Isaias 29
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Mensahe tungkol sa Jerusalem
29 Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Nakakaawa ang Jerusalem,[a] ang lungsod na tinitirhan ni David! Sige, ipagdiwang ng lungsod na ito ang kanyang mga pista bawat taon. 2 Pero lulusubin ko ito, at mag-iiyakan at mananaghoy ang kanyang mga mamamayan. Para sa akin, ang buong lungsod ay magiging parang altar na puno ng dugo.[b] 3 Kukubkubin ko ang lungsod ng Jerusalem. Paliligiran ko ito ng toreng panalakay at patatambakan ng lupa sa gilid ng mga pader para maakyat ito. 4 Mawawasak ito at magiging parang multo na tumatawag mula sa ilalim ng lupa na ang tinig ay nakakapangilabot. 5 Pero darating ang araw na ang marami niyang kaaway ay magiging parang alikabok o ipa na tatangayin ng hangin. Bigla itong mangyayari sa kanila. 6 Ang Jerusalem ay aalalahanin ko, at ako, ang Panginoong Makapangyarihan, ay darating na may kulog, lindol, ingay, buhawi, bagyo, at nagliliyab na apoy. 7-8 Mawawalang parang panaginip ang maraming bansang sumasalakay sa Jerusalem[c] at gumigiba ng mga pader nito. Ang katulad nilaʼy taong nananaginip na kumakain, pero nang magising ay gutom pa rin; o katulad ng taong nananaginip na umiinom, pero nang magising uhaw pa rin.”
9 Kayong mga taga-Juda, magpakatanga kayo at magpakabulag. Maglasing kayo at magpasuray-suray, pero hindi dahil sa alak. 10 Sapagkat pinatulog kayo ng Panginoon nang mahimbing. Tinakpan niya ang inyong mga ulo at mga mata na walang iba kundi ang inyong mga propeta.
11 Para sa inyo, ang lahat ng ipinahayag na ito sa inyo ay parang aklat na nakasara. Kapag ipinabasa mo sa taong marunong bumasa, sasabihin niya, “Hindi ko iyan mabasa dahil nakasara.” 12 At kapag ipinabasa mo sa hindi marunong bumasa, sasabihin niya, “Hindi ako marunong bumasa.”
13 Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Ang mga taong itoʼy nagpupuri at nagpaparangal sa akin sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga bibig, pero ang puso nilaʼy malayo sa akin. At ang pagsamba nila sa akin ay ayon lamang sa tuntunin ng tao. 14 Kaya muli akong gagawa ng sunud-sunod na kababalaghan sa mga taong ito. At mawawala ang karunungan ng marurunong at ang pang-unawa ng nakakaunawa.”
15 Nakakaawa kayong mga nagtatago ng inyong mga plano sa Panginoon. Ginagawa ninyo ang inyong mga gawain sa dilim at sinasabi ninyo, “Walang makakakita o makakaalam ng ginagawa natin.” 16 Baluktot ang pag-iisip ninyo. Itinuturing ninyong parang palayok ang gumagawa ng palayok.[d] Masasabi ba ng palayok sa gumawa sa kanya, “Hindi naman ikaw ang gumawa sa akin”? Masasabi ba ng palayok sa humugis sa kanya, “Wala kang nalalaman”?
17 Hindi magtatagal, ang kagubatan ng Lebanon ay magiging matabang lupain, at ang matabang lupain ay magiging kagubatan. 18 Sa araw na iyon, ang bingi ay makakarinig ng binabasang aklat. At ang bulag, na walang nakikita kundi kadiliman ay makakakita na. 19 Muling sasaya ang mga mapagpakumbaba at mga dukha dahil sa Panginoon, ang Banal na Dios ng Israel. 20 Sapagkat mawawala ang mga malulupit at ang mga nangungutya. At mamamatay ang lahat ng mahilig sa pagkakasala, 21 pati na ang lahat ng naninira ng kapwa, ang mga nagsisinungaling para mapaniwala nila ang mga hukom, at ang mga pekeng saksi para hindi mabigyan ng katarungan ang mga walang kasalanan.
22 Kaya ang Panginoon, ang Dios na nagligtas kay Abraham ay nagsabi tungkol sa lahi ni Jacob, “Mula ngayon, wala na silang dapat ikahiya o ikatakot man. 23 Sapagkat kapag nakita nila ang mga ginawa ko sa kanila, igagalang nila ako, ang Banal na Dios ni Jacob. At magkakaroon sila ng takot sa akin, ang Dios ng Israel. 24 Ang mga hindi nakakaunawa ng katotohanan ay makakaunawa na, at ang mga nagrereklamo kapag tinuturuan ay matutuwa na.”
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
Isaiah 29
King James Version
29 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
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