Isaiah 17
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Damascus [the capital of Syria]: “Listen carefully! Damascus will no longer be a city; it will be [only] a heap of ruins!
Ucapan ilahi terhadap Damsyik. Sesungguhnya, Damsyik tidak akan tetap sebagai kota, nanti menjadi suatu timbunan reruntuhan;
2 The towns near Aroer [city] will be abandoned. Flocks [of sheep] will [eat grass in the streets and] lie down there, and there will be no one to chase them away.
kampung-kampungnya akan ditinggalkan selama-lamanya dan menjadi tempat bagi kawanan-kawanan ternak, yang berbaring dengan tidak diganggu oleh siapapun.
3 The cities in Israel will not have walls around them [to protect them]. The power of the kingdom of Damascus will be ended, and the few people who will remain in Damascus will be disgraced like the people in Israel were disgraced.” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
Kubu-kubu akan hilang dari Efraim dan kuasa kerajaan akan lenyap dari Damsyik, juga sisa-sisa Aram, semuanya akan lenyap sama seperti kemuliaan orang Israel, demikianlah firman TUHAN semesta alam.
4 “At that time, Israel will become insignificant. It will be [like] [MET] a fat person who has become very thin.
Maka pada waktu itu kemuliaan Yakub akan berkurang, dan kemakmurannya akan susut;
5 The entire land will be like [SIM] a field where the harvesters have cut all the grain; there will be nothing left, like [SIM] the fields in the Rephaim Valley after all the crops have been harvested.
keadaannya seperti gandum yang digenggam orang untuk dituai dan tangannya memetik bulir-bulir; atau seperti bulir-bulir yang dipungut orang di lembah orang Refaim.
6 Only a few of the Israeli people will remain [MET], like [SIM] the few olives that remain on the top of a tree after the workers have caused all the other olives to fall [to the ground]. [There will be only] two or three olives in the top branches, [or] four or five olives on the other branches.” [That is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says.
Dari padanya akan tertinggal sisa untuk pemetikan susulan seperti pada waktu orang menjolok buah zaitun, tertinggal satu dua di sebelah pucuknya dan beberapa di dahan-dahannya, demikianlah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel.
7 [Then], at that time, [you] people [of Israel] will (turn for help to/look up to) God, your creator, the Holy One of Israel.
Pada waktu itu manusia akan memandang kepada Dia yang menjadikannya, dan matanya akan melihat kepada Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel;
8 You will no [longer] seek to get help from your idols or worship the idols that you have made with your own hands [DOU]. You will never again bow down in front of the poles [where you worship the goddess] Asherah. You will never again worship at the shrines [that you have built for burning incense].
ia tidak akan memandang kepada mezbah-mezbah buatan tangannya sendiri, dan tidak akan melihat kepada yang dikerjakan oleh tangannya, yakni tiang-tiang berhala dan pedupaan-pedupaan.
9 The largest cities in Israel will be abandoned, like the land that the Hiv and Amor people-groups abandoned (OR, like the forests that the [Canaan people-group] abandoned) when the Israelis [attacked them long ago]. No one will live there.
Pada waktu itu kota-kotamu akan ditinggalkan seperti kota-kota orang Hewi dan orang Amori yang mereka tinggalkan karena orang Israel, sehingga menjadi sunyi sepi.
10 [That will happen] because you have stopped worshiping God who is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which you can be safe. You have forgotten that he is the one who can hide/protect you. So, [now] you plant very nice grapevines and [even] plant very expensive ones that come from other countries.
Sebab engkau telah melupakan Allah yang menyelamatkan engkau, dan tidak mengingat gunung batu kekuatanmu. Sebab itu sekalipun engkau membuat taman yang permai dan menanaminya dengan cangkokan luar negeri,
11 [But] even if they sprout leaves on the day that you plant them, and even if they produce blossoms on that same morning, at harvest time, there will not be any grapes for you to pick. All that you will get is a lot of agony/misery.
sekalipun pada hari menanamnya engkau membuatnya tumbuh subur, dan pada pagi mencangkokkannya engkau membuatnya berbunga, namun panen akan segera lenyap pada hari kesakitan dan hari penderitaan yang sangat payah.
12 Listen! [The armies of] many nations will roar like the sea roars. It will sound like the noise of crashing waves.
Wahai! Ributnya banyak bangsa-bangsa, mereka ribut seperti ombak laut menderu! Gaduhnya suku-suku bangsa, mereka gaduh seperti gaduhnya air yang hebat!
13 But even though their loud roaring will be like the sound of crashing waves, when Yahweh rebukes them, they will run far away. They will flee like [SIM] chaff on the hills scatters when the wind [blows], like tumbleweeds scatter when a windstorm blows.
Suku-suku bangsa gaduh seperti gaduhnya air yang besar; tetapi TUHAN menghardiknya, sehingga mereka lari jauh-jauh, terburu-buru seperti sekam di tempat penumbukan dihembus angin, dan seperti dedak ditiup puting beliung.
14 And, even though you people of Israel will be terrified, in the morning [your enemies] will all be gone/dead. That is what will happen to those who invade our land and [then] steal our possessions.
Menjelang waktu senja, sesungguhnya ada kedahsyatan! Sebelum hari pagi, mereka sudah tidak ada lagi! Itulah bagian orang-orang yang merampoki kita, dan itulah yang ditentukan bagi orang-orang yang merampasi kita.
