Isaiah 41
1 [Yahweh says], “You [people who live on] [APO] islands in the ocean, be silent in front of me [while I ask you some questions]! Then you can be courageous and talk to me. We will meet together and decide [which one of us is right].
Dengarkanlah Aku dengan berdiam diri, hai pulau-pulau; hendaklah bangsa-bangsa mendapat kekuatan baru! Biarlah mereka datang mendekat, kemudian berbicara; baiklah kita tampil bersama-sama untuk berperkara!
2 Who has urged this king to come from the east? Who has enabled his [army] to righteously defeat many nations and to trample their kings under their feet? With their swords they cut [their enemies] into tiny pieces [HYP]; with their arrows they cause their enemies to scatter like [SIM] the wind scatters chaff.
Siapakah yang menggerakkan dia dari timur, menggerakkan dia yang mendapat kemenangan di setiap langkahnya, yang menaklukkan bangsa-bangsa ke depannya dan menurunkan raja-raja? Pedangnya membuat mereka seperti debu dan panahnya membuat mereka seperti jerami yang tertiup.
3 Even though they march through areas where they have not gone previously, they pursue [their enemies] and continue to march, and nothing stops them.
Ia mengejar mereka dan dengan selamat ia melalui jalan yang belum pernah diinjak kakinya.
4 Who has enabled rulers to do [DOU] mighty things like that? Who has done that throughout all generations? It is I, Yahweh; I was the first [one to do things like that], and I will be the last one [to do them].”
Siapakah yang melakukan dan mengerjakan semuanya itu? Dia yang dari dahulu memanggil bangkit keturunan-keturunan, Aku, TUHAN, yang terdahulu, dan bagi mereka yang terkemudian Aku tetap Dia juga.
5 [People who live on] [PRS] islands in the ocean are afraid while they watch. People in remote areas tremble and gather together.
Pulau-pulau telah melihatnya dan menjadi takut, ujung-ujung bumipun menjadi gemetar; mereka datang dan makin mendekat.
6 They encourage each other and say to each other, “Be strong!'
Yang seorang menolong yang lain dan berkata kepada temannya: "Kuatkanlah hatimu!"
7 The craftsmen encourage those who make things from gold, and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer metal (on an anvil/into shape). They all say, “The idol has been well made!” And then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over!
Tukang besi menguatkan hati tukang emas, dan orang yang memipihkan logam dengan martil menguatkan hati orang yang menempa di atas landasan; ia berkata tentang patrian: "Itu baik," lalu menguatkannya dengan paku-paku, sehingga tidak goyang.
8 [Yahweh says], “[You people of] Israel [are like] my servants; you are [descendants of] Jacob, whom I chose; [you are] descendants of Abraham, who [I said is] my friend.
Tetapi engkau, hai Israel, hamba-Ku, hai Yakub, yang telah Kupilih, keturunan Abraham, yang Kukasihi;
9 I summoned you from very distant places [DOU] on the earth, and I said ‘I [want you to] serve me; I have chosen you, and I will not reject you.’
engkau yang telah Kuambil dari ujung-ujung bumi dan yang telah Kupanggil dari penjuru-penjurunya, Aku berkata kepadamu: "Engkau hamba-Ku, Aku telah memilih engkau dan tidak menolak engkau";
10 Do not be afraid, because I will (be with/help) you. Do not be discouraged, because I am your God. I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you; I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued.
janganlah takut, sebab Aku menyertai engkau, janganlah bimbang, sebab Aku ini Allahmu; Aku akan meneguhkan, bahkan akan menolong engkau; Aku akan memegang engkau dengan tangan kanan-Ku yang membawa kemenangan.
11 It is certain that all those who are angry with you [Israeli people] will be disgraced [DOU]. Those who oppose you will be wiped out; they will all die.
Sesungguhnya, semua orang yang bangkit amarahnya terhadap engkau akan mendapat malu dan kena noda; orang-orang yang membantah engkau akan seperti tidak ada dan akan binasa;
12 If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, [because they will all have disappeared]. Those who attacked you will not exist [any more].
engkau akan mencari orang-orang yang berkelahi dengan engkau, tetapi tidak akan menemui mereka; orang-orang yang berperang melawan engkau akan seperti tidak ada dan hampa.
13 [It will be as though] I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, [because] I will help you.’
Sebab Aku ini, TUHAN, Allahmu, memegang tangan kananmu dan berkata kepadamu: "Janganlah takut, Akulah yang menolong engkau."
14 Although you people of Israel [DOU] [think that you are as insignificant as] worms, do not be afraid [of your enemies], because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.
Janganlah takut, hai si cacing Yakub, hai si ulat Israel! Akulah yang menolong engkau, demikianlah firman TUHAN, dan yang menebus engkau ialah Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel.
15 [I will cause] you to be like [MET] a (threshing sledge/big piece of metal that has sharp teeth for separating grain from chaff). You will tear [your enemies to bits], causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains.
