Isaias 47
1 Bumabaka ket agtugawka iti tapok, sika a birhen nga anak ti Babilonia; agtugawka iti daga nga awanan iti trono, sika nga anak a babai dagiti Caldeo. Saankan a maawagan a nalibnos ken nalapsat.
Go down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Babylonia! No longer will people call you gentle and delicate.
2 Alaem ti gilingan a bato ket aggilingka iti arina; ikkatem ta dalungdongmo, ussobem ti nagayad a kawesmo, lislisam dagita luppom, ballasiwem dagiti karayan.
Go to work grinding flour with millstones. Remove your veil. Strip off your skirt, bare your legs, wade through rivers.
3 Maiparangto ti kinalamolamom, wen, makitanto ti pannakaibabainmo: Agibalesak ket awan iti labsak a tao.
You will be seen naked; what should be kept private will be shamefully exposed. I will take vengeance—I won't spare anyone.
4 Ti Mannubbottayo ket Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin ti naganna, ti Nasantoan a Dios ti Israel.
Our Redeemer—his name is the Lord Almighty—is the Holy One of Israel.
5 Agtugawka a siuulimek ket mapanka iti kinasipnget, anak a babai dagiti Caldeo; ta saankan a maawagan a Reyna dagiti pagarian.
Sit quietly, and go into the darkness, daughter of Babylonia. Never again will you be called queen of all kingdoms.
6 Nakaungetak kadagiti tattaok; rinugitak ti tawidko ken inyawatko ida kenka, ngem saanmo ida a kinaasian; sinangolam iti nadagsen unay dagiti lallakay.
I was angry with my people, and I abandoned those who belonged to me. I handed them over to you. But you didn't show them mercy—you even mistreated old people.
7 Kinunam, “Agturayak iti agnanayon a kas naturay a reyna.” Saanmo nga impapuso dagitoy a banbanag, wenno pinanunot no ania ti pagbanagan dagitoy.
You said, “I will reign forever as the eternal queen.” But you didn't think about what was coming; you didn't remember what would happen to you in the end.
8 Ita ngarud denggem daytoy, sika a mangay-ayat iti ragragsak ken sika nga agtugtugaw a sitatalged, sika a mangibagbaga iti pusom, “Agbibiagak, ket awanen ti sabali pay a kas kaniak; saanakto a pulos nga agtugaw a kas balo, wenno saankonto a pulos a mapadasan ti mapukawan kadagiti annak.”
Now listen to this, you sensual woman, sitting there so sure of yourself, saying to yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me. I shall never be a widow or experience the loss of my children.”
9 Ngem iti apagkanito iti maysa la nga aldaw, mapasamakto kenka dagitoy dua a banag: ti pannakapukaw kadagiti annak ken ti pannakabalo: awanto iti makalapped iti iyuumay dagitoy kenka, uray no ipakatmo iti panagsalamangkam, ken adu a kita iti panaganito ken an-anib.
But both these things will happen to you in quick succession! In just one day you will lose your children and become a widow. You will have this experience in its totality, in spite of all your witchcraft, in spite of all your magic spells.
10 Nagtalekka iti kinadangkesmo; kinunam, “Awan iti makakitkita kaniak;” Iyaw-awannaka ti kinasiribmo ken pannakaammom, ngem kinunam iti pusom, “Agbibiagak, ket awanen ti sabali pay a kas kaniak.”
You put your trust in your evil actions, saying “No one can see what I'm doing.” Your wisdom and knowledge seduced you, and you told yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me.”
11 Agdissuorto kenka ti didigra; saanmonto a mapasardeng daytoy babaen iti panaganitom. Agdissuorto kenka ti pannakadadael; saanmoto a maliklikan daytoy. Kellaatto nga umay kenka ti didigra a saanmo daytoy a mapakpakadaan.
Evil is going to strike you, and you won't be able to magic it away. Disaster will fall on you that you can't stop by paying a ransom. Destruction will suddenly hit you that you weren't expecting.
12 Ipakatmo ti panangsalamangkam ken panaganitom nga inar-aramidmo a sipupudno sipud pay kinaubingmo; bareng no agballigika, bareng no mapapanawmo ti didigra.
So keep going with your magic spells and all your witchcraft, which you have worked at since you were young. Maybe you'll be successful, maybe you'll terrify people!
13 Nabannogka iti adu a panakiyumanmo; tumakder koma dagidiay a tattao ket isalakandaka—dagiti mangad-adal kadagiti langit ken kadagiti bitbituen, dagidiay mangiparparangarang iti baro a bulan—isalakandaka koma iti mabalin a mapasamak kenka.
All the advice you've received has worn you out! Where are your astrologers, those who look to the stars for guidance, who give you their predictions every month? Let them stand up and save you from what's coming down on you!
14 Kitaem, agbalidanto a kasla garami. Uramento ida ti apuy. Saandanto a maisalakan dagiti bagbagida manipud iti apuy. Awanto beggang a mangpapudot kadakuada ken apuy a paginudoanda!
But look at them! They're like stubble that fire burns up completely—they can't even save their own lives from the flames. This is no fire to sit beside and grow warm!
15 Awanto ti maganabmo kadagidiay a nagbanbannogam, kadagidiay nagtagtagilakoam manipud kinaagtutubom; magsipanawda, tunggal maysa iti dalanna; awanto ti siasinoman a mangisalakan kenka.
All those people you've worked with, all those you've traded with from when you were young—they will all go their own way, nobody will come and save you.
