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Ang Palaabuton nga Hari

Pero magaabot ang tion nga madula na ang kadulom sa sina nga duta nga ara sa kalisod. Sang una, ginpakahuy-an sang Ginoo ang duta sang Zebulun kag Naftali, pero sa ulihi, padunggan niya ini nga mga lugar nga alagyan pakadto sa dagat[a] kag ara sa tabok sang Suba sang Jordan. Ini nga mga lugar sakop sang Galilea nga ginaestaran sang mga indi Judio. Ang mga tawo dira nga nadulman makakita sang puwerte nga kasanag. Ang mga nadulman nga ginahadlukan nga mapatay masanagan.

Ginoo, hatagan mo sila sing dako gid nga kalipay. Magakalipay sila sa imo presensya pareho sa mga tawo nga nagakalipay kon tig-alani ukon pareho sa mga tawo nga nagakalipay sa ila nga pagpartida sang mga pagkabutang nga naagaw nila sa inaway. Kay hilwayon mo sila sa mga nagapigos sa ila. Pareho sila sa sapat nga balion mo ang gota nga iya ginapas-an kag ang baston nga ginahanot sa iya. Ang imo himuon sa ila pareho sa imo ginhimo sadto anay sang napierdi ang mga taga-Midian.[b] Magakalipay man sila kay mauntat na ang pag-ilinaway. Pagasunugon ang mga uniporme sang mga soldado nga nabulit sang dugo, pati na ang ila mga botas.

Matawo ang isa ka bata nga lalaki kag magahari siya sa amon. Pagatawgon siya, “Makatilingala nga Manuglaygay,[c] Makagagahom nga Dios, Wala sing Katapusan nga Amay, kag Pangulo nga Nagapaluntad sang Kalinong!” Wala sing katapusan ang pag-uswag sang iya pagdumala, kag permi lang ini may kalinong. Magapanubli siya sang ginharian ni David. Palig-unon niya ini kag pagaharian nga may hustisya kag pagkamatarong sa wala sing katapusan. Siguraduhon gid sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom nga matuman ini.

Ang Kaakig sang Dios sa Israel

Nagsiling ang Ginoo nga silutan niya ang Israel, ang mga kaliwat ni Jacob. Kag nahibaluan[d] ini sang tanan nga tawo sa Israel,[e] pati na sa Samaria nga iya kapital. Karon nagapabugal pa sila kag nagapahambog nga nagasiling, 10 “Nagkalarumpag ang amon mga balay nga hinimo halin sa tisa[f] kag kahoy nga sikomoro, pero ilisan namon ini sang mabakod kag matahom nga mga balay nga hinimo halin sa bato nga binasbasan kag kahoy nga sedro.”

11 Gani ipasalakay sila sang Ginoo sa mga taga-Asiria, nga mga kaaway ni Haring Rezin. 12 Laglagon sila sang mga Arameanhon[g] sa sidlangan kag sang mga Filistinhon sa nakatundan, nga pareho sa mabangis nga sapat nga handa na sa paglamon. Pero ang kaakig sang Ginoo indi pa gid mag-untat. Handa pa gihapon siya sa pagsilot sa ila.

13 Pero ang katawhan sang Israel indi gihapon magbalik sa Ginoo nga Makagagahom nga nagsilot sa ila. 14 Gani sa hinali lang[h] silutan sang Ginoo ang bug-os nga Israel. Mangin pareho sila sa sapat nga utdan sang ikog kag ulo. 15 Ang ulo amo ang mga manugdumala kag mga dungganon nga mga tawo, kag ang ikog amo ang butigon nga mga propeta. 16 Ang mga nagapangulo sa katawhan sang Israel nagapatalang sa ila, kag ini nga katawhan nagatalang-talang. 17 Gani indi malipay ang Ginoo sa ila pamatan-on nga mga lalaki, kag indi niya pagkaluoyan ang ila mga ilo kag mga balo nga babayi. Kay ang tanan malaot kag indi diosnon; puro makahuluya ang ila ginapanghambal.

