Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
TUHAN menyuruh aku
2 “Go, and cry out to the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord: I have remembered you, taking pity on your youth and on the charity of your betrothal, when you followed me into the desert, into a land which is not sown.
mengumumkan berita ini kepada semua orang di Yerusalem, "Hai Israel, Kuingat betapa kau setia di kala engkau masih muda; betapa besar cintamu ketika kita berbulan madu. Ke padang gurun Aku kauikuti melalui daerah yang tidak ditanami.
3 Israel is holy to the Lord, the first of his fruits. All those who devour him commit an offense. Evils will overwhelm them, says the Lord.”
Israel, kau milik-Ku pribadi, buah hati-Ku yang Kusayangi. Aku menimpakan malapetaka kepada semua yang membuat kau menderita, Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
4 Listen to the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.
Dengarkan pesan TUHAN, hai kamu keturunan Yakub, suku-suku Israel!
5 Thus says the Lord: “What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they would draw far away from me, and would walk after emptiness, and would become empty?
TUHAN berkata, "Kesalahan apa didapati leluhurmu pada-Ku, sehingga mereka mengkhianati Aku? Mereka mengejar berhala yang tak berharga dan akhirnya mereka sendiri menjadi hina.
6 And they have not said: ‘Where is the Lord, who caused us to ascend from the land of Egypt; who led us through the desert, through an uninhabited and impassable land, through a land of drought and of the image of death, through a land in which no one walked and in which no man lived?’
Aku tak dihiraukan; Aku, yang telah menuntun mereka di jalan, dan membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir melewati padang pasir, daerah tandus yang banyak lekak-lekuknya, serta kering lagi berbahaya--padang yang tidak dihuni dan tidak dilalui!
7 And I led you into the land of Carmel, so that you would eat from its fruit and from its excellence. And having entered it, you defiled my land, and you turned my inheritance into an abomination.
Ke negeri yang subur Kuantar mereka untuk menikmati hasil-hasil dan segala yang baik di sana. Tapi di situ tanah-Ku mereka najiskan dan milik-Ku mereka jadikan sesuatu yang menjijikkan.
8 The priests have not said: ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who held the law did not know me. And the pastors betrayed me. And the prophets prophesied in Baal and followed idols.
Para imam tak ada yang bertanya di mana Aku, Tuhannya. Para penegak hukum pun tak tahu siapa Aku, para penguasa memberontak terhadap-Ku. Atas nama Baal para nabi berbicara, dan menyembah berhala yang tak berguna."
9 Because of this, I will still contend in judgment against you, says the Lord, and I will dispute with your sons.
TUHAN berkata, "Sekarang umat-Ku Kuperkarakan lagi, dan keturunannya Kuadili.
10 Cross over to the isles of Kittim, and gaze. And send to Kedar, and consider diligently. And see if anything like this has ever been done.
Susurilah pesisir Siprus sebelah barat, kirimlah orang ke timur ke negeri Kedar, periksalah di sana dengan seksama, apakah pernah terjadi hal yang serupa?
11 See if a nation has ever changed their gods, though certainly those are not gods. Yet truly, my people have exchanged their glory for an idol.
Belum pernah suatu bangsa menukarkan ilahnya sekali pun itu bukan Allah sesungguhnya. Tapi, umat-Ku telah menukar Aku, kebanggaan mereka dengan sesuatu yang tak dapat berbuat apa-apa.
12 Be astonished at this, O heavens, and be utterly desolate, O gates of heaven, says the Lord.
Karena itu, hai langit, bergoncanglah! Tercengang dan gemetarlah!
13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the Fountain of living water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that are unable to hold water.
Umat-Ku melakukan dua macam dosa: mereka membelakangi Aku, sumber air pemberi hidup bagi manusia; mereka membuat bagi dirinya kolam bocor yang tak dapat menahan airnya."
14 Is Israel a servant, or one born into slavery? Then why has he become a prey?
"Israel bukan hamba, bukan juga keturunan hamba sahaya. Tapi mengapa ia telah menjadi mangsa lawannya?
