Matius 11
1 Sesudah Yesus selesai memberikan pesan kepada kedua belas murid-Nya, Dia pergi dan mengajar serta memberitakan Firman Allah di kota-kota terdekat.
When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
2 Sementara itu Yohanes yang sedang dipenjarakan mendengar tentang segala perbuatan yang dilakukan oleh Mesias, maka dia mengutus murid-muridnya menemui Yesus
While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
3 dan bertanya mewakili dia, “Apakah Engkau orang yang kami tunggu-tunggu kedatangannya, atau haruskah kami terus mencari orang lain?”
to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
4 Jawab Yesus kepada mereka, “Kembalilah dan ceritakanlah kepada Yohanes apa yang sudah kalian dengar dan yang sudah kalian lihat.
[After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
5 Orang buta disembuhkan sehingga bisa melihat, orang lumpuh sekarang bisa berjalan lagi, orang yang menderita sakit kusta disembuhkan, yang tuli bisa mendengar kembali, yang sudah mati dibangkitkan, dan orang-orang yang miskin mendengarkan berita baik.
I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
6 Diberkatilah mereka yang tidak menolak Aku!”
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
7 Sesudah mereka pergi, Yesus mulai berbicara kepada orang banyak itu tentang Yohanes. “Apa yang kalian pikir akan kalian temui ketika pergi ke padang gurun? Alang-alang yang sedang ditiup angin?
When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
8 Jadi kalian pergi untuk melihat apa? Orang yang berpakaian indah dan mewah? Orang-orang yang berpakaian seperti itu hidupnya di istana-istana raja-raja.
Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
9 Jadi kalian pergi untuk melihat apa? Seorang nabi? Benar, dan Aku katakan pada kalian, dia lebih dari sekedar seorang nabi!
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
10 Dialah yang dikatakan oleh Kitab Suci tentang: ‘Aku mengutus seorang pembawa pesan sebelum kamu. Dialah yang akan membukakan jalan bagimu.’
He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
11 Aku katakan sejujurnya kepada kalian, bahwa di antara seluruh umat manusia tidak ada yang lebih besar dari pada Yohanes Pembaptis, tetapi bahkan yang paling tidak penting dalam Kerajaan Surga lebih besar dari pada dia.
Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
12 Sejak masa Yohanes Pembaptis mulai melayani sampai saat ini, Kerajaan Allah terus menerus diserang dan orang-orang berusaha menguasinya dengan paksa.
From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
13 Sebab semua pesan-pesan yang tertulis di Kitab Hukum Taurat dan Para nabi hanya bernubuat sampai masa Yohanes Pembaptis tiba.
[All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
14 Jika kalian mau percaya hal ini, Yohanes adalah orang yang dikatakan sebagai ganti Elia, orang yang dinanti-nantikan akan datang.
[Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
15 Setiap orang yang punya telinga dengarkanlah!
If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
16 Dengan apakah bisa Aku bandingkan generasi ini? Mereka sama seperti anak-anak yang duduk pasar sambil berteriak satu dengan yang lainnya,
“(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
17 ‘Kami bermain suling untuk kalian, tetapi kalian tidak menari, kami menyanyikan lagi sedih, tetapi kalian tidak menangis.’
‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
18 Yohanes Pembaptis tidak datang untuk makan-makan dan minum, maka orang berkata, ‘Dia dirasuki oleh setan!’
[Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
19 Sebaliknya, Anak Manusia datang dan ikut makan dan minum, tetapi orang-orang berkata, ‘Coba lihat, Dia orang yang rakus dan terlalu banyak minum, Dia juga seorang teman dari penagih pajak dan orang-orang berdosa!’ Tetapi kebijaksanaan terbukti benar melalui hasil-hasilnya.”
[In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
20 Lalu Yesus mulai menegur kota-kota di mana Dia melakukan paling banyak mujizat karena mereka tidak bertobat.
[The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
21 “Sungguh tidak tahu malu kalian, orang-orang Korazin! Sungguh tidak tahu malu kalian, orang-orang Betsaida! Sebab jika perbuatan-perbuatan ajaib yang terjadi di antara kalian terjadi di Tirus dan Sidon, mereka pasti sudah bertobat dengan berkabung dan meratap sejak lama.
“You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
22 Tetapi saya memberitahu kalian bahwa pada Hari Penghakiman itu akan lebih baik bagi Tirus dan Sidon daripada bagi kalian!
So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
23 Sedangkan kalian, penduduk Kapernaum! Kalian pikir kalian akan diangkat ke surga? Tidak, kalian akan pergi ke Hades! Sebab jika perbuatan-perbuatan ajaib yang sudah kalian alami dialami di Sodom, kota itu masih akan berdiri sampai hari ini. (Hadēs g86)
[also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
24 Tetapi saya katakan kepada kalian bahwa pada Hari Pembalasan akan lebih baik bagi Sodom daripada bagi kalian!”
So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
25 Kemudian Yesus berdoa, “Aku memuji Engkau, Bapa, Tuhan penguasa bumi dan surga, sebab Engkau sudah merahasiakan berita tentang Kerajaan-Mu kepada orang-orang yang berpikir dirinya cerdas dan penuh pengetahuan. Sebaliknya, Engkau nyatakan berita ini kepada orang-orang yang biasa.
At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
26 Benar, Bapa, itulah yang menyenangkan Engkau!
Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
27 Segala sesuatu sudah diserahkan kepada-Ku oleh Bapa-Ku, dan tidak seorangpun benar-benar mengerti sang Anak, selain Bapa, dan tidak seorangpun benar-benar mengerti Bapa, selain sang Anak, dan mereka kepada siapa Putra memilih untuk mengungkapkan Dia.
[Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
28 Marilah kepada-Ku, kalian yang merasa penuh pergumulan dan yang sangat terbeban. Aku akan memberi ketenangan kepada kalian.
Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
29 Terimalah pekerjaan yang Aku berikan, dan belajarlah dari-Ku. Sebab Aku ini lemah lembut dan rendah hati, dan di dalam-Ku kalian akan menemukan ketenangan yang kalian butuhkan.
Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
30 Sebab pekerjaan yang Aku berikan mudah, dan beban yang Aku berikanpun ringan.”
