Isaias 45
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Pinili ng Dios si Cyrus
45 Ito ang sinabi ng Panginoon kay Cyrus na kanyang hinirang at pinalakas ang kapangyarihan, “Sakupin mo ang mga bansa at pasukuin mo ang mga hari. Buksan mo ang mga pintuan ng kanilang mga lungsod at agawin, at hindi na ito isasara. 2 Ako ang maghahanda ng iyong dadaanan, at papatagin ko ang mga bundok. Gigibain ko ang mga pintuang tanso at ang mga tarangkahang bakal nito. 3 Ibibigay ko sa iyo ang mga nakatagong kayamanan, para malaman mong ako ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel na tumawag sa iyo. 4 Tinawag kita para tulungan mo ang Israel na aking lingkod at pinili. Pinarangalan kita kahit na hindi mo pa ako nakikilala. 5 Ako ang Panginoon, at wala nang iba pa; maliban sa akin ay wala nang ibang Dios. Palalakasin kita kahit na hindi mo pa ako nakikilala 6 para malaman ng lahat sa buong mundo na walang ibang Dios maliban sa akin. Ako ang Panginoon at wala nang iba pa. 7 Ako ang lumikha ng liwanag at ng dilim. Ako ang nagpapadala ng kabutihan at ng kapahamakan. Ako ang Panginoon na gumawa ng lahat ng ito. 8 Magbibigay ako ng tagumpay na parang ulan. Matatanggap ito ng mga tao sa mundo, at kakalat ang kaligtasan at tagumpay na parang tanim na tumutubo. Ako ang Panginoong gumawa nito. 9 Nakakaawa ang taong nakikipagtalo sa Dios na lumikha sa kanya. Ang katulad niyaʼy palayok lamang. Ang putik bang ginagawang palayok ay maaaring magsabi sa magpapalayok kung ano ang dapat niyang gawin? O makakapagreklamo ba siyang walang kakayahan ang magpapalayok? 10 Nakakaawa ang anak na nagsasabi sa kanyang mga magulang, ‘Bakit ba ninyo ako ginawang ganito?’ ”
11 Ito pa ang sinabi ng Panginoon, ang Banal na Dios ng Israel, na lumikha sa kanya, “Nagrereklamo ba kayo sa mga ginagawa ko? Inuutusan nʼyo ba ako sa mga dapat kong gawin? 12 Ako ang gumawa ng mundo at ng lahat ng naninirahan dito. Ang mga kamay ko ang nagladlad ng langit, at ako ang nag-utos sa araw, buwan at mga bituin na lumabas. 13 Ako ang tumawag kay Cyrus para isagawa ang aking layunin. Gagawin kong tama ang lahat ng pamamaraan niya. Itatayo niyang muli ang aking lungsod at palalayain niya ang mga mamamayan kong binihag. Gagawin niya ito hindi dahil sa binigyan siya ng suhol o regalo. Ako, ang Panginoong Makapangyarihan, ang nagsasabi nito.”
14 Sinabi ng Panginoon sa Israel, “Masasakop mo ang mga taga-Egipto, ang mga taga-Etiopia[a] at ang mga taga-Sabea na ang mga lalaki ay matatangkad. Paparito sila sa iyo na dala ang kanilang mga kayamanan at mga ani. Silaʼy magiging mga bihag mo. Luluhod sila sa iyo at magsasabi, ‘Ang Dios ay totoong kasama mo, at wala nang ibang Dios!’ ”
15 O Dios at Tagapagligtas ng Israel, hindi nʼyo ipinapakita ang inyong sarili. 16 Mapapahiya ang lahat ng gumagawa ng mga rebultong dios-diosan. 17 Pero ang Israel ay ililigtas nʼyo, Panginoon, at ang kaligtasan nila ay walang hanggan. Hindi na sila mapapahiya kahit kailan.
18 Kayo Panginoon ang Dios. Kayo ang lumikha ng langit at ng mundo. Hindi nʼyo ginawa ang mundo nang walang nabubuhay. Ginawa nʼyo ito para matirhan. Sinabi nʼyo, “Ako ang Panginoon at wala nang iba pa. 19 Hindi ako nagsalita nang lihim, nang walang nakakaalam. Hindi ko sinabi sa mga lahi ni Jacob na dumulog sila sa akin, na wala naman silang matatanggap sa akin. Ako ang Panginoon, nagsasalita ako ng katotohanan. Sinasabi ko kung ano ang dapat.”
