Yeremia 10
1 Umat Israel, dengarkanlah pesan TUHAN kepadamu.
Listen to the message the Lord is sending to you, people of Israel.
2 Ia berkata, "Jangan ikuti kebiasaan bangsa-bangsa lain, dan jangan gentar melihat tanda-tanda di langit yang ditakuti bangsa-bangsa itu.
This is what the Lord says: Don't adopt the practices of other nations. Don't be terrified as they are by signs in the heavens that they interpret as predicting disaster.
3 Adat-istiadat bangsa-bangsa itu sama sekali tak berguna. Mereka menebang pohon di hutan, dan menyuruh tukang kayu mengerjakannya dengan alat menjadi patung berhala.
The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a craftsman carves the wood with a tool to make an idol.
4 Kemudian patung berhala itu dihiasi dengan emas dan perak, lalu dikuatkan dengan paku supaya jangan jatuh.
They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over.
5 Patung-patung berhala itu seperti orang-orangan di kebun mentimun. Mereka tak dapat bicara, tak dapat melangkah, dan harus diangkat. Jangan takut kepada mereka, sebab mereka tak dapat berbuat jahat kepadamu; berbuat baik pun mereka tak mampu."
Just like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers, their idols can't speak. They have to be carried around because they can't walk. You don't have to be afraid of them because they can't hurt you—and they can't do you any good either.
6 TUHAN yang mulia, Engkau tak ada taranya, nama-Mu agung dan penuh kuasa.
There's no one like you, Lord! You are so great! You are incredibly powerful!
7 Siapa gerangan tak mau takwa kepada-Mu, raja segala bangsa? Sungguh, Engkau patut sekali dihormat. Dari semua yang pandai di antara bangsa-bangsa dan dari semua raja-raja mereka, tiada seorang pun dapat disamakan dengan diri-Mu, ya TUHAN.
Everyone should respect you, King of the nations. This is how you should be treated. There's no one like you among all the wise men of every nation and kingdom.
8 Bebal dan bodoh mereka semua sebab dewanya hanya kayu belaka, tak dapat mengajar yang berguna.
Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by useless idols made of wood!
9 Ia dilapis dengan perak dan emas yang dibawa dari Spanyol dan kota Ufas, semuanya buah tangan para seniman dan pandai emas. Pakaiannya dari kain ungu tua dan ungu muda, dikerjakan oleh para ahli tenun dengan seksama.
Sheets of hammered silver are shipped in from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, to be used by craftsmen and metalworkers. These idols are dressed in clothes of blue and purple made by experts.
10 Tapi Engkau, TUHAN, Allah yang benar, Allah pemberi hidup, raja kekal. Bila Engkau murka, bumi berguncang, jika Engkau geram bangsa-bangsa tak tahan.
But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and eternal King. The earth shakes when he is angry; the nations can't withstand his fury.
11 (Kamu, hai umat, harus memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa dewa-dewa yang tidak menciptakan langit dan bumi itu akan dibinasakan. Mereka akan lenyap dari muka bumi.)
This is what you are to tell the nations: “These gods, who didn't make either the heavens or the earth, will be wiped out from this earth and from under these heavens.”
12 TUHAN menciptakan bumi dengan kuasa-Nya, membentuk dunia dengan hikmat-Nya, dan membentangkan langit dengan akal budi-Nya.
It was God who made the earth by his power. He created the world by his wisdom and by his understanding he put the heavens in place.
13 Hanya dengan memberi perintah, menderulah air di cakrawala. Dari ujung-ujung bumi didatangkan-Nya awan, dan dibuat-Nya kilat memancar di dalam hujan, serta dikirim-Nya angin dari tempat penyimpanan-Nya.
The waters of the heavens rain down with a roar at his command. He makes the clouds to rise all over the earth. He makes lightning to accompany rain, and sends the wind from his storehouses.
14 Melihat semua itu sadarlah manusia, bahwa ia bodoh dan tak punya pengertian. Para pandai emas kehilangan muka, sebab patung berhala buatannya itu palsu dan tak bernyawa.
Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they make. For their images made of molten metal are fraudulent—they're not alive!
15 Berhala-berhala itu tak berharga, patut diejek dan dihina. Apabila tiba waktunya mereka akan binasa.
They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment.
16 Allah Yakub tidak seperti berhala-berhala itu; Ia pencipta segala sesuatu. Nama-Nya ialah TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa; Ia telah memilih Israel menjadi umat-Nya.
The God of Jacob is not like these idols, for he is the Creator of everything, and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him. The Lord Almighty is his name.
17 Penduduk Yerusalem, kamu dikepung! Karena itu, berkemas-kemaslah!
You people living in Jerusalem under siege, get all your things together ready to leave,
18 Kali ini TUHAN akan melemparkan seluruh bangsa Yehuda ke pembuangan; kamu semua akan dihancurkan-Nya sama sekali. Itulah pesan dari TUHAN.
because this is what the Lord says: Look! Right now I'm about to throw out the people living in this country, bringing them trouble they will really feel.
19 Penduduk Yerusalem berseru, "Kami luka parah dan tidak dapat sembuh. Dahulu kami menyangka bahwa derita ini dapat kami tanggung, padahal tidak.
The people of Jerusalem responded, “We're suffering terribly because we've been badly hurt—our injuries are really serious. We thought it wouldn't be that bad and that we could bear it.
20 Kemah kami rusak, dan tali-talinya putus semua. Tak ada lagi yang dapat mendirikan kemah dan memasang kain-kainnya, karena anak-anak telah pergi."
Our tents have been destroyed; all our ropes have been broken. Our children have been taken from us and are no more. We don't have anyone left to put up our tents or hang our curtains.”
21 Aku menjawab, "Bodoh pemimpin-pemimpin kita itu. Mereka tidak minta petunjuk dari TUHAN, itu sebabnya mereka gagal, dan kita terserak ke mana-mana.
The “shepherds” have become stupid—they don't ask the Lord for advice. That's why they have failed, and all their flock has been scattered.
22 Dengarlah! Ada berita bahwa sebuah bangsa di utara menimbulkan kegemparan. Tentaranya akan membuat kota-kota Yehuda menjadi sepi dan tak berpenghuni. Anjing-anjing hutan akan bersembunyi di sana."
Listen to the news that an noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah will be knocked down, they will be places where only jackals live.
23 TUHAN, aku tahu tak seorang pun berkuasa menentukan nasibnya atau mengendalikan jalan hidupnya.
I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their way.
24 Hajarlah kami ya TUHAN, tapi janganlah dengan pukulan yang terlalu menyakitkan. Jangan juga menghukum kami bila Engkau sedang murka, sebab pasti kami akan binasa semua.
Please discipline me fairly, Lord—not while you're angry, otherwise you'll kill me!
25 Lampiaskanlah kemarahan-Mu ke atas bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengakui Engkau dan yang tak mau berbakti kepada-Mu. Sebab mereka telah membinasakan umat-Mu sama sekali dan menghancurkan negeri kami.
Pour out your fury on the nations that don't recognize you as God, and on their families that don't worship you. For they have completely destroyed the Israelites, wiping us out. They have devastated our country.
