Jeremiah 23

1 Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.

TUHAN Allah Israel berkata, "Celakalah kamu hai para pemimpin yang membinasakan dan menceraiberaikan umat-Ku! Kamu seharusnya memelihara umat-Ku, tetapi kamu tidak melakukannya; kamu membiarkannya terserak dan lari. Sekarang Aku akan menghukum kamu karena kejahatanmu.

2 So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.

3 But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.

Tetapi sisa-sisa umat-Ku akan Kukumpulkan dari negeri-negeri di tempat mereka Kubuang. Mereka akan Kubawa kembali ke tanah air mereka dan keturunan mereka akan bertambah banyak.

4 [Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”

Aku akan mengangkat pemimpin untuk memelihara mereka. Umat-Ku tidak akan takut lagi atau gentar; tak seorang pun dari mereka akan hilang. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

5 Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya, Aku mengangkat seorang raja yang adil dari keturunan Daud. Raja itu akan memerintah dengan bijaksana, dan melakukan apa yang adil dan benar di seluruh negeri.

6 At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”

Apabila ia memerintah, orang Yehuda akan selamat, dan orang Israel akan hidup dengan aman. Raja itu akan disebut 'TUHAN Keselamatan Kita'.

7 Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”

Akan tiba waktunya, orang tidak lagi bersumpah demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, yang membawa umat Israel keluar dari Mesir,

8 Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].

melainkan demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, yang membawa umat Israel keluar dari sebuah negeri di utara, dan dari semua negeri lain di mana mereka telah Kuceraiberaikan. Mereka akan tinggal di tanah airnya sendiri."

9 I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.

Inilah pesanku mengenai nabi-nabi: Hatiku hancur dan aku gemetar. TUHAN dan perkataan-Nya yang suci membuat aku seperti orang mabuk yang terlalu banyak minum anggur.

10 The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.

Negeri kita penuh dengan orang yang tidak setia kepada TUHAN. Mereka hidup jahat dan menyalahgunakan kekuasaan mereka. Karena kutukan TUHAN, rumput di padang menjadi kering dan seluruh negeri berdukacita.

11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.

TUHAN berkata, "Nabi dan imam tak mau taat kepada-Ku. Bahkan di Rumah-Ku Aku telah mendapati mereka berbuat jahat.

12 Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

Karena itu, jalan mereka akan licin dan gelap, sehingga mereka tersandung dan jatuh. Aku akan mendatangkan celaka atas mereka, apabila telah tiba waktunya untuk menghukum mereka. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.

13 [Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.

Dosa nabi-nabi Samaria sudah Kulihat. Mereka berbicara atas nama Baal, dan menyesatkan Israel, umat-Ku.

14 And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.

Tapi di Yerusalem Aku melihat nabi-nabi melakukan yang lebih jahat lagi. Mereka berdusta dan berzinah, serta menyokong orang yang berbuat jahat, sehingga tak seorang pun mau bertobat. Bagi-Ku mereka semuanya jahat seperti penduduk Sodom dan Gomora."

15 So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”

TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Akan Kuberikan kepada para nabi di Yerusalem itu tanaman pahit untuk dimakan dan racun untuk diminum, karena mereka telah menyebabkan orang-orang di seluruh negeri tidak menghormati Aku."

16 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.

Kepada penduduk Yerusalem, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Jangan dengarkan perkataan para nabi yang selalu hanya memberi harapan yang kosong. Mereka hanya menyampaikan khayalan mereka sendiri dan bukan pesan-Ku.

17 They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’

Kepada orang-orang yang tak mau mendengarkan kata-kata-Ku, mereka selalu berkata, 'Kamu akan selamat.' Dan kepada setiap orang yang keras kepala, mereka berkata, 'Kau tak akan mendapat celaka.'"

18 But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.

Aku berkata, "Tidak seorang pun dari nabi-nabi itu mengetahui apa yang terkandung dalam pikiran TUHAN. Tak ada dari mereka pernah mendengar dan mengerti rencana-rencana-Nya; tak ada juga yang memperhatikan atau mengindahkan kata-kata-Nya.

19 So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.

Kemarahan TUHAN bagaikan angin ribut yang mengamuk dan melanda orang-orang yang jahat.

