Micah 4

1 Yahweh [says that] some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important [MET] one on the earth; it will be [as though it is] higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there [to worship].

Akan terjadi pada hari-hari yang terakhir: gunung rumah TUHAN akan berdiri tegak mengatasi gunung-gunung dan menjulang tinggi di atas bukit-bukit; bangsa-bangsa akan berduyun-duyun ke sana,

2 [People from] many nations will say [to each other], “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob [worshiped]. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion [Hill] is the place where he will teach [people]; and [people will go] out from Jerusalem [to tell others] his messages.

dan banyak suku bangsa akan pergi serta berkata: "Mari, kita naik ke gunung TUHAN, ke rumah Allah Yakub, supaya Ia mengajar kita tentang jalan-jalan-Nya dan supaya kita berjalan menempuhnya; sebab dari Sion akan keluar pengajaran, dan firman TUHAN dari Yerusalem."

3 Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will [also] settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and [hammer] their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. [Armies of] nations will no [longer] fight against [armies of other] nations, and they will no longer train [men how to fight] in wars.

Ia akan menjadi hakim antara banyak bangsa, dan akan menjadi wasit bagi suku-suku bangsa yang besar sampai ke tempat yang jauh; mereka akan menempa pedang-pedangnya menjadi mata bajak, dan tombak-tombaknya menjadi pisau pemangkas; bangsa tidak akan lagi mengangkat pedang terhadap bangsa, dan mereka tidak akan lagi belajar perang.

4 Everyone will sit [peacefully] under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. [That is what will surely happen] because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it.

Tetapi mereka masing-masing akan duduk di bawah pohon anggurnya dan di bawah pohon aranya dengan tidak ada yang mengejutkan, sebab mulut TUHAN semesta alam yang mengatakannya.

5 Many [HYP] [of the people of other] nations will worship [IDM] their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever.

Biarpun segala bangsa berjalan masing-masing demi nama allahnya, tetapi kita akan berjalan demi nama TUHAN Allah kita untuk selamanya dan seterusnya.

6 Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries), all those whom [I have caused to] suffer much.

Pada hari itu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, Aku akan mengumpulkan mereka yang pincang, dan akan menghimpunkan mereka yang terpencar-pencar dan mereka yang telah Kucelakakan.

7 My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation [again]. Then [I], Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever.

Mereka yang pincang akan Kujadikan pangkal suatu keturunan, dan yang diusir suatu bangsa yang kuat, dan TUHAN akan menjadi raja atas mereka di gunung Sion, dari sekarang sampai selama-lamanya.

8 As for you people of Jerusalem [MET], you who [guard all of my people] like [MET] [a shepherd guards his sheep] from a tower, you [who live on] Zion [Hill], will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.

Dan engkau, hai Menara Kawanan Domba, hai Bukit puteri Sion, kepadamu akan datang dan akan kembali pemerintahan yang dahulu, kerajaan atas puteri Yerusalem.

9 [So] why [RHQ] are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.

Maka sekarang, mengapa engkau berteriak dengan keras? Tiadakah raja di tengah-tengahmu? Atau sudah binasakah penasihatmu, sehingga engkau disergap kesakitan seperti perempuan yang melahirkan?

10 [Well], you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like [SIM] a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and [while you are traveling], you will set up tents in open fields [at night]; you will go to [live in] Babylon. [But while you are] there, [I], Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control [MTY] of your enemies.

Menggeliatlah dan mengaduhlah, hai puteri Sion, seperti perempuan yang melahirkan! Sebab sekarang terpaksa engkau keluar dari kota dan tinggal di padang, terpaksa engkau berjalan sampai Babel; di sanalah engkau akan dilepaskan, di sanalah engkau akan ditebus oleh TUHAN dari tangan musuhmu.

11 Now [the armies of] many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city [when it becomes ruins]!’

Sekarang banyak bangsa berkumpul melawan engkau, dengan berkata: "Biarlah dia dicemarkan, biarlah mata kita puas memandangi Sion!"

12 But they do not know what [I], Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them [and punish them] like [SIM] [farmers] thresh grain on the ground.

Tetapi mereka itu tidak mengetahui rancangan TUHAN; mereka tidak mengerti keputusan-Nya, bahwa Ia akan menghimpunkan mereka seperti berkas gandum ke tempat pengirikan.

13 So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] [the nations who oppose you]. I will cause you [to be very strong], [as if] [MET] you had horns made of iron, [as if] [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And [then you will take] from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken [from other countries], and you will dedicate those things to [me, the one who is] the Lord of all [the people on] the earth.”

Bangkitlah dan iriklah, hai puteri Sion, sebab tandukmu akan Kubuat seperti besi, dan kukumu akan Kubuat seperti tembaga, sehingga engkau menumbuk hancur banyak bangsa; engkau akan mengkhususkan rampasan mereka bagi TUHAN dan kekayaan mereka bagi Tuhan seluruh bumi.