Isaias 34
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Parurusahan ng Dios ang Kanyang mga Kaaway
34 Kayong mga bansa, lumapit kayo at makinig nang mabuti. Makinig ang buong mundo at ang lahat ng nasa kanya. 2 Sapagkat galit ang Panginoon sa lahat ng bansa; galit siya sa kanilang mga kawal. Ganap niyang lilipulin ang mga ito. Papatayin niya silang lahat. 3 Hindi ililibing ang kanilang mga bangkay kaya aalingasaw ito, at ang mga bundok ay mamumula dahil sa kanilang dugo. 4 Matutunaw ang lahat ng bagay sa langit, at ang langit ay mawawala na parang kasulatan na nairolyo. Mahuhulog ang mga bituin na parang mga dahon ng ubas o ng igos na nalalanta at nalalagas. 5 Pagkatapos gamitin ng Panginoon ang kanyang espada sa langit, tatama naman ito sa Edom para parusahan at lipulin. 6 Ang espada ng Panginoon ay mapupuno ng dugo at taba, na parang ginamit sa pagkatay ng mga kambing at tupang ihahandog, sapagkat papatayin ng Panginoon ang mga taga-Bozra bilang handog. Marami ang kanyang papatayin sa iba pang mga lungsod ng Edom. 7 Papatayin din na parang mga toro ang kanilang mga makapangyarihang mamamayan. Ang kanilang lupain ay mapupuno ng dugo at taba. 8 Sapagkat ang Panginoon ay may itinakdang araw upang maghiganti sa kanyang mga kaaway para tulungan ang Zion. 9 Ang mga sapa at ang lupa sa Edom ay masisira.[a] Ang buong bansa ay masusunog at hindi na mapapakinabangan. 10 At hindi ito mapapatay araw at gabi. Ang usok nitoʼy papailanlang magpakailanman. Wala nang titira o dadaan man lang sa Edom kahit kailan. 11 Magiging tirahan ito ng mga kuwago at mga uwak. Nasa plano na ng Panginoon na ipadanas sa lupaing ito ang kaguluhan at kapahamakan. 12 At tatawagin itong, “Walang Kwentang Kaharian.” Mawawala ang lahat ng pinuno nito. 13 Tutubo ang matitinik na mga halaman sa mga napapaderang lungsod at matitibay na bahagi nito. Maninirahan doon ang mga kuwago at mga asong-gubat. 14 Magsasama-sama roon ang mga asong-gubat kasama ng iba pang hayop sa gubat. Tatawagin ng mga maiilap na kambing ang mga kasamahan nila roon. At ang mga malignong lumalabas kapag gabi ay pupunta roon para magpahinga. 15 Ang mga kuwago ay magpupugad doon, mangingitlog, mamimisa, at iingatan nila ang kanilang mga inakay sa ilalim ng kanilang mga pakpak. Ang mga uwak ay pares-pares na magtitipon roon.
16 Tingnan ninyo ang aklat ng Panginoon at basahin. Wala ni isa man sa mga sinabi ko ang hindi matutupad. Walang mawawala ni isa man sa mga hayop na iyon, at wala ni isa man sa mga ito ang walang kapares, sapagkat iyan ang ipinasya ng Panginoon, at siya mismo[b] ang magtitipon sa kanila. 17 Siya ang magbibigay sa mga hayop ng lupa na kanilang titirhan. Mapapasakanila ito magpakailanman, at doon sila titira magpakailanman.
Isaiah 34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
F. The Lord, Zion’s Avenger[a]
Chapter 34
Judgment upon Edom
1 Come near, nations, and listen;
be attentive, you peoples!
Let the earth and what fills it listen,
the world and all it produces.(A)
2 The Lord is angry with all the nations,
enraged against all their host;
He has placed them under the ban,
given them up to slaughter.(B)
3 Their slain shall be cast out,
their corpses shall send up a stench;
the mountains shall run with their blood,(C)
4 All the host of heaven shall rot;
the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll.
All their host shall wither away,
as the leaf wilts on the vine,
or as the fig withers on the tree.(D)
5 When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,
it shall come down upon Edom for judgment,
upon a people under my ban.(E)
6 The Lord has a sword sated with blood,
greasy with fat,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams’ kidneys;
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.(F)
7 Wild oxen shall be struck down with fatlings,
and bullocks with bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
and their soil greasy with fat.
8 [b]For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of requital for the cause of Zion.(G)
9 Edom’s streams shall be changed into pitch,
its soil into sulfur,
and its land shall become burning pitch;
10 Night and day it shall not be quenched,
its smoke shall rise forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste,
never again shall anyone pass through it.(H)
11 But the desert owl and hoot owl shall possess it,
the screech owl and raven shall dwell in it.
The Lord will stretch over it the measuring line of chaos,
the plumb line of confusion.[c](I)
12 Its nobles shall be no more,
nor shall kings be proclaimed there;
all its princes are gone.(J)
13 Its castles shall be overgrown with thorns,
its fortresses with thistles and briers.
It shall become an abode for jackals,
a haunt for ostriches.(K)
14 Wildcats shall meet with desert beasts,
satyrs[d] shall call to one another;
There shall the lilith repose,
and find for herself a place to rest.
15 There the hoot owl shall nest and lay eggs,
hatch them out and gather them in her shadow;
There shall the kites assemble,
each with its mate.
16 Search through the book of the Lord[e] and read:
not one of these shall be lacking,
For the mouth of the Lord has ordered it,
and his spirit gathers them there.
17 It is he who casts the lot for them;
his hand measures off[f] their portions;
They shall possess it forever,
and dwell in it from generation to generation.(L)
Footnotes
- 34:1–35:10 These two chapters form a small collection which looks forward to the vindication of Zion, first by defeat of its enemies (chap. 34), then by its restoration (chap. 35). They are generally judged to be later than the time of Isaiah (eighth century), perhaps during the Babylonian exile or thereafter; they are strongly influenced by Deutero-Isaiah (sixth century). In places they reflect themes from other parts of the Isaian collection.
- 34:8–17 The extreme hostility against Edom in this passage is reflected in a number of other prophetic texts from the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. (cf. e.g., 63:1–6; Jer 49:7–22; Ez 25:12–14). The animus was probably prompted by Edomite infiltration of the southern territories of Judah, especially after the Babylonian conquest of Judah.
- 34:11 Chaos…confusion: tohu…bohu in Hebrew, the terms used to describe the primeval chaos in Gn 1:2.
- 34:14 Satyrs: see note on 13:21. The lilith: a female demon thought to roam about the desert.
- 34:16 Book of the Lord: a list of God’s creatures; cf. Ex 32:32–33; Ps 69:29, “the book of the living”; Ps 139:16, “your book.”
- 34:17 Casts the lot…measures off: an ironic reference to how land might be distributed to new possessors (cf. Jos 14–21; Mi 2:5).
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