Isaiah 41
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Israel Assured of God’s Help
41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgement.
2 Who has roused a victor from the east,
summoned him to his service?
He delivers up nations to him,
and tramples kings under foot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
like driven stubble with his bow.
3 He pursues them and passes on safely,
scarcely touching the path with his feet.
4 Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am first,
and will be with the last.
5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid,
the ends of the earth tremble;
they have drawn near and come.
6 Each one helps the other,
saying to one another, ‘Take courage!’
7 The artisan encourages the goldsmith,
and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, ‘It is good’;
and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
8 But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called from its farthest corners,
saying to you, ‘You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you off’;
10 do not fear, for I am with you,
do not be afraid, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
11 Yes, all who are incensed against you
shall be ashamed and disgraced;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 You shall seek those who contend with you,
but you shall not find them;
those who war against you
shall be as nothing at all.
13 For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, ‘Do not fear,
I will help you.’
14 Do not fear, you worm Jacob,
you insect[a] Israel!
I will help you, says the Lord;
your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Now, I will make of you a threshing-sledge,
sharp, new, and having teeth;
you shall thresh the mountains and crush them,
and you shall make the hills like chaff.
16 You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
Then you shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
17 When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them,
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,[b]
and fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive;
I will set in the desert the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
20 so that all may see and know,
all may consider and understand,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
The Futility of Idols
21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them, and tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
so that we may consider them,
and that we may know their outcome;
or declare to us the things to come.
23 Tell us what is to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
do good, or do harm,
that we may be afraid and terrified.
24 You, indeed, are nothing
and your work is nothing at all;
whoever chooses you is an abomination.
25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun he was summoned by name.[c]
He shall trample[d] on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.
26 Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know,
and beforehand, so that we might say, ‘He is right’?
There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed,
none who heard your words.
27 I first have declared it to Zion,[e]
and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.
28 But when I look there is no one;
among these there is no counsellor
who, when I ask, gives an answer.
29 No, they are all a delusion;
their works are nothing;
their images are empty wind.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:14 Syr: Heb men of
- Isaiah 41:18 Or trails
- Isaiah 41:25 Cn Compare Q Ms Gk: MT and he shall call on my name
- Isaiah 41:25 Cn: Heb come
- Isaiah 41:27 Cn: Heb First to Zion—Behold, behold them
Isaias 41
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang Pangako ng Diyos sa Israel
41 Sinabi ni Yahweh,
“Tumahimik kayo at makinig, kayo na nasa malalayong lupain!
Pag-ibayuhin ninyo ang inyong lakas,
at dalhin sa hukuman ang inyong usapin.
Doon ang panig ninyo ay papakinggan upang malaman kung sino ang may katuwiran.
2 “Sino ang nagdala sa isang mananakop mula sa silangan,
at nagbigay ng tagumpay sa lahat ng kanyang pakikipaglaban?
Ang mga hari't mga bansa ay parang alikabok na lumilipad
sa bawat hataw ng kanyang tabak;
at parang dayaming tinatangay dahil sa kanyang pana.
3 Buong bilis na tinutugis niya ang mga kaaway,
ang kanyang mga paa'y hindi halos sumayad sa lupa.
4 Sinong nasa likod ng lahat ng ito?
Sinong nagpapagalaw sa takbo ng kasaysayan mula sa pasimula?
Akong si Yahweh, na naroon na noon pa man,
at mananatili hanggang sa katapusan.
5 “Ito'y nasaksihan ng mga tao sa malalayong lupain,
at nanginginig sila sa takot;
kaya silang lahat ay lumapit sa akin at sumamba.
6 Sila-sila ay nagtutulungan at nagpapayuhan, ‘Huwag kayong matakot.’
7 Sinabi ng mga karpintero sa mga panday-ginto, ‘Magandang trabaho!’
Hinangaan ng mga gumagawa ng rebulto ang mga nagkabit-kabit nito,
at ang sabi, ‘Mahusay ang pagkahinang’;
pagkatapos ay ipinako ang rebulto sa patungan nito.
8 “Ngunit(A) ikaw, Israel, na aking lingkod
lahi ni Abraham na aking kaibigan.
