Isaias 8

1 Sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh, “Kumuha ka ng malapad na bato at iukit mo dito ang, 'Maher Shalal Has 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 Tatawag ako ng mga tapat na mga saksi para magpatotoo para sa akin, ang paring si Urias, at Zacarias na anak ni Jeberequias.”

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

3 Pumunta ako sa babaeng propeta, at siya ay nagbuntis at nagsilang ng anak na lalaki. At sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh, “Pangalanan mo siyang Maher Shalal Has 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 Sapagkat bago pa lang matutong sumigaw ang bata ng 'Aking tatay' at 'Aking nanay,' ang kayamanan ng Damasco at ang nasamsam ng Samaria ay dadalhin 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 Nangusap muli si Yahweh sa akin,

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

6 “Dahil tinanggihan ng mga tao ang banayad na tubig ng Shiloah, at masaya pa sila 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 kaya ipapadala sa kanila ng Panginoon ang mga tubig ng Ilog, malakas at marami, ang hari ng Asiria at ang lahat ng kaniyang kaluwalhatian. Dadaloy sa lahat ng mga kanal nito at aapaw sa mga pampang,

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 palulubugin nito ang Juda, babaha at aagos, hanggang sa umabot ito sa inyong mga leeg. Ang kaniyang nakabukang mga pakpak ang tatabon sa buong lupain, Immanuel.”

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 Madudurog kayong mga tao ng pira-piraso. Makinig, kayong malalayong bansa: maghanda kayo para sa digmaan at kayo ay dudurugin ng pira-piraso. Ihanda ang inyong sarili at kayo ay dudurugin.

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 Gumawa kayo ng plano, pero hindi ito maisasakatuparan; magbigay kayo ng utos pero hindi ito susundin, dahil ang Diyos ay kasama namin.

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 Nangusap sa akin si Yahweh, ang kaniyang makapangyarihang kamay ay nasa akin, at binalaan akong huwag sumunod sa pamumuhay ng mga taong ito.

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

12 Huwag ninyong tawaging pagsasabwatan ang alinmang tinuturing na pagsasabwatan ng mga taong ito; huwag kang matakot sa kinakatakutan nila, at huwag kang magpasindak.

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

13 Si Yahweh ng mga hukbo, pararangalan ninyo siya bilang banal, katatakutan ninyo siya, at siya ang dapat ninyong pangambahan.

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

14 Siya ay magiging santuaryo; pero siya ay tulad ng isang bato na tatama sa kanila, at isang malaking bato na makakapagpatumba sa dalawang bahay ng Israel. At siya ay magiging patibong at silo sa mamamayan ng Jersusalem.

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 Marami ang matitisod dito, madadapa at masisira, masisilo at mabibihag.

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

16 Ibalumbon mo ang aking patotoo, selyuhan ang opisyal na tala, at ibigay ito sa aking mga alagad.

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

17 Maghihintay ako kay Yahweh, siya na itinatago ang kaniyang mukha mula sa bahay ni Jacob; maghihintay ako sa kaniya.

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 Tingnan, ako at ang mga anak na lalaki na binigay sa akin ni Yahweh ang magsisilbing tanda at himala sa Israel mula kay Yahweh ng mga Hukbo, na nananahan 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 Sasabihan ka nila, “Kumunsulta ka sa mga manghuhula at mga salamangkero,” silang mga nagsasambit at bumubulong ng mga dasal. Pero hindi ba dapat sa Diyos kumukunsulta ang mga tao? Mas nararapat bang konsultahin nila ang patay para sa mga nabubuhay?

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 Kaya inyong ituon ang inyong atensyon sa batas at patotoo! Kapag hindi nila sinabi ang bagay na ito, ito ay dahil wala silang liwanag ng umaga.

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 Sila ay maglalakbay sa lupain na naghihirap at nagugutom. Kapag sila ay nagutom, magagalit sila at susumpain nila ang kanilang hari at ang Diyos, habang sila ay nakatingala.

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 Pagmamasdan nila ang lupa at makikita ang paghihirap, kadiliman at mapang-aping kalungkutan. Sila ay itataboy tungo sa lupain ng kadiliman.

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.