Yesaya 34
1 Marilah berkumpul, hai bangsa-bangsa, dan dengarlah. Biarlah seluruh bumi dan semua yang hidup di dalamnya datang dan mendengarkan.
Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions.
2 TUHAN marah kepada semua bangsa dan segala pasukan mereka. Ia akan menghukum dan membinasakan mereka.
For wrath [is] to Jehovah against all the nations, And fury against all their host, He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath given them to slaughter.
3 Mayat-mayat mereka tak akan dikuburkan, tetapi dibiarkan saja menjadi busuk dan berbau. Gunung-gunung akan merah karena kebanjiran darah mereka.
And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood.
4 Matahari, bulan dan bintang-bintang akan hancur. Langit akan digulung seperti gulungan kertas. Bintang-bintang akan jatuh seperti daun-daun yang berguguran dari pohon.
And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.
5 TUHAN sudah menyiapkan pedang-Nya di surga, dan sekarang pedang itu akan menimpa bangsa Edom yang telah dijatuhi hukuman dan akan dibinasakan.
For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.
6 Pedang TUHAN akan berlumuran darah dan penuh dengan lemak mereka, seperti dengan darah dan lemak binatang kurban. Sebab TUHAN menyediakan kurban di Bozra, dan mengadakan pembantaian besar-besaran di tanah Edom.
A sword [is] to Jehovah — it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice [is] to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 Orang-orang akan tewas seperti lembu liar dan sapi muda. Negeri mereka akan merah dengan darah dan penuh dengan lemak.
And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat.
8 Itulah saatnya TUHAN membela Sion dan membalas dendam kepada musuh-musuh-Nya.
(For a day of vengeance [is] to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife, )
9 Sungai-sungai Edom akan berubah menjadi ter, dan tanahnya menjadi belerang. Akhirnya seluruh negeri menyala seperti ter.
And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.
10 Siang malam nyala itu tidak padam, dan asap mengepul daripadanya untuk selama-lamanya. Tanah itu akan ditinggalkan kosong dan gersang turun-temurun, dan tak seorang pun akan melaluinya.
By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her.
11 Burung undan dan landak akan mendiaminya, burung hantu dan gagak akan tinggal di sana. TUHAN menjadikan tanah itu kacau dan kosong seperti sebelum penciptaan.
And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.
12 Tak ada raja yang memerintah negeri itu, dan semua pemimpinnya sudah lenyap.
[To] the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end.
13 Puri-purinya dan kota-kotanya yang berkubu akan ditumbuhi semak berduri dan rumput, dan dihuni oleh anjing hutan dan burung unta.
And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble [are] in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.
14 Binatang buas akan berkeliaran di dalamnya; hantu-hantu bersahut-sahutan, dan hantu malam mencari tempat beristirahat.
And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest.
15 Di tempat itu ular berbisa membuat sarangnya, bertelur, mengeram dan memelihara anak-anaknya. Burung alap-alap pun berkumpul dengan pasangannya masing-masing.
There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.
16 Carilah dan bacalah dalam Kitab TUHAN: Tidak satu pun dari semua makhluk itu akan hilang atau tanpa pasangan. Sebab begitulah perintah TUHAN, dan Ia sendiri yang telah mengumpulkan mereka.
Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth — it hath commanded, And His spirit — He hath gathered them.
17 Tuhanlah yang membagi negeri itu di antara mereka dan masing-masing menerima bagiannya. Mereka akan tinggal di situ untuk selama-lamanya, dan tanah itu menjadi milik mereka turun-temurun.
And He hath cast for them a lot, And His hand hath apportioned [it] to them by line, Unto the age they possess it, To all generations they dwell in it!