Ikaw ang bayang aking hinirang.
9 Ikaw ay kinuha ko sa mga dulo ng daigdig;
sa pinakamalalayong sulok nito,
sinabi ko sa iyo noon, ‘Ikaw ay aking lingkod.’
Pinili kita at hindi itinakwil.
10 Ako'y sasaiyo, huwag kang matakot,
ako ang iyong Diyos, hindi ka dapat mangamba.
Palalakasin kita at tutulungan,
iingatan at ililigtas.
11 “Lahat ng may galit sa iyo
ay mapapahiya,
at mamamatay ang sinumang lumaban sa iyo.
12 Hahanapin ninyo sila ngunit hindi makikita,
mawawala na sila ng lubusan dito sa lupa.
13 Ako si Yahweh na inyong Diyos,
ang magpapalakas sa inyo.
Ako ang nagsasabi, ‘Huwag kayong matakot at tutulungan ko kayo.’”
14 Sinabi pa ni Yahweh,
“Israel, mahina ka man at maliit,
huwag kang matakot, sapagkat tutulungan kita.
Ako ang iyong tagapagligtas, ang banal na Diyos ng Israel.
15 Gagawin kitang tulad ng panggiik,
na may bago at matatalim na ngipin.
Iyong gigiikin ang mga bundok at burol,
at dudurugin hanggang maging alabok.
16 Ihahagis mo sila at tatangayin ng hangin;
pagdating ng bagyo ay pakakalatin.
Magdiriwang kayo sa pangalan ni Yahweh,
at pararangalan ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel.
17 “Kapag inabot ng matinding uhaw ang aking bayan,
na halos matuyo ang kanilang lalamunan,
akong si Yahweh ang gagawa ng paraan;
akong Diyos ng Israel ay hindi magpapabaya.
18 Magkakaroon ng ilog sa tigang na burol,
aagos ang masaganang tubig sa mga libis;
gagawin kong lawa ang disyerto,
may mga batis na bubukal sa tuyong lupain.
19 Ang mga disyerto'y pupunuin ko ng akasya't sedar,
kahoy na olibo at saka ng mirto;
kahoy na sipres, alerses at pino.
20 At kung magkagayon,
makikita nila at mauunawaan
na akong si Yahweh, ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel,
ang gumawa at lumikha nito.”
Walang Kabuluhang mga Diyus-diyosan
21 Ganito ang sabi ni Yahweh, ang Hari ni Jacob:
“Kayo ay lumapit, mga diyus-diyosan, ang panig ninyo ay ipaglaban.
22 Lumapit kayo at inyong hulaan
ang mga mangyayari sa kinabukasan.
Ipaliwanag ninyo sa harap ng hukuman,
upang pagtuunan ng aming isipan,
ang mga pangyayari sa kahapong nagdaan.
23 Maniniwala kaming kayo nga ay diyos
kapag ang hinaharap inyong mahulaan.
Kayo'y magpakita ng anumang gawang mabuti, o kahit masama,
nang kami'y masindak o kaya'y manghina.
24 Kayo at ang inyong gawa'y walang kabuluhan;
ang sumasamba sa inyo ay kasuklam-suklam.
25 “Mayroon akong isang taong pinili mula sa silangan,
at aking pinasasalakay mula sa hilaga.
Parang lupang kanyang tatapakan ang mga hari,
tulad ng pagmamasa sa putik na ginagawang palayok.
26 Mula sa simula sino sa inyo ang nakahula na ito'y mangyayari,
para masabi naming siya ay tama?
Walang sinabing anuman tungkol dito ang isa man sa inyo.
27 Akong si Yahweh ang unang nagbalita nito sa Jerusalem,
nang ipasabi ko sa aking sugo ang ganito:
“Ang aking bayan ay uuwi na.”
28 Nang ako'y maghanap
wala akong nasumpungang tagapayo,
na handang sumagot sa sandaling magtanong ako.
29 Lahat ng diyus-diyosan ay walang kabuluhan.
Wala silang magagawang anuman
dahil sila'y mahihina at walang kapangyarihan.”
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