Jeremiah 25
1 After Jehoiakim had been ruling Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave me this message for all the people of Judah. It was during the year that King Nebuchadnezzar started to rule in Babylon.
Pada tahun keempat setelah Yoyakim putra Yosia menjadi raja Yehuda, aku mendapat pesan dari TUHAN mengenai seluruh bangsa Yehuda. Waktu itu tahun pertama setelah Nebukadnezar menjadi raja Babel.
2 I spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah:
Aku berkata kepada seluruh bangsa Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem,
3 “Yahweh has been giving me messages for 23 years. He started giving me messages when Josiah, the son of Amon, had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years. And I have faithfully told you those messages, but you have not paid any attention to them.
"Selama dua puluh tiga tahun, sejak tahun ketiga belas pemerintahan Yosia putra Amon atas Yehuda, sampai hari ini TUHAN telah berbicara kepadaku dan tidak pernah aku lalai menyampaikan kepadamu apa yang telah dikatakan-Nya. Tapi kamu tidak peduli.
4 Many times Yahweh has sent to you the prophets who served him, but you have not listened to them or paid any attention to what they said.
TUHAN juga terus-menerus mengutus kepadamu para nabi hamba-hamba-Nya, tapi kamu tidak mau mendengarkan dan memperhatikan mereka.
5 Each time their message was this: ‘Turn from all your evil behavior [MET], from all the evil things that you have continually been doing. If you do that, you will be able to stay in this land that Yahweh gave to you and to your ancestors, [to belong to you] forever.
Mereka menyuruh kamu meninggalkan cara hidupmu yang jahat, dan perbuatan-perbuatanmu yang berdosa, supaya kamu dapat tetap tinggal di negeri ini yang telah diberikan TUHAN kepadamu dan kepada leluhurmu sebagai milik pusaka.
6 Do not cause Yahweh to become angry by serving and worshiping idols that you have made with your hands. If you do not cause him to be angry, he will not punish/harm you.’
Nabi-nabi itu melarang kamu menyembah dan beribadat kepada ilah-ilah lain. Mereka melarang kamu menyembah berhala-berhala buatanmu sendiri, sebab hal itu membuat TUHAN marah. Kalau kamu menuruti perintah TUHAN itu, Ia tidak menghukum kamu.
7 And Yahweh says, ‘But you would not pay attention to the messages that I [gave to those prophets]. You caused me to become extremely angry by [your worshiping idols] that you had made with your own hands. That resulted in my punishing you.
Tapi TUHAN sendiri berkata bahwa kamu tidak mendengarkan Dia. Kamu malah membangkitkan kemarahan-Nya karena berhala-berhalamu itu. Kamu sendirilah yang mendatangkan hukuman-Nya ke atas dirimu.
8 So [now, I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say that because you have not paid attention to what I said,
Karena kamu tidak mau mendengarkan kata-kata-Nya, maka TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata,
9 I will gather all [the armies of] the nations that will come from the northeast. I have appointed King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to lead them. I have appointed him to do my work for me. I will bring those [armies] to attack this land and nearby countries. I will completely destroy them, and cause them to be places that people are horrified about, and that people will (ridicule/act contemptuously toward), places that will be ruined forever.
'Aku akan memanggil semua bangsa dari utara, dan juga hamba-Ku, Nebukadnezar raja Babel. Mereka akan Kukerahkan untuk berperang melawan Yehuda dan penduduknya serta segala bangsa di sekitarnya. Bangsa Yehuda bersama bangsa-bangsa tetangganya akan Kubinasakan dan Kubiarkan hancur untuk selamanya. Orang-orang yang melihatnya akan terkejut dan merasa ngeri. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
10 I will cause happy singing and laughing to cease in your land. There will no longer be brides and bridegrooms talking [joyfully]. There will not be the sound of people grinding [grain] with millstones. There will be no lamps lit [in your houses].
Suara-suara mereka yang riang gembira dan keramaian pesta perkawinan akan Kuhentikan. Mereka tidak akan mempunyai minyak untuk lampu, dan gandum mereka akan habis.
11 All of this land will become a desert where no one will live. And [the people of] Israel and of the nearby countries will [will be exiled to Babylonia and] (work for/be slaves of) the kings of Babylon for seventy years.
Seluruh negeri ini akan Kubiarkan hancur dan menjadi sunyi. Bangsa-bangsa di sekitarnya akan mengabdi kepada raja Babel tujuh puluh tahun lamanya.
