga, što čuh od Jahve nad vojskama, Boga Izraelova, objavih vam!	10 You whom I have threshed, grain of my threshing-floor, what I have heard from Yahweh Sabaoth, Godof Israel, I am tel ing you now.
11 Proroštvo o Edomu. Viču mi iz Seira: »Stražaru, koje je doba noći? Stražaru, koje je doba noći?«	11 Proclamation about Dumah: From Seir, someone shouts to me, 'Watchman, what time of night?Watchman, what time of night?'
12 Stražar odgovori: »Dolazi jutro, a zatim opet noć. Hoćete li pitati, pitajte, vratite se, dođite!«	12 The watchman answers, 'Morning is coming, then night again. If you want to ask, ask! Come back!Come here!'
13 Proroštvo o Arapima. U šikarama pustinjskim počivate, dedanske karavane.	13 Proclamation about the wastelands: In the thickets, on the wastelands, you spend the night, youcaravans of Dedanites.
14 Vodu iznesite pred žedne, stanovnici zemlje temske, iziđite s kruhom pred bjegunca.	14 Bring water for the thirsty! The inhabitants of Tema went with bread to greet the fugitive.
15 Pred mačevima bježe oni, pred mačem trgnutim, pred lukom zapetim, pred bojem žestokim.	15 For these have fled before the sword, the naked sword and the bent bow, the press of battle.
16 Da, ovako mi reče Gospod: »Još jedna godina, godina nadničarska, i nestat će sve slave Kedrove.	16 For this is what the Lord has told me, 'In one year's time as a hired worker reckons it, al the glory ofKedar will be finished
17 A od mnogobrojnih strijelaca među hrabrim sinovima Kedrovim malo će ih ostati.« Tako je govorio Jahve, Bog Izraelov.	17 and, of the valiant archers, the Kedarites, hardly any wil be left, for Yahweh, God of Israel, hasspoken.'