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Ang Paglipay sa mga Katawhan sang Dios

40 Nagsiling ang Dios, “Lipaya ninyo kag pabaskuga ang akon katawhan. Hambali ninyo sing malulo ang katawhan sang Jerusalem. Ibalita sa ila nga tapos na ang ila pag-antos, kag ang ila mga sala napatawad na. Kay ginsilutan ko sila sing tuman sa tanan nila nga mga sala.” May nagawali sing mabaskog. Nagasiling siya sa mga tawo, “Ipreparar ninyo ang alagyan sa kamingawan para sa Ginoo. Tadlunga ang dalan nga pagaagyan sang aton Dios. Ang tagsa ka nalupyakan tampukan, kag ang tagsa ka bukid tapanon, pati ang mga lugar nga kudolkudol. Dayon igapahayag ang gamhanan nga presensya sang Ginoo, kag makita ini sang tanan nga katawhan. Matabo gid ini, kay ang Ginoo mismo ang nagsiling sini.”

May nagsiling sa akon, “Magwali ka!” Nagsabat ako, “Ano ang akon iwali?” Nagsiling siya, “Iwali nga ang tanan nga tawo pareho sang hilamon, kag ang ila pagkabantog pareho sang iya bulak. Ang hilamon nagakalaya kag ang iya bulak nagakahulog tungod kay ginahuyop ini sang hangin nga ginapadala sang Ginoo. Matuod nga ang tawo pareho sang hilamon. Ang hilamon nagakalaya kag ang iya bulak nagakahulog, pero ang pulong sang aton Dios nagapadayon sa gihapon.”

Kamo nga nagadala sang maayong balita sa Zion, ang siyudad sang Jerusalem, magsaka kamo sa mataas nga bukid, kag isugid ninyo sing mabaskog ang maayong balita. Indi kamo magkahadlok sa pagsugid. Hambali ninyo ang mga banwa sang Juda nga ara na ang ila Dios. 10 Huo, nagaabot na ang Ginoong Dios nga may gahom, kag magahari siya nga gamhanan. Nagaabot siya nga dala ang balos nga para sa iya katawhan. 11 Atipanon niya ang iya katawhan pareho sa pag-atipan sang manugbantay sa mga karnero: ginakugos niya ang mga bata sang mga karnero kag ginatuytuyan niya sing mahinalungon ang mga inang.

12 Sin-o bala ang makasukob sang tubig sa dagat paagi sa iya kamot, ukon makatakos sang langit paagi sa iya pagdangaw sini? Sin-o bala ang makasulod sang tanan nga duta sa suludlan ukon makakilo sang mga bukid? 13 Sin-o bala ang nakahibalo sang hunahuna sang Ginoo? Sin-o bala ang makatudlo sa iya kon ano ang iya dapat himuon? 14 Sa kay sin-o bala siya nagpalaygay agod paintiendihon siya kag sin-o bala ang nagtudlo sa iya sang husto nga dalan? Sin-o bala ang nagtudlo sa iya sang kaalam ukon nagtuytoy sa iya sa pag-intiendi? Wala gid! 15 Ang matuod, ang mga nasyon pareho gid lang sang isa ka tulo sa timba, ukon yab-ok sa kilohan. Para sa Dios, ang mga isla daw pareho lang kamag-an sa mga yab-ok. 16 Ang mga kasapatan sa Lebanon indi makaigo nga ihalad para sa iya, kag ang mga kahoy sini indi makaigo nga igatong sa mga halad. 17 Wala gid ang mga nasyon kon ikomparar sa iya. Para sa iya, baliwala ang mga nasyon. 18 Gani sa kay sin-o bala ninyo ikomparar ang Dios? Ukon sa ano bala ninyo siya ipaanggid? 19 Sa dios-dios bala nga ginahimo lang sang panday, kag ginahaklapan sang bulawan kag ginadekorasyunan sang pilak nga mga kadena? 20 Ukon sa dios-dios bala nga kahoy nga matig-a nga indi dali maggabok, nga ginapahimo sang imol nga tawo bilang halad? Ginapahimo niya ini sa isa ka maayo nga panday agod indi matumba.

21 Wala bala kamo makahibalo ukon makabati? Wala bala sing may nagsugid sa inyo kon paano ginhimo ang kalibutan? 22 Ginhimo ini sang Dios nga nagapungko sa trono sa ibabaw sang kalibutan, kag ang katawhan sa idalom daw pareho lang kagagmay sa mga tibakla sa iya panulok. Ginhumlad niya ang langit nga daw sa kurtina. Ginhumlad niya ini nga daw sa tolda agod puy-an. 23 Ginakuhaan niya sang gahom ang mga pangulo sa kalibutan kag ginpakawalay pulos sila. 24 Pareho sila sa tanom nga bag-o lang gintusok, nga halos wala pa gani makapanggamot. Kag ginhuyop sila sang Ginoo kag nalaya sila, dayon ginpalid sila sang buhawi pareho sa upa.