20 Sinabi pa ng Panginoon, “Magtipon kayong lahat at lumapit sa akin, kayong mga tumakas mula sa mga bansa. Walang alam ang mga nagdadala ng mga dios-diosan nilang kahoy. Nananalangin sila sa mga dios-diosang ito, na hindi naman makapagliligtas sa kanila. 21 Isangguni ninyo sa isaʼt isa, at ihayag ang inyong usapin. Sino ang humula noon tungkol sa mga bagay na mangyayari? Hindi baʼt ako, ang Panginoon? Wala nang ibang Dios, ako lang, ang Dios na matuwid at Tagapagligtas.
22 “Lumapit kayo sa akin para maligtas kayo, kayong lahat sa buong mundo.[b] Sapagkat ako ang Dios at maliban sa akin ay wala nang iba pa. 23 Sumumpa ako sa aking sarili, at ang mga sinabi koʼy hindi na mababago. Ang lahat ay luluhod sa akin, at silaʼy mangangakong magiging tapat sa akin. 24 Sasabihin nila, ‘Tanging sa tulong lamang ng Panginoon ang taoʼy magkakaroon ng lakas at tagumpay na may katuwiran.’ ” Ang lahat ng napopoot sa Panginoon ay lalapit sa kanya at mapapahiya. 25 Sa tulong ng Panginoon ang lahat ng lahi ng Israel ay makakaranas ng tagumpay na may katuwiran at magpupuri sila sa kanya.
Isaiah 45
New King James Version
Cyrus, God’s Instrument
45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To (A)Cyrus, whose (B)right hand I have [a]held—
(C)To subdue nations before him
And (D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
2 ‘I will go before you
(E)And[b] make the [c]crooked places straight;
(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
(G)That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who (H)call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
4 For (I)Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5 I (J)am the Lord, and (K)there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
(L)I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
6 (M)That they may (N)know from the rising of the sun to its setting
That there is none besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other;
7 I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and (O)create calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these things.’
8 “Rain(P) down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the Lord, have created it.
9 “Woe to him who strives with (Q)his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
(R)Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”
11 Thus says the Lord,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
(S)“Ask Me of things to come concerning (T)My sons;
And concerning (U)the work of My hands, you command Me.
12 (V)I have made the earth,
And (W)created man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And (X)all their host I have commanded.
13 (Y)I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will [d]direct all his ways;
He shall (Z)build My city
And let My exiles go free,
(AA)Not for price nor reward,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
The Lord, the Only Savior
14 Thus says the Lord:
(AB)“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over (AC)in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, (AD)‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
(AE)There is no other God.’ ”
15 Truly You are God, (AF)who hide Yourself,
O God of Israel, the Savior!
16 They shall be (AG)ashamed
And also disgraced, all of them;
They shall go in confusion together,
Who are makers of idols.
17 (AH)But Israel shall be saved by the Lord
With an (AI)everlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or (AJ)disgraced
Forever and ever.
18 For thus says the Lord,
(AK)Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it [e]in vain,
Who formed it to be (AL)inhabited:
(AM)“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in (AN)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me [f]in vain’;
(AO)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
(AP)They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.
21 Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
(AQ)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
(AR)And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.
22 “Look to Me, and be saved,
(AS)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (AT)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every (AU)knee shall bow,
(AV)Every tongue shall take an oath.
24 He shall say,
[g]‘Surely in the Lord I have (AW)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And (AX)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
25 (AY)In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and (AZ)shall glory.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:1 strengthened or sustained
- Isaiah 45:2 Tg. I will trample down the walls; Vg. I will humble the great ones of the earth
- Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX mountains
- Isaiah 45:13 Or make all his ways straight
- Isaiah 45:18 Or empty, a waste
- Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place
- Isaiah 45:24 Or Only in the Lord are all righteousness and strength
Isaiah 45
King James Version
45 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.
14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Isaías 45
Dios Habla Hoy
El Señor confía una misión a Ciro
45 El Señor consagró a Ciro como rey,
lo tomó de la mano
para que dominara las naciones
y desarmara a los reyes.
El Señor hace que delante de Ciro
se abran las puertas de las ciudades
sin que nadie pueda cerrárselas.
Y ahora le dice:
2 «Yo iré delante de ti,
derribaré las alturas,
romperé las puertas de bronce
y haré pedazos las barras de hierro.
