Isaias 28
1 Kaawaan ang ipinagyayabang na kwintas na bulaklak ng mga lasenggo ng Efraim at sa kumukupas na bulaklak ng kanyang maluwalhating kagandahan, na nasa tuktok ng masaganang lambak ng mga lango sa alak!
Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
2 Masdan ninyo, may isang makapangyarihan at malakas na tao mula sa Panginoon; gaya ng isang ulan ng yelo, isang namiminsalang bagyo, gaya ng isang laganap na napakalakas na ulan. Papaluin niya ang daigdig ng kanyang kamay.
Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
3 Ang ipinagmamayabang na kwintas na bulaklak ng mga lasenggo ng Efraim ay tatapakan.
The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
4 Ang kumukupas na bulaklak ng kanyang maluwalhating kagandahan, na nasa tuktok ng mayamang lambak, ay magiging gaya ng unang hinog na igos bago magtag-araw, na kapag nakita ito ng isang tao, habang ito ay nasa kamay pa lamang niya, nilulunok na niya ito.
[Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
5 Sa araw na iyon si Yahweh na pinuno ng mga hukbo ng mga anghel ay magiging isang magandang korona at isang putong ng kagandahan para sa mga natitira pa sa kanyang bayan,
At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
6 isang espiritu ng katarungan para sa kanya na nakaupo sa paghuhukom, at lakas para sa mga nagpapaatras sa kanilang mga kaaway sa kanilang mga tarangkahan.
He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
7 Pero kahit na ang mga ito ay humahapay-hapay sa alak, at nagpapasuray-suray sa inuming matapang. Ang pari at ang propeta ay humahapay-hapay sa malakas na alak, at nalululon sila ng alak. Nagpapasuray-suray sila sa malakas na alak, nagsusuray-suray sa pangitain at humahapay-hapay sa pagpasya.
[But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
8 Tunay nga, lahat ng mesa ay natatakpan ng suka, kung kaya't walang malinis na lugar.
All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
9 Kanino niya ituturo ang kaalaman, at kanino niya ipapaliwanag ang mensahe? Sa mga naawat na sa pagsuso sa ina o sa mga kakaawat pa lamang mula sa mga dibdib?
They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
10 Sapagkat ito ay utos pagkaraan ng utos, utos pagkaraan ng utos; panuntunan pagkaraan ng panuntunan, panuntunan pagkaraan ng panuntunan; kaunti dito, kaunti doon.
[He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
11 Tunay nga, gamit ang mapanuyang mga labi at isang banyagang dila, magsasalita siya sa bayang ito.
So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
12 Sa nakalipas sinabi niya sa kanila “Ito ang kapahingahan, bigyan ng kapahingahan ang siyang napapagod; at ito ang pagpapanariwa,” pero ayaw nilang makinig.
Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
13 Kaya ang salita ni Yahweh ay mapapasakanila, utos pagkaraan ng utos; panuntunan pagkaraan ng panuntunan, panuntunan pagkaraan ng panuntunan; kaunti dito, kaunti doon; nang sa gayon sumulong sila at mabuwal, at masaktan, mahulog sa bitag at mabihag.
So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
14 Kaya makinig sa salita ni Yahweh, kayo na nangungutya, na namamahala sa bayang ito sa Jerusalem.
Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
15 Sinabi ninyo, “Nakipagtipan kami sa kamatayan; nakipagkasundo kami sa Sheol. Kaya kapag dumaan ang umaapaw na paghatol, hindi nito kami aabutan, sapagkat ginawa naming kanlungan ang isang kasinungalingan, at sa kabulaanan kami ay nagtago.” (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
16 Kaya sinasabi ni Yahweh, “Tingnan ninyo: Maglalagay ako ng isang pundasyong bato sa Sion, isang subok na bato, isang tanging panulukang bato, isang tiyak na pundasyon. Siya na naniniwala ay hindi mapapahiya.
Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
17 Gagawin kong panukat na kahoy ang katarungan, at panukat na hulog ang katuwiran. Tatangayin ng ulan na yelo ang tanggulan ng mga kasinungalingan, at tatabunan ng mga tubig baha ang taguan.
I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
18 Mawawalang bisa ang inyong tipan sa kamatayan, at ang kasunduan ninyo sa Sheol ay hindi magkakabisa. Kapag dumaan ang rumaragasang baha, tatabunan kayo nito. (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
19 Tuwing dumadaan ito, aanurin kayo nito, at tuwing umaga dadaan ito at sa araw at sa gabi ay darating ito. Kapag naunawaan ang mensahe, ito ay magdudulot ng matinding takot.
Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
20 “Dahil napakaikli ng kama para makapag-unat ang isang tao, at napakakitid ng kumot para talukbungan niya ang kanyang sarili.”
[You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
21 Aakyat si Yahweh tulad ng sa Bundok ng Perazim; gigisingin niya ang kanyang sarili tulad ng sa lambak ng Gideon para gawin ang kanyang gawain, ang kanyang kakaibang trabaho, at isakatuparan ang kanyang kakaibang gawa.
Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
22 Kaya ngayon huwag kayong mang-inis o ang mga gapos ninyo ay hihigpitan. Nakarinig ako mula sa Panginoon, Yahweh na pinuno ng mga hukbo ng mga anghel, isang kautusan ng pagkawasak sa daigdig.
The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
23 Bigyan ninyo ng pansin at makinig sa aking tinig; bigyan ninyo ng masusing pansin at makinig sa aking mga salita.
Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
24 Ang magsasaka ba na buong araw nag-aararo para maghasik, ay nag-aararo lang ng lupa? Patuloy ba niyang binubungkal at sinusuyod ang bukid?
When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
25 Kapag naihanda na niya ang lupa, hindi ba niya ikinakalat ang buto ng anis, inihahasik ang linga, inilalagay ang trigo sa mga hanay at ang sebada sa tamang lugar, at ang espelta sa mga gilid nito?
No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
26 Tinatagubilinan siya ng Diyos; tinuturuan niya siya nang may karunungan.
[He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
27 Higit pa rito, ang linga ay hindi ginigiik gamit ang isang paragos, ni pinapagulungan ang linga ng gulong ruweda ng karitela; pero ang anis ay binabayo ng isang kahoy, at ang linga ng isang pamalo.
[Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
28 Ang butil ay ginigiling para sa tinapay pero hindi napakapino, at kahit na ikinakalat ito ng mga gulong ng kanyang karitela at ng kanyang mga kabayo, hindi ito dinudurog ng kanyang mga kabayo.
And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
29 Ito rin ay nanggagaling mula kay Yahweh na pinuno ng mga hukbo ng mga anghel, na kahanga-hanga sa pagpapayo at mahusay sa karunungan.
The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
