Isaias 49
1 Kayo'y magsipakinig sa akin, Oh mga pulo; at inyong pakinggan, ninyong mga bayan, sa malayo: tinawag ako ng Panginoon mula sa bahay-bata; mula sa bahay-bata ng aking ina ay binanggit niya ang aking pangalan:
All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
2 At kaniyang ginawa ang aking bibig na parang matalas na tabak; sa lilim ng kaniyang kamay ay ikinubli niya ako: at ginawa niya akong makinang na pana; sa kaniyang lalagyan ng pana ay itinago niya ako:
[When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
3 At sinabi niya sa akin, Ikaw ay aking lingkod; Israel, na siyang aking ikaluluwalhati.
He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
4 Nguni't aking sinabi, Ako'y gumawang walang kabuluhan, aking ginugol ang aking lakas sa wala, at sa walang kabuluhan; gayon ma'y tunay na ang kahatulan sa akin ay nasa Panginoon, at ang kagantihan sa akin ay nasa aking Dios.
I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
5 At ngayo'y sinasabi ng Panginoon na naganyo sa akin mula sa bahay-bata upang maging kaniyang lingkod, upang dalhin uli ang Jacob sa kaniya, at ang Israel ay mapisan sa kaniya: (sapagka't ako'y marangal sa mga mata ng Panginoon, at ang aking Dios ay naging aking kalakasan; )
Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
6 Oo, kaniyang sinasabi, Totoong magaan ang bagay na ikaw ay naging aking lingkod upang ibangon ang mga lipi ng Jacob, at isauli ang iningatan ng Israel, ikaw ay aking ibibigay na pinakailaw sa mga Gentil upang ikaw ay maging aking kaligtasan hanggang sa wakas ng lupa.
He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
7 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Manunubos ng Israel, na kaniyang Banal, doon sa hinahamak ng tao, doon sa kinayayamutan ng bansa, sa lingkod ng mga pinuno, Ang mga hari at ang mga pangulo, ay mangakakakita at magsisibangon, at sila'y magsisisamba; dahil sa Panginoon na tapat, sa Banal ng Israel, na siyang pumili sa iyo.
Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
8 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Sa kalugodlugod na panahon ay sinagot kita, at sa araw ng pagliligtas ay tinulungan kita: at aking iningatan ka, at ibibigay kita na pinakatipan sa bayan, upang ibangon ang lupain, upang ipamana sa kanila ang mga sirang mana;
This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
9 Na nagsasabi sa kanilang nangabibilanggo, Kayo'y magsilabas; sa kanilang nangasa kadiliman, Pakita kayo. Sila'y magsisikain sa mga daan, at ang lahat na luwal na kaitaasan ay magiging kanilang pastulan.
I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
10 Sila'y hindi mangagugutom, o mangauuhaw man; at hindi man sila mangapapaso ng init, o ng araw man: sapagka't siyang may awa sa kanila ay papatnubay sa kanila, sa makatuwid baga'y sa tabi ng mga bukal ng tubig ay papatnubayan niya sila.
They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
11 At aking gagawing daan ang lahat ng aking mga bundok, at ang aking mga lansangan ay patataasin.
And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
12 Narito, ang mga ito'y manggagaling sa malayo; at, narito, ang mga ito ay mula sa hilagaan, at mula sa kalunuran; at ang mga ito ay mula sa lupain ng Sinim.
My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
13 Ikaw ay umawit, Oh langit; at magalak, Oh lupa; at kayo'y biglang magsiawit, Oh mga bundok: sapagka't inaliw ng Panginoon ang kaniyang bayan, at mahahabag sa kaniyang nagdadalamhati.
[Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
14 Nguni't sinabi ng Sion, Pinabayaan ako ni Jehova, at nilimot ako ng Panginoon.
[The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
15 Malilimutan ba ng babae ang kaniyang batang pasusuhin; na siya'y hindi mahahabag sa anak ng kaniyang bahay-bata? oo, ito'y makalilimot, nguni't hindi kita kalilimutan.
But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
16 Narito aking inanyuan ka sa mga palad ng aking mga kamay; ang iyong mga kuta ay laging nangasa harap ko.
Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
17 Ang iyong mga anak ay mangagmamadali; ang mga manghahamak sa iyo at ang sumisira sa iyo ay aalis sa iyo.
Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
18 Imulat mo ang iyong mga mata sa palibot, at tingnan mo: lahat ng mga ito ay nagpipipisan, at naparirito sa iyo. Buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoon, ikaw ay mabibihisan ng lahat ng mga yaon, na parang pinakagayak, at mabibigkisan ka ng mga yaon na parang isang kasintahang babae.
You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
19 Sapagka't tungkol sa iyong mga sira at sa iyong mga gibang dako at sa iyong lupain na nawasak, tunay na ikaw ngayon ay magiging totoong napakakipot sa mga mananahan, at silang nagsisisakmal sa iyo ay mangalalayo.
Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
20 Ang mga anak ng inyong kapanglawan ay mangagsasabi pa sa iyong mga pakinig, Ang dako ay totoong makipot sa ganang akin: bigyan mo ako ng dako upang aking matahanan.
The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
21 Kung magkagayo'y sasabihin mo sa iyong sarili, Sinong nanganak ng mga ito sa akin, dangang nawalan ako ng aking mga anak, at ako'y nagiisa, tapon, at lumalaboy na paroo't parito? at sinong nagpalaki ng mga ito? Narito, ako'y naiwang magisa; mga ito, saan nangandoon?
Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
22 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking ikakaway ang aking kamay sa mga bansa, at itatayo ko ang aking watawat sa mga bayan; at sila'y kakalong ng iyong mga anak na lalake sa kanilang sinapupunan, at ang iyong mga anak na babae ay papasanin ng kanilang mga balikat.
This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
23 At mga hari ang magiging iyong mga taga kandiling ama, at ang kanilang mga reina, ay iyong mga taga kandiling ina: sila'y magsisiyukod sa iyo ng kanilang mga mukha sa lupa, at hihimuran ang alabok ng inyong mga paa: at iyong makikilala, na ako ang Panginoon, at ang nangaghihintay sa akin ay hindi mangapapahiya.
Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
24 Makukuha baga ang huli sa makapangyarihan, o maliligtas ang mga talagang nabihag?
There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
25 Nguni't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Pati ng mga bihag ng makapangyarihan ay kukunin, at ang huli ng kakilakilabot ay maliligtas; sapagka't ako'y makikipaglaban sa kaniya na nakikipaglaban sa iyo, at aking ililigtas ang iyong mga anak.
But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
26 At aking pakakanin silang nagsisipighati sa iyo ng kanilang sariling laman; at sila'y mangalalango ng kanilang sariling dugo, na gaya ng matamis na alak: at makikilala ng lahat ng tao, na akong Panginoon ay iyong Tagapagligtas, at iyong Manunubos, na Makapangyarihan ng Jacob.
And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