20 I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”

Kemarahan-Nya tak akan reda sebelum semua yang direncanakan-Nya terlaksana. Di kemudian hari umat TUHAN akan mengerti hal itu dengan jelas."

21 [Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.

TUHAN berkata, "Giat sekali nabi-nabi itu, padahal mereka tidak Kusuruh. Atas nama-Ku mereka menyampaikan berita, padahal tak ada pesan yang Kuberikan kepada mereka.

22 If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”

Andaikata mereka tahu apa yang terkandung dalam pikiran-Ku, tentulah mereka telah menyampaikan kepada umat-Ku segala yang telah Kuucapkan. Maka umat-Ku akan bertobat dari dosa-dosa dan tingkah lakunya yang jahat.

23 Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.

Aku Allah yang berada di mana-mana, bukan di satu tempat saja.

24 So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!

Tak seorang pun dapat menyembunyikan dirinya dari pandangan-Ku, sebab Aku ada di mana-mana: di surga dan di bumi.

25 I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’

Semua yang dikatakan oleh nabi-nabi itu Aku sudah tahu. Atas nama-Ku mereka berdusta bahwa pesan-Ku telah mereka terima melalui mimpi.

26 How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?

Sampai kapan nabi-nabi itu hendak menyesatkan umat-Ku dengan berita karangan mereka sendiri?

27 They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.

Mereka pikir bahwa dengan mimpi-mimpi yang mereka ceritakan itu, umat-Ku dapat lupa kepada-Ku seperti leluhur mereka melupakan Aku dan menyembah Baal.

28 Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].

Nabi yang bermimpi seharusnya berkata, 'Ini hanya mimpi.' Tapi nabi yang mendapat pesan dari Aku haruslah menyampaikan pesan itu dengan sebenarnya. Gandum tak dapat disamakan dengan jerami.

29 [It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.

Perkataan-Ku seperti api, dan seperti palu yang menghancurkan batu!

30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.

Aku akan melawan nabi-nabi yang menyampaikan pesan dari sesama rekannya, lalu mengatakan bahwa itu pesan dari Aku.

31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.

Aku juga melawan nabi-nabi yang menyampaikan kata-katanya sendiri, lalu mengatakan bahwa itu dari Aku.

32 I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”

Aku, TUHAN, akan melawan nabi-nabi itu yang menyampaikan mimpi-mimpinya yang penuh dusta. Mereka menyesatkan umat-Ku dengan dusta dan bualan mereka. Aku tidak menyuruh nabi-nabi itu. Mereka sama sekali tidak berguna untuk umat-Ku. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

33 [Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’

TUHAN berkata, "Yeremia, jika salah seorang dari umat-Ku, atau seorang nabi atau imam bertanya kepadamu, 'Apa pesan TUHAN?' Engkau harus menjawab, 'Engkaulah beban TUHAN; sebab itu engkau akan dibuangnya.'

34 And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.

Jika salah seorang dari umat-Ku atau nabi atau imam masih berbicara tentang 'beban TUHAN', maka dia dan keluarganya akan Kuhukum.

35 What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’

Sebaliknya, setiap orang seharusnya menanyakan kepada kawannya dan kepada keluarganya, 'Apakah jawaban dari TUHAN?' atau 'Apakah yang dikatakan TUHAN?'

36 But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.

Mereka tidak boleh lagi menggunakan istilah 'beban TUHAN'. Kalau ada yang masih menggunakan istilah itu, maka Aku akan menjadikan pesan-Ku betul-betul beban baginya. Orang yang mengatakan 'beban TUHAN' hanyalah memutarbalikkan perkataan-Ku, Allah mereka, Allah yang hidup, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa.

37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’

Mereka hanya boleh mengatakan kepada nabi-nabi, 'Apakah jawaban TUHAN kepadamu? Apakah yang dikatakan TUHAN?'

38 If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’

Kalau ada yang tidak taat kepada perintah-Ku itu, dan masih memakai istilah 'beban TUHAN',

39 So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.

maka Aku akan memungut mereka, dan melemparkan mereka jauh-jauh, baik mereka maupun kota yang telah Kuberikan kepada mereka dan leluhur mereka.

40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”

Aku akan membuat mereka malu dan hina untuk selama-lamanya dan nasib mereka itu tak akan dilupakan orang."