Nehemiah 9

1 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.

Pada tanggal dua puluh empat bulan itu juga, rakyat Israel berkumpul. Mereka berpuasa untuk menunjukkan penyesalan dosa-dosa mereka. Mereka memisahkan diri dari semua orang asing. Sebagai tanda bersedih, mereka memakai kain karung dan menaburi kepala dengan tanah. Kemudian mereka berdiri dan mengakui segala dosa mereka dan dosa leluhur mereka.

2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 They stood up in their place, and read in the scroll of the law of YHWH their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped YHWH their God.

Selama kira-kira tiga jam, buku Hukum TUHAN, Allah mereka, dibacakan kepada mereka dan selama tiga jam berikutnya mereka mengakui dosa-dosa mereka. Setelah itu mereka sujud dan menyembah TUHAN, Allah mereka.

4 Then Jeshua, and Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to YHWH their God.

Di situ ada mimbar untuk orang-orang Lewi dan di atasnya berdirilah Yesua, Bani, Kadmiel, Sebanya, Buni, Serebya, Bani dan Kenani. Dengan suara nyaring mereka berdoa kepada TUHAN Allah mereka.

5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless YHWH your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Ibadat pada hari itu dimulai oleh orang-orang Lewi berikut ini: Yesua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hasabneya, Serebya, Hodia, Sebanya dan Petahya. Mereka berkata, "Berdirilah dan pujilah TUHAN Allah kita! Berilah pujian kepada-Nya selama-lamanya! Terpujilah nama-Nya yang penuh kemuliaan, nama yang hebat, melebihi segala pujian!"

6 You are YHWH, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

Kemudian rakyat Israel berdoa demikian, "Engkaulah TUHAN, Engkaulah Yang Mahaesa; Kau jadikan bintang dan seluruh angkasa, juga laut dan bumi serta segala isinya, lalu Kauberi hidup dan Kaupelihara. Kepada-Mu segala kuasa di langit bersembah sujud; mereka tunduk kepada-Mu dan bertekuk lutut.

7 You are YHWH, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur Kasdim, and gave him the name of Abraham,

Engkaulah Allah, TUHAN Yang Mahaesa. Kaupilih Abram dari tengah-tengah bangsanya. Ur di Babel telah ditinggalkannya, karena Kau sendiri yang memimpinnya. Lalu Kauberikan kepadanya nama yang baru: Abraham, itulah sebutannya sejak itu.

8 and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

Kaudapati dia setia kepada-Mu dan patuh. Lalu Kaubuat dengan dia perjanjian yang kukuh. Tanah Kanaan, Het dan Amori, tanah Feris, Yebus dan Girgasi, semua itu hendak Kauberikan kepadanya; sebagai tempat tinggal seluruh keturunannya. Kemudian Kaupenuhi, janji itu kepadanya, sebab Engkau adil dan setia.

9 "You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,

Kaulihat sengsara leluhur kami di waktu lampau; Kaudengar tangisnya di Mesir dan di Laut Teberau.

10 and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

Terhadap raja Mesir Kaulakukan hal-hal yang luar biasa, juga terhadap pegawai serta rakyat negerinya, sebab Kautahu bagaimana umat-Mu mereka sakiti. Lalu masyhurlah nama-Mu sampai hari ini.

11 You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Untuk membuat jalan bagi umat-Mu, laut Kaubelah; Kauseberangkan mereka lewat dasar laut yang tak basah. Para pengejarnya tenggelam dalam air yang dalam, seperti batu terbenam di laut yang seram.

12 Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

Dengan sebuah awan Kaupimpin mereka pada siang hari. Dan di waktu malam jalannya Kauterangi dengan tiang berapi.

13 "You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

Dari langit Kauturun ke atas Gunung Sinai, lalu Kau berbicara dengan umat-Mu sendiri. Kauberikan hukum, aturan dan perintah yang adil, benar dan berfaedah.

14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

Hari Sabat yang kudus harus mereka rayakan, dan melalui Musa hukum-Mu Kauberikan.

15 and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

Ketika mereka lapar dan kurang makanan, roti dari langit Kauturunkan. Dan dari batu yang padat, kuat dan keras air pelepas dahaga Kaualirkan deras. Kausuruh mereka menduduki tanah yang Kaujanjikan kepadanya dengan sumpah.

16 "But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, did not listen to your commandments,

Tetapi leluhur kami angkuh dan tegar hati; perintah-perintah-Mu tak mereka taati.

17 and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and did not forsake them.

Mereka tak patuh, segala kebaikan-Mu dilupakan, dan semua perbuatan ajaib-Mu hilang dari ingatan. Dengan sombong mereka memilih seorang ketua, untuk membawa mereka ke Mesir, kembali menjadi hamba. Tetapi Engkau Allah yang suka memaafkan, panjang sabar, murah hati dan penuh kasihan. Kasih-Mu sungguh luar biasa; Engkau tak meninggalkan mereka.

18 Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed awful blasphemies;

Mereka membuat berhala berbentuk lembu. Lalu mereka berkata, 'Inilah Allahmu, yang membawa kamu dari Mesir, dari perbudakan.' Ya Allah, Engkau sendiri yang mereka hinakan!

19 yet you in your manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

Namun di gurun itu mereka tidak Kautinggalkan, karena Engkau penuh belas kasihan. Tiang awan dan api tidak Kaucabut kembali, penunjuk jalan mereka di siang dan malam hari.

