Isaiah 45
1 Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be the emperor of Persia] and to whom he will give great power [IDM]; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them.
Beginilah firman TUHAN: "Inilah firman-Ku kepada orang yang Kuurapi, kepada Koresh yang tangan kanannya Kupegang supaya Aku menundukkan bangsa-bangsa di depannya dan melucuti raja-raja, supaya Aku membuka pintu-pintu di depannya dan supaya pintu-pintu gerbang tidak tinggal tertutup:
2 This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
Aku sendiri hendak berjalan di depanmu dan hendak meratakan gunung-gunung, hendak memecahkan pintu-pintu tembaga dan hendak mematahkan palang-palang besi.
3 I will give you treasures [that people have hidden] in dark secret places [DOU]. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name.
Aku akan memberikan kepadamu harta benda yang terpendam dan harta kekayaan yang tersembunyi, supaya engkau tahu, bahwa Akulah TUHAN, Allah Israel, yang memanggil engkau dengan namamu.
4 I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of [the people of] Israel [DOU] whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor.
Oleh karena hamba-Ku Yakub dan Israel, pilihan-Ku, maka Aku memanggil engkau dengan namamu, menggelari engkau, sekalipun engkau tidak mengenal Aku.
5 I am Yahweh, and there is no other God [DOU]. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power
Akulah TUHAN dan tidak ada yang lain; kecuali Aku tidak ada Allah. Aku telah mempersenjatai engkau, sekalipun engkau tidak mengenal Aku,
6 in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other [God]. I am Yahweh, and there is no other [God].
supaya orang tahu dari terbitnya matahari sampai terbenamnya, bahwa tidak ada yang lain di luar Aku. Akulah TUHAN dan tidak ada yang lain,
7 I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.”
yang menjadikan terang dan menciptakan gelap, yang menjadikan nasib mujur dan menciptakan nasib malang; Akulah TUHAN yang membuat semuanya ini.
8 [And Yahweh also says, “I want my] rescue [of my people] [MET] to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen.
Hai langit, teteskanlah keadilan dari atas, dan baiklah awan-awan mencurahkannya! Baiklah bumi membukakan diri dan bertunaskan keselamatan, dan baiklah ditumbuhkannya keadilan! Akulah TUHAN yang menciptakan semuanya ini."
9 Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. [They are like] [MET] a clay pot and [I am like] the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it [to form a pot], saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘[You have no skill, because] what you made has no handles!’
Celakalah orang yang berbantah dengan Pembentuknya; dia tidak lain dari beling periuk saja! Adakah tanah liat berkata kepada pembentuknya: "Apakah yang kaubuat?" atau yang telah dibuatnya: "Engkau tidak punya tangan!"
10 And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you [RHQ] causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’”
Celakalah orang yang berkata kepada ayahnya: "Apakah yang kauperanakkan?" dan kepada ibunya: "Apakah yang kaulahirkan?"
11 Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “(Why do you ask questions about [what I do for you], my children?/You should not ask questions about [what I do for you], my children.) [RHQ] (Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.) [RHQ]
Beginilah firman TUHAN, Yang Mahakudus, Allah dan Pembentuk Israel: "Kamukah yang mengajukan pertanyaan kepada-Ku mengenai anak-anak-Ku, atau memberi perintah kepada-Ku mengenai yang dibuat tangan-Ku?
12 I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
Akulah yang menjadikan bumi dan yang menciptakan manusia di atasnya; tangan-Kulah yang membentangkan langit, dan Akulah yang memberi perintah kepada seluruh tentaranya.
13 And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily [MET]. His [workers] will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been (exiled/forced to leave their country). And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! [Those things will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.
Akulah yang menggerakkan Koresh untuk maksud penyelamatan, dan Aku akan meratakan segala jalannya; dialah yang akan membangun kota-Ku dan yang akan melepaskan orang-orang-Ku yang ada dalam pembuangan, tanpa bayaran dan tanpa suap," firman TUHAN semesta alam.
