Isaias 10
Magandang Balita Biblia
10 Mapapahamak kayo, mga gumagawa ng hindi makatarungang batas na umaapi sa mga tao,
2 upang pagkaitan ng katarungan ang mga nangangailangan,
upang alisan ng karapatan ang mahihirap,
at upang pagsamantalahan ang mga biyuda at ulila.
3 Ano ang gagawin ninyo sa araw ng pagpaparusa,
pagdating ng pagkawasak na magmumula sa malayo?
Kanino kayo lalapit upang humingi ng tulong,
at kanino ninyo iiwanan ang inyong kayamanan,
4 upang hindi kayo mabilanggo, o mamatay sa labanan?
Sa kabila ng lahat ng ito, hindi nawawala ang kanyang poot;
patuloy niyang paparusahan ang kanyang bayan.
Ang Layunin ng Diyos at ang Hari ng Asiria
5 Ikaw(A) Asiria ang gagamitin kong pamalo—
ang tungkod ng aking pagkapoot.
6 Isusugo ko siya laban sa isang bayang walang diyos,
isang bayang kinapopootan ko,
upang ito'y wasakin at samsaman ng lahat ng yaman
at tapakang parang putik sa lansangan.
7 Ngunit hindi ganito ang binabalak ng hari ng Asiria,
wala nga ito sa isipan niya.
Ang layunin niya'y wasakin ang maraming bansa.
8 Ang sabi niya:
“Hindi ba't pawang hari ang aking mga pinuno?
9 Ano ang pagkakaiba ng Calno sa Carquemis?
Ng Hamat sa Arpad,
at ng Samaria sa Damasco?
10 Kung paanong pinarusahan ko ang mga kahariang sumasamba sa mga diyus-diyosan;
na higit na marami ang mga larawang inanyuan kaysa naroon sa Jerusalem at Samaria,
11 hindi ko rin ba gagawin sa Jerusalem at sa mga diyus-diyosan nito,
ang ginawa ko sa Samaria at sa mga imahen nito?”
12 Ngunit kapag natapos na ni Yahweh ang kanyang layunin sa Bundok Zion at sa Jerusalem, paparusahan niya ang hari ng Asiria dahil sa kanyang kayabangan, kataasan at kapalaluan.
13 Sapagkat ang sabi niya:
“Nagawa ko iyan dahil sa taglay kong lakas at karunungan,
inalis ko ang hangganan ng mga bansa,
at sinamsam ko ang kanilang mga kayamanan;
ibinagsak ko sa lupa ang mga nakaupo sa trono.
14 Kinamkam ko ang kayamanan ng mga bansa na parang nasa isang pugad.
Tinipon ko ang buong lupa
tulad ng pagtipon sa mga itlog na iniwanan,
wala man lamang pakpak na nagbalak lumipad,
walang bibig na bumubuka o huning narinig.”
15 Mas magaling pa ba ang palakol kaysa taong may hawak nito?
Mas mahalaga ba ang lagari kaysa taong gumagamit nito?
Ang tungkod pa ba ang bubuhat sa may hawak nito?
16 Kaya nga padadalhan ni Yahweh, ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon,
ng mapaminsalang sakit ang magigiting niyang mandirigma,
at sa ilalim ng kanilang mga kasuotan, mag-aapoy sa init ang kanilang katawan,
parang sigang maglalagablab nang walang katapusan.
17 Ang ilaw ng Israel ay magiging apoy,
ang Banal na Diyos ay magniningas,
at susunugin niya sa loob ng isang araw
maging ang mga tinik at dawag.
18 Wawasakin niya ang kanyang mga gubat at bukirin,
kung paanong winasak ng sakit ang katawan at kaluluwa ng tao.
19 Ilan lamang ang matitirang punongkahoy sa gubat,
ang mga ito'y mabibilang kahit ng isang batang musmos.
Ang Pagbabalik ng mga Natirang Sambahayan ng Israel
20 Sa araw na iyon ang matitira sa bansang Israel at Juda ay hindi na aasa sa mga nagpahirap sa kanila. Kay Yahweh lamang, sa Banal na Diyos ng Israel, sila mananalig nang buong katapatan. 21 Ang mga natira sa sambahayan ni Jacob ay magbabalik sa Diyos na Makapangyarihan, 22 sapagkat(B) kung sindami man ng buhangin sa dagat ang mga Israelita, ilan lamang ang makakabalik. Nakatakda na ang pagwasak sa iyo ayon sa nararapat. 23 Sa takdang panahon, ang buong bansa ay wawakasan ni Yahweh, ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon.
24 Kaya ganito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon: “O bayan kong naninirahan sa Zion, huwag kang matakot sa mga taga-Asiria kung ikaw ma'y hampasin nila o pahirapan tulad ng ginawa sa iyo ng mga taga-Egipto. 25 Sapagkat hindi magtatagal at lilipas na ang galit ko sa iyo, at sa kanila ko ibabaling ang aking poot. 26 At hahagupitin ko sila tulad ng puksain ko ang mga Midianita sa Bato ng Oreb. Itataas ko ang aking tungkod sa ibabaw ng dagat tulad ng ginawa ko sa mga taga-Egipto. 27 Sa araw na iyon aalisin sa iyong balikat ang pahirap na ginagawa ng Asiria at wawasakin na ang pamatok sa iyong leeg.”
Sumalakay siya buhat sa Rimon.
28 At nakarating na sa Aiat,[a]
lumampas na siya sa Migron
at iniwan sa Micmas ang kanyang dala-dalahan.