15 The lions have roared over him, and they have uttered their voice. They have set his land in solitude; his cities have been burned up, and there is no one who lives in them.
Musuhnya mengaum kepadanya seperti singa, tanahnya dijadikan tandus dan hampa, kota-kotanya habis dimakan api, dibiarkan terlantar tak berpenghuni.
16 Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.
Hai Israel, rambut kepalamu dipangkas oleh orang Memfis dan Tahpanhes.
17 Has this not been done to you because you abandoned the Lord your God, in that time when he was leading you by the way?
Kau sendiri yang menyebabkan semua yang terjadi pada dirimu, karena ketika kau Kutuntun di perjalanan, kau membelakangi Aku, TUHAN Allahmu.
18 And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?
Apa untungnya kau ke Mesir? Hendak minum air Sungai Nil? Apa untungnya kau ke Asyur? Hendak minum air Sungai Efrat?
19 Your own malice will reprove you, and your own apostasy will rebuke you! But know and perceive this: it is an evil and bitter thing for you to forsake the Lord your God, and to be without my fear within you, says the Lord, the God of hosts.
Kejahatanmu sendiri menghukum dirimu, kau tersiksa karena menolak Aku, Allahmu. Sekarang rasakan betapa pahit dan pedih bila Aku kaubelakangi dan tidak kauhormati. Aku, TUHAN Allahmu telah berbicara; Akulah TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi dan Mahakuasa."
20 From ancient times, you have broken my yoke; you have torn apart my bonds, and you have said, ‘I will not serve.’ For on every high hill, and under every leafy tree, you have been debased, O harlot.
TUHAN berkata, "Sudah lama engkau tak mau mengabdi kepada-Ku; tak mau mentaati atau menyembah Aku. Di atas setiap bukit yang menjulang, dan di bawah setiap pohon yang rindang engkau menyembah dewa-dewa kesuburan.
21 Yet I planted you as an elect vineyard, with only true seed. Then how have you been turned away from me, toward that which is depraved, O strange vineyard?
Engkau Kutanam seperti pohon anggur yang Kupilih dari benih yang unggul. Tapi sekarang engkau berubah, menjadi tanaman liar dan tak berguna.
22 Even if you wash yourself with soap, and increase your use of herbal soaps, you are still stained by your iniquity in my sight, says the Lord God.
Sekali pun engkau mandi dengan memakai sabun banyak sekali, namun noda-noda kesalahanmu masih terlihat juga oleh-Ku.
23 How can you say: ‘I have not been polluted. I have not walked after Baal?’ Consider your ways in the steep valley. Acknowledge what you have done, so that you may be like a swift runner, following his course.
Berani benar kau berkata bahwa kau tidak keji, dan bahwa Baal tidak pernah kauikuti! Lihat tingkah lakumu di lembah, ingat kejahatanmu dan akuilah! Engkau bagaikan unta betina yang berahi, berlari kian ke mari tak terkendali,
24 A wild donkey accustomed to solitude, out of the desire in his soul, caught the scent of his lover. Now nothing will turn him away from her. All those who seek her will not cease. But they will find her in her menstruation.
lalu masuk ke padang gurun yang sunyi. Ia tak dapat ditahan bila sedang berahi. Yang mengingininya tak perlu mencari-cari, sebab pada musim berjantan ia selalu menyodorkan diri.
25 You should keep your foot from being naked, and your throat from being thirsty. But you have said: ‘I have lost hope. I will not do it. For certainly, I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.’
Israel, janganlah engkau berlari mengejar dewa-dewa, dan janganlah berteriak memanggil mereka, nanti kakimu cedera dan tenggorokanmu kering karena dahaga. 'Tidak, aku tak mungkin kembali,' kau berkata, 'sebab aku cinta kepada dewa-dewa, dan mau mengikuti mereka.'"
26 In the same way that a thief is confounded when he has been apprehended, so the house of Israel has been confounded, they and their kings, their leaders and priests and prophets.
