Isaias 37
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
37 At nangyari, nang marinig ng haring Ezechias ay hinapak niya ang kaniyang mga suot, at nagbalot ng kayong magaspang, at pumasok sa bahay ng Panginoon.
2 At kaniyang sinugo si Eliacim, na katiwala sa bahay, at si Sebna na kalihim, at ang mga matanda sa mga saserdote, na may balot na kayong magaspang, kay Isaias na propeta na anak ni Amoz.
3 At sinabi nila sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ni Ezechias, Ang araw na ito ay kaarawan ng kabagabagan, at ng pagsaway, at ng paghamak: sapagka't ang mga anak ay dumating sa kapanganakan, at walang kalakasang ipanganak.
4 Marahil ay pakikinggan ng Panginoon mong Dios ang mga salita ni Rabsaces, na siyang sinugo ng kaniyang panginoon na hari sa Asiria upang tungayawin ang buhay na Dios, at sansalain ang mga salita na narinig ng Panginoon mong Dios: kaya't ilakas mo ang iyong dalangin dahil sa nalabi na naiwan.
5 Sa gayo'y ang mga lingkod ng haring Ezechias ay naparoon kay Isaias.
6 At sinabi ni Isaias sa kanila, Ganito ang inyong sasabihin sa inyong panginoon, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Huwag kang matakot sa mga salita na iyong narinig, na ipinanungayaw sa akin ng mga lingkod ng hari sa Asiria.
7 Narito, ako'y maglalagay ng espiritu sa kaniya, at siya'y makakarinig ng kaingay, at babalik sa kaniyang sariling lupain; at aking ipabubuwal siya sa pamamagitan ng tabak sa kaniyang sariling lupain.
8 Sa gayo'y bumalik si Rabsaces, at nasumpungan ang hari sa Asiria na nakikipagdigma laban sa Libna: sapagka't nabalitaan niya na kaniyang nilisan ang Lachis.
9 At kaniyang narinig na sinabi tungkol kay Tirhakah na hari sa Etiopia, Siya'y lumabas upang makipaglaban sa iyo. At nang kaniyang marinig, siya'y nagsugo ng mga sugo kay Ezechias, na sinasabi,
10 Ganito ang inyong sasalitain kay Ezechias na hari sa Juda, na sasabihin, Huwag kang padaya sa iyong Dios na iyong tinitiwalaan, na sabihin, Ang Jerusalem ay hindi mapapasa kamay ng hari sa Asiria.
11 Narito nabalitaan mo kung ano ang ginawa ng mga hari sa Asiria sa lahat ng lupain, na yao'y sinira ng lubos: at maliligtas ka baga?
12 Iniligtas baga sila ng mga dios ng mga bansa, na siyang nilipol ng aking mga magulang, gaya ng Gozan, ng Haran; at ng Rezeph, at ng mga anak ni Eden, na nangasa Thelasar?
13 Saan nandoon ang hari sa Hamath, at ang hari sa Arphad, at ang hari ng bayan ng Sepharvaim, ng Henah, at ng Hivah?
14 At tinanggap ni Ezechias ang sulat sa kamay ng mga sugo, at binasa: at umahon si Ezechias sa bahay ng Panginoon, at binuklat sa harap ng Panginoon.
15 At si Ezechias ay dumalangin sa Panginoon, na kaniyang sinabi,
16 Oh Panginoon ng mga hukbo, na Dios ng Israel, na nakaupo sa mga kerubin, ikaw ang Dios, ikaw lamang, sa lahat ng kaharian sa lupa; ikaw ang gumawa ng langit at lupa.
17 Ikiling mo ang iyong pakinig, Oh Panginoon, at iyong dinggin; idilat mo ang iyong mga mata, Oh Panginoon, at tumingin ka; at pakinggan mo ang lahat na salita ni Sennacherib, na kaniyang ipinasabi upang ipanungayaw sa buhay na Dios.
18 Sa katotohanan, Panginoon, ang lahat na bansa ay sinira ng mga hari sa Asiria at ang kanikanilang lupain.
19 At inihagis ang kanikanilang mga dios sa apoy: sapagka't sila'y hindi mga dios, kundi mga gawa ng mga kamay ng mga tao, kahoy at bato; kaya't kanilang sinira.
20 Ngayon nga, Oh Panginoon naming Dios, iligtas mo kami sa kaniyang kamay, upang makilala ng lahat na kaharian sa lupa, na ikaw ang Panginoon, ikaw lamang.
21 Nang magkagayo'y nagsugo si Isaias na anak ni Amoz kay Ezechias, na nagsasabi, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Yamang ikaw ay dumalangin sa akin laban kay Sennacherib na hari sa Asiria.
22 Ito ang salita na sinalita ng Panginoon tungkol sa kaniya: Hinamak ka ng anak na dalaga ng Sion, at tinawanan kang mainam; iginalaw ng anak na babae ng Jerusalem ang kaniyang ulo sa iyo.
23 Sino ang iyong pinulaan at tinungayaw? at laban kanino itinaas mo ang iyong tinig at ipinandilat mo ang iyong mga mata ng mataas? laban nga sa Banal ng Israel.
24 Sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga lingkod ay iyong pinulaan ang Panginoon, at nagsabi ka, Sa karamihan ng aking mga karo ay nakaahon ako sa kataasan ng mga bundok, sa mga kaloobloobang bahagi ng Libano; at aking puputulin ang mga matayog na cedro niyaon, at ang mga piling puno ng abeto niyaon: at ako'y papasok sa pinakataluktok na kataasan, ng gubat ng kaniyang mabuting bukid.