14 And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say [to you, my people]: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba [in Arabia] will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. [As prisoners], they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” '”
Beginilah firman TUHAN: "Hasil tanah dari Mesir dan segala laba dari Etiopia dan orang-orang Syeba, orang-orang yang tinggi perawakannya, akan pindah kepadamu dan menjadi kepunyaanmu, mereka akan berjalan di belakangmu dengan dirantai; mereka akan sujud kepadamu dan akan membujuk engkau, katanya: Hanya di tengah-tengahmu ada Allah, dan tidak ada yang lain; di samping Dia tidak ada Allah!
15 God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom [we] Israeli people belong, the one who saves us.
Sungguh, Engkau Allah yang menyembunyikan diri, Allah Israel, Juruselamat.
16 All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
Tetapi tukang-tukang berhala harus mundur dengan penuh noda, semuanya akan mendapat malu dan kena noda juga.
17 But you, Yahweh, will rescue [us, your] Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced.
Sedangkan Israel diselamatkan oleh TUHAN dengan keselamatan yang selama-lamanya; kamu tidak akan mendapat malu dan tidak akan kena noda sampai selamanya dan seterusnya."
18 Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. [He says], “I am Yahweh; there is no other [God].
Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN, yang menciptakan langit, --Dialah Allah--yang membentuk bumi dan menjadikannya dan yang menegakkannya, --dan Ia menciptakannya bukan supaya kosong, tetapi Ia membentuknya untuk didiami--:"Akulah TUHAN dan tidak ada yang lain.
19 [What I proclaimed], I did not speak secretly or [hide what I was saying by speaking] in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to (seek for/pray to) me!’ I, Yahweh, speak [only] what is true and what is right.
Tidak pernah Aku berkata dengan sembunyi atau di tempat bumi yang gelap. Tidak pernah Aku menyuruh keturunan Yakub untuk mencari Aku dengan sia-sia! Aku, TUHAN, selalu berkata benar, selalu memberitakan apa yang lurus."
20 You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together [and listen to this]: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them!
"Berhimpunlah dan datanglah, tampillah bersama-sama, hai kamu sekalian yang terluput di antara bangsa-bangsa! Tiada berpengetahuan orang-orang yang mengarak patung dari kayu dan yang berdoa kepada allah yang tidak dapat menyelamatkan.
21 Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that [your praying to idols is good]. [And when you do that, I will ask you], ‘Who predicted long ago [what has now happened]? Did any idol tell you [that those things would happen] [RHQ]?’ No, it was [RHQ] only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one [who does these things].
Beritahukanlah dan kemukakanlah alasanmu, ya, biarlah mereka berunding bersama-sama: Siapakah yang mengabarkan hal ini dari zaman purbakala, dan memberitahukannya dari sejak dahulu? Bukankah Aku, TUHAN? Tidak ada yang lain, tidak ada Allah selain dari pada-Ku! Allah yang adil dan Juruselamat, tidak ada yang lain kecuali Aku!
22 Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one.
Berpalinglah kepada-Ku dan biarkanlah dirimu diselamatkan, hai ujung-ujung bumi! Sebab Akulah Allah dan tidak ada yang lain.
23 I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I [SYN] have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: [Some day], everyone [SYN] will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me.
Demi Aku sendiri Aku telah bersumpah, dari mulut-Ku telah keluar kebenaran, suatu firman yang tidak dapat ditarik kembali: dan semua orang akan bertekuk lutut di hadapan-Ku, dan akan bersumpah setia dalam segala bahasa,
24 They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed [for having been angry with him].
sambil berkata: Keadilan dan kekuatan hanya ada di dalam TUHAN. Semua orang yang telah bangkit amarahnya terhadap Dia akan datang kepada-Nya dan mendapat malu,
25 Yahweh is the only one who will enable [us] Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, [and then] we will boast about what he [has done for us].
tetapi seluruh keturunan Israel akan nyata benar dan akan bermegah di dalam TUHAN."
