Jeremiah 32

1 After Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost ten years, Yahweh gave me another message, during the time that Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling [Babylonia] for almost 18 years.

Firman yang datang dari TUHAN kepada Yeremia dalam tahun yang kesepuluh pemerintahan Zedekia, raja Yehuda; itulah tahun yang kedelapan belas pemerintahan Nebukadnezar.

2 His army was surrounding Jerusalem, and I was in a prison area in the courtyard where the guards of the king’s palace stayed.

Pada waktu itu tentara raja Babel mengepung Yerusalem, dan nabi Yeremia ditahan di pelataran penjagaan yang ada di istana raja Yehuda.

3 King Zedekiah had put me there. I continued to prophesy there [about what would happen]. I continued to say, “Yahweh says that he is about to allow [the army of] the king of Babylon to capture this city [DOU].

Sebab Zedekia, raja Yehuda, telah menahan dia di sana dengan tuduhan: "Mengapa engkau bernubuat: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Sesungguhnya, Aku menyerahkan kota ini ke dalam tangan raja Babel, supaya ia mendudukinya;

4 And the soldiers of Babylonia will capture King Zedekiah and (take him to/put him in the hands of) the king of Babylon.

Zedekia, raja Yehuda, tidak akan luput dari tangan orang Kasdim, melainkan pasti akan diserahkan ke dalam tangan raja Babel, sehingga ia berbicara dengan dia mulut sama mulut dan melihat dia mata sama mata;

5 Then his [soldiers] will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will remain there until I arrange for him to be punished. And if he tries to fight against the soldiers from Babylonia, he will not succeed.”

Zedekia akan dibawanya ke Babel dan di sanalah ia akan tinggal, sampai Aku memperhatikannya, demikianlah firman TUHAN. Apabila kamu berperang melawan orang Kasdim itu, kamu tidak akan beruntung!"

6 [At that time], Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

Berkatalah Yeremia: "Firman TUHAN datang kepadaku, bunyinya:

7 “[Your cousin] Hanamel, the son of Shallum [your uncle], will come to you. He will say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth, [your hometown]. [Because you are my closest relative], [it is written in our laws that] you have the right to buy it [before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it].’”

Sesungguhnya, Hanameel, anak Salum, pamanmu, akan datang kepadamu dengan usul: Belilah ladangku yang di Anatot itu, sebab engkaulah yang mempunyai hak tebus untuk membelinya.

8 And just as Yahweh had predicted, my cousin Hanamel came to see me in the courtyard of the palace. He said, “[Please] buy my field at Anathoth in the area [where the descendants of] Benjamin live. It is written in our laws that you have the right to buy it [before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it.]” When he said that, I knew that the message that I had received was [truly] from Yahweh.

Kemudian, sesuai dengan firman TUHAN, datanglah Hanameel, anak pamanku, kepadaku di pelataran penjagaan, dan mengusulkan kepadaku: Belilah ladangku yang di Anatot di daerah Benyamin itu, sebab engkaulah yang mempunyai hak milik dan hak tebus; belilah itu! Maka tahulah aku, bahwa itu adalah firman TUHAN.

9 [So], I bought the field at Anathoth. I paid Hanamel 17 pieces of silver for it.

Jadi aku membeli ladang yang di Anatot itu dari Hanameel, anak pamanku, dan menimbang uang baginya: tujuh belas syikal perak.

10 I signed the paper/papyrus on which it was written that I was buying it, while others were watching/witnessing it. Then I weighed the silver [and gave it to him].

Aku menulis surat pembelian, memeteraikannya, memanggil saksi-saksi dan menimbang perak itu dengan neraca.

11 Then I took two copies of the paper/papyrus. One was sealed and the other was not sealed. On both of them was written the price and conditions of the purchase. I took both copies

Lalu aku mengambil surat pembelian yang berisi syarat dan ketetapan itu, baik yang dimeteraikan maupun salinannya yang terbuka;

12 and I gave them to Baruch, who was the son of Neraiah and the grandson of Mahseiah. I did this while my cousin Hanamel, the [other] witnesses who had signed the paper/papyrus, and other men of Judah who were there in the courtyard, were watching.

kemudian aku memberikan surat pembelian itu kepada Barukh bin Neria bin Mahseya di depan Hanameel, anak pamanku, di depan para saksi yang telah menandatangani surat pembelian itu, dan di depan semua orang Yehuda yang ada di pelataran penjagaan itu.

