Jeremiah 2
1 Yahweh gave me another message
Firman TUHAN datang kepadaku, bunyinya:
2 [to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
"Pergilah memberitahukan kepada penduduk Yerusalem dengan mengatakan: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Aku teringat kepada kasihmu pada masa mudamu, kepada cintamu pada waktu engkau menjadi pengantin, bagaimana engkau mengikuti Aku di padang gurun, di negeri yang tiada tetaburannya.
3 [At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
Ketika itu Israel kudus bagi TUHAN, sebagai buah bungaran dari hasil tanah-Nya. Semua orang yang memakannya menjadi bersalah, malapetaka menimpa mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
Dengarlah firman TUHAN, hai kaum keturunan Yakub, hai segala kaum keluarga keturunan Israel.
5 listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
Beginilah firman TUHAN: Apakah kecurangan yang didapati nenek moyangmu pada-Ku, sehingga mereka menjauh dari pada-Ku, mengikuti dewa kesia-siaan, sampai mereka menjadi sia-sia?
6 They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
Dan mereka tidak lagi bertanya: Di manakah TUHAN, yang menuntun kita keluar dari tanah Mesir; yang memimpin kita di padang gurun, di tanah yang tandus dan yang lekak-lekuk, di tanah yang sangat kering dan gelap, di tanah yang tidak dilintasi orang dan yang tidak didiami manusia?
7 And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
Aku telah membawa kamu ke tanah yang subur untuk menikmati buahnya dan segala yang baik dari padanya. Tetapi segera setelah kamu masuk, kamu menajiskan tanah-Ku; tanah milik-Ku telah kamu buat menjadi kekejian.
8 [Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
Para imam tidak lagi bertanya: Di manakah TUHAN? Orang-orang yang melaksanakan hukum tidak mengenal Aku lagi, dan para gembala mendurhaka terhadap Aku. Para nabi bernubuat demi Baal, mereka mengikuti apa yang tidak berguna.
9 “So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
Sebab itu Aku akan berbantah lagi dengan kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, dan dengan anak cucumu Aku akan berbantah.
10 If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
Menyeberang sajalah ke tanah pesisir orang Kitim dan lihatlah; suruhlah orang ke Kedar dan perhatikanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh! Lihatlah apakah ada terjadi yang seperti ini:
11 The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
pernahkah suatu bangsa menukarkan allahnya meskipun itu sebenarnya bukan allah? Tetapi umat-Ku menukarkan Kemuliaannya dengan apa yang tidak berguna.
12 [It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
Tertegunlah atas hal itu, hai langit, menggigil dan gemetarlah dengan sangat, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
13 [You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
Sebab dua kali umat-Ku berbuat jahat: mereka meninggalkan Aku, sumber air yang hidup, untuk menggali kolam bagi mereka sendiri, yakni kolam yang bocor, yang tidak dapat menahan air.
14 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
Adakah Israel itu budak atau anak budak? Maka mengapa ia menjadi rampasan?
15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
Terhadapnya singa-singa muda mengaum, menyaringkan suaranya; negerinya dibuat orang menjadi tandus, kota-kotanya terbakar, tidak lagi berpenduduk.
16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
Bahkan orang-orang Memfis dan Tahpanhes telah menggundul batu kepalamu.
17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
Bukankah engkau sendiri yang menimpakan ini ke atas dirimu, oleh karena engkau meninggalkan TUHAN, Allahmu, ketika Ia menuntun engkau di jalan?
18 So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
Dan sekarang, apakah untungmu untuk pergi ke Mesir, hendak meminum air sungai Nil? Dan apakah untungmu untuk pergi ke Asyur, hendak meminum air sungai Efrat?
19 [It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
Kejahatanmu akan menghajar engkau, dan kemurtadanmu akan menyiksa engkau! Ketahuilah dan lihatlah, betapa jahat dan pedihnya engkau meninggalkan TUHAN, Allahmu; dan tidak gemetar terhadap Aku, demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH semesta alam.
20 Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
Sebab dari dahulu kala engkau telah mematahkan kukmu, telah memutuskan tali pengikatmu, dan berkata: Aku tidak mau lagi diperbudak. Bahkan di atas setiap bukit yang menjulang dan di bawah setiap pohon yang rimbun engkau berbaring dan bersundal.
