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Hukman sang Dios ang mga Nasyon

66 Amo ini ang ginasiling sang Ginoo: “Ang langit amo ang akon trono, kag ang duta amo ang tulungtungan sang akon mga tiil. Gani ano nga klase sang balay ang patindugon ninyo para sa akon? Diin bala ang lugar nga inyo papahuwayan sa akon? Indi bala ako ang naghimo sang tanan nga butang?

Ako, ang Ginoo, nagasiling: Ginahatagan ko sang pagtalupangod ang mga tawo nga mapainubuson, mahinulsulon, kag nagakahadlok sa akon pulong. Pero amo ini ang akon pagtratar sa mga tawo nga nagasunod sa ila lang gusto kag nagakalipay sa mga ginahimo nila nga makangilil-ad: Kon magpatay sila sang baka para ihalad, kabigon ko ini nga daw sa nagpatay sila sang tawo. Kon maghalad sila sang karnero, kabigon ko ini nga daw sa nagpatay sila sang ido. Kon maghalad sila sang halad nga regalo, kabigon ko ini nga daw sa naghalad sila sang dugo sang baboy. Kag kon magsunog sila sang insenso bilang pagdumdom sa akon, kabigon ko ini nga daw sa nagbendisyon sila sa dios-dios. Wala labot sina, padal-an ko sila sang silot nga makapahadlok gid sa ila. Kay sang nagpanawag ako, wala sila nagsabat; sang naghambal ako, wala sila nagpamati. Naghimo sila sang kalautan sa akon atubangan, kag kon ano ang indi ko nagustuhan amo ang ila ginahimo.”

Kamo nga nagakahadlok sa pulong sang Ginoo, pamatii ninyo ang iya pulong: “Tungod nga matutom kamo sa akon, ang iban ninyo nga mga kasimanwa nagadumot kag nagasikway sa inyo. Nagayaguta sila sa inyo nga nagasiling, ‘Magpakita ang Ginoo sang iya gahom agod makita namon ang inyo kalipay!’ ” Pero pakahuy-an sila. Nabatian bala ninyo ang ginahod sa siyudad kag sa templo? Gahod ina sang Ginoo samtang ginabalusan niya ang iya mga kaaway.

Nagasiling pa ang Ginoo, “Ang Jerusalem mangin pareho sa isa ka manugbata nga wala pa gani siya masakiti nagbata na siya. Sin-o bala ang nakabati kag nakakita sang pareho sini? Mahimo bala ang isa ka pungsod ukon nasyon sa malip-ot lang gid nga tiyempo? Pero sang manugsugod pa lang ang pagpasakit sang Jerusalem,[a] matawo ang iya katawhan.[b] Ginbuot ko nga malapit na lang sila matawo. Kag karon, indi ko bala sila pagtugutan nga matawo? Siyempre tugutan! Indi ko gid pagpunggan nga matawo sila. Ako, ang inyo Dios, ang nagasiling sini.”

10 Kamo tanan nga nagahigugma sa Jerusalem kag nagapangasubo tungod sa iya, magkalipay kamo kag magkinasadya upod sa iya, 11 agod makatilaw kamo sang iya kauswagan pareho sang bata nga nagatiti sa iya iloy kag nabusog. 12 Kay nagasiling ang Ginoo: “Pauswagon ko ang Jerusalem; pagadal-on sa iya ang mga manggad sang mga nasyon pareho sang nagaawas nga ililigan sang tubig. Sagudon kag atipanon kamo sang Jerusalem pareho sa bata nga ginakugos, ginapatiti, kag ginasabak sang iya iloy. 13 Lipayon ko kamo sa Jerusalem pareho sa iloy nga nagalipay sa iya anak.”

14 Kon makita na ninyo ini, magakalipay gid kamo, kag magabaskog kamo pareho sa nagalambo nga tanom. Ipakita sang Ginoo ang iya gahom sa iya mga alagad, pero ipakita niya ang iya kaakig sa iya mga kaaway. 15 Pamati! Magaabot ang Ginoo nga may kalayo. Magasakay siya sa iya mga karwahe nga daw buhawi. Ipakita niya ang iya kaakig sa iya mga kaaway, kag silutan niya sila sang nagadabadaba nga kalayo. 16 Kay paagi sa kalayo kag sa iya espada, silutan sang Ginoo ang tanan nga tawo nga makasasala, kag madamo ang iya pamatyon.

