Isaiah 44
1 But now, you people of Israel whom Yahweh has chosen to serve him, listen to me.
"Tetapi sekarang, dengarlah, hai Yakub, hamba-Ku, dan hai Israel, yang telah Kupilih!
2 Yahweh, the one who created you and helps you, says this: “You dear people of Israel whom I have chosen, you who serve me, do not be afraid.
Beginilah firman TUHAN yang menjadikan engkau, yang membentuk engkau sejak dari kandungan dan yang menolong engkau: Janganlah takut, hai hamba-Ku Yakub, dan hai Yesyurun, yang telah Kupilih!
3 I will pour water on your dry land and cause streams to flow. And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and greatly bless them.
Sebab Aku akan mencurahkan air ke atas tanah yang haus, dan hujan lebat ke atas tempat yang kering. Aku akan mencurahkan Roh-Ku ke atas keturunanmu, dan berkat-Ku ke atas anak cucumu.
4 They will grow up like [SIM] grass grows along the water, like [SIM] willow/poplar [trees] grow well along a riverbank.
Mereka akan tumbuh seperti rumput di tengah-tengah air, seperti pohon-pohon gandarusa di tepi sungai.
5 Some of them will say, ‘I belong to Yahweh,’ and others will say, ‘We are descendants of Jacob,’ and others will write on their hands, ‘We belong to Yahweh,’ and others will say, ‘We are Israelis.’”
Yang satu akan berkata: Aku kepunyaan TUHAN, yang lain akan menyebut dirinya dengan nama Yakub, dan yang ketiga akan menuliskan pada tangannya: Kepunyaan TUHAN, dan akan menggelari dirinya dengan nama Israel."
6 Yahweh, the King of Israel, the one who saves us, the Commander of the armies of angels, says this: “I am the one who begins everything and who ends everything; there is no other God.
Beginilah firman TUHAN, Raja dan Penebus Israel, TUHAN semesta alam: "Akulah yang terdahulu dan Akulah yang terkemudian; tidak ada Allah selain dari pada-Ku.
7 If there is anyone like me [RHQ], he should proclaim it! He should speak and tell me [now]! He should tell what has happened since I caused my people [of Israel] to become a nation long ago, and he should also tell what things will happen; he should predict what will happen in the future.
Siapakah seperti Aku? Biarlah ia menyerukannya, biarlah ia memberitahukannya dan membentangkannya kepada-Ku! Siapakah yang mengabarkan dari dahulu kala hal-hal yang akan datang? Apa yang akan tiba, biarlah mereka memberitahukannya kepada kami!
8 [My people], do not be afraid. Long ago I told you things that would happen [RHQ]; I predicted them, and you can testify that I did that. There certainly is not [RHQ] any other God. There is no other God who is able to protect you [MET]; I know that there is no other God!”
Janganlah gentar dan janganlah takut, sebab memang dari dahulu telah Kukabarkan dan Kuberitahukan hal itu kepadamu. Kamulah saksi-saksi-Ku! Adakah Allah selain dari pada-Ku? Tidak ada Gunung Batu yang lain, tidak ada Kukenal!"
9 All those who make idols are foolish, and the idols that they (think highly of/greatly respect) are worthless. And the people who worship those idols— [it is as though] they are blind, and they will be ashamed [for having worshiped those idols].
Orang-orang yang membentuk patung, semuanya adalah kesia-siaan, dan barang-barang kesayangan mereka itu tidaklah memberi faedah. Penyembah-penyembah patung itu tidaklah melihat dan tidaklah mengetahui apa-apa; oleh karena itu mereka akan mendapat malu.
10 Only [foolish people] [RHQ] would make idols in a mold, idols that would never help them at all.
Siapakah yang membentuk allah dan menuang patung yang tidak memberi faedah?
11 Those who make idols and those who worship them will be ashamed. Those who make idols are only human beings, [but they claim that they are making gods]! They should stand in front of God in a court, and [when they hear what he says], they will be terrified, and they will all be disgraced.
