Yeremia 9
1 Alangkah baiknya jika kepalaku seperti sumur yang penuh air, dan mataku pancuran yang terus mengalir! Maka aku dapat menangis siang dan malam, meratapi orang-orang sebangsaku yang dibunuh lawan.
Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, [even] for the slain of the daughter of my people.
2 Sekiranya di padang gurun dapat kutemukan tempat menginap bagi orang yang dalam perjalanan! Maka aku akan meninggalkan bangsaku, dan lari ke sana untuk menjauh dari mereka. Mereka pengkhianat semuanya, suatu kumpulan orang yang tak setia,
Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 dan selalu siap untuk berdusta. Di seluruh negeri, kebenaran tidak berkuasa, bahkan ketidakjujuran merajalela. TUHAN berkata, "Umat-Ku melakukan kejahatan dengan tak henti-hentinya, mereka tidak mengakui Aku sebagai Allah mereka."
And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, says the Lord.
4 Terhadap kawan, setiap orang harus waspada dan saudara sekandung pun tak dapat dipercaya. Sebab, seperti Yakub demikianlah mereka, masing-masing menipu saudaranya. Setiap orang berjalan ke mana-mana untuk menyebarkan fitnah dan dusta.
Beware you each of his neighbor, and trust you not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.
5 Semuanya saling menipu, tak ada yang berbicara jujur. Mulutnya telah terbiasa berdusta, mereka tak sanggup meninggalkan dosanya. Kekejaman demi kekejaman, penipuan demi penipuan terus-menerus mereka lakukan, mereka sama sekali menolak TUHAN.
Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.
[There is] usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, says the Lord.
7 Sebab itu TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Seperti logam, umat-Ku akan Kuuji supaya mereka menjadi murni. Apa lagi yang dapat Kulakukan terhadap umat-Ku yang telah berbuat kejahatan?
Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do [thus] because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people.
8 Kata-kata mereka sangat berbahaya, mampu mematikan seperti panah berbisa. Ucapan-ucapan mereka dusta belaka. Kata-kata mereka manis memikat, tetapi sebenarnya mereka memasang jerat.
Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: [one] speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in himself retains enmity.
9 Masakan ke atas bangsa semacam ini tak Kutimpakan hukuman yang sesuai? Akan Kubalas perbuatan mereka; Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara!"
Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people as this?
10 Aku, Yeremia, berkata, "Aku hendak menangis dan berkabung karena padang rumput di gurun dan di gunung-gunung yang telah kering kerontang serta tak dilalui orang. Suara ternak tak terdengar lagi, unggas dan binatang-binatang lainnya telah lari dan lenyap."
Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for lack of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone.
11 TUHAN berkata, "Yerusalem akan Kujadikan reruntuhan tempat bersembunyi anjing hutan. Kota-kota Yehuda akan menjadi sunyi, tempat yang tidak lagi dihuni."
And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited.
12 Aku bertanya, "TUHAN, mengapa negeri ini dibiarkan tandus dan kering seperti padang gurun sehingga tak ada yang melaluinya? Apakah ada yang cukup pandai untuk mengerti semuanya ini? Kepada siapakah telah Kauberi penjelasan supaya ia dapat meneruskannya kepada orang lain?"
Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord [addressed] to him, let him tell you therefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.
13 TUHAN menjawab, "Itu terjadi karena umat-Ku tidak lagi memperhatikan ajaran-ajaran yang Kuberikan kepada mereka. Mereka tidak taat kepada-Ku, dan tidak mau menuruti perintah-Ku.
And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not listened to my voice;
14 Mereka keras kepala dan menyembah berhala-berhala Baal seperti yang diajarkan oleh leluhur mereka.
but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them [to worship]:
15 Karena itu, dengarkanlah apa yang Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, akan lakukan: umat-Ku akan Kuberi tanaman pahit untuk dimakan dan racun untuk diminum.
therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:
16 Mereka akan Kuserakkan ke antara bangsa-bangsa yang tidak dikenal oleh mereka atau leluhur mereka. Aku akan terus mengirim tentara yang menggempur mereka sampai Aku membinasakan mereka sama sekali."
and I will scatter them among the nations, to them whom neither they nor their fathers knew; and I will send a sword upon them, until I have consumed them with it.
17 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Perhatikanlah apa yang sedang terjadi di negeri ini, dan segeralah panggil para peratap. Suruhlah mereka datang dan menyanyikan lagu perkabungan."
Thus says the Lord, Call you the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice;
18 Orang Yehuda berkata, "Suruh mereka segera menyanyikan lagu perkabungan untuk kita sekalian, supaya berlinang-linang air mata membasahi pipi kita."
and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.
19 Di Sion terdengar suara tangisan, "Kita binasa dan sangat dipermalukan. Negeri kita harus kita tinggalkan, rumah-rumah kita hancur berantakan."
For a voice of lamentation has been heard in Sion, How are we become wretched! we are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, and have abandoned our tabernacles!
20 Aku berkata, "Dengarkan kata-kata TUHAN, hai wanita sekalian! Kepada putri-putrimu ajarkan nyanyian ratapan, kepada kawan-kawanmu lagu perkabungan.
Hear now, you women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and [every] woman her neighbor a dirge.
21 Maut telah masuk melalui jendela, telah menerobos ke dalam istana; ia menerkam anak-anak di jalan serta orang muda di lapangan.
For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets.
22 Mayat terserak di mana-mana seperti sampah di atas tanah; seperti gandum yang telah dipotong lalu ditinggalkan dan tidak lagi dikumpulkan. Itulah pesan TUHAN yang harus kuberitakan."
And the carcases of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather [them].
23 TUHAN berkata, "Orang arif tak boleh bangga karena kebijaksanaannya, orang kuat karena kekuatannya, dan orang kaya karena kekayaannya.
Thus says the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;
24 Siapa mau berbangga tentang sesuatu, haruslah berbangga bahwa ia mengenal dan mengerti Aku; bahwa ia tahu Aku mengasihi untuk selama-lamanya dan Aku menegakkan hukum serta keadilan di dunia. Semuanya itu menyenangkan hati-Ku. Aku, TUHAN, yang mengatakan itu."
but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, says the Lord.
25 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya Aku menghukum orang Mesir, Yehuda, Edom, Amon, Moab, dan penduduk padang gurun yang memotong pendek rambutnya. Mereka semua disunat sama seperti orang Israel, tapi baik mereka maupun bangsa Israel berlaku seperti orang-orang yang tidak disunat, karena mereka tidak mentaati perjanjian yang dilambangkan oleh sunat itu."
Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision;
on Egypt, and on Idumea, and on Edom, and on the children of Ammon, and on the children of Moab, and on every one that shaves his face round about, [even] them that dwell in the wilderness; for all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in flesh, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised [in] their hearts.
