Isaiah 48
1 [Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
Dengarlah firman ini, hai kaum keturunan Yakub, yang menyebutkan dirinya dengan nama Israel dan yang adalah keturunan Yehuda, yang bersumpah demi nama TUHAN dan mengakui Allah Israel--tetapi bukan dengan sungguh-sungguh dan dengan tulus hati--
2 You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
bahkan mereka menyebutkan dirinya menurut kota kudus dan mereka bertopang kepada Allah Israel, TUHAN semesta alam nama-Nya;
3 Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
firman TUHAN: "Hal-hal yang terjadi di masa yang lampau telah Kuberitahukan dari sejak dahulu, Aku telah mengucapkannya dan telah mengabarkannya. Kemudian dengan sekonyong-konyong Aku melaksanakannya juga dan semuanya itu sudah menjadi kenyataan.
4 I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
Oleh karena Aku tahu, bahwa engkau tegar tengkuk, keras kepala dan berkepala batu,
5 That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
maka Aku memberitahukannya kepadamu dari sejak dahulu; sebelum hal itu menjadi kenyataan, Aku mengabarkannya kepadamu, supaya jangan engkau berkata: Berhalaku yang melakukannya, patung pahatanku dan patung tuanganku yang memerintahkannya.
6 You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
Engkau telah mendengar semuanya itu dan sekarang engkau harus melihatnya; tidakkah kamu sendiri mau mengakuinya? Aku mengabarkan kepadamu hal-hal yang baru dari sejak sekarang, dan hal-hal yang tersimpan yang belum kauketahui.
7 I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
Baru sekarang hal-hal itu diciptakan dan bukan dari sejak dahulu, dan sebelumnya engkau tidak mendengarnya, supaya jangan engkau berkata: Memang aku telah mengetahuinya!
8 [I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
Engkau tidak mendengarnya ataupun mengetahuinya, juga telingamu tidak terbuka dari sejak dahulu; tetapi Aku telah mengetahui, bahwa engkau berbuat khianat sekeji-kejinya, dan bahwa orang menyebutkan engkau: pemberontak sejak dari kandungan.
9 But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
Oleh karena nama-Ku Aku menahan amarah-Ku dan oleh karena kemasyhuran-Ku Aku mengasihani engkau, sehingga Aku tidak melenyapkan engkau.
10 I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
Sesungguhnya, Aku telah memurnikan engkau, namun bukan seperti perak, tetapi Aku telah menguji engkau dalam dapur kesengsaraan.
11 But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
Aku akan melakukannya oleh karena Aku, ya oleh karena Aku sendiri, sebab masakan nama-Ku akan dinajiskan? Aku tidak akan memberikan kemuliaan-Ku kepada yang lain!"
12 “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
"Dengarkanlah Aku, hai Yakub, dan engkau Israel yang Kupanggil! Akulah yang tetap sama, Akulah yang terdahulu, Akulah juga yang terkemudian!
13 I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
Tangan-Ku juga meletakkan dasar bumi, dan tangan kanan-Ku membentangkan langit. Ketika Aku menyebut namanya, semuanya bermunculan.
14 All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
Berhimpunlah kamu sekalian dan dengarlah! Siapakah di antara mereka memberitahukan semuanya ini? Dia yang dikasihi TUHAN akan melaksanakan kehendak TUHAN terhadap Babel dan menunjukkan kekuatan tangan TUHAN kepada orang Kasdim.
15 I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
Aku, Akulah yang mengatakannya dan yang memanggil dia juga, Akulah yang mendatangkan dia, dan segala usahanya akan berhasil.
16 Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
Mendekatlah kepada-Ku, dengarlah ini: Dari dahulu tidak pernah Aku berkata dengan sembunyi dan pada waktu hal itu terjadi Aku ada di situ." Dan sekarang, Tuhan ALLAH mengutus aku dengan Roh-Nya.
17 This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
Beginilah firman TUHAN, Penebusmu, Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel: "Akulah TUHAN, Allahmu, yang mengajar engkau tentang apa yang memberi faedah, yang menuntun engkau di jalan yang harus kautempuh.
18 I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
Sekiranya engkau memperhatikan perintah-perintah-Ku, maka damai sejahteramu akan seperti sungai yang tidak pernah kering, dan kebahagiaanmu akan terus berlimpah seperti gelombang-gelombang laut yang tidak pernah berhenti,
19 Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
maka keturunanmu akan seperti pasir dan anak cucumu seperti kersik banyaknya; nama mereka tidak akan dilenyapkan atau ditiadakan dari hadapan-Ku."
20 [However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
Keluarlah dari Babel, larilah dari Kasdim! Beritahukanlah dengan suara sorak-sorai dan kabarkanlah hal ini! Siarkanlah itu sampai ke ujung bumi! Katakanlah: "TUHAN telah menebus Yakub, hamba-Nya!"
21 They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
Mereka tidak menderita haus, ketika Ia memimpin mereka melalui tempat-tempat yang tandus; Ia mengeluarkan air dari gunung batu bagi mereka; Ia membelah gunung batu, maka memancarlah air.
22 “But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
"Tidak ada damai sejahtera bagi orang-orang fasik!" firman TUHAN.
