Isaiah 41
New International Version
The Helper of Israel
41 “Be silent(A) before me, you islands!(B)
Let the nations renew their strength!(C)
Let them come forward(D) and speak;
let us meet together(E) at the place of judgment.
2 “Who has stirred(F) up one from the east,(G)
calling him in righteousness(H) to his service[a]?(I)
He hands nations over to him
and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust(J) with his sword,
to windblown chaff(K) with his bow.(L)
3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed,(M)
by a path his feet have not traveled before.
4 Who has done this and carried it through,
calling(N) forth the generations from the beginning?(O)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
and with the last(P)—I am he.(Q)”
5 The islands(R) have seen it and fear;
the ends of the earth(S) tremble.
They approach and come forward;
6 they help each other
and say to their companions, “Be strong!(T)”
7 The metalworker(U) encourages the goldsmith,(V)
and the one who smooths with the hammer
spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.(W)
8 “But you, Israel, my servant,(X)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,(Y)
you descendants of Abraham(Z) my friend,(AA)
9 I took you from the ends of the earth,(AB)
from its farthest corners I called(AC) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;(AD)
I have chosen(AE) you and have not rejected you.
10 So do not fear,(AF) for I am with you;(AG)
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen(AH) you and help(AI) you;
I will uphold you(AJ) with my righteous right hand.(AK)
11 “All who rage(AL) against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;(AM)
those who oppose(AN) you
will be as nothing and perish.(AO)
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.(AP)
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing(AQ) at all.
13 For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand(AR)
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help(AS) you.
14 Do not be afraid,(AT) you worm(AU) Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help(AV) you,” declares the Lord,
your Redeemer,(AW) the Holy One(AX) of Israel.
15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,(AY)
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains(AZ) and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.(BA)
16 You will winnow(BB) them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale(BC) will blow them away.(BD)
But you will rejoice(BE) in the Lord
and glory(BF) in the Holy One(BG) of Israel.
17 “The poor and needy search for water,(BH)
but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.(BI)
But I the Lord will answer(BJ) them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake(BK) them.
18 I will make rivers flow(BL) on barren heights,
and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(BM) into pools of water,(BN)
and the parched ground into springs.(BO)
19 I will put in the desert(BP)
the cedar and the acacia,(BQ) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(BR) in the wasteland,
the fir and the cypress(BS) together,(BT)
20 so that people may see and know,(BU)
may consider and understand,(BV)
that the hand(BW) of the Lord has done this,
that the Holy One(BX) of Israel has created(BY) it.
21 “Present your case,(BZ)” says the Lord.
“Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.(CA)
22 “Tell us, you idols,
what is going to happen.(CB)
Tell us what the former things(CC) were,
so that we may consider them
and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,(CD)
23 tell us what the future holds,
so we may know(CE) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,(CF)
so that we will be dismayed(CG) and filled with fear.
24 But you are less than nothing(CH)
and your works are utterly worthless;(CI)
whoever chooses you is detestable.(CJ)
25 “I have stirred(CK) up one from the north,(CL) and he comes—
one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(CM) on rulers as if they were mortar,
as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,(CN) so we could know,
or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
no one foretold(CO) it,
no one heard any words(CP) from you.
27 I was the first to tell(CQ) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.(CR)
28 I look but there is no one(CS)—
no one among the gods to give counsel,(CT)
no one to give answer(CU) when I ask them.
29 See, they are all false!
Their deeds amount to nothing;(CV)
their images(CW) are but wind(CX) and confusion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step
Isaias 41
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Tutulungan ng Dios ang Israel
41 Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Kayong mga mamamayan sa malalayong lugar, tumahimik kayo at makinig sa akin. Kayong mga bansa, lakasan ninyo ang inyong loob, lumapit kayo sa akin at sabihin ang inyong mga reklamo. Magtipon-tipon tayo at pag-usapan natin ito. 2 Sino ang nagpadala ng isang tao mula sa silangan at nagbigay sa kanya ng tagumpay sa pakikipaglaban, saan man siya pumunta? Sino ang nagpasakop sa kanya ng mga hari at mga bansa? Winasak niya ang mga bansa at pinatay ang mga hari nito sa pamamagitan ng espada at pana. At ang mga itoʼy naging parang mga alikabok na tinangay ng hangin. 3 Hinabol niya sila at walang humarang sa kanya kahit sa mga lugar na hindi pa niya napupuntahan. 4 Sino ang gumawa ng lahat ng ito? Sino ang nagpanukala ng lahat ng mga mangyayari mula pa noong unang henerasyon? Hindi baʼt ako? Akong Panginoon ay naroon noong sinimulan ang mundo, at naroroon din ako hanggang sa katapusan nito. 5 Nakita ng mga tao sa malalayong lugar ang aking mga gawa, at nanginig sila sa takot. Nagtipon sila, 6 at ang bawat isa ay nagtulungan at nagpalakas sa isaʼt isa. 7 Ang mga karpintero, platero, at ang iba pang mga manggagawa na gumagawa ng mga dios-diosan ay nagpalakas sa isaʼt isa na nagsasabi, ‘Maganda ang pagkakagawa natin.’ Pagkatapos, ipinako nila ang ginawa nilang rebulto sa lalagyan nito para hindi mabuwal.
