Jeremiah 49

1 About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?

Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN mengenai Amon, "Mengapa tanah suku Gad direbut dan didiami orang-orang yang menyembah Dewa Milkom? Apakah sudah tak ada lagi orang Israel yang dapat membela daerah itu?

2 Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage of those who took his heritage, says the Lord.

Tapi akan tiba saatnya Aku membuat penduduk Raba, ibukota negeri Amon itu, mendengar pekik-pekik pertempuran. Kota itu akan menjadi reruntuhan dan desa-desa di sekitarnya terbakar habis. Lalu Israel akan mengambil kembali tanahnya dari orang-orang yang dahulu merebutnya.

3 Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.

Hai orang Hesybon, menangislah sebab kota Ai sudah hancur! Hai wanita-wanita kota Raba, merataplah! Pakailah kain karung tanda sedih. Berlarilah ke sana ke mari penuh kebingungan. Milkom dewamu akan diangkut ke pembuangan bersama imam-imam dan para pejabat pemerintahnya!

4 Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

Hai kamu yang tak setia! Mengapa kamu membanggakan lembah-lembahmu yang subur? Apa sebab kamu mengandalkan kekayaanmu? Bagaimana mungkin kamu dapat berkata bahwa tak seorang pun berani menyerangmu?

5 See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.

Kamu akan ditimpa kekejaman yang Kudatangkan dari segala pihak. Kamu akan lari, masing-masing berusaha menyelamatkan dirinya sendiri, dan tak ada yang mengumpulkan kamu lagi.

6 But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord.

Tapi di kemudian hari, keadaan bangsa Amon akan Kupulihkan. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

7 About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?

Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa mengenai Edom, "Apakah orang Edom tidak dapat berpikir secara bijaksana? Apakah para penasihatnya tidak memberi nasihat lagi kepada mereka? Sudah lenyapkah kebijaksanaan mereka!

8 Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the fate of Edom on him, even the time of his punishment.

Hai penduduk Dedan, baliklah dan larilah! Pergilah bersembunyi. Aku akan menghancurkan keturunan Esau, karena sudah waktunya Aku menghukum mereka.

9 If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?

Kalau orang memetik buah anggur, selalu ada yang disisakannya, dan kalau pencuri datang pada malam hari, ia hanya mengambil apa yang diingininya.

10 I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.

Tetapi, Aku menyapu bersih milik keturunan Esau dan membuka rahasia tempat persembunyian mereka; mereka tak dapat menyembunyikan diri lagi. Orang Edom bersama saudara-saudara dan tetangga-tetangga mereka, semuanya sudah dibinasakan, tak seorang pun yang luput.

11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

Hai Edom! Tinggalkanlah anak-anak yatimmu kepada-Ku, Aku akan memelihara mereka. Biarlah para jandamu menaruh kepercayaannya kepada-Ku.

12 For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.

Orang yang tidak patut dihukum pun, terkena hukuman juga, masakan kamu tidak? Pasti kamu harus dihukum!

13 For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

Aku bersumpah demi nama-Ku sendiri bahwa kota Bozra akan menjadi tempat yang mengerikan yang ditinggalkan orang. Orang akan menertawakannya dan memakai namanya sebagai kutukan. Semua desa di sekitarnya akan menjadi reruntuhan untuk selama-lamanya. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

14 Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.

Aku, Yeremia, berkata, "Hai Edom, aku telah menerima suatu berita dari TUHAN. Ia telah mengirim utusan kepada bangsa-bangsa untuk menyuruh mereka mengumpulkan tentara dan bersiap-siap untuk menyerang engkau.

15 For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.

TUHAN akan membuat engkau menjadi lemah dan dihina orang.

16 ... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.

Engkau tertipu oleh keangkuhanmu. Tak ada yang takut kepadamu seperti sangkamu. Engkau tinggal di celah-celah batu, jauh di puncak gunung. Tapi, meskipun kaubuat rumahmu di tempat yang tinggi sekali, setinggi tempat sarang burung rajawali, TUHAN akan menurunkan engkau dari situ. Tuhanlah yang mengatakan semuanya itu."

17 And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

TUHAN berkata, "Malapetaka yang menimpa Edom akan begitu hebat sehingga setiap orang yang lewat di situ akan terkejut dan takut.

18 As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be living in it, no son of man will have a resting-place there.

Sebagaimana Sodom dan Gomora dimusnahkan bersama desa-desa di sekitarnya, begitu juga Edom. Tak seorang pun akan tinggal lagi di sana. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.

