Isaias 40
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Mga Salita ng Pag-asa
40 “Aliwin ninyo ang aking bayan,” sabi ng Diyos.
“Aliwin ninyo sila!
2 Inyong ibalita sa mga taga-Jerusalem,
tapos na ang kanilang pagdurusa
sapagkat nabayaran na nila ng lubos
ang kasalanang ginawa nila sa akin.”
3 Ganito(A) (B) ang isinisigaw ng isang tinig:
“Ihanda ninyo ang daraanan ni Yahweh sa ilang;
gumawa kayo ng mga tuwid na landas na kanyang lalakaran sa ilang.
4 Tambakan ang mga libis,
patagin ang mga burol at bundok,
at pantayin ang mga baku-bakong daan.
5 Mahahayag ang kaluwalhatian ni Yahweh,
at makikita ito ng lahat ng tao.
Si Yahweh mismo ang nagsabi nito.”
6 “Magpahayag(C) ka!” ang sabi ng tinig.
“Ano ang ipahahayag ko?” tanong ko.
Sumagot siya, “Ipahayag mong ang lahat ng tao ay tulad ng damo,
ang kanyang buhay ay tulad lamang ng bulaklak sa parang.
7 Natutuyo ang damo, kumukupas ang mga bulaklak,
kapag sila'y mahipan ng hanging mula kay Yahweh.
Tunay ngang ang tao ay tulad ng damo.
8 Oo, ang damo'y nalalanta, at kumukupas ang mga bulaklak,
ngunit ang salita ng ating Diyos ay mananatili magpakailanman.”
Ang Diyos ay Narito Na
9 Umakyat ka sa tuktok ng bundok, O Zion,
magandang balita ay iyong ipahayag, O Jerusalem!
Sumigaw ka at huwag matatakot,[a]
sabihin mo sa mga lunsod ng Juda,
“Narito na ang inyong Diyos!”
10 Dumarating(D) ang Panginoong Yahweh na taglay ang kapangyarihan,
dala ang gantimpala sa mga hinirang.
11 At(E) tulad ng pastol, pinapakain niya ang kanyang kawan;
sa kanyang mga bisig, ang maliliit na tupa'y kanyang yayakapin.
Sa kanyang kandungan ay pagyayamanin,
at papatnubayan ang mga tupang may supling.
Walang Katulad ang Diyos
12 Sino ang makakasukat ng tubig sa dagat sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kamay?
Sino ang makakasukat sa lawak ng kalangitan?
Sinong makakapaglagay ng lahat ng lupa sa isang sisidlan?
Sino kaya ang makakapagtimbang sa mga bundok at burol?
13 Sino(F) ang makakapagsabi ng dapat gawin ni Yahweh?
May makakapagturo ba o makakapagpayo sa kanya?
14 Sino ang kanyang puwedeng sanggunian para maliwanagan?
Sinong nagturo sa kanya ng landas ng katarungan?
Sinong nagkaloob sa kanya ng kaalaman at ng paraan upang makaunawa?
15 Sa(G) harap ni Yahweh ang mga bansa ay walang kabuluhan,
tulad lang ng isang patak ng tubig sa isang sisidlan;
at ang mga pulo ay parang alikabok lamang ang timbang.
16 Hindi sapat na panggatong ang lahat ng kahoy sa Lebanon.
Kulang pang panghandog ang lahat ng hayop sa gubat roon.
17 Sa kanyang harapan, ay walang halaga ang lahat ng bansa.
18 Saan(H) ninyo ihahambing ang Diyos
at kanino ninyo siya itutulad?
19 Siya ba'y maihahambing sa mga imaheng ginawa ng tao,
na binalutan ng ginto,
at ipinatong sa pilak?
20 Hindi(I) rin siya maitutulad sa rebultong kahoy
matigas man ang kahoy at hindi nabubulok,
na nililok upang hindi tumumba
at mabibili lang sa murang halaga.
21 Hindi ba ninyo nalalaman?
Wala bang nagbalita sa inyo noon,
kung paano nagsimulang likhain ang sanlibutan?
