Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
Ito ang nangyari nang narinig ni Haring Hezekias ang kanilang ulat, pinunit niya ang kanyang kasuotan, sinuotan ang sarili ng sako, at nagtungo sa tahanan ni Yahweh.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
Ipinadala niya si Eliakim, na namumuno sa sambayahan, at Sebna ang escriba, at ang mga nakatatanda ng mga pari, lahat nakasuot ng sakong tela, kay Isaias anak ni Amos, ang propeta.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Sinabi nila sa kaniya, “Sinasabi ni Hezekias, 'Ang araw na ito ay araw ng paghihirap, pagsasaway at kahihiyan, tulad kapag ang isang sanggol ay handa ng isilang, pero ang ina ay walang kalakasang iluwal ang kanyang sanggol.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Maaaring maririnig ni Yahweh inyong Diyos ang mga salita ng pangunahing pinuno, na siyang ipinadala ng hari ng Asiria kanyang panginoon para hamunin ang buhay na Diyos, at sasawayin ang mga salitang narinig ni Yahweh inyong Diyos. Itaas ninyo ngayon ang inyong panalangin para sa mga nalalabi na naroroon pa.””
5 After those men gave me that message,
Kaya ang mga lingkod ni Haring Hezekias ay nagtungo kay Isaias
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
at sinabi sa kanila ni Isaias, 'Sabihin ninyo sa inyong panginoon: sinabi ni Yahweh, “Huwag kayong matakot sa mga salitang inyong narinig, na kung saan hinamak ako ng mga lingkod ng hari ng Asiria.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
Pagmasdan ninyo, maglalagay ako ng isang espiritu sa kanya, at makakarinig siya ng isang ulat at magbabalik sa kanyang sariling lupain. Dudulutin kong siyang mahulog sa espada sa kanyang sariling lupain.””
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Pagkatapos ang pinunong kumander ay nagbalik at inabot ang Hari ng Asiriang nakikipagdigma kay Libna, dahil narinig niya na ang hari ay umalis mula sa Laquis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
Pagkatapos narinig ni Senaquerib na si Tirhaka hari ng Etiopia at Ehipto ay naghahanda para lumaban sa kanya, kaya muli siyang nagpadala ng tagapagbalita kay Hezekias kasama ng isang mensahe:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
“Sabihin kay Hezekias, hari ng Juda, 'Huwag hayaang linlalingin kayo ng inyong Diyos na inyong pinagtitiwalaan, nagsasabing, “Hindi ibibgay sa kamay ng hari ng Asiria ang Jerusalem.”
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Masdan ninyo, narinig ninyo kung ano ang ginawa ng mga hari ng Asiria sa lahat ng lupain na ganap nang winasak. Kaya maililigtas ba kayo?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
Nailigtas ba sila ng mga diyos ng mga bansa, mga bansang winasak ng aking mga ama: ang Gozan, Haran, Resef, at mamamayan ng Eden sa Telasar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
Nasaan ang hari ng Hamat, hari ng Arpad, hari ng mga lunsod ng Sefarvaim, ng Hena at Iva?”
14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Tinanggap ni Hezekias ang liham na ito mula sa mensahero at binasa ito. Pagkatapos umakyat siya sa bahay ni Yahweh at inilatag ito sa kanyang harapan.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Nanalangin si Hezekias kay Yahweh:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
Yahweh ng mga hukbo, Diyos ng Israel, ikaw na nakaupo sa ibabaw ng kerubin, ikaw ang tangging Diyos sa lahat ng kaharian ng mundo. Ikaw na gumawa ng mga langit at lupa.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Ibaling mo ang inyong tainga, Yahweh, at makinig. Imulat mo ang inyong mga mata, Yahweh, at tingnan mo, at dingin mo ang mga salita ni Senaquerib, na kanyang ipinadala para alipustahin ang Diyos na buhay.
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
Totoo ito, Yahweh, winasak ng mga hari ng Asiria lahat ng mga bansa at kanilang mga lupain.
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
Inilagay nila sa apoy ang kanilang mga diyos, dahil sila ay hindi mga diyos pero gawa ng kamay ng mga tao, kahoy lamang at bato. Kaya winasak sila ng mga taga-Asiria.
