< Jeremiah 46 >

1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
Firman TUHAN yang datang kepada nabi Yeremia tentang bangsa-bangsa.
2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
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 Order you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
"Siapkanlah perisai besar dan perisai kecil dan majulah untuk bertempur!
4 Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
Pasanglah kuda, dan naiklah, hai pengendara-pengendara! Ambillah tempatmu dengan memakai ketopong, tajamkanlah tombakmu, pakailah baju zirahmu!
5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, says 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 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
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 comes up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Siapakah ini yang meluas seperti sungai Nil dan yang airnya bergelora seperti sungai-sungai?
8 Egypt rises up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he says, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
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 Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
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 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river 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 up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; for you shall not be cured.
Pergilah ke Gilead mengambil balsam, hai anak dara, puteri Mesir! Sia-sia engkau memakai banyak obat, kesembuhan tidak akan kaudapat!
12 The nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both 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 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
Firman yang disampaikan TUHAN kepada nabi Yeremia tentang datangnya Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, untuk memukul kalah tanah Mesir:
14 Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand fast, and prepare you; for the sword shall devour round about 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 are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
Mengapa Apis melarikan diri, tidakkah sanggup sapi jantanmu bertahan? Sungguh, TUHAN telah menundukkan dia!
16 He made many to fall, yes, one fell on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
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 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed.
Sebutlah nama Firaun, raja Mesir: Tukang ribut yang membiarkan kesempatan berlalu!
18 As I live, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
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 O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
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 like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.
Mesir adalah lembu muda yang elok, tetapi seekor pikat dari utara mendatangi dia.
21 Also her hired men are in the middle of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come on them, and the time of their visitation.
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 voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Suaranya seperti ular yang mendesis, apabila mereka berjalan maju dengan bertentara; mereka mendatangi dia dengan membawa kapak seperti orang-orang penebang pohon.
23 They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Mereka menebang hutannya, demikianlah firman TUHAN, sekalipun itu tidak dapat dimasuki; sebab lebih banyak mereka dari pada belalang, tidak terbilang jumlahnya.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Puteri Mesir menjadi malu, diserahkan ke dalam tangan bangsa dari utara."
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
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 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says 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 fear not you, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar off, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
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 Fear you not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a full end of you, but correct you in measure; yet will I not leave you wholly 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."

< Jeremiah 46 >