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.
If Israel will return to me, says the Lord, he shall return: and if he will remove his abominations out of his mouth, and fear before me, and swear,
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."
The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem.
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 Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among 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."
Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, you men of Juda, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices.
5 Tiuplah trompet di seluruh negeri! Berserulah dengan jelas dan nyaring. Suruhlah penduduk Yehuda dan Yerusalem lari ke kota-kota berbenteng.
Declare you in Juda, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say you, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry you aloud: say you, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities.
6 Tunjukkanlah jalan ke Sion, bukit TUHAN, cepatlah mengungsi, jangan tinggal diam. TUHAN sedang mendatangkan malapetaka dan kehancuran besar dari utara.
Gather up [your wares] and flee to Sion: hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, and 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 is gone up from his lair, he has roused [himself] to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant.
8 Sebab itu, menangis dan merataplah, pakailah kain karung tanda duka. Karena amarah TUHAN yang menyala-nyala belum juga surut dari Yehuda.
For these things gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.
9 TUHAN berkata, "Pada hari itu raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabat akan patah semangat; imam-imam gentar dan nabi-nabi terkejut."
And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder.
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, O sovereign Lord, verily you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their 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,
At that time they shall say to this people and to Jerusalem, [There is] a spirit of error in the wilderness: the way of the daughter of my people is not to purity, nor to holiness.
12 melainkan angin kuat yang datang atas perintah TUHAN sendiri untuk menjatuhkan hukuman ke atas umat-Nya.
[But] a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against 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 shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are in misery.
14 Yerusalem, buanglah kejahatan dari hatimu supaya engkau diselamatkan. Sampai kapan pikiran-pikiran jahat itu hendak kausimpan di dalam hatimu?
Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved: how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?
15 Dari kota Dan, serta dari pegunungan Efraim telah datang utusan-utusan yang membawa kabar buruk.
For a voice of one publishing from Dan shall come, and trouble out of mount Ephraim shall be heard of.
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
Remind you the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim [it] in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Juda.
17 dan mengepung Yerusalem seperti orang menjaga ladang. Semuanya itu terjadi karena bangsa Yehuda telah memberontak terhadap TUHAN. TUHAN telah berbicara.
As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because you, says the Lord, has neglected me.
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 devices have brought these things upon you; this is your wickedness, for [it is] bitter, for it has reached to 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 pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;
20 Bencana datang bertubi-tubi menghancurkan seluruh negeri. Tiba-tiba kemahku dirusak, kain-kainnya dikoyak-koyak.
for all the land is distressed: suddenly [my] tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been tore asunder.
21 Sampai kapan harus kusaksikan orang berperang mati-matian? Sampai kapan harus kudengarkan bunyi trompet yang memekakkan?
How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound 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 the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but [how] to do good they have not known.
23 Ke arah bumi mataku memandang, nampaknya kosong dan gersang, ke arah langit aku menengadah, wahai, tak ada yang bercahaya.
I looked upon the earth, and, behold, [it was] not; and to the sky, an there was no light in it.
24 Kulihat gunung dan bukit-bukit yang tinggi berguncang-guncang hebat sekali.
I saw the mountains, and they trembled, and [I saw] all the hills in commotion.
25 Kulihat tak ada manusia, burung pun telah terbang semua.
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.
26 Tanah subur menjadi gurun kering, kota-kota hancur berpuing-puing, karena TUHAN sangat marah kepada umat-Nya.
I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed.
27 (TUHAN mengatakan bahwa seluruh dunia akan menjadi padang gurun, tetapi Ia tidak akan memusnahkannya sama sekali.)
Thus says the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end.
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.
For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not turn back 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.
The whole land has recoiled from the noise of the horseman and the bent bow; they have gone into the caves, and have hidden themselves in the groves, and have gone up upon the rocks: every city was abandoned, no man lived in 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.
And what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, and adorn yourself with golden ornaments; though you adorn your eyes with stibium, your beauty [will be] in vain: your lovers have rejected you, they seek 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 your groaning as the voice of a woman in travail, as of her that brings forth her first child; the voice of the daughter of Zion shall fail through weakness, and she shall lose the strength of her hands, [saying], Woe is me! for my soul faints because of the slain.
