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.
Ucapan ilahi terhadap "padang gurun di tepi laut". Seperti puting beliung mendesing lewat di Tanah Negeb, demikianlah datangnya dari padang gurun, 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.
Suatu penglihatan yang kejam telah diberitakan kepadaku: "Penggarong menggarong, perusak merusak! Majulah, hai Elam, kepunglah, hai Madai! Aku hentikan semua keluh yang ditimbulkannya."
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.
Sebab itu pinggangku amat sakit, sakit mulas menimpa aku seperti sakit mulas perempuan yang melahirkan; aku terbungkuk-bungkuk, tidak mendengar lagi, aku terkejut, tidak melihat lagi.
4 My heart has wandered, trembling has terrified me, He has made the twilight of my desire a fear to me,
Hatiku gelisah, kekejutan meliputi aku, malam hari yang selalu kurindukan itu sekarang menggentarkan aku.
5 Arrange the table, watch in the watchtower, Eat, drink, rise, you heads, anoint the shield,
Orang sibuk menyajikan hidangan, mengatur tempat-tempat duduk, makan, minum...Tiba-tiba kedengaran: "Hai para panglima! Siaplah tempur, minyakilah perisai!"
6 For thus said the Lord to me: “Go, station the watchman, Let him declare that which he sees.”
Sebab beginilah firman Tuhan kepadaku: "Pergilah, tempatkanlah seorang peninjau, apa yang dilihatnya haruslah diberitahukannya.
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!
Apabila dilihatnya pasukan, pasang-pasangan orang berkuda, pasukan keledai, pasukan unta, maka haruslah diperhatikannya sungguh-sungguh, dengan penuh perhatian."
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 berserulah orang yang melihat itu: "Di tempat peninjauan, ya tuanku, aku berdiri senantiasa sehari suntuk, dan di tempat pengawalanku aku terpancang setiap 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, itu sudah datang sepasukan orang, pasang-pasangan orang berkuda! Lalu berserulah ia, katanya: "Sudah jatuh, sudah jatuh Babel, dan segala patung berhalanya telah diremukkan dan bertaburan 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!”
Hai bangsaku yang telah dipijak-pijak dan diinjak-injak! Apa yang kudengar dari TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel, telah kuberitahukan kepadamu.
11 The burden of Dumah. [One] is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
Ucapan ilahi terhadap Duma. Ada seorang berseru kepadaku dari Seir: "Hai pengawal, masih lama malam ini? Hai pengawal, masih lama malam ini?"
12 The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”
Pengawal itu berkata: "Pagi akan datang, tetapi malam juga. Jika kamu mau bertanya, datanglah bertanya sekali lagi!"
13 The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, O caravans of Dedanim.
Ucapan ilahi terhadap Arabia. Di belukar di Arabia kamu akan bermalam, hai kafilah-kafilah orang Dedan!
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, keluarlah, bawalah air kepada orang yang haus, pergilah, sambutlah orang pelarian dengan roti!
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 melarikan diri terhadap pedang, ya terhadap pedang yang terhunus, terhadap busur yang dilentur, dan terhadap kehebatan peperangan.
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.
Sebab beginilah firman Tuhan kepadaku: "Dalam setahun lagi, menurut masa kerja prajurit upahan, maka segala kemuliaan Kedar akan habis.
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!”
Dan dari pemanah-pemanah yang gagah perkasa dari bani Kedar, akan tinggal sejumlah kecil saja, sebab TUHAN, Allah Israel, telah mengatakannya."
