Isaias 17
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Paparusahan ng Diyos ang Damasco at ang Israel
17 Ganito(A) ang pahayag ni Yahweh tungkol sa Damasco:
“Mawawala ang Lunsod ng Damasco,
at magiging isang bunton na lamang ng mga gusaling gumuho.
2 Kailanma'y wala ng titira sa mga lunsod ng Siria.
Magiging pastulan na lamang siya
ng mga kawan ng mga tupa at baka at walang mananakot sa kanila.
3 Mawawasak ang mga tanggulan ng Efraim,
babagsak ang kaharian ng Damasco.
Matutulad sa sinapit ng Israel ang kapalarang sasapitin ng malalabi sa Siria.”
Ito ang sabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat.
4 “Sa araw na iyon
maglalaho ang kaningningan ng Israel,
ang kanyang kayamanan ay mapapalitan ng kahirapan.
5 Matutulad siya sa isang triguhan
matapos gapasin ng mga mag-aani.
Matutuyot siyang gaya ng bukirin sa Refaim
matapos simuting lahat ng mga mamumulot.
6 Ilang tao lamang ang matitira sa lahi ng Israel,
matutulad siya sa puno ng olibo na pinitas ang lahat ng mga bunga,
at walang natira kundi dalawa o tatlong bunga
sa pinakamataas na sanga,
apat o limang bunga
sa mga sangang dati'y maraming magbunga.”
Ito ang sabi ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel.
7 Sa araw na iyon lalapit ang mga tao sa Lumikha sa kanila, sa Banal na Diyos ng Israel. 8 Hindi na nila papansinin ang mga altar na sila na rin ang gumawa. Hindi na sila magtitiwala sa mga diyus-diyosang Ashera o sa mga altar na sunugan ng insenso na inanyuan ng kanilang mga kamay. 9 Sa araw na iyon, iiwan ng mga tao ang iyong mga lunsod. Tulad ng nangyari sa mga lunsod ng mga Hivita at Amoreo[a] noong dumating ang mga Israelita.
10 Kinalimutan ninyo ang Diyos na nagligtas sa inyo,
at hindi na ninyo naaalaala ang Bato na inyong kanlungan,
sa halip, gumawa kayo ng mga sagradong hardin
na itinalaga ninyo sa isang diyus-diyosan,
sa paniniwalang pagpapalain niya kayo.
11 Ngunit kahit tumubo man ang mga halaman
at mamulaklak sa araw na inyong itinanim,
wala kang aanihin pagdating ng araw
kundi pawang sakuna at walang katapusang kahirapan.
Tatalunin ang mga Kaaway na Bansa
12 Ang ingay ng napakaraming tao
ay parang ugong ng karagatan.
Rumaragasa ang mga bansa
na parang hampas ng mga alon.
13 Nagkakaingay ang mga bansa na tulad ng daluyong ng tubig,
ngunit pinigil sila ng Diyos, at sila'y tumakas,
parang alikabok na inililipad ng hangin sa ibabaw ng burol
at dayaming tinatangay ng ipu-ipo.
14 Sa gabi'y magsasabog sila ng sindak
ngunit pagsapit ng umaga'y wala na sila.
Ganyan ang mangyayari sa mga umaapi sa atin,
iyan ang sasapitin ng mga nagnakaw ng ating mga ari-arian.
Footnotes
- 9 mga Hivita at Amoreo: Sa ibang manuskrito'y makahoy at maburol na bukirin .
Isaiah 17
King James Version
17 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah 17
New International Reader's Version
Prophecies Against Damascus and Israel
17 Here is a prophecy against Damascus that the Lord gave me. He said,
“Damascus will not be a city anymore.
Instead, all its buildings will be knocked down.
2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted.
They will be left to the flocks that lie down there.
No one will make them afraid.
3 Ephraim’s people will no longer have cities with high walls around them.
Royal power will disappear from Damascus.
Those who are left alive in Aram
will be like the glory of the people of Israel,”
announces the Lord who rules over all.
4 “In days to come, the glory of Jacob’s people will fade.
Their strength will get weaker and weaker.
5 It will be as when workers cut and gather grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
They gather up stalks in their arms.
Only a few heads of grain are left.
6 In the same way, only a few people will be left alive.
It will be as when workers knock olives off the trees.
Only two or three olives are left on the highest branches.
Four or five at most are left on the limbs that produce fruit,”
announces the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 In days to come, people will look to their Maker for help.
They will turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
8 They won’t trust in the altars
they made with their own hands.
They won’t pay any attention to the poles they used
to worship the female god named Asherah.
And they won’t depend on the incense altars
they made with their own fingers.
9 At that time the strong cities in Israel will be deserted. They will be as they were when the Israelites drove the Canaanites away. They will be like places that are taken over by bushes and weeds. The whole land will become dry and empty.
10 Israel, you have forgotten God, who saves you.
You have not remembered the Rock, who keeps you safe.
You might set out the finest plants.
You might plant vines from other lands.
11 The plants might start to grow on the day you set them out.
The vines might begin to bud on the morning you plant them.
But even if they do, there won’t be any harvest.
Instead, there will be sickness and pain that won’t go away.
12 How terrible it will be for the nations that attack us!
The noise of their armies is like the sound of the ocean.
How terrible it will be for the nations who fight against us!
They are as loud as huge waves crashing on the shore.
13 They sound like the roar of rushing waters.
But when the Lord speaks out against them, they run far away.
The wind blows them away like straw on the hills.
A strong wind drives them along like tumbleweeds.
14 In the evening, the nations terrify us.
But before morning comes, they are gone.
That’s what happens to those who steal our goods.
That’s what happens to those who take what belongs to us.
Isaiah 17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 The burden of Damascus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city,
and it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken:
they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,
and none shall make them afraid.
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria:
they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 And in that day it shall come to pass,
that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin,
and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn,
and reapeth the ears with his arm;
and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough,
four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker,
and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands,
neither shall respect that which his fingers have made,
either the groves, or the images.
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough,
and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel:
and there shall be desolation.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation,
and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength,
therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants,
and shalt set it with strange slips:
11 in the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow,
and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish:
but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief
and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people,
which make a noise like the noise of the seas;
and to the rushing of nations,
that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters:
but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off,
and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble;
and before the morning he is not.
This is the portion of them that spoil us,
and the lot of them that rob us.
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