3 Yo te entregaré tesoros escondidos,
riquezas guardadas en lugares secretos,
para que sepas que yo soy el Señor,
el Dios de Israel, que te llama por tu nombre.
4 Por consideración a mi siervo Jacob,
al pueblo de Israel, que he elegido,
te he llamado por tu nombre
y te he dado el título de honor que tienes,
sin que tú me conocieras.
5 Yo soy el Señor, no hay otro;
fuera de mí no hay Dios.
Yo te he preparado para la lucha
sin que tú me conocieras,
6 para que sepan todos, de oriente a occidente,
que fuera de mí no hay ningún otro.
Yo soy el Señor, no hay otro.
7 Yo creo la luz y la oscuridad,
produzco el bienestar y la desgracia.
Yo, el Señor, hago todas estas cosas.
El poder soberano de Dios
8 »Yo enviaré de lo alto mi victoria,
como rocío del cielo y lluvia de las nubes,
y la tierra la recibirá;
como fruto producirá la salvación
y a su lado florecerá la justicia.»
9 Una vasija de barro, igual a otra cualquiera,
no se pone a discutir con quien la hizo.
El barro no dice al que lo trabaja:
«¿Qué estás haciendo?»,
ni el objeto hecho por él le dice:
«Tú no sabes trabajar.»
10 Tampoco puede un hijo reprochar a sus padres
el haberlo traído a este mundo.
11 El Señor, el Dios Santo de Israel,
quien lo formó, dice:
«¿Van acaso ustedes a pedirme cuentas de mis hijos,
o a darme lecciones de cómo hacer mis cosas?
12 Yo creé la tierra y sus habitantes,
extendí el cielo con mis manos
y mandé que aparecieran todos los astros.
13 Yo hice aparecer a Ciro para que triunfe,
y voy a hacerle fáciles todos los caminos;
él reconstruirá mi ciudad
y dejará en libertad a mis desterrados,
sin exigir pago ni compensación.»
El Señor todopoderoso ha hablado.
14 El Señor dice a Israel:
«Los campesinos de Egipto,
los comerciantes de Etiopía,
y la gente de Sabá, de alta estatura,
se rendirán a ti y serán esclavos tuyos;
irán encadenados detrás de ti,
se arrodillarán delante de ti y te suplicarán:
“Ciertamente que Dios está entre ustedes,
y no hay más, no hay otro dios.”»
15 Sin embargo, tú eres un Dios invisible,
Dios salvador de Israel.
16 Todos los que hacen ídolos
quedarán avergonzados, humillados y en ridículo.
17 Pero a Israel lo salvó el Señor,
lo salvó para siempre,
y jamás quedará avergonzado ni humillado.
18 El creador del cielo,
el que es Dios y Señor,
el que hizo la tierra y la formó,
el que la afirmó,
el que la creó, no para que estuviera vacía
sino para que tuviera habitantes, dice:
«Yo soy el Señor, y no hay otro.
19 Yo no hablo en secreto ni en lugares oscuros de la tierra.
Yo no digo a los descendientes de Jacob:
“Búsquenme donde no hay nada.”
Yo, el Señor, hablo la verdad,
digo lo que es justo.
El Señor se enfrenta a los ídolos
20 »Reúnanse y vengan,
acérquense todos los sobrevivientes de los pueblos.
Son unos ignorantes quienes llevan en procesión
sus ídolos de madera
y se ponen a orar a un dios
que no puede salvarlos.
21 Hablen y presenten sus pruebas,
consúltense, si quieren, unos con otros:
¿Quién predijo estas cosas desde el principio?
¿Quién las anunció desde hace tiempo?
¿No fui acaso yo, el Señor?
Y no hay Dios fuera de mí.
Fuera de mí no hay Dios victorioso y salvador.
22 »Vengan a mí, que yo los salvaré,
pueblos del extremo de la tierra,
pues yo soy Dios, y no hay otro.
23 Yo lo juré por mí mismo,
hice una promesa de triunfo,
y esa promesa se cumplirá:
que ante mí todos doblarán la rodilla,
y por mí jurarán todos
24 y dirán: “Solamente en el Señor
están la victoria y el poder.”
Todos los que me odian
quedarán en ridículo.
25 Gracias a mí, todo el pueblo de Israel
saldrá triunfante y estará orgulloso de mí.»
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