Isaias 50
1 Ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, “Nasaan ang katibayan ng paghihiwalay na ginamit ko para hiwalayan ang inyong ina? At kanino sa mga tagapagbili ko kayo pinagbili? Tingnan ninyo, pinagbili kayo dahil sa inyong mga kasalanan, at dahil sa inyong paghihimagsik, pinatapon ang inyong ina.
This is [also] what Yahweh says: “You [Israeli children], do not think [RHQ] that I [forced your parents to be exiled/taken to Babylonia] [MET] like some men send away their wives after giving them a paper on which they state that they were divorcing them! I certainly did not [RHQ] get rid of you like a man who sells his children to get money to pay what he owes. No, the reason that I forced you to be exiled [was to punish you] because of the sins that you have committed [DOU].
2 Bakit nagpunta ako pero walang naroroon? Bakit tumawag ako pero walang sumagot? Masyado bang maiksi ang kamay ko para tubusin kayo? Wala ba akong kapangyarihan para iligtas kayo? Tingnan ninyo, sa aking pagsasaway natutuyo ko ang dagat; ginagawa kong disyerto ang mga ilog; namamatay ang mga isda nito dahil sa kakulangan ng tubig at nabubulok.
When I came to you [to rescue you], why did no one answer when I called out to you [RHQ]? Was there no one there [RHQ]? Or, did you think that I do not have the power [MTY] to rescue you [DOU]? Think about this: I can speak to a sea and cause it to become dry! I can cause rivers to become deserts, with the result that the fish in the rivers die from thirst and they rot.
3 Dinadamitan ko ang himpapawid ng kadiliman; tinatakpan ko ito ng sako.”
I cause the sky to become dark, [as though] [MET] it was wearing black clothes [because it was mourning because someone had died].”
4 Binigyan ako ng Panginoong si Yahweh ng dila na katulad ng mga marunong, kaya nagsasabi ako ng nakakatulong na salita sa napapagod; ginigising niya ako bawat umaga; ginigising niya ang tainga ko para makarinig tulad ng mga marunong.
Yahweh our God has given me his wise message [MTY] in order that I may encourage those who are weary. Each morning he awakens me, in order that I [SYN] may listen to what he teaches [SIM] me.
5 Binuksan ng Panginoong si Yahweh ang aking tainga, at hindi ako mapaghimagsik, maging ang tumalikod.
Yahweh our God has spoken to me [IDM], and I have not rejected what he told me; I have accepted [LIT] it.
6 Binigay ko ang aking likod sa mga bumubugbog sa akin, at ang aking mga pisngi sa mga bumunot ng aking balbas; hindi ko tinago ang aking mukha mula sa pamamahiya at panunura.
I allowed people to beat me on my back and to pull out the whiskers in my beard [because they hated me]. I did not turn away [MTY] from them when they made fun of me and spat on me.
7 Dahil tutulungan ako ng Panginoong si Yahweh; kaya hindi ako napahiya; kaya ginawa kong matigas na bato ang mukha ko, dahil alam kong hindi ako malalagay sa kahihiyan.
But, because the Lord our God helps me, I will never be humiliated. Therefore, I am strongly determined [IDM] to face/endure difficulties, and I know that nothing will cause me to be ashamed.
8 Siya na magpapawalang-sala sa akin ay malapit lang. Sino ang sasalungat sa akin? Tumayo tayo at harapin ang bawat isa. Sino ang nag-aakusa sa akin? Hayaan ninyo siyang lumapit sa akin.
God, the one who vindicates me, is near to me; so if anyone [RHQ] stands in front of me and accuses me in a court, he will not be able [to show that I have done anything that is wrong].
9 Tingnan ninyo, tutulungan ako ng Panginoong si Yahweh. Sino ang magpapahayag na makasalanan ako? Tingnan ninyo, masisira sila tulad ng damit; kakainin sila ng gamu-gamo.
The Lord our God defends me [in court], so no one [RHQ] will be able to (condemn me/declare that I am guilty). All those who accuse me will disappear like [SIM] old clothes that have been eaten by ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches).
10 Sino sa inyo ang natatakot kay Yahweh? Sino ang sumusunod sa boses ng kaniyang lingkod? Sino ang naglalakad sa malalim na kadiliman nang walang liwanag? Dapat siyang magtiwala sa pangalan ni Yahweh at sumandal sa kaniyang Diyos.
If you revere Yahweh and do what his servant tells you to do, even if you are (walking in darkness/enduring suffering), and it seems that [MET] there is no light, trust in Yahweh your God [DOU] [to help you].
11 Tingnan ninyo, lahat kayong nagsisindi ng apoy, kayong nagdadala ng mga sulo: maglakad kayo sa liwanag ng inyong apoy at sa alab na sinindihan ninyo. Ito ang natanggap ninyo mula sa akin: hihimlay kayo sa lugar ng kirot.
But you people who [oppose me], [who would like to throw] me into a blazing fire, walk in your own fires and burn yourselves with your own torches! This is what Yahweh will cause to happen to you: You will be enduring great torment when you die [EUP]!