25 Nagsiling ang Balaan nga Dios, “Sa kay sin-o bala ninyo ako ipaanggid? May ara bala sang pareho sa akon?”

26 Tangla kamo sa langit! Sin-o bala ang nagtuga sinang mga bituon? Ang nagtuga sina amo ang Dios nga nagapaguwa sa kada isa sa ila samtang ginatawag niya sila sa ila mga ngalan. Sa iya pagkagamhanan wala sing isa sa ila nga nadula. 27 Kamo nga katawhan sang Israel nga mga kaliwat ni Jacob, ngaa bala nga nagareklamo kamo nga ang inyo mga plano[a] kag kinamatarong ginabaliwala sang Dios? 28 Wala bala kamo makahibalo ukon makabati nga ang Ginoo amo ang wala sing katapusan nga Dios nga nagtuga sang bug-os nga kalibutan?[b] Wala siya ginakapoy ukon nagakaluya, kag wala sing may makatungkad sang iya hunahuna. 29 Ginahatagan niya sang kusog ang mga maluya kag ang mga ginakapoy. 30 Bisan ang mga pamatan-on ginakapoy, ukon nagakaluya, kag nagakatumba sila, 31 pero ang mga nagasalig sa Ginoo makaangkon liwat sang kusog. Daw sa magalupad sila pareho sa agila; kon magdalagan sila indi sila pagkapuyon; kon maglakat sila indi sila pagluyahon.

Footnotes

  1. 40:27 plano: ukon, kabudlayan.
  2. 40:28 bug-os nga kalibutan: sa literal, pinakapunta sang kalibutan.

Comfort for God’s People

40 Comfort, comfort(A) my people,
    says your God.
Speak tenderly(B) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service(C) has been completed,(D)
    that her sin has been paid for,(E)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double(F) for all her sins.

A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way(G) for the Lord[a];
make straight(H) in the desert
    a highway for our God.[b](I)
Every valley shall be raised up,(J)
    every mountain and hill(K) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(L)
    the rugged places a plain.
And the glory(M) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.(N)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(O)

A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(P)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers(Q) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath(R) of the Lord blows(S) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers(T) fall,
    but the word(U) of our God endures(V) forever.(W)

You who bring good news(X) to Zion,
    go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[c](Y)
    lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
    say to the towns of Judah,
    “Here is your God!”(Z)
10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes(AA) with power,(AB)
    and he rules(AC) with a mighty arm.(AD)
See, his reward(AE) is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.
11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:(AF)
    He gathers the lambs in his arms(AG)
and carries them close to his heart;(AH)
    he gently leads(AI) those that have young.(AJ)

12 Who has measured the waters(AK) in the hollow of his hand,(AL)
    or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?(AM)
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
    or weighed the mountains on the scales
    and the hills in a balance?(AN)
13 Who can fathom the Spirit[d](AO) of the Lord,
    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?(AP)
14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
    and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,(AQ)
    or showed him the path of understanding?(AR)

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
    they are regarded as dust on the scales;(AS)
    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.(AT)
16 Lebanon(AU) is not sufficient for altar fires,
    nor its animals(AV) enough for burnt offerings.
17 Before him all the nations(AW) are as nothing;(AX)
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.(AY)

18 With whom, then, will you compare God?(AZ)
    To what image(BA) will you liken him?
19 As for an idol,(BB) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith(BC) overlays it with gold(BD)
    and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood(BE) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol(BF) that will not topple.(BG)

21 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(BH)
Has it not been told(BI) you from the beginning?(BJ)
    Have you not understood(BK) since the earth was founded?(BL)
22 He sits enthroned(BM) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.(BN)
He stretches out the heavens(BO) like a canopy,(BP)
    and spreads them out like a tent(BQ) to live in.(BR)
23 He brings princes(BS) to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.(BT)
24 No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root(BU) in the ground,
than he blows(BV) on them and they wither,(BW)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.(BX)

25 “To whom will you compare me?(BY)
    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(BZ)
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(CA)
    Who created(CB) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(CC) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(CD)
    not one of them is missing.(CE)

27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?(CF)
28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(CG)
The Lord is the everlasting(CH) God,
    the Creator(CI) of the ends of the earth.(CJ)
He will not grow tired or weary,(CK)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(CL)
29 He gives strength(CM) to the weary(CN)
    and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men(CO) stumble and fall;(CP)
31 but those who hope(CQ) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(CR)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(CS)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(CT)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
  3. Isaiah 40:9 Or Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news
  4. Isaiah 40:13 Or mind

40 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

10 Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.