13 [Then], while they were [all] listening, I said to Baruch,

Di depan mereka aku memerintahkan kepada Barukh, kataku:

14 “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘Take both copies of this paper/papyrus and put them in a clay jar, to preserve them for a long time.

Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel: Ambillah surat-surat ini, baik surat pembelian yang dimeteraikan itu maupun salinan yang terbuka ini, taruhlah semuanya itu dalam bejana tanah, supaya dapat tahan lama.

15 [Do that] because this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [worship], say: “[Some day people will again own property] in this land, and they will buy and sell houses and vineyards and fields.’”

Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel: Rumah, ladang dan kebun anggur akan dibeli pula di negeri ini!

16 After I had given the papers/papyri to Baruch, I prayed to Yahweh, saying this:

Sesudah kuberikan surat pembelian itu kepada Barukh bin Neria, berdoalah aku kepada TUHAN, kataku:

17 “Yahweh, [you are my] Lord! You made the sky and the earth by your very great power. [MTY, DOU] Nothing is too difficult for you [to do].

Ah, Tuhan ALLAH! Sesungguhnya, Engkaulah yang telah menjadikan langit dan bumi dengan kekuatan-Mu yang besar dan dengan lengan-Mu yang terentang. Tiada suatu apapun yang mustahil untuk-Mu!

18 You show thousands of people that you faithfully love them, but you punish people for the sins that their parents have committed. [You are the] great and powerful God, the Commander of the armies of angels.

Engkaulah yang menunjukkan kasih setia-Mu kepada beribu-ribu orang dan yang membalaskan kesalahan bapa kepada anak-anaknya yang datang kemudian. Ya Allah yang besar dan perkasa, nama-Mu adalah TUHAN semesta alam,

19 You make wise plans and you do mighty deeds. You see how all people behave [DOU], and you do to them what they deserve.

besar dalam rancangan-Mu dan agung dalam perbuatan-Mu; mata-Mu terbuka terhadap segala tingkah langkah anak-anak manusia dengan mengganjar setiap orang sesuai dengan tingkah langkahnya dan sesuai dengan buah perbuatannya;

20 You performed many miracles [DOU] in Egypt, and you continue [to perform miracles here] in Israel and everywhere else in the world. [Because of that], you have (become very famous/caused many people to know that you are very great/powerful).

Engkau yang memperlihatkan tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat di tanah Mesir, sampai kepada waktu ini kepada Israel dan kepada umat manusia, sehingga Engkau membuat nama bagi-Mu, seperti yang ternyata pada waktu ini.

21 You brought our Israeli ancestors out of Egypt by performing many great miracles [DOU], using your very great power [DOU], causing [our enemies to be] terrified.

Engkau telah membawa umat-Mu Israel keluar dari tanah Mesir dengan tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat, dengan tangan yang kuat dan lengan yang teracung dan dengan kedahsyatan yang besar.

22 You gave to us Israeli people this land that you solemnly promised to give to our ancestors, a land that is very fertile [IDM].

Dan Engkau telah memberikan kepada mereka negeri ini, seperti yang telah Kaujanjikan dengan sumpah kepada nenek moyang mereka untuk memberikannya kepada mereka, suatu negeri yang berlimpah-limpah susu dan madunya.

23 Our ancestors came here and conquered this land and started to live in it, but they refused to obey you or to do what you commanded them to do. Because of that, you have caused us to experience all these disasters.

Kemudian mereka memasuki dan mendudukinya, tetapi mereka tidak mendengarkan suara-Mu dan tidak berkelakuan menurut Taurat-Mu; mereka tidak melakukan segala apa yang Kauperintahkan kepada mereka untuk dilakukan. Sebab itu Engkau melimpahkan kepada mereka segala malapetaka ini.