TUHAN berkata, "Seperti pencuri merasa malu ketika tertangkap, demikianlah kamu semua akan merasa malu, hai orang Israel, raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabatmu, imam-imam dan nabi-nabimu!
27 For they say to a piece of wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You have conceived me.’ They have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their affliction, they will say: ‘Rise up and deliver us.’
Kamu akan dipermalukan, sebab sepotong kayu kamu panggil bapak dan sebuah batu kamu panggil ibu. Kamu bukannya datang kepada-Ku, melainkan meninggalkan Aku. Tapi apabila datang kesukaran, Akulah yang kamu panggil untuk datang menyelamatkan kamu.
28 Where are your gods that you made for yourselves? Let them rise up and deliver you in the time of your affliction. For certainly, your gods were like the number of your cities, O Judah.
Di manakah berhala-berhalamu yang kamu buat itu? Jika ada kesukaran, suruhlah mereka menyelamatkan kamu, kalau mereka bisa! Hai Yehuda, dewa-dewamu sebanyak kota-kotamu!
29 Why do you want to contend against me in judgment? You have all forsaken me, says the Lord.
Apakah yang tidak kamu senangi mengenai Aku sehingga kamu melawan Aku?
30 I have struck your children to no effect; they have not accepted discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets. Your generation is like a raging lion.
Percuma saja kamu Kuhukum, sebab kamu tidak mau menerima teguran. Seperti singa yang sedang mengamuk, demikianlah kamu membunuh para nabimu.
31 Consider the word of the Lord. Have I become like a wilderness to Israel, or like a land late to bear fruit? Then why have my people said, ‘We are withdrawing; we will no longer approach you’?
Hai umat Israel, dengarkan kata-kata-Ku ini. Pernahkah Aku seperti padang gurun bagimu atau seperti tanah yang gelap gulita? Tapi mengapa kamu berkata bahwa kamu mau bebas, dan tak mau lagi kembali kepada-Ku?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride the covering across her breast? Yet truly, my people have forgotten me, for innumerable days.
Apakah ada gadis yang melupakan perhiasannya, atau pengantin wanita yang melupakan baju pengantinnya? Tetapi kamu telah lama sekali melupakan Aku--sejak waktu yang tak terhitung lamanya.
33 Why are you striving to claim that your way is good, as if to seek my love, when all the while you are also displaying your malice by your own way,
Kamu sungguh pandai mengatur siasat untuk memikat hati kekasih-kekasihmu. Pelacur yang paling bejat pun masih dapat belajar daripadamu!
34 and in your armpits there is found the blood of poor and innocent souls? I have found them, not in ditches, but everywhere that I mentioned previously.
Pakaianmu ternoda oleh darah orang miskin dan orang tak bersalah, bukan oleh darah pencuri yang tertangkap. Namun demikian,
35 And you have said: ‘I am innocent and without sin. And because of this, let your fury be turned away from me.’ Behold, I will contend with you in judgment, because you have said: ‘I have not sinned.’
kamu berkata bahwa kamu tak bersalah, bahwa Aku tidak marah lagi kepadamu. Tetapi Aku, TUHAN, akan menghukum kamu karena kamu tidak mau mengakui bahwa kamu bersalah.
36 How exceedingly vile you have become, repeating your ways again and again! And so, you will be ashamed of Egypt, just as you were ashamed of Assur.
Cepat sekali kamu pergi kepada dewa-dewa bangsa lain untuk minta tolong! Kamu pasti akan dikecewakan oleh Mesir, sama seperti kamu dikecewakan oleh Asyur.
37 For you will also depart from that place, and your hand will be upon your head. For the Lord has crushed your confidence, and you will have nothing prosperous by it.”
Kamu akan meninggalkan Mesir dengan kecewa dan malu. Aku, TUHAN, telah menolak mereka yang kamu andalkan; kamu tidak akan mendapat keuntungan apa-apa dari mereka."
