Isaias 42
1 Tan-awa, akong sulugoon, nga akong gituboy; akong pinili, nahimuot ako kaniya. Gibutang ko ang akong Espiritu kaniya; magdala siyag hustisya ngadto sa mga kanasoran.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Dili siya mohilak ni mosinggit, ni madungog ang iyang tingog diha sa mga kadalanan.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Dili niya balion ang mga nabuak nga bugang, ug dili niya palungon ang nagkapalong nga pabilo: matinud-anon siya nga mopakanaog sa iyang hukom.
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 Dili gayod siya mawad-ag paglaom ni maluya hangtod nga matukod niya ang kaangayan sa kalibotan; ug nagpaabot ang mga kabaybayonan sa iyang balaod.
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 Mao kini ang giingon ni Yahweh—ang nagbuhat sa mga langit ug nagpahimutang niini, ang naghimo sa kalibotan ug sa tanang bunga niini, ang naghatag ug gininhawa sa katawhan ug kinabuhi niadtong nagpuyo niini:
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 “Ako, si Yahweh, nagtawag kanimo sa pagkamatarong ug naggunit sa imong kamot. Ampingan ko ikaw ug himoon ko kanimo ang usa ka kasabotan alang sa katawhan, ingon nga kahayag alang sa mga Gentil,
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 aron sa pagbuka sa mga mata sa buta, ug paghatag ug kagawasan sa mga binilanggo, ug gikan sa mangitngit nga bilanggoan.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Ako si Yahweh, mao kini ang akong ngalan; ug dili ko ipaambit sa uban ang akong himaya ni ang pagdayeg nga alang kanako ug ngadto sa mga kinulit nga mga diosdios.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Tan-awa, ang mga butang nga nahitabo kaniadto, karon mosulti na usab ako sa mga bag-ong panghitabo. Sa dili pa kini mahitabo moingon ako kaninyo mahitungod niini.”
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Pag-awit ug bag-ong awit ngadto kang Yahweh, ug ang pagdayeg nga alang kaniya gikan sa kinatumyan sa kalibotan; kamo nga anaa sa ilawom sa kadagatan, ug ang tanang ania niini, ug kamong tanan nga anaa sa kabaybayonan, ug kadtong nagpuyo niini.
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Tugoti ang disyerto ug ang mga siyudad nga mosinggit, ang mga baryo nga gipuy-an sa Kedar, pagsinggit sa kalipay! Paawita ang mga lumolupyo sa Sela; pasinggita sila nga anaa sa kinatumyan sa mga bungtod.
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Tugoti sila nga himayaon si Yahweh ug mopahayag sa ilang mga pagdayeg diha sa kabaybayonan.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 Mogawas si Yahweh ingon nga manggugubat; ingon nga manggugubat kutawon niya ang iyang kadasig. Mosinggit siya, oo, magngulob siya diha sa singgit sa gubat; pakit-on niya sa iyang gahom ang iyang mga kaaway.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Nagpakahilom ako sa dugayng panahon; nagpuyo ako ug nagpugong sa akong kaugalingon; karon mohilak ako sama sa babaye nga manganak, mohingal ug moutong.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Lumpagon ko ang mga kabukiran ug kabungtoran ug palayaon ko ang tanan nilang mga tanom; himoon ko nga isla ang mga suba ug pahubson ko ang mga linaw.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Dad-on ko ang mga buta sa dalan nga wala nila nasayran; giyahan ko sila sa mga dalan nga wala nila nasayran. Himoon ko nga kahayag ang kangitngit sa ilang atubangan, ug tul-iron ang hiwi nga mga dapit. Himoon ko kining mga butanga, ug dili ko gayod sila isalikway.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Tumban mo sila, ug maulawan sa hingpit, kadtong misalig sa kinulit nga hulagway, ug moingon sa gibuhat nga hulagway, “Kamo mao ang among diosdios.”
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Paminaw, kamong mga bungol; ug tan-aw, kamong mga buta, aron inyong makita.
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Kinsa man ang buta apan ang akong sulugoon? O bungol sama sa mensahero nga akong gipadala? Kinsa mang buta nga sama sa akong gipakigsaaran, o buta sama sa sulugoon ni Yahweh?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Makakita ka sa daghang mga butang, apan dili makasabot; abri ang mga igdulongog, apan walay nakadungog.
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 Ikalipay ni Yahweh ang pagdayeg sa iyang hustisya ug paghimaya sa iyang balaod.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Apan kini ang katawhan nga nakawatan ug natulisan; silang tanan nalit-agan, ug pangbilanggoon; mahimo silang mga binihag ug walay bisan usa nga makaluwas kanila, ug walay moingon, “Dad-a sila pabalik!”
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Kinsa diha kaninyo ang maminaw niini? Kinsa man ang naminaw ug nakadungog sa umaabot?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Kinsa man ang nagtugyan kang Jacob ngadto sa kawatan, ug sa Israel ngadto sa mga tulisan? Dili ba si Yahweh, kung diin kita nakasala, ug siya ang gidumilian nga sundon, ug gisupakan sa pagsunod sa iyang balaod?
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Busa gibubo niya ang iyang labihang kasuko batok kanila, pinaagi sa pagguba tungod sa gubat. Nagdilaab kini libot kanila, apan wala sila makaamgo niini; misunog kini kanila, apan wala nila kini tipigi sa ilang kasingkasing.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
