< Jeremiah 27 >

1 When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Pada permulaan pemerintahan Zedekia, anak Yosia raja Yehuda, datanglah firman ini dari TUHAN kepada Yeremia.
2 This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
Beginilah firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Buatlah tali pengikat dan gandar, lalu pasanglah itu pada tengkukmu!
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;
Kemudian kirimlah pesan kepada raja Edom, kepada raja Moab, kepada raja bani Amon, kepada raja Tirus dan kepada raja Sidon, dengan perantaraan utusan-utusan yang telah datang ke Yerusalem menghadap Zedekia, raja Yehuda.
4 And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
Perintahkanlah mereka mengatakan kepada tuan-tuan mereka: Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel: Beginilah harus kamu katakan kepada tuan-tuanmu:
5 I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
Akulah yang menjadikan bumi, manusia dan hewan yang ada di atas muka bumi dengan kekuatan-Ku yang besar dan dengan lengan-Ku yang terentang, dan Aku memberikannya kepada orang yang benar di mata-Ku.
6 And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
Dan sekarang, Aku menyerahkan segala negeri ini ke dalam tangan hamba-Ku, yakni Nebukadnezar, raja Babel; juga binatang di padang telah Kuserahkan supaya tunduk kepadanya.
7 And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.
Segala bangsa akan takluk kepadanya dan kepada anaknya dan kepada cucunya, sampai saatnya juga tiba bagi negerinya sendiri, maka banyak bangsa dan raja-raja yang besar akan menaklukkannya.
8 And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
Tetapi bangsa dan kerajaan yang tidak mau takluk kepada Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, dan yang tidak mau menyerahkan tengkuknya ke bawah kuk raja Babel, maka bangsa itu akan Kuhukum dengan pedang, kelaparan dan penyakit sampar, demikianlah firman TUHAN, sampai mereka Kuserahkan ke dalam tangannya.
9 And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:
Mengenai kamu, janganlah kamu mendengarkan nabi-nabimu, juru-juru tenungmu, juru-juru mimpimu, tukang-tukang ramalmu dan tukang-tukang sihirmu yang berkata kepadamu: Janganlah kamu mau takluk kepada raja Babel!
10 For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
Sebab mereka bernubuat palsu kepadamu dengan maksud menjauhkan kamu dari atas tanahmu, sehingga kamu Kuceraiberaikan dan menjadi binasa.
11 But as for that nation which puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and becomes his servant, I will let that nation keep on in its land, farming it and living in it, says the Lord.
Tetapi bangsa yang mau menaruh tengkuknya ke bawah kuk raja Babel dan yang takluk kepadanya, maka mereka akan Kubiarkan di atas tanahnya, demikianlah firman TUHAN, dan mereka akan mengolahnya dan diam di sana."
12 And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
Kepada Zedekia, raja Yehuda, aku telah berbicara dengan cara yang sama, kataku: "Taruhlah tengkukmu ke bawah kuk raja negeri Babel, takluklah kepadanya dan kepada rakyatnya, maka kamu akan hidup.
13 Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?
Mengapa engkau beserta rakyatmu harus mati oleh pedang, kelaparan dan penyakit sampar seperti yang difirmankan TUHAN tentang bangsa yang tidak mau takluk kepada raja Babel itu?
14 And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.
Janganlah dengarkan perkataan nabi-nabi yang berkata kepadamu: Janganlah kamu mau takluk kepada raja Babel! Sebab mereka bernubuat palsu kepadamu.
15 For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.
Sebab Aku tidak mengutus mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN, tetapi mereka bernubuat palsu demi nama-Ku, sehingga kamu Kuceraiberaikan dan menjadi binasa bersama-sama dengan nabi-nabi yang bernubuat kepadamu itu."
16 And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.
Juga kepada imam-imam dan kepada seluruh rakyat itu aku berbicara, kataku: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Janganlah dengarkan perkataan nabi-nabimu yang bernubuat kepadamu: Sesungguhnya, perkakas-perkakas rumah TUHAN tidak berapa lama lagi akan dibawa kembali dari Babel! Sebab mereka bernubuat palsu kepadamu.
17 Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
Janganlah kamu mendengarkan mereka, takluklah kepada raja Babel, maka kamu akan hidup. Mengapa kota ini harus menjadi reruntuhan?
18 But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.
Jika memang mereka itu nabi dan jika ada firman TUHAN pada mereka, baiklah mereka mendesak kepada TUHAN semesta alam, supaya perkakas-perkakas yang masih tinggal dalam rumah TUHAN dan dalam istana raja Yehuda dan di Yerusalem itu jangan diangkut ke Babel.
19 For this is what the Lord has said about the rest of the vessels which are still in this town,
Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam tentang tiang-tiang, bejana 'laut' dan galang, tentang sisa perkakas-perkakas yang masih tinggal di kota ini,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
yang tidak diambil oleh Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, ketika ia mengangkut Yekhonya bin Yoyakim, raja Yehuda, ke dalam pembuangan beserta segala pemuka Yehuda dan Yerusalem, dari Yerusalem ke Babel, --
21 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about the rest of the vessels in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem:
sungguh, beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel, tentang perkakas-perkakas yang masih tinggal itu di rumah TUHAN dan di istana raja Yehuda dan di Yerusalem:
22 They will be taken away to Babylon, and there they will be till the day when I send their punishment on them, says the Lord. Then I will take them up and put them back in their place.
Semuanya akan diangkut ke Babel dan akan tinggal di sana sampai kepada hari Aku memperhatikannya lagi, demikianlah firman TUHAN, lalu membawanya kembali ke tempat ini."

< Jeremiah 27 >