< Jeremiah 46 >
1 In the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah the prophet about foreign nations.
Firman TUHAN yang datang kepada nabi Yeremia tentang bangsa-bangsa.
2 This concerns Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt and the Egyptian army which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
Mengenai Mesir. Terhadap tentara Firaun Nekho, raja Mesir, yang berkemah di tepi sungai Efrat dekat Karkemis dan yang dipukul kalah oleh Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, dalam tahun yang keempat pemerintahan Yoyakim bin Yosia, raja Yehuda:
3 Pick up both your small and large shields, and advance ready for battle!
"Siapkanlah perisai besar dan perisai kecil dan majulah untuk bertempur!
4 Put the harnesses on the horses and get into your chariots; take your positions with your helmets on! Sharpen your spears; put on your armor!
Pasanglah kuda, dan naiklah, hai pengendara-pengendara! Ambillah tempatmu dengan memakai ketopong, tajamkanlah tombakmu, pakailah baju zirahmu!
5 Why do I see their lines broken and retreating? Their soldiers are defeated. They run away so quickly they don't even look back because they're so terrified by what's happening around them, declares the Lord.
Mengapa kulihat mereka terkejut, mundur ke belakang? Pahlawan-pahlawan mereka terpukul kalah, lari kocar-kacir, tanpa menoleh; kedahsyatan dari segala jurusan!, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
6 Even the fastest of them can't get away; the soldiers can't escape. There in the north beside the Euphrates they fall and die.
Orang yang tangkas tidak dapat melarikan diri, pahlawan tidak dapat meluputkan diri; di utara, di tepi sungai Efratlah mereka tersandung dan rebah.
7 Who is this that's coming, rising like the Nile, like swirling rivers whose waters flood?
Siapakah ini yang meluas seperti sungai Nil dan yang airnya bergelora seperti sungai-sungai?
8 Egypt is rising like the Nile; its waters swirl like flooding rivers, boasting, “I will rise and sweep over the earth; I will destroy towns and the people in them.”
Itulah Mesir yang meluas seperti sungai Nil, dan yang airnya bergelora seperti sungai-sungai. Ia berkata: Aku mau meluas menutupi bumi, membinasakan kota dan penduduknya.
9 Horses, charge in! Chariots, drive like crazy! Have the infantry advance: soldiers from Ethiopia and Put carrying their shields, archers from Lydia with their bows.
Majulah, hai kuda-kuda! Melajulah, hai kereta-kereta! Majulah berperang, hai pahlawan-pahlawan, hai kamu orang Etiopia dan orang Put yang memegang perisai, dan orang Lidia yang membentur busur!
10 But this is the day of the Lord God Almighty, a day of retribution when he takes vengeance on his enemies. The sword will destroy until it is satisfied, until it's had enough of their blood. The Lord God Almighty is having a sacrifice in the north country beside the Euphrates.
Hari itu ialah hari Tuhan ALLAH semesta alam, hari pembalasan untuk melakukan pembalasan kepada para lawan-Nya. Pedang akan makan sampai kenyang, dan akan puas minum darah mereka. Sebab Tuhan ALLAH semesta alam mengadakan korban penyembelihan di tanah utara, dekat sungai Efrat.
11 Go and find some healing ointment in Gilead, Virgin Daughter of Egypt! But whatever you use to help you will fail, because there's nothing that will heal you.
Pergilah ke Gilead mengambil balsam, hai anak dara, puteri Mesir! Sia-sia engkau memakai banyak obat, kesembuhan tidak akan kaudapat!
12 The other nations have heard how you were humiliated in defeat. Everyone can hear your cries of pain. Soldiers fall over each other, and die together.
Bangsa-bangsa telah mendengar tentang celamu, bumi telah penuh dengan teriakmu, sebab pahlawan yang satu tersandung kepada pahlawan yang lain, keduanya rebah bersama-sama."
13 This is the message that the Lord gave to Jeremiah the prophet about the attack by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon on Egypt:
Firman yang disampaikan TUHAN kepada nabi Yeremia tentang datangnya Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, untuk memukul kalah tanah Mesir:
14 Shout a warning in Egypt! Tell everyone in Migdol, and in Memphis and Tahpanhes: Get ready to defend yourselves, because war is destroying everything around you.
"Beritahukanlah di Mesir, dan kabarkanlah di Migdol! Kabarkanlah di Memfis dan di Tahpanhes! Katakanlah: Ambillah tempat dan bersiaplah, sebab sekitarmu habis dimakan pedang!
15 Why did Apis your bull god run away? He couldn't stand his ground because the Lord has knocked him down.
Mengapa Apis melarikan diri, tidakkah sanggup sapi jantanmu bertahan? Sungguh, TUHAN telah menundukkan dia!
