Isaiah 8
1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Make a large signboard. And write clearly on it, ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ [which means ‘quickly (plunder/take by force) and steal everything’].”
Berfirmanlah TUHAN kepadaku: "Ambillah sebuah batu tulis besar dan tuliskanlah di atasnya dengan tulisan biasa: Maher-Syalal Hash-Bas."
2 [So] I requested Uriah the [Supreme] Priest and Jeberekiah’s son Zechariah, men who were both honest/trustworthy witnesses, to watch me as I was doing that.
Maka aku memanggil dua saksi yang dapat dipercaya, yaitu imam Uria dan Zakharia bin Yeberekhya.
3 Then I had sex with [EUP] [my wife, who was] a prophetess, and she became pregnant and [then] gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (which means ‘suddenly attacked, quickly conquered’),
Kemudian aku menghampiri isteriku; ia mengandung dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepadaku: "Namailah dia: Maher-Syalal Hash-Bas,
4 because before he is old enough to say ‘papa’ or ‘mama’, the King of Assyria will [come with his army and] quickly take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria.”
sebab sebelum anak itu tahu memanggil: Bapa! Ibu! maka kekayaan Damsyik dan jarahan Samaria akan diangkut di depan raja Asyur."
5 Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “[Tell the people of Judah, ]
TUHAN melanjutkan lagi firman-Nya kepadaku:
6 ‘[I have taken good care of] you people, but you have rejected that, [thinking that] my help was very little, like [MET] the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem. Instead, you have been happy [to request help from] King Rezin and King Pekah.
"Oleh karena bangsa ini telah menolak air Syiloah yang mengalir lamban, dan telah tawar hati terhadap Rezin dan anak Remalya,
7 Therefore, I will cause the people of Judah to be attacked by [the powerful army of] the King of Assyria, which will be [like] a great flood from the [Euphrates] River. Their soldiers will [be everywhere in your country, like] a river that overflows all its banks.
sebab itu, sesungguhnya, Tuhan akan membuat air sungai Efrat yang kuat dan besar, meluap-luap atas mereka, yaitu raja Asyur dengan segala kemuliaannya; air ini akan meluap melampaui segenap salurannya dan akan mengalir melampaui segenap tebingnya,
8 Those soldiers will go all over Judah— [like a river whose water] [MET] rises as high as a person’s neck. Their army will spread over the land [quickly], like an eagle, and they will cover your entire land! But I will be with you!’”
serta menerobos masuk ke Yehuda, ibarat banjir yang meluap-luap hingga sampai ke leher; dan sayap-sayapnya yang dikembangkan akan menutup seantero negerimu, ya Imanuel!"
9 Listen, all you [people in] distant countries! [You can] prepare to attack Judah. [You can] prepare [for battle, and shout your] war-cries, but your [armies will] be crushed/shattered!
Ketahuilah, hai bangsa-bangsa, dan terkejutlah, perhatikanlah, ya segala pelosok bumi, berikatpingganglah, dan terkejutlah; berikatpingganglah dan terkejutlah!
10 [You can] prepare for what you will do [to attack Judah], but what you plan to do will not happen! You will not succeed, because God is with us!
Buatlah rancangan, tetapi akan gagal juga; ambillah keputusan, tetapi tidak terlaksana juga, sebab Allah menyertai kami!
11 Yahweh strongly warned me [MTY] not to act like the [other] people in Judah did. He said to me,
Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN kepadaku, ketika tangan-Nya menguasai aku, dan ketika Ia memperingatkan aku, supaya jangan mengikuti tingkah laku bangsa ini:
12 “Do not say that everything that people do is conspiring/rebelling [against the government], like [other] people say, and do not (be afraid of/worry about) the things that other people are afraid of.
"Jangan sebut persepakatan segala apa yang disebut bangsa ini persepakatan, dan apa yang mereka takuti janganlah kamu takuti dan janganlah gentar melihatnya.
13 [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am the one you should consider to be holy. And I am the one you should fear, the one you should revere.
Tetapi TUHAN semesta alam, Dialah yang harus kamu akui sebagai Yang Kudus; kepada-Nyalah harus kamu takut dan terhadap Dialah harus kamu gentar.
14 I will protect you(sg). [But as for] the [other] people [MTY] in Israel and Judah, I will be [like] [MET] a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that causes them to fall down. [And as for] the people of Jerusalem, I will be [like] [MET] a trap or a snare [DOU].
Ia akan menjadi tempat kudus, tetapi juga menjadi batu sentuhan dan batu sandungan bagi kedua kaum Israel itu, serta menjadi jerat dan perangkap bagi penduduk Yerusalem.
15 Many [people] will stumble and fall down and never get up again. They will experience great troubles; they will be captured [by their enemies].”
Dan banyak di antara mereka akan tersandung, jatuh dan luka parah, tertangkap dan tertawan."
16 [So, I say to you who are my disciples], seal up this scroll on which I have written the messages that God has given to me, and give his instructions to [others] who have accompanied me.
Aku harus menyimpan kesaksian ini dan memeteraikan pengajaran ini di antara murid-muridku.
17 I will wait to see what Yahweh [will do]. He has rejected the descendants [MTY] of Jacob, but I will confidently expect him to help me.
Dan aku hendak menanti-nantikan TUHAN yang menyembunyikan wajah-Nya terhadap kaum keturunan Yakub; aku hendak mengharapkan Dia.
18 I and the children that Yahweh has given to me are [like] signs to warn [the people of] Israel; we are warnings from the Commander of the armies of angels the one who lives [in his temple] on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem].
Sesungguhnya, aku dan anak-anak yang telah diberikan TUHAN kepadaku adalah tanda dan alamat di antara orang Israel dari TUHAN semesta alam yang diam di gunung Sion.
19 Some people may urge you(pl) to (consult/go and talk with) those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter [about what we should do in the future]. But God is [RHQ] the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous [RHQ] for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us [what we should do]!
Dan apabila orang berkata kepada kamu: "Mintalah petunjuk kepada arwah dan roh-roh peramal yang berbisik-bisik dan komat-kamit," maka jawablah: "Bukankah suatu bangsa patut meminta petunjuk kepada allahnya? Atau haruskah mereka meminta petunjuk kepada orang-orang mati bagi orang-orang hidup?"
20 Pay attention to God’s instructions and teaching! If people do not say things that agree with what God teaches us, [what they say is worthless]. [It is as though] those people are in darkness.
"Carilah pengajaran dan kesaksian!" Siapa yang tidak berbicara sesuai dengan perkataan itu, maka baginya tidak terbit fajar.
21 They will wander through the land, worried/discouraged and hungry. And when they become [very] hungry, they will become very angry. They will look up [toward heaven] and curse God and [will also] curse their king.
Mereka akan lalu lalang di negeri itu, melarat dan lapar, dan apabila mereka lapar, mereka akan gusar dan akan mengutuk rajanya dan Allahnya; mereka akan menengadah ke langit,
22 They will look around the land and see only trouble/distress and darkness and things that cause them to despair. And [then] they will be thrown into the very black darkness [of hell]. (questioned)
dan akan melihat ke bumi, dan sesungguhnya, hanya kesesakan dan kegelapan, kesuraman yang mengimpit, dan mereka akan dibuang ke dalam kabut.
