Isaiah 37
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh [and prayed].
Segera sesudah raja Hizkia mendengar itu, dikoyakkannyalah pakaiannya dan diselubunginyalah badannya dengan kain kabung, lalu masuklah ia ke rumah TUHAN.
2 Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me.
Disuruhnyalah juga Elyakim, kepala istana, Sebna, panitera negara, dan yang tua-tua di antara para imam, dengan berselubungkan kain kabung, kepada nabi Yesaya bin Amos.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Berkatalah mereka kepadanya: "Beginilah kata Hizkia: Hari ini hari kesesakan, hari hukuman dan penistaan; sebab sudah datang waktunya untuk melahirkan anak, tetapi tidak ada kekuatan untuk melahirkannya.
4 [But] perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].’”
Mungkin TUHAN, Allahmu, sudah mendengar perkataan juru minuman agung yang telah diutus oleh raja Asyur, tuannya, untuk mencela Allah yang hidup, sehingga TUHAN, Allahmu, mau memberi hukuman karena perkataan-perkataan yang telah didengar-Nya. Maka baiklah engkau menaikkan doa untuk sisa yang masih tinggal ini!"
5 After those men gave me that message,
Ketika pegawai-pegawai raja Hizkia sampai kepada Yesaya,
6 I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said.
berkatalah Yesaya kepada mereka: "Beginilah kamu katakan kepada tuanmu: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Janganlah engkau takut terhadap perkataan yang kaudengar yang telah diucapkan oleh budak-budak raja Asyur untuk menghujat Aku.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor [that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country], and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.”’”
Sesungguhnya, Aku akan menyuruh suatu roh masuk di dalamnya, sehingga ia mendengar suatu kabar dan pulang ke negerinya; Aku akan membuat dia mati rebah oleh pedang di negerinya sendiri."
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had captured Lachish [city] and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah [to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem].
Ketika juru minuman agung pulang, didapatinyalah raja Asyur berperang melawan Libna; sebab sudah didengarnya bahwa raja telah berangkat dari Lakhis.
9 Soon after that, King [Sennacherib] received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. [In the letter he wrote this] to Hezekiah:
Dalam pada itu raja mendengar tentang Tirhaka, raja Etiopia, berita yang demikian: "Ia telah keluar berperang melawan engkau," dan ketika mendengar itu, disuruhnyalah utusan-utusan kepada Hizkia dengan pesan:
10 “Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army.
"Beginilah harus kamu katakan kepada Hizkia, raja Yehuda: Janganlah Allahmu yang kaupercayai itu memperdayakan engkau dengan menjanjikan: Yerusalem tidak akan diserahkan ke tangan raja Asyur.
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Sesungguhnya, engkau ini telah mendengar tentang yang dilakukan raja-raja Asyur kepada segala negeri, yakni bahwa mereka telah menumpasnya; masakan engkau ini akan dilepaskan?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan [region], and Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria], and the people of Eden [region] who were forced to go to Tel-Assar [city]?
Sudahkah para allah dari bangsa-bangsa yang telah dimusnahkan oleh nenek moyangku, dapat melepaskan mereka, yakni Gozan, Haran, Rezef dan bani Eden yang di Telasar?
13 What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [cities]? [Did their gods rescue them] [RHQ]?”
Di manakah raja negeri Hamat dan Arpad raja kota Sefarwaim, raja negeri Hena dan Iwa?"
14 Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Hizkia menerima surat itu dari tangan para utusan, lalu membacanya; kemudian pergilah ia ke rumah TUHAN dan membentangkan surat itu di hadapan TUHAN.
15 And [then] Hezekiah prayed this:
Hizkia berdoa di hadapan TUHAN, katanya:
16 “O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are [truly] God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky.
"Ya TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel, yang bertakhta di atas kerubim! Hanya Engkau sendirilah Allah segala kerajaan di bumi; Engkaulah yang menjadikan langit dan bumi.
17 [So], Yahweh, [please] listen to what I am saying, and look at [what is happening]! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God!
Sendengkanlah telinga-Mu, ya TUHAN, dan dengarlah; bukalah mata-Mu, ya TUHAN, dan lihatlah; dengarlah segala perkataan Sanherib yang telah dikirimnya untuk mencela Allah yang hidup.
18 Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land.
Ya TUHAN, memang raja-raja Asyur telah memusnahkan semua bangsa dan negeri-negeri mereka
19 And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not [really] gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
dan menaruh para allah mereka ke dalam api, sebab mereka bukanlah Allah, hanya buatan tangan manusia, kayu dan batu; sebab itu dapat dibinasakan orang.
20 So now, Yahweh our God, [please] rescue us from the power [MTY] of [the King of Assyria], in order that [the people in] all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is [truly] God.”
Maka sekarang, ya TUHAN, Allah kami, selamatkanlah kami dari tangannya, supaya segala kerajaan di bumi mengetahui, bahwa hanya Engkau sendirilah TUHAN."
