Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
Jangan mengira TUHAN terlalu lemah untuk menyelamatkan kamu, atau terlalu tuli untuk mendengar seruanmu.
2 But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
Karena kejahatanmulah maka Ia tidak mendengarkan waktu kamu berdoa kepada-Nya. Dosa-dosamulah yang memisahkan kamu dari Allah.
3 For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
Kamu bersalah karena berdusta dan berbuat curang, karena melakukan tindak kekerasan dan membunuh.
4 There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
Kamu mengadukan perkara tanpa alasan dan menghakimi dengan tidak adil. Kamu berdusta dan mengandalkan yang sia-sia; kamu membuat rencana untuk mencelakakan orang lain dan melakukan kejahatan.
5 They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
Rencana-rencanamu yang jahat membawa maut seperti telur ular berbisa. Kalau telur itu dipecahkan, keluarlah ularnya. Rencana itu sama sekali tidak berguna bagimu, seperti pakaian yang ditenun dari sarang laba-laba!
6 Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
Kamu terus-menerus merencanakan yang jahat, dan ingin segera melaksanakannya. Tanpa ragu-ragu kamu membunuh orang yang tak bersalah. Ke mana saja kamu pergi, kamu meninggalkan keruntuhan dan kebinasaan.
8 They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
Kamu tidak mengusahakan kerukunan, dan semua perbuatanmu tidak adil. Jalanmu berbelit-belit, dan orang yang mengikuti jalan itu tidak akan bahagia.
9 Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
Bangsa itu berkata kepada Allah, "Sekarang kami tahu mengapa Engkau tidak menyelamatkan kami dari orang-orang yang menindas kami. Kami menantikan terang, tetapi hanya ada kegelapan.
10 We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
Kami meraba-raba seperti orang buta; di tengah hari kami tersandung seperti di tengah malam; di tengah orang hidup kami seperti orang mati.
11 We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
Kami ketakutan dan kesedihan; kami mencari keadilan, tetapi tidak ada; kami mengharapkan keselamatan, tetapi sia-sia.
12 For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
Sungguh banyaklah kejahatan kami terhadap-Mu; dosa-dosa kami mempersalahkan kami. Kami sungguh-sungguh menyadari kejahatan kami, dan mengetahui dosa-dosa kami.
13 sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
Kami telah mungkir dan memberontak terhadap TUHAN, dan tak mau mengikuti Allah kami. Kami telah menindas orang lain dan menyeleweng; pikiran kami sesat, dan kata-kata kami bohong.
14 And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
Hukum yang adil sudah disingkirkan, dan keadilan dijauhkan. Kejujuran diremehkan di tempat-tempat umum, dan ketulusan dikesampingkan.
15 And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
Tak ada lagi orang yang jujur, dan siapa yang menjauhi kejahatan, ia sendiri menjadi korban kejahatan." TUHAN telah melihatnya, dan Ia tidak senang bahwa tak ada lagi keadilan.
16 And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
Ia heran bahwa tak ada yang tampil dan tak ada yang membela. Maka Ia memakai kuasa-Nya sendiri untuk menyelamatkan dan memberi mereka kemenangan.
17 He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
Ia memakai keadilan dan keselamatan sebagai baju besi dan topi baja. Ia bertekad untuk memulihkan keadaaan dan membalas ketidakadilan.
18 This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
Ia membalas musuh-musuh-Nya sesuai dengan perbuatan mereka. Bahkan bangsa-bangsa di pulau-pulau yang jauh tidak luput dari hukuman-Nya.
19 And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
Kuasa dan keagungan-Nya akan ditakuti semua orang dari timur sampai ke barat. Ia akan datang seperti sungai yang deras yang digelorakan angin yang kencang.
20 And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
TUHAN berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Aku akan datang ke Yerusalem untuk menyelamatkan kamu semua yang bertobat dari dosa-dosamu.
21 This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.
Aku membuat perjanjian dengan kamu: Kamu Kuberi kuasa-Ku dan ajaran-Ku untuk selama-lamanya. Ajarkanlah kepada anak-anakmu supaya mereka pun dapat mengajarkannya turun-temurun sekarang sampai selama-lamanya."