Sesungguhnya, semua pengikutnya akan mendapat malu, dan tukang-tukangnya adalah manusia belaka. Biarlah mereka semua berkumpul dan bangkit berdiri! Mereka akan gentar dan mendapat malu bersama-sama.
12 Metalworkers stand in front of hot coals in order to make idols. They pound them strongly with hammers, and shape them. Because they work very hard, they become hungry and weak; they become very thirsty and feel exhausted.
Tukang besi membuatnya dalam bara api dan menempanya dengan palu, ia mengerjakannya dengan segala tenaga yang ada di tangannya. Bahkan ia menahan lapar sehingga habislah tenaganya, dan ia tidak minum air sehingga ia letih lesu.
13 Then a woodcarver takes a big block/piece of wood and he measures it; then he marks it to show where he will cut it. He uses a chisel and other tools to carve it to resemble a human. He causes it to become a very beautiful [idol], and then he puts it in a shrine.
Tukang kayu merentangkan tali pengukur dan membuat bagan sebuah patung dengan kapur merah; ia mengerjakannya dengan pahat dan menggarisinya dengan jangka, lalu ia memberi bentuk seorang laki-laki kepadanya, seperti seorang manusia yang tampan, dan selanjutnya ditempatkan dalam kuil.
14 [Before he carves an idol from that block of wood], he has cut down a cedar tree, or he has selected a cypress tree or an oak tree and allowed it to grow tall in the forest. Or, he has planted a pine/evergreen tree and the rain has watered it [and caused it to grow tall].
Mungkin ia menebang pohon-pohon aras atau ia memilih pohon saru atau pohon tarbantin, lalu membiarkannya tumbuh menjadi besar di antara pohon-pohon di hutan, atau ia menanam pohon salam, lalu hujan membuatnya besar.
15 [And after he uses part of the tree to make an idol], he uses the other part of the tree to make a fire, either to warm himself or to bake bread. But he uses [part of the same tree] to make for himself an idol to worship! He makes an idol and then he bows down to worship it.
Dan kayunya menjadi kayu api bagi manusia, yang memakainya untuk memanaskan diri; lagipula ia menyalakannya untuk membakar roti. Tetapi juga ia membuatnya menjadi allah lalu menyembah kepadanya; ia mengerjakannya menjadi patung lalu sujud kepadanya.
16 He burns part of the wood of the tree to cook his meat and eats the meat and his stomach becomes full, and he burns part of the wood to warm his body, and he says, “I feel warm while I am watching the flames in the fire.”
Setengahnya dibakarnya dalam api dan di atasnya dipanggangnya daging. Lalu ia memakan daging yang dipanggang itu sampai kenyang; ia memanaskan diri sambil berkata: "Ha, aku sudah menjadi panas, aku telah merasakan kepanasan api."
17 Then he takes the rest of the wood and makes an idol which is his god. He bows down to it and worships it, and prays to it and says, “You are my god, so save me!”
Dan sisa kayu itu dikerjakannya menjadi allah, menjadi patung sembahannya; ia sujud kepadanya, ia menyembah dan berdoa kepadanya, katanya: "Tolonglah aku, sebab engkaulah allahku!"
18 Those people are very stupid and ignorant [SAR]. [It is as though] they are blind and cannot see, and their minds are closed and they cannot think well.
Orang seperti itu tidak mengetahui apa-apa dan tidak mengerti apa-apa, sebab matanya melekat tertutup, sehingga tidak dapat melihat, dan hatinya tertutup juga, sehingga tidak dapat memahami.
19 They do not think about what they are doing, that they are taking a block of wood and burning half of it to warm themselves and using some of the rest to bake bread and roast some meat! [They do not say to themselves], “It is stupid [RHQ] to take the rest of the wood to make a detestable idol! It does not make sense to bow down to a block of wood!”
Tidak ada yang mempertimbangkannya, tidak ada cukup pengetahuan atau pengertian untuk mengatakan: "Setengahnya sudah kubakar dalam api dan di atas baranya juga sudah kubakar roti, sudah kupanggang daging, lalu kumakan. Masakan sisanya akan kubuat menjadi dewa kekejian? Masakan aku akan menyembah kepada kayu kering?"
