Yesaya 21
1 Inilah pesan tentang Babel: Seperti angin puyuh mendesing lewat padang gurun, begitulah datangnya bencana dari negeri yang dahsyat.
The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
2 Aku mendapat penglihatan tentang kejadian-kejadian yang mengerikan; tentang pengkhianatan dan pembinasaan. Majulah, laskar Elam, serbulah! Hai laskar Madai, kepunglah! Allah akan mengakhiri semua penderitaan yang disebabkan oleh Babel.
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
3 Penglihatan itu membuat aku bingung sampai tak dapat melihat atau mendengar lagi. Aku ketakutan dan kesakitan, seperti seorang wanita yang sedang bersalin.
For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.
4 Hatiku gelisah; rasa ngeri membuat aku gemetar. Malam yang kurindukan hanya membawa kegentaran.
My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
5 Kulihat juga perjamuan pesta yang sudah disiapkan; tempat duduk untuk para undangan tersedia. Mereka makan dan minum. Tiba-tiba terdengar perintah: "Hai perwira-perwira! Siapkan perisaimu!"
They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.
6 Lalu TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Pergilah menempatkan seorang penjaga dan suruh dia melaporkan apa yang dilihatnya.
For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
7 Kalau ia melihat pasukan berkuda datang berdua-dua, pasukan yang mengendarai keledai dan unta, ia harus mengamatinya baik-baik."
And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
8 Kemudian penjaga itu berseru, "Tuan, saya sudah berjaga setiap hari siang dan malam."
And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
9 Lihat, itulah mereka! Pasukan berkuda yang datang berdua-dua. Kemudian penjaga itu mengabarkan, "Babel sudah jatuh! Patung-patung pujaan mereka hancur berserakan di tanah."
See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.
10 Bangsaku Israel! Engkau telah dipijak-pijak dan diinjak-injak seperti butir-butir gandum. Sekarang kusampaikan kepadamu kabar baik yang kudengar dari TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel.
O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
11 Inilah pesan tentang Edom. Ada orang berseru kepadaku dari Edom, "Hai, penjaga, masih lamakah malam ini? Berapa jam lagi sebelum pagi?"
The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
12 Jawabku, "Pagi akan datang, tetapi malam juga. Kalau mau bertanya, datanglah bertanya lagi."
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
13 Inilah pesan tentang Arab: Hai, orang Dedan, kafilah-kafilahmu berkemah di semak belukar tanah Arab.
The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
14 Hai penduduk tanah Tema, berilah minum kepada orang-orang kehausan yang datang kepadamu, dan berilah makan kepada para pengungsi.
Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.
15 Sebab mereka telah melarikan diri dari pedang yang terhunus, dari busur yang dilenturkan, dan dari perang yang sedang berkecamuk.
For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.
16 Lalu TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Tepat satu tahun lagi kejayaan suku-suku Kedar akan berakhir.
For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:
17 Pemanah-pemanah Kedar adalah orang yang paling perkasa. Tetapi hanya sedikit dari mereka akan selamat. Aku, TUHAN Allah Israel telah berbicara."
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