29 Nakatawid na sila sa tawiran,
at sa Geba magpapalipas ng gabi.
Nanginginig ang mga taga-Rama
at tumakas na ang mga taga-Gibea na kababayan ni Saul.
30 Sumigaw kayo ng malakas, mga taga-Galim!
Makinig kayo, mga taga-Laisa;
sumagot kayo, taga-Anatot!
31 Tumatakas na ang Madmena,
nag-alisan na ang mga taga-Gebim para sa kanilang kaligtasan.
32 Sa araw na ito darating sa Nob ang kaaway,
ibinigay na niya ang hudyat
na salakayin ang Bundok ng Zion,
ang Burol ng Jerusalem.
33 Masdan ninyo si Yahweh, ang Makapangyarihang Panginoon!
Sa pamamagitan ng nakakapangilabot na lakas,
ibubuwal niya ang pinakamatataas na puno.
Ibinabagsak niya ang mga palalo.
34 Ibinubuwal niya ang mga punongkahoy sa kagubatan sa pamamagitan ng palakol,
bagsak na ang Lebanon at ang matatayog nitong punongkahoy.
Footnotes
- Isaias 10:28 Aiat: o kaya'y Ai .
Isaiah 10
English Standard Version
10 Woe to those who (A)decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who (B)keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (C)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 What will you do on (D)the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come (E)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
(F)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
Judgment on Arrogant Assyria
5 Woe to Assyria, (G)the rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a (H)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (I)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (J)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he (K)does not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;
8 for he says:
(L)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (M)Is not (N)Calno like (O)Carchemish?
Is not (P)Hamath like (Q)Arpad?
(R)Is not (S)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (T)the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (U)her idols
(V)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 (W)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (X)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (Y)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”
15 Shall (Z)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
will send wasting sickness among his (AA)stout warriors,
and under his glory (AB)a burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire.
17 (AC)The light of Israel will become a fire,
and (AD)his Holy One a flame,
and (AE)it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers (AF)in one day.
18 The glory of (AG)his forest and of his (AH)fruitful land
the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write them down.
The Remnant of Israel Will Return
20 (AI)In that day (AJ)the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more (AK)lean on him who struck them, but (AL)will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, (AM)to the mighty God. 22 (AN)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, (AO)only a remnant of them will return. (AP)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, (AQ)who dwell in Zion, (AR)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as (AS)the Egyptians did. 25 For (AT)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And (AU)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck (AV)Midian (AW)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it (AX)as he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day (AY)his burden will depart from your shoulder, and (AZ)his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[c]
28 He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through (BA)Migron;
at Michmash he stores (BB)his baggage;
29 they have crossed over (BC)the pass;
at (BD)Geba they lodge for the night;
(BE)Ramah trembles;
(BF)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, O daughter of (BG)Gallim!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor (BH)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at (BI)Nob;
he will shake his fist
at the mount of (BJ)the daughter of Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
(BK)will lop (BL)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down (BM)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and (BN)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit
- Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Isaiah 10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 Woe to those enacting crooked statutes
and writing oppressive laws
2 to keep the poor from getting a fair trial
and to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,
so that widows can be their spoil
and they can plunder the fatherless.
3 What will you do on the day of punishment
when devastation comes from far away?
Who will you run to for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?
4 There will be nothing to do
except crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.
Assyria, the Instrument of Wrath
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.
6 I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for My rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,
and to trample them down like clay(A) in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends;
this is not what he plans.
It is his intent to destroy
and to cut off many nations.
8 For he says,
“Aren’t all my commanders kings?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
Isn’t Samaria(B) like Damascus?[a]
10 As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms,
whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 and as I did to Samaria and its idols
will I not also do to Jerusalem and its idols?”
Judgment on Assyria
12 But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I[b] will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.” 13 For he said:
I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.[c]
14 My hand has reached out, as if into a nest,
to seize the wealth of the nations.
Like one gathering abandoned eggs,
I gathered the whole earth.
No wing fluttered;
no beak opened or chirped.
15 Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts[d] it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
17 Israel’s Light will become a fire,
and its Holy One, a flame.
In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
18 He will completely destroy
the glory of its forests and orchards
as a sickness consumes a person.
19 The remaining trees of its forest
will be so few in number
that a child could count them.
The Remnant Will Return
20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who struck them, but they will faithfully depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.(C)
21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
to the Mighty God.
22 Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.(D)
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.
23 For throughout the land
the Lord God of Hosts
is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.
24 Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though he strikes you with a rod and raises his staff over you as the Egyptians did. 25 In just a little while My wrath will be spent and My anger will turn to their destruction.” 26 And the Lord of Hosts will brandish a whip against him as He did when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb;(E) and He will raise His staff over the sea as He did in Egypt.
God Will Judge Assyria
27 On that day
his burden will fall from your shoulders,
and his yoke from your neck.
The yoke will be broken because of fatness.[e]
28 Assyria has come to Aiath
and has gone through Migron,
storing his equipment at Michmash.
29 They crossed over at the ford, saying,
“We will spend the night at Geba.”
The people of Ramah are trembling;
those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.
30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Anathoth is miserable.
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Today he will stand at Nob,
shaking his fist at the mountain of Daughter Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Look, the Lord God of Hosts
will chop off the branches with terrifying power,
and the tall trees will be cut down,
the high trees felled.
34 He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,
and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:9 Cities conquered by Assyria
- Isaiah 10:12 LXX reads Jerusalem, He
- Isaiah 10:13 Or I brought down their kings
- Isaiah 10:15 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read wave he who lifts
- Isaiah 10:27 Hb obscure
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