25 Ako'y humukay at uminom ng tubig, at aking tutuyuin ng talampakan ng aking mga paa ang lahat ng mga ilog ng Egipto.
26 Hindi mo baga nabalitaan kung paanong aking ginawa na malaon na, at aking pinanukala ng una? ngayo'y aking pinapangyari, upang iyong sirain ang mga bayang nakukutaan na magiging mga guhong bunton.
27 Kaya't ang kanilang mga mananahan ay may munting kapangyarihan, sila'y nanganglupaypay at nangatulig; sila'y parang damo sa bukid, at sariwang gugulayin, parang damo sa mga bubungan, at parang bukid ng trigo bago tumaas.
28 Nguni't talastas ko ang iyong pagupo, at ang iyong paglabas, at ang iyong pagpasok, at ang iyong galit laban sa akin.
29 Dahil sa iyong galit laban sa akin, at dahil sa iyong kapalaluan ay nanuot sa aking mga pakinig, kaya't ilalagay ko ang aking taga ng bingwit sa iyong ilong, at ang aking paningkaw sa iyong mga labi, at pababalikin kita sa daan na iyong pinanggalingan.
30 At ito ang magiging tanda sa iyo: kayo'y magsisikain sa taong ito ng tumutubo sa kaniyang sarili, at sa ikalawang taon ay ng tumubo doon; at sa ikatlong taon ay kayo'y mangaghasik, at magsiani, at mangagtanim ng mga ubasan, at kumain ng bunga niyaon.
31 At ang nalabi na nakatanan sa sangbahayan ni Juda ay maguugat uli sa ilalim, at magbubunga sa itaas.
32 Sapagka't sa Jerusalem ay lalabas ang nalabi, at mula sa bundok ng Sion ay silang magtatanan. Isasagawa ito ng sikap ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.
33 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa hari sa Asiria, Siya'y hindi paririto sa bayang ito o magpapahilagpos man ng pana diyan, o haharap man siya diyan na may kalasag, o mahahagis ang bunton laban diyan.
34 Sa daan na kaniyang pinanggalingan, doon din siya babalik, at hindi siya paririto sa bayang ito, sabi ng Panginoon.
35 Sapagka't aking ipagsasanggalang ang bayang ito upang iligtas, dahil sa akin, at dahil sa aking lingkod na si David.
36 At ang anghel ng Panginoon ay lumabas, at nanakit sa kampamento ng mga taga Asiria nang isang daan at walongpu't limang libo: at nang ang mga tao ay magsibangong maaga sa kinaumagahan, narito, ang lahat ay mga katawang bangkay.
37 Sa gayo'y umalis si Sennacherib na hari sa Asiria, at yumaon at umuwi, at tumahan sa Ninive,
38 At nangyari, nang siya'y sumasamba sa bahay ni Nisroch na kaniyang dios, na sinugatan siya ng tabak ni Adremelech at ni Sarezer na kaniyang mga anak at sila'y nagtanan sa lupain ng Ararat. At si Esarhadon na kaniyang anak ay naghari na kahalili niya.
Isaiah 37
New King James Version
Isaiah Assures Deliverance(A)
37 And (B)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of (C)trouble and rebuke and [a]blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (D)reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
Sennacherib’s Threat and Hezekiah’s Prayer(E)
8 Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish. 9 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to make war with you.” So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” 11 Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered? 12 Have the (F)gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of (G)Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”
14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You (H)alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 (I)Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and (J)hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 18 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their (K)lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were (L)not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, (M)save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may (N)know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib(O)
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
23 “Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.
24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter its farthest height,
To its fruitful forest.
25 I have dug and drunk water,
And with the soles of my feet I have dried up
All the brooks of [b]defense.’
26 “Did you not hear (P)long ago
How I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
28 “But I know your dwelling place,
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.
29 Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore (Q)I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will (R)turn you back
By the way which you came.” ’
30 “This shall be a sign to you:
You shall eat this year such as grows of itself,
And the second year what springs from the same;
Also in the third year sow and reap,
Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
31 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The (S)zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
33 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria:
‘He shall not come into this city,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.
34 By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.
35 ‘For I will (T)defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant (U)David’s sake.’ ”
Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death(V)
36 Then the (W)angel[c] of the Lord went out, and [d]killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh. 38 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then (X)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:3 contempt
- Isaiah 37:25 Or perhaps Egypt
- Isaiah 37:36 Or Angel
- Isaiah 37:36 Lit. struck
Isaiah 37
English Standard Version
Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help
37 (A)As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet (B)Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (C)day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; (D)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 (E)It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for (F)the remnant that is left.’”
5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. 7 Behold, (G)I will put a spirit in him, so that (H)he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and (I)I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against (J)Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left (K)Lachish. 9 Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of (L)Cush,[a] “He has set out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: (M)‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12 (N)Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, (O)Gozan, (P)Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 (Q)Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”
Hezekiah's Prayer for Deliverance
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, (R)enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; (S)you have made the heavens and the earth. 17 (T)Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear (U)all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18 Truly, O Lord, (V)the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 20 So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
Sennacherib's Fall
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
(W)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against (X)the Holy One of Israel!
24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, (Y)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon,
(Z)to cut down its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells
and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
all (AA)the streams (AB)of Egypt.
26 (AC)“‘Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what now I bring to pass,
that you should make fortified cities
crash into heaps of ruins,
27 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted[b] before it is grown.
28 “‘I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.
29 (AD)Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and (AE)I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’
30 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah (AF)shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32 (AG)For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. (AH)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
33 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or (AI)cast up a siege mound against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. 35 (AJ)For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for (AK)the sake of my servant David.”
36 (AL)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at (AM)Nineveh. 38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of (AN)Ararat, (AO)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:9 Probably Nubia
- Isaiah 37:27 Some Hebrew manuscripts and 2 Kings 19:26; most Hebrew manuscripts a field
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