20 So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
Pero ngayon, Yahweh aming Diyos, iligtas mo kami mula sa kanyang kapangyarihan, para malaman ng lahat ng kaharian sa mundo na ikaw Yahweh ang nag-iisa.”
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Pagkatapos magpadala ni Isaias anak ni Amos ng mensahe kay Hezekias, nagsasabing, “Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel ay sinasabing, 'Dahil ikaw ay nanalangin sa akin tungkol kay Senaquerib hari ng Asiria,
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
ito ang salitang sinalita ni Yahweh tungkol sa kanya: “Ang birheng anak ng Sion ay kinamumuhian ka at tinatawanan ka para kutyain; ang mga anak na babae ng Jerusalem ay iniiling ang kanilanh ulo para sa iyo.
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
Sino ang iyong nilapastangan at hinamak? at laban kanino mo itinaas ang iyong tinig at nagmataas sa iyong mga tinggin? Laban sa Ang Banal ng Israel.
24 The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Sa iyong mga lingkod nilapastangan mo ang Panginoon at nagsabing, 'Sa dami ng aking mga karwaheng pandigma umangat ako ng kasingtaas ng mga bundok, sa pinakamataas na sukat mula sa lupa ng Lebanon. Puputulin ko ang kanyang mataas na mga punong cedar at piling puno ng pir doon, at papasukin ko ang dulo ng kanilang matataas ng mga lugar, sa kanilang mayamang gubat.
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
Nakapaghukay ako ng mga balon at uminom ng kanilang tubig; tinuyo ko ang mga ilog ng Ehipto sa ilalim ng aking mga paa.'
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
Hindi mo ba narinig kung paano ko binalak ito noon pa man at gawin ito ng sinaunang panahon? Ngayon, gagawin ko na itog mangyari. Ikaw ay naririto para gawing tumpok ng batong durog ang mga hindi matinag na mga lunsod.
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Ang mga naninirahan dito, na walang kalakasan, ay litong-lito at hiyang-hiya. Sila ay mga pananim sa bukid, damong luntian, ang damo sa ibabaw ng bubong o sa bukid, sa harap ng hanging silangan.
28 [But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Pero alam ko ang iyong pag-upo, ang iyong paglabas, ang iyong pagpasok, at iyong labis na galit sa akin.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
Dahil sa labis mong galit sa akin, at dahil sa iyong pagmamataas ay nakaabot sa aking mga tainga, ilalagay ko ang aking kawit sa iyong ilong, at aking lubid sa iyong bibig; ibabalik kita sa pinanggalingan mo.”
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
Ito ang magiging palatandaan sa iyo: Sa taong ito kakain ka ng ligaw na halaman, at sa ikalawang taon kung ano ang bunga nito. Pero sa ikatlong taon kailangan mong magtanim at mag-ani, magtanim ng ubasan at kainin ang kanilang bunga.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Ang nalalabing lahi ni Juda ay muling mag-uugat at mamumunga.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
Kaya may nalalabi mula sa Jerusalem ang lalabas; may mga nakaligtas mula sa Bundok ng Sion ang darating.' Ang kasigasigan ni Yahweh ng mga hukbo ang gagawa nito.”
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
Kaya ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh sa hari ng Asiria: “Hindi siya makararating sa lungsod na ito, ni papana ng palaso dito. Ni makakalapit ito ng may panangga o gumawa ng taguan laban dito.
34 And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Ang daang pinanggalingan niya ay ang daan din na kanyang pag-aalisan; hindi siya makakapasok sa lungsod na ito. Ito ang kapahayagan ni Yahweh.
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Dahil ipagtatanggol ko ang lungsod na ito at sasagipin ito, sa aking kapakanan at sa kapakanan ni David aking lingkod.”
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Pagkatapos ay dumating ang angel ni Yahweh at lumusob sa kampo ng Asiria, pinatay ang 185, 000 na sundalo. Nang maagang gumising ang mga kawal, nagkalat ang patay kahit saan.
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Kaya si Senaquerib hari ng Asiria ay umuwi at nanatili sa Nineveh.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
Kalaunan, habang siya ay nagpupuri sa tahanan ng kanyang diyos na si Nisroc, pinatay siya ng kanyang mga anak na si Adramelec at Sarezer gamit ang espada. Pagkatapos sila ay nagtago sa lupain ng Ararat. Tapos ang kanyang anak si Esarhadon ang naghari kapalit niya.