20 They are very stupid to [worship something that if you burn it, it becomes] ashes! They trust in something that cannot save them; they do not admit, “In my hand I hold something that is not really a god! [RHQ]”
Orang yang sibuk dengan abu belaka, disesatkan oleh hatinya yang tertipu; ia tidak dapat menyelamatkan jiwanya atau mengatakan: "Bukankah dusta yang menjadi peganganku?"
21 [Yahweh says, “You descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, you people of Israel who should be serving me, I created you, and I will not forget you.
Ingatlah semuanya ini, hai Yakub, sebab engkaulah hamba-Ku, hai Israel. Aku telah membentuk engkau, engkau adalah hamba-Ku; hai Israel, engkau tidak Kulupakan.
22 I have gotten rid of your sins like [SIM] [the wind blows away] a cloud. [It is as though] your transgressions were a morning mist [SIM] that I have blown away. Return to me because I have rescued you.”
Aku telah menghapus segala dosa pemberontakanmu seperti kabut diterbangkan angin dan segala dosamu seperti awan yang tertiup. Kembalilah kepada-Ku, sebab Aku telah menebus engkau!
23 [The sun and moon and stars] in the sky should sing, and all the things that are beneath the ground should shout joyfully! All the mountains and forests, and all you trees, should sing loudly, because Yahweh has rescued [the descendants of] [MTY] Jacob; [the people of] Israel will praise/honor him.
Bersorak-sorailah, hai langit, sebab TUHAN telah bertindak, bertempiksoraklah, hai rahim bumi! Bergembiralah dengan sorak-sorai, hai gunung-gunung, hai hutan serta segala pohon di dalamnya! Sebab TUHAN telah menebus Yakub, dan Ia telah memperlihatkan keagungan-Nya dalam hal Israel.
24 Yahweh, who saved you and created you, says this: “I am Yahweh, the one who created everything. I am the only one who stretched out the sky. There was [RHQ] no one who (was with/helped) me when I created the earth.
Beginilah firman TUHAN, Penebusmu, yang membentuk engkau sejak dari kandungan; "Akulah TUHAN, yang menjadikan segala sesuatu, yang seorang diri membentangkan langit, yang menghamparkan bumi--siapakah yang mendampingi Aku? --
25 I show that the false prophets are liars, and I show that those who perform rituals to predict the future are fools. Some people who [falsely think that they] are [IRO] wise [say that they] know a lot, but I show that they are foolish.
Akulah yang meniadakan tanda-tanda peramal pembohong dan mempermain-mainkan tukang-tukang tenung; yang membuat orang-orang bijaksana mundur ke belakang, dan membalikkan pengetahuan mereka menjadi kebodohan;
26 But I always cause to happen what my prophets predict [DOU]. [I tell them to] say to [the people of] [MTY] Jerusalem, ‘[Some day] people will live here again.’ [And I tell them to] say to [the people in other] towns in Judah [that Yahweh says], ‘Your towns will be rebuilt; I will cause the places that are only ruins to be rebuilt.’
Akulah yang menguatkan perkataan hamba-hamba-Ku dan melaksanakan keputusan-keputusan yang diberitakan utusan-utusan-Ku; yang berkata tentang Yerusalem: Baiklah ia didiami! dan tentang kota-kota Yehuda: Baiklah ia dibangun, Aku mau mendirikan kembali reruntuhannya!
27 When I say to the rivers, ‘Dry up!’, they will become dry.
Akulah yang berkata kepada tubir lautan: Jadilah kering, Aku mau mengeringkan sungai-sungaimu!
28 When I say about King Cyrus, ‘He will [take care of my people like] [MET] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep], he will do what I want him to do,’ he will say about Jerusalem, ‘We must rebuild it!’, and he will also say, ‘We must rebuild the temple!’”
Akulah yang berkata tentang Koresh: Dia gembala-Ku; segala kehendak-Ku akan digenapinya dengan mengatakan tentang Yerusalem: Baiklah ia dibangun! dan tentang Bait Suci: Baiklah diletakkan dasarnya!"
