< Jeremiah 6 >
1 “O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction.
Larilah mengungsi, hai orang-orang Benyamin, dari tengah-tengah Yerusalem! Tiuplah sangkakala di Tekoa, dan naikkanlah asap sebagai tanda di atas Bet-Kerem! Sebab malapetaka telah mengintai dari utara, yakni suatu kehancuran besar.
2 I have compared the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman.
Adakah puteri Sion sama seperti padang yang paling disukai,
3 The pastors will come to her with their flocks. They have pitched their tents against her all around. Each one will feed those who are under his hand.
sehingga gembala-gembala mendatanginya beserta kawanan ternak mereka? Mereka telah memasang kemah-kemahnya sekelilingnya, masing-masing memakan habis apa yang didapatnya.
4 ‘Sanctify a war against her! Rise up together, and let us ascend at midday.’ ‘Woe to us! For the day has declined; for the shadows of the evening have grown longer.’
"Persiapkanlah perang melawan dia; ayo, marilah kita maju menyerang pada tengah hari!" "Celakalah kita, sebab matahari sudah lingsir, bayang-bayang senja hari sudah memanjang!"
5 ‘Rise up, and let us ascend in the night, and let us destroy her houses.’”
"Ayo, marilah kita maju menyerang pada waktu malam dan merusakkan puri-purinya!"
6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “Cut down her trees, and build a rampart around Jerusalem. This is the city of visitation! Every kind of false claim is in her midst.
Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: "Tebanglah pohon-pohonnya dan timbunlah tanah menjadi tembok terhadap Yerusalem! Itulah kota yang harus dihukum! Hanya penindasan saja di dalamnya!
7 Just as a cistern makes its water cold, so has she made her wickedness cold. Iniquity and devastation will be heard in her; sickness and wounds will be ever before me.
Seperti mata air meluapkan airnya, demikianlah kota itu meluapkan kejahatannya. Kekerasan dan aniaya terdengar di dalamnya, luka dan pukulan selalu ada Kulihat.
8 O Jerusalem, accept instruction, lest perhaps my soul may withdraw from you; lest perhaps I may set you in a desert, in an uninhabitable land.”
Terimalah penghajaran, hai Yerusalem, supaya Aku jangan menarik diri dari padamu, supaya Aku jangan membuat engkau sunyi sepi, menjadi negeri yang tidak berpenduduk!"
9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “They will gather the remnant of Israel, even as a single cluster of grapes is gathered from a vine. Direct your hand, as a grape-gatherer directs his hand to the basket.
Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: "Petiklah habis-habisan sisa-sisa orang Israel seperti pokok anggur dipetik habis-habisan. Kembalilah seperti pemetik buah anggur dengan tanganmu mencari-cari buah pada ranting-rantingnya."
10 To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it.
Kepada siapakah aku harus berbicara dan bersaksi, supaya mereka mau memperhatikan? Sungguh, telinga mereka tidak bersunat, mereka tidak dapat mendengar! Sungguh, firman TUHAN menjadi cemoohan bagi mereka, mereka tidak menyukainya!
11 For this reason, I have been filled with the fury of the Lord. I labor to bear it. Let it be poured out upon the child outside, or upon a group of young men meeting together. For a man will be taken captive with a woman, an elder will be taken captive with one who is full of days.
Tetapi aku penuh dengan kehangatan murka TUHAN, aku telah payah menahannya, harus menumpahkannya kepada bayi di jalan, dan kepada kumpulan teruna bersama-sama. Sesungguhnya, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan akan ditangkap, baik orang yang tua maupun orang yang sudah lanjut usianya.
12 And their houses will be given over to others, with both their lands and their wives. For I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord.
Rumah-rumah mereka akan beralih kepada orang lain, bersama ladang-ladang dan isteri-isteri mereka. --"Sesungguhnya, Aku mengacungkan tangan-Ku melawan penduduk negeri ini, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
13 Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.
Sesungguhnya, dari yang kecil sampai yang besar di antara mereka, semuanya mengejar untung, baik nabi maupun imam semuanya melakukan tipu.
14 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace.
Mereka mengobati luka umat-Ku dengan memandangnya ringan, katanya: Damai sejahtera! Damai sejahtera!, tetapi tidak ada damai sejahtera.
15 They were confounded, because they committed an abomination. Or rather, they were not confounded with shame, because they did not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among those who are being destroyed. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.”
