Isaiah 59
1 Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save [you]. He has not become deaf [MTY], with the result that he cannot hear [you when you call to him for help].
Sesungguhnya, tangan TUHAN tidak kurang panjang untuk menyelamatkan, dan pendengaran-Nya tidak kurang tajam untuk mendengar;
2 But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do.
tetapi yang merupakan pemisah antara kamu dan Allahmu ialah segala kejahatanmu, dan yang membuat Dia menyembunyikan diri terhadap kamu, sehingga Ia tidak mendengar, ialah segala dosamu.
3 You do violent things [MTY] [to others], with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You [constantly] tell [MTY] lies, and you say [MTY] evil things [about others].
Sebab tanganmu cemar oleh darah dan jarimu oleh kejahatan; mulutmu mengucapkan dusta, lidahmu menyebut-nyebut kecurangan.
4 When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are [constantly] planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned.
Tidak ada yang mengajukan pengaduan dengan alasan benar, dan tidak ada yang menghakimi dengan alasan teguh; orang mengandalkan kesia-siaan dan mengucapkan dusta, orang mengandung bencana dan melahirkan kelaliman.
5 What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a (cobra/poisonous snake), because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like [MET] spiders trap/catch insects in their webs.
Mereka menetaskan telur ular beludak, dan menenun sarang laba-laba; siapa yang makan dari telurnya itu akan mati, dan apabila sebutir ditekan pecah, keluarlah seekor ular beludak.
6 We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET], and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are [constantly] acting [MTY] violently.
Sarang yang ditenun itu tidak dapat dipergunakan sebagai pakaian, dan buatan mereka itu tidak dapat dipakai sebagai kain; perbuatan mereka adalah perbuatan kelaliman, dan yang dikerjakan tangan mereka adalah kekerasan belaka.
7 You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people [MTY] who are innocent. You are [continually] thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer.
Mereka segera melakukan kejahatan, dan bersegera hendak menumpahkan darah orang yang tidak bersalah; rancangan mereka adalah rancangan kelaliman, dan ke mana saja mereka pergi mereka meninggalkan kebinasaan dan keruntuhan.
8 You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are (dishonest/deceiving others) [MET], and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace.
Mereka tidak mengenal jalan damai, dan dalam jejak mereka tidak ada keadilan; mereka mengambil jalan-jalan yang bengkok, dan setiap orang yang berjalan di situ tidaklah mengenal damai.
9 Because of that, God does not rescue us [from our enemies]; [it seems that] he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect [God to give us] light, but all [he gives us] is darkness [DOU].
Sebab itu keadilan tetap jauh dari pada kami dan kebenaran tidak sampai kepada kami. Kami menanti-nantikan terang, tetapi hanya kegelapan belaka, menanti-nantikan cahaya, tetapi kami berjalan dalam kekelaman.
10 We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble [and trip] at noontime like [SIM] we would when it is dark. We are like [SIM] dead people who are among healthy people.
Kami meraba-raba dinding seperti orang buta, dan meraba-raba seolah-olah tidak punya mata; kami tersandung di waktu tengah hari seperti di waktu senja, duduk di tempat gelap seperti orang mati.
11 We growl like [SIM] [hungry] bears; we continually moan like [SIM] doves. We seek [people who do] what is just/fair, but we cannot find any [anywhere]. [We want God] to rescue us, but [it seems that] he is far away.
Kami sekalian meraung seperti beruang; suara kami redup seperti suara burung merpati; kami menanti-nantikan keadilan, tetapi tidak ada, menanti-nantikan keselamatan, tetapi tetap jauh dari kami.
12 [But these things are happening] because [it is as though] our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.
Sungguh, dosa pemberontakan kami banyak di hadapan-Mu dan dosa kami bersaksi melawan kami; sungguh, kami menyadari pemberontakan kami dan kami mengenal kejahatan kami:
13 [We know that] we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We (oppress people/treat people cruelly) by what we testify [against them]; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.
kami telah memberontak dan mungkir terhadap TUHAN, dan berbalik dari mengikuti Allah kami, kami merancangkan pemerasan dan penyelewengan, mengandung dusta dalam hati dan melahirkannya dalam kata-kata.
14 [In our courts, the judges] do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; [it seems that people] are not allowed to say what is true.
Hukum telah terdesak ke belakang, dan keadilan berdiri jauh-jauh, sebab kebenaran tersandung di tempat umum dan ketulusan ditolak orang.
15 No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin [the reputations of] those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was [very] displeased.
Dengan demikian kebenaran telah hilang, dan siapa yang menjauhi kejahatan, ia menjadi korban rampasan. Tetapi TUHAN melihatnya, dan adalah jahat di mata-Nya bahwa tidak ada hukum.
16 He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help [those who were being treated cruelly]. So he used his own power [MTY] to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that [PRS].
Ia melihat bahwa tidak seorangpun yang tampil, dan Ia tertegun karena tidak ada yang membela. Maka tangan-Nya sendiri memberi Dia pertolongan, dan keadilan-Nyalah yang membantu Dia.
17 [It is as though he is a soldier who] [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like [MET] his armor, and his ability to rescue people is [like] his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge [on those who do evil] are like [MET] his robes.
Ia mengenakan keadilan sebagai baju zirah dan ketopong keselamatan ada di kepala-Nya; Ia mengenakan pakaian pembalasan dan menyelubungkan kecemburuan sebagai jubah.
18 He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish [MTY] even those who live far [from Jerusalem].
Sesuai dengan perbuatan-perbuatan orang, demikianlah Ia memberi pembalasan: kehangatan murka kepada lawan-lawan-Nya, ganjaran kepada musuh-musuh-Nya; bahkan kepada pulau-pulau yang jauh Ia memberi ganjaran.
19 When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY], because he will come like [SIM] a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent.
Maka orang akan takut kepada nama TUHAN di tempat matahari terbenam dan kepada kemuliaan-Nya di tempat matahari terbit, sebab Ia akan datang seperti arus dari tempat yang sempit, yang didorong oleh nafas TUHAN.
20 And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free [his people]; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit (doing sinful things/their sinful behavior).
Dan Ia akan datang sebagai Penebus untuk Sion dan untuk orang-orang Yakub yang bertobat dari pemberontakannya, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
21 This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will [be able to] declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will [be able to] declare it forever.”
Adapun Aku, inilah perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka, firman TUHAN: Roh-Ku yang menghinggapi engkau dan firman-Ku yang Kutaruh dalam mulutmu tidak akan meninggalkan mulutmu dan mulut keturunanmu dan mulut keturunan mereka, dari sekarang sampai selama-lamanya, firman TUHAN.