12 Then, after [they have been in Babylonia for] seventy years, I will punish the King of Babylonia and his people for the sins that they have committed. I will cause Babylonia to become a wasteland/desert forever.
Setelah itu Aku akan menghukum bangsa Babel dan rajanya karena dosa mereka. Negeri Babel akan Kuruntuhkan dan Kubiarkan hancur untuk selamanya.
13 I will cause them to experience all the terrible things that Jeremiah has written about—all the punishments that he predicted will happen to all those nations.
Babel akan Kuhukum dengan semua bencana yang telah Kurencanakan untuk bangsa-bangsa dan yang telah Kuberitahukan melalui Yeremia--yaitu semua bencana yang dicatat dalam buku ini.
14 The leaders of many nations will cause the people of Babylonia to become their slaves, like the people of Babylonia caused my people to become slaves. I will punish them like they deserve for [having caused my people to suffer].’”
Perbuatan-perbuatan orang Babel akan Kubalas; mereka akan diperbudak oleh raja-raja besar dan oleh banyak bangsa.'"
15 Then Yahweh, the God [we] Israelis [worship], gave me [a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine]. He said, “Take from me this cup that is full of [wine that represents] punishment [MTY]. I will cause all [the leaders of] the nations to which I will send you to drink [some of] the wine in this cup.
TUHAN, Allah Israel, berkata kepadaku, "Ambillah gelas anggur ini yang telah Kuisi dengan anggur kemarahan-Ku. Bawalah ke segala bangsa ke mana engkau Kuutus, dan suruhlah mereka minum anggur ini.
16 When they drink [the wine], they will stagger and act like crazy people, because [they will realize that] I will (massacre many of their people/cause many of their people to be killed) [MTY] with swords.”
Apabila mereka meminumnya, mereka terhuyung-huyung dan kehilangan akal karena peperangan yang Kudatangkan kepada mereka."
17 So, [in the vision, ] I took that cup [full of wine] from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused [the leaders of those] nations to drink [some of that wine].
Maka aku menerima gelas anggur itu dari tangan TUHAN, dan pergi kepada segala bangsa ke mana TUHAN telah mengutus aku, lalu aku membuat mereka minum anggur itu.
18 [I went to] Jerusalem and the [other] towns in Judah, and the king and [the other] officials drank [some of the wine] from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all [eventually] were removed from having authority, and became [people whom others] (ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards), who were despised, and cursed.
Yerusalem dan semua kota di Yehuda, bersama raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabatnya, kuberi minum anggur itu, sehingga mereka menjadi seperti padang yang tandus dan mengerikan. Sampai pada hari ini nama mereka dipakai sebagai kutukan.
19 [In the vision I went to] Egypt [and gave some of the wine] to the king and his officials and many of his people,
Inilah daftar nama orang-orang lain yang harus minum dari gelas anggur TUHAN itu: raja Mesir dengan para pegawai dan pejabat-pejabatnya; semua orang Mesir dan orang asing di Mesir; semua raja di negeri Us; semua raja kota-kota Filistin di Askelon, Gaza, Ekron; semua orang yang masih hidup di Asdod; semua orang Edom, Moab dan Amon; semua raja di Tirus dan Sidon; semua raja di daerah pesisir Laut Tengah; kota-kota Dedan, Tema, dan Bus; semua orang yang memangkas pendek rambutnya; semua raja Arab; semua raja suku-suku campuran yang tinggal di padang gurun; semua raja di Zimri, Elam, dan Madai; semua raja di utara, jauh dan dekat, seorang demi seorang. Segala bangsa di seluruh muka bumi harus minum anggur itu. Dan orang terakhir yang harus minum anggur itu adalah raja Babel.
20 and to foreigners who were living there. [In the vision I also went to] Uz land and to Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod [cities and gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
21 [Then in the vision I went to the] Edom, Moab, and Ammon [people-groups],
22 and to Tyre and Sidon [cities] and to areas across the [Mediterranean] Sea, and [gave some of the wine] to the kings [of those places].
23 [In the vision I then went] to Dedan, Tema, and Buz [cities in Arabia] and to other distant places (OR, places where people cut their hair short), [and gave some of the wine to leaders in those areas].
24 [In the vision I also went to other places in] Arabia and to the [kings of tribes] in the desert
25 and to the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media [people-groups],
26 and to kings in countries to the north that are near [to Israel] and to countries that are far [from Israel], one after the other— [I went to] all the kingdoms in the world [HYP]. And finally, [in my vision I went to] Babylon, and gave [some of] the wine to the king of Babylon—the wine [that symbolized that Yahweh would punish the people of Babylon because he was angry with them] [MTY].
