Isaiah 27
1 At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
Pada waktu itu TUHAN akan melaksanakan hukuman dengan pedang-Nya yang keras, besar dan kuat atas Lewiatan, ular yang meluncur, atas Lewiatan, ular yang melingkar, dan Ia akan membunuh ular naga yang di laut.
2 At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
Pada waktu itu akan dikatakan: "Bernyanyilah tentang kebun anggur yang elok!
3 I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
Aku, TUHAN, penjaganya; setiap saat Aku menyiraminya. Supaya jangan orang mengganggunya, siang malam Aku menjaganya;
4 I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
kehangatan murka tiada pada-Ku. Sekiranya tampak kepada-Ku puteri malu dan rumput, Aku akan bertindak memeranginya dan akan membakarnya sekaligus,
5 unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
kecuali kalau mereka mencari perlindungan kepada-Ku dan mencari damai dengan Aku, ya mencari damai dengan Aku!"
6 There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
Pada hari-hari yang akan datang, Yakub akan berakar, Israel akan berkembang dan bertunas dan memenuhi muka bumi dengan hasilnya.
7 [But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
Apakah TUHAN memusnahkan umat-Nya seperti Ia memusnahkan orang yang memusnahkan mereka? Atau apakah Ia membunuh umat-Nya seperti Ia membunuh orang yang membunuh mereka?
8 [No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
Dengan menghalau dan dengan mengusir mereka Engkau telah melawan mereka. Ia telah menyisihkan mereka dengan angin-Nya yang keras di waktu angin timur.
9 Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
Maka beginilah akan dihapuskan kesalahan Yakub dan inilah buahnya kalau ia menjauhkan dosanya: ia akan membuat segala batu mezbah seperti batu-batu kapur yang dipecah-pecahkan, sehingga tiada lagi tiang-tiang berhala dan pedupaan-pedupaan yang tinggal berdiri.
10 The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
Sebab kota yang berkubu itu terpencil, suatu tempat kediaman yang dikosongkan dan ditinggalkan seperti padang gurun; anak lembu akan makan rumput dan berbaring di situ menghabiskan dahan-dahan pohon.
11 [The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
Apabila ranting-rantingnya sudah kering, maka akan dipatahkan; perempuan-perempuan akan datang dan menyalakannya. Sebab inilah suatu bangsa yang tidak berakal budi, itulah sebabnya dia tidak disayangi oleh Dia yang menjadikannya dan tidak dikasihi oleh Dia yang membentuknya.
12 [However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
Maka pada waktu itu TUHAN akan mengirik mulai dari sungai Efrat sampai sungai Mesir, dan kamu ini akan dikumpulkan satu demi satu, hai orang Israel!
13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
Pada waktu itu sangkakala besar akan ditiup, dan akan datang mereka yang hilang di tanah Asyur serta mereka yang terbuang ke tanah Mesir untuk sujud menyembah kepada TUHAN di gunung yang kudus, di Yerusalem.
