Isaias 35
1 Ang ilang at ang tuyong lupa ay sasaya; at ang ilang ay magagalak, at mamumulaklak na gaya ng rosa.
[Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
2 Mamumulaklak ng sagana, at magagalak ng kagalakan at awitan; ang kaluwalhatian ng Libano ay mapaparoon, ang karilagan ng Carmel at ng Saron: kanilang makikita ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon, ang karilagan ng ating Dios.
the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
3 Inyong palakasin ang mga mahinang kamay, at patatagin ang mga mahinang tuhod.
[So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
4 Inyong sabihin sa kanila na matatakuting puso, Kayo'y mangagpakatapang, huwag kayong mangatakot: narito, ang inyong Dios ay pariritong may panghihiganti, may kagantihan ng Dios; siya'y paririto at ililigtas kayo.
Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
5 Kung magkagayo'y madidilat ang mga mata ng bulag, at ang mga pakinig ng bingi ay mabubuksan.
When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
6 Kung magkagayo'y lulukso ang pilay na parang usa, at ang dila ng pipi ay aawit: sapagka't sa ilang ay bubukal ang tubig, at magkakailog sa ilang.
Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
7 At ang buhanginang kumikislap ay magiging lawa, at ang uhaw na lupa ay mga bukal ng tubig; sa tahanan ng mga chakal, na kanilang hinihiligan, magkakaroon ng damo pati ng mga tambo at mga yantok.
The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
8 At magkakaroon doon ng isang lansangan, at ng isang daan, at tatawagin Ang daan ng kabanalan; ang marumi ay hindi daraan doon; kundi magiging sa kaniyang bayan: ang mga palalakad na tao, oo, maging ang mga mangmang, ay hindi mangaliligaw roon.
And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
9 Hindi magkakaroon ng leon doon, o sasampa man doon ang anomang mabangis na hayop, hindi mangasusumpungan doon; kundi ang nangatubos ay lalakad doon.
There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
10 At ang pinagtutubos ng Panginoon ay mangagbabalik, at magsisiparoong nagaawitan sa Sion; at walang hanggang kagalakan ay mapapasa kanilang mga ulo: sila'y mangagtatamo ng kasayahan at kagalakan, at ang kapanglawan at ang pagbubuntong-hininga ay mapaparam.
Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