27 Then [in the vision Yahweh said to me], “Tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Drink [from this cup some of the wine that represents the punishment that I will give you]. Drink [a lot of it] and become drunk and vomit. You will fall down and not get up again, because I will cause you to be killed in wars [MTY] that I will send to you.
Lalu TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Katakanlah kepada orang-orang itu bahwa Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, menyuruh mereka minum sampai mabuk dan muntah-muntah. Kubuat mereka jatuh dan tak dapat bangun lagi karena peperangan yang Kudatangkan kepada mereka.
28 If any of those to whom you give this wine [MTY] refuse to drink it, tell them that the Commander of the armies of angels says that they must drink it.
Dan kalau mereka tidak mau menerima gelas itu dari tanganmu untuk minum anggurnya, katakanlah bahwa TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa telah memerintahkan hal itu.
29 I am starting to cause the people of my own city to experience disaster. [Do you think that] you should not be punished [RHQ]? No, you will surely be punished [LIT] because I am causing there to be wars in all the nations on the earth. [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.’
Aku akan memulai penghancuran itu di kota-Ku sendiri. Jangan sampai mereka menyangka bahwa mereka tidak akan dihukum. Mereka pasti akan dihukum karena Aku akan mendatangkan peperangan kepada segala bangsa di seluruh muka bumi. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara.
30 Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them: ‘Yahweh will [shout to them] from his holy dwelling [in heaven] [MTY] and [it will sound like] the roar of a lion. He will shout like [SIM] people shout when they are treading on grapes [to make juice for wine]; he will shout to everyone on the earth.
Semua yang Kukatakan kepadamu, hai Yeremia, haruslah kausampaikan. Katakanlah kepada mereka, 'Suara TUHAN menggelegar dari surga; dari kediaman-Nya yang suci Ia menggemuruh melawan umat-Nya. Seluruh penduduk bumi mendengar Ia memekik seperti pekerja yang memeras anggur di tempat pengirik.
31 Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting, because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations. He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords. [That will surely happen because] Yahweh has said it.’
Sampai ke ujung bumi suara-Nya menggema; TUHAN membuat perkara terhadap bangsa-bangsa. Semua orang akan diadili dan yang jahat akan dihukum mati.'"
32 Then tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Listen to this! There will be disasters in one nation after another. [I am preparing to punish them like] [MET] a great storm that starts in the most distant places on the earth.
TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Dari ujung-ujung bumi angin ribut menggemuruh; bencana menimpa bangsa-bangsa satu demi satu."
33 When that happens, [the corpses of] those whom I have [caused to be] slaughtered will fill the earth from the east to the west. And no one will mourn for them, and no one will gather their corpses to bury them. They will be [scattered] on the ground like manure.
Pada hari itu mayat orang-orang yang ditewaskan oleh TUHAN akan bergelimpangan di seluruh muka bumi. Mereka tidak akan ditangisi, tidak pula diangkat untuk dikuburkan, melainkan dibiarkan saja di tanah seperti timbunan sampah.
34 You [evil] leaders, weep and moan! You who should take care of my people, [fall down and] roll in the dust/dirt. It is time for you to be slaughtered; you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase [shatters when it falls to the ground].
Hai pemimpin-pemimpin, hai para gembala umat TUHAN! Menangislah keras-keras! Berguling-gulinglah dalam abu, sebab sudah tiba waktunya kamu dibunuh, dan yang luput akan diceraiberaikan. Kamu akan seperti bejana berharga yang jatuh dan pecah.
35 You will not find any place to hide, there will be no place to which you can escape.
Kamu pasti tak akan lolos.
36 [People will] listen to your leaders crying when [I], Yahweh, am ruining your nation.
Kamu berkeluh kesah dan menangis dengan sedih karena TUHAN dalam kemarahan-Nya telah membinasakan bangsamu serta menghancurkan negerimu yang aman itu.
37 Your peaceful meadows will become a wasteland/desert because I will be extremely angry.
38 I will leave [my dwelling like] [SIM] a lion leaves its den [to attack other animals], and I will cause your land to become desolate when I, because I am very angry [with you], cause [your enemies to slaughter you with their] swords.’”
Seperti singa keluar dari liangnya, demikian pun TUHAN keluar untuk menghukum umat-Nya. Kekejaman perang dan kemarahan TUHAN telah mengubah negeri ini menjadi padang gurun.
