Isaiah 42
1 [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.
Masdan, aking lingkod, na aking itinataas; ang aking pinili, sa kaniya ako ay nagagalak. Ang aking Espiritu ay nasa kaniya; siya ang magdudulot ng katarungan sa mga bansa.
2 He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
Hindi siya iiyak o hihiyaw o magtataas ng boses sa lansangan.
3 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.
Ang napitpit na tambo ay hindi niya mababali, at hindi niya maaapula ang mahinang apoy ng mitsa: siya ay matapat na magsasagawa ng katarungan.
4 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.”
Siya ay hindi manglulupaypay o mapanghihinaan ng loob hanggang matatag niya ang katarungan sa mundo; at ang mga nakatira sa babayin ay maghihintay sa kaniyang batas.
5 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],
Ito ang sinabi ni Yahweh ating Diyos, na siyang lumikha ng kalangitan at naglatag sa kanila; siyang naglatag ng mundo at binigyang buhay ito; siyang nagbigay ng hininga sa mga tao doon, at buhay sa mga namumuhay doon:
6 “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.
“Ako, si Yahweh, ang tumawag sa iyo sa katuwiran at hahawak sa iyong kamay. Iingatan kita at itatakda kita bilang tipan para sa mga tao, bilang isang liwanag para sa mga dayuhan,
7 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.
para buksan ang mga mata ng bulag, para palayain ang mga bilanggo mula sa piitan, at mula sa tahanan ng pagkakulong silang mga nakaupo sa kadiliman.
8 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.
Ako si Yahweh, iyon ang aking pangalan; at ang aking kaluwalhatian ay hindi ko ibabahagi sa iba ni ang aking papuri sa mga inukit na mga diyus-diyusan.
9 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.”
Tingnan mo, ang mga nakaraang mga bagay ay nangyari na, ngayon ay ipapahayag ko ang mga bagong kaganapan. Bago sila magsimulang mangyari sasabihin ko sa iyo ang tungkol sa kanila.”
10 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!
Umawit kay Yahweh ng bagong awitin, at ang kaniyang kapurihan mula sa dulo ng mundo; ikaw na bumaba sa dagat, at ang lahat ng nakapaloob dito, ang mga baybayin at silang naninirahan doon.
11 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!
Hayaan ang disyerto at ang mga lungsod na tumawag, ang mga nayon kung saan na namumuhay ang Cedar, sumigaw ng may kagalakan! Hayaang umawit ang mga nakatira sa Sela; hayaan silang sumigaw mula sa tuktok ng mga bundok.
12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
Hayaan silang magbigay kaluwalhatian kay Yahweh at magpahayag ng kaniyang papuri sa mga baybayin.
13 [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.
Si Yahweh ay lalabas bilang isang mandirigma; siya ay magpapatuloy bilang isang lalaking pangdigmaan. Kaniyang ipupukaw ang kasigasigan. Siya ay sisigaw, oo, siya ay hihiyaw ng kaniyang hiyaw na pandigmaan; ipapakita niya sa kaniyang mga kaaway ang kaniyang kapangyarihan.
14 [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.
Nanahimik ako ng mahabang panahon; ako ay hindi kumibo at nagpigil sa sarili; ngayon iiyak ako gaya ng isang babaeng nanganganak; ako ay maghahabol ng hininga at hihingalin.
15 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.
Aking wawasakin ang mga bundok at mga burol at patutuyuin ko ang lahat ng kanilang pananim; at ang mga ilog ay gagawin kong mga isla at patutuyuin ko ang mga sapa.
16 [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.
Dadalhin ko ang bulag sa daan na hindi nila alam; dadalhin ko sila sa mga landas na hindi nila alam na dadalhin ko sila. Ang kadiliman ay gagawin kong liwanag sa harap nila at itutuwid ang baluktot na mga lugar. Ang mga bagay na ito ay aking gagawin, at hindi ko sila pababayaan.
17 But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
Sila ay tatalikuran, at sila ay ganap na mailalagay sa kahihiyan, silang nagtitiwala sa mga inukit na mga diyos-diyusan, na nagsasabi sa mga hinulmang bakal na mga diyus-diyosan, “kayo ang aming mga diyos.”
18 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!
Makinig kayo, kayong mga bingi; at tumingin, kayong bulag, para kayo ay makakita.
19 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.
Sino ang bulag kundi ang aking lingkod? O bingi gaya ng mensaherong aking pinadala? Sino ang kasing bulag gaya ng aking tipan ng kasunduan, o bulag gaya ng lingkod ni Yahweh?
20 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.”
Maraming kang nakikitang mga bagay, pero hindi nauunawaan; ang mga tainga nila ay nakabukas, pero walang nakaririnig.
21 Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
Nagpapalugod kay Yahweh ang mapapurihan ang kaniyang katarungan at maluwalhati ang kaniyang mga kautusan.
22 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.
Pero ito ang mga taong nanakawan at nasamsaman; silang lahat ay nakulong sa mga hukay, nabihag sa mga bilangguan; sila ay naging isang inagaw na walang sinumang makakasagip sa kanila at walang makakapagsabi, “ibalik sila!”
23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
Sino sa inyo ang makikinig nito? Sino ang makikinig at pakikinggan ang hinaharap?
24 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.
Sino ang nagbigay kay Jacob sa mga magnanakaw, at ang Israel sa mga mandarambong? Hindi ba si Yahweh, laban sa kaniya na nagawan natin ng kasalanan, kaninong daan tayo nakagawa ng kasalanan, kaninong mga daan tayo tumangging lumakad, at kaninong batas tayo tumangging sumunod?
25 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].
Kaya ibinuhos niya ang kaniyang mabangis na galit laban sa kanila, kasama ang pagkawasak ng digmaan. Ito ay nagliyab sa kanilang kapaligiran, pero hindi nila ito maunawaan; tinupok sila nito, pero hindi nila ito isinapuso.