Pero ang kaakig sang Ginoo indi pa gid mag-untat. Handa pa gihapon siya sa pagsilot sa ila. 18 Kay ang ila kalautan pareho sa kalayo nga nagasunog sang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy. Nagadabadaba ini pareho sa kalayo nga nagasunog sang kakahuyan, kag ang madamol nga aso nagatub-ok paibabaw. 19 Tungod sa kaakig sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, masunog ang ila duta, kag mangin gatong sila nga lamunon sang kalayo.

Indi nila pagkaluoyan bisan ang ila kapareho nga Israelinhon. 20 Bisan ano nga pagkaon ang ila makita sa palibot kuhaon nila kag kaunon, pero indi gihapon sila mabusog. Pagakaunon nila pati ang ila mga kabataan.[i] 21 Magaaway ang Manase kag ang Efraim, kag dayon sila nga duha magasalakay sa Juda. Pero ang kaakig sang Ginoo indi pa gid mag-untat. Handa pa gihapon siya sa pagsilot sa ila.

Footnotes

  1. 9:1 alagyan pakadto sa dagat: ukon, malapit sa dagat.
  2. 9:4 sang napierdi ang mga taga-Midian: Tan-awa ang estorya sa Huk. 7–8.
  3. 9:6 Makatilingala nga Manuglaygay: ukon, Makatilingala, Manuglaygay.
  4. 9:9 nahibaluan: ukon, mahibaluan.
  5. 9:9 Israel: Tan-awa ang footnote sa 7:2.
  6. 9:10 tisa: sa English, brick.
  7. 9:12 Arameanhon: ukon, Syrianhon.
  8. 9:14 sa hinali lang: sa literal, sa sulod sang isa ka adlaw.
  9. 9:20 kabataan: ukon, mga butkon. Sa iban nga mga kopya sang Septuagint, utod ukon paryente. Sa Targum, isigkatawo.

[a]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom(A) for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,(B) but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

The people walking in darkness(C)
    have seen a great light;(D)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(E)
    a light has dawned.(F)
You have enlarged the nation(G)
    and increased their joy;(H)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.(I)
For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(J)
    you have shattered(K)
the yoke(L) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,(M)
    the rod of their oppressor.(N)
Every warrior’s boot used in battle
    and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,(O)
    will be fuel for the fire.
For to us a child is born,(P)
    to us a son is given,(Q)
    and the government(R) will be on his shoulders.(S)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,(T) Mighty God,(U)
    Everlasting(V) Father,(W) Prince of Peace.(X)
Of the greatness of his government(Y) and peace(Z)
    there will be no end.(AA)
He will reign(AB) on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice(AC) and righteousness(AD)
    from that time on and forever.(AE)
The zeal(AF) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

The Lord has sent a message(AG) against Jacob;
    it will fall on Israel.
All the people will know it—
    Ephraim(AH) and the inhabitants of Samaria(AI)
who say with pride
    and arrogance(AJ) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(AK)
the fig(AL) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.(AM)
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(AN) foes against them
    and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(AO) from the east and Philistines(AP) from the west
    have devoured(AQ) Israel with open mouth.

Yet for all this, his anger(AR) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(AS)

13 But the people have not returned(AT) to him who struck(AU) them,
    nor have they sought(AV) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed(AW) in a single day;(AX)
15 the elders(AY) and dignitaries(AZ) are the head,
    the prophets(BA) who teach lies(BB) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(BC) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.(BD)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(BE)
    nor will he pity(BF) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(BG) and wicked,(BH)
    every mouth speaks folly.(BI)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(BJ)

18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(BK)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(BL)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(BM)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(BN) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(BO)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(BP)
    they will not spare one another.(BQ)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(BR)
on the left they will eat,(BS)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[b]:
21     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(BT)
    together they will turn against Judah.(BU)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(BV)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.
  2. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.