Jeremiah 4
1 Yahweh says, “You Israeli [people], come back to me! If you get rid of those detestable idols and do not turn away from me [again],
"Jika engkau mau kembali, hai Israel, demikianlah firman TUHAN, kembalilah engkau kepada-Ku; dan jika engkau mau menjauhkan dewa-dewamu yang menjijikkan, tidak usahlah engkau melarikan diri dari hadapan-Ku!
2 and if you declare, ‘Just as surely as Yahweh lives, what he says is true,’ and if you [start to] always say what is true and act justly/fairly and righteously, then the [people in the other] nations [of the world] will request that I bless them [as I have blessed you], and they will [all come and] honor/praise me.”
Dan jika engkau bersumpah dalam kesetiaan, dalam keadilan dan dalam kebenaran: Demi TUHAN yang hidup!, maka bangsa-bangsa akan saling memberkati di dalam Dia dan akan bermegah di dalam Dia."
3 This is what Yahweh says to the people of Jerusalem and [the other cities in] Judah: “[Prepare yourselves to receive my messages] like farmers plow up hard ground [in order that they can plant seed in it]. Just as farmers do not [waste good seed by] sowing seeds among thorny plants, [I do not want to waste my time telling you messages that you are not ready to receive].
Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN kepada orang Yehuda dan kepada penduduk Yerusalem: "Bukalah bagimu tanah baru, dan janganlah menabur di tempat duri tumbuh.
4 Purify your inner beings and your minds for me. If you do not do that, my being angry with you [MTY] because of [all] the sins that you have committed will be like a fire that will be impossible to extinguish.”
Sunatlah dirimu bagi TUHAN, dan jauhkanlah kulit khatan hatimu, hai orang Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem, supaya jangan murka-Ku mengamuk seperti api, dan menyala-nyala dengan tidak ada yang memadamkan, oleh karena perbuatan-perbuatanmu yang jahat!"
5 “Declare this [DOU] to [all the people in] Jerusalem and [the rest of] Judea; blow the trumpets everywhere in the land [to warn the people]. Tell them that they should flee to the cities that have high walls around them.
Beritahukanlah di Yehuda dan kabarkanlah di Yerusalem: Tiuplah sangkakala di dalam negeri, berserulah keras-keras: "Berkumpullah dan marilah kita pergi ke kota-kota yang berkubu!"
6 Shout to the people of Jerusalem, ‘Run away [now]! Do not delay, because I am about to cause you to experience a terrible disaster [DOU] that will come from the north.
Angkatlah panji-panji ke arah Sion! Cepat-cepatlah kamu mengungsi, jangan tinggal diam! Sebab Aku mendatangkan malapetaka dari utara dan kehancuran yang besar.
7 [An army] that has destroyed [many] nations will attack you [like] [MET] a lion that comes out of its den [to attack other animals]. [The soldiers of that army] have taken down their tents and they are ready to march toward your land. They will destroy your cities and leave them without any people still living in them.’
Singa telah bangkit dari belukar, pemusnah bangsa-bangsa telah berangkat, telah keluar dari tempatnya untuk membuat negerimu menjadi tandus; kota-kotamu akan dijadikan puing, tidak ada yang mendiaminya.
8 So, put on sackcloth/rough clothes and weep and beat your chests [to show that you are very sorry for what you have done], because Yahweh is still very angry with us.
Oleh karena itu lilitkanlah kain kabung, menangis dan merataplah; sebab murka TUHAN yang menyala-nyala tidak surut dari pada kita.
9 Yahweh said that at the time [he punishes you], the King of Judah and [all his] officials will be very afraid. The priests and the prophets will be terrified.
