Isaiah 41
1 Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
Kata Allah, "Diamlah dan dengarkan Aku, hai penduduk negeri-negeri yang jauh. Bersiaplah untuk tampil di pengadilan, majulah dan ajukanlah perkaramu. Mari kita bersidang bersama, untuk memutuskan siapa benar, siapa salah.
2 Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
Siapakah yang menggerakkan penguasa dari timur, dan memberi dia kemenangan terus-menerus? Siapakah yang membuat dia mengalahkan bangsa-bangsa, dan menaklukkan raja-raja baginya? Pedangnya membuat mereka terserak seperti debu, panahnya menghamburkan mereka seperti jerami ditiup angin.
3 He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
Ia terus mengejar dan maju tanpa rintangan; kakinya cepat, hampir tak menyentuh jalan.
4 Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
Siapakah yang melakukan semuanya itu? Siapakah yang menentukan jalannya sejarah? Aku, TUHAN, Akulah yang pertama, dan tetap ada sampai penghabisan.
5 The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
Penduduk negeri-negeri jauh melihat apa yang telah Kuperbuat. Mereka terkejut dan gemetar ketakutan, lalu berkumpul bersama dan datang.
6 Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
Semua orang saling menolong, dan saling menguatkan hati.
7 The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
Tukang kayu menguatkan hati tukang emas, orang yang memipihkan logam dengan martil memuji orang yang menempa di atas landasan. Katanya, 'Baik benar pekerjaanmu'; lalu dikuatkannya dengan paku supaya tidak goyang.
8 But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
Tetapi engkau, Israel, hamba-Ku, umat pilihan-Ku, engkau keturunan Abraham, sahabat-Ku.
9 For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
Engkau telah Kuambil dari ujung-ujung bumi, Kupanggil dari tempat-tempat yang terjauh. Kata-Ku, 'Engkaulah hamba-Ku; Aku tidak menolak pilihan-Ku.'
10 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
Jangan takut, sebab Aku menyertaimu, jangan cemas, sebab Aku Allahmu. Engkau akan Kuteguhkan dan Kutolong, Kutuntun dengan tangan-Ku yang jaya.
11 Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
Lihatlah, semua orang yang marah kepadamu, akan dikalahkan dan tersipu-sipu. Orang-orang yang melawan engkau, akan binasa dan habis tersapu.
12 You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
Engkau akan mencari orang-orang yang menentang engkau, tetapi mereka tidak kautemukan. Orang-orang yang berperang dengan engkau sekarang sudah binasa dan hilang.
13 For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
Sebab Aku TUHAN, Allahmu, memegang tangan kananmu; kata-Ku, 'Jangan takut, Aku akan menolong engkau.'"
14 Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Kata TUHAN, "Jangan takut, Israel, biarpun engkau kecil dan lemah. Akulah TUHAN yang menolong engkau, Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel adalah Penyelamatmu.
15 I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
Lihatlah, engkau Kujadikan seperti papan pengirik, yang baru, tajam dan bergigi dua jajar. Engkau akan mengirik gunung-gunung dan menghancurkannya; bukit-bukit kaujadikan seperti sekam.
16 You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Engkau akan menampi mereka, lalu mereka diterbangkan angin dan dihamburkan topan. Engkau akan bergembira karena Aku, TUHAN, dan bermegah karena Aku, Allah Israel.
17 The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
Apabila bangsa-Ku yang malang itu mencari air, dan kerongkongan mereka kering karena kehausan, maka Aku, TUHAN, akan menjawab doa mereka; Allah Israel tak akan meninggalkan umat-Nya.
18 I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
Kubuat sungai-sungai mengalir di bukit-bukit yang gundul; mata air akan membual di tengah dataran. Padang gurun akan Kujadikan telaga; air akan memancar dari tanah yang kering.
19 I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
Padang gurun akan Kutanami pohon cemara, pohon zaitun, pohon murad dan pohon akasia. Padang belantara akan Kujadikan hutan, hutan eru, berangan dan cemara.
20 so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Maka semua orang akan melihatnya dan mengetahui bahwa Aku, TUHAN, yang melakukannya. Mereka akan memperhatikan dan mengerti, Allah kudus Israel membuat itu terjadi."
21 Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.
TUHAN, raja Israel, berkata kepada dewa-dewa, "Ajukanlah perkaramu, kemukakan alasan-alasannya!
22 Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
Datanglah, dan ramalkanlah apa yang akan terjadi, supaya kami tahu kesudahannya nanti. Beritahukanlah kejadian-kejadian yang dahulu, terangkan artinya supaya kami perhatikan.
23 Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
Katakanlah apa yang akan terjadi, supaya kami tahu kamu sungguh ilahi. Lakukanlah yang berguna atau yang merugikan, supaya kami tercengang melihatnya.
24 Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
Sesungguhnya, kamu dan perbuatanmu tidak ada, dan para pemujamu menjijikkan saja.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
Aku telah menggerakkan seorang dari timur: Kupanggil dia untuk menyerang dari utara. Para penguasa akan diinjak-injaknya seperti lumpur, seperti tukang periuk menginjak-injak tanah liat.
26 Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
Siapa dari kamu sudah menubuatkannya sehingga kami dapat membenarkan dia? Tetapi di antara kamu tak ada yang memberitahukannya, tidak ada yang mendengar kamu berbicara.
27 The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
Aku, TUHAN, yang pertama mengabarkannya kepada Sion; Aku mengirim pembawa kabar baik ke Yerusalem.
28 And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
Waktu Kucari di antara dewa-dewa, tak satu pun dapat memberi petunjuk, tak ada yang dapat menjawab.
29 Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.
Sungguh, dewa-dewa itu tidak berguna, mereka hanya patung tuangan yang tidak berdaya, dan tidak mampu berbuat apa-apa."
