1“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
1Obrnite se molče do mene, otoki, in narodi naj si oskrbe nove moči; pridejo naj bliže in tedaj govoré; snidimo se na skupno pravdo!
2Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
2Kdo je obudil od vzhoda tistega, ki ga pravičnost srečava pri vsakem koraku? On daje narode pred njega in spravlja kralje pod njegovo oblast; nareja jih prahu podobne z mečem njegovim in razvejani plevi enake z lokom njegovim.
3He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
3On jih podi in gre mimo v miru po poti, ki po njej nikdar ni šel z nogami svojimi.
4Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
4Kdo je osnoval to in storil? On, ki kliče rodove od začetka. Jaz, GOSPOD, ki sem prvi in pri poslednjih večno isti.
5The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
5Otoki so to videli in so se bali, kraji zemlje so trepetali; bližali so se in se shajali.
6Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
6Drug drugemu je pomagal in bratu svojemu govoril: Bodi srčen!
7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
7In podobar je osrčeval zlatarja in on, ki gladi s kladivom, njega, ki bije na nakovalo, govoreč o spajanju: Dobro je! in je malika pritrjal z žeblji, da se ne gane.
8“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
8Ti pa, Izrael, hlapec moj, Jakob, ki sem te izvolil, seme Abrahama, prijatelja mojega;
9You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;’
9ti, ki sem te zgrabil od koncev zemlje in te poklical od skrajnih kotov njenih in ti rekel: Hlapec si moj, izvolil sem te in te nisem zavrgel:
10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
10Ne boj se, ker jaz sem s teboj, ne oziraj se plaho, ker jaz sem Bog tvoj; krepčam te, res, pomagam ti, res, podpiram te z desnico pravičnosti svoje.
11Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
11Glej, osramočeni bodo in z nečastjo obliti vsi, ki se hudujejo nad teboj; kakor nič bodo in poginejo nasprotniki tvoji.
12You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.
12Ko jih boš iskal, jih ne najdeš, tistih, ki so se prepirali s tabo; kakor nič in ničevost bodo možje, ki se bore zoper tebe.
13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
13Zakaj jaz, GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, primem desnico tvojo, veleč ti: Ne boj se, jaz ti pomagam!
14Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
14Ne boj se, črviček Jakobov, krdelce Izraelovo; jaz ti pomagam, govori GOSPOD, in odkupitelj tvoj je Svetnik Izraelov.
15Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
15Glej, naredim te za novo mlatilnico z ostrimi dvoreznimi zobmi: mlatil boš in drobil gore in hribe boš storil v pleve.
16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
16Vejal jih boš, in veter jih odnese in vrtinec jih razkropi; ti pa se boš radoval v GOSPODU, v Svetniku Izraelovem se boš ponašal.
17The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
17Ubožce in siromake, ki iščejo vode, pa je ni, ki jim jezik suši od žeje, jaz, GOSPOD, jih uslišim, jaz, Bog Izraelov, jih ne zapustim.
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
18Na golih višavah odprem reke in sredi dolin studence, v jezero vodá izpremenim puščavo in žejno zemljo v vrelce vode.
19I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
19Cedro zasadim v puščavi, akacijo, mirto in oljkovo drevje, v pustinji hkratu postavim ciprese, platane in zelenike;
20that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
20da bi videli in spoznali in v srce si vtisnili in razumeli vsi vkup, da je to storila roka GOSPODOVA in da je Svetnik Izraelov to ustvaril.
21Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.
21Pridite sem s pravdo svojo, pravi GOSPOD; prinesite trdne dokaze svoje, veli Kralj Jakobov.
22“Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
22Predlože naj nam in naznanijo, kar se bo zgodilo; kaj so prejšnje stvari, razložite, da to razmislimo v srcu in spoznamo njih konec; ali kaj je prihodnjega, povejte nam!
23Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
23Naznanite, kar pride pozneje; spoznamo naj, da ste bogovi! Storite vsaj kaj dobrega ali slabega kaj, da se ozremo drug na drugega in si skupaj ogledamo tisto.
24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
24Glejte, vi ste manj nego nič in delo vaše je ničevost; gnusoben je, kdor vas voli.
25“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
25Obudil sem ga od severa in je prišel – od solnčnega vzhoda njega, ki kliče ime moje. In pride in pogazi vladarje kakor blato in kakor lončar gnete ilovico.
26Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
26Kdo je to naznanil od početka, da bi vedeli? in od starodavnosti, da rečemo: Prav pravi! A ni ga bilo, da bi bil naznanil, ni ga bilo, ki bi bil napovedal, ni ga bilo, ki bi bil slišal besede vaše.
27I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
27Prvi jaz sem rekel Sionu: Glej, glej, tu je! In Jeruzalemu dam blagovestnika!
28When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
28In ozrl sem se, in ni bilo nikogar, in med temi ni bilo svetovalca, da bi bil odgovoril besedo, ko sem jih vprašal.Glej, vsi ti skup so ničemurnost, nič niso njih dela; veter in pusta blodnja so njih ulite podobe.
29Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
29Glej, vsi ti skup so ničemurnost, nič niso njih dela; veter in pusta blodnja so njih ulite podobe.