Jeremiah 2
1 The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
TUHAN menyuruh aku
2 "Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says Jehovah, "I remember you, the devotion of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was 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 was holiness to Jehovah, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says Jehovah."
Israel, kau milik-Ku pribadi, buah hati-Ku yang Kusayangi. Aku menimpakan malapetaka kepada semua yang membuat kau menderita, Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
4 Hear the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Dengarkan pesan TUHAN, hai kamu keturunan Yakub, suku-suku Israel!
5 Thus says Jehovah, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
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 Neither did they say, 'Where is Jehovah who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where 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 I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage 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 did not say, 'Where is Jehovah?' And those who handle the law did not know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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 "Therefore I will yet contend with you," says Jehovah, "and I will contend with your children's children.
TUHAN berkata, "Sekarang umat-Ku Kuperkarakan lagi, dan keturunannya Kuadili.
10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
Susurilah pesisir Siprus sebelah barat, kirimlah orang ke timur ke negeri Kedar, periksalah di sana dengan seksama, apakah pernah terjadi hal yang serupa?
11 Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
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, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says Jehovah.
Karena itu, hai langit, bergoncanglah! Tercengang dan gemetarlah!
13 "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no 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? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?
"Israel bukan hamba, bukan juga keturunan hamba sahaya. Tapi mengapa ia telah menjadi mangsa lawannya?
15 The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
Musuhnya mengaum kepadanya seperti singa, tanahnya dijadikan tandus dan hampa, kota-kotanya habis dimakan api, dibiarkan terlantar tak berpenghuni.
16 The people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have also shaved the crown of your head.
Hai Israel, rambut kepalamu dipangkas oleh orang Memfis dan Tahpanhes.
17 "Haven't you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, when he led 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 Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Apa untungnya kau ke Mesir? Hendak minum air Sungai Nil? Apa untungnya kau ke Asyur? Hendak minum air Sungai Efrat?
19 "Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, and that my fear is not in you," says Jehovah 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 "For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve;' for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
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 had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
Engkau Kutanam seperti pohon anggur yang Kupilih dari benih yang unggul. Tapi sekarang engkau berubah, menjadi tanaman liar dan tak berguna.
22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me," says Jehovah.
Sekali pun engkau mandi dengan memakai sabun banyak sekali, namun noda-noda kesalahanmu masih terlihat juga oleh-Ku.
23 "How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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 used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
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 "Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go 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 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their 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 who tell wood, 'You are my father;' and a stone, 'You have brought me out:' for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, 'Arise, and save 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 "But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble. For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they were sacrificing to Baal.
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 will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says Jehovah.
Apakah yang tidak kamu senangi mengenai Aku sehingga kamu melawan Aku?
30 "I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Percuma saja kamu Kuhukum, sebab kamu tidak mau menerima teguran. Seperti singa yang sedang mengamuk, demikianlah kamu membunuh para nabimu.
31 Generation, consider the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'
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 ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
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 How well you prepare your way to seek love. Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.
Kamu sungguh pandai mengatur siasat untuk memikat hati kekasih-kekasihmu. Pelacur yang paling bejat pun masih dapat belajar daripadamu!
34 Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
Pakaianmu ternoda oleh darah orang miskin dan orang tak bersalah, bukan oleh darah pencuri yang tertangkap. Namun demikian,
35 "Yet you said, 'I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.' "Look, I will judge you, because you say, '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 Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
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 From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Jehovah has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.
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."
