Isaias 22
1 Ti pakaammo maipapan iti tanap ti sirmata. Ania ti makagapu nga immulikayo amin kadagiti tuktok dagiti balbalay?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Maysa a siudad a natagari, maysa nga ili a napnoan ti ramrambak; saan a napapatay dagiti minatayyo babaen iti kampilan, ken saanda a natay iti gubat.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Naglibas a sangsangkamaysa dagiti amin a mangiturturaymo, ngem natiliwda nga awanan iti pana, natiliw ken naipanawda amin a sangsangkamaysa; naglibasda manipud iti adayo.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Isu a kinunak, “Saandak a kitaen, agsangitakto iti nasaem; saandak a padasen a liwliwaen maipapan iti pannakadadael ti anak a babai dagiti tattaok.”
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Ta adda aldaw ti pannakariribuk, pannakadadael, ken pannakaburibor manipud iti Apo, a ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin, iti tanap ti sirmata, pannakarebba dagiti pader, ken panagsangsangit dagiti tattao kadagiti banbantay.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Alaen ti Elam ti taguban, kaduana dagiti lallaki a naglugan kadagiti karwahe ken nakakabalio, ken isagana ti Kir ti kalasag.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Mapasamakto a dagiti kasasayaatan a tantanapmo ket mapunno kadagiti karwahe ken agpwestonto dagiti kumakabalio iti ruangan.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 Inikkatna ti salaknib ti Juda; ket iti dayta nga aldaw minatmatam dagiti armas iti uneg ti Palasio ti Kabakiran.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 Nakitam a nagadu dagiti birri ti siudad ni David, ken inurnongmo ti danum iti akin-baba a pagurnongan iti danum.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 Binilangmo dagiti balbalay ti Jerusalem, ket rinebbam dagiti balbalay tapno patibkerem ti pader.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Nangaramidka iti pagurnongan iti danum iti nagbaetan dagiti dua a pader para iti danum iti daan a pagurnongan ti danum. Ngem saanmo a pinanunot ti nangaramid iti siudad, a nangplano iti daytoy iti nabayagen a panawen.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 Agayab ti Apo, a ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin iti dayta nga aldaw para iti panagsangsangit, para iti panagladladingit, para iti pannakakuskos dagiti ulo ken iti panangikawes kadagiti nakersang a lupot.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Ngem kitaem, nagramrambakkayo ketdi ken nagragragsakkayo, nagparpartikayo kadagiti baka ken karnero, nangnangankayo iti karne ken naqin-inumkayo iti arak; mangan ken uminumtayo, ta inton bigat, mataytayonton.
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Impakaammo daytoy ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin kadagiti lapayagko: “Pudno a saankayto a mapakawan iti daytoy a nagbasolanyo, uray inton mataykayo,” kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Kinuna daytoy ti Apo a ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin, “Mapanka iti daytoy a mangimatmaton, kenni Sebna a mangimatmaton iti balay ket ibagam,
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 'Ania ti adda kenka ditoy ken siasinoka ta nangkalika iti maysa a tanem? Nangkalkalika iti tanem iti nangato a disso, nangkitkitikitka iti disso a paginanaam iti dakkel a bato'”
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Kitaem, ipurruaknakanto ni Yahweh, nasiglat a tao, ipurruaknakanto; gammatannakanto iti nairot.
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 Sigurado nga iwallawallagesnakanto, ken ipurruaknakanto a kasla maysa a bola iti nalawa a pagilian. Mataykanto sadiay ken maipanto sadiay dagiti agkakapintas a karwahem; sikanto ti pakaibabainan ti balay ti apom!
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 “Ikkatenkanto manipud iti saadmo ken iti nakaisaadam. Maipababakanto.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 Mapasamakto iti dayta nga aldaw nga ayabak ti adipenko a ni Eliakim a putot ni Hilkias.
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 Ikaweskonto kenkuana ti kagaymo ken ibarikeskonto kenkuana ti barikesmo, ken iyakarkonto iti imana ti turaymo. Agbalinto isuna nga ama kadagiti agnanaed iti Jerusalem ken iti balay ti Juda.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 Ikabilkonto iti abagana ti tulbek ti balay ni David; luktannanto ket awanto ti makaiserra; ilukatnanto ket awanto iti makaiserra.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 Kas iti maysa a lansa, ipalokkonto isuna iti natalged a lugar, ket agbalinto isuna a trono ti dayaw iti balay ti amana.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 Ibitindanto kenkuana dagiti amin a pammadayaw iti balay ti amana, dagiti annakna ken dagiti kaputotanna, tunggal bassit a pagkargaan manipud kadagiti sartin agingga kadagiti amin a burnay.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 Iti dayta nga aldaw — daytoy ti pakaammo ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin — lumukayto ti pasok a naipalok iti natibker a lugar, matukkol ket matnag, ket ti dagsen nga adda iti daytoy ket mapukawto — ta isu ti kinuna ni Yahweh.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
