Yesaya 10
1 Celakalah kamu yang membuat hukum-hukum yang tak adil untuk menindas bangsa-Ku.
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
2 Dengan cara itu kamu mencegah orang miskin mendapat hak dan keadilan, dan merampas milik para janda dan yatim piatu.
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 Apa yang akan kamu buat pada hari Allah menghukum kamu? Apa dayamu pada waktu Ia mendatangkan bencana dari negeri yang jauh? Kepada siapa kamu akan minta tolong? Di mana akan kamu sembunyikan kekayaanmu itu?
And what will all of you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will all of you flee for help? and where will all of you leave your glory?
4 Nasibmu hanyalah dibunuh dalam perang atau digiring sebagai tawanan. Tetapi TUHAN masih marah dan tetap menghukum.
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 TUHAN berkata, "Celakalah Asyur! Asyur Kupakai sebagai cambuk dan pentung untuk memukul orang-orang yang kena kemarahan-Ku.
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 Aku mengirim Asyur untuk menyerang bangsa-Ku yang murtad dan yang membuat Aku marah. Aku mengutus Asyur untuk merampok dan mencuri dan menginjak-injak bangsa-Ku seperti debu di jalan."
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Tetapi raja Asyur mempunyai rencananya sendiri. Ia bertekad untuk memakai kekerasan dan membinasakan banyak bangsa.
Nevertheless he means not so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 Ia menyombongkan diri, katanya, "Panglima-panglimaku semuanya raja-raja!
For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Kurebut kota-kota Kalno dan Karkemis, Hamat dan Arpad. Kurebut juga kota-kota Samaria dan Damsyik.
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Kukalahkan kerajaan-kerajaan yang menyembah berhala-berhala yang lebih berkuasa dari yang ada di Yerusalem dan Samaria.
As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Samaria dan semua berhalanya sudah kubinasakan. Yang sama akan kulakukan di Yerusalem dengan semua berhala yang disembah di sana."
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Tetapi TUHAN berkata, "Kalau yang hendak Kulakukan di Bukit Sion dan di Yerusalem itu sudah selesai, Aku akan menghukum raja Asyur karena kesombongan dan keangkuhannya."
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 Raja Asyur membual, katanya, "Semua itu kulakukan dengan kuasaku sendiri. Aku bijaksana dan pintar. Kuhapus batas-batas antara bangsa-bangsa, dan kurampas persediaan mereka. Seperti banteng aku menginjak-injak orang-orang yang memerintah.
For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 Bangsa-bangsa di dunia seperti sarang burung; dengan gampang harta mereka kuambil, seperti orang meraup telur yang ditinggalkan di sarang. Tak ada sayap yang menggelepar, tak ada yang membuka paruhnya atau menciap-ciap."
And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Tetapi TUHAN berkata, "Dapatkah kapak membanggakan diri terhadap orang yang memakainya? Apakah gergaji lebih penting dari orang yang menggunakannya? Bukan pentung yang mengangkat orang, melainkan oranglah yang mengangkat pentung."
Shall the axe boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
16 Karena orang Asyur telah menyombongkan diri, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan mendatangkan wabah penyakit untuk menghukum perwira-perwira yang tegap-tegap. Mereka akan mengidap demam tinggi seperti api yang membakar terus-menerus.
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 Allah yang suci, Cahaya Israel, akan menjadi seperti nyala api yang dalam satu hari membakar habis segala sesuatu, bahkan semak-semak berduri.
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 Hutan-hutan lebat dan ladang-ladang subur di negeri Asyur akan dibinasakan sama sekali, seperti orang sakit yang merana sampai mati.
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer faints.
19 Pohon-pohon akan tinggal sedikit saja, sehingga anak kecil pun dapat menghitungnya.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 Waktunya akan tiba sisa bangsa Israel yang terluput tidak lagi menggantungkan nasibnya kepada bangsa penguasa yang hampir membinasakan mereka, melainkan kepada TUHAN, Allah kudus Israel.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that stroke them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Sisa kecil bangsa Israel akan bertobat kepada Allah yang perkasa.
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 Biarpun orang Israel sekarang sama banyaknya dengan butir-butir pasir di laut, hanya beberapa saja akan kembali. Hukuman TUHAN sudah dekat, dan memang pantas dan adil bangsa itu dibinasakan.
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 Ya, seluruh negeri akan dihancurkan oleh TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa; itulah keputusan TUHAN, dan tidak dapat diubah lagi.
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata kepada umat-Nya yang tinggal di Sion, "Jangan takut kepada orang Asyur, walaupun mereka menindas dan menganiaya kamu seperti yang dilakukan orang Mesir dahulu.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
25 Dalam waktu singkat kemarahan-Ku kepadamu berhenti, lalu mereka akan Kubinasakan.
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 Aku TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, akan mencambuk mereka dengan cemeti, seperti Kuhajar orang Midian di gunung batu Oreb. Asyur akan Kuhukum, seperti Aku menghukum Mesir.
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 Pada waktu itu Aku akan membebaskan kamu dari penindasan Asyur, dan mereka tidak lagi berkuasa atas kamu."
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
28 Tentara Asyur sudah merebut kota Ayat. Mereka sudah melewati Migron! Perbekalan mereka ditinggalkan di Mikhmas!
He has come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid up his carriages:
29 Mereka sudah lewat penyeberangan dan bermalam di Geba! Penduduk kota Rama gemetar, dan penduduk Gibea, kota Raja Saul, telah melarikan diri.
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Berteriaklah, hai penduduk Galim! Dengarlah, penduduk Laisya! Jawablah, penduduk Anatot!
Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31 Penduduk Madmena dan Gebim lari mengungsi.
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 Hari ini musuh berada di kota Nob, dan di sana mereka mengepalkan tinju ke arah Bukit Sion, ke kota Yerusalem.
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan merobohkan mereka seperti dahan ditebang dari pohon. Yang paling megah dan tinggi di antaranya akan dipotong dan dirobohkan.
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall cut off the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 TUHAN akan menumbangkan mereka seperti pohon di tengah hutan ditebang dengan kapak. Walaupun mereka kuat seperti pohon yang paling hebat di Libanon, mereka akan roboh juga!
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