20 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

Dengan kuasa-Mu yang baik Kauajar mereka. Mereka makan manna dan minum air secukupnya.

21 "Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.

Selama empat puluh tahun di padang belantara, Kaucukupi segala kebutuhan mereka. Pakaian mereka tidak pernah rusak, kaki mereka tidak sakit atau bengkak,

22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

Kauberikan kepada mereka kemenangan atas banyak kerajaan dan bangsa di perbatasan tanah mereka. Hesybon negeri Raja Sihon, mereka duduki; Basan negeri Raja Og, mereka tempati.

23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

Kaujadikan keturunan mereka sebanyak bintang-bintang di angkasa. Kauberikan mereka tanah untuk didiaminya, tanah yang telah Kaujanjikan kepada nenek moyangnya.

24 "So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

Keturunan mereka mengalahkan tanah Kanaan; penduduk di sana Engkau tundukkan. Umat-Mu Kauberi kuasa bertindak semaunya terhadap bangsa-bangsa Kanaan dan raja-rajanya.

25 They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

Umat-Mu merebut benteng-benteng pertahanan, tanah yang subur dan rumah penuh kekayaan. Sumur-sumur dan sumber air mereka sita, kebun anggur, pohon zaitun dan buah-buahan lainnya. Mereka gemuk karena makan sekehendak hati. Segala pemberian-Mu yang baik mereka nikmati.

26 "Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

Tetapi umat-Mu berontak dan tak mentaati-Mu, mengabaikan hukum dan peraturan-Mu, membunuh nabi-nabi yang memperingatkan mereka, dan yang menyuruh mereka kembali kepada-Mu, Allahnya. Ya Tuhan, setiap kali pula Engkau dihina oleh mereka,

27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

maka Kauserahkan mereka kepada musuhnya yang dengan kejam menguasai dan menindasnya. Tetapi dalam kesusahan yang menekan, mereka berseru kepada-Mu minta bantuan. Dari surga Engkau mendengarkan; dengan penuh kasih Kauberikan jawaban. Kaukirim pemimpin dan pahlawan yang melepaskan mereka dari lawan.

28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

Tetapi ketika negerinya aman lagi, mereka segera berdosa kembali. Maka Kauserahkan mereka pula kepada musuh yang menindasnya. Namun, waktu mereka insaf dan penuh penyesalan, mereka berseru kepada-Mu minta diselamatkan. Maka dari surga Engkau mendengar, dan Kautolong berulang-ulang, sebab Engkau iba kepada mereka dan teramat sayang.

29 and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

Kautegur mereka agar ajaran-Mu dipatuhi, tetapi mereka tolak hukum-Mu dengan tinggi hati. Padahal, jika hukum-Mu dilakukan, pastilah akan terjamin kehidupan. Mereka kepala batu dan tegar hati, tak mau mendengar, tak mau mentaati.

30 Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Tahun demi tahun Kau sabar memperingatkannya; lewat para nabi, Roh-Mu berkata kepada mereka. Tetapi umat-Mu itu menutup telinga, lalu Kauserahkan kepada bangsa-bangsa segala negeri.

31 "Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Tetapi karena kasih-Mu besar luar biasa, tidak Kautinggalkan atau Kauhancurkan mereka. Memang, Engkaulah Allah yang tiada bandingan; besar kasih sayang-Mu, penuh belas kasihan!

32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, do not let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our leaders, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

Ya Allah, Allah kami yang kuat! Allah yang besar dan dahsyat! Dengan setia Kaupegang segala perjanjian; janji-janji-Mu Kaupenuhi dan Kaulaksanakan. Sejak zaman para raja Asyur menindas kami sampai kini, banyak derita yang kami alami. Para raja kami, imam, nabi dan para pemuka, juga leluhur dan rakyat, telah menderita semua. Jangan lupakan segala derita itu! Janganlah Kauhilangkan dari ingatan-Mu!

33 However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

Tindakan-Mu adil, Kauhukum kami yang berdosa; Kau tetap setia walaupun kami penuh cela.

34 neither have our kings, our leaders, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.

Leluhur kami, raja, imam dan para pemuka, melanggar hukum-Mu serta meremehkannya. Segala perintah dan teguran yang Kauberikan, tidak diindahkannya, tidak pula didengarkan.

35 For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

Kauberikan para raja yang memerintah umat-Mu, ketika mereka tinggal di tanah yang luas dan subur pemberian-Mu. Namun mereka tak meninggalkan hidup yang jahat, tak mau mengabdi kepada-Mu serta beribadat.

36 "Look, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, look, we are servants in it.

Maka sekarang kami ini menjadi hamba di tanah yang Kauberikan sebagai pusaka. Tanah ini subur, penuh hasil bumi, yang seharusnya kami nikmati.

37 It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Segala hasil pendapatan tanah ini harus diserahkan kepada raja-raja negeri. Para penguasa itu Kauangkat atas umat-Mu, sebagai hukuman dosa kami terhadap-Mu. Mereka memerintah sekehendak hatinya atas diri kami dan ternak yang kami punya. Sebab itu kini kami menderita, penuh kesesakan dan dukacita!"

38 Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests, seal it."

Berdasarkan segala kejadian itu, kami rakyat Israel membuat perjanjian yang kokoh dan tertulis, dengan diberi cap para pemimpin kami, orang-orang Lewi dan seorang imam kami.