Izaija 41

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Umuknite preda mnom, otoci, nek’ novu snagu narodi priberu. Nek’ se primaknu i progovore; zajedno pristupimo k sudu.	1 Keep silence before me, O coastlands; you peoples, wait for my words! Let them draw near and speak; let us come together for judgment.
2 »Tko je podigao s istoka onog kog ukorak prati pravednost? Tko mu izručuje narode i kraljeve podlaže? Prah su pod mačem njegovim, k’o pljevu ih njegov luk raspršuje.	2 Who has stirred up from the East the champion of justice, and summoned him to be his attendant? To him he delivers the nations and subdues the kings; With his sword he reduces them to dust, with his bow, to driven straw.
3 Goni ih, napreduje pouzdano, noge mu se ceste ne dotiču.	3 He pursues them, passing on without loss, by a path his feet do not even tread.
4 Tko je to učinio i izvršio? Onaj koji odiskona zove naraštaje, ja, Jahve, koji sam prvi i bit ću ovaj isti s posljednjima!«	4 Who has performed these deeds? He who has called forth the generations since the beginning. I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last I will also be.
5 Otoci gledaju, i strah ih obuzima, dršću krajevi zemaljski, oni se bliže i već su tu.	5 The coastlands see, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble: these things are near, they come to pass.
6 Svatko pomaže svome drugu, i bratu svom zbori: »Hrabro!«
7 Ljevač bodri zlatara, onaj koji gladi čekićem bodri onog koji kuje na nakovnju. On govori o spajanju: »Dobro je«, i čavlima kip učvršćuje da se ne pomiče.
8 Ti, Izraele, slugo moja, Jakove, kog sam izabrao, potomče Abrahama, mojega ljubimca!	8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend--
9 Ti koga uzeh s krajeva zemlje i pozvah s rubova njenih, ti kome rekoh: »Ti si sluga moj, izabrao sam te i nisam te odbacio.«	9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and summoned from its far-off places, You whom I have called my servant, whom I have chosen and will not cast off--
10 Ne boj se, jer ja sam s tobom; ne obaziri se plaho, jer ja sam Bog tvoj. Ja te krijepim i pomažem ti, podupirem te pobjedničkom desnicom.	10 Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed; I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with my right hand of justice.
11 Gle, postidjet će se i smesti svi koji su na tebe bjesnjeli, bit će uništeni i propast će oni što se s tobom parbiše!	11 Yes, all shall be put to shame and disgrace who vent their anger against you; Those shall perish and come to nought who offer resistance.
12 Tražit ćeš svoje protivnike, ali ih nećeš naći. Bit će uništeni, svedeni na ništa oni koji protiv tebe vojuju.	12 You shall seek out, but shall not find, those who strive against you; They shall be as nothing at all who do battle with you.
13 Jer ja, Jahve, Bog tvoj, krijepim desnicu tvoju i kažem ti: »Ne boj se, ja ti pomažem.«	13 For I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you."
14 Ne boj se, Jakove, crviću, Izraele, ličinko, ja sam pomoć tvoja – riječ je Jahvina – Svetac Izraelov tvoj je otkupitelj.	14 Fear not, O worm Jacob, O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the LORD; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Gle, činim te mlatilom oštrim, novim, dvostrukih zubaca; mlatit ćeš i satirati brda, u prah ćeš pretvoriti bregove.	15 I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and double-edged, To thresh the mountains and crush them, to make the hills like chaff.
16 Vijat ćeš ih, vjetar će ih odnijeti, vihor će ih raspršiti. A ti ćeš kliktati u Jahvi, dičit ćeš se Svecem Izraelovim.	16 When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off and the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the LORD, and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Ubogi i bijedni vodu traže, a nje nema! Jezik im se osuši od žeđi. Ja, Jahve, njih ću uslišiti, ja, Bog Izraelov, ostavit’ ih neću.	17 The afflicted and the needy seek water in vain, their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 U goleti bregova otvorit ću rijeke, i posred dolova izvore. Pustinju ću pretvoriti u močvaru, a u vrela sušnu zemlju.	18 I will open up rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the broad valleys; I will turn the desert into a marshland, and the dry ground into springs of water.
19 Posadit ću u pustinji cedar, bagrem, mirtu i maslinu. Stepu ću pošumiti čempresom, brijestom i šimširom zajedno.	19 I will plant in the desert the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive; I will set in the wasteland the cypress, together with the plane tree and the pine,
20 Nek’ svi vide i nek’ znaju, nek’ promisle i nek’ shvate: ruka Jahvina to učini, Svetac Izraelov stvori sve.	20 That all may see and know, observe and understand, That the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Bog Iznesite svoj spor, kaže Jahve, predočite dokaze, kaže kralj Jakovljev.	21 Present your case, says the LORD; bring forward your reasons, says the King of Jacob.
22 Nek’ pristupe i nek’ nam objave ono što će se zbiti. Ta što su nam otkrili o onom što bijaše, što se ispunilo, da o tom mislimo? Il’ objavite što će biti, da doznamo ono što dolazi.	22 Let them come near and foretell to us what it is that shall happen! What are the things of long ago? Tell us, that we may reflect on them And know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come!
23 Otkrijte nam što će se poslije zbiti, i poznat ćemo da ste bogovi. Učinite nešto, dobro ili zlo, da se začudimo i prepadnemo zajedno.	23 Foretell the things that shall come afterward, that we may know that you are gods! Do something, good or evil, that will put us in awe and in fear.
24 Ali vi niste ništa i djela su vam ništavna, gnusan je koji vas izabere.	24 Why, you are nothing and your work is nought! To choose you is an abomination.
25 Kirovu pobjedu Podigoh ga sa sjevera da dođe, zazvah ga po imenu s istoka. Kao blato gazio je namjesnike, kao što po glini lončar gazi.	25 I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes; from the east I summon him by name; He shall trample the rulers down like red earth, as the potter treads the clay.
26 Tko je to odiskona objavio da bismo znali, unaprijed prorekao da bismo rekli: istina je? Ali nikog nema tko bi objavio, niti koga da bi navijestio, niti koga da čuje riječi vaše.	26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know; beforehand, that we might say it is true? Not one of you foretold it, not one spoke; no one heard you say,
27 Ja prvi rekoh Sionu: »Gle, evo ih«; prvi Jeruzalemu poslah glasnika vijesti radosne.	27 "The first news for Zion: they are coming now," or, "For Jerusalem I will pick out a bearer of the glad tidings."
28 Gledao sam, ali ne bješe nikoga, ni jednoga od njih da savjet dade, da ih pitam i da odgovore.	28 When I look, there is not one, no one of them to give counsel, to make an answer when I question them.
29 Svi zajedno ništa su, ništavna su djela njihova, vjetar i ispraznost njihovi kipovi.	29 Ah, all of them are nothing, their works are nought, their idols are empty wind!