Isaias 43
1 Apan karon mao kini ang giingon ni Yahweh, siya nga nagbuhat kanimo, Jacob, ug siya nga naghulma kanimo, Israel: “Ayaw kahadlok, tungod kay gilukat ko na ikaw; gitawag ko ikaw pinaagi sa imong ngalan, gipanag-iya ko na ikaw.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Sa dihang moagi ka sa tubig, magauban ako kanimo; ug bisan molatas ka sa kasapaan, dili kini makalumos kanimo. Sa dihang molakaw ka sa kalayo dili ka masunog, ug ang kalayo dili makalaglag kanimo.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Tungod kay ako si Yahweh ang imong Dios, ang Labing Balaan sa Israel, ang imong Manluluwas. Ihatag ko ang Ehipto ingon nga lukat kanimo, ug ang Etopia ug Seba maoy baylo kanimo.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Tungod kay bililhon ka ug pinasahi sa akong panan-aw, gihigugma ko ikaw; busa ihatag ko ang katawhan ingon nga baylo alang kanimo, ug ang ubang katawhan ingon nga baylo sa imong kinabuhi.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Ayaw kahadlok, kay magauban ako kanimo; dad-on ko ang imong mga anak gikan sa sidlakan, ug tapukon ko ang imong gingsakpan gikan sa kasadpan.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Ingnon ko ang amihan, 'Himoa silang gawasnon;' ug ang anaa sa habagatan, 'Ayaw pagdala ug bisan unsa;' dad-a ang akong mga anak nga lalaki gikan sa layo, ug ang akong mga anak nga babaye gikan sa hilit nga mga dapit sa kalibotan,
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 ang tanan nga akong gitawag pinaagi sa akong ngalan, nga akong gibuhat alang sa akong himaya, oo, akong mga hinimo.
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Dad-a ang mga tawong buta, bisan tuod ug makakita sila, ug ang bungol bisan tuod ug makadungog sila.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Magtigom ang mga kanasoran, ug magtapok usab ang katawhan. Kinsa man kanila ang nakapahayag niini ug nagsulti sa bag-o palang nahitabo nga mga butang? Padad-a silag saksi aron makapamatuod nga sila husto, papaminawa sila ug paingna, “Tinuod kini.'
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Kamo ang akong mga saksi,” nag-ingon si Yahweh, “ug ang akong sulugoon nga akong gipili, aron nga masayod kamo ug motuo kanako, ug makasabot nga ako mao siya. Walay laing dios gawas kanako, ug wala nay mosunod kanako.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Ako, ako si Yahweh, ug wala nay laing manluluwas gawas kanako.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 Ako nagpahayag, nagluwas, ug misugilon, ug wala nay laing dios taliwala kaninyo. Kamo ang akong mga saksi,” nag-ingon si Yahweh, Ako ang Dios.
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 Gikan karong adlawa Ako mao siya, ug wala nay makaluwas kang bisan kinsa gikan sa akong kamot. Mamuhat ako ug kinsay makapugong niini?”
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 Mao kini ang gipamulong ni Yahweh, ang imong Manlulukat, ang Labing Balaan sa Israel: “Tungod ug alang kanimo ipasulong ko ang Babilonia ug ihatod silang tanan nga mapukan ingon nga mga binihag, ilisan ko ang kalipay nga gibati sa mga taga-Babilonia ngadto sa mga pag-awit sa pagbangotan.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Ako si Yahweh, ang inyong Labing Balaan, ang Nagbuhat sa Israel, ang inyong Hari.”
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 Mao kini ang giingon ni Yahweh (nga nag-abri sa dalan sa dagat ug agianan sa halapad nga katubigan,
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 nga maoy naggiya sa karwahe ug kabayo, sa mga kasundalohan ug sa labawng makagagahom. Nangatumba silang tanan; ug dili na gayod makabarog pag-usab; napalong sila, gipalong sila sama sa pabilo nga nagsiga.)
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 “Ayaw na hunahunaa ang mga butang nga nangagi, ni hinumdoman ang mga butang nga nilabay na.
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Tan-awa, magahimo ako ug bag-ong mga butang; ug karon nagapanghitabo na kini; wala ba ninyo kini nabantayan? Butangan ko ug mga sapa ang disyerto ug patubigan ko ang mga kamingawan.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Ang mga ihalas nga mga mananap sa kaumahan moyukbo kanako, apil ang mga ihalas nga iro ug ang mga ostrits, tungod kay gipatubigan ko man ang kamingawan, ug gipasubaan ang mga disyerto, aron mainom sa akong piniling katawhan,
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 kining katawhan nga akong gihulma sama sa akong kaugalingon, aron nga modayeg sila kanako.
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 Apan wala ka misangpit kanako, Jacob; gikapuyan kamo kanako, Israel.
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Wala kamo midala kanako sa inyong mga karnero ingon nga halad sinunog, o nagpasidungog kanako pinaagi sa inyong mga halad. Wala ko kamo gipabug-atan sa mga trigo nga ihalad, ni sa pagpadala kaninyo ug halad incenso.
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 Wala kamo magdala kanako ug humot nga tubo uban sa salapi, ni mibubo nganhi kanako sa tambok ninyo nga halad; apan gipabug-atan ninyo ako sa inyong mga sala, gipakapuy ninyo ako sa daotan ninyong mga buhat.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 Ako, Oo, ako, ang nagpapas sa inyong mga kasal-anan alang sa akong kagahom; ug dili ko na hinumdumi ang inyong mga sala.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Pahinumdomi ako unsay nahitabo. Maghusay kita; ipasaka ang imong sumbong, aron nga mapamatuod nga ikaw walay sala.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Ang inyong katigulangan, ug ang inyong mga pangulo misupak batok kanako.
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 Busa dili ko putlion ang balaang mga pangulo; gitugyan ko si Jacob sa hingpit nga pagkaguba, ug ang Israel sa labihang kaulawan.”
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”
