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Magabalik ang mga Israelinhon Halin sa Pagkabihag

14 Sa pagkamatuod, kaluoyan sang Ginoo ang Israel kag pilion niya liwat sila bilang iya katawhan. Paestaron niya liwat sila sa ila kaugalingon nga duta, kag may mga taga-iban nga lugar nga magaestar upod sa ila. Buligan sang iban nga mga nasyon ang katawhan sang Israel agod makabalik sila sa lugar nga ginhatag sang Ginoo sa ila. Kag mangin ulipon nila didto ang taga-iban nga nasyon. Mangin bihag nila ang mga nagbihag sa ila sang una, kag sakupon nila ang mga nagpigos sa ila.

Mapatay ang Hari sang Babilonia

Mga taga-Israel, sa adlaw nga papahuwayon kamo sang Ginoo sa inyo mga pag-antos, kabudlayan, kag pagkaulipon, yagutaon ninyo ang hari sang Babilonia. Amo ini ang inyo isiling:

“Nalaglag na ang nagapamigos nga hari. Natapos na ang iya pagpabugal.[a] Gindula na sang Ginoo ang awtoridad sang malaot nga mga pangulo, nga sa ila kaakig wala untat ang ila pagpaantos sa mga tawo, kag wala pugong-pugong ang ila paghingabot sa mga nasyon. Sa katapusan, malinong na ang bug-os nga kalibutan, kag ang mga tawo nagakanta sa kalipay. Bisan ang mga kahoy nga sipres kag sedro sang Lebanon nagakalipay tungod sa natabo sa hari. Daw sa tawo sila nga nagasiling, ‘Karon nga wala ka na, wala na sing may mag-utod sa amon!’

“Ang lugar sang mga patay daw maano na sa imo pag-abot; handa na ini para sugataon ka. Ang mga kalag sang mga tawo nga gamhanan sang una sa kalibutan nagaginual sa pag-abiabi sa imo. Nagtindog ang mga kalag sang mga hari sa ila mga trono sa pagsugata sa imo. 10 Magasiling sila tanan sa imo: ‘Maluya ka na karon pareho sa amon. Palareho na kita. 11 Karon nga patay ka na, ang imo pagkagamhanan nadula na pati ang tinukar sang imo mga arpa. Ulod ang imo hiligdaan kag ulod man ang imo habol.’

12 “Nahulog ka halin sa langit, ikaw nga ginatawag kabugwason.[b] Ginpilak ka sa duta, ikaw nga nagpanglaglag sa mga nasyon. 13 Nagsiling ka sa imo kaugalingon, ‘Masaka ako sa langit, kag ibutang ko ang akon trono sa ibabaw sang mga bituon sang Dios. Mapungko ako sa ibabaw sang bukid nga ginatipunan sang mga dios didto sa aminhan. 14 Masaka ako sa ibabaw sang mga panganod; tupungan ko ang Labing Mataas nga Dios.’

15 “Pero ang matabo sa imo, pagadal-on ka sa lugar sang mga patay, sa kadadalman sang buho. 16 Himutaran ka sang mga patay kag magasiling sila, ‘Indi bala nga amo ini ang tawo nga nagpakurog sa mga tawo sa kalibutan kag nagpahadlok sa mga ginharian? 17 Kag indi bala nga siya ang nagguba sang mga siyudad kag naghimo sang kalibutan nga daw desierto, kag wala naghilway sang iya mga ginbihag?’

18 “Ang tanan nga hari sa kalibutan nagahamyang nga may dungog sa ila kaugalingon nga lulubngan. 19 Pero ikaw iya, indi pag-ilubong sa imo lulubngan kundi ihaboy ang imo bangkay pareho sa sanga nga wala sing pulos. Tabunan ka sang mga bangkay sang mga soldado nga napatay sa inaway, kag ihulog ka kaupod nila sa buho kag tampukan sang mga bato. Mangin pareho ka sa bangkay nga ginatasak-tasak lang. 20 Indi ka pag-ilubong pareho sang iban nga mga hari, kay ginlaglag mo ang imo nasyon kag ginpamatay ang imo katawhan. Wala sing may mabilin nga buhi sa imo malaot nga pamilya.

21 “Preparaha na ang lugar nga pagapatyan sang iya mga anak tungod sa mga sala sang ila mga katigulangan! Indi na sila dapat magpanakop sang mga duta ukon magpatindog sang mga siyudad sa bug-os nga kalibutan.”

22 Nagsiling ang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, “Salakayon ko kag laglagon ang Babilonia. Wala ako sing may ibilin nga buhi sa sini nga lugar. Wala gid sing may mabilin sa ila mga kaliwat. 23 Himuon ko ini nga kamingawan, nga madamo sang mga danaw. Laglagon ko ini pareho nga daw silhigon ko. Ako, ang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, ang nagasiling sini.”

