Isaias 10
1 Sa aba nila na nagpapasiya ng mga likong pasiya, at ng mga manunulat na sumusulat ng mga kasuwailan:
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 Upang iligaw sa kahatulan ang mapagkailangan, at upang alisin ang katuwiran ng dukha ng aking bayan, upang ang mga babaing bao ay maging kanilang samsam, at upang kanilang gawing kanilang huli ang mga ulila!
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 At ano ang inyong gagawin sa araw ng pagdalaw, at sa kagibaan na manggagaling sa malayo? sa kanino kayo magsisitakas upang kayo'y tulungan? at saan ninyo iiwan ang inyong kaluwalhatian?
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 Sila'y magsisiyukod na gaya ng mga bilanggo, at mangabubuwal sa bunton ng mga patay. Sa lahat ng ito ang galit niya ay hindi napawi, kundi ang kaniyang kamay ay laging nakaunat.
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
5 Hoy, taga Asiria, na pamalo ng aking galit, siyang tungkod na kasangkapan ng aking pag-iinit.
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 Aking susuguin siya laban sa maruming bansa, at laban sa bayan na aking kinapopootan ay pagbibilinan ko siya, upang manamsam, at upang manunggab, at yapakan sila na parang putik ng mga lansangan.
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 Gayon ma'y hindi niya inaakalang gayon, o iniisip mang gayon ng kaniyang puso; kundi ang nasa kaniyang puso ay manggiba, at manglipol ng mga bansa na hindi kakaunti.
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
8 Sapagka't kaniyang sinasabi, Hindi baga ang aking mga pangulo ay hari silang lahat?
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 Hindi baga ang calno ay gaya ng Carchemis? hindi ba ang Hamath ay gaya ng Arphad? hindi ba ang Samaria ay gaya ng Damasco?
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 Kung paanong nakasumpong ang aking kamay ng mga kaharian ng mga diosdiosan, na ang mga larawan nilang inanyuan ay mga higit ng dami kay sa Jerusalem at sa Samaria;
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 Hindi ko baga gagawing gayon sa Jerusalem at sa kaniyang mga diosdiosan, ang gaya ng ginawa ko sa Samaria at sa kaniyang mga diosdiosan?
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 Kaya't mangyayari, na pagka naisagawa ng Panginoon ang buo niyang gawain sa bundok ng Sion at sa Jerusalem, aking parurusahan ang kagagawan ng mapagmalaking loob na hari sa Asiria, at ang kaluwalhatian ng kaniyang mga mapagmataas na tingin.
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 Sapagka't kaniyang sinabi, Aking ginawa ito sa kalakasan ng aking kamay at sa aking karunungan; sapagka't ako'y mabait: at aking binago ang mga hangganan ng mga tao, at ninakaw ko ang kanilang mga kayamanan, at parang matapang na lalake na ibinaba ko silang nangakaupo sa mga luklukan:
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 At nasumpungan ng aking kamay na parang pugad ang mga kayamanan ng mga tao; at ako'y namulot sa buong lupa na parang namumulot ng mga itlog na napabayaan: at walang magkilos ng pakpak, o magbuka ng bibig o sumiyap.
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 Magmamapuri ba ang palakol laban sa nagpuputol niyaon? Nakapagmamalaki ba ang lagari laban sa humahawak niyaon? gaya ng kung ang pamalo ay makapagpapanginig sa kanila na nagtataas niyaon, o gaya ng kung ang tungkod ay magtataas sa tao na hindi kahoy.
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 Kaya't pangangayayatin ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ang kaniyang mga mataba; at sa ilalim ng kaniyang kaluwalhatian ay magkakaroon ng pagniningas na gaya ng ningas na apoy.
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 At ang liwanag ng Israel ay magiging pinakaapoy, at ang kaniyang Banal ay pinakaliyab: at magniningas at susupukin ang kaniyang mga tinikan at mga dawag sa isang araw.
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 At kaniyang pupugnawin ang kaluwalhatian ng kaniyang gubat, at ng kaniyang pinakikinabangang bukid, ang kaluluwa at gayon din ang katawan: at magiging gaya ng kung nanglulupaypay ang may dala ng watawat.
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 At ang nalabi sa mga punong kahoy ng kaniyang gubat ay mangangaunti, na anopat mabibilang ng bata.
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na ang nalabi sa Israel, at ang nangakatanan sa sangbahayan ni Jacob, hindi na titiwala pa uli sa kaniya na sumakit sa kanila; kundi titiwala sa Panginoon, sa Banal ng Israel, sa katotohanan.
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Isang nalabi ay manunumbalik, sa makatuwid baga'y ang nalabi sa Jacob, sa makapangyarihang Dios.
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 Sapagka't bagaman ang iyong bayang Israel ay magiging parang buhangin sa dagat, ang isang nalabi lamang sa kanila ang manunumbalik: ang pagkalipol ay naipasiya, na magtataglay ng katuwiran.
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 Sapagka't ang kagibaan, at ang ipinasiya, gagawin ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sa gitna ng buong lupa.
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Oh bayan kong tumatahan sa Sion, huwag kang matakot sa taga Asiria: bagaman ikaw ay sinaktan niya ng pamalo at nagtaas ng kaniyang tungkod laban sa iyo, ayon sa paraan ng Egipto.
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 Sapagka't sangdali pa, at ang pagkagalit ay magaganap, at ang aking galit, sa kanilang ikamamatay.
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 At ibabangon ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ang kasakunaan laban sa kaniya, na gaya ng pagpatay sa Madian sa bato ng Oreb: at ang kaniyang panghampas ay malalagay sa dagat, at kaniyang itataas ng ayon sa paraan ng Egipto.
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na ang atang niya ay mahihiwalay sa iyong balikat, at ang kaniyang ipinasan sa iyong leeg, at ang ipinasan ay malalagpak dahil sa pinahiran.
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 Siya'y dumating sa Ajad, siya'y nagdaan sa Migron; sa Michmas inilalapag niya ang kaniyang mga daladalahan:
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 Sila'y nangagdaraan sa landas; sila'y nagsituloy na nangagpahinga sa Geba: ang Rama ay nanginginig; ang Gabaa ni Saul ay tumakas.
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 Humiyaw kang malakas ng iyong tinig, Oh anak na babae ng Galim! duminig ka, Oh Lais! Oh ikaw na kaawaawang Anathoth!
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
31 Madmena ay palaboy; ang mga nananahan sa Gebim ay nagtitipon upang magsitakas.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 Sa araw ding ito ay titigil siya sa Nob: kaniyang iniuunat ang kaniyang kamay sa bundok ng anak na babae ng Sion, na burol ng Jerusalem.
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 Narito, puputulin ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, na kakilakilabot ang mga sanga: at ang mga mataas sa anyo ay ibubuwal, at ang mapagmataas ay ibababa.
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 At kaniyang puputulin ang mga siitan ng gubat sa pamamagitan ng bakal, at ang Libano ay mawawasak sa pamamagitan ng isang makapangyarihan.
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
