Isaiah 35
1 [Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,
Padang gurun dan padang kering akan bergirang, padang belantara akan bersorak-sorak dan berbunga;
2 the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.
seperti bunga mawar ia akan berbunga lebat, akan bersorak-sorak, ya bersorak-sorak dan bersorak-sorai. Kemuliaan Libanon akan diberikan kepadanya, semarak Karmel dan Saron; mereka itu akan melihat kemuliaan TUHAN, semarak Allah kita.
3 [So], encourage those who are tired and weak.
Kuatkanlah tangan yang lemah lesu dan teguhkanlah lutut yang goyah.
4 Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”
Katakanlah kepada orang-orang yang tawar hati: "Kuatkanlah hati, janganlah takut! Lihatlah, Allahmu akan datang dengan pembalasan dan dengan ganjaran Allah. Ia sendiri datang menyelamatkan kamu!"
5 When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.
Pada waktu itu mata orang-orang buta akan dicelikkan, dan telinga orang-orang tuli akan dibuka.
6 Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
Pada waktu itu orang lumpuh akan melompat seperti rusa, dan mulut orang bisu akan bersorak-sorai; sebab mata air memancar di padang gurun, dan sungai di padang belantara;
7 The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.
tanah pasir yang hangat akan menjadi kolam, dan tanah kersang menjadi sumber-sumber air; di tempat serigala berbaring akan tumbuh tebu dan pandan.
8 And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.
Di situ akan ada jalan raya, yang akan disebutkan Jalan Kudus; orang yang tidak tahir tidak akan melintasinya, dan orang-orang pandir tidak akan mengembara di atasnya.
9 There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.
Di situ tidak akan ada singa, binatang buas tidak akan menjalaninya dan tidak akan terdapat di sana; orang-orang yang diselamatkan akan berjalan di situ,
10 Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].
dan orang-orang yang dibebaskan TUHAN akan pulang dan masuk ke Sion dengan bersorak-sorai, sedang sukacita abadi meliputi mereka; kegirangan dan sukacita akan memenuhi mereka, kedukaan dan keluh kesah akan menjauh.