24 And now, [the army] of Babylonia has built ramps up against our city [walls] in order to attack our city. Because of [our enemies’] swords and because of famines and diseases, they will be able to conquer it [easily]. The things that you said would happen have [now] happened.

Sesungguhnya, tembok-tembok pengepungan yang dipakai untuk merebut kota telah sampai mendekatinya; oleh karena pedang, kelaparan dan penyakit sampar maka kota itu telah diserahkan kepada orang-orang Kasdim yang memeranginya. Maka apa yang Kaufirmankan itu telah terjadi; sungguh, Engkau sendiri melihatnya.

25 [And it is evident that] the Babylonian army will soon conquer this city. So now, Yahweh my Lord, [I do not understand] why you told me to buy this field with my silver, while others were watching. [It seems that I have just been wasting my money by doing that]!”

Namun Engkau, ya Tuhan ALLAH, telah berfirman kepadaku: Belilah ladang itu dengan perak dan panggillah saksi-saksi! --padahal kota itu telah diserahkan ke dalam tangan orang-orang Kasdim."

26 [Then] Yahweh gave me this message:

Firman TUHAN datang kepada Yeremia, bunyinya:

27 “I am Yahweh, the God [who rules] all the people [in the world]. There is absolutely nothing [RHQ] that is too difficult for me [to do].

"Sesungguhnya, Akulah TUHAN, Allah segala makhluk; adakah sesuatu apapun yang mustahil untuk-Ku?

28 So, this is what I say: [It is true that] I will enable the Babylonian army and King Nebuchadnezzar to capture this city.

Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN: Sesungguhnya, Aku berikan kota ini ke dalam tangan orang-orang Kasdim dan ke dalam tangan Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, dan ia akan merebutnya.

29 The soldiers of Babylonia who are [now outside the walls] around the city will enter and burn this city. They will burn down [all] the houses where people caused me to become angry by burning incense on [the tops of] their roofs to [honor] Baal and by pouring out offerings of wine to other gods.

Orang-orang Kasdim yang memerangi kota ini akan datang membakarnya dan menghanguskannya serta dengan rumah-rumah yang di atas sotohnya orang membakar korban kepada Baal dan mempersembahkan korban curahan kepada allah lain untuk menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku.

30 The people of Israel and Judah have continually done only evil things from the time that they became a nation. They have caused me to become very angry by all their evil deeds.

Sebab orang Israel dan orang Yehuda hanyalah melakukan yang jahat di mata-Ku sejak masa mudanya; sungguh, orang Israel hanya menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku dengan perbuatan tangan mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN.

31 From the time that this city was built until now, the people of this city have done [only] things that caused me to be very angry [DOU]. So [now] I will destroy it.

Ya, kota ini telah membangkitkan murka dan kehangatan amarah-Ku mulai dari hari didirikannya sampai hari ini, sehingga Aku harus menyingkirkannya dari hadapan-Ku,

32 The people of Israel and Judah, [including] their kings, their officials, the priests, the [false] prophets, and all the other people in Jerusalem have committed many sins that have caused me to become angry.

karena segala kejahatan yang dilakukan oleh orang Israel dan orang Yehuda untuk menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku, oleh mereka sendiri, raja-raja mereka, pemuka-pemuka mereka, imam-imam mereka, nabi-nabi mereka, orang Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem.

33 My people have turned away from me and have refused to return to me. Even though I taught them things many times, they would not pay attention to what I taught them, and they would not obey me.

Mereka membelakangi Aku dan tidak menghadap kepada-Ku, dan sekalipun Aku mengajar mereka, terus-menerus, tiada mereka mau mendengarkan atau menerima penghajaran.

34 They have set up their detestable idols [even] in my own [MTY] temple and (defiled it/caused it to become a place that is unacceptable for people to worship me).

Mereka menempatkan dewa-dewa mereka yang menjijikkan di rumah yang di atasnya nama-Ku diserukan, untuk menajiskannya.

35 They have built shrines to [honor] Baal in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to [their god] Molech. I never commanded them to do such horrible things. I never even thought that anyone might do such a terrible thing. And by doing it they have caused [all the people of] Judah to [be guilty of having] sinned.”

