Isaiah 51
1 Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
TUHAN berkata: "Dengarlah Aku, hai kamu yang ingin diselamatkan dan datang kepada-Ku minta pertolongan. Ingatlah gunung batu dari mana kamu terpahat, dan penggalian batu dari mana kamu digali.
2 Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
Ingatlah nenek moyangmu Abraham dan Sara yang melahirkan kamu; waktu Aku memanggil Abraham, ia tidak punya anak; lalu Kuberkati dia dan Kuberi keturunan yang banyak.
3 For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.
Yerusalem, Aku akan menghibur engkau, dan semua yang tinggal di puing-puingmu. Padang-padangmu yang tandus Kujadikan taman, seperti Eden, taman-Ku yang subur. Di situ orang akan bergirang dan bersuka ria dan bersyukur dengan nyanyi-nyanyian.
4 Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.
Perhatikanlah suara-Ku, hai bangsa-Ku, dengarlah kata-kata-Ku, hai umat-Ku. Kuberi ajaran-Ku kepada bangsa-bangsa, hukum-hukum-Ku akan menerangi mereka.
5 Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.
Keselamatan yang Kuberikan sudah dekat; saat kemenangan-Ku hampir tiba. Aku sendiri akan memerintah bangsa-bangsa. Negeri-negeri yang jauh menanti-nantikan Aku dan mengharapkan perbuatan-Ku yang perkasa.
6 Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
Pandanglah langit dan tengoklah bumi; langit akan lenyap seperti asap dan bumi akan usang seperti baju tua, semua penduduknya akan mati seperti nyamuk. Tetapi keselamatan yang Kuberikan tetap selamanya, dan kemenangan-Ku tak akan berakhir.
7 Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
Dengarlah Aku, hai bangsa-Ku, kamu tahu apa yang benar; ajaran-Ku tersimpan di dalam hatimu. Jangan takut kalau kamu diejek manusia, jangan cemas kalau kamu dihina mereka.
8 For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
Mereka akan binasa dan lenyap, seperti pakaian dimakan ngengat dan kain bulu domba dimakan gegat. Tapi keselamatan yang Kuberikan tetap selamanya, kemenangan-Ku berlangsung turun-temurun."
9 Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
Bangkitlah ya TUHAN, tolonglah kami, selamatkanlah kami dengan kuasa-Mu. Bangkitlah seperti di zaman dahulu waktu Engkau meremukkan Rahab dan menikam naga laut itu sampai mati.
10 Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?
Engkau pula yang mengeringkan laut, air samudra yang dalam. Engkau membuat jalan melalui air itu, supaya orang-orang yang diselamatkan dapat menyeberang.
11 Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
Maka orang-orang yang dibebaskan TUHAN akan pulang mereka masuk ke Yerusalem dengan sorak-sorai wajah mereka berseri karena sukacita abadi. Mereka bergembira dan bersuka ria, duka dan keluh kesah lenyaplah sudah.
12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
TUHAN berkata, "Akulah yang menghibur kamu. Mengapa engkau takut kepada manusia yang fana, kepada manusia yang dibuang seperti rumput?
13 And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
Masakan engkau lupa akan TUHAN Penciptamu yang membentangkan langit dan meletakkan dasar bumi? Mengapa sepanjang hari engkau gentar terhadap amukan si penindas yang bersiap-siap memusnahkan? Sesungguhnya, amukan mereka itu tak akan mempan terhadapmu.
14 The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.
Para tawanan akan segera dibebaskan; mereka tak akan kekurangan makanan, dan tak akan mati dan dikubur.
15 For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.
Sebab Akulah TUHAN Allahmu, yang menggelorakan laut sehingga ombaknya berderu. Yang Mahakuasa adalah nama-Ku.
16 And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.
Akulah yang membentangkan langit dan meletakkan dasar-dasar bumi. Aku berkata kepada Sion: Engkaulah umat-Ku; Aku memberi ajaran-Ku kepadamu dan melindungi engkau dengan kuasa-Ku."
17 Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.
Bangunlah, hai Yerusalem, bangunlah! Hukuman yang dijatuhkan TUHAN karena kemarahan-Nya sudah kaujalani sampai habis.
18 She has no one among all her children to be her guide; not one of the sons she has taken care of takes her by the hand.
Dari pendudukmu tak ada yang membimbingmu, dari penghunimu tak ada yang menuntunmu.
19 These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?
Engkau ditimpa dua macam bencana; akibat perang negerimu hancur binasa dan rakyatmu mati kelaparan. Tak ada yang mengasihani dan menghibur engkau.
20 Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.
Di setiap ujung jalan orang-orangmu jatuh kehabisan tenaga seperti rusa yang kena jaring. Mereka ditimpa kemarahan Tuhan, dan kena hardik Allahmu.
21 So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:
Dengarlah hai orang-orang yang tertindas, yang terhuyung-huyung seperti orang mabuk!
22 This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:
Beginilah kata Tuhanmu, TUHAN Allahmu yang membela kamu, "Penderitaan yang Kuberikan dalam kemarahan-Ku, akan Kuambil kembali daripadamu. Kemarahan-Ku akan reda, dan kamu tak usah lagi menanggungnya.
23 And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.
Penderitaan itu Kuberikan kepada penindasmu, yang pernah menyuruh kamu berbaring di tanah, dan menginjak-injak kamu, seolah-olah kamu jalanan yang dilalui orang."
