Nehemiah 9

1 On October 31, the people gathered together again. They (fasted/abstained from eating food), they wore clothes made from rough cloth, and they put dirt on their heads [to show that they were sorry for their sins].

Pada hari yang kedua puluh empat bulan itu berkumpullah orang Israel dan berpuasa dengan mengenakan kain kabung dan dengan tanah di kepala.

2 The Israeli people separated themselves from all the foreigners. They stood there and confessed their sins and the sins that their ancestors had committed.

Keturunan orang Israel memisahkan diri dari semua orang asing, lalu berdiri di tempatnya dan mengaku dosa mereka dan kesalahan nenek moyang mereka.

3 The scroll that contained the laws of Yahweh, the God whom they [worshiped], was read to them for three hours. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and they worshiped Yahweh.

Sementara mereka berdiri di tempat, dibacakanlah bagian-bagian dari pada kitab Taurat TUHAN, Allah mereka, selama seperempat hari, sedang seperempat hari lagi mereka mengucapkan pengakuan dan sujud menyembah kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka.

4 [Some of] the descendants of Levi were standing on the stairs. They were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, [another] Bani, and Kenani.

Di atas tangga tempat orang-orang Lewi berdirilah Yesua, Bani, Kadmiel, Sebanya, Buni, Serebya, Bani dan Kenani. Dengan suara yang nyaring mereka berseru kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka.

5 Then [the leaders of] the Levites called out to the people. They were Jeshua, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, “While you are standing there, praise Yahweh your God, who has always lived and will live forever!” [Then one of them continued by praying this to God], “Yahweh, we praise your glorious name! You are much greater than anything that we can think about or talk about!

Dan berkatalah Yesua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hasabneya, Serebya, Hodia, Sebanya dan Petahya, orang-orang Lewi itu: "Bangunlah, pujilah TUHAN Allahmu dari selama-lamanya sampai selama-lamanya! Terpujilah nama-Mu yang mulia, yang ditinggikan mengatasi segala puji dan hormat!"

6 “You only are God. You made the sky and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and everything that is on it, and you made the seas/oceans and everything that is in them. You are the one who gives life to everything and helps them remain alive. All the angels who are in heaven worship you.

"Hanya Engkau adalah TUHAN! Engkau telah menjadikan langit, ya langit segala langit dengan segala bala tentaranya, dan bumi dengan segala yang ada di atasnya, dan laut dengan segala yang ada di dalamnya. Engkau memberi hidup kepada semuanya itu dan bala tentara langit sujud menyembah kepada-Mu.

7 “Yahweh, you are God. You chose Abram and brought him out of Ur [city] in Chaldea [region]. You gave him a new name, Abraham.

Engkaulah TUHAN, Allah yang telah memilih Abram dan membawanya keluar dari Ur-Kasdim dan memberikan kepadanya nama Abraham.

8 You saw that he was trustworthy. Then you made (an agreement with/a promise to) him, saying that you would give [to him and] to his descendants the land that the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Jebus, and Girgash lived in. And you have done what you promised, because you always do what is right.

Engkau dapati bahwa hatinya setia terhadap-Mu dan Engkau mengikat perjanjian dengan dia untuk memberikan tanah orang Kanaan, tanah orang Het, tanah orang Amori, tanah orang Feris, tanah orang Yebus dan tanah orang Girgasi kepada keturunannya. Dan Engkau telah menepati janji-Mu, karena Engkau benar.

9 “You saw what our ancestors were suffering in Egypt. You heard them cry to you for help when they were at the Red Sea.

Engkau melihat sengsara nenek moyang kami di Mesir dan mendengar teriakan mereka di tepi Laut Teberau.

10 Because you knew that the leaders of Egypt were treating our ancestors very arrogantly, you performed many kinds of miracles that caused the king and his officials and all his people to suffer. As a result, you became famous then, and you are still famous!

Engkau telah memperlihatkan tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat di depan Firaun dan semua pegawainya serta seluruh rakyat negerinya, karena Engkau mengetahui mereka bertindak angkuh terhadap nenek moyang kami. Dengan demikian Engkau telah memasyhurkan nama-Mu sebagaimana nyata hari ini.

11 You caused the Red Sea to divide, with the result that your people walked through it on the ground without [getting their feet] wet. [After they were all safely on the other side, ] you [caused the water to come back again], and you hurled into the deep water the [soldiers of the Egyptian army] that were pursuing our ancestors. Their soldiers sank into the deep sea like stones!

Di hadapan mereka Engkau membelah laut, sehingga mereka dapat menyeberang melalui tempat yang kering di tengah-tengah laut. Tetapi pengejar-pengejar mereka telah Kaucampakkan ke air yang dalam, seperti batu ke air yang dahsyat.

12 During each day you led our ancestors with a bright cloud that resembled a huge pillar, and each night you led them by a flaming cloud that gave them light to show them where to walk.

Dengan tiang awan Engkau memimpin mereka pada siang hari dan dengan tiang api pada malam hari untuk menerangi jalan yang mereka lalui.

13 “When our ancestors were at Sinai Mountain, you came down from heaven and spoke to them. You gave them many regulations and instructions that are just and reliable, and you gave them commands and laws that are good.

Engkau telah turun ke atas gunung Sinai dan berbicara dengan mereka dari langit dan memberikan mereka peraturan-peraturan yang adil, hukum-hukum yang benar serta ketetapan-ketetapan dan perintah-perintah yang baik.

14 You taught them about your holy (Sabbath/day of rest), and you gave many kinds of laws to your servant Moses for him to tell to the people.

Juga Kauberitahukan kepada mereka sabat-Mu yang kudus dan memberikan kepada mereka perintah-perintah, ketetapan-ketetapan dan hukum-Mu dengan perantaraan Musa, hamba-Mu.

15 When they were hungry, you gave them manna from the sky; and when they were thirsty, you gave them water from a rock. You commanded them to go and take, from the people who lived there, the land which you had promised to give to them.

Telah Kauberikan kepada mereka roti dari langit untuk menghilangkan lapar dan air Kaukeluarkan bagi mereka dari gunung batu untuk melepaskan dahaga. Pula Engkau menyuruh mereka memasuki dan menduduki negeri yang dengan mengangkat sumpah telah Kaujanjikan memberikannya kepada mereka.

16 “But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn [IDM], and they did not do what you commanded them to do.

Tetapi mereka, nenek moyang kami itu, bertindak angkuh dan bersitegang leher dan tidak patuh kepada perintah-perintah-Mu.

17 They refused to heed you, and they forgot about all the miracles that you had performed for them. Instead, they became stubborn [IDM], and they appointed someone to lead them back to Egypt, where they would be slaves again! But you are a God who forgives us and who is kind and merciful [to us]. You do not quickly become angry. You always faithfully love us.

Mereka menolak untuk patuh dan tidak mengingat perbuatan-perbuatan yang ajaib yang telah Kaubuat di antara mereka. Mereka bersitegang leher malah berkeras kepala untuk kembali ke perbudakan di Mesir. Tetapi Engkaulah Allah yang sudi mengampuni, yang pengasih dan penyayang, yang panjang sabar dan berlimpah kasih setia-Nya. Engkau tidak meninggalkan mereka.

18 So, even though their [leaders] made an idol that resembled a calf and insulted you by saying [about the idol], ‘This is our god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ you did not desert them.

Bahkan, ketika mereka membuat anak lembu tuangan dan berkata: 'Inilah Allahmu yang menuntun engkau keluar dari Mesir!', