Yeremia 4
1 TUHAN berkata, "Umat Israel, jika kamu mau kembali, kembalilah kepada-Ku. Buanglah dahulu berhala-berhala yang Kubenci itu, dan setialah kepada-Ku.
“O Israel, if you would return, says the Lord, then be converted to me. If you remove your offense from before my face, then you will not be shaken.
2 Jikalau kamu bersumpah demi nama-Ku dan kamu hidup jujur adil dan benar, maka segala bangsa akan minta kepada-Ku supaya Kuberkati mereka, dan mereka akan memuji Aku."
And you will swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth and in judgment and in justice.” And the Gentiles will bless him, and they will praise him.
3 TUHAN berkata kepada penduduk Yehuda dan Yerusalem, "Kerjakanlah tanahmu yang belum dikerjakan; jangan menabur benih di tempat tanaman berduri tumbuh.
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: “Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.
4 Peganglah janjimu dengan Aku, Tuhanmu, dan khususkanlah dirimu untuk Aku, hai penduduk Yehuda dan Yerusalem. Kalau tidak, maka kemarahan-Ku akan meluap dan membakar seperti api yang tidak dapat dipadamkan oleh siapapun juga. Semuanya itu akan menimpa dirimu karena perbuatan-perbuatanmu yang jahat."
Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins from your hearts, O men of Judah, O inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise my indignation may burst forth and flare up like a fire. And then there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the wickedness of your thoughts.
5 Tiuplah trompet di seluruh negeri! Berserulah dengan jelas dan nyaring. Suruhlah penduduk Yehuda dan Yerusalem lari ke kota-kota berbenteng.
Declare it in Judah, and make it known in Jerusalem! Speak out and sound the trumpet in the land! Cry out strongly and say: ‘Gather yourselves! And let us go forth to fortified cities!’
6 Tunjukkanlah jalan ke Sion, bukit TUHAN, cepatlah mengungsi, jangan tinggal diam. TUHAN sedang mendatangkan malapetaka dan kehancuran besar dari utara.
Lift up a standard in Zion. Be strengthened! Do not choose to stand still. For I am bringing an evil from the north, with great destruction.
7 Seperti singa keluar dari persembunyiannya begitu pula telah berangkat pemusnah bangsa-bangsa yang datang hendak membinasakan Yehuda. Kota-kota Yehuda akan menjadi reruntuhan tempat yang tak didiami orang.
The lion has ascended from his den, and the pillager of the nations has lifted himself up. He has gone forth from his place, so that he may set your land in desolation. Your cities will be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.
8 Sebab itu, menangis dan merataplah, pakailah kain karung tanda duka. Karena amarah TUHAN yang menyala-nyala belum juga surut dari Yehuda.
Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’
9 TUHAN berkata, "Pada hari itu raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabat akan patah semangat; imam-imam gentar dan nabi-nabi terkejut."
And this shall be in that day, says the Lord: The heart of the king will perish, with the heart of the princes. And the priests will be stupefied, and the prophets will be in consternation.”
10 Lalu aku berkata, "TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, Engkau sudah menipu orang Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem! Engkau berkata bahwa akan ada damai, padahal sekarang nyawa kami terancam pedang."
And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Could it be that you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: ‘Peace shall be yours,’ while, behold, the sword reaches even to the soul?”
11 Saatnya akan tiba orang Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem mendapat berita bahwa angin panas dari padang gurun sedang bertiup ke arah mereka. Angin itu bukan angin biasa yang hanya menerbangkan sekam,
“In that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: ‘A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert, along the way of the daughter of my people, but not to winnow and not to cleanse.’
12 melainkan angin kuat yang datang atas perintah TUHAN sendiri untuk menjatuhkan hukuman ke atas umat-Nya.
A full spirit from these places will come to me. And now I will speak my judgments over them.
13 Lihat, musuh muncul seperti awan. Kereta-kereta perangnya seperti angin topan, kuda-kudanya lebih cepat dari burung rajawali. Wah, celaka kita! Kita binasa!
Behold, he will ascend like a cloud, and his chariot will ascend like a tempest. His horses are swifter than eagles. ‘Woe to us! For we are being devastated!’
14 Yerusalem, buanglah kejahatan dari hatimu supaya engkau diselamatkan. Sampai kapan pikiran-pikiran jahat itu hendak kausimpan di dalam hatimu?
Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?
15 Dari kota Dan, serta dari pegunungan Efraim telah datang utusan-utusan yang membawa kabar buruk.
For there is a voice, of someone announcing from Dan, and he is making known the idol from mount Ephraim.
16 Mereka memperingatkan bangsa-bangsa dan memberitahukan kepada penduduk Yerusalem bahwa musuh sedang datang dari negeri yang jauh. Mereka akan meneriakkan pekik peperangan terhadap kota-kota Yehuda
Say to the nations: ‘Behold, it has been heard in Jerusalem! Guardians are coming from a far away land, to utter their voice against the cities of Judah.’
17 dan mengepung Yerusalem seperti orang menjaga ladang. Semuanya itu terjadi karena bangsa Yehuda telah memberontak terhadap TUHAN. TUHAN telah berbicara.
They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields, all around. For she has provoked me to wrath, says the Lord.
18 Yehuda, kau sendirilah yang mendatangkan bencana itu ke atas dirimu. Cara hidupmu dan perbuatan-perbuatanmu menyebabkan semua penderitaan itu menusuk hatimu.
Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you. This is your own wickedness. And it is bitter, because it has touched your heart.
19 Betapa hatiku sengsara, tak tahan lagi aku menderita. Aku tak sanggup menenangkan diri jantungku berdebar di dalam dada, sebab kudengar trompet berbunyi, dan pekik perang bergema.
I am afflicted in my heart, in my heart. The senses of my heart have been stirred up within me. I will not remain silent. For my soul has heard the voice of the trumpet, the clamor of the battle.
20 Bencana datang bertubi-tubi menghancurkan seluruh negeri. Tiba-tiba kemahku dirusak, kain-kainnya dikoyak-koyak.
Destruction upon destruction has been called forth. And the entire earth has been devastated. My tabernacles have been destroyed suddenly, and my tents in an instant.
21 Sampai kapan harus kusaksikan orang berperang mati-matian? Sampai kapan harus kudengarkan bunyi trompet yang memekakkan?
How long shall I watch those who are fleeing, and listen to the voice of the trumpet?
22 TUHAN berkata, "Bodoh sekali umat-Ku itu, mereka tidak mengenal Aku. Mereka seperti anak-anak bebal belaka tanpa pengertian sedikit pun juga; mahir dalam kejahatan, gagal dalam kebaikan."
For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
23 Ke arah bumi mataku memandang, nampaknya kosong dan gersang, ke arah langit aku menengadah, wahai, tak ada yang bercahaya.
I gazed upon the earth, and behold, it was empty and brought to nothing. And I gazed upon the heavens, but there was no light in them.
24 Kulihat gunung dan bukit-bukit yang tinggi berguncang-guncang hebat sekali.
I watched the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills were shaken.
25 Kulihat tak ada manusia, burung pun telah terbang semua.
I looked, and there was no man. And all the flying things of the air had gone away.
26 Tanah subur menjadi gurun kering, kota-kota hancur berpuing-puing, karena TUHAN sangat marah kepada umat-Nya.
I gazed, and behold, Carmel was a desert, and all its cities were destroyed before the face of the Lord, and before the face of the wrath of his fury.”
27 (TUHAN mengatakan bahwa seluruh dunia akan menjadi padang gurun, tetapi Ia tidak akan memusnahkannya sama sekali.)
For thus says the Lord: “All the earth will be desolate, but I will not yet bring about its consummation.
28 Bumi akan berduka, langit gelap gulita. TUHAN telah berbicara dan tak akan merubah rencana-Nya. Ia telah mengambil keputusan dan tak akan mundur setapak juga.
The earth will mourn, and the heavens will lament from above. For I have spoken, I have decided, and I have not regretted. Neither will I be turned away from it.
29 Terdengar hiruk-pikuk pasukan berkuda dan pemanah, membuat setiap orang melarikan diri terengah-engah. Hutan-hutan mereka masuki, bukit batu mereka panjati. Semua kota menjadi sunyi, tak ada yang mau tinggal di situ lagi.
Before the voice of the horsemen and of those who send forth arrows, the entire city has fled. They have entered steep places, and they have ascended the cliffs. All of the cities have been abandoned, and no man lives within them.
30 Hai Yerusalem, engkau telah ditinggalkan dan tak dapat berbuat apa-apa! Untuk apa memakai baju merah dan menghias diri dengan emas perak, serta memalit mata dengan celak? Percuma kau mempersolek dirimu, sebab para kekasihmu tak sudi lagi kepadamu, malah mereka mau mencabut nyawamu.
So then, when you have been devastated, what will you do? Though you will clothe yourself with scarlet, though you will adorn yourself with a gold necklace and tint your eyes with cosmetics, you will be dressing yourself up in vain. Your lovers have spurned you; they will be seeking your life.
31 Aku mendengar suara rintihan seperti wanita yang mau melahirkan; seperti wanita muda melahirkan anaknya yang pertama, begitulah tangis Yerusalem yang sesak napasnya. Tangannya menggapai dan ia mengeluh, "Celakalah aku--aku hendak dibunuh musuh!"
For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth, during the difficulties of labor. It is the voice of the daughter of Zion, dying, extending her hands: ‘Woe to me! For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!’”
