Isaias 8

1 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Kumuha ka ng malapad na tabla, at sulatan mo ng panulat ng tao, Kay Maher-salalhash-baz;

And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself a volume of a great new [book], and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

2 At magdadala ako ng mga tapat na saksi upang mangagpaalaala, si Urias na saserdote, at si Zacarias na anak ni Jeberechias.

And make me witnesses [of] faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

3 At ako'y naparoon sa propetisa; at siya'y naglihi, at nanganak ng isang lalake. Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Tawagin mo ang kaniyang pangalan na Maher-salalhash-baz.

And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily.

4 Sapagka't bago ang anak ay matutong dumaing ng, Ama ko, at: Ina ko, ang mga kayamanan ng Damasco at ang samsam sa Samaria ay dadalahin sa harap ng hari ng Asiria.

For before the child shall know [how] to call [his] father or [his] mother, [one] shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

5 At nagsalita pa ang Panginoon uli sa akin, na nagsasabi,

And the Lord spoke to me yet again, [saying],

6 Yamang tinanggihan ng bayang ito ang tubig ng Siloe na nagsisiagos na marahan, at siya'y nagagalak kay Rezin at sa anak ni Remalias;

Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias [to be] king over you;

7 Ngayon nga, narito, iniaahon ng Panginoon sa kanila ang tubig ng Ilog, malakas at marami, sa makatuwid baga'y ang hari sa Asiria at ang buo niyang kaluwalhatian: at siya'y aahon sa lahat niyang bangbang, at aapaw sa buo niyang baybayin:

therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, [even] the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

8 At magpapatuloy sa dako ng loob ng Juda; aapaw at lalampas; aabot hanggang sa leeg; at ang laganap ng kaniyang mga pakpak ay siyang magpupuno ng kaluwangan ng iyong lupain, Oh Emmanuel.

and he shall take away from Juda [every] man who shall be able to lift up his head, [and every one] able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of your land, [O] God with us.

9 Kayo'y magsamasama, Oh mga bayan, at kayo'y mangagkakawatakwatak; at kayo'y mangakinig, kayong lahat na taga malayong lupain: mangagbigkis kayo, at kayo'y mangagkakawatakwatak; kayo'y mangagbigkis, at kayo'y mangagkakawatakwatak.

Know, you Gentiles, and be conquered; listen you, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after you strengthened yourselves; for even if you should again strengthen yourselves, you shall again be conquered.

10 Mangagsanggunian kayo, at yao'y mauuwi sa wala; mangagsalita kayo ng salita at hindi matatayo: sapagka't ang Dios ay sumasaamin.

And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nothing; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

11 Sapagka't ang Panginoon ay nagsalitang ganito sa akin na may malakas na kamay, at tinuruan ako na huwag lumakad ng lakad ng bayang ito, na sinasabi,

Thus says the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,

12 Huwag ninyong sabihin, Pagbabanta; tungkol sa lahat na sasabihin ng bayang ito, Pagbabanta, o huwag mang mangatakot kayo ng kanilang takot, o mangilabot man doon.

Let them not say, [It is] hard, for whatever this people says, is hard: but fear not you their fear, neither be dismayed.

13 Ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, siya ang inyong aariing banal; at sumakaniya ang inyong takot, at sumakaniya ang inyong pangingilabot.

Sanctify you the Lord himself; and he shall be your fear.

14 At siya'y magiging pinakasantuario; nguni't pinakabatong katitisuran at pinaka malaking batong pangbuwal sa dalawang sangbahayan ng Israel, na pinakabitag at pinakasilo sa mga nananahan sa Jerusalem.

And if you shall trust in him, he shall be to you for a sanctuary; and you shall not come against [him] as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

15 At marami ang mangatitisod doon, at mangabubuwal, at mangababalian, at mangasisilo, at mangahuhuli.

Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw near, and men shall be taken securely.

16 Talian mo ang patotoo, tatakan mo ang kautusan sa gitna ng aking mga alagad.

Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.

17 At aking hihintayin ang Panginoon na nagkukubli ng kaniyang mukha sa sangbahayan ni Jacob, at aking hahanapin siya.

And [one] shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him.

18 Narito, ako at ang mga anak na ibinigay ng Panginoon sa akin ay mga pinakatanda at pinaka kababalaghan sa Israel na mula sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, na tumatahan sa bundok ng Sion.

Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be [for] signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion.

19 At pagka kanilang sasabihin sa inyo, Hanapin ninyo silang nakikipagsanggunian sa masamang espiritu at mga manghuhula, na nagsisihuni at nagsisibulong; hindi ba marapat na sanggunian ng bayan ang kanilang Dios? dahil baga sa mga buhay ay sasangguni sila sa mga patay?

And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

20 Sa kautusan at sa patotoo! kung hindi sila magsalita ng ayon sa salitang ito, tunay na walang umaga sa kanila.

For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

21 At sila'y magsisidaan doon, na nahihirapan at gutom: at mangyayari, na pagka sila'y mangagugutom, sila'y mangagagalit, at magsisisumpa alangalang sa kanilang hari at sa kanilang Dios, at ititingala nila ang kanilang mga mukha:

And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, [that] when you shall be hungry, you shall be grieved, and you shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

22 At sila'y titingin sa lupa, at, narito, kahirapan at kadiliman, ulap ng kahapisan, at sa salimuot na kadiliman ay itataboy sila.

and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that [one can’t] see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.