< Jeremiah 8 >
1 Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
Pada masa itu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, tulang-tulang raja-raja Yehuda, tulang-tulang pemuka-pemukanya, tulang-tulang imam-imam, tulang-tulang nabi-nabi dan tulang-tulang segenap penduduk Yerusalem akan dikeluarkan dari dalam kubur mereka
2 They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
dan diserakkan di depan matahari, di depan bulan dan di depan segenap tentara langit yang dahulunya dicintai, diabdi, diikuti, ditanyakan dan disembah oleh mereka. Semuanya itu tidak akan dikumpulkan dan tidak akan dikuburkan; mereka akan menjadi pupuk di ladang.
3 And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Tetapi semua orang yang masih tinggal dari kaum yang jahat ini akan lebih suka mati dari pada hidup di segala tempat ke mana Aku menceraiberaikan mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN semesta alam.
4 [Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
Engkau harus mengatakan kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Apabila orang jatuh, masakan ia tidak bangun kembali? Apabila orang berpaling, masakan ia tidak kembali?
5 [Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
Mengapakah bangsa ini berpaling, berpaling terus-menerus? Mereka berpegang pada tipu, mereka menolak untuk kembali.
6 I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
Aku telah memperhatikan dan mendengarkan: mereka tidak berkata dengan jujur! Tidak ada yang menyesal karena kejahatannya dengan mengatakan: Apakah yang telah kulakukan ini! Sambil berlari semua mereka berpaling, seperti kuda yang menceburkan diri ke dalam pertempuran.
7 All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
Bahkan burung ranggung di udara mengetahui musimnya, burung tekukur, burung layang-layang dan burung bangau berpegang pada waktu kembalinya, tetapi umat-Ku tidak mengetahui hukum TUHAN.
8 Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
Bagaimanakah kamu berani berkata: Kami bijaksana, dan kami mempunyai Taurat TUHAN? Sesungguhnya, pena palsu penyurat sudah membuatnya menjadi bohong.
9 Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
Orang-orang bijaksana akan menjadi malu, akan terkejut dan tertangkap. Sesungguhnya, mereka telah menolak firman TUHAN, maka kebijaksanaan apakah yang masih ada pada mereka?
10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
Sebab itu Aku akan memberikan isteri-isteri mereka kepada orang lain, ladang-ladang mereka kepada penjajah. Sesungguhnya, dari yang kecil sampai yang besar, semuanya mengejar untung; baik nabi maupun imam, semuanya melakukan tipu.
11 [They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
Mereka mengobati luka puteri umat-Ku dengan memandangnya ringan, katanya: Damai sejahtera! Damai sejahtera!, tetapi tidak ada damai sejahtera.
12 They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
Seharusnya mereka merasa malu, sebab mereka melakukan kejijikan; tetapi mereka sama sekali tidak merasa malu dan tidak kenal noda mereka. Sebab itu mereka akan rebah di antara orang-orang yang rebah, mereka akan tersandung jatuh pada waktu mereka dihukum, firman TUHAN.
13 I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
Aku mau memungut hasil mereka, demikianlah firman TUHAN, tetapi tidak ada buah anggur pada pohon anggur, tidak ada buah ara pada pohon ara, dan daun-daunan sudah layu; sebab itu Aku akan menetapkan bagi mereka orang-orang yang akan melindas mereka."
14 [Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
Mengapakah kita duduk-duduk saja? Berkumpullah dan marilah kita pergi ke kota-kota yang berkubu dan binasa di sana! Sebab TUHAN, Allah kita, membinasakan kita, memberi kita minum racun, sebab kita telah berdosa kepada TUHAN.
15 We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
Kita mengharapkan damai, tetapi tidak datang sesuatu yang baik, mengharapkan waktu kesembuhan, tetapi yang ada hanya kengerian!
16 People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
"Dengus kuda musuh terdengar dari Dan; karena bunyi ringkik kuda jantan mereka gemetarlah seluruh negeri. Mereka datang dan memakan habis negeri dengan isinya, kota dengan penduduknya.
17 [Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
Lihatlah, Aku melepaskan ke antaramu ular-ular beludak, yang tidak dapat dimanterai, yang akan memagut kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN."
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
Tidak tersembuhkan kedukaan yang menimpa diriku, hatiku sakit pedih.
19 Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
Dengar! seruan puteri bangsaku minta tolong dari negeri yang jauh: "Tidak adakah TUHAN di Sion? Tidak adakah Rajanya di dalamnya?" --Mengapakah mereka menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku dengan patung-patung mereka, dengan dewa-dewa asing yang sia-sia? --
20 [The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
Sudah lewat musim menuai, sudah berakhir musim kemarau, tetapi kita belum diselamatkan juga!
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
Karena luka puteri bangsaku hatiku luka; aku berkabung, kedahsyatan telah menyergap aku.
22 [I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
Tidak adakah balsam di Gilead? Tidak adakah tabib di sana? Mengapakah belum datang juga kesembuhan luka puteri bangsaku?