Seharusnya mereka merasa malu, sebab mereka melakukan kejijikan; tetapi mereka sama sekali tidak merasa malu dan tidak kenal noda mereka. Sebab itu mereka akan rebah di antara orang-orang yang rebah; mereka akan tersandung jatuh pada waktu Aku menghukum mereka, firman TUHAN."
16 Thus says the Lord: “Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: ‘We will not walk.’
Beginilah firman TUHAN: "Ambillah tempatmu di jalan-jalan dan lihatlah, tanyakanlah jalan-jalan yang dahulu kala, di manakah jalan yang baik, tempuhlah itu, dengan demikian jiwamu mendapat ketenangan. Tetapi mereka berkata: Kami tidak mau menempuhnya!
17 And I appointed watchers over you, saying: ‘Listen for the sound of the trumpet.’ And they said: ‘We will not listen.’
Juga aku mengangkat atas mereka penjaga-penjaga, firman-Ku: Perhatikanlah bunyi sangkakala! Tetapi mereka berkata: Kami tidak mau memperhatikannya!
18 For this reason, hear, O Gentiles, and know, O congregation, how much I will do to them.
Sebab itu dengarlah, hai bangsa-bangsa, dan ketahuilah, hai jemaat, apa yang akan terjadi atas mereka!
19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will lead evils over this people, as the fruits of their own thoughts. For they have not listened to my words, and they have cast aside my law.
Dengarlah, hai bumi! Sungguh, ke atas bangsa ini Aku akan mendatangkan malapetaka, akibat dari rancangan-rancangan mereka, sebab mereka tidak memperhatikan perkataan-perkataan-Ku dan menolak pengajaran-Ku.
20 For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
Apakah gunanya bagi-Ku kamu bawa kemenyan dari Syeba dan tebu yang baik dari negeri yang jauh? Aku tidak berkenan kepada korban-korban bakaranmu dan korban-korban sembelihanmu tidak menyenangkan hati-Ku.
21 Therefore, thus says the Lord: “Behold I will bring this people to utter ruin, and they will fall, with their fathers and sons; neighbor and relative will perish together.”
Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN: Sungguh, Aku akan menaruh batu sandungan di depan bangsa ini, supaya mereka jatuh tersandung oleh karenanya; bapa-bapa serta dengan anak-anak, tetangga dan temannya, semuanya akan binasa."
22 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth.
Beginilah firman TUHAN: "Sesungguhnya, suatu bangsa akan datang dari tanah utara, suatu suku bangsa yang besar akan bergerak maju dari ujung bumi.
23 They will take hold of arrow and shield. They are cruel, and they will not take pity. Their voice will roar like the ocean. And they will climb upon horses, for they have been prepared like men for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion.
Mereka memakai panah dan tombak; mereka bengis, tidak kenal belas kasihan. Suara mereka gemuruh seperti laut, mereka mengendarai kuda, berlengkap seperti orang maju berperang, menyerang engkau, hai puteri Sion!"
24 ‘We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.’
Kami telah mendengar kabarnya, tangan kami sudah menjadi lemah lesu; kesesakan telah menyergap kami, kami kesakitan seperti perempuan yang melahirkan.
25 Do not choose to go out into the fields, and you should not walk along the roadway. For the sword and the terror of the enemy is on every side.
"Janganlah keluar ke padang, dan janganlah berjalan di jalan, sebab pedang musuh mengamuk--kegentaran datang dari segala jurusan!"
26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’
Hai puteri bangsaku, kenakanlah kain kabung, dan berguling-gulinglah dalam debu! Berkabunglah seperti menangisi seorang anak tunggal, merataplah dengan pahit pedih! Sebab sekonyong-konyong akan datang si pembinasa menyerangmu.
27 I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.
Aku telah mengangkat engkau di antara umat-Ku sebagai penguji, engkau harus tahu bagaimana menyelidikinya, dan harus menguji tingkah langkah mereka.
28 All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.
Semua mereka adalah pendurhaka belaka, berjalan kian kemari sebagai pemfitnah; sekaliannya mereka berlaku busuk!
29 The bellows has failed; the lead has been consumed by fire; the molten metal was melted to no purpose. For their wickedness has not been consumed.
Puputan sudah mengembus, tetapi yang keluar dari api hanya timah hitam, tembaga dan besi. Sia-sia orang melebur terus-menerus, tetapi orang-orang yang jahat tidak terpisahkan.
30 Call them: ‘Rejected silver.’ For the Lord has cast them aside.”
Sebutkanlah mereka perak yang ditolak, sebab TUHAN telah menolak mereka!