21 [It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
Namun Aku telah membuat engkau tumbuh sebagai pokok anggur pilihan, sebagai benih yang sungguh murni. Betapa engkau berubah menjadi pohon berbau busuk, pohon anggur liar!
22 Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Bahkan, sekalipun engkau mencuci dirimu dengan air abu, dan dengan banyak sabun, namun noda kesalahanmu tetap ada di depan mata-Ku, demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH.
23 You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
Bagaimanakah engkau berani berkata: Aku tidak pernah menajiskan diriku, aku tidak pernah mengikuti para Baal? Lihatlah tingkah langkahmu di dalam lembah, ketahuilah apa yang telah kaulakukan: hai, unta betina yang ringan kaki yang berlari-lari kian ke mari,
24 You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
yang melepaskan diri lari ke padang gurun, karena ingin menghirup udara! Siapakah yang dapat menahan nafsunya untuk berjantan? Semua yang mencari dia, tidak usah berlelah, mereka akan menemukannya dalam musim berjantan.
25 You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
Jagalah, supaya kakimu jangan tak bersepatu dan supaya rongkonganmu jangan haus! Tetapi engkau berkata: Percuma saja! Percuma! Sebab aku cinta kepada orang-orang asing, jadi aku mau mengikuti mereka.
26 [Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
Seperti malunya pencuri, apabila kedapatan, demikianlah malunya kaum Israel, yakni para rajanya, pemukanya, para imamnya dan nabinya,
27 You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
yang berkata kepada sepotong kayu: Engkaulah bapaku! dan kepada batu: Engkaulah yang melahirkan aku! Sungguh, mereka membelakangi Aku dan tidak menghadapkan mukanya kepada-Ku, tetapi pada waktu mereka ditimpa malapetaka mereka berkata: Bangkitlah menyelamatkan kami!
28 Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
Di manakah para allahmu yang kaubuat untuk dirimu? Biarlah mereka bangkit, jika mereka dapat menyelamatkan engkau pada waktu malapetakamu! Sebab seperti banyaknya kotamu demikian banyaknya para allahmu, hai Yehuda!
29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
Mengapakah kamu mau berbantah dengan Aku? Kamu sekalian telah mendurhaka kepada-Ku, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
30 I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
Sia-sia Aku telah memukuli anak-anakmu, hajaran tidaklah mereka terima; pedangmu sendiri telah memakan habis para nabimu seperti singa muda yang memusnahkan.
31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
Keturunan apakah kamu ini? Perhatikanlah firman TUHAN! Sudahkah Aku menjadi padang gurun bagi Israel atau tanah yang gelap gulita? Maka mengapa umat-Ku berkata: Kami sudah bebas, kami tidak lagi mau datang kepada-Mu?
32 A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
Dapatkah seorang dara melupakan perhiasannya, atau seorang pengantin perempuan melupakan ikat pinggangnya? Tetapi umat-Ku melupakan Aku, sejak waktu yang tidak terbilang lamanya.
33 You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
Alangkah baiknya engkau mengatur jalanmu untuk mencari percintaan! Sebab itu juga engkau membiasakan segala jalanmu kepada kejahatan.
34 Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
Sampai-sampai pada bajumu terdapat darah orang-orang miskin yang tidak bersalah; bukan waktu mereka membongkar untuk mencuri kaudapati mereka! Meskipun semuanya itu demikian,
35 you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
engkau berkata: Aku tidak bersalah! Memang, murka-Nya telah meninggalkan aku! Sesungguhnya Aku akan membawa engkau ke pengadilan, oleh karena engkau berkata: Aku tidak berdosa!
36 Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
Alangkah ringannya kaupandang untuk mengubah tingkah langkahmu! Juga karena Mesir engkau akan menjadi malu, seperti engkau telah menjadi malu karena Asyur.
37 They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
Dari sanapun juga engkau akan keluar dengan mengangkat tanganmu, sebab TUHAN telah menolak mereka yang telah kaupercayai dan engkau tidak akan berhasil dengan mereka."
