Isaiah 33
1 Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.
Celakalah musuh-musuh kita! Mereka merampok walaupun tidak dirampok, dan berkhianat walaupun tidak dikhianati. Tetapi sesudah merampok dan berkhianat, mereka sendiri akan menjadi korban perampokan dan pengkhianatan.
2 O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.
Ya TUHAN, kasihanilah kami. Engkaulah harapan kami. Lindungilah kami dari hari ke hari dan selamatkanlah kami di waktu kesesakan.
3 At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.
Jika Engkau bangkit dan memperdengarkan suara-Mu yang gemuruh, bangsa-bangsa akan lari dan tercerai-berai.
4 And the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.
Seperti kawanan belalang orang menyerbu dan merampok harta mereka.
5 The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.
TUHAN sangat luhur; Ia menguasai segala-galanya. Ia akan menegakkan hukum dan keadilan di Yerusalem
6 And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
dan memberi keamanan kepada umat-Nya. Harta yang menyelamatkan mereka adalah kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan serta hormat kepada TUHAN.
7 See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.
Orang-orang yang gagah berani berteriak minta tolong; para utusan yang mengusahakan perdamaian menangis dengan pedih.
8 The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.
Jalan-jalan raya sangat berbahaya sehingga menjadi sunyi; tak ada orang yang melaluinya. Perjanjian diingkari dan persetujuan ditolak. Tak ada lagi yang dihiraukan.
9 The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
Negeri ditinggalkan menjadi sepi. Hutan-hutan Libanon merana, dan lembah Saron yang subur menjadi seperti padang gurun. Di Basan dan di Gunung Karmel daun-daun berguguran.
10 Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.
TUHAN berkata kepada bangsa itu, "Sekarang Aku akan bangkit dan bertindak menunjukkan kekuasaan-Ku.
11 Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.
Rencanamu sia-sia, dan segala yang kamu lakukan tak ada gunanya. Kemarahanmu seperti api yang membinasakan dirimu sendiri.
12 And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
Kamu seperti batu karang yang dibakar untuk dijadikan kapur; seperti semak duri yang ditebang dan dibakar dalam api.
13 Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.
Biarlah semua orang yang dekat maupun yang jauh mendengar tentang perbuatan-Ku dan mengakui kekuasaan-Ku."
14 The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
Orang-orang berdosa di Sion gemetar ketakutan. Kata mereka, "Keputusan Allah seperti api yang menyala untuk selama-lamanya. Mungkinkah ada yang bisa bertahan dalam api yang memusnahkan itu?"
15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
Kamu dapat bertahan kalau kamu berkata dan berbuat yang benar. Jangan mencari untung dengan memeras orang miskin, dan jangan menerima uang suap. Jangan ikut dengan orang yang merencanakan pembunuhan atau kejahatan lain.
16 He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
Maka kamu akan terlindung dan aman, seolah-olah berada di dalam benteng yang kuat. Makanan dan minuman akan tersedia bagimu.
17 Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
Akan tiba saatnya kamu melihat seorang raja yang memerintah dengan semarak atas negeri yang terbentang ke segala penjuru.
18 Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?
Ketakutanmu yang sudah-sudah terhadap pemungut pajak, penjabat dan pengawas asing tinggal kenangan saja.
19 Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.
Kamu tak akan lagi melihat orang-orang asing biadab yang berbicara dalam bahasa yang tidak kamu mengerti.
20 Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.
Pandanglah kota Sion, tempat kita merayakan pesta-pesta agama. Pandanglah Yerusalem! Alangkah amannya tempat itu untuk didiami, seperti kemah yang tak pernah dipindahkan, patoknya tak pernah dicabut dan talinya tak pernah putus.
21 But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.
TUHAN akan memperlihatkan keagungan-Nya kepada kita. Kita akan hidup di tepi sungai yang lebar, yang tak dapat dilayari kapal musuh.
22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.
Semua perlengkapan di kapal mereka tak ada gunanya; layar-layarnya tak dapat dibentangkan! Semua kekayaan pasukan musuh akan kita rampas, dan jumlahnya sangat banyak, sehingga orang lumpuh pun mendapat bagian. TUHAN sendiri akan menjadi raja kita; Ia akan memerintah, menegakkan hukum dan menyelamatkan kita dari musuh.
23 Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
24 And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.
Tak seorang pun di negeri kita akan mengeluh karena sakit, dan semua dosa akan diampuni.
