Jeremiah 3

1 “[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.

Firman-Nya: "Jika seseorang menceraikan isterinya, lalu perempuan itu pergi dari padanya dan menjadi isteri orang lain, akan kembalikah laki-laki yang pertama kepada perempuan itu? Bukankah negeri itu sudah tetap cemar? Engkau telah berzinah dengan banyak kekasih, dan mau kembali kepada-Ku? demikianlah firman TUHAN.

2 “Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.

Layangkanlah matamu ke bukit-bukit gundul dan lihatlah! Di manakah engkau tidak pernah ditiduri? Di pinggir jalan-jalan engkau duduk menantikan kekasih, seperti seorang Arab di padang gurun. Engkau telah mencemarkan negeri dengan zinahmu dan dengan kejahatanmu.

3 That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].

Sebab itu dirus hujan tertahan dan hujan pada akhir musim tidak datang. Tetapi dahimu adalah dahi perempuan sundal, engkau tidak mengenal malu.

4 Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!

Bukankah baru saja engkau memanggil Aku: Bapaku! Engkaulah kawanku sejak kecil!

5 So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”

Untuk selama-lamanyakah Ia akan murka atau menaruh dendam untuk seterusnya? Demikianlah katamu, namun engkau sedapat-dapatnya melakukan kejahatan."

6 [One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].

TUHAN berfirman kepadaku dalam zaman raja Yosia: "Sudahkah engkau melihat apa yang dilakukan Israel, perempuan murtad itu, bagaimana dia naik ke atas setiap bukit yang menjulang dan pergi ke bawah setiap pohon yang rimbun untuk bersundal di sana?

7 I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].

Pikir-Ku: Sesudah melakukan semuanya ini, ia akan kembali kepada-Ku, tetapi ia tidak kembali. Hal itu telah dilihat oleh Yehuda, saudaranya perempuan yang tidak setia.

8 The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].

Dilihatnya, bahwa oleh karena zinahnya Aku telah menceraikan Israel, perempuan murtad itu, dan memberikan kepadanya surat cerai; namun Yehuda, saudaranya perempuan yang tidak setia itu tidak takut, melainkan ia juga pun pergi bersundal.

9 They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.

Dengan sundalnya yang sembrono itu maka ia mencemarkan negeri dan berzinah dengan menyembah batu dan kayu.

10 The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

Juga dengan semuanya ini Yehuda, saudaranya perempuan yang tidak setia itu, tidak kembali kepada-Ku dengan tulus hatinya, tetapi dengan pura-pura, demikianlah firman TUHAN."

11 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.

Dan TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: "Israel, perempuan murtad itu, membuktikan dirinya lebih benar dari pada Yehuda, perempuan yang tidak setia itu.

12 So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.

Pergilah menyerukan perkataan-perkataan ini ke utara, katakanlah: Kembalilah, hai Israel, perempuan murtad, demikianlah firman TUHAN. Muka-Ku tidak akan muram terhadap kamu, sebab Aku ini murah hati, demikianlah firman TUHAN, tidak akan murka untuk selama-lamanya.

13 But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.

Hanya akuilah kesalahanmu, bahwa engkau telah mendurhaka terhadap TUHAN, Allahmu, telah melampiaskan cinta berahimu kepada orang-orang asing di bawah setiap pohon yang rimbun, dan tidak mendengarkan suara-Ku, demikianlah firman TUHAN."

14 But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].

Kembalilah, hai anak-anak yang murtad, demikianlah firman TUHAN, karena Aku telah menjadi tuan atas kamu! Aku akan mengambil kamu, seorang dari setiap kota dan dua orang dari setiap keluarga, dan akan membawa kamu ke Sion.

15 [If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].

Aku akan mengangkat bagimu gembala-gembala yang sesuai dengan hati-Ku; mereka akan menggembalakan kamu dengan pengetahuan dan pengertian.

16 And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.

Apabila pada masa itu kamu bertambah banyak dan beranak cucu di negeri ini, demikianlah firman TUHAN, maka orang tidak lagi akan berbicara tentang tabut perjanjian TUHAN. Itu tidak lagi akan timbul dalam hati dan tidak lagi akan diingat orang; orang tidak lagi akan mencarinya atau membuatnya kembali.

17 At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.

Pada waktu itu Yerusalem akan disebut takhta TUHAN, dan segala bangsa akan berkumpul ke sana, demi nama TUHAN ke Yerusalem, dan mereka tidak lagi akan bertingkah langkah menurut kedegilan hatinya yang jahat.

18 At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].

Pada masa itu kaum Yehuda akan pergi kepada kaum Israel, dan mereka akan datang bersama-sama dari negeri utara ke negeri yang telah Kubagikan kepada nenek moyangmu menjadi milik pusaka.

19 You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.

Tadinya pikir-Ku: "Sungguh Aku mau menempatkan engkau di tengah-tengah anak-anak-Ku dan memberikan kepadamu negeri yang indah, milik pusaka yang paling permai dari bangsa-bangsa. Pikir-Ku, engkau akan memanggil Aku: Bapaku, dan tidak akan berbalik dari mengikuti Aku.

20 But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.

Tetapi sesungguhnya, seperti seorang isteri tidak setia terhadap temannya, demikianlah kamu tidak setia terhadap Aku, hai kaum Israel, demikianlah firman TUHAN.

21 People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.

Dengar! Di atas bukit-bukit gundul kedengaran tangis memohon-mohon dari anak-anak Israel, sebab mereka telah memilih jalan yang sesat, dan telah melupakan TUHAN, Allah mereka.

22 Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.

Kembalilah, hai anak-anak yang murtad! Aku akan menyembuhkan engkau dari murtadmu." "Inilah kami, kami datang kepada-Mu, sebab Engkaulah TUHAN, Allah kami.

23 We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.

Sesungguhnya, bukit-bukit pengorbanan adalah tipu daya, yakni keramaian di atas bukit-bukit itu! Sesungguhnya, hanya pada TUHAN, Allah kita, ada keselamatan Israel!

24 From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.

Tetapi berhala yang memalukan itu menelan segala hasil jerih lelah nenek moyang kita dari masa muda kita; kambing domba mereka dan lembu-lembu mereka, anak-anak lelaki dan anak-anak perempuan mereka.

25 So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”

Maka biarlah kita berbaring dengan perasaan malu, dan biarlah noda kita menyelimuti kita, sebab kita telah berdosa kepada TUHAN, Allah kita, yakni kita dan nenek moyang kita dari masa muda kita sampai hari ini; dan kita tidak mendengarkan suara TUHAN, Allah kita."