Isaias 48
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Yahweh ang Diyos ng Panahong Darating
48 Dinggin mo ito, O bayang Israel, kayong nagmula sa lahi ni Juda,
sumumpa kayong maglilingkod kay Yahweh,
at sasambahin ang Diyos ng Israel,
ngunit hindi kayo naging tapat sa kanya.
2 Ipinagmamalaki ninyong kayo'y nakatira sa banal na lunsod;
at kayo'y umaasa sa Diyos ng Israel;
ang pangalan niya ay Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat.
3 Sinabi ni Yahweh sa Israel,
“Noong una pa'y alam ko na kung ano ang mangyayari. Pagkatapos ay bigla ko itong isinakatuparan.
4 Alam kong matitigas ang inyong ulo,
may leeg na parang bakal at noo na parang tanso.
5 Kaya noon pa,
ipinahayag ko na ang mangyayari sa iyo,
upang kung maganap na'y huwag ninyong isipin
na ang mga diyus-diyosan ang may gawa nito.
6 “Lahat ng pahayag ko ay pawang natupad,
inyo nang kilalanin ang katotohanan nito.
Ngayo'y may ihahayag akong bago,
mga bagay na hindi ko inihayag noon.
7 Ngayon ko pa lamang ito gagawin;
wala pang pangyayaring katulad nito noon
para hindi ninyo masabing ito'y alam na ninyo.
8 Alam kong hindi kayo mapagkakatiwalaan,
sapagkat lagi na lamang kayong naghihimagsik.
Kaya tungkol dito'y wala kayong alam,
kahit kapirasong balita'y walang natatanggap.
9 “Dahil na rin sa karangalan ko,
ako ay nagpigil,
dahil dito'y hindi ko na kayo lilipulin.
10 Sinubok ko kayo sa pamamagitan ng kahirapan,
kung paanong ang pilak ay dinadalisay sa apoy;
ngunit kayo'y napatunayang hindi nararapat.
11 Ang ginawa ko'y para na rin sa sariling kapakanan,
paghamak sa ngalan ko'y hindi ko pahihintulutan.
Ang karangalan ko'y tanging akin lamang,
walang makakahati kahit na sinuman.”
Si Ciro ang Pinunong Pinili ni Yahweh
12 Sinabi(A) ni Yahweh,
“Makinig ka sa akin, O Israel, bayang aking hinirang!
Ako lamang ang Diyos;
ako ang simula at ang wakas.
13 Ako ang lumikha sa pundasyon ng daigdig,
ako rin ang naglatag sa sangkalangitan;
kapag sila'y aking tinawag, agad silang tutugon.
14 “Magsama-sama kayo at makinig!
Walang nakaaalam isa man sa mga diyus-diyosan,
na ang hinirang ko ang lulusob sa Babilonia;
at gagawin niya ang lahat ng ipapagawa ko.
15 Ako ang tumawag sa kanya,
pinatnubayan ko siya at pinagtagumpay.
16 Kayo ay lumapit at pakinggan ang aking sasabihin.
Sa mula't mula pa'y hayagan ako kung magsalita
at ang sabihin ko'y aking ginagawa.”
Sa kapangyarihan ng espiritu ng Panginoong Yahweh, ako'y kanyang sinugo.
Ang Plano ni Yahweh sa Kanyang Bayan
17 Ganito ang sabi ng Banal na Diyos ng Israel,
ni Yahweh na sa iyo'y tumubos:
“Ako ang iyong Diyos na si Yahweh.
Tuturuan kita para sa iyong kabutihan,
papatnubayan kita sa daan na dapat mong lakaran.
18 “Kung sinusunod mo lang ang aking mga utos,
pagpapala sana'y dadaloy sa iyo,
parang ilog na hindi natutuyo ang agos.
Tagumpay mo sana ay sunud-sunod,
parang along gumugulong sa dalampasigan.
19 Ang iyong lahi ay magiging sindami sana ng buhangin sa dagat,
at tinitiyak kong hindi sila mapapahamak.”
20 Lisanin(B) ninyo ang Babilonia, takasan ninyo ang Caldea!
Buong galak na inyong ihayag sa lahat ng lugar
na iniligtas ni Yahweh ang lingkod niyang si Israel.
21 Nang patnubayan ni Yahweh ang bayang Israel, sa pagtawid sa malawak at mainit na disyerto,
hindi ito nauhaw bahagya man
sapagkat binutas niya ang isang malaking bato, at ang tubig ay bumukal.
22 Ang(C) sabi ni Yahweh, “Walang kapayapaan ang mga makasalanan!”
Isaiah 48
New King James Version
Israel Refined for God’s Glory
48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (A)not in truth or in righteousness;
2 For they call themselves (B)after the holy city,
And (C)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
3 “I have (D)declared the former things from the beginning;
They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it.
Suddenly I did them, (E)and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that you were [a]obstinate,
And (F)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
6 “You have heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7 They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
8 Surely you did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
And were called (G)a transgressor from the womb.
9 “For(H) My name’s sake (I)I will [b]defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
10 Behold, (J)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (K)furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For (L)how should My name be profaned?
And (M)I will not give My glory to another.
God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, (N)I am the (O)First,
I am also the Last.
13 Indeed (P)My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When (Q)I call to them,
They stand up together.
14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(R)The Lord loves him;
(S)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, (T)I have called him,
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
(U)I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now (V)the Lord God and His Spirit
[c]Have sent Me.”
17 Thus says (W)the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
(X)Who leads you by the way you should go.
18 (Y)Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
(Z)Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 (AA)Your descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”
20 (AB)Go forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has (AC)redeemed
His servant Jacob!”
21 And they (AD)did not thirst
When He led them through the deserts;
He (AE)caused the waters to flow from the rock for them;
He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 “There(AF) is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:4 Heb. hard
- Isaiah 48:9 delay
- Isaiah 48:16 Heb. verb is sing.; or Has sent Me and His Spirit
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
