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Ang Mensahi para kay Haring Ahaz

Sang si Ahaz nga anak ni Jotam kag apo ni Uzia ang hari sang Juda, ginsalakay ang Jerusalem. Ang nagsalakay amo si Haring Rezin sang Aram[a] kag si Haring Peka sang Israel, nga anak ni Remalia. Pero wala nila maagaw ang Jerusalem.

Sang nabalitaan sang hari sang Juda[b] nga nag-isa ang Aram kag ang Israel,[c] nagkurog siya kag ang iya mga tawo sa kahadlok. Nagkulurog sila pareho sa mga kahoy nga ginauyog sang hangin.

Nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Isaias, “Upda ang imo anak nga si Shear Jashub[d] kag sugataa ninyo si Ahaz sa may punta sang ililigan sang ibabaw nga punong, didto dampi sa dalan pakadto sa lugar nga ginapanglabhan. Amo ini ang isiling mo sa iya, ‘Maghanda ka! Magkalma ka lang kag indi magkahadlok. Indi ka magpakulba tungod lang sa puwerte nga kaakig ni Haring Rezin sang Aram kag ni Haring Peka nga anak ni Remalia. Ini sila pareho lang sa duha ka tuod sang kahoy nga nagaaso pero wala sing kalayo. Nagplano sila sa paglaglag sa imo. Nagsiling sila, “Salakayon naton ang Juda kag pierdihon. Pamartidahon naton ang kadutaan sini kag himuon dayon naton nga hari didto ang anak ni Tabeel.”

“ ‘Pero nagasiling ang Ginoong Dios nga indi gid ini matabo. 8-9 Kay ang Damascus amo lang ang kapital sang Aram, kag si Rezin nagahari lang sa Damascus. Kag ang Samaria amo lang ang kapital sang Israel, kag si Peka nga anak ni Remalia nagahari[e] lang sa Samaria. Malaglag ang Israel sa sulod sang 65 ka tuig, gani indi na ini matawag nga isa ka nasyon. Kon indi malig-on ang inyo pagtuo malaglag gid kamo.’ ”

10 Karon, nagsiling liwat ang Ginoo kay Ahaz, 11 “Magpangayo ka sang tanda sa akon, ang Ginoo nga imo Dios, sa pagpamatuod nga tumanon ko ang akon promisa. Bisan pa maghalin man ini sa idalom, didto sa lugar sang mga patay, ukon sa ibabaw, didto sa langit.” 12 Nagsabat si Ahaz, “Indi ako magpangayo sang tanda. Indi ko pagtilawan ang Ginoo.”

13 Nagsiling si Isaias, “Pamati kamo, kaliwat ni David! Indi pa bala tuman ang pagpaugtas ninyo sa mga tawo? Kag karon ang akon Dios naman ang inyo ginapaugtas! 14 Gani ang Ginoo mismo ang maghatag sa inyo sang tanda. Kag amo ini ang tanda: Magabusong ang isa ka bataon nga babayi[f] kag magabata sing lalaki. Kag pagatawgon niya ang bata nga ‘Emmanuel.’[g] 15 Sa tion nga matubuan na sing buot ang bata, magakaon siya sing keso[h] kag dugos. 16 Pero antes siya matubuan sang buot, ang duta sang duha ka hari nga ginakahadlukan mo, Ahaz, malaglag kag pabay-an na lang. 17 Sa ulihi, ikaw kag ang imo katawhan, pati ang imo harianon nga pamilya, ipasalakay sang Ginoo sa hari sang Asiria. Kag maagihan ninyo ang kalisod nga wala pa ninyo maagihan halin sang nagseparar ang Israel sa Juda.

