Isaias 22
1 Isang kapahayagan tungkol sa lambak ng pangitain: Ano ang dahilan ng pagakyat ninyong lahat sa mga bubungan?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Isang maingay na lungsod, isang bayan na puno ng katuwaan; hindi napatay ng espada ang inyong mga patay, at hindi sila namatay sa labanan.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Sama-samang tumakas ang lahat ng inyong mga pinuno, pero nahuli sila nang walang dalang mga pana, nahuli silang lahat at sama samang nabihag; tumakas sila papunta sa malalayong lugar.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Kaya sinabi ko, “Huwag ninyo akong tingnan, mapait akong hahagulgol; huwag niyo akong subukang aliwin dahil sa pagkawasak ng anak na babae ng aking bayan.”
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Dahil ang Panginoon, ang Diyos ng mga hukbo ay may araw ng kaguluhan, pagwasak, at kalituhan. At sa lambak ng pangitain, magkakaroon ng pagkagiba ng mga pader, at pagtawag ng mga tao mula sa mga kabundukan.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Dinala ng Elam ang lalagyan ng palaso, kasama ang mga karwahe ng mga lalake at mangangabayo, at hinahanda ng Kir ang kalasag.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Mapupuno ng karwahe ang inyong mabubuting lambak, at magbabantay sa tarangkahan ang mga mangangabayo.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 Tinanggal niya ang proteksiyon ng Juda; at sa panahon na iyon ay tumingin kayo sa mga sandata ng Palasyo ng Gubat.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 Nakita niyo ang mga butas ng lungsod ni David, na napakarami ng mga ito, at nag imbak kayo ng tubig mula sa ibabang tubigan.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 Binilang ninyo ang mga tahanan ng Jerusalem, giniba ninyo ang mga bahay para patibayin ang pader.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Gumawa kayo ng imbakan ng tubig sa pagitan ng dalawang pader para sa tubig ng lumang tubigan. Pero hindi ninyo isinaalang-alang ang manlilikha ng lungsod, ang nagplano nito noon pa.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 Ang Panginoon, si Yahweh ng mga hukbo sa ay tumawag sa panahong iyon para sa pagtatangis, pananaghoy, pag-aahit ng buhok sa ulo, at pagsusuot ng sako.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Pero tingnan ninyo, sa halip na magdiwang at magalak, magkatay ng baka at magpakatay ng tupa, kumain ng karne at uminom ng alak; tayo ay kumain at uminon, dahil bukas ay mamamatay na tayo.
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Ipinahayag ito ni Yahweh ng mga hukbo sa aking pandinig: “Tiyak na hindi patatawarin ang inyong mga kasalanan na ito, kahit na mamatay na kayo” iyon ang sinasabi ng Panginoon, Yahweh ng mga hukbo.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Sinasabi ito ng Panginoon, Yahweh ng mga hukbo, “Pumunta ka sa tagapamahala, kay Shebna, na siyang namamahala sa tahanan na iyon, at sabihin mo,
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 'Ano ang pagmamay-ari mo dito, sino ka, na naghukay ka ng libingan? Naghukay ng libingan sa kaitaasan, umukit sa bato ng sarili mong libingan!'”
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Tingnan mo, malapit ka nang itapon ni Yahweh, ikaw na makapangyarihan, malapit ka na niyang itapon; hahawakan ka niya ng mahigpit.
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 Tiyak na paiikot-ikutin ka niya, at itatapon ka sa malayong bansa gaya ng bola. Mamamatay ka roon, at papupunta doon ang dakila mong mga karwahe; magiging kahihiyan ka ng tahanan ng iyong amo!
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 “Aalisin kita mula sa iyong tungkulin at mula sa iyong himpilan. Mahihila ka pababa.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 Sa panahon na iyon, tatawagin ko ang aking lingkod na si Eliakim ang anak na lalaki ni Hilkias.
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 Idadamit ko sa kaniya ang iyong tunika at ilalagay ko sa kaniya ang iyong bigkis, at ililipat ko ang iyong kapangyarihan sa kaniyang kamay. Siya ang magiging ama ng mga naninirahan sa Jerusalem at sa tahanan ng Juda.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 Ilalagay ko sa kaniyang balikat ang susi ng tahanan ni David; bubuksan niya, at walang sinuman ang makapagsasara; isasara niya, at walang sinuman ang makapagbubukas.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 Patatatagin ko siya gaya ng isang pako na nakabaon ng maigi, at siya ay magiging trono ng kaluwalhatian sa tahanan ng kaniyang ama.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 Ilalagay nila sa kaniya ang lahat ng kaluwalhatian ng tahanan ng kaniyang ama, ang anak at mga kaapu-apuhan, bawat maliliit na sisidlan mula sa mga kopa papunta sa lahat ng mga tapayan.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 Sa panahon na iyon—ito ang kapahayagan ni Yahweh ng mga hukbo—bibigay ang pakong kahoy na nakabaon, mababali, at malalaglag, at mapuputol ang pabigat na nakalagay dito—dahil nagsalita na si Yahweh.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