21 Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom [we] Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria [said],
Lalu Yesaya bin Amos menyuruh orang kepada Hizkia mengatakan: "Beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Tentang yang telah kaudoakan kepada-Ku mengenai Sanherib, raja Asyur,
22 this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
inilah firman yang telah diucapkan TUHAN mengenai dia: Anak dara, yaitu puteri Sion, telah menghina engkau, telah mengolok-olokkan engkau; dan puteri Yerusalem telah geleng-geleng kepala di belakangmu.
23 Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at [very] proudly/arrogantly? [It was I], the Holy One whom the Israelis worship!
Siapakah yang engkau cela dan engkau hujat? terhadap siapakah engkau menyaringkan suaramu, dan memandang dengan sombong-sombong? Terhadap Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel!
24 The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, [even] to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar [trees] and its nicest pine/cypress [trees]. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests.
Dengan perantaraan hamba-hambamu engkau telah mencela Tuhan, dan engkau telah berkata: Dengan banyaknya keretaku aku naik ke tempat-tempat tinggi di pegunungan, ke tempat yang paling jauh di gunung Libanon; aku telah menebang pohon-pohon arasnya yang tinggi besar, pohon-pohon sanobarnya yang terpilih; aku telah masuk ke tempat tinggi yang paling ujung, ke hutan pohon-pohonannya yang lebat.
25 We have dug wells [in many countries] and drunk water [from them]. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”
Aku ini telah menggali air dan telah minum air; aku telah mengeringkan dengan telapak kakiku segala sungai di Mesir!
26 [But I, Yahweh, reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [those things]; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble.
Bukankah telah kaudengar, bahwa Aku telah menentukannya dari jauh hari dan telah merancangnya dari zaman purbakala? Sekarang Aku mewujudkannya, bahwa engkau membuat sunyi senyap kota-kota yang berkubu menjadi timbunan batu,
27 The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are [as frail as] [MET] grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
sedang penduduknya yang tak berdaya menjadi terkejut dan malu; mereka menjadi seperti tumbuh-tumbuhan di padang dan seperti rumput hijau, seperti rumput di atas sotoh, atau gandum yang layu sebelum ia masak.
28 [But] I know [everything about you]; I know when you are [in your house and] when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Aku tahu, jika engkau bangun atau duduk, jika keluar atau masuk, atau jika engkau mengamuk terhadap Aku.
29 [So], because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron (bit/metal bar) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country], on the same road on which you came [here, without conquering Jerusalem].”’
Oleh karena engkau telah mengamuk terhadap Aku, dan kata-kata keangkuhanmu telah naik sampai ke telinga-Ku, maka Aku akan menaruh kelikir-Ku pada hidungmu dan kekang-Ku pada bibirmu, dan Aku akan memulangkan engkau melalui jalan, dari mana engkau datang.
30 [Then I said to Hezekiah], ‘This will prove to you [that what I said will happen]: “This year, you(pl) will eat [only the crops] that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant [crops] and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes.
Dan inilah yang akan menjadi tanda bagimu, hai Hizkia: Dalam tahun ini orang makan apa yang tumbuh sendiri, dan dalam tahun yang kedua, apa yang tumbuh dari tanaman yang pertama, tetapi dalam tahun yang ketiga, menaburlah kamu, menuai, membuat kebun anggur dan memakan buahnya.
31 And [you] people who are still [here] in Judah, will be strong and prosper again [MET].
Dan orang-orang yang terluput di antara kaum Yehuda, yaitu orang-orang yang masih tertinggal, akan berakar pula ke bawah dan menghasilkan buah ke atas.
32 A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem [DOU].” That will happen because [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’
Sebab dari Yerusalem akan keluar orang-orang yang tertinggal dan dari gunung Sion orang-orang yang terluput; giat cemburu TUHAN semesta alam akan melakukan hal ini.
33 And this is what [I], Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His [armies] will not enter Jerusalem; they will not [even] shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not [march outside] the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city [to enable them to attack the city].
Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN mengenai raja Asyur: Ia tidak akan masuk ke kota ini dan tidak akan menembakkan panah ke sana; juga ia tidak akan mendatanginya dengan perisai dan tidak akan menimbun tanah menjadi tembok untuk mengepungnya.
34 And their king will return [to his own country] on the same road on which he came [here]. He will not enter this city!’ [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Melalui jalan, dari mana ia datang, ia akan pulang, tetapi ke kota ini ia tidak akan masuk, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
35 For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well], I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.”
Dan Aku akan memagari kota ini untuk menyelamatkannya, oleh karena Aku dan oleh karena Daud, hamba-Ku."
36 [That night], an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When [the rest of the soldiers] woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
Keluarlah Malaikat TUHAN, lalu dibunuh-Nyalah seratus delapan puluh lima ribu orang di dalam perkemahan Asyur. Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi tampaklah, semuanya bangkai orang-orang mati belaka!
37 Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh [in Assyria], and stayed there.
Sebab itu berangkatlah Sanherib, raja Asyur dan pulang, lalu tinggallah ia di Niniwe.
38 [One day], when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat [region northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
Pada suatu kali ketika ia sujud menyembah di dalam kuil Nisrokh, allahnya, maka Adramelekh dan Sarezer, anak-anaknya, membunuh dia dengan pedang, dan mereka meloloskan diri ke tanah Ararat. Kemudian Esarhadon, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