Ang Mensahi Parte sa Asiria

24 Nagpanumpa ang Ginoo nga Makagagahom, “Matuman gid ang akon plano kag tinutuyo. 25 Laglagon ko ang mga taga-Asiria kon ara sila sa Israel nga akon duta. Tasak-tasakon ko sila sa akon mga bukid. Indi na nila pag-ulipunon ang akon katawhan. 26 Amo ini ang plano nga himuon ko sa bug-os nga kalibutan. Amo ini ang silot nga ipakita ko sa tanan nga nasyon.” 27 Sin-o bala ang makaliwat sa plano sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom? Sin-o bala ang makapugong sa iya pagsilot?

Ang Mensahi Parte sa mga Filistinhon

28 Ang ini nga mensahi ginpahayag sang Dios sadtong tuig nga napatay si Haring Ahaz:

29 Mga Filistinhon, indi kamo magkalipay tungod nga napatay ang hari nga nagsalakay sa inyo.[c] Kay magabulos sa iya ang iya anak nga mas makahalalit sang sa iya, pareho sa isa ka man-og nga natawo sa iya ang mas dalitan pa nga man-og nga daw nagalupad. 30 Ang akon katawhan nga mga imol atipanon ko kag papahuwayon nga wala sing may mag-ano sa ila. Pero pamatyon ko ang inyo mga kaliwat sa gutom. Kag ang mabilin sa ila pamatyon ko man. 31 Maghibi kamo sing tudo, kamo nga mga pumuluyo sang mga banwa sang Filistia. Kay magasalakay sa inyo ang inyo kaaway nga daw sa aso nga halin sa aminhan. Tanan sila maisog.

32 Ano ang isabat naton sa mga mensahero sang sina nga nasyon? Sugiran naton sila nga ang Ginoo amo ang nagtukod sang Jerusalem[d] kag dalangpan ini sang iya katawhan nga nagaantos.

Footnotes

  1. 14:4 pagpabugal: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini.
  2. 14:12 kabugwason: sa English, morning star.
  3. 14:29 napatay… sa inyo: sa literal, nabali ang baston nga ginhampak sa inyo.
  4. 14:32 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Zion.

14 The Lord will have compassion(A) on Jacob;
    once again he will choose(B) Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.(C)
Foreigners(D) will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
Nations will take them
    and bring(E) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(F)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(G) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(H)

On the day the Lord gives you relief(I) from your suffering and turmoil(J) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(K) you will take up this taunt(L) against the king of Babylon:(M)

How the oppressor(N) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
The Lord has broken the rod(O) of the wicked,(P)
    the scepter(Q) of the rulers,
which in anger struck down peoples(R)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(S) nations
    with relentless aggression.(T)
All the lands are at rest and at peace;(U)
    they break into singing.(V)
Even the junipers(W) and the cedars of Lebanon
    gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
    no one comes to cut us down.”(X)

The realm of the dead(Y) below is all astir
    to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(Z) to greet you—
    all those who were leaders(AA) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
    all those who were kings over the nations.(AB)
10 They will all respond,
    they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
    you have become like us.”(AC)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(AD)
    along with the noise of your harps;(AE)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(AF) cover you.(AG)

12 How you have fallen(AH) from heaven,
    morning star,(AI) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(AJ)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(AK) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(AL)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(AM)
    on the utmost heights(AN) of Mount Zaphon.[b]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(AO)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(AP)
15 But you are brought down(AQ) to the realm of the dead,(AR)
    to the depths(AS) of the pit.(AT)

16 Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:(AU)
“Is this the man who shook(AV) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(AW)
    who overthrew(AX) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”(AY)

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
    each in his own tomb.(AZ)
19 But you are cast out(BA) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(BB)
    with those pierced by the sword,(BC)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.(BD)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20     you will not join them in burial,(BE)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring(BF) of the wicked(BG)
    never be mentioned(BH) again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(BI)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(BJ)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

22 “I will rise up(BK) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(BL) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(BM)
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(BN)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(BO)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(BP)

24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(BQ)

“Surely, as I have planned,(BR) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(BS)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(BT) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(BU) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(BV)

26 This is the plan(BW) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(BX) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(BY) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(BZ) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(CA)

A Prophecy Against the Philistines

28 This prophecy(CB) came in the year(CC) King Ahaz(CD) died:

29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(CE)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(CF)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(CG)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy(CH) will lie down in safety.(CI)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(CJ)
    it will slay(CK) your survivors.(CL)

31 Wail,(CM) you gate!(CN) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!(CO)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,(CP)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.(CQ)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys(CR) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(CS)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(CT)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

14 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.