8 “Pero ikaw, Israel, na aking lingkod at pinili na mula sa lahi ni Abraham na aking kaibigan, 9 tinawag kita at kinuha mula sa pinakamalayong dako ng mundo. Sinabi ko sa iyo na ikaw ay aking lingkod. Pinili kita at hindi itinakwil. 10 Huwag kang mangamba dahil ako ang Dios mo. Palalakasin kita at tutulungan. Iingatan kita sa pamamagitan ng aking kapangyarihan na siya ring makapagliligtas sa iyo. 11 Ang lahat ng nagagalit sa iyo ay tiyak na mapapahiya at malilito. Ang mga lumalaban sa iyo ay mapapahamak. 12 At kahit hanapin mo ang iyong mga kaaway hindi mo na sila makikita. Silang mga kumakalaban sa iyo ay magiging walang kabuluhan. 13 Sapagkat ako ang Panginoon na iyong Dios. Ako ang nagpapalakas sa iyo at nagsasabing huwag kang matatakot dahil tutulungan kita. 14 Kahit na maliit ka at mahina,[a] huwag kang matatakot dahil ako mismo ang tutulong sa iyo. Ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagsasabi nito. Ako ang iyong Tagapagligtas, ang Banal na Dios ng Israel. 15 Makinig ka! Gagawin kitang parang bagong panggiik, matalim at maraming ngipin. Gigiikin mo at dudurugin ang mga bundok at burol. Gagawin mo ito na parang ipa. 16 Tatahipan mo sila at tatangayin sila ng hangin; ikakalat sila ng malakas na hangin. Pero ikaw ay magagalak sa Panginoon; magpupuri ka sa Banal na Dios ng Israel.
17 “Kapag nangangailangan ng tubig ang mga mamamayan kong dukha, at wala silang matagpuan, at kapag natutuyo na ang mga lalamunan nila sa uhaw, akong Panginoon ang tutulong sa kanila. Akong Dios ng Israel ay hindi magpapabaya sa kanila. 18 Paaagusin ko ang tubig sa batis, dadaloy ito sa mga tuyong burol at magkakaroon ng mga bukal sa mga lambak. Gagawin kong tubigan ang ilang at ang mga lupang tigang ay magkakaroon ng mga bukal. 19 Patutubuin ko sa ilang ang mga puno ng sedro, akasya, mirto, olibo, pino, enebro, at sipres,[b] 20 para makita, malaman, at maunawaan ng mga tao na ang lumikha nito ay ako, ang Panginoon, ang Banal na Dios ng Israel.”
Walang Kabuluhan ang mga Dios-diosan
21 Sinabi ng Panginoon, ang Hari ng Israel,[c] sa mga dios-diosan, “Sige, magreklamo kayo at mangatuwiran! 22-23 Lumapit kayo at sabihin sa amin kung ano ang mga mangyayari sa hinaharap. Sabihin ninyo sa amin ang mga sinabi nʼyo noon na mangyayari para malaman namin kung nangyari nga ito. Sabihin ninyo sa amin kung ano ang mangyayari sa hinaharap para malaman namin na kayo ngaʼy mga dios. Gumawa kayo ng mabuti o ng masama para kami ay magtaka at matakot sa inyo. 24 Pero ang totoo, wala kayong silbi at wala kayong magagawa. Kasuklam-suklam ang mga taong pumili sa inyo para kayo ay sambahin. 25 Pinili ko ang taong mula sa hilaga para mamahala. Dumudulog siya sa akin, at ngayon ay darating siya mula sa silangan. Wawasakin niya ang mga namamahala katulad ng pagyapak ng magpapalayok sa putik[d] na gagawin niyang palayok. 26 Sino sa inyo ang nakahula noong una pa na mangyayari ito para malaman namin at nang masabi naming tama siya? Ni isa man lang sa inyoʼy walang nagsabi, at walang nakarinig na mayroon kayong sinabi. 27 Akong Panginoon ang nagsabi nito noon sa Zion, ang lungsod ng Jerusalem. Nagpadala ako ng isang mensahero para ibalita ang magandang balita na nandiyan na ang tutulong sa kanila. 28 Tiningnan ko kung may dios-diosan na makapagpapayo pero wala akong nakita. Ni isa sa kanilaʼy walang makasagot sa mga tanong ko. 29 Lahat ng mga dios-diosan ay walang kabuluhan, at walang magagawang anuman. Para silang lalagyan na puro hangin ang laman.”