Mereka mendirikan bukit-bukit pengorbanan untuk Baal di Lembah Ben-Hinom, untuk mempersembahkan anak-anak lelaki dan anak-anak perempuan mereka kepada Molokh sebagai korban dalam api, sekalipun Aku tidak pernah memerintahkannya kepada mereka dan sekalipun hal itu tidak pernah timbul dalam hati-Ku, yakni hal melakukan kejijikan ini, sehingga Yehuda tergelincir ke dalam dosa.

36 “But now [I will say something more] about this city. You [people of Jerusalem] have been saying, ‘[The army of] the King of Babylon will conquer it, either by their swords or because of famines or diseases.’ But this is what [I], Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people [say you belong to], say:

Oleh sebab itu, beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel, mengenai kota ini, yang engkau katakan telah diserahkan ke dalam tangan raja Babel karena pedang, kelaparan dan penyakit sampar:

37 ‘I will certainly bring my people back here again, from all the countries to which I will force them to go because I am extremely angry [DOU] with them. I will bring them back to this city and allow them to live here safely.

Sesungguhnya, Aku mengumpulkan mereka dari segala negeri, ke mana Aku menceraiberaikan mereka karena murka-Ku, kehangatan amarah-Ku dan gusar-Ku yang besar, dan Aku akan mengembalikan mereka ke tempat ini dan akan membuat mereka diam dengan tenteram.

38 They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Maka mereka akan menjadi umat-Ku dan Aku akan menjadi Allah mereka.

39 I will cause them to have one way of thinking [IDM] and behaving, in order that they may revere me, for their good and for the good of their descendants.

Aku akan memberi mereka satu hati dan satu tingkah langkah, sehingga mereka takut kepada-Ku sepanjang masa untuk kebaikan mereka dan anak-anak mereka yang datang kemudian.

40 I will make an agreement with them that will last forever: I will never stop doing good things for them, and I will encourage them to revere me and never turn away from me.

Aku akan mengikat perjanjian kekal dengan mereka, bahwa Aku tidak akan membelakangi mereka, melainkan akan berbuat baik kepada mereka; Aku akan menaruh takut kepada-Ku ke dalam hati mereka, supaya mereka jangan menjauh dari pada-Ku.

41 I will be happy to do good things for them, and I will surely enable them to return to this land and remain here [MET]; I will do that with all my inner being and all my strength.’

Aku akan bergirang karena mereka untuk berbuat baik kepada mereka dan Aku akan membuat mereka tumbuh di negeri ini dengan kesetiaan, dengan segenap hati-Ku dan dengan segenap jiwa-Ku.

42 And this is [also] what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘I have caused them to experience all these disasters. Similarly, [some day] I will do for them all the good things that I have promised.

Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN: Seperti Aku mendatangkan kepada bangsa ini segenap malapetaka yang hebat ini, demikianlah Aku mendatangkan ke atas mereka keberuntungan yang Kujanjikan kepada mereka.

43 [By buying land you, Jeremiah, have predicted that some day] people will buy and sell fields in this land about which you [people of Jerusalem] now say, “The Babylonian soldiers have destroyed it. It is [now] desolate. [It is a land where] there are no longer any people or animals.”

Orang akan membeli ladang lagi di negeri ini yang kamu katakan: Itu adalah tempat tandus tanpa manusia dan hewan; itu telah diserahkan ke dalam tangan orang-orang Kasdim!

44 [But some day] people will [again] buy [and sell] fields here. People will sign documents [about buying those fields], and [other people] will witness them doing that. [That will happen] in the land where [the descendants of] Benjamin live and [here] in the villages near Jerusalem, in [other] towns in Judah, in the hilly areas and in the foothills [to the west], and in the southern desert area, [too. Some day] I will cause them to prosper again. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

Orang akan membeli ladang-ladang dengan perak, menulis surat pembelian, memeteraikannya dan memanggil saksi-saksi di daerah Benyamin, di sekitar Yerusalem, di kota-kota Yehuda, di kota-kota Pegunungan, di kota-kota Daerah Bukit dan di kota-kota Tanah Negeb. Sebab Aku akan memulihkan keadaan mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN."