Isaias 29
Magandang Balita Biblia
Kinubkob ang Jerusalem
29 Kawawa ang Jerusalem,
ang lunsod na himpilan ni David!
Hayaang dumaan ang taunang pagdiriwang ng mga kapistahan,
2 at pagkatapos ay wawasakin ko ang lunsod na tinatawag na “altar ng Diyos!”
Maririnig dito ang panaghoy at pagtangis,
ang buong lunsod ay magiging parang altar na tigmak ng dugo.
3 Kukubkubin kita,
at magtatayo ako ng mga kuta sa paligid mo.
4 Dahil dito, ikaw ay daraing mula sa lupa,
maririnig mo ang iyong tinig na nakakapangilabot,
nakakatakot na parang tinig ng isang multo,
at parang bulong mula sa alabok.
5 Ngunit ang lulusob sa iyo ay liliparin na parang abo,
parang ipang tatangayin ng hangin ang nakakatakot nilang hukbo.
6 Si Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat ay biglang magpapadala
ng dumadagundong na kulog, lindol,
buhawi, at naglalagablab na apoy upang iligtas ka.
7 Ang lahat ng bansang kumalaban sa Jerusalem,
ang kanilang mga sandata at kagamitan,
ay maglalahong parang isang panaginip, parang isang pangitain sa gabi.
8 Parang isang taong gutom na nanaginip na kumakain,
at nagising na gutom pa rin;
o taong uhaw na nanaginip na umiinom,
ngunit uhaw na uhaw pa rin nang siya'y magising.
Gayon ang sasapitin,
ng lahat ng bansang lumalaban sa Jerusalem.
Bulag at Mapagmalaki ang Israel
9 Magwalang-bahala kayo at mag-asal mangmang,
bulagin ang sarili at nang hindi makakita!
Malasing kayo ngunit hindi sa alak,
sumuray kayo kahit hindi nakainom.
10 Sapagkat(A) pinadalhan kayo ni Yahweh
ng espiritu ng matinding antok;
tinakpan niya ang inyong mga mata, kayong mga propeta,
tinakpan din niya ang inyong mga ulo, kayong mga manghuhula.
11 Ang kahulugan ng lahat ng pangitaing ito ay parang aklat na nakasara. Kung ipababasa mo ito sa taong nakakaunawa, ang sasabihin niya'y, “Ayoko, hindi ko mababasa sapagkat nakasara.” 12 Kung ipababasa mo naman sa hindi marunong bumasa, ito ang isasagot sa iyo, “Hindi ako marunong bumasa.”
13 Sasabihin(B) naman ni Yahweh,
“Sa salita lamang malapit sa akin ang mga taong ito,
at sa bibig lamang nila ako iginagalang,
subalit inilayo nila sa akin ang kanilang puso,
at ayon lamang sa utos ng tao ang kanilang paglilingkod.
14 Kaya(C) muli akong gagawa
ng kababalaghan sa harapan nila,
mga bagay na kahanga-hanga at kataka-taka;
mawawalang-saysay ang karunungan ng kanilang mga matatalino,
at maglalaho ang katalinuhan ng kanilang matatalino.”
Ang Pag-asa sa Hinaharap
15 Kaawa-awa ang mga nagtatago kay Yahweh habang sila'y gumagawa ng mga panukala.
Sila na nagsasabing: “Doon kami sa gitna ng dilim
upang walang makakakilala o makakakita sa amin!”
16 Binabaligtad(D) ninyo ang katotohanan!
Masasabi ba ng palayok sa gumagawa nito,
“Hindi naman ikaw ang humugis sa akin;”
at masasabi ba ng nilikha sa lumikha sa kanya,
“Hindi mo alam ang iyong ginagawa”?
17 Tulad ng kasabihan:
“Hindi magtatagal
at magiging bukirin ang kagubatan ng Lebanon,
at ang bukirin naman ay magiging kagubatan.”
18 Sa araw na iyon maririnig ng bingi
ang pagbasa sa isang kasulatan;
at mula sa kadiliman,
makakakita ang mga bulag.
19 Ang nalulungkot ay muling liligaya sa piling ni Yahweh,
at pupurihin ng mga dukha ang Banal na Diyos ng Israel.
20 Sapagkat mawawala na ang malupit at mapang-api,
gayon din ang lahat ng mahilig sa kasamaan.
21 Lilipulin ni Yahweh ang lahat ng naninirang-puri,
mga sinungaling na saksi
at mga nagkakait ng katarungan sa matuwid.
22 Kaya ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, ang tumubos kay Abraham,
tungkol sa sambahayan ni Jacob:
“Wala nang dapat ikahiya o ikatakot man,
ang bayang ito mula ngayon.
23 Kapag nakita nila ang kanilang mga anak
na ginawa kong dakilang bansa,
makikilala nila na ako ang Banal na Diyos ni Jacob;
igagalang nila ang itinatanging Diyos ni Israel.
24 Magtatamo ng kaunawaan ang mga napapalayo sa katotohanan,
at tatanggap ng pangaral ang mga matitigas ang ulo.”
Isaiah 29
New King James Version
Woe to Jerusalem
29 “Woe (A)to [a]Ariel, to Ariel, the city (B)where David dwelt!
Add year to year;
Let feasts come around.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel;
There shall be heaviness and sorrow,
And it shall be to Me as Ariel.
3 I will encamp against you all around,
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
4 You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, (C)out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 “Moreover the multitude of your (D)foes
Shall be like fine dust,
And the multitude of the terrible ones
Like (E)chaff that passes away;
Yes, it shall be (F)in an instant, suddenly.
6 (G)You will be punished by the Lord of hosts
With thunder and (H)earthquake and great noise,
With storm and tempest
And the flame of devouring fire.
7 (I)The multitude of all the nations who fight against [b]Ariel,
Even all who fight against her and her fortress,
And distress her,
Shall be (J)as a dream of a night vision.
8 (K)It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”
The Blindness of Disobedience
9 Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(L)They are drunk, (M)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For (N)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (O)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (P)the seers.
11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a [c]book (Q)that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.”
(R)And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 Then the book is delivered to one who [d]is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.”
And he says, “I am not literate.”
13 Therefore the Lord said:
(S)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (T)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
14 (U)Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
(V)For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
15 (W)Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
And their works are in the dark;
(X)They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the (Y)thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
Future Recovery of Wisdom
17 Is it not yet a very little while
Till (Z)Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
18 (AA)In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 (AB)The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And (AC)the poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the [e]terrible one is brought to nothing,
(AD)The scornful one is consumed,
And all who (AE)watch for iniquity are cut off—
21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And (AF)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just (AG)by empty words.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (AH)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be (AI)ashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
23 But when he sees his children,
(AJ)The work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel.
24 These also (AK)who erred in spirit will come to understanding,
And those who complained will learn doctrine.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:1 Jerusalem, lit. Lion of God
- Isaiah 29:7 Jerusalem
- Isaiah 29:11 scroll
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit. does not know books
- Isaiah 29:20 terrifying
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
