Isaiah 31
1 Woe [to] those going down to Egypt for help, And [who] lean on horses, And trust on chariots, because [they are] many, And on horsemen, because [they are] very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And have not sought YHWH.
Celakalah orang yang pergi ke Mesir untuk minta bantuan! Mereka mengandalkan kekuatan angkatan perang Mesir dengan pasukan pengendara kuda dan kudanya yang kuat-kuat serta keretanya yang banyak. Tetapi mereka tidak percaya kepada TUHAN, Allah kudus Israel dan tidak minta bantuan-Nya.
2 And He [is] also wise, and brings in evil, And He has not turned aside His words, And He has risen against a house of evildoers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.
TUHAN bijaksana dan tahu apa yang Ia lakukan. Ia mendatangkan bencana dan melaksanakan ancaman-Nya untuk menghukum orang jahat dan orang yang menolong mereka.
3 And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And YHWH stretches out His hand, And the helper has stumbled, And the helped one has fallen, And together all of them are consumed.
Orang Mesir hanya manusia, bukan Allah. Kuda mereka makhluk biasa, tidak bersifat ilahi. Apabila TUHAN bertindak, bangsa penolong itu akan tersandung dan bangsa yang ditolongnya akan jatuh. Maka keduanya akan binasa.
4 For thus said YHWH to me: “As the lion and the young lion growl over his prey, Against whom a multitude of shepherds is called, He is not frightened from their voice, And he is not humbled from their noise; So YHWH of Hosts comes down To war on Mount Zion, and on her height.
TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Seperti singa menggeram untuk mempertahankan mangsanya dan tak dapat ditakuti oleh teriakan dan jeritan serombongan gembala yang dikerahkan melawan dia, begitu juga Aku akan berperang dan mempertahankan Bukit Sion.
5 As birds flying, so does YHWH of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.”
Seperti seekor burung berkepak-kepak di atas sarangnya untuk melindungi anak-anaknya, begitu juga Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan melindungi, membela dan menyelamatkan Yerusalem."
6 Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostasy.
TUHAN berkata, "Bangsa Israel, kamu telah melawan Aku dan berdosa terhadap-Ku. Tetapi sekarang, kembalilah kepada-Ku!
7 For in that day each despises His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you—a sin.
Akan tiba waktunya kamu semua membuang patung-patung berhala dari perak dan emas yang kamu buat sendiri dengan penuh dosa.
8 And Asshur has fallen by sword, not of the high, Indeed, a sword—not of the low, consumes him, And he has fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.
Asyur akan dibinasakan dalam perang, tetapi bukan dengan kekuatan manusia. Orang Asyur akan lari dari medan pertempuran, dan orang-orang muda mereka akan dijadikan hamba.
9 And he passes on [to] his rock from fear, And his princes have been frightened by the ensign—a declaration of YHWH, Who has a light in Zion, And who has a furnace in Jerusalem!
Raja mereka akan lari ketakutan, dan para perwiranya sangat terkejut, sehingga mereka meninggalkan panji-panji perang." TUHAN telah berbicara, TUHAN yang disembah dan dihormati dengan kurban bakaran di Yerusalem.