Sesungguhnya, Aku membuat engkau menjadi papan pengirik yang tajam dan baru, dengan gigi dua jajar; engkau akan mengirik gunung-gunung dan menghancurkannya, dan bukit-bukitpun akan kaubuat seperti sekam.
16 You will toss them up into the air, and a strong wind will blow them away [DOU]. [When that happens], you will rejoice about what I [have done for you]; you will praise me, the Holy One of Israel.
Engkau akan menampi mereka, lalu angin akan menerbangkan mereka, dan badai akan menyerakkan mereka. Tetapi engkau ini akan bersorak-sorak di dalam TUHAN dan bermegah di dalam Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel.
17 When poor and needy people need water and they have no water, and their tongues are very dry because they are very thirsty, I, Yahweh, will come and help them. I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will never abandon them.
Orang-orang sengsara dan orang-orang miskin sedang mencari air, tetapi tidak ada, lidah mereka kering kehausan; tetapi Aku, TUHAN, akan menjawab mereka, dan sebagai Allah orang Israel Aku tidak akan meninggalkan mereka.
18 I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill [HYP] the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground.
Aku akan membuat sungai-sungai memancar di atas bukit-bukit yang gundul, dan membuat mata-mata air membual di tengah dataran; Aku akan membuat padang gurun menjadi telaga dan memancarkan air dari tanah kering.
19 I will plant [trees] in the desert— cedar [trees], acacia [trees], myrtle [trees], olive [trees], cypress [trees], fir [trees], and pine [trees].
Aku akan menanam pohon aras di padang gurun, pohon penaga, pohon murad dan pohon minyak; Aku akan menumbuhkan pohon sanobar di padang belantara dan pohon berangan serta pohon cemara di sampingnya,
20 [I will do that] in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand [DOU] that it is [I], Yahweh, who have done it; it is what [I], the Holy One of Israel, have done.
supaya semua orang melihat dan mengetahui, memperhatikan dan memahami, bahwa tangan TUHAN yang membuat semuanya ini dan Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, yang menciptakannya.
21 [I], Yahweh, the true king of Israel say [to you nations], “Tell what your idols can do for you!
Ajukanlah perkaramu, firman TUHAN, kemukakanlah alasan-alasanmu, firman Raja, Allah Yakub.
22 Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen! Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago, in order that we may think about those things, and learn if those things that they predicted really happened. Or, ask them to tell us about the future, in order that we can know what will happen.
Biarlah mereka maju dan memberitahukan kepada kami apa yang akan terjadi! Nubuat yang dahulu, beritahukanlah apa artinya, supaya kami memperhatikannya, atau hal-hal yang akan datang, kabarkanlah kepada kami, supaya kami mengetahui kesudahannya!
23 [Yes], those idols should tell us what will happen in the future. If they do that, we will know that they are really gods. Tell them to do something—either something good or something bad! Tell them to do something that will cause us to be amazed and afraid!
Beritahukanlah hal-hal yang akan datang kemudian, supaya kami mengetahui, bahwa kamu ini sungguh allah; bertindak sajalah, biar secara baik ataupun secara buruk, supaya kami bersama-sama tercengang melihatnya!
24 But [that is impossible, because] idols are absolutely worthless [HYP]; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide [to worship] idols.”
Sesungguhnya, kamu ini adalah seperti tidak ada dan perbuatan-perbuatanmu adalah hampa; orang yang memilih kamu adalah kejijikan.
25 “[But] I have incited/urged a ruler who will come [with his army] from the north. I have summoned him to come from [his country, which is] east [of Israel], and I have given him my authority [MTY]. I will [enable his army to conquer other rulers]; they will trample those leaders like [SIM] a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
Aku telah menggerakkan seorang dari utara dan ia telah datang, dari sebelah matahari terbit Aku telah memanggil dia dengan namanya. Seperti tukang periuk menginjak-injak tanah liat, demikian dia akan menginjak-injak penguasa-penguasa seperti lumpur.
26 (Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!) [RHQ] (Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’) [RHQ] No one else said that it would happen.
Siapakah yang memberitahukannya dari mulanya, sehingga kami mengetahuinya, dan dari dahulu, sehingga kami mengatakan: "Benarlah dia?" Sungguh, tidak ada orang yang memberitahukannya, tidak ada orang yang mengabarkannya, tidak ada orang yang mendengar sepatah katapun dari padamu.
27 I was the first one to tell [the people of] Jerusalem, ‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’
Sebagai yang pertama Aku memberitahukannya kepada Sion, dan Aku memberikan orang yang membawa kabar baik kepada Yerusalem.
28 None of your idols told you that [DOU]. And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers.
Apabila Aku melihat berkeliling, maka tidak ada seorangpun, dan di antara semua mereka ini tidak ada yang dapat memberi petunjuk, atau yang dapat memberi jawab kalau Aku menanyakan mereka.
29 Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless [DOU] things. They are [as meaningless as] [MET] the wind.”
Sesungguhnya, sekaliannya mereka seperti tidak ada, perbuatan-perbuatan mereka hampa, patung-patung tuangan mereka angin dan kesia-siaan.
