Jeremiah 18
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Firman yang datang dari TUHAN kepada Yeremia, bunyinya:
2 Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
"Pergilah dengan segera ke rumah tukang periuk! Di sana Aku akan memperdengarkan perkataan-perkataan-Ku kepadamu."
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.
Lalu pergilah aku ke rumah tukang periuk, dan kebetulan ia sedang bekerja dengan pelarikan.
4 And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.
Apabila bejana, yang sedang dibuatnya dari tanah liat di tangannya itu, rusak, maka tukang periuk itu mengerjakannya kembali menjadi bejana lain menurut apa yang baik pada pemandangannya.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Kemudian datanglah firman TUHAN kepadaku, bunyinya:
6 O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.
"Masakan Aku tidak dapat bertindak kepada kamu seperti tukang periuk ini, hai kaum Israel!, demikianlah firman TUHAN. Sungguh, seperti tanah liat di tangan tukang periuk, demikianlah kamu di tangan-Ku, hai kaum Israel!
7 Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;
Ada kalanya Aku berkata tentang suatu bangsa dan tentang suatu kerajaan bahwa Aku akan mencabut, merobohkan dan membinasakannya.
8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.
Tetapi apabila bangsa yang terhadap siapa Aku berkata demikian telah bertobat dari kejahatannya, maka menyesallah Aku, bahwa Aku hendak menjatuhkan malapetaka yang Kurancangkan itu terhadap mereka.
9 And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;
Ada kalanya Aku berkata tentang suatu bangsa dan tentang suatu kerajaan bahwa Aku akan membangun dan menanam mereka.
10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.
Tetapi apabila mereka melakukan apa yang jahat di depan mata-Ku dan tidak mendengarkan suara-Ku, maka menyesallah Aku, bahwa Aku hendak mendatangkan keberuntungan yang Kujanjikan itu kepada mereka.
11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.
Sebab itu, katakanlah kepada orang Yehuda dan kepada penduduk Yerusalem: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Sesungguhnya, Aku ini sedang menyiapkan malapetaka terhadap kamu dan merancangkan rencana terhadap kamu. Baiklah kamu masing-masing bertobat dari tingkah langkahmu yang jahat, dan perbaikilah tingkah langkahmu dan perbuatanmu!
12 But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.
Tetapi mereka berkata: Tidak ada gunanya! Sebab kami hendak berkelakuan mengikuti rencana kami sendiri dan masing-masing hendak bertindak mengikuti kedegilan hatinya yang jahat."
13 So this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very shocking thing.
Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN: "Cobalah tanyakan di kalangan bangsa-bangsa: siapakah yang telah mendengar hal seperti ini? Anak dara Israel telah melakukan hal-hal yang sangat ngeri!
14 Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry?
Masakan salju putih akan beralih dari gunung batu Siryon? Masakan air gunung akan habis; air yang sejuk dan mengalir?
15 For my people have put me out of their memory, burning perfumes to that which is nothing; and because of this, I will put a cause of falling in their ways, even in the old roads, and will make them go on side-roads, in a way not lifted up;
Tetapi umat-Ku telah melupakan Aku, mereka telah membakar korban kepada dewa kesia-siaan; mereka telah tersandung jatuh di jalan-jalan mereka, yakni jalan-jalan dari dahulu kala, dan telah mengambil jalan simpangan, yakni jalan yang tidak diratakan.
16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.
Maka mereka membuat negerinya menjadi kengerian menjadi sasaran suitan untuk selamanya. Setiap orang yang melewatinya akan merasa ngeri, dan akan menggeleng-gelengkan kepalanya.
17 I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
Seperti angin timur Aku akan menyerakkan mereka di depan musuhnya. Belakang-Ku akan Kuperlihatkan kepada mereka dan bukan muka-Ku pada hari bencana mereka."
18 Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
Berkatalah mereka: "Marilah kita mengadakan persepakatan terhadap Yeremia, sebab imam tidak akan kehabisan pengajaran, orang bijaksana tidak akan kehabisan nasihat dan nabi tidak akan kehabisan firman. Marilah kita memukul dia dengan bahasanya sendiri dan jangan memperhatikan setiap perkataannya!"
19 Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
Perhatikanlah aku, ya TUHAN, dan dengarkanlah suara pengaduanku!
20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
Akan dibalaskah kebaikan dengan kejahatan? Namun mereka telah menggali pelubang untuk aku! Ingatlah bahwa aku telah berdiri di hadapan-Mu, dan telah berbicara membela mereka, supaya amarah-Mu disurutkan dari mereka.
21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
Sebab itu serahkanlah anak-anak mereka kepada kelaparan, dan biarkanlah mereka dipancung pedang! Biarlah isteri-isteri mereka kehilangan anak dan suami; biarlah laki-laki mereka mati oleh sampar, dan pemuda-pemuda mereka mati karena pedang di pertempuran!
22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
Biarlah kedengaran jeritan dari rumah-rumah mereka, apabila Engkau dengan tiba-tiba mendatangkan gerombolan perampok kepada mereka! Sebab mereka telah menggali pelubang untuk menangkap aku, dan telah memasang jerat untuk kakiku.
23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
Tetapi Engkau, ya TUHAN, Engkau mengetahui segala rancangan mereka untuk membunuh aku. Janganlah ampuni kesalahan mereka, dan janganlah hapuskan dosa mereka dari hadapan-Mu, tetapi biarlah mereka tersandung di hadapan mata-Mu; bertindaklah pada hari murka-Mu terhadap mereka!
