Isaias 29
1 Hoy Ariel, Ariel, na bayang hinantungan ni David! magdagdag kayo ng taon sa taon; magdiwang sila ng mga kapistahan:
[This is a message from Yahweh: ] Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, the city where [King] David lived. You people continue to celebrate your festivals each year.
2 Akin ngang pahihirapan ang Ariel, at magsisitangis at mananaghoy: at siya'y magiging gaya ng Ariel sa akin.
But I will cause you to experience a great disaster, [and when that happens], people will weep and lament [very much]. Your city will become like [MET] an altar [to me] [where people are burned as sacrifices].
3 At ako'y magtatayo ng kampamento laban sa iyo sa palibot, at kukubkubin kita ng mga kuta, at ako'y magbabangon ng mga pangkubkob laban sa iyo.
I will cause your enemies [to come to your city]; they will surround it by [building] towers and putting in place other things with which to attack you.
4 At ikaw ay mabababa, at magsasalita mula sa lupa, at ang iyong salita ay magiging mababa na mula sa alabok: at ang iyong tinig ay magiging gaya ng isang nakikipagsanggunian sa masamang espiritu, mula sa lupa, at ang iyong pananalita ay bubulong mula sa alabok.
Then you will talk [as though you were] buried deep in the ground [DOU]; it will sound like someone whispering from under the ground, like [SIM] a ghost speaking from a grave.
5 Nguni't ang karamihan ng iyong mga kaaway ay magiging gaya ng munting alabok, at ang karamihan ng mga kakilakilabot ay gaya ng ipang inililipad ng hangin: oo, magiging sa biglang sandali.
But, suddenly your enemies will be blown away like dust; their armies will disappear like [SIM] chaff that is blown away [by the wind]. [It will happen] very suddenly.
6 Siya'y dadalawin ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo sa pamamagitan ng kulog, at ng lindol, at ng malaking kaingay, ng ipoipo at bagyo, at ng liyab ng mamumugnaw na apoy.
The Commander of the armies of angels will come [to help you] with thunder and an earthquake and a very loud noise, with a strong wind and a big storm and a fire that will burn up everything.
7 At ang karamihan ng lahat na bansa na nagsisilaban sa Ariel, lahat na nagsisilaban sa kaniya at sa kaniyang kuta, at ang nagpapahirap sa kaniya, ay magiging gaya ng panaginip na isang pangitain sa gabi.
[Then] the armies of all the nations that will be attacking Jerusalem will quickly disappear like a dream in the night [DOU]. Those who will be attacking Jerusalem will suddenly vanish/disappear.
8 At mangyayari, na gaya ng kung ang isang gutom ay nananaginip, at, narito, siya'y kumakain; nguni't siya'y nagigising, at ang kaniyang kaluluwa ay walang anoman: o gaya ng kung ang isang uhaw ay nananaginip, at, narito, siya'y umiinom; nguni't siya'y nagigising, at, narito, siya'y malata, at ang kaniyang kaluluwa ay uhaw: gayon ang mangyayari sa karamihan ng lahat na bansa, na nagsisilaban sa bundok ng Sion.
People who are asleep dream about eating food, [but] when they wake up, they are still hungry. People who are thirsty dream about drinking something, [but] when they wake up they are still thirsty. It will be like that when your enemies come to attack Zion Hill; [they will dream about conquering you, but when they wake up, ] [they will realize that they have not succeeded].
9 Kayo'y mangatigilan at manganggilalas; kayo'y mangalugod at mangabulag: sila'y lango, nguni't hindi sa alak; sila'y gumigiray, nguni't hindi sa matapang na alak.
You [people of Jerusalem], be amazed and surprised [about this] [IRO]! Do not believe [what I have said] [SAR]! And continue to be blind [IRO] [about what Yahweh is doing]. You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks.
10 Sapagka't inihulog ng Panginoon sa inyo ang diwa ng mahimbing na pagkakatulog, at ipinikit ang inyong mga mata, na mga propeta; at ang iyong mga pangulo, na mga tagakita, ay kaniyang tinakpan.
Because Yahweh has prevented the prophets [DOU] from understanding [and telling you his messages], [it is as though] he has caused you to be fast/deeply asleep.
