Jeremiah 14
1 This is a message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought:
Firman TUHAN yang datang kepada Yeremia mengenai musim kering.
2 Judah is in mourning; her towns are wasting away. Her people are weeping for the land, and a cry for help comes from Jerusalem.
Yehuda berkabung, pintu-pintu gerbangnya rebah dan dengan sedih terhantar di tanah; jeritan Yerusalem naik ke atas.
3 Rich people send their servants to get water. They go to the cisterns, but don't find any water. They return with empty jars, disappointed and ashamed, covering their heads.
Pembesar-pembesarnya menyuruh pelayan-pelayannya mencari air; mereka sampai ke sumur-sumur, tetapi tidak menemukan air, sehingga mereka pulang dengan kendi-kendi kosong. Mereka malu, mukanya menjadi merah, sampai mereka menyelubungi kepala mereka.
4 The ground has dried up because there hasn't been any rain in the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
Pekerjaan di ladang sudah terhenti, sebab hujan tiada turun di negeri, maka petani-petani merasa kecewa dan menyelubungi kepala mereka.
5 Even the deer abandons her newborn fawn because there's no grass.
Bahkan rusa betina di padang meninggalkan anaknya yang baru lahir, sebab tidak ada rumput muda.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills, panting like jackals. Their eyesight fails because they have nothing to eat.
Keledai-keledai hutan berdiri di atas bukit gundul, mengap-mengap seperti serigala, matanya menjadi lesu, sebab tidak ada rumput.
7 Even though our sins give evidence against us, Lord, please do something for us because of your good nature. Yes, we have rebelled against you so often; we have sinned against you.
"Sekalipun kesalahan-kesalahan kami bersaksi melawan kami, bertindaklah membela kami, ya TUHAN, oleh karena nama-Mu! Sebab banyak kemurtadan kami, kami telah berdosa kepada-Mu.
8 You are the hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble. Why do you act like a foreigner in our country, like a traveler who only stays a night?
Ya Pengharapan Israel, Penolongnya di waktu kesusahan! Mengapakah Engkau seperti orang asing di negeri ini, seperti orang perjalanan yang hanya singgah untuk bermalam?
9 Why do you act like someone caught unawares, like a powerful warrior who can't help? You are here among us, Lord, and we are known as your people. Please don't give up on us!
Mengapakah Engkau seperti orang yang bingung, seperti pahlawan yang tidak sanggup menolong? Tetapi Engkau ada di antara kami, ya TUHAN, dan nama-Mu diserukan di atas kami; janganlah tinggalkan kami!"
10 This is what the Lord says about his people: They really love to wander away from me—they don't even try to stop themselves. So the Lord refuses to accept them. Now he'll remember their guilty actions and punish them for their sins.
Beginilah firman TUHAN tentang bangsa ini: "Mereka sangat senang mengembara dan tidak menahan kakinya. Sebab itu TUHAN tidak berkenan kepada mereka; tetapi sekarang Ia mau mengingat kesalahan mereka dan mau menghukum dosa mereka."
11 The Lord told me, Don't pray for the welfare of this people.
TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: "Janganlah engkau berdoa untuk kebaikan bangsa ini!
12 Even if they fast, I won't listen to their cry. Even though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. On the contrary I will wipe them out by sword and famine and plague.
Sekalipun mereka berpuasa, Aku tidak akan mendengarkan seruan mereka; sekalipun mereka mempersembahkan korban bakaran dan korban sajian, Aku tidak akan berkenan kepada mereka, melainkan Aku akan menghabiskan mereka dengan perang, dengan kelaparan dan dengan penyakit sampar."
13 “Oh Lord God!” I answered, “Look what prophets are telling them, claiming to be speaking for you: ‘You won't see war or suffer from famine, but I will give you peace that lasts here in this place.’”
Lalu aku berkata: "Aduh, Tuhan ALLAH! Bukankah para nabi telah berkata kepada mereka: Kamu tidak akan mengalami perang, dan kelaparan tidak akan menimpa kamu, tetapi Aku akan memberikan kepada kamu damai sejahtera yang mantap di tempat ini!"
