Isaias 42
1 Adtoy, ti adipenko, ti pabpabilegek; ti pinilik, isuna a pakaragsakak. Inkabilko ti Espirituk kenkuana; iyegnanto ti kinalinteg kadagiti nasion.
[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.
2 Saanto isuna nga agikkis wenno agpukkaw, wenno ipangngeg ti timekna kadagiti kalkalsada.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Saanna a tukkolen ti naparpar a runo, ken ti nakudrep a pabilo ket saannanto nga iddepen; sipupudnonto nga ipatungpalna ti kinalinteg.
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.
4 Saanto isuna a kumapsut wenno maupay agingga a naipasdeknan ti kinalinteg iti rabaw ti daga; ket aguray iti lintegna dagiti daga iti igid ti baybay.
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.”
5 Daytoy ti ibagbaga ti Dios a ni Yahweh, isuna a namarsua kadagiti langit ken nangukrad kadagitoy; isuna a nangukrad iti lubong ken mangmangted iti biag iti daytoy; isuna a mangmangted iti anges kadagiti tattao iti daytoy, ken biag kadagiti agnanaed iti daytoy;
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],
6 “Siak a ni Yahweh, inayabanka iti kinalinteg ket kibinenkanto. Aywanankanto ken isaadkanto a kas katulagan kadagiti tattao, a kas lawag kadagiti Hentil,
“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.
7 tapno luktam dagiti mata dagiti bulag, tapno wayawayaam dagiti balud manipud iti nasipnget a pagbaludan, ken dagiti agtugtugaw iti nasipnget iti balay a pagbaludan.
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.
8 Siak ni Yahweh, dayta ti naganko; ket saanko nga ibingay ti dayagko iti dadduma wenno ti dayawko kadagiti kinitikitan a didiosen.
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.
9 Kitaenyo, napasamaken dagiti immuna a banbanag, ita, ipakaammokon dagiti baro a mapasamak. Sakbay a mangrugi a mapasamak dagitoy, ibagakon kadakayo ti maipapan kadagitoy.”
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.”
10 Kantaanyo ni Yahweh iti baro a kanta, ken pagdayawna kenkuana manipud iti pungto ti daga; dakayo a sumalsalog iti baybay, ken amin nga adda iti daytoy, dagiti daga iti igid ti baybay ken dagiti agnanaed kadagitoy.
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!
11 Agikkis koma ti disierto ken dagiti siudad, agpukkaw koma gapu iti rag-o dagiti rehion iti Kedar! Agkanta koma dagiti agnanaed iti Sela; agpukkawda koma manipud kadagiti tapaw ti bantay.
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!
12 Idaydayawda koma ni Yahweh ken ipakaammoda ti dayawna kadagiti daga iti igid ti baybay.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 Rummuarto ni Yahweh a kas maysa a mannakigubat; mapanto isuna a kas maysa a mannakigubat. Ipakitananto ti pungtotna. Agpukkawto isuna, wen, agpukkawto isuna iti pukkaw ti gubat; ipakitananto kadagiti kabusorna ti pannakabalinna.
[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.
14 Nabayag a panawen a nagulimekak; nagtatalnaak ken ginawidak ti bagik; ita, agikkisak a kas iti babai nga agpaspasikal; agangsabak ken agal-alak.
[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.
15 Rebbaekto dagiti banbantay ken dagiti turturod ket pagangoekto dagiti mulmulada; pagbalinekto nga isla dagiti karayan ken pagmagaekto dagiti dan-aw.
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.
16 Iyegkonto dagiti bulsek babaen iti dalan a saanda nga ammo; idalankonto ida kadagiti dalan a saanda nga ammo. Pagbalinekto a lawag ti kinasipnget iti sangoananda, ken pagbalinekto a nalinteg dagiti nakillo a disso. Dagitoy dagiti banbanag nga aramidekto ket saankonto ida a panawan.
[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.
17 Mailaksiddanto, maibabaindanto a naan-anay, isuda nga agtaltalek kadagiti kinitikitan nga imahe, a mangibagbaga kadagiti nakitikatan nga imahe, “Dakayo dagiti diosmi.”
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 Denggenyo, dakayo a tuleng; ken kitaenyo dakayo a bulag tapno makitayo.
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!
19 Siasino ti bulag, no saan a ti adipenko? Wenno tuleng a kas iti mensahero nga imbaonko? Adda kadi bulag a kas iti nakitulagak, wenno bulag a kas iti adipen ni Yahweh?
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.
20 Adu dagiti banbanag a makitkitayo ngem saanyo a maawatan; nakalukat dagiti lapayag ngem awan ti dumdumngeg.
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.”
21 Makaay-ayo kenni Yahweh a dayawen ti kinalintegna ken itan-ok ti lintegna.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Ngem dagitoy a tattao ket natakawan ken nasamsaman; naipalab-ogda amin kadagiti ab-abut, naipupokda kadagiti pagbaludan; nasamsamda nga awan ti siasinoman a mangispal kadakuada, ken awan ti siasinoman a nagkuna, “Isubliyo ida!”
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.
23 Siasino kadakayo ti mangipangagto iti daytoy? Siasinonto ti mangipangag ken mangdengngeg iti masakbayan?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Siasino ti nangiyawat kenni Jacob kadagiti mannanakaw, ken ti Israel kadagiti tulisan? Saan aya a ni Yahweh, a nagbasolantayo, nga akin-wagas iti nagkedkedanda nga aramiden, ken akin-linteg iti nagkedkedanda a pagtulnogan?
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.
25 Isu nga imparukpokna ti nakaro a pungtotna maibusor kadakuada, nga addaan iti pannakadadael babaen iti gubat. Simged daytoy iti aglawlawda ngem saanda a naamiris daytoy; inuramna ida ngem saanda a pinagan-ano.
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].
