1Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:
1Počujte ma, ostrovy, a vy, národy, pozorujte ušima, z ďaleka! Hospodin ma povolal hneď zo života, ešte od života mojej matky spomínal moje meno.
2and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:
2A učinil moje ústa ostrými jako ostrý meč, ukryl ma v tôni svojej ruky a učinil ma ostrou strelou vyleštenou, schoval ma vo svojom túle.
3and he said to me, “You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
3A riekol mi: Ty si môj služobník, Izraelu, v ktorom sa oslávim.
4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”
4A ja som bol povedal: Nadarmo som sa namáhal, daromne a márne som trávil svoju silu. No, isteže je môj súd u Hospodina a moja práca u môjho Boha.
5Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength);
5Ale teraz povedal Hospodin, ktorý ma utvoril od života matky sebe za služobníka, aby som priviedol nazpät k nemu Jakoba, a aby mu bol Izrael shromaždený (a budem oslávený v očiach Hospodinových, a môj Bôh bude mojou silou),
6yes, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
6a riekol: To je primálo, aby si mi bol služobníkom pozdvihnúť pokolenia Jakobove a navrátiť chránených z Izraela; ale som ťa dal za svetlo pohanom, aby si bol mojím spasením až po koniec zeme.
7Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
7Takto hovorí Hospodin, vykupiteľ Izraelov, jeho Svätý, tomu, ktorého dušou opovrhujú, ktorý sa oškliví národu, služobníkovi panujúcich tyranov: Kráľovia uvidia a povstanú, kniežatá, a budú sa klaňať pre Hospodina, ktorý je verný, pre Svätého Izraelovho, ktorý si ťa vyvolil.
8Thus says Yahweh, “In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
8Takto hovorí Hospodin: Vyslyším ťa v čas milosti a pomôžem ti v deň spasenia a krome toho ťa budem ostríhať a dám ťa za smluvu ľudu, aby si postavil zem, aby si dal do dedičstva dedičstvá, ktoré boly spustošené,
9saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
9aby si povedal väzňom: Vyjdite! tým, ktorí sú vo tme: Zjavte sa! Budú sa pásť popri cestách, a na všetkých holiach bude ich paša.
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
10Nebudú lačnieť ani nebudú žízniť, ani nebude na nich biť horúčava preludu ani slnce, lebo ich zľutovník ich šetrne poženie a bude ich vodiť popri prameňoch vôd.
11I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
11A urobím všetky svoje vrchy cestou, a moje hradské budú vyvýšené.
12Behold, these shall come from far; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”
12Hľa, títo prijdú z ďaleka a hľa, tamtí od severa a od západu a hen tí zo zeme Sínima.
13Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
13Prespevujte, nebesia, a plesaj, zem, jasajte, vrchy, lebo Hospodin potešil svoj ľud a zľutoval sa nad svojimi strápenými.
14But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
14Ale Sion povedal: Hospodin ma opustil, a Pán zabudol na mňa!
15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
15Či azda zabudne žena svoje nemluvňa, aby sa nezľutovala nad plodom svojho života? Ale aj keby ony zabudly, ja ťa nezabudnem.
16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
16Hľa, na svojich dlaniach som ťa vyryl, tvoje múry sú vždycky predo mnou.
17Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.
17Tvoji synovia sa budú ponáhľať; a tí, ktorí ťa borili a ktorí ťa pustošili, vyjdú z teba.
18Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
18Pozdvihni svoje oči naokolo a vidz! Tí všetci sa shromaždia a prijdú k tebe! Jako že ja žijem, hovorí Hospodin, že všetkými nimi sa odeješ ako ozdobou a opášeš sa nimi jako nevesta svojím opaskom.
19“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
19Lebo čo do tvojich rumov, tvojich spustošenín a tvojej rozborenej zeme, hovorím, že ti teraz bude tesno pre množstvo obyvateľov, a tí, ktorí ťa hltali, budú vzdialení,
20The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
20takže ešte povedia do tvojich uší synovia tvojej siroby: Tesné mi je toto miesto; nože mi ustúp, aby som mal kde bývať.
21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?’”
21A povieš vo svojom srdci: Kto mi naplodil týchto? Lebo veď ja som bola osirelá a neplodná, zajatá a sem a ta blúdiaca? A týchto ktože vychoval? Lebo veď hľa, ja som bola zostala samotná. Kde boli títo?
22Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
22Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Hľa, zodvihnem svoju ruku oproti národom a oproti ľuďom vyzdvihnem svoj prápor, a donesú tvojich synov vo svojom lone, a tvoje dcéry sa ponesú na pleciach.
23Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
23A kráľovia budú tvojimi pestúnmi, a ich kňahyne budú tvojimi chôvami; tvárou k zemi sa ti budú klaňať a budú lízať prach tvojich nôh, a poznáš, že ja som Hospodin, a že tí, ktorí očakávajú na mňa, sa nebudú hanbiť.
24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
24Ale povieš: Či azda voľakto vezme junákovi jeho plen? Alebo či sa vyprostia zajatí spravedlivého?
25But thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
25Áno, takto hovorí Hospodin: I zajatí junákovi budú mu odňatí, jako i plen násilníkov bude vyprostený. A s tým, kto sa pravotí s tebou, ja sa budem pravotiť a tvojich synov ja zachránim.
26I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
26A dám, aby tí, ktorí ťa utláčajú, jedli svoje vlastné telo a spijú sa svojou krvou jako novým vínom, a tak pozná každé telo, že ja Hospodin som tvojím spasiteľom a tvojím vykupiteľom Silný Jakobov.