Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
TUHAN menyuruh aku pergi ke istana raja Yehuda, keturunan Daud, untuk menyampaikan pesan TUHAN kepada raja, dan kepada para pegawainya, serta penduduk Yerusalem. Inilah kata-kata TUHAN kepada mereka,
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
"Berlakulah adil dan jujur. Lepaskanlah orang yang diperas dari kekuasaan orang yang memerasnya. Janganlah menindas atau berbuat jahat terhadap orang asing, anak yatim piatu, atau janda. Janganlah membunuh orang yang tak bersalah di tempat ini.
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
Jika kamu sungguh-sungguh menjalankan perintah-perintah-Ku itu, maka raja-raja yang memerintah seperti Daud akan memasuki gerbang-gerbang istana ini. Mereka bersama para pegawai dan rakyat mereka akan mengendarai kereta dan kuda.
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
Tapi kalau kamu tidak mentaati perintah-perintah-Ku, maka Aku bersumpah bahwa istana ini akan menjadi puing. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
Bagi-Ku istana raja Yehuda indah sekali, seindah tanah Gilead dan gunung-gunung Libanon; tapi tempat itu akan Kujadikan seperti padang gurun yang tidak didiami orang.
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
Akan Kukirim orang untuk menghancurkannya. Mereka akan membawa kapak, dan merobohkan tiang-tiangnya yang indah yang dibuat dari kayu cemara Libanon. Lalu mereka akan melemparkannya ke dalam api.
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
Setelah itu banyak orang asing akan lewat di situ dan bertanya satu sama lain mengapa Aku, TUHAN, telah bertindak begitu terhadap kota yang indah itu.
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
Lalu orang akan menjawab bahwa semua itu terjadi karena kamu telah mengingkari perjanjianmu dengan Aku, Allahmu, dan telah menyembah dan beribadat kepada ilah-ilah lain."
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
Orang Yehuda, janganlah berduka untuk kematian Raja Yosia. Tangisilah saja Yoahas putranya sebab ia telah dibawa pergi dan tak akan kembali. Tanah tumpah darahnya tak akan dilihatnya lagi.
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
Mengenai Yoahas, putra Yosia, yang menjadi raja Yehuda menggantikan ayahnya, TUHAN berkata begini, "Ia telah pergi dari sini, dan tak akan kembali.
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
Ia akan meninggal di pembuangan, dan tak akan melihat negeri ini lagi."
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
Celakalah orang yang membangun rumahnya dengan ketidakadilan, dan memperluasnya dengan ketidakjujuran. Celakalah dia yang menyuruh orang bekerja tanpa upah.
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
Celakalah juga orang yang berkata, "Akan kudirikan istana yang besar dengan kamar-kamar yang luas di tingkat atas," lalu di istana itu dibuatnya jendela dengan bingkai dari kayu cemara Libanon, dan dicat merah.
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
Dengarlah, hai Raja Yoyakim! Jika engkau membangun istana dengan kayu cemara Libanon yang paling bagus, apakah itu buktinya bahwa engkau raja yang lebih baik dari raja-raja lain? Coba ingat akan ayahmu: Ia menikmati hidup yang bahagia dan berhasil dalam segala usahanya, karena ia selalu lurus dan jujur serta mengadili perkara orang miskin dengan adil. Memang begitulah seharusnya tindakan orang yang mengenal TUHAN.
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
Tapi engkau, Yoyakim, lain. Engkau hanya mencari keuntungan pribadi. Engkau membunuh orang yang tak bersalah, dan menindas rakyatmu dengan kejam.
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
Karena itu mengenai Yoyakim raja Yehuda, putra Yosia, TUHAN berkata begini, "Kematiannya tak akan ditangisi; tak ada yang akan berkata, 'Aduh, kawanku, aduh.' Tak ada yang berduka atau berseru, 'Kasihan sri baginda!'
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
Yoyakim akan diseret dan dilemparkan ke luar pintu gerbang Yerusalem, seperti yang dilakukan orang terhadap bangkai keledai."
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
TUHAN berkata, "Hai penduduk Yerusalem, pergilah ke Libanon dan ke Basan, dan berteriaklah di sana. Menjeritlah di pegunungan Moab, sebab semua sekutumu telah dikalahkan.
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
Aku telah berbicara kepadamu ketika keadaanmu baik, tapi kamu tak mau mendengarkan. Memang begitulah tingkah lakumu dari dulu sampai sekarang; tak pernah kamu mau taat kepada-Ku.
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
Karena itu, para pemimpinmu akan lenyap seperti diembus angin. Sekutu-sekutumu akan diangkut sebagai tawanan, dan kotamu dihina dan dipermalukan karena segala kejahatanmu.
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
Kamu tinggal dengan aman dikelilingi tiang-tiang cemara Libanon, tapi kelak apabila kamu ditimpa kesakitan, kamu akan menderita seperti wanita yang sedang melahirkan."
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
TUHAN berkata kepada Raja Yoyakhin, putra Yoyakim raja Yehuda, "Demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, Aku tegaskan bahwa sekalipun engkau bagi-Ku seperti cincin meterai pada tangan kanan-Ku, namun engkau akan Kucabut
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
dan Kuserahkan kepada orang-orang yang kautakuti dan yang ingin membunuhmu. Engkau akan Kuserahkan kepada Nebukadnezar raja Babel, bersama anak buahnya.
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
Engkau dan ibumu akan Kuusir dan Kubuang ke negeri yang bukan tanah tumpah darahmu, dan di sana kamu akan mati.
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
Kamu akan sangat merindukan negeri ini, tapi kamu tak akan kembali."
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
Aku Yeremia berkata, "Apakah Raja Yoyakhin telah menjadi seperti periuk pecah yang dibuang dan tidak disukai lagi? Itukah sebabnya ia dan anak-anaknya diusir dan dibuang ke negeri yang asing bagi mereka?"
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
Wahai negeriku, dengarkan apa yang dikatakan TUHAN,
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
"Orang itu telah ditentukan untuk kehilangan anak-anaknya dan selalu gagal dalam hidupnya. Dari keturunannya tak ada yang akan berhasil memerintah di Yehuda sebagai raja keturunan Daud. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