16 Many soldiers trip and fall over one another and say, “Come on! Let's get back home to our people where we were born, otherwise we're going to be killed.”
Banyak dari padamu yang tersandung dan rebah, mereka berkata seorang kepada yang lain: Marilah kita pulang kepada bangsa kita, ke negeri kelahiran kita, untuk mengelakkan pedang yang merajalela ini!
17 When they get there they'll say about Pharaoh king of Egypt, “He just makes a lot of noise. He wasted his opportunity.”
Sebutlah nama Firaun, raja Mesir: Tukang ribut yang membiarkan kesempatan berlalu!
18 As I live, declares the King who has the name “the Lord Almighty,” the king of Babylon will come. He is like Mount Tabor that stands out from the other mountains, like Mount Carmel high above the sea.
Demi Aku yang hidup, demikianlah firman Raja yang nama-Nya TUHAN semesta alam, ia akan datang seperti gunung Tabor yang menjulang di antara gunung-gunung lain, seperti gunung Karmel yang menganjur ke laut.
19 Pack your bags ready for exile, daughter living in Egypt! Memphis is going to be destroyed, an empty place where no one lives.
Siapkanlah bagimu barang-barang untuk perjalananmu ke pembuangan, hai puteri Mesir yang sudah lama menetap! Sebab Memfis akan menjadi sunyi sepi, dijadikan reruntuhan yang tidak berpenduduk lagi.
20 Egypt is a beautiful young cow, but a stinging insect from the north is coming to attack her.
Mesir adalah lembu muda yang elok, tetapi seekor pikat dari utara mendatangi dia.
21 The soldiers that Egypt hired are like calves made fat for slaughter. They will also retreat. They won't stand and fight—they will all run away. Their day of destruction is coming; the time when they'll be punished.
Juga prajurit-prajurit upahan yang ada padanya adalah seperti anak-anak lembu tambun; merekapun berbalik dan melarikan diri bersama-sama; mereka tidak dapat bertahan, sebab hari bencana mereka menimpa mereka, yakni waktu penghukuman mereka.
22 The Egyptians will retreat with a rustle like a snake sliding away, because the enemy will attack them with axes, coming at them like wood-cutters chopping down trees.
Suaranya seperti ular yang mendesis, apabila mereka berjalan maju dengan bertentara; mereka mendatangi dia dengan membawa kapak seperti orang-orang penebang pohon.
23 They will cut them down like a thick forest, declares the Lord, because the invaders are like a swarm of locusts—there's so many of them that they can't be counted.
Mereka menebang hutannya, demikianlah firman TUHAN, sekalipun itu tidak dapat dimasuki; sebab lebih banyak mereka dari pada belalang, tidak terbilang jumlahnya.
24 The people of Egypt will be humiliated. They will be handed over to the people of the north.
Puteri Mesir menjadi malu, diserahkan ke dalam tangan bangsa dari utara."
25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch, because I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes, and Pharaoh. I will punish the people of Egypt with their gods and kings, and everyone who trusts in Pharaoh.
TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel, berfirman: "Sesungguhnya, Aku mendatangkan hukuman atas dewa Amon dari Tebe, atas Firaun beserta Mesir, dewa-dewanya dan raja-rajanya, yakni atas Firaun beserta orang-orang yang percaya kepadanya.
26 I'm going to hand them over to those who want to kill them, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after all this happens, people will live in Egypt as they used to, declares the Lord.
Aku akan menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tangan orang-orang yang berusaha mencabut nyawa mereka, yakni ke dalam tangan Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, dan para pegawainya. Tetapi sesudahnya negeri itu akan didiami seperti dalam zaman purbakala, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
27 But you, descendants of Jacob my servant, you don't have to be fearful. Israelites, you don't need to be discouraged. I promise to rescue you from your distant places of exile, your descendants from the countries where they're being held captive. You will go home to a quiet and comfortable life, free from any threats.
Maka engkau, janganlah takut, hai hamba-Ku Yakub, janganlah gentar, hai Israel! Sebab sesungguhnya, Aku menyelamatkan engkau dari tempat jauh dan keturunanmu dari negeri pembuangan mereka. Yakub akan kembali dan hidup tenang dan aman, dengan tidak ada yang mengejutkan.
28 You descendants of Jacob, don't be afraid! declares the Lord, for I will be with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I've scattered you, I won't completely destroy you. However, I will discipline you as you deserve, and you can be sure I won't leave you unpunished.
Maka engkau, janganlah takut, hai hamba-Ku Yakub, demikianlah firman TUHAN, sebab Aku menyertai engkau: segala bangsa yang ke antaranya engkau Kuceraiberaikan akan Kuhabiskan, tetapi engkau ini tidak akan Kuhabiskan. Aku akan menghajar engkau menurut hukum, tetapi Aku sama sekali tidak memandang engkau tak bersalah."