22 Ang lumikha nito ay ang Diyos na nakaupo sa kanyang trono doon sa kalangitan;
mula roon ang tingin sa tao'y parang mga langgam.
Ang langit ay iniladlad niyang tulad ng kurtina,
tulad ng tolda upang matirahan.
23 Inaalis niya ang mga pinuno sa kapangyarihan,
at ginagawang walang kabuluhan.
24 Tulad nila'y mga halamang walang ugat,
bagong tanim at natutuyo agad;
at tila dayaming tinatangay ng hangin.
25 Kanino ninyo ihahambing ang banal na Diyos?
Mayroon ba siyang katulad?
26 Tumingala(J) kayo sa langit!
Sino ba ang lumikha ng mga bituin?
Sino ba ang sa kanila'y nagpapakilos,
at sino ba ang nagbigay ng kanilang pangalan?
Dahil sa kanyang dakilang kapangyarihan,
walang nawala sa kanila kahit isa man.
Si Yahweh ang Nagbibigay ng Kalakasan
27 Israel, bakit ka ba nagrereklamo
na tila hindi pansin ni Yahweh ang kabalisahan mo,
o hindi inalalayan sa kaapihang naranasan?
28 Hindi ba ninyo nalalaman, di ba ninyo naririnig?
Na itong si Yahweh, ang walang hanggang Diyos,
ang siyang lumikha ng buong daigdig?
Hindi siya napapagod;
sa isipan niya'y walang makakaunawa.
29 Ang mahihina't mga napapagod ay kanyang pinapalakas.
30 Kahit na ang mga kabataan ay napapagod
at nanlulupaypay.
31 Ngunit muling lumalakas
at sumisigla ang nagtitiwala kay Yahweh.
Lilipad silang tulad ng mga agila.
Sila'y tatakbo ngunit hindi mapapagod,
sila'y lalakad ngunit hindi manghihina.
Footnotes
- 9 Umakyat…matatakot: o Umakyat ka sa isang matayog na bundok at ipahayag ang magandang balita sa Jerusalem! Sumigaw ka at ibadya ang magandang balita sa Zion!
Isaiah 40
New King James Version
God’s People Are Comforted(A)
40 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!”
Says your God.
2 “Speak [a]comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
(B)For she has received from the Lord’s hand
Double for all her sins.”
3 (C)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(D)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(E)Make straight [b]in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
(F)The crooked places shall be made [c]straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The (G)glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [d]he said, “What shall I cry?”
(H)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (I)the word of our God stands forever.”
9 O Zion,
You who bring good tidings,
Get up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem,
You who bring good tidings,
Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord God shall come [e]with a strong hand,
And (J)His arm shall rule for Him;
Behold, (K)His reward is with Him,
And His [f]work before Him.
11 He will (L)feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.
12 (M)Who has measured the [g]waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a [h]span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?
13 (N)Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His counselor has taught Him?
14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
And (O)taught Him in the path of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge,
And showed Him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
And are counted as the small dust on the scales;
Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before Him are as (P)nothing,
And (Q)they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
18 To whom then will you (R)liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19 (S)The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.
20 Whoever is too impoverished for such [i]a contribution
Chooses a tree that will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
(T)To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
21 (U)Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who (V)stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a (W)tent to dwell in.
23 He [j]brings the (X)princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless.
24 Scarcely shall they be planted,
Scarcely shall they be sown,
Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither,
And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
25 “To(Y) whom then will you liken Me,
Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
(Z)He calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing.
27 (AA)Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
(AB)His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who (AC)wait on the Lord
(AD)Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Lit. to the heart of
- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
- Isaiah 40:4 Or a plain
- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
- Isaiah 40:10 in strength
- Isaiah 40:10 recompense
- Isaiah 40:12 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; DSS adds of the sea; Tg. adds of the world
- Isaiah 40:12 A span .5 cubit, 9 inches; or the width of His hand
- Isaiah 40:20 an offering
- Isaiah 40:23 reduces
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