18 “Sa sina nga tion, magapanihol ang Ginoo sa pagtawag sa mga taga-Egipto kag taga-Asiria. Kag magaabot ang mga taga-Egipto nga daw sa mga langaw halin sa malayo nga mga suba sang Egipto, kag magaabot man ang mga taga-Asiria nga daw sa mga putyukan. 19 Magaabot ini sila kag magaestar sa bisan diin: sa madalom nga mga ililigan sang tubig, sa mga buho sang dalagko nga mga bato, sa tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy, kag sa mga palahalban.

20 “Sa sina nga tion, gamiton sang Ginoo ang hari sang Asiria sa paglaglag sing bug-os sa inyo duta. Pareho siya sa barbero nga halin sa tabok sang Suba sang Eufrates nga ginsuhulan sa pagkiskis sang inyo buhok, balahibo, kag pati sang inyo mga burangos.

21 “Sa sina nga tion, ang masagod sang mga tawo tig-isa lang ka bakiya nga baka kag duha ka kanding, 22 nga amo lang ang ila kuhaan sang ila gatas. Gatas kag dugos ang mangin pagkaon sang tanan nga mabilin sa Juda. 23 Sa sina man nga tion, ang talamnan sang ubas nga may 1,000 ka puno nga nagabili sing 1,000 ka pilak mapuno sang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy kag mangin masiot na. 24 Magapangayam ang mga tawo didto dala ang ila mga pana kag bangkaw, tungod kay masiot na ini kag puno sang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy. 25 Wala na sing may magkadto sa mga bukid didto nga sang una anay ginatamnan, tungod kay mangin masiot na ini kag puno sang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy. Mangin palahalban na lang ini sang mga baka, karnero kag kanding.”

Footnotes

  1. 7:1 Aram: ukon, Syria.
  2. 7:2 hari sang Juda: sa literal, panimalay ni David.
  3. 7:2 Israel: sa Hebreo, Efraim. Isa ka tawag sa ginharian sang Israel.
  4. 7:3 Shear Jashub: buot silingon sa Hebreo, ang nagkalabilin magabalik.
  5. 7:8-9 kapital… nagahari: sa literal, ulo… ulo.
  6. 7:14 bataon nga babayi: sa Septuagint, birhen.
  7. 7:14 Emmanuel: buot silingon, ang Dios kaupod naton.
  8. 7:15 keso: o, yogurt.

The Sign of Immanuel

When Ahaz(A) son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin(B) of Aram(C) and Pekah(D) son of Remaliah(E) king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.

Now the house of David(F) was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim(G)”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken,(H) as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[b](I) to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.(J) Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm(K) and don’t be afraid.(L) Do not lose heart(M) because of these two smoldering stubs(N) of firewood—because of the fierce anger(O) of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.(P) Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(Q) son have plotted(R) your ruin, saying, “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(S)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(T)
for the head of Aram is Damascus,(U)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(V)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered(W) to be a people.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(X)
    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(Y) firm in your faith,(Z)
    you will not stand at all.’”(AA)

10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign,(AB) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.(AC)

12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.(AD)

13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(AE) Is it not enough(AF) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(AG) of my God(AH) also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[c] a sign:(AI) The virgin[d](AJ) will conceive and give birth to a son,(AK) and[e] will call him Immanuel.[f](AL) 15 He will be eating curds(AM) and honey(AN) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows(AO) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,(AP) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.(AQ) 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away(AR) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.(AS)

Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument

18 In that day(AT) the Lord will whistle(AU) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.(AV) 19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices(AW) in the rocks, on all the thornbushes(AX) and at all the water holes. 20 In that day(AY) the Lord will use(AZ) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(BA)—the king of Assyria(BB)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(BC) also.(BD) 21 In that day,(BE) a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.(BF) 22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(BG) and honey.(BH) 23 In that day,(BI) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[g](BJ) there will be only briers and thorns.(BK) 24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers(BL) and thorns. 25 As for all the hills(BM) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(BN) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:2 Or has set up camp in
  2. Isaiah 7:3 Shear-Jashub means a remnant will return.
  3. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  5. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  6. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.
  7. Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

10 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.