Ulangan 32
1 Hai matahari, bulan, dan bintang-bintang perhatikanlah! Hai laut, pulau-pulau, dan gunung-gunung dengarkanlah Kebenaran-kebenaran ini akan aku sampaikan!
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 Kiranya ajaranku turun bagai tetesan air hujan dan perkataanku bagaikan embun di tanah, seperti gerimis menyirami tunas daun muda, dan seperti embun membasahi rumput.
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 Aku menyerukan pujian bagi TUHAN! Pujilah betapa hebat Dia!
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 TUHAN bagaikan gunung batu tempat kita berlindung. Segala yang Dia lakukan sempurna dan benar-benar adil. Dia selalu setia menepati janji-Nya dan tidak pernah berbuat salah. Dia sungguh adil dan jujur.
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 Tetapi kalian, hai orang Israel, tidak setia kepada-Nya. Karena dosa-dosamu, kalian tidak pantas lagi disebut anak-anak-Nya. Kalian adalah bangsa yang jahat dan pembohong!
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 Begitukah caramu membalas semua kebaikan TUHAN kepada kita? Kalian begitu bebal! Bukankah Dia Bapa kita, yang menciptakan kita, yang membesarkan kita menjadi satu bangsa!
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 Ingatlah apa yang terjadi di masa lalu! Renungkanlah pengalaman nenek moyang kita! Tanyakanlah kepada orangtuamu dan para tua-tua, maka mereka akan memberitahumu tentang sejarah kita.
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 Dahulu, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi membagi umat manusia menjadi bangsa-bangsa dan menentukan di mana setiap bangsa akan tinggal turun-temurun, termasuk batas wilayah keturunan Israel.
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 Tetapi kita, keturunan Yakub, dijadikan TUHAN sebagai umat milik-Nya yang khusus.
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 Dahulu, TUHAN mendapati nenek moyang kita di padang belantara yang tandus dan sunyi. Lalu Dia melindungi dan memelihara mereka. Dia menjaga mereka seperti seseorang melindungi matanya sendiri.
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 TUHAN menjaga umat-Nya bagaikan burung elang menjagai anaknya. Ketika anak elang baru belajar terbang, sang induk selalu siap menangkap anaknya di atas bentangan sayapnya.
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 Oh umat Israel, hanya TUHAN sendirilah yang memimpin kita. Tidak ada satu pun dewa yang pernah menolong kita.
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 Aku melihat bahwa kemenangan dari TUHAN akan membawa kalian menguasai seluruh daerah perbukitan di negeri Kanaan. Kalian akan dipuaskan dengan hasil panen dari ladang. Negeri pemberian TUHAN itu amatlah subur, hingga di tempat bebatuan terdapat sarang madu, dan pohon-pohon zaitun tumbuh dengan subur meski di tanah berbatu.
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 Kalian akan menikmati berkelimpahan susu dari ternak sapi dan kambing, serta daging yang paling enak dan empuk dari domba, sapi, dan kambingmu. Kalian akan diberkati dengan hasil panen gandum yang sangat bagus dan air anggur yang diperas dari buah anggur terbaik.
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 Tetapi aku juga melihat bahwa kelak kalian, hai umatku tercinta, akan begitu lama menikmati kemakmuran sampai menjadi gemuk dan semakin memberontak melawan TUHAN. Kalian akan meninggalkan Allah yang menciptakan kalian, yang sudah menyelamatkan kita dengan kuasa-Nya yang besar.
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 Seperti istri yang tidak setia kepada suaminya, kalian akan membuat TUHAN cemburu dengan melacurkan diri kepada dewa-dewa. Kalian akan menyulut amarah-Nya dengan menyembah berhala-berhala menjijikkan.
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 Kalian tidak terus mempersembahkan kurban kepada Allah, tetapi malah mempersembahkan kurban kepada roh-roh jahat, yaitu dewa-dewa yang sebelumnya tidak kalian kenal dan yang tidak pernah disembah oleh nenek moyang kita.
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 Kalian akan melupakan Allah Batu Pelindung kita, yang adalah Pencipta dan sumber hidup kita.
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 Pada waktu itu, TUHAN pasti tahu bahwa kalian sudah meninggalkan-Nya, dan Dia akan marah serta menolak kalian sebagai anak-anak-Nya.
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 TUHAN akan berkata, “Aku tidak akan menolong kalian lagi. Lihat saja apa yang akan terjadi padamu! Kalian adalah bangsa yang sangat jahat dan sama sekali tidak setia.
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 Kalian sudah membuat Aku cemburu dengan menyembah dewa-dewa, dan menyulut amarah-Ku dengan menyembah berhala-berhala. Karena itu, Aku akan membuat kalian cemburu dan marah kepada suatu bangsa yang bebal, yang sebenarnya tidak pantas disebut bangsa.
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 Murka-Ku akan seperti api yang membakar segala hasil ladang dan tumbuhan lain di bumi. Api murka-Ku akan menghanguskan bumi sampai ke dasar gunung-gunung, bahkan sampai ke tingkat Syeol yang paling bawah. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 Aku akan menimpakan banyak bencana pada kalian. Seperti pemanah menembaki para musuhnya, begitulah Aku akan menembaki setiap orang di antara kalian bertubi-tubi dengan segala macam bencana.
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 Kelaparan akan menyiksamu. Demam dan penyakit mengerikan akan menimpamu. Aku akan mengirim binatang buas untuk menerkammu, dan gigitan ular berbisa untuk mematikanmu.
