Isaias 9
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Haring Darating
9 Pero darating ang araw na mawawala rin ang kadiliman sa lupaing nasa kahirapan. Noong una, inilagay ng Panginoon sa kahihiyan ang lupain ng Zebulun at Naftali. Pero darating ang araw na pararangalan niya ang mga lugar na ito na daanan patungo sa lawa[a] at nasa kabila ng Ilog ng Jordan. Ang mga lugar na itoʼy sakop ng Galilea at tinitirhan ng mga hindi Judio. 2 Nabubuhay sa kadiliman ang mga tao roon, ngunit makakakita sila ng matinding liwanag.
Kahit nasa kadiliman sila at natatakot mamatay, maliliwanagan sila.
3 Panginoon, bigyan nʼyo po sila ng malaking kagalakan, at matutuwa sila sa presensya nʼyo katulad ng mga taong natutuwa kapag panahon na ng anihan, o katulad din ng mga taong nagdiriwang sa paghahati-hati nila ng mga nasamsam sa digmaan. 4 Sapagkat palalayain nʼyo sila sa mga umaapi sa kanila. Magiging katulad sila ng mga hayop na binali nʼyo ang pamatok na kahoy na pasan-pasan nila at ang pamalo na ipinapalo sa kanila. Gagawin nʼyo po sa kanila ang ginawa nʼyo noon nang lupigin nʼyo ang mga taga-Midian.[b] 5 Matutuwa sila dahil matitigil na ang mga digmaan. Susunugin na ang mga uniporme ng mga sundalo na puno ng dugo, pati ang kanilang mga bota.
6 Ipapanganak ang isang batang lalaki na maghahari sa amin. Tatawagin siyang, “Kahanga-hangang Tagapayo, Makapangyarihang Dios, Walang Hanggang Ama, at Prinsipe ng Kapayapaan.” 7 Hindi magwawakas ang pag-unlad ng kanyang pamamahala, at maghahari ang kapayapaan. Siya ang magmamana ng kaharian ni David. Patatatagin niya ito at paghahariang may katarungan at katuwiran magpakailanman. Sisiguraduhin ng Panginoong Makapangyarihan na matutupad ito.
Ang Galit ng Dios sa Israel
8 Sinabi ng Panginoon na parurusahan niya ang Israel, ang lahi ni Jacob. 9 At alam[c] ito ng lahat ng tao sa Israel,[d] pati ng mga nasa Samaria na kabisera nito. Pero nagmamataas pa rin sila at payabang na sinasabi, 10 “Mawasak man ang mga itinayo naming bahay na yari sa brik at kahoy na sikomoro, papalitan naman namin ito ng bato at kahoy na sedro.”
11 Kaya ipapasalakay sila ng Panginoon sa mga taga-Asiria na kaaway ni Haring Rezin. 12 Ang Israel ay wawasakin ng mga taga-Aram sa gawing silangan, at ng mga Filisteo sa gawing kanluran, tulad ng mabangis na hayop na sisila sa kanila. Pero hindi pa napapawi ang galit ng Panginoon, kaya nakahanda pa siyang magparusa sa kanila.
13 Dahil ayaw pa ring magbalik-loob ng mga Israelita sa Panginoong Makapangyarihan na nagparusa sa kanila, 14 hindi magtatagal ay paparusahang muli ng Panginoon ang buong Israel. Matutulad sila sa hayop na puputulan ng buntot at ulo. 15 Ang ulo ay ang mga pinuno at ang mga iginagalang na tao, at ang buntot ay ang mga sinungaling na propeta. 16 Ang mga namumuno sa mga mamamayan ng Israel ay ang mga nanlilinlang sa kanila, kaya naliligaw ang mga mamamayan. 17 Dahil dito, hindi nalulugod ang Panginoon sa mga kabataan nilang lalaki, at hindi niya kinakaawaan ang mga ulila nilaʼt mga biyuda. Sapagkat masama ang lahat at hindi makadios; nakakahiya ang lahat ng sinasabi nila.
Kaya hindi pa rin mapapawi ang galit ng Panginoon, at nakahanda pa siyang magparusa sa kanila. 18 Sapagkat ang kasamaan nila ay tulad ng apoy na tumutupok ng mga halamang may tinik. Naglalagablab ito na parang apoy na tumutupok ng mga kahoy, at ang makapal na usok ay pumapailanlang. 19 Dahil sa galit ng Panginoong Makapangyarihan, masusunog ang kanilang lupain, at silaʼy magiging panggatong na lalamunin ng apoy.
Ayaw nilang kaawaan kahit na kapwa nila Israelita. 20 Anumang pagkain ang makita nila ay kukunin nila at kakainin, pero hindi pa rin sila mabubusog. Kaya kakainin na nila pati ang kanilang mga anak.[e] 21 Mag-aaway ang Manase at ang Efraim, at lulusubin nilang dalawa ang Juda. Pero ang galit ng Panginoon ay hindi pa rin mapapawi at nakahanda pa siyang magparusa sa kanila.
Footnotes
- 9:1 daanan patungo sa lawa: o, malapit sa lawa.
- 9:4 noon nang lupigin nʼyo ang mga taga-Midian: Tinutukoy nito ang panalo ni Gideon laban sa bansang Midian noong niligtas ng Dios ang Israel sa dayuhang sumasakop sa kanila (Hukom 7–8).
- 9:9 alam: o, malalaman.
- 9:9 Israel: Tingnan ang footnote sa 7:2.
- 9:20 mga anak: o, mga bisig. Sa ibang mga teksto ng Septuagint, kapatid o, kamag-anak. Sa Targum, kapwa.
Isaiah 9
New International Version
9 [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—
2 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)
3 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)
4 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)
5 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.
6 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)
7 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
8 The Lord has sent a message(AG) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 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.
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
- Isaiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
Isaiah 9
King James Version
9 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
9 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.
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