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10 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa amarro aan xaq ahayn soo saara, iyo kuwa wax qalloocan qora, inay kuwa baahan garta ka qalloociyaan oo ay masaakiinta dadkaygana xaqooda ka qaadaan, oo ay carmallada ka dhigaan waxa ay dhacaan agoontana waxa ay ugaadhsadaan. Oo bal maxaad samayn doontaan maalinta ciqaabta, iyo wakhtiga baabbi'intu meesha fog ka iman doonto? Bal yaad u magangeli doontaan? Sharaftiinnana xaggee baad kaga tegi doontaan? Waxay ku dhex foororsan doonaan maxaabiista, oo waxay ku dhex dhici doonaan kuwa la layn doono. Hase ahaatee cadhadiisa kama uu sii jeedin, laakiinse gacantiisii weli way fidsan tahay.

Xukunkii Ilaah Ee Ku Dhacay Aashuur

Hoog waxaa leh ka reer Ashuur oo ah ushii cadhadayda iyo hangoolka dhirifkaygu gacanta ugu jiro. Isagaan u diri doonaa inuu quruun cibaadalaawayaal ah ku kaco, oo waxaan ku amri doonaa amar ka gees ah dadka aan u cadhooday, inuu maalkooda dhaco, oo uu maxaabiis kexeeyo, oo uu iyaga ugu tunto sida dhoobada jidadka dhex taal. Habase ahaatee isagu saas kuma talo jiro, oo qalbigiisuna saas kuma fikiro, laakiinse waxaa qalbigiisa ku jira inuu baabbi'iyo oo jaro quruumo aan yarayn. Waayo, isagu wuxuu leeyahay, Amiirradaydu dhammaantood sow boqorro ma aha? Kalnoo sow ma aha sida Karkemiish? Xamadna sow ma aha sida Arfaad? Samaariyana sow ma aha sida Dimishaq oo kale? 10 Sidii ay gacantaydu u gaadhay boqortooyooyinkii sanamyada, oo ay taswiirahoodii la xardhay ka sii badnayeen kuwa Yeruusaalem iyo Samaariya, 11 iyo sidii aan Samaariya iyo sanamyadeedii ku sameeyey oo kale, miyaanan Yeruusaalem iyo sanamyadeedaba ku samayn doonin?

12 Sidaas daraaddeed markii Sayidku shuqulkiisa oo dhan ku dhammaystiro Buur Siyoon iyo Yeruusaalem, wuxuu odhan doonaa, Boqorka Ashuur ayaan u ciqaabi doonaa midhaha qalbigiisa isla weyn iyo faanka indhihiisa kibrayba. 13 Waayo, isagu wuxuu yidhi, Tan waxaan ku sameeyey xoogga gacantayda iyo xigmaddayda, maxaa yeelay, miyir baan leeyahay, oo waxaan durkiyey dadyowga soohdintooda, khasnadahoodiina waan dhacay, oo sidii nin geesi ah oo kale ayaan kuwii carshiyada ku fadhiyey u soo dejiyey. 14 Oo gacantayduna waxay maalkii dadka u heshay sidii buul shimbireed oo kale, oo sida loo soo ururiyo ukumo laga tegey ayaan u soo ururiyey dhulka oo dhan, oo lamana arag mid baal dhaqaajiyey, ama afka kala qaaday, amase ciyey. 15 Miyuu faasku ka faanaa kan isaga wax ku gooya? Minshaartuna miyey iska sii weynaysaa kan iyada ku shaqeeya? Waa sida haddii ulu iska gilgisho kuwa iyada kor u qaada, amase sida hangool kor u qaada kan aan qori ahayn?

16 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed Sayidka ah Sayidka ciidammadu wuxuu kuwiisa cayilay ku soo diri doonaa macaluul, oo sharaftiisa meesheedana waxaa lagu shidi doonaa olol ah sida olol dabeed. 17 Iftiinka Israa'iilna wuxuu noqon doonaa dab, oo kiisa Quduuska ahuna olol, oo maalin qudha ayuu gubi doonaa oo baabbi'in doonaa qodxantiisa iyo yamaaruggiisba, 18 oo wuxuu dhammayn doonaa ammaanta duuddiisa iyo beertiisa midhaha badanba, iyo naf iyo jidhba, oo waxay noqon doontaa sidii markii calanqaade taag darnaado. 19 Oo geedaha duuddiisa ku hadhayna waxay noqon doonaan in yar oo ilma yaru tiradooda qori karo.

Kuwii Ka Hadhay Israa'iil

20 Oo waxay maalintaas noqon doontaa in kuwa dadka Israa'iil ka hadhay iyo intii dadka Yacquub ka baxsatayba ayan mar dambe ku tiirsan kii iyaga wax ku dhuftay, laakiinse waxay si run ah ugu tiirsan doonaan Rabbiga ah Kan Quduuska ah oo dadka Israa'iil. 21 Qaar hadhay baa soo noqon doona, xataa qaar hadhay oo dadka Yacquub waxay u soo noqon doonaan Ilaaha xoogga badan. 22 Israa'iilow, in kastoo dadkaagu u badan yahay sida cammuudda badda, qaar yar oo qudha ayaa soo noqon doona, oo baabba' la soo amray ayaa caddaalad la qarqi doona. 23 Waayo, Sayidka ah Rabbiga ciidammadu wuxuu baabbi'id la amray ku samayn doonaa dhulka dhexdiisa oo dhan.