"Pada waktu itu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, raja dan para pemuka akan kehilangan semangat; para imam akan tertegun dan para nabi akan tercengang-cengang,
10 Then I replied, “Yahweh [my] God, you completely deceived the people by telling them that there would be peace in Jerusalem, but now [our enemies] [PRS] are ready to slaughter us with their swords!”
sambil berkata: Ah, Tuhan ALLAH, sungguh, Engkau telah sangat memperdayakan bangsa ini dan penduduk Yerusalem, dengan mengatakan: Damai kiranya ada padamu, padahal pedang telah mengancam nyawa kami!"
11 When that happens, [Yahweh] will say to the people of Jerusalem, [“A huge army will come to attack you]. They will not [be like a gentle breeze that] separates wheat from chaff. [They will be like] a very hot wind [that blows in] from the desert [MET].
Pada masa itu akan dikatakan kepada bangsa ini dan kepada penduduk Yerusalem: "Angin panas dari bukit-bukit gundul di padang gurun bertiup ke arah puteri umat-Ku; bukan untuk menampi dan bukan untuk membersihkan,
12 [They will be like] [MET] a strong blast that I will send. Now I am declaring that I will punish/destroy you.”
melainkan angin yang keras datang atas perintah-Ku. Sekarang Aku sendiri akan menjatuhkan hukuman atas mereka."
13 [Our enemies] are about to rush down on us; their chariots are like [SIM] whirlwinds. Their horses are faster than eagles. It will be terrible for us!
Lihat, ia naik seperti awan-awan, keretanya kencang seperti angin badai, kudanya lebih tangkas dari pada burung rajawali. Celakalah kita, sebab kita dibinasakan!
14 [You people of] Jerusalem [APO], purify your hearts/inner beings, in order that Yahweh will rescue you. How long will you continue to think about [doing] evil things?
Bersihkanlah hatimu dari kejahatan, hai Yerusalem, supaya engkau diselamatkan! Berapa lama lagi tinggal di dalam hatimu rancangan-rancang kedurjanaanmu?
15 From Dan [city in the far north] to the hills of Ephraim [a few miles/kilometers north of Jerusalem] messengers are proclaiming that disasters are coming.
Dengar! Orang memberitahukan dari Dan, mengabarkan malapetaka dari pegunungan Efraim.
16 Tell this to the [people in other] nations [but also] announce it in Jerusalem: [Yahweh says], “An army is coming to Jerusalem from far away; they will shout [a battle-cry] against the cities in Judah.
Peringatkanlah kepada bangsa-bangsa: Sungguh ia datang! Kabarkanlah di Yerusalem: "Pengepung datang dari negeri yang jauh, memperdengarkan suaranya terhadap kota-kota Yehuda.
17 They will set up tents around Jerusalem like people set up temporary shelters [SIM] around a field [at harvest time]. That will happen because the people of Judah have rebelled against me.
Seperti orang-orang yang menunggui ladang mereka mengelilinginya dari segala pihak, sebab Yehuda telah memberontak terhadap Aku, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
18 You will be punished very severely; it will [be as though a sword] has stabbed your inner beings. But you are causing those things to happen to you because of the evil things that you have done.”
Tingkah langkahmu dan perbuatanmu telah menyebabkan semuanya ini kepadamu. Itulah nasibmu yang buruk, betapa pahitnya, sampai menusuk hatimu."
19 I am extremely anguished/sad; the pain in my inner being is very severe. My heart beats wildly. But I cannot remain silent because I have heard [our enemies] blowing their trumpets to announce that the battle [against Judah will start immediately].
Aduh, dadaku, dadaku! Aku menggeliat sakit! Aduh, dinding jantungku! Jantungku berdebar-debar, aku tidak dapat berdiam diri, sebab aku mendengar bunyi sangkakala, pekik perang.
20 Disasters will occur one after another until the whole land is ruined. Suddenly [all] our tents will be destroyed; [even] the curtains [inside the tents] will be ripped apart.
Kehancuran demi kehancuran dikabarkan, seluruh negeri dirusakkan; kemahku dirusakkan dengan tiba-tiba, tendaku dalam sekejap mata.
