Isaiah 21

1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. Like windstorms in the south for passing through, It has come from the wilderness, From a fearful land.

Inilah pesan tentang Babel: Seperti angin puyuh mendesing lewat padang gurun, begitulah datangnya bencana dari negeri yang dahsyat.

2 A hard vision has been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, I have caused all its sighing to cease.

Aku mendapat penglihatan tentang kejadian-kejadian yang mengerikan; tentang pengkhianatan dan pembinasaan. Majulah, laskar Elam, serbulah! Hai laskar Madai, kepunglah! Allah akan mengakhiri semua penderitaan yang disebabkan oleh Babel.

3 Therefore my loins have been filled [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.

Penglihatan itu membuat aku bingung sampai tak dapat melihat atau mendengar lagi. Aku ketakutan dan kesakitan, seperti seorang wanita yang sedang bersalin.

4 My heart has wandered, trembling has terrified me, He has made the twilight of my desire a fear to me,

Hatiku gelisah; rasa ngeri membuat aku gemetar. Malam yang kurindukan hanya membawa kegentaran.

5 Arrange the table, watch in the watchtower, Eat, drink, rise, you heads, anoint the shield,

Kulihat juga perjamuan pesta yang sudah disiapkan; tempat duduk untuk para undangan tersedia. Mereka makan dan minum. Tiba-tiba terdengar perintah: "Hai perwira-perwira! Siapkan perisaimu!"

6 For thus said the Lord to me: “Go, station the watchman, Let him declare that which he sees.”

Lalu TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Pergilah menempatkan seorang penjaga dan suruh dia melaporkan apa yang dilihatnya.

7 And he has seen a chariot—a couple of horsemen, The rider of a donkey, the rider of a camel, And he has given attention—He has increased attention!

Kalau ia melihat pasukan berkuda datang berdua-dua, pasukan yang mengendarai keledai dan unta, ia harus mengamatinya baik-baik."

8 And he cries, “A lion, my lord! I am continually standing on a watchtower by day, And I am stationed on my ward whole nights.

Kemudian penjaga itu berseru, "Tuan, saya sudah berjaga setiap hari siang dan malam."

9 And behold, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.” And he answers and says: “Fallen, fallen has Babylon, And He has broken all the carved images of her gods to the earth.

Lihat, itulah mereka! Pasukan berkuda yang datang berdua-dua. Kemudian penjaga itu mengabarkan, "Babel sudah jatuh! Patung-patung pujaan mereka hancur berserakan di tanah."

10 O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!”

Bangsaku Israel! Engkau telah dipijak-pijak dan diinjak-injak seperti butir-butir gandum. Sekarang kusampaikan kepadamu kabar baik yang kudengar dari TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel.

11 The burden of Dumah. [One] is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

Inilah pesan tentang Edom. Ada orang berseru kepadaku dari Edom, "Hai, penjaga, masih lamakah malam ini? Berapa jam lagi sebelum pagi?"

12 The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”

Jawabku, "Pagi akan datang, tetapi malam juga. Kalau mau bertanya, datanglah bertanya lagi."

13 The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, O caravans of Dedanim.

Inilah pesan tentang Arab: Hai, orang Dedan, kafilah-kafilahmu berkemah di semak belukar tanah Arab.

14 Inhabitants of the land of Tema Have brought water to meet the thirsty, With his bread they came before a fugitive.

Hai penduduk tanah Tema, berilah minum kepada orang-orang kehausan yang datang kepadamu, dan berilah makan kepada para pengungsi.

15 For they fled from the face of destructions, From the face of an outstretched sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

Sebab mereka telah melarikan diri dari pedang yang terhunus, dari busur yang dilenturkan, dan dari perang yang sedang berkecamuk.

16 For thus said the Lord to me: “Within a year, as years of a hired worker, All the glory of Kedar has been consumed.

Lalu TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Tepat satu tahun lagi kejayaan suku-suku Kedar akan berakhir.

17 And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar, are few, For YHWH, God of Israel, has spoken!”

Pemanah-pemanah Kedar adalah orang yang paling perkasa. Tetapi hanya sedikit dari mereka akan selamat. Aku, TUHAN Allah Israel telah berbicara."