17 Nagsiling ang Ginoo, “Magakalamatay sing tingob ang mga nagapakabalaan kag nagapakatinlo sang ila kaugalingon sa ila pagsimba sa mga dios-dios sa katamnan. Magakalamatay gid sila nga nagakaon sang baboy, sang ilaga, kag sang iban pa nga pagkaon nga makangilil-ad. 18 Nahibaluan ko ang ila mga ginahimo kag ginahunahuna. Gani magaabot ako kag tipunon ko ang mga katawhan sang tanan nga nasyon, kag makita nila ang akon gahom. 19 Magapakita ako sang milagro sa ila. Kag ang magkalabilin sa ila ipadala ko bilang mensahero sa mga nasyon sang Tarshish, Pul, Lud (nga ang mga katawhan sini bantog nga mga manugpana), Tubal, Grecia[c] kag sa iban pa nga malayo nga mga lugar nga wala makabati sang akon pagkabantog kag wala makakita sang akon gahom. Ibantala nila ang akon gahom sa mga nasyon. 20 Kag dal-on nila pabalik halin sa mga nasyon ang tanan ninyo nga mga kasimanwa, nga nagasakay sa mga kabayo, mga mula[d] kag mga kamelyo, kag sa mga karwahe kag karo. Dal-on nila sila sa akon balaan nga bukid sa Jerusalem bilang halad sa akon, pareho sang ginahimo sang mga Israelinhon nga nagahalad sa akon templo sang mga halad nga regalo nga nasulod sa matinlo nga suludlan. 21 Kag himuon ko ang iban sa ila nga mga pari kag mga Levita. Ako, ang Ginoo, ang nagasiling sini.”

22 Nagsiling pa ang Ginoo, “Subong nga ang bag-o nga langit kag ang bag-o nga duta nga akon himuon magapadayon hasta san-o, ang inyo mga kaliwat magapadayon man hasta san-o, kag indi gid kamo malipatan. 23 Sa kada umpisa sang bulan kag sa kada Adlaw nga Inugpahuway magasimba ang tanan nga tawo sa akon. Ako, ang Ginoo, ang nagasiling sini. 24 Kag samtang nagapaguwa sa Jerusalem ang mga nagsilimba didto, makita nila ang mga bangkay sang mga tawo nga nagrebelde kontra sa akon. Ang mga ulod nga nagakaon sa ila indi mapatay, kag ang kalayo nga nagasunog sa ila indi man mapatay. Kag kangil-aran sila sang tanan nga tawo.”

Footnotes

  1. 66:8 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Zion.
  2. 66:8 matawo ang iya katawhan: buot silingon, tukuron liwat sang Dios ang nasyon sang Israel.
  3. 66:19 Grecia: sa Hebreo, Javan.
  4. 66:20 mula: sa English, mule. Ini nga sapat kaanggid sa kabayo.

Judgment and Hope

66 This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,(A)
    and the earth is my footstool.(B)
Where is the house(C) you will build for me?
    Where will my resting place be?
Has not my hand made all these things,(D)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(E)
    and who tremble at my word.(F)
But whoever sacrifices a bull(G)
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s(H) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(I)
    is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(J)
    and they delight in their abominations;(K)
so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.(L)
For when I called, no one answered,(M)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(N) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(O)

Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(P)
“Your own people who hate(Q) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.(R)
Hear that uproar from the city,
    hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound(S) of the Lord
    repaying(T) his enemies all they deserve.

“Before she goes into labor,(U)
    she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
    she delivers a son.(V)
Who has ever heard of such things?
    Who has ever seen(W) things like this?
Can a country be born in a day(X)
    or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
    than she gives birth to her children.(Y)
Do I bring to the moment of birth(Z)
    and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
    when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
10 “Rejoice(AA) with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
    all you who love(AB) her;
rejoice greatly with her,
    all you who mourn(AC) over her.
11 For you will nurse(AD) and be satisfied
    at her comforting breasts;(AE)
you will drink deeply
    and delight in her overflowing abundance.”(AF)

12 For this is what the Lord says:

“I will extend peace(AG) to her like a river,(AH)
    and the wealth(AI) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried(AJ) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her child,(AK)
    so will I comfort(AL) you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(AM)
    and you will flourish(AN) like grass;
the hand(AO) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(AP)
    but his fury(AQ) will be shown to his foes.
15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,(AR)
    and his chariots(AS) are like a whirlwind;(AT)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke(AU) with flames of fire.
16 For with fire(AV) and with his sword(AW)
    the Lord will execute judgment(AX) on all people,
    and many will be those slain(AY) by the Lord.

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,(AZ) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,(BA) rats(BB) and other unclean things—they will meet their end(BC) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(BD) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(BE) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(BF)

19 “I will set a sign(BG) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(BH) to the nations—to Tarshish,(BI) to the Libyans[b] and Lydians(BJ) (famous as archers), to Tubal(BK) and Greece,(BL) and to the distant islands(BM) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(BN) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring(BO) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain(BP) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”(BQ) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.(BR) 21 And I will select some of them also to be priests(BS) and Levites,” says the Lord.

22 “As the new heavens and the new earth(BT) that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.(BU) 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath(BV) to another, all mankind will come and bow down(BW) before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies(BX) of those who rebelled(BY) against me; the worms(BZ) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,(CA) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul

66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.

22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.