Jeremiah 14
1 After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
Firman TUHAN yang datang kepada Yeremia mengenai musim kering.
2 [The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
Yehuda berkabung, pintu-pintu gerbangnya rebah dan dengan sedih terhantar di tanah; jeritan Yerusalem naik ke atas.
3 The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
Pembesar-pembesarnya menyuruh pelayan-pelayannya mencari air; mereka sampai ke sumur-sumur, tetapi tidak menemukan air, sehingga mereka pulang dengan kendi-kendi kosong. Mereka malu, mukanya menjadi merah, sampai mereka menyelubungi kepala mereka.
4 The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
Pekerjaan di ladang sudah terhenti, sebab hujan tiada turun di negeri, maka petani-petani merasa kecewa dan menyelubungi kepala mereka.
5 Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
Bahkan rusa betina di padang meninggalkan anaknya yang baru lahir, sebab tidak ada rumput muda.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
Keledai-keledai hutan berdiri di atas bukit gundul, mengap-mengap seperti serigala, matanya menjadi lesu, sebab tidak ada rumput.
7 [The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
"Sekalipun kesalahan-kesalahan kami bersaksi melawan kami, bertindaklah membela kami, ya TUHAN, oleh karena nama-Mu! Sebab banyak kemurtadan kami, kami telah berdosa kepada-Mu.
8 You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
Ya Pengharapan Israel, Penolongnya di waktu kesusahan! Mengapakah Engkau seperti orang asing di negeri ini, seperti orang perjalanan yang hanya singgah untuk bermalam?
9 Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
Mengapakah Engkau seperti orang yang bingung, seperti pahlawan yang tidak sanggup menolong? Tetapi Engkau ada di antara kami, ya TUHAN, dan nama-Mu diserukan di atas kami; janganlah tinggalkan kami!"
10 And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
Beginilah firman TUHAN tentang bangsa ini: "Mereka sangat senang mengembara dan tidak menahan kakinya. Sebab itu TUHAN tidak berkenan kepada mereka; tetapi sekarang Ia mau mengingat kesalahan mereka dan mau menghukum dosa mereka."
11 [Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: "Janganlah engkau berdoa untuk kebaikan bangsa ini!
12 When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
Sekalipun mereka berpuasa, Aku tidak akan mendengarkan seruan mereka; sekalipun mereka mempersembahkan korban bakaran dan korban sajian, Aku tidak akan berkenan kepada mereka, melainkan Aku akan menghabiskan mereka dengan perang, dengan kelaparan dan dengan penyakit sampar."
13 Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
Lalu aku berkata: "Aduh, Tuhan ALLAH! Bukankah para nabi telah berkata kepada mereka: Kamu tidak akan mengalami perang, dan kelaparan tidak akan menimpa kamu, tetapi Aku akan memberikan kepada kamu damai sejahtera yang mantap di tempat ini!"
14 Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
Jawab TUHAN kepadaku: "Para nabi itu bernubuat palsu demi nama-Ku! Aku tidak mengutus mereka, tidak memerintahkan mereka dan tidak berfirman kepada mereka. Mereka menubuatkan kepadamu penglihatan bohong, ramalan kosong dan tipu rekaan hatinya sendiri.
15 So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN mengenai para nabi yang bernubuat demi nama-Ku, padahal Aku tidak mengutus mereka, dan yang berkata: Perang dan kelaparan tidak akan menimpa negeri ini--: Para nabi itu sendiri akan habis mati oleh perang dan kelaparan!
16 And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
Dan bangsa yang kepadanya mereka bernubuat akan tercampak mati di jalan-jalan Yerusalem, disebabkan oleh kelaparan dan perang, dan tidak ada orang yang akan menguburkan mereka: mereka sendiri, isteri-isteri mereka, anak-anak mereka yang laki-laki dan yang perempuan. Demikianlah akan Kutumpahkan kejahatan mereka ke atas mereka."
17 [So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
Katakanlah perkataan ini kepada mereka: "Air mataku bercucuran siang dan malam dengan tidak berhenti-henti, sebab anak dara, puteri bangsaku, dilukai dengan luka parah, luka yang sama sekali tidak tersembuhkan.
18 If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
Apabila aku keluar ke padang, di sana ada orang-orang yang mati terbunuh oleh pedang! Apabila aku masuk ke dalam kota, di sana ada orang-orang sakit kelaparan! Bahkan, baik nabi maupun imam menjelajah negeri yang tidak dikenalnya."
19 [Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
Telah Kautolakkah Yehuda sama sekali? Telah merasa muakkah Engkau terhadap Sion? Mengapakah kami Kaupukul sedemikian, hingga tidak ada kesembuhan lagi bagi kami? Kami mengharapkan damai sejahtera, tetapi tidak datang sesuatu yang baik; mengharapkan waktu kesembuhan, tetapi hanya ada kengerian!
20 Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
Ya TUHAN, kami mengetahui kefasikan kami dan kesalahan nenek moyang kami; sungguh, kami telah berdosa kepada-Mu.
21 But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
Janganlah Engkau menampik kami, oleh karena nama-Mu, dan janganlah Engkau menghinakan takhta kemuliaan-Mu! Ingatlah perjanjian-Mu dengan kami, janganlah membatalkannya!
22 Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
Adakah yang dapat menurunkan hujan di antara dewa kesia-siaan bangsa-bangsa itu? Atau dapatkah langit sendiri memberi hujan lebat? Bukankah hanya Engkau saja, ya TUHAN Allah kami, Pengharapan kami, yang membuat semuanya itu?
