Isaiah 33
1 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
Celakalah musuh-musuh kita! Mereka merampok walaupun tidak dirampok, dan berkhianat walaupun tidak dikhianati. Tetapi sesudah merampok dan berkhianat, mereka sendiri akan menjadi korban perampokan dan pengkhianatan.
2 Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
Ya TUHAN, kasihanilah kami. Engkaulah harapan kami. Lindungilah kami dari hari ke hari dan selamatkanlah kami di waktu kesesakan.
3 Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
Jika Engkau bangkit dan memperdengarkan suara-Mu yang gemuruh, bangsa-bangsa akan lari dan tercerai-berai.
4 [And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
Seperti kawanan belalang orang menyerbu dan merampok harta mereka.
5 Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
TUHAN sangat luhur; Ia menguasai segala-galanya. Ia akan menegakkan hukum dan keadilan di Yerusalem
6 [When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
dan memberi keamanan kepada umat-Nya. Harta yang menyelamatkan mereka adalah kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan serta hormat kepada TUHAN.
7 [But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
Orang-orang yang gagah berani berteriak minta tolong; para utusan yang mengusahakan perdamaian menangis dengan pedih.
8 No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
Jalan-jalan raya sangat berbahaya sehingga menjadi sunyi; tak ada orang yang melaluinya. Perjanjian diingkari dan persetujuan ditolak. Tak ada lagi yang dihiraukan.
9 The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
Negeri ditinggalkan menjadi sepi. Hutan-hutan Libanon merana, dan lembah Saron yang subur menjadi seperti padang gurun. Di Basan dan di Gunung Karmel daun-daun berguguran.
10 Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
TUHAN berkata kepada bangsa itu, "Sekarang Aku akan bangkit dan bertindak menunjukkan kekuasaan-Ku.
11 You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
Rencanamu sia-sia, dan segala yang kamu lakukan tak ada gunanya. Kemarahanmu seperti api yang membinasakan dirimu sendiri.
12 [Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
Kamu seperti batu karang yang dibakar untuk dijadikan kapur; seperti semak duri yang ditebang dan dibakar dalam api.
13 You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
Biarlah semua orang yang dekat maupun yang jauh mendengar tentang perbuatan-Ku dan mengakui kekuasaan-Ku."
14 The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
Orang-orang berdosa di Sion gemetar ketakutan. Kata mereka, "Keputusan Allah seperti api yang menyala untuk selama-lamanya. Mungkinkah ada yang bisa bertahan dalam api yang memusnahkan itu?"
15 Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
Kamu dapat bertahan kalau kamu berkata dan berbuat yang benar. Jangan mencari untung dengan memeras orang miskin, dan jangan menerima uang suap. Jangan ikut dengan orang yang merencanakan pembunuhan atau kejahatan lain.
16 they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
Maka kamu akan terlindung dan aman, seolah-olah berada di dalam benteng yang kuat. Makanan dan minuman akan tersedia bagimu.
17 You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
Akan tiba saatnya kamu melihat seorang raja yang memerintah dengan semarak atas negeri yang terbentang ke segala penjuru.
18 When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
Ketakutanmu yang sudah-sudah terhadap pemungut pajak, penjabat dan pengawas asing tinggal kenangan saja.
19 Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
Kamu tak akan lagi melihat orang-orang asing biadab yang berbicara dalam bahasa yang tidak kamu mengerti.
20 [At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
Pandanglah kota Sion, tempat kita merayakan pesta-pesta agama. Pandanglah Yerusalem! Alangkah amannya tempat itu untuk didiami, seperti kemah yang tak pernah dipindahkan, patoknya tak pernah dicabut dan talinya tak pernah putus.
21 Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
TUHAN akan memperlihatkan keagungan-Nya kepada kita. Kita akan hidup di tepi sungai yang lebar, yang tak dapat dilayari kapal musuh.
22 Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
Semua perlengkapan di kapal mereka tak ada gunanya; layar-layarnya tak dapat dibentangkan! Semua kekayaan pasukan musuh akan kita rampas, dan jumlahnya sangat banyak, sehingga orang lumpuh pun mendapat bagian. TUHAN sendiri akan menjadi raja kita; Ia akan memerintah, menegakkan hukum dan menyelamatkan kita dari musuh.
23 The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
24 And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
Tak seorang pun di negeri kita akan mengeluh karena sakit, dan semua dosa akan diampuni.
