Isaiah 34
1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Marilah berkumpul, hai bangsa-bangsa, dan dengarlah. Biarlah seluruh bumi dan semua yang hidup di dalamnya datang dan mendengarkan.
2 For the indignation of the LORD [is] upon all nations, and [his] fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
TUHAN marah kepada semua bangsa dan segala pasukan mereka. Ia akan menghukum dan membinasakan mereka.
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Mayat-mayat mereka tak akan dikuburkan, tetapi dibiarkan saja menjadi busuk dan berbau. Gunung-gunung akan merah karena kebanjiran darah mereka.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.
Matahari, bulan dan bintang-bintang akan hancur. Langit akan digulung seperti gulungan kertas. Bintang-bintang akan jatuh seperti daun-daun yang berguguran dari pohon.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
TUHAN sudah menyiapkan pedang-Nya di surga, dan sekarang pedang itu akan menimpa bangsa Edom yang telah dijatuhi hukuman dan akan dibinasakan.
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, [and] with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
Pedang TUHAN akan berlumuran darah dan penuh dengan lemak mereka, seperti dengan darah dan lemak binatang kurban. Sebab TUHAN menyediakan kurban di Bozra, dan mengadakan pembantaian besar-besaran di tanah Edom.
7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Orang-orang akan tewas seperti lembu liar dan sapi muda. Negeri mereka akan merah dengan darah dan penuh dengan lemak.
8 For [it is] the day of the LORD’s vengeance, [and] the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Itulah saatnya TUHAN membela Sion dan membalas dendam kepada musuh-musuh-Nya.
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
Sungai-sungai Edom akan berubah menjadi ter, dan tanahnya menjadi belerang. Akhirnya seluruh negeri menyala seperti ter.
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Siang malam nyala itu tidak padam, dan asap mengepul daripadanya untuk selama-lamanya. Tanah itu akan ditinggalkan kosong dan gersang turun-temurun, dan tak seorang pun akan melaluinya.
11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Burung undan dan landak akan mendiaminya, burung hantu dan gagak akan tinggal di sana. TUHAN menjadikan tanah itu kacau dan kosong seperti sebelum penciptaan.
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Tak ada raja yang memerintah negeri itu, dan semua pemimpinnya sudah lenyap.
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls.
Puri-purinya dan kota-kotanya yang berkubu akan ditumbuhi semak berduri dan rumput, dan dihuni oleh anjing hutan dan burung unta.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Binatang buas akan berkeliaran di dalamnya; hantu-hantu bersahut-sahutan, dan hantu malam mencari tempat beristirahat.
15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Di tempat itu ular berbisa membuat sarangnya, bertelur, mengeram dan memelihara anak-anaknya. Burung alap-alap pun berkumpul dengan pasangannya masing-masing.
16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Carilah dan bacalah dalam Kitab TUHAN: Tidak satu pun dari semua makhluk itu akan hilang atau tanpa pasangan. Sebab begitulah perintah TUHAN, dan Ia sendiri yang telah mengumpulkan mereka.
17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Tuhanlah yang membagi negeri itu di antara mereka dan masing-masing menerima bagiannya. Mereka akan tinggal di situ untuk selama-lamanya, dan tanah itu menjadi milik mereka turun-temurun.
