Isaiah 5
1 Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:
Aku hendak menyanyikan nyanyian tentang kekasihku, nyanyian kekasihku tentang kebun anggurnya: Kekasihku itu mempunyai kebun anggur di lereng bukit yang subur.
2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
Ia mencangkulnya dan membuang batu-batunya, dan menanaminya dengan pokok anggur pilihan; ia mendirikan sebuah menara jaga di tengah-tengahnya dan menggali lobang tempat memeras anggur; lalu dinantinya supaya kebun itu menghasilkan buah anggur yang baik, tetapi yang dihasilkannya ialah buah anggur yang asam.
3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Maka sekarang, hai penduduk Yerusalem, dan orang Yehuda, adililah antara Aku dan kebun anggur-Ku itu.
4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
Apatah lagi yang harus diperbuat untuk kebun anggur-Ku itu, yang belum Kuperbuat kepadanya? Aku menanti supaya dihasilkannya buah anggur yang baik, mengapa yang dihasilkannya hanya buah anggur yang asam?
5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Maka sekarang, Aku mau memberitahukan kepadamu apa yang hendak Kulakukan kepada kebun anggur-Ku itu: Aku akan menebang pagar durinya, sehingga kebun itu dimakan habis, dan melanda temboknya, sehingga kebun itu diinjak-injak;
6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Aku akan membuatnya ditumbuhi semak-semak, tidak dirantingi dan tidak disiangi, sehingga tumbuh puteri malu dan rumput; Aku akan memerintahkan awan-awan, supaya jangan diturunkannya hujan ke atasnya.
7 For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Sebab kebun anggur TUHAN semesta alam ialah kaum Israel, dan orang Yehuda ialah tanam-tanaman kegemaran-Nya; dinanti-Nya keadilan, tetapi hanya ada kelaliman, dinanti-Nya kebenaran tetapi hanya ada keonaran.
8 Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
Celakalah mereka yang menyerobot rumah demi rumah dan mencekau ladang demi ladang, sehingga tidak ada lagi tempat bagi orang lain dan hanya kamu sendiri yang tinggal di dalam negeri!
9 The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Di telingaku terdengar firman TUHAN semesta alam: "Sesungguhnya banyak rumah akan menjadi sunyi sepi; rumah-rumah yang besar dan yang baik tidak akan ada penghuninya.
10 For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.
Sebab kebun anggur yang luasnya sepuluh hari membajak akan menghasilkan hanya satu bat anggur; dan satu homer benih akan menghasilkan hanya satu efa gandum."
11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
Celakalah mereka yang bangun pagi-pagi dan terus mencari minuman keras, dan duduk-duduk sampai malam hari, sedang badannya dihangatkan anggur!
12 And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
Kecapi dan gambus, rebana dan suling, serta anggur terdapat dalam perjamuan-perjamuan mereka, tetapi perbuatan TUHAN tidak dipandangnya dan pekerjaan TUHAN tidak dilihatnya.
13 For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.
Sebab itu umat-Ku harus pergi ke dalam pembuangan, oleh sebab mereka tidak mengerti apa-apa; orang-orang yang mulia akan mati kelaparan, dan khalayak ramai akan menderita kehausan.
14 For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it. (Sheol h7585)
Sebab itu dunia orang mati akan membuka kerongkongannya lapang-lapang dan akan mengangakan mulutnya lebar-lebar dengan tiada terhingga, sehingga lenyap ke dalamnya segala kesemarakan dan keramaian Yerusalem, segala kegaduhannya dan orang-orang yang bersukaria di kota itu. (Sheol h7585)
15 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:
Maka manusia akan ditundukkan, dan orang akan direndahkan, ya, orang-orang sombong akan direndahkan.
16 But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.
Tetapi TUHAN semesta alam akan ternyata maha tinggi dalam keadilan-Nya, dan Allah yang maha kudus akan menyatakan kekudusan-Nya dalam kebenaran-Nya.
17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
Maka domba-domba akan makan rumput di situ seperti di padangnya sendiri dan kambing-kambing akan mencari makan dalam reruntuhan gedung-gedung orang kaya.
18 Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
Celakalah mereka yang memancing kesalahan dengan tali kedustaan dan dosa seperti dengan tali gerobak,
19 Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.
yang berkata: "Baiklah Allah lekas-lekas dan cepat-cepat melakukan tindakan-Nya, supaya kita lihat; dan baiklah keputusan Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, datang mendekat, supaya kita tahu."
20 Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
Celakalah mereka yang menyebutkan kejahatan itu baik dan kebaikan itu jahat, yang mengubah kegelapan menjadi terang dan terang menjadi kegelapan, yang mengubah pahit menjadi manis, dan manis menjadi pahit.
21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Celakalah mereka yang memandang dirinya bijaksana, yang menganggap dirinya pintar!
22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
Celakalah mereka yang menjadi jago minum dan juara dalam mencampur minuman keras;
23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
yang membenarkan orang fasik karena suap dan yang memungkiri hak orang benar.
24 For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Sebab itu seperti lidah api memakan jerami, dan seperti rumput kering habis lenyap dalam nyala api, demikian akar-akar mereka akan menjadi busuk, dan kuntumnya akan beterbangan seperti abu, oleh karena mereka telah menolak pengajaran TUHAN semesta alam dan menista firman Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel.
25 For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.
Sebab itu bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap umat-Nya, diacungkan-Nya tangan-Nya terhadap mereka dan dipukul-Nya mereka; gunung-gunung akan gemetar, dan mayat-mayat mereka akan seperti kotoran di tengah jalan. Sekalipun semuanya ini terjadi, murka-Nya belum surut, dan tangan-Nya masih teracung.
26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.
Ia akan melambaikan panji-panji kepada bangsa yang dari jauh, dan akan bersuit memanggil mereka dari ujung bumi; sesungguhnya mereka akan datang dengan segera, dengan cepat!
27 There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.
Tiada yang lelah dan tiada yang tersandung di antaranya; mereka tidak terlelap dan tidak tertidur, tidak terlepas ikat pinggangnya dan tali kasutnya tidak terputus;
28 Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.
anak panahnya ditajamkan, dan segala busurnya dilentur; kuku kudanya keras seperti batu api dan roda keretanya seperti puting beliung.
29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.
Aumnya seperti singa betina, mereka mengaum seperti singa muda; mereka meraung dan menangkap mangsanya, membawanya lari dan tidak ada yang melepaskan.
30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.
Pada hari itu mereka akan diliputi oleh suara seperti suara laut menderu. Jika orang memandang ke bumi, sesungguhnya, ada gelap yang menyesakkan, dan terang menjadi gelap oleh awan-awan!