21 How long will this battle continue? How long will I continue to see the enemy battle flags and hear the sound of their trumpets being blown?
Berapa lama lagi aku melihat panji-panji itu, dan mendengar bunyi sangkakala itu?
22 [Yahweh says], “My people are [very] foolish! They do not have a relationship with me. They are [like] [MET] stupid children who do not understand [anything]. They very cleverly do what is wrong, but they do not know how to do what is good.”
"Sungguh, bodohlah umat-Ku itu, mereka tidak mengenal Aku! Mereka adalah anak-anak tolol, dan tidak mempunyai pengertian! Mereka pintar untuk berbuat jahat, tetapi untuk berbuat baik mereka tidak tahu."
23 [God gave me a vision in which] I saw that the earth was barren and without form. I looked at the sky, and there was no light there.
Aku melihat kepada bumi, ternyata campur baur dan kosong, dan melihat kepada langit, tidak ada terangnya.
24 I looked at the mountains and hills, and they shook and moved from side to side.
Aku melihat kepada gunung-gunung, ternyata goncang; dan seluruh bukitpun goyah.
25 I looked and saw that there were no [more] people, and all the birds had flown away.
Aku melihat, ternyata tidak ada manusia, dan semua burung di udara sudah lari terbang.
26 I looked and saw that the fields that previously were fertile had become a desert. The cities were all ruined; they had all been destroyed by Yahweh because he was extremely angry.
Aku melihat, ternyata tanah subur sudah menjadi padang gurun, dan segala kotanya sudah runtuh di hadapan TUHAN, di hadapan murka-Nya yang menyala-nyala!
27 This is what Yahweh is saying: “The entire land [of Judah] will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.
Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN: "Seluruh negeri ini akan menjadi sunyi sepi, tetapi Aku tidak akan membuatnya habis lenyap.
28 I will do to my people what I said that I would do, and I will not change my mind. So [when that happens, it will be as though] the earth will mourn and the sky will become very dark.”
Karena hal ini bumi akan berkabung, dan langit di atas akan menjadi gelap, sebab Aku telah mengatakannya, Aku telah merancangnya, Aku tidak akan menyesalinya dan tidak akan mundur dari pada itu."
29 [When the people hear] the sound of the [enemy] army marching, [they will be terrified as] they flee from their cities. Some of them will find places to hide in the bushes, and others will run toward the mountains/hills [to escape being killed by their enemies]. All the cities [in Judah] will be abandoned; not one person will remain in them.
Oleh karena hiruk-pikuk pasukan berkuda dan pemanah seluruh negeri melarikan diri. Mereka masuk ke dalam belukar dan naik ke bukit-bukit batu; setiap kota sudah ditinggalkan dan tidak seorangpun tinggal di dalamnya.
30 So you who will surely be destroyed, [why are you doing the things that you are doing now]? Why are you wearing beautiful clothes and jewelry? Why are you putting paint around your eyes? Doing those things will not help you, because the people [in other countries that you think] love you [actually] despise you, and they will try to kill you.
Dan engkau, yang dimusnahkan, apakah yang hendak kaulakukan, mengapa engkau mengenakan pakaian kirmizi, menghiasi dirimu dengan perhiasan emas, memalit matamu dengan celak? Sia-sia engkau memperelok dirimu, pencinta-pencintamu menolak engkau, bahkan mereka ingin mencabut nyawamu.
31 [It is as though] I already hear [the people in Jerusalem] crying very loudly, like [SIM] a woman cries when she is giving birth to her first child; she gasps for breath and pleads for someone to help her. [It is as though Jerusalem] is crying, “Something terrible is happening to me! They are about to murder me!”
Sebab aku mendengar suara seperti suara perempuan bersalin, suara orang kesesakan seperti suara ibu yang melahirkan anak pertama, suara puteri Sion yang mengap-mengap, yang merentang-rentangkan tangannya: "Celakalah aku, sebab aku binasa di depan para pembunuh!"
