Jeremiah 31

1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya Aku menjadi Allah semua suku Israel, dan mereka menjadi umat-Ku.

2 The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.

Di padang gurun Aku menunjukkan belas kasihan-Ku kepada mereka yang telah luput dari maut. Ketika umat Israel mencari ketenangan,

3 From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.

dari jauh Aku menampakkan diri-Ku kepada mereka. Hai umat Israel, sejak dulu Aku selalu mengasihi kamu, dan untuk seterusnya Aku akan tetap menunjukkan bahwa Aku selalu mengasihi kamu.

4 I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.

Bangsamu akan Kujadikan jaya seperti dahulu. Sekali lagi kamu akan mengambil rebana, dan menari dengan gembira.

5 Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.

Kamu akan membuka kebun anggur di pegunungan Samaria, dan yang menanam akan memetik buahnya pula.

6 For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.

Sungguh, akan tiba waktunya para pengawal kota berseru di pegunungan Efraim, 'Mari kita naik ke Sion, kepada TUHAN Allah kita.'"

7 For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.

TUHAN berkata, "Bernyanyilah gembira bagi Israel, umat-Ku--bangsa yang terutama dari segala bangsa. Nyanyikanlah kidung pujian, dan beritakanlah: 'TUHAN telah menyelamatkan yang tersisa dari umat-Nya.'

8 See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.

Dari utara Kubawa mereka kembali; Kukumpulkan mereka dari ujung-ujung bumi. Orang buta dan orang lumpuh akan ikut dengan mereka, juga wanita yang baru melahirkan dan yang hamil tua. Mereka semua akan datang kembali dalam jumlah yang besar ke negeri ini.

9 They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

Mereka berjalan dengan bercucuran air mata, Kuhibur dan Kubimbing mereka. Kubawa mereka melalui tempat-tempat yang banyak airnya, melalui jalan rata di tempat mereka tak akan tersandung. Bagi Israel, aku bagaikan ayah; Efraim adalah putra-Ku yang sulung."

10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.

TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah hai bangsa-bangsa! Sampaikanlah pesan-Ku ke seberang lautan: Umat-Ku yang telah Kuceraiberaikan akan Kukumpulkan dan Kupelihara seperti gembala menjaga dombanya.

11 For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

Umat Israel telah Kuselamatkan, dan Kubebaskan dari bangsa yang kuat.

12 So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.

Ke Bukit Sion mereka akan datang dengan muka yang berseri-seri, sambil menyanyi dengan riang karena semua pemberian-Ku kepada mereka, yaitu gandum, minyak, anggur, sapi dan domba. Mereka akan seperti taman yang cukup airnya, dan tidak kekurangan apa-apa.

13 Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

Pada waktu itu gadis-gadis akan menari dengan bersuka hati. Orang tua dan orang muda sama-sama berbahagia, sebab Aku akan menghibur mereka. Duka mereka Kuubah menjadi kesukaan, kesedihan Kuubah menjadi kebahagiaan.

14 I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.

Para imam akan Kupuaskan dengan makanan berkelimpahan; dan semua yang umat-Ku perlukan akan Kuberikan. Aku, TUHAN, yang mengatakan."

15 So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

TUHAN berkata, "Di Rama terdengar suara ratapan, dan keluh kesah yang diliputi kepedihan. Rahel meratapi anak-anaknya, ia tak mau dihibur sebab mereka sudah tiada.

16 The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.

Hentikan tangismu dan keringkan air matamu! Takkan sia-sia jerih payahmu untuk anak-anakmu. Bagimu akan ada ganjaran, anak-anakmu pulang dari negeri lawan.

17 And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.

Ada harapan bagimu di masa depan; anak-anakmu akan kembali ke kampung halaman.

18 Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.

Kudengar umat Israel berkata penuh kesedihan, 'Ya TUHAN, kami seperti hewan yang belum dijinakkan tapi Kaulatih kami untuk patuh, dan sekarang kami siap untuk balik kepada-Mu. Jadi, bawalah kami kembali, ya TUHAN, Allah kami.

19 Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

Engkau telah kami belakangi, tapi perbuatan itu kami sesali. Setelah Engkau menghukum kami, kepala kami tertunduk karena sedih. Kami malu dan menjadi hina karena telah berdosa pada masa muda.'