19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

Seperti singa muncul dari hutan lebat dekat Sungai Yordan dan mendatangi padang tempat domba merumput, demikianlah Aku akan datang dan membuat orang Edom lari dari negeri mereka dengan tiba-tiba. Lalu Aku akan memilih seorang pemimpin untuk memerintah bangsa itu. Siapakah dapat disamakan dengan Aku? Siapakah berani membuat perkara dengan Aku? Apakah ada pemimpin yang dapat melawan Aku?

20 For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.

Karena itu, dengarkanlah apa yang telah Kurencanakan terhadap orang Edom, dan apa yang hendak Kulakukan terhadap penduduk kota Teman. Anak-anak mereka pun akan diseret pergi, dan semua orang akan ketakutan.

21 The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.

Apabila Edom jatuh, akan terdengar keributan yang begitu hebat sehingga seluruh dunia goncang; teriakan-teriakan penduduknya akan terdengar sampai ke Laut Gelagah.

22 See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

Seperti burung rajawali menyambar dengan sayap terkembang, begitulah musuh akan datang dan menyambar Bozra. Pada hari itu tentara Edom akan ketakutan seperti wanita yang mau melahirkan."

23 About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN tentang Damsyik. "Penduduk kota Hamat dan Arpad khawatir dan gelisah karena mendengar berita buruk. Hati mereka risau dan terombang-ambing seperti gelombang laut.

24 Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.

Penduduk Damsyik menjadi lemah, dan lari ketakutan. Mereka kesakitan dan menderita seperti wanita yang mau melahirkan.

25 How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!

Kota termasyhur dan riang gembira itu kini sepi tanpa penghuni.

26 So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies.

Pada hari itu pemuda-pemudanya akan tewas di jalan-jalan kotanya, dan seluruh tentaranya dihancurkan.

27 And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

Tembok-tembok Damsyik akan Kubakar, dan istana-istana Raja Benhadad Kuhanguskan. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara."

28 About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what the Lord has said: Up! go against Kedar, and make an attack on the children of the east.

Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN tentang suku Kedar dan daerah-daerah kekuasaan Hazor, yang telah direbut Nebukadnezar raja Babel, "Hai Nebukadnezar, seranglah suku Kedar dan binasakanlah orang-orang di sebelah timur!

29 Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.

Rampaslah ternak domba, unta, serta kemah-kemah mereka dengan segala isinya, dan berteriaklah kepada mereka, 'Teror meliputi kamu!'

30 Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a design against you, he has a purpose against you in mind.

Hai kamu orang Hazor! Aku, TUHAN, berkata: Cepatlah pergi mengungsi, dan bersembunyi. Nebukadnezar raja Babel telah merencanakan untuk menyerang kamu. Ia berkata,

31 Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.

'Ayo maju! Mari kita menyerang orang-orang yang merasa aman dan tentram itu. Kota mereka tidak terlindung karena tak ada pintu gerbangnya dan tak ada palangnya.'"

32 And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of their attackers: those who have the ends of their hair cut I will send in flight to all the winds; and I will send their fate on them from every side, says the Lord.

TUHAN berkata lagi kepada Nebukadnezar, "Rampaslah unta-unta dan seluruh ternak mereka! Orang-orang yang rambutnya dipotong pendek itu akan Kuserakkan ke mana-mana. Aku akan mendatangkan malapetaka ke atas mereka dari segala pihak.

33 And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

Hazor akan terlantar untuk selama-lamanya dan menjadi tempat bersembunyi anjing hutan. Tak seorang pun akan tinggal di sana lagi. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

34 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,

Tak lama setelah Zedekia menjadi raja Yehuda, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berbicara kepadaku tentang negeri Elam.

35 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.

TUHAN berkata, "Aku akan membunuh semua ahli memanah yang membuat Elam sangat kuat.

36 And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.

Aku akan meniupkan angin ke Elam dari segala jurusan, dan menyerakkan penduduknya ke mana-mana sehingga tidak ada satu negeri pun yang tidak kedatangan pengungsi-pengungsi dari Elam itu.

37 And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:

Aku akan membuat orang Elam takut kepada musuh yang mau membunuh mereka. Aku sangat marah kepada mereka dan akan menghancurkan mereka. Akan Kukirim tentara yang memerangi mereka sampai mereka habis sama sekali.

38 I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the Lord.

Raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabat mereka akan Kuhancurkan, dan di negeri mereka akan Kudirikan takhta-Ku.

39 But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.

Tapi di kemudian hari, keadaan Elam akan Kupulihkan. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."