24 Haddaba sidaa daraaddeed Sayidka ah Rabbiga ciidammadu wuxuu leeyahay, Dadkayga Siyoon degganow, kan reer Ashuur ha ka baqin. Ushiisuu kugu dhufan doonaa, oo hangoolkiisuu kuu qaadan doonaa sida Masriyiintu sameeyeen oo kale, 25 laakiin, weli wakhti yar baa hadhay, dabadeedna dhirifkaygu wuu idlaan doonaa, oo cadhadayduna way ku dhammaan doontaa baabba'ooda. 26 Oo Rabbiga ciidammaduna wuxuu iyaga ku ciqaabi doonaa karbaash u gala sida layntii reer Midyaan oo ka dhacday dhagixii weynaa ee Xoreeb agtiisa, oo sida ushiisu u kor ahayd badda ayuu kor ugu qaadi doonaa sidii Masar loogu qaaday oo kale. 27 Oo maalintaas rarkiisa ayaa garbahaaga laga qaadi doonaa, oo harqoodkiisana surkaagaa laga dejin doonaa, oo harqoodkuna wuxuu u baabbi'i doonaa saliidda aawadeed.

28 Cayaad buu yimid, oo Migroon buu dhex maray, oo wuxuu alaabtiisii dhigtay Mikmaash. 29 Way gudbeen meeshii laga gudbi jiray, oo waxay ku dhaxeen Gebac. Raamaah way gariirtay, Gibecaahdii Saa'uulna way carartay. 30 Magaalada Galliimay, codkaaga kor u qaad! Layishay, maqal! Adaa hoogay, Canaatooday! 31 Madmeenaah way carartay, oo dadkii Gebiim degganaana waxay isu soo urursadeen inay baxsadaan. 32 Maantadan wuxuu soo joogsan doonaa Nob, oo wuxuu gacantiisa ku ruxayaa buurta magaalada Siyoon oo ah kurta Yeruusaalem.

33 Bal eega, Sayidka ah Rabbiga ciidammadu wuxuu laamaha u gooyn doonaa si aad loogaga cabsado, oo kuwa waaweynna waa la jari doonaa, oo kuwa dhaadheerna waa la ridi doonaa. 34 Oo jiqda duuddana bir buu ku jari doonaa, oo Lubnaanna waxay ku dhici doontaa mid xoog badan gacantiis.

10 Woe(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,(B)
to deprive(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(E)
What will you do on the day of reckoning,(F)
    when disaster(G) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(H)
    Where will you leave your riches?
Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(I)
    or fall among the slain.(J)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(K)
    his hand is still upraised.

God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(L) to the Assyrian,(M) the rod(N) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(O) of my wrath!(P)
I send him against a godless(Q) nation,
    I dispatch(R) him against a people who anger me,(S)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(T)
    and to trample(U) them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,(V)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
‘Are not my commanders(W) all kings?’ he says.
    ‘Has not Kalno(X) fared like Carchemish?(Y)
Is not Hamath(Z) like Arpad,(AA)
    and Samaria(AB) like Damascus?(AC)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(AD)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(AE)’”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(AF) against Mount Zion(AG) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(AH) for the willful pride(AI) of his heart and the haughty look(AJ) in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand(AK) I have done this,(AL)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;(AM)
    like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(AN)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(AO)
    so my hand reached for the wealth(AP) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;(AQ)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.(AR)’”

15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(AS)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club(AT) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(AU) upon his sturdy warriors;(AV)
under his pomp(AW) a fire(AX) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(AY)
    their Holy One(AZ) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(BA) and his briers.(BB)
18 The splendor of his forests(BC) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(BD)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(BE) will be so few(BF)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(BG) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(BH) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(BI) on him
    who struck them down(BJ)
but will truly rely(BK) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(BL)
21 A remnant(BM) will return,[b](BN) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.(BO)
22 Though your people be like the sand(BP) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(BQ)
Destruction has been decreed,(BR)
    overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed(BS) upon the whole land.(BT)

24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,(BU)
    do not be afraid(BV) of the Assyrians,
who beat(BW) you with a rod(BX)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(BY) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath(BZ) will be directed to their destruction.(CA)

26 The Lord Almighty will lash(CB) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian(CC) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(CD) over the waters,(CE)
    as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(CF) their burden(CG) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(CH) from your neck;(CI)
the yoke(CJ) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[c]

28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(CK)
    they store supplies(CL) at Mikmash.(CM)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(CN)
Ramah(CO) trembles;
    Gibeah(CP) of Saul flees.(CQ)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(CR)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!(CS)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(CT)
    they will shake their fist(CU)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(CV)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(CW) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(CX)
    the tall(CY) ones will be brought low.(CZ)
34 He will cut down(DA) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(DB) will fall before the Mighty One.(DC)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
  2. Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
  3. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders