Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
Sa araw na iyon si Yahweh at ang kaniyang matigas, malaki at mabalasik na espada ay parurusahan ang Leviatan, ang madulas na ahas, ang Leviatan na namamaluktot na ahas, at papatayin niya ang halimaw na nasa dagat.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
Sa araw na iyon: Isang ubasan ng alak, aawit nito.
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
“Ako si Yahweh, ang tagapag-ingat nito; dinidiligan ko ito bawat sandali; para walang manakit dito, binabantayan ko ito sa gabi at araw.
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
Hindi ako galit, dahil mayroon mga dawag at tinik! Sa digmaan nagmamartsa ako laban sa kanila; susunugin ko silang lahat ng magkakasama;
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
kung hahawakan nila ng maiigi ang aking pag-iingat at makipag kasundo sa akin; hayaan silang makipag kasundo sa akin.
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
Sa darating na araw, lalalim ang ugat ni Jacob; at ang Israel ay mamumulaklak at uusbong; at pupunuin nila ng bunga ang ibabaw ng lupa.”
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
Nilusob ba ni Yahweh si Jacob at Israel gaya ng pagsugod niya sa mga bansa? Si Jacob ba at Israel ay pinatay gaya ng pagpatay sa bayan na kanilang pinatay?
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Sa wastong panukat ikaw ay nakipaglaban, itinaboy si Jacob at ang Israel palayo; hinayaan mo silang matangay palayo sa pamamagitan ng iyong matinding hangin, sa araw ng hanging silanganan.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Sa ganitong paraan, ang matinding kasalanan ni Jacob ay mapapawalang sala, dahil ito ang magiging buong bunga sa pagtalikod niya sa kaniyang kasalanan: Gagawin niyang tisa at ginawang pulbos ang lahat ng altar na bato at walang mga poste ni Asera o mga altar ng insenso ang mananatiling nakatayo.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Dahil winasak ang matibay na lungsod, ang tahanan ay iniwanan at pinabayaan tulad ng ilang. Doon isang guya ang nanginginain, at doon siya nagpahinga at kinain ang mga sanga nito.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Kapag nalanta ang mga sanga, sila ay puputulin. Dadating ang mga babae at gagawa ng apoy sa pamamagitan ng mga ito, dahil ang mga ito ay mga taong walang pang-unawa. Sa gayon ang kanilang manlilikha ay hindi mahahabag sa kanila, at siyang gumawa sa kanila ay hindi maaawa sa kanila.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
Mangyayari sa araw na iyon na ihihiwalay ni Yahweh ang dumadaloy na agos ng Ilog ng Eufrates, hanggang sa batis ng Ehipto, at isa-isa kayong titipunin, bayan ng Israel.
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
Sa araw na iyon hihipan ang malaking trumpeta; at ang mga nawasak mula sa lupain ng Asirya ay dadating, at ang mga itinakwil sa lupain ng Ehipto, sila ay sasamba kay Yahweh sa banal na bundok ng Jerusalem.
