Isaias 28
1 Sa aba ng putong ng kapalaluan ng mga manglalasing sa Ephraim, at ng lipas na bulaklak ng kaniyang maluwalhating kagandahan, na nasa ulunan ng mainam na libis nila na nadaig ng alak!
Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
2 Narito, ang Panginoon ay may isang makapangyarihan at malakas na sugo parang bagyo ng granizo, na manggigibang bagyo, parang unos ng bumubugsong tubig na bumabaha, ay ibubuwal niya sa lupa sa pamamagitan ng malakas na kamay.
Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
3 Ang putong ng kapalaluan ng mga manglalasing sa Ephraim ay mayayapakan ng paa:
The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
4 At ang lipas na bulaklak ng kaniyang maluwalhating kagandahan, na nasa ulunan ng mainam na libis, magiging gaya ng maagang hinog na bunga ng igos bago magtaginit; na kung nakikita ng tumitingin, samantalang na sa kaniyang kamay pa, kinakain na niya.
[Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
5 Sa araw na yaon ay magiging putong ng kaluwalhatian ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, at pinakadiadema ng kagandahan, sa nalabi sa kaniyang bayan;
At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
6 At pinaka diwa ng kahatulan sa kaniya na nauupo sa kahatulan, at pinakalakas sa kanila na umuurong sa pakikipagbaka hanggang sa pintuang-daan.
He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
7 Gayon man ang mga ito ay gumigiray dahil sa alak, at dahil sa matapang na alak ay pahapayhapay; ang saserdote at ang propeta ay gumigiray dahil sa matapang na alak, sila'y nangasakmal ng alak, sila'y pahapayhapay dahil sa matapang na alak: sila'y nangamamali sa pangitain, sila'y nangatitisod sa paghatol.
[But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
8 Sapagka't lahat ng mga dulang ay puno ng suka, at ng karumihan, na anopa't walang dakong malinis.
All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
9 Kanino siya magtuturo ng kaalaman? at kanino niya ipatatalastas ang balita? silang nangalayo sa gatas, at nangahiwalay sa suso?
They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
10 Sapagka't utos at utos: utos at utos; bilin at bilin, bilin at bilin; dito'y kaunti, doo'y kaunti.
[He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
11 Hindi, kundi sa pamamagitan ng mga taong may ibang pangungusap at may iba't ibang wika ay sasalitain niya sa bayang ito.
So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
12 Na kaniyang pinagsabihan, Ito ang kapahingahan, papagpahingahin ninyo siya na pagod; at ito ang kaginhawahan: gayon ma'y hindi nila pinakinggan.
Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
13 Kaya't ang salita ng Panginoon ay magiging sa kanila'y utos at utos, utos at utos; bilin at bilin, bilin at bilin; dito'y kaunti, doo'y kaunti; upang sila'y mangakayaon, at mangapahinga, at mangabalian, at mangasilo, at mangahuli.
So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
14 Kaya't iyong dinggin ang salita ng Panginoon, ninyong mga mangduduwahaging tao, na nangagpupuno sa bayang ito na nasa Jerusalem:
Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
15 Sapagka't inyong sinabi, Tayo'y nakipagtipan sa kamatayan, at sa Sheol ay nakipagkasundo tayo; pagka ang mahigpit na kasakunaan ay dumaan, hindi darating sa atin; sapagka't ating ginawang pinakakanlungan natin ang mga kabulaanan, at sa ilalim ng kasinungalingan ay nangagkubli tayo, (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
16 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking inilalagay sa Sion na pinakapatibayan ang isang bato, isang batong subok, isang mahalagang batong panulok na may matibay na patibayan: ang naniniwala ay hindi magmamadali.
Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
17 At aking ilalagay na pinakapising panukat ang katuwiran, at pinakapabato ang kabanalan: at papalisin ng granizo ang kanlungan ng mga kabulaanan, at aapawan ng tubig ang taguang dako.
I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
18 At ang inyong tipan sa kamatayan ay mawawalan ng kabuluhan, at ang iyong pakikipagkasundo sa Sheol ay hindi mamamalagi; pagka ang mahigpit na kasakunaan ay daraan, kayo nga'y ipapahamak niyaon. (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
19 Sa tuwing dadaan, tatangayin kayo; sapagka't tuwing umaga ay daraan, sa araw at sa gabi: at mangyayari na ang balita ay magiging kakilakilabot na matalastas.
Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
20 Sapagka't ang higaan ay lalong maikli na hindi maunatan ng tao; at ang kumot ay lalong makitid na hindi makabalot sa kaniya.
[You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
21 Sapagka't ang Panginoon ay babangon na gaya sa bundok ng Perasim, siya'y napopoot na gaya sa libis ng Gabaon; upang kaniyang magawa ang kaniyang gawain, ang kaniyang kakaibang gawain, at papangyarihin ang kaniyang gawain, ang kaniyang kakaibang gawain.
Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
22 Huwag nga kayong mapagtuya, baka ang mga panali sa inyo ay magsitibay: sapagka't ang paglipol na ipinasiya, narinig ko sa Panginoon, sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sa buong lupa.
The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
23 Pakinggan ninyo, at dinggin ninyo ang aking tinig, inyong dinggin, at pakinggan ang aking pananalita.
Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
24 Nag-aararo bagang lagi ang mang-aararo upang maghasik? Kaniya bagang laging binubungkal at dinudurog ang kaniyang lupa.
When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
25 Pagka kaniyang napatag ang ibabaw niyaon hindi ba niya binibinhian ng eneldo, at ikinakalat ang binhing comino, at inihahanay ang trigo, at ang cebada sa takdang dako, at ang espelta sa hangganan niyaon?
No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
26 Sapagka't itinuturong matuwid sa kaniya ng kaniyang Dios, at itinuturo sa kaniya:
[He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
27 Sapagka't ang eneldo ay hindi ginigiik ng panggiik na matalas, o ang gulong man ng karo ay gugulong sa comino; kundi ang eneldo ay hinahampas ng tungkod, at ang comino ay ng pamalo.
[Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
28 Ang trigong ginagawang tinapay ay ginigiling; sapagka't hindi laging magigiik: at bagaman pangalatin yaon ng gulong ng kaniyang karo at ng kaniyang mga kabayo, hindi niya ginigiling.
And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
29 Gayon ma'y ito'y mula rin sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, na kamanghamangha sa payo, at marilag sa karunungan.
The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