20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Israel, engkau anak kesayangan-Ku, anak tercinta, buah hati-Ku. Setiap kali Aku mengancammu Aku selalu ingat padamu dengan rindu. Engkau akan Kuperlakukan dengan penuh belas kasihan.

21 Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.

Tandailah jalan-jalan, pasanglah rambu-rambu carilah jalan yang kautempuh dahulu. Hai, Israel, pulanglah! Kembalilah ke kota-kotamu yang semula.

22 How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.

Sampai kapan kau terus ragu-ragu, hai bangsa yang tak setia kepada-Ku? Aku telah menciptakan sesuatu yang baru di dunia, sesuatu yang ganjil--seganjil wanita melindungi pria."

23 So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel berkata, "Apabila umat-Ku sudah Kujadikan jaya seperti dahulu, maka di negeri Yehuda dan di desa-desanya akan terdengar lagi orang berkata, 'Semoga TUHAN memberkati bukit suci di Yerusalem tempat kediaman yang khusus bagi-Nya.'

24 And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.

Orang akan tinggal di Yehuda dan di desa-desanya. Di sana akan ada petani dan peternak dengan sapi dan dombanya.

25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.

Mereka yang lelah akan Kusegarkan, dan yang lesu karena kelaparan akan Kukenyangkan.

26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

Pada waktu itu orang akan berkata, 'Setelah tidur nyenyak, aku merasa segar.'

27 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Aku, TUHAN, berkata bahwa akan tiba masanya negeri Israel dan Yehuda Kupenuhi dengan manusia dan hewan.

28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

Sebagaimana dahulu Aku telah menjaga mereka supaya kemudian Aku mencabut, meruntuhkan dan menghancurkan mereka, begitu pula Aku akan menjaga mereka supaya Aku meneguhkan dan bangun mereka kembali.

29 In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.

Pada waktu itu orang tidak akan berkata lagi, 'Orang tua makan buah yang asam, gigi anaknya yang merasa ngilu,'

30 But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.

melainkan siapa makan buah yang asam, dia sendirilah yang akan ngilu giginya. Setiap orang akan mati karena dosanya sendiri."

31 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:

TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya Aku membuat perjanjian yang baru dengan umat Israel dan Yehuda.

32 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

Tapi perjanjian itu bukan seperti perjanjian yang Kubuat dengan leluhur mereka ketika Kutuntun mereka keluar dari Mesir. Sekalipun Aku seperti seorang suami bagi mereka, namun mereka mengingkari perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka.

33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Inilah perjanjian baru yang akan Kubuat dengan umat Israel: Hukum-hukum-Ku akan Kutaruh di dalam batin mereka, dan Kutulis pada hati mereka. Aku akan menjadi Allah mereka, dan mereka akan menjadi umat-Ku.

34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.

Tak perlu lagi seorang pun dari mereka mengajar sesamanya untuk mengenal TUHAN. Sebab mereka semua, besar kecil, akan mengenal Aku. Kesalahan-kesalahan mereka akan Kulupakan, dosa-dosa mereka akan Kuampuni. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

35 These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

Matahari disediakan TUHAN untuk menerangi siang; bulan dan bintang-bintang untuk menerangi malam. Laut diaduknya sehingga gelombang bergelora, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, itulah namanya.

36 If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.

TUHAN berjanji, "Selama hukum alam tak berubah Israel pun akan tetap ada sebagai bangsa.

37 This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.

Sekiranya suatu waktu langit dapat diukur, dan dasar bumi dapat diselidiki, pada waktu itulah Israel akan Kutolak karena segala perbuatan mereka yang jahat. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.

TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya seluruh Yerusalem dibangun kembali sebagai kota-Ku, dari Menara Hananeel sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut.

39 And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.

Dari situ garis batasnya menuju ke Bukit Gareb, lalu membelok ke Goa.

40 And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.

Seluruh lembah itu, yang dipakai sebagai kuburan dan tempat pembuangan sampah, dan semua ladang di tepi Sungai Kidron sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Kuda ke arah timur, akan dikhususkan untuk Aku. Kota Yerusalem tidak akan diruntuhkan lagi atau dihancurkan."