Isaiah 30
1 “Woe to the sons of apostasy!” says the Lord. For you would take advice, but not from me. And you would begin to weave, but not by my spirit. Thus do you add sin upon sin!
TUHAN berkata, "Celakalah para pemimpin Yehuda, karena mereka memberontak terhadap Aku. Mereka mengikuti rencana-rencana yang bukan rencana-Ku. Mereka menandatangani perjanjian yang bertentangan dengan kehendak-Ku. Maka bertumpuk-tumpuklah dosa mereka.
2 You are walking so as to descend into Egypt, and you have not sought answers from my mouth, instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaoh and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.
Mereka pergi ke Mesir tanpa minta keputusan-Ku. Mereka berlindung pada Mesir dan mengharapkan pertolongan raja Mesir.
3 And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.
Tetapi raja itu akan mengecewakan mereka, dan perlindungan yang diharapkan dari Mesir akan gagal.
4 For your leaders were at Tanis, and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes.
Walaupun utusan-utusan Yehuda sudah sampai di kota-kota Zoan dan Hanes di Mesir,
5 They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them, who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness, except to offer confusion and reproach.
semua orang akan menjadi malu karena telah mengandalkan bangsa yang tidak berguna bagi mereka. Yang mereka dapat bukannya keuntungan atau pertolongan, melainkan penghinaan."
6 The burden of the beasts in the south. In a land of tribulation and anguish, from which go forth the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying king snake, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden, and their valuables upon the humps of camels, to a people who are not able to offer profit to them.
Beginilah pesan TUHAN tentang binatang-binatang yang mendiami tanah selatan, "Para utusan memuati keledai dan unta mereka dengan hadiah-hadiah, lalu melintasi daerah yang penuh mara bahaya yang didiami singa, ular berbisa dan naga bersayap. Hadiah-hadiah itu mereka persembahkan kepada suatu bangsa yang tak dapat menolong mereka.
7 For Egypt will offer assistance, but without purpose or success. Therefore, concerning this, I cried out: “It is only arrogance! Remain calm.”
Bantuan Mesir percuma saja. Sebab itu Mesir Kuberi julukan, 'Naga yang tidak berbahaya'."
8 Now, therefore, enter and write for them upon a tablet, and note it diligently in a book, and this shall be a testimony in the last days, and even unto eternity.
Allah menyuruh saya mencatat kejahatan umat-Nya dalam sebuah buku sebagai peringatan untuk selama-lamanya.
9 For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.
Sebab, mereka itu bangsa yang suka memberontak terhadap Allah, suka berbohong dan tak pernah mau mendengarkan ajaran TUHAN.
10 They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to those who behold: “Do not behold for us the things that are right. Speak to us of pleasing things. See errors for us.
Mereka berkata kepada para nabi, "Tutup mulut! Jangan mengatakan kepada kami apa yang benar, tetapi apa yang ingin kami dengar. Biarkan kami tetap berkhayal.
11 Take me from the way. Avert me from the path. Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.”
Menyingkirlah, dan ambillah jalan lain. Jangan mengganggu kami dengan Allah kudus Israel."
12 Because of this, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Since you have rejected this word, and you have hoped in calumny and rebellion, and since you have depended upon these things,
Karena itu Allah kudus Israel berkata begini, "Kamu menolak perkataan-Ku dan mengandalkan penindasan serta penipuan.
13 for this reason, this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen, and like a gap in a high wall. For its destruction will happen suddenly, when it is not expected.
Sebab itu kamu bersalah. Kamu seperti tembok tinggi yang retak dari atas ke bawah; dengan tiba-tiba saja kamu akan roboh.
14 And it will be crushed, just as the earthen vessel of a potter is destroyed by a sharp blow. And not even a fragment of its earthenware will be found, which might carry a little fire from the hearth, or which might draw a little water from a hollow.
Kamu akan remuk seperti periuk tanah yang pecah berantakan, sehingga di antara remukannya tak ada yang dapat dipakai untuk mengambil bara dari tungku atau untuk mencedok air dari dalam bak."
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing!
TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, Allah kudus Israel, berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Bertobatlah dan tetaplah tenang, maka kamu akan Kuselamatkan. Percayalah kepada-Ku dengan hati yang tentram, maka kamu akan Kukuatkan." Tetapi kamu tidak mau!
16 And you have said: “Never! Instead, we will flee by horseback.” For this reason, you will be put to flight. And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.” For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.
Malah kamu membuat rencana untuk melarikan diri dari musuh dengan mengendarai kuda yang cepat. Bagus! Memang kamu nanti harus lari! Kamu pikir kudamu itu cukup kencang larinya, padahal pengejar-pengejarmu jauh lebih cepat.
17 A thousand men will flee in terror from the face of one, and you will flee in terror from the face of five, until you who have been left behind are like the mast of a ship at the top of a mountain, or like a sign on a hill.