11 At ang lahat ng pangitain ay naging sa inyo'y gaya ng mga salita ng aklat na natatatakan, na ibinibigay ng mga tao sa isang marunong bumasa, na sinasabi, Iyong basahin ito, isinasamo ko sa iyo: at kaniyang sinasabi, Hindi ko mababasa, sapagka't natatatakan;
[Yahweh gave me] this vision; [but] for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read [and request that they read it], they will say, “We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.”
12 At ang aklat ay nabigay sa kaniya na hindi marunong, na sinasabi, Iyong basahin ito, isinasamo ko sa iyo: at kaniyang sinasabi, Ako'y hindi marunong bumasa.
When you give it to [others] who cannot read, they will say, “[We cannot read it because] we do not know how to read.”
13 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Yamang ang bayang ito ay lumapit sa akin, at pinapupurihan ako ng kanilang bibig at ng kanilang mga labi, nguni't inilayo ang kanilang puso sa akin, at ang kanilang takot sa akin ay utos ng mga tao na itinuro sa kanila:
[So] the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I [desire]. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.
14 Dahil dito narito, pasisimulan kong gawin ang isang kagilagilalas na gawa sa gitna ng bayang ito, isang kagilagilalas na gawa at kamanghamangha: at ang karunungan ng kanilang mga pantas ay mapapawi, at ang unawa ng kanilang mga mabait ay malilingid.
Therefore, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are wise are not really wise, and [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are intelligent are not really intelligent.
15 Sa aba nila, na nagsisihanap ng kalaliman upang ilingid sa Panginoon ang kanilang payo, at ang kanilang mga gawa ay nasa kadiliman, at kanilang sinasabi, Sinong nakakakita sa atin? at sinong nakakakilala sa atin?
Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh, the [evil] things that they plan to do; they do those things in the darkness and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot [RHQ] see us; he cannot [RHQ] know what we are doing!’
16 Kayo'y nangagbabaligtad ng mga bagay! Maibibilang bagang putik ang magpapalyok; upang sabihin ng bagay na yari sa may-gawa sa kaniya, Hindi niya ginawa ako; o sabihin ng bagay na may anyo tungkol sa naganyo, Siya'y walang unawa?
They are extremely foolish! [They act as though] they were the potters and I was the clay! Something that was created should certainly never [RHQ] say to the one who made it, ‘You did not make me!’ A jar should never say, ‘The potter who made me did not know what he was doing!’”
17 Hindi baga sangdaling-sangdali na lamang, at ang Libano ay magiging mainam na bukid, at ang mainam na bukid ay magiging pinakagubat?
Soon [the forests in] Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon.
18 At sa araw na yaon ay makikinig ang pipi ng mga salita ng aklat, at ang mga mata ng bulag ay makakakita mula sa kalabuan at sa kadiliman.
At that time, deaf people will [be able to hear]; [they will be able to] hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will [be able to see]; [they will be able to] see things when it is gloomy and [even] when it is dark.
19 At mananagana naman sa kanilang kagalakan sa Panginoon, ang maamo, at ang dukha sa gitna ng mga tao ay magagalak sa Banal ng Israel.
Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel [has done].
20 Sapagka't ang kakilakilabot ay nauwi sa wala, at ang mangduduwahagi ay naglilikat, at ang lahat na nagbabanta ng kasamaan ay nangahiwalay:
There will be no more people who ridicule [others] and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.
21 Yaong nakapagkasala sa tao sa isang usapin, at naglalagay ng silo doon sa sumasaway sa pintuang-bayan, at nagliligaw sa ganap na tao sa pamamagitan ng walang kabuluhan.
Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court [persuade judges to] make unjust decisions.
22 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, na siyang tumubos kay Abraham, tungkol sa sangbahayan ni Jacob, Si Jacob nga ay hindi mapapahiya o mamumula pa man ang kaniyang mukha.
That is why Yahweh, who rescued Abraham, says about the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed; no longer will they show on their faces that they are ashamed.
23 Nguni't pagka kaniyang nakikita ang kaniyang mga anak, ang gawa ng aking mga kamay, sa gitna niya, ay kanilang aariing banal ang aking pangalan; oo, kanilang aariing banal ang Banal ni Jacob, at magsisitayong may takot sa Dios ng Israel.
When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong.
24 Sila namang nangamamali sa diwa ay darating sa pagkaunawa, at silang mga mapag-upasala ay mangatututo ng aral.
When that happens, those who have not been able to think well will think clearly, and those who complain [about what I am doing] will accept what I am teaching them.”