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 Saat kamu keluar rumah, musuh-musuh akan membunuhmu dengan pedang. Dan sekalipun kamu berlindung di dalam rumah, kamu tetap akan mati ketakutan. Pasukan musuh akan memusnahkan kamu semuanya, baik pemuda pemudi, bayi, maupun kakek nenek.”
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 TUHAN Allah kita berkata, “Aku bisa saja membinasakan bangsa Israel sampai punah seluruhnya dari muka bumi.
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 Tetapi jika Aku melakukan itu, pasukan musuh yang Aku utus untuk menghukum Israel akan salah mengartikan kemenangan mereka. Mereka bisa mengira, ‘Kami mengalahkan orang Israel dengan kekuatan kami sendiri! Dan bukan TUHAN yang melakukan semua penghukuman itu.’”
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 Bangsa Israel, beginilah kata TUHAN tentang kalian! Kalian adalah bangsa yang tidak berakal dan sama sekali tidak bijaksana.
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 Kalau saja kalian bijaksana, kalian akan mengerti mengapa kalian dihukum dan menyadari apa yang akan terjadi pada kalian bila meninggalkan TUHAN.
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 Bagaimana mungkin seribu tentara Israel bisa lari ketakutan dari satu tentara musuh, dan sepuluh ribu tentara kalian kabur dari dua tentara musuh, kalau bukan karena TUHAN Batu Pelindung Israel yang menyerahkan kalian kepada mereka dan meninggalkan kalian!
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 Dewa bangsa-bangsa musuh tidak sekuat TUHAN Batu Pelindung kita! Bahkan mereka sendiri pun mengakui hal itu!
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 Bangsa-bangsa lain itu sangat jahat, mereka adalah pohon anggur yang berasal dari Sodom dan Gomora. Buah perbuatan mereka adalah anggur pahit dan mengandung racun mematikan.
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 TUHAN berkata, “Aku punya rencana terhadap bangsa-bangsa yang memusuhi Israel. Rencana itu Aku simpan dengan baik, seperti seseorang mengunci peti hartanya.
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 Akulah yang berhak untuk membalas kejahatan dan menghukum mereka, dan Aku akan melakukannya! Saatnya akan tiba ketika setiap orang jahat jatuh tergelincir. Dengan tiba-tiba, bencana menimpa orang jahat sampai binasa.”
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 Namun, ketika tinggal sedikit saja yang masih hidup dari umat TUHAN, dan itu hanya sejumlah budak dan orang bebas, saat bangsa Israel sama sekali tidak berdaya, barulah TUHAN Allah akan membela dan mengasihani mereka.
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 Kemudian Dia akan bertanya kepada umat-Nya, “Di manakah dewa-dewa yang kalian andalkan sebagai pelindung?
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 Bukankah kalian sudah memberi mereka makan lemak kurban dan air anggur? Seharusnya merekalah yang bangkit dan menolong kalian!
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 Sekarang, sadarilah bahwa hanya Akulah satu-satunya Allah. Tidak ada yang lain kecuali Aku. Akulah yang berhak membunuh dan memberi hidup. Aku sudah memberi hukuman yang menyakitkan tetapi Aku akan menyembuhkan, dan tidak ada yang bisa mencegah Aku.
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 Aku mengangkat tangan-Ku dan bersumpah: Demi Aku sendiri, yang hidup selamanya,
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 Aku akan mengasah pedang-Ku, agar pedang-Ku berkilat-kilat saat Aku menjatuhkan hukuman yang adil atas segala kejahatan yang dilakukan musuh-musuh-Ku, dan membalas perbuatan semua orang yang membenci Aku.
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 Bagaikan pahlawan menghabisi pasukan musuh dengan panah dan pedang hingga darah berlumuran di mana-mana, demikianlah Aku akan membunuh semua pasukan yang Aku tawan dan memenggal kepala para komandan mereka.”
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 “Hai semua bangsa, bersorak-sorailah bersama umat TUHAN, karena Allah Israel akan membunuh musuh-musuh-Nya, untuk membalaskan darah umat-Nya yang tertumpah. Dia sudah menentukan cara untuk menghukum musuh-musuh-Nya dan mengadakan perdamaian dengan umat-Nya serta membersihkan kenajisan dari negeri mereka.”
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 Musa dan Yosua mengajarkan seluruh nyanyian itu kepada umat Israel. Setelah selesai,
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 Musa berkata, “Ingatlah selalu semua peringatan yang sudah saya sampaikan hari ini, dan perintahkan anak-anak kalian untuk menaati dengan cermat segala sesuatu yang tertulis dalam kitab Taurat ini.
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 Semua ajaran itu bukan sekedar kata-kata biasa! Hidupmu bergantung padanya! Jika kalian menaatinya, kalian akan tetap hidup negeri yang sebentar lagi kalian duduki di seberang sungai Yordan.”
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 Pada hari yang sama, TUHAN berkata kepada Musa,
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 “Naiklah ke gunung Nebo di Pegunungan Abarim, di wilayah Moab, di seberang kota Yeriko. Pandanglah ke arah Kanaan, negeri yang akan Aku berikan kepada bangsa Israel.
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 Kamu boleh melihat negeri itu dari kejauhan, lalu kamu akan meninggal di gunung itu dan ditempatkan bersama nenek moyangmu dalam kematian, sebagaimana Harun sudah meninggal di gunung Hor. Seperti dia, kamu pun tidak akan masuk ke negeri Kanaan, karena kalian berdua tidak taat kepada-Ku di hadapan umat Israel, sewaktu kalian berada di mata air Meriba, dekat kota Kades di padang belantara Zin. Kalian tidak menghormati kekudusan-Ku di tengah bangsa Israel.”
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
