Isaiah 10
1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;
Celakalah kamu yang membuat hukum-hukum yang tak adil untuk menindas bangsa-Ku.
2 to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey.
Dengan cara itu kamu mencegah orang miskin mendapat hak dan keadilan, dan merampas milik para janda dan yatim piatu.
3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth,
Apa yang akan kamu buat pada hari Allah menghukum kamu? Apa dayamu pada waktu Ia mendatangkan bencana dari negeri yang jauh? Kepada siapa kamu akan minta tolong? Di mana akan kamu sembunyikan kekayaanmu itu?
4 so as not to kneel with the prisoners, or fall among the slain? For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Nasibmu hanyalah dibunuh dalam perang atau digiring sebagai tawanan. Tetapi TUHAN masih marah dan tetap menghukum.
5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation.
TUHAN berkata, "Celakalah Asyur! Asyur Kupakai sebagai cambuk dan pentung untuk memukul orang-orang yang kena kemarahan-Ku.
6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Aku mengirim Asyur untuk menyerang bangsa-Ku yang murtad dan yang membuat Aku marah. Aku mengutus Asyur untuk merampok dan mencuri dan menginjak-injak bangsa-Ku seperti debu di jalan."
7 However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
Tetapi raja Asyur mempunyai rencananya sendiri. Ia bertekad untuk memakai kekerasan dan membinasakan banyak bangsa.
8 For he says, "Aren't all of my officials kings?
Ia menyombongkan diri, katanya, "Panglima-panglimaku semuanya raja-raja!
9 Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?
Kurebut kota-kota Kalno dan Karkemis, Hamat dan Arpad. Kurebut juga kota-kota Samaria dan Damsyik.
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Kukalahkan kerajaan-kerajaan yang menyembah berhala-berhala yang lebih berkuasa dari yang ada di Yerusalem dan Samaria.
11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?"
Samaria dan semua berhalanya sudah kubinasakan. Yang sama akan kulakukan di Yerusalem dengan semua berhala yang disembah di sana."
12 Therefore it will happen that, when YHWH has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.
Tetapi TUHAN berkata, "Kalau yang hendak Kulakukan di Bukit Sion dan di Yerusalem itu sudah selesai, Aku akan menghukum raja Asyur karena kesombongan dan keangkuhannya."
13 For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
Raja Asyur membual, katanya, "Semua itu kulakukan dengan kuasaku sendiri. Aku bijaksana dan pintar. Kuhapus batas-batas antara bangsa-bangsa, dan kurampas persediaan mereka. Seperti banteng aku menginjak-injak orang-orang yang memerintah.
14 My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped."
Bangsa-bangsa di dunia seperti sarang burung; dengan gampang harta mereka kuambil, seperti orang meraup telur yang ditinggalkan di sarang. Tak ada sayap yang menggelepar, tak ada yang membuka paruhnya atau menciap-ciap."
15 Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
Tetapi TUHAN berkata, "Dapatkah kapak membanggakan diri terhadap orang yang memakainya? Apakah gergaji lebih penting dari orang yang menggunakannya? Bukan pentung yang mengangkat orang, melainkan oranglah yang mengangkat pentung."
16 Therefore YHWH of hosts will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
Karena orang Asyur telah menyombongkan diri, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan mendatangkan wabah penyakit untuk menghukum perwira-perwira yang tegap-tegap. Mereka akan mengidap demam tinggi seperti api yang membakar terus-menerus.
17 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
Allah yang suci, Cahaya Israel, akan menjadi seperti nyala api yang dalam satu hari membakar habis segala sesuatu, bahkan semak-semak berduri.
18 He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
Hutan-hutan lebat dan ladang-ladang subur di negeri Asyur akan dibinasakan sama sekali, seperti orang sakit yang merana sampai mati.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
Pohon-pohon akan tinggal sedikit saja, sehingga anak kecil pun dapat menghitungnya.
20 It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on YHWH, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Waktunya akan tiba sisa bangsa Israel yang terluput tidak lagi menggantungkan nasibnya kepada bangsa penguasa yang hampir membinasakan mereka, melainkan kepada TUHAN, Allah kudus Israel.
21 A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
Sisa kecil bangsa Israel akan bertobat kepada Allah yang perkasa.
22 For though your people, Israel, are as the sand of the sea, a remnant will be kept safe. For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness;
Biarpun orang Israel sekarang sama banyaknya dengan butir-butir pasir di laut, hanya beberapa saja akan kembali. Hukuman TUHAN sudah dekat, dan memang pantas dan adil bangsa itu dibinasakan.
23 because YHWH will carry out the word decisively in the midst of the earth.
Ya, seluruh negeri akan dihancurkan oleh TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa; itulah keputusan TUHAN, dan tidak dapat diubah lagi.
24 Therefore YHWH of hosts says: "My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata kepada umat-Nya yang tinggal di Sion, "Jangan takut kepada orang Asyur, walaupun mereka menindas dan menganiaya kamu seperti yang dilakukan orang Mesir dahulu.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction."
Dalam waktu singkat kemarahan-Ku kepadamu berhenti, lalu mereka akan Kubinasakan.
26 YHWH of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
Aku TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, akan mencambuk mereka dengan cemeti, seperti Kuhajar orang Midian di gunung batu Oreb. Asyur akan Kuhukum, seperti Aku menghukum Mesir.
27 It will happen in that day, that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Pada waktu itu Aku akan membebaskan kamu dari penindasan Asyur, dan mereka tidak lagi berkuasa atas kamu."
28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
Tentara Asyur sudah merebut kota Ayat. Mereka sudah melewati Migron! Perbekalan mereka ditinggalkan di Mikhmas!
29 He went through the pass. He has lodged at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
Mereka sudah lewat penyeberangan dan bermalam di Geba! Penduduk kota Rama gemetar, dan penduduk Gibea, kota Raja Saul, telah melarikan diri.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim. Listen, Laishah. You poor Anathoth.
Berteriaklah, hai penduduk Galim! Dengarlah, penduduk Laisya! Jawablah, penduduk Anatot!
31 Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
Penduduk Madmena dan Gebim lari mengungsi.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Hari ini musuh berada di kota Nob, dan di sana mereka mengepalkan tinju ke arah Bukit Sion, ke kota Yerusalem.
33 Look, the Lord, YHWH of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan merobohkan mereka seperti dahan ditebang dari pohon. Yang paling megah dan tinggi di antaranya akan dipotong dan dirobohkan.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
TUHAN akan menumbangkan mereka seperti pohon di tengah hutan ditebang dengan kapak. Walaupun mereka kuat seperti pohon yang paling hebat di Libanon, mereka akan roboh juga!