Seribu orang akan lari melihat ancaman satu orang musuh, dan ancaman lima orang membuat kamu lari semua. Dari pasukanmu hanya tinggal satu tiang bendera di atas puncak bukit.
18 Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you. And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you. For the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Walaupun begitu, TUHAN menanti-nantikan saatnya untuk menunjukkan belas kasihan-Nya kepadamu. Ia siap sedia untuk mengasihani kamu. Sebab TUHAN adalah Allah yang melakukan apa yang tepat. Berbahagialah orang yang berharap kepada-Nya.
19 For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly, you will not weep. Mercifully, he will take pity on you. At the voice of your outcry, as soon as he hears, he will respond to you.
Hai kamu yang tinggal di Yerusalem, kamu tidak akan terus menangis. TUHAN berbelaskasihan, dan segera menjawab kamu bila kamu berseru minta tolong kepada-Nya.
20 And the Lord will give you thick bread and accessible water. And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore. And your eyes will behold your instructor.
TUHAN memberi kamu masa percobaan yang berat untuk mengajar kamu. Tetapi sekarang Ia sendiri mendampingi kamu sehingga kamu mengalami kehadiran-Nya.
21 And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back: “This is the way! Walk in it! And do not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.”
Bila kamu menyimpang dari jalan, di belakangmu akan terdengar suara-Nya yang berkata, "Inilah jalannya; ikutlah jalan ini."
22 And you will defile the plates of your silver graven images and the vestment of your gold molten idols. And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman. You will say to it, “Go away!”
Patung-patung berhalamu yang berlapis perak dan emas akan kamu buang seperti kotoran, sambil berkata, "Pergilah dariku!"
23 And wherever you sow seed upon the earth, rain will be given to the seed. And bread from the grain of the earth will be very plentiful and full. In that day, the lamb will pasture in the spacious land of your possession.
Apabila kamu menabur benih, TUHAN akan mengirim hujan supaya benih itu tumbuh dan menghasilkan panenan yang berlimpah-limpah. Bagi ternakmu akan tersedia padang rumput yang luas.
24 And your bulls, and the colts of the donkeys that work the ground, will eat a mix of grains like that winnowed on the threshing floor.
Sapi jantan dan keledai yang membajak ladangmu akan makan makanan ternak yang paling baik yang disiapkan secara khusus.
25 And there will be, on every lofty mountain, and on every elevated hill, rivers of running water, in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower will fall.
Pada hari benteng-benteng musuhmu dikepung dan orang-orangnya dibunuh, setiap gunung dan bukit akan memancarkan anak-anak sungai.
26 And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people, and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge.
Bulan akan bersinar seterang matahari, dan matahari akan tujuh kali lebih cerah dari biasanya, seperti terang tujuh hari dikumpulkan menjadi satu. Semua itu akan terjadi pada waktu TUHAN membalut dan menyembuhkan luka-luka umat-Nya yang sudah dideranya.
27 Behold, the name of the Lord arrives from far away. His fury is burning and heavy to bear. His lips have been filled with indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire.
Kekuasaan dan keagungan TUHAN nampak dari jauh. Api dan asap menunjukkan kemarahan-Nya. Ia berbicara dengan mereka, dan kata-kata-Nya membakar seperti api.
28 His Spirit is like a torrent, inundating, even as high as the middle of the neck, in order to reduce the nations to nothing, along with the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.
Ia menyuruh angin mendahului-Nya seperti banjir setinggi leher yang menghanyutkan segalanya. Ia membinasakan bangsa-bangsa, dan menggagalkan rencana-rencana mereka yang jahat.
29 There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart, as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel.
Tetapi kamu, umat Allah, akan bergembira dan menyanyi seperti pada malam perayaan agama. Kamu akan bersukacita seperti orang-orang yang berjalan dengan iringan seruling menuju Rumah TUHAN, pembela Israel.
30 And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard, and, with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire, he will reveal the terror of his arm. He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones.
TUHAN akan memperdengarkan suara-Nya yang agung, dan setiap orang akan merasakan kuasa-Nya yang hebat. Kemarahan-Nya akan mendatangkan api yang menghanguskan, hujan lebat, hujan batu dan badai.
31 For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff.
Orang Asyur akan gempar bila mendengar suara TUHAN dan merasakan hukuman-Nya yang berat.
32 And when the passage of the staff has been begun, the Lord will cause it to rest upon him, with timbrels and harps. And with special battles, he will fight against them.
Sementara mereka merasakan pukulan-pukulan-Nya, umat TUHAN bersenang-senang dengan musik gendang dan kecapi. Allah sendiri akan berperang melawan orang Asyur.
33 For a burning place, deep and wide, has been prepared from yesterday, prepared by the King. Its nourishment is fire and much wood. The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, kindles it.
Sejak dahulu sudah disiapkan tempat pembakaran untuk raja Asyur. Tempat itu dalam dan lebar, berisi kayu bakar yang bertimbun-timbun. TUHAN akan menyalakannya dengan meniupkan napas-Nya seperti sungai belerang.