14 The prophets are prophesying lies in my name, replied the Lord. I didn't send them or choose them or speak to them. It's a lying vision, an empty prediction, a deluded, deceitful product of their own minds that they are prophesying to you.
Jawab TUHAN kepadaku: "Para nabi itu bernubuat palsu demi nama-Ku! Aku tidak mengutus mereka, tidak memerintahkan mereka dan tidak berfirman kepada mereka. Mereka menubuatkan kepadamu penglihatan bohong, ramalan kosong dan tipu rekaan hatinya sendiri.
15 So this is what the Lord says about such prophets who prophesy in my name: I didn't send them, but even so they say, “This country won't suffer war or famine.” These same prophets will die from war or famine!
Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN mengenai para nabi yang bernubuat demi nama-Ku, padahal Aku tidak mengutus mereka, dan yang berkata: Perang dan kelaparan tidak akan menimpa negeri ini--: Para nabi itu sendiri akan habis mati oleh perang dan kelaparan!
16 The bodies of the people they prophesied to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and war. There won't be anyone to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil on them.
Dan bangsa yang kepadanya mereka bernubuat akan tercampak mati di jalan-jalan Yerusalem, disebabkan oleh kelaparan dan perang, dan tidak ada orang yang akan menguburkan mereka: mereka sendiri, isteri-isteri mereka, anak-anak mereka yang laki-laki dan yang perempuan. Demikianlah akan Kutumpahkan kejahatan mereka ke atas mereka."
17 This is what you are to tell them: Tears flow from my eyes without stopping day or night, because my people have been crushed by a heavy blow, a really serious wound.
Katakanlah perkataan ini kepada mereka: "Air mataku bercucuran siang dan malam dengan tidak berhenti-henti, sebab anak dara, puteri bangsaku, dilukai dengan luka parah, luka yang sama sekali tidak tersembuhkan.
18 If I go out to the countryside, I see those killed by the sword; if I go into the city, I see those dying by famine. Both prophets and priests wander around the country—they don't know what they're doing.
Apabila aku keluar ke padang, di sana ada orang-orang yang mati terbunuh oleh pedang! Apabila aku masuk ke dalam kota, di sana ada orang-orang sakit kelaparan! Bahkan, baik nabi maupun imam menjelajah negeri yang tidak dikenalnya."
19 Have you really rejected Judah? Do you hate Zion so much? Why have you wounded us so badly that we can't be healed? We hoped for peace, but instead nothing good has come; we hoped for a time of healing, but instead there was only sudden terror.
Telah Kautolakkah Yehuda sama sekali? Telah merasa muakkah Engkau terhadap Sion? Mengapakah kami Kaupukul sedemikian, hingga tidak ada kesembuhan lagi bagi kami? Kami mengharapkan damai sejahtera, tetapi tidak datang sesuatu yang baik; mengharapkan waktu kesembuhan, tetapi hanya ada kengerian!
20 Lord, we admit our wickedness, the guilt of our forefathers as well as our own sins against you.
Ya TUHAN, kami mengetahui kefasikan kami dan kesalahan nenek moyang kami; sungguh, kami telah berdosa kepada-Mu.
21 Because of your own reputation please don't hate us; don't bring dishonor on your glorious throne. Please remember your agreement with us; don't break it.
Janganlah Engkau menampik kami, oleh karena nama-Mu, dan janganlah Engkau menghinakan takhta kemuliaan-Mu! Ingatlah perjanjian-Mu dengan kami, janganlah membatalkannya!
22 Can the false gods of the other nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it's you, Lord our God. So we put our hope in you, because only you can do all this.
Adakah yang dapat menurunkan hujan di antara dewa kesia-siaan bangsa-bangsa itu? Atau dapatkah langit sendiri memberi hujan lebat? Bukankah hanya Engkau saja, ya TUHAN Allah kami, Pengharapan kami, yang membuat semuanya itu?
