Jeremiah 8
1 “In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves.
Pada masa itu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, tulang-tulang raja-raja Yehuda, tulang-tulang pemuka-pemukanya, tulang-tulang imam-imam, tulang-tulang nabi-nabi dan tulang-tulang segenap penduduk Yerusalem akan dikeluarkan dari dalam kubur mereka
2 And they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and the entire army of the heavens, which they have loved, and served, and followed, and which they have sought and adored. They will not be collected, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure upon the face of the earth.
dan diserakkan di depan matahari, di depan bulan dan di depan segenap tentara langit yang dahulunya dicintai, diabdi, diikuti, ditanyakan dan disembah oleh mereka. Semuanya itu tidak akan dikumpulkan dan tidak akan dikuburkan; mereka akan menjadi pupuk di ladang.
3 And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.
Tetapi semua orang yang masih tinggal dari kaum yang jahat ini akan lebih suka mati dari pada hidup di segala tempat ke mana Aku menceraiberaikan mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN semesta alam.
4 And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?
Engkau harus mengatakan kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Apabila orang jatuh, masakan ia tidak bangun kembali? Apabila orang berpaling, masakan ia tidak kembali?
5 Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.
Mengapakah bangsa ini berpaling, berpaling terus-menerus? Mereka berpegang pada tipu, mereka menolak untuk kembali.
6 I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: ‘What have I done?’ They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
Aku telah memperhatikan dan mendengarkan: mereka tidak berkata dengan jujur! Tidak ada yang menyesal karena kejahatannya dengan mengatakan: Apakah yang telah kulakukan ini! Sambil berlari semua mereka berpaling, seperti kuda yang menceburkan diri ke dalam pertempuran.
7 The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
Bahkan burung ranggung di udara mengetahui musimnya, burung tekukur, burung layang-layang dan burung bangau berpegang pada waktu kembalinya, tetapi umat-Ku tidak mengetahui hukum TUHAN.
8 How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
Bagaimanakah kamu berani berkata: Kami bijaksana, dan kami mempunyai Taurat TUHAN? Sesungguhnya, pena palsu penyurat sudah membuatnya menjadi bohong.
9 The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
Orang-orang bijaksana akan menjadi malu, akan terkejut dan tertangkap. Sesungguhnya, mereka telah menolak firman TUHAN, maka kebijaksanaan apakah yang masih ada pada mereka?
10 Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.
Sebab itu Aku akan memberikan isteri-isteri mereka kepada orang lain, ladang-ladang mereka kepada penjajah. Sesungguhnya, dari yang kecil sampai yang besar, semuanya mengejar untung; baik nabi maupun imam, semuanya melakukan tipu.
11 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace,’ though there was no peace.
Mereka mengobati luka puteri umat-Ku dengan memandangnya ringan, katanya: Damai sejahtera! Damai sejahtera!, tetapi tidak ada damai sejahtera.
12 They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. 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 mereka dihukum, firman TUHAN.
13 When gathering, I will gather them together, says the Lord. There are no grapes on the vine, and there are no figs on the fig tree. The leaves have fallen. And I have given them the things that have passed away.”
Aku mau memungut hasil mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN, tetapi tidak ada buah anggur pada pohon anggur, tidak ada buah ara pada pohon ara, dan daun-daunan sudah layu; sebab itu Aku akan menetapkan bagi mereka orang-orang yang akan melindas mereka."
14 “Why are we sitting still? Assemble, and let us enter the fortified city, and let us remain silent there. For the Lord our God has brought us to silence, and he has given us the water of gall as a drink. For we have sinned against the Lord.
Mengapakah kita duduk-duduk saja? Berkumpullah dan marilah kita pergi ke kota-kota yang berkubu dan binasa di sana! Sebab TUHAN, Allah kita, membinasakan kita, memberi kita minum racun, sebab kita telah berdosa kepada TUHAN.
15 We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread.”
Kita mengharapkan damai, tetapi tidak datang sesuatu yang baik, mengharapkan waktu kesembuhan, tetapi yang ada hanya kengerian!
16 “From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.
"Dengus kuda musuh terdengar dari Dan; karena bunyi ringkik kuda jantan mereka gemetarlah seluruh negeri. Mereka datang dan memakan habis negeri dengan isinya, kota dengan penduduknya.
17 For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.
Lihatlah, Aku melepaskan ke antaramu ular-ular beludak, yang tidak dapat dimanterai, yang akan memagut kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN."
18 My sorrow is beyond sorrow; my heart mourns within me.
Tidak tersembuhkan kedukaan yang menimpa diriku, hatiku sakit pedih.
19 Behold, the voice of the daughter of my people from a far away land. Is the Lord not with Zion, and is her king not within her? Then why have they provoked me to wrath by their graven images, and by their strange vanities?
Dengar! seruan puteri bangsaku minta tolong dari negeri yang jauh: "Tidak adakah TUHAN di Sion? Tidak adakah Rajanya di dalamnya?" --Mengapakah mereka menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku dengan patung-patung mereka, dengan dewa-dewa asing yang sia-sia? --
20 The harvest has passed by, the summer is at an end, and we have not been saved.
Sudah lewat musim menuai, sudah berakhir musim kemarau, tetapi kita belum diselamatkan juga!
21 Over the destruction of the daughter of my people, I am contrite and saddened; astonishment has taken hold of me.
Karena luka puteri bangsaku hatiku luka; aku berkabung, kedahsyatan telah menyergap aku.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?”
Tidak adakah balsam di Gilead? Tidak adakah tabib di sana? Mengapakah belum datang juga kesembuhan luka puteri bangsaku?