Isaiah 41
New American Standard Bible
Israel Encouraged
41 “(A)Listen to Me (B)in silence, you coastlands,
And let the peoples (C)gain new strength;
(D)Let them come forward, then let them speak;
(E)Let’s come together for judgment.
2 (F)Who has stirred one from the east
Whom He (G)calls in righteousness to His [a]feet?
He (H)turns nations over to him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like (I)dust with his sword,
Like the wind-driven (J)chaff with his bow.
3 He pursues them, passing on in safety,
By a way he had not been [b]traversing with his feet.
4 (K)Who has performed and accomplished it,
Summoning the generations from the beginning?
‘(L)I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. (M)I am He.’”
5 The (N)coastlands have seen and are afraid;
The (O)ends of the earth tremble;
They have approached and have come.
6 Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 So the (P)craftsman encourages the (Q)smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
(R)So that it will not totter.
8 “But you, Israel, (S)My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of (T)Abraham My (U)friend,
9 You whom I have [c](V)taken from the ends of the earth
And called from its (W)remotest parts,
And said to you, ‘You are (X)My servant,
I have (Y)chosen you and have not rejected you.
10 Do not (Z)fear, for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, (AA)I will also help you,
I will also uphold you with My righteous (AB)right hand.’
11 Behold, (AC)all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
(AD)Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12 (AE)You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
13 For I am the Lord your God (AF)who takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘(AG)Do not fear, I will help you.’
14 Do not fear, you (AH)worm Jacob, you people of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and (AI)your [d]Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
(AJ)You will thresh the (AK)mountains and pulverize them,
And make the hills like chaff.
16 You will (AL)winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will (AM)rejoice in the Lord,
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “The poor and needy are seeking (AN)water, but there is none,
And their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, the Lord, (AO)will answer them Myself;
As the God of Israel I (AP)will not abandon them.
18 I will open (AQ)rivers on the bare heights,
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make (AR)the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land fountains of water.
19 I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia, the (AS)myrtle, and the olive tree;
I will place the (AT)juniper in the desert,
Together with the elm tree and the cypress,
20 So that (AU)they may see and recognize,
And consider and gain insight as well,
That the (AV)hand of the Lord has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 “[e]Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your evidence,”
The (AW)King of Jacob says.
22 (AX)Let them bring them forward and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the (AY)former events, declare what they were,
So that we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;
23 (AZ)Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
So that we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, (BA)do good or evil, that we may be afraid and fear together.
24 Behold, (BB)you are less than nothing,
And (BC)your work is less than nothing!
He who chooses you is an (BD)abomination.
25 “I have put (BE)one from the north into motion, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon [f](BF)mortar,
As the potter treads on clay.”
26 Who has (BG)declared this from the beginning, that we might know?
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
There was (BH)no one at all who declared,
There was no one at all who proclaimed,
There was no one at all who heard your words.
27 “(BI)Previously I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a (BJ)messenger of good news.’
28 But (BK)when I look, there is no one,
And there is no (BL)counselor [g]among them
Who, if I ask, can (BM)give an answer.
29 Behold, all of them are [h]false;
Their (BN)works are (BO)nothing,
Their cast metal images are (BP)wind and emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:2 Lit foot
- Isaiah 41:3 Lit going
- Isaiah 41:9 Lit seized
- Isaiah 41:14 Or Redeemer, the Holy One
- Isaiah 41:21 Lit Bring near
- Isaiah 41:25 I.e., the building material
- Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those
- Isaiah 41:29 Another reading is nothing
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