Isaiah 14
1 [But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
TUHAN akan mengasihani Israel umat-Nya, dan memilih mereka lagi menjadi milik-Nya. Ia akan menempatkan mereka kembali di negeri mereka sendiri. Orang asing akan datang dan bergabung dengan mereka.
2 People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
Banyak bangsa akan menolong bangsa Israel untuk kembali ke negeri yang diberikan TUHAN kepada mereka, dan di sana bangsa-bangsa itu akan berhamba kepada Israel. Israel akan menawan orang-orang yang pernah menawannya dan memerintah orang-orang yang pernah menindasnya.
3 Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
TUHAN akan membebaskan orang Israel dari kesakitan dan penderitaannya, dan dari kerja berat yang dipaksakan kepadanya.
4 When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
Apabila TUHAN melakukan itu, mereka akan mengejek raja Babel begini, "Raja yang kejam sudah jatuh! Ia tak dapat menindas lagi.
5 You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
TUHAN sudah mengakhiri pemerintahan penguasa-penguasa jahat
6 You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
yang dengan marah menindas bangsa-bangsa dan terus-menerus menganiaya mereka.
7 [But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
Akhirnya seluruh dunia akan aman dan tentram, dan setiap orang bernyanyi gembira.
8 [It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
Pohon eru dan pohon cemara Libanon bergembira karena raja yang kejam itu telah jatuh, dan sesudah ia pergi, tak ada yang menyuruh menebang mereka!
9 The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
Dunia orang mati ramai-ramai menyambut raja Babel itu. Maka terjagalah arwah orang-orang yang dahulu berkuasa di bumi, dan arwah para raja bangkit dari takhta mereka. (Sheol h7585)
10 They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
Mereka semua berseru kepadanya, 'Hai! Sekarang engkau seperti kami, lemah dan tak berdaya!
11 You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
Dahulu engkau dihormati dengan musik kecapi, tetapi sekarang sudah berada di kesunyian dunia orang mati. Ulat-ulat menjadi ranjangmu dan cacing menjadi selimutmu.' (Sheol h7585)
12 You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
Hai raja Babel, dahulu engkau bintang pagi yang cemerlang, tapi sekarang sudah jatuh dari langit! Dahulu engkau mengalahkan bangsa-bangsa, tapi sekarang dicampakkan ke tanah.
13 You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
Engkau bertekad naik ke langit dan menempatkan takhtamu di atas bintang yang tertinggi! Kaupikir engkau dapat duduk sebagai raja di atas gunung sebelah utara, tempat dewa-dewa berkumpul.
14 I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
Engkau berkata, bahwa engkau akan naik ke atas ketinggian awan-awan dan menjadi seperti Yang Mahatinggi.
15 [But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Padahal engkau dijerumuskan ke bagian yang paling dalam dari dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)
16 The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
Mereka yang berada di situ akan memandang dan menatap engkau. Mereka akan bertanya, 'Inikah orangnya yang menggentarkan bumi dan menggemparkan kerajaan-kerajaan?
17 Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
Diakah yang menghancurkan kota-kota dan mengubah dunia menjadi padang pasir? Dia inikah yang tak pernah melepaskan tawanan-tawanannya atau membiarkan mereka pulang?'
18 All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
Semua bekas raja bangsa-bangsa dimakamkan dengan semarak di makamnya masing-masing,
19 but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
tetapi engkau tak punya kuburan; mayatmu dibuang seperti tunas yang ditolak, ditimbuni mayat-mayat pejuang yang tewas dalam perang, dan dilemparkan bersama mereka ke liang batu, seperti bangkai yang terinjak-injak.
20 Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
Engkau sudah membinasakan negerimu dan membunuh bangsamu sendiri. Karena itu engkau tak akan dikuburkan seperti raja-raja lain. Tak seorang pun dari keluargamu yang jahat itu akan diselamatkan.
21 [People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
Pembantaian akan segera dimulai! Putra-putramu akan mati karena dosa leluhur mereka. Tak seorang pun dari mereka akan memerintah di bumi atau membangun kota-kota."
22 [This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Aku akan menyerang Babel dan melenyapkannya. Tak seorang pun akan Kuselamatkan, bahkan anak-anak tidak Kubiarkan hidup. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
23 I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
Babel akan Kujadikan rawa-rawa yang didiami burung hantu. Babel akan Kusapu bersih. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara."
24 The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa bersumpah: "Yang sudah Kurencanakan itu pasti akan terlaksana.
25 [When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
Orang Asyur di Israel negeri-Ku, akan Kubinasakan, dan yang ada di gunung-gunung-Ku akan Kuinjak-injak. Aku akan membebaskan bangsa-Ku dari penindasan dan dari beban yang dipaksakan kepada mereka oleh orang Asyur.
26 I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
Inilah rencana-Ku untuk dunia; lengan-Ku terentang untuk menghukum bangsa-bangsa."
27 [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa sudah memutuskan untuk berbuat demikian. Ia merentangkan tangan-Nya untuk menghukum, dan tak seorang pun dapat mencegah Dia.
28 I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
Inilah pesan yang diumumkan dalam tahun Raja Ahas meninggal.
29 You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
Hai bangsa Filistin, pentung yang dipakai untuk memukulmu sudah patah. Tetapi jangan engkau bergembira, sebab kalau seekor ular mati, ular yang lebih jahat lagi datang menggantikannya, dan telur ular menetaskan naga bersayap.
30 Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
Kamu akan ditimpa kelaparan hebat, dan semua orang yang tersisa akan dibunuh. Sebaliknya, orang yang paling miskin dari umat TUHAN akan mendapat makanan, dan orang-orang yang tak berdaya akan hidup dengan aman sentosa.
31 [So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
Merataplah, dan berteriaklah minta tolong, hai kota-kota Filistin! Hendaklah kamu semua gempar ketakutan! Awan debu mengepul dari utara menandakan kedatangan pasukan musuh; tak ada pengecut di antara mereka.
32 If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
Jawaban apa akan kita berikan kepada utusan-utusan yang datang dari bangsa Filistin? Kita akan mengatakan kepada mereka bahwa TUHAN sudah membangun Sion, dan umat-Nya yang menderita akan mendapat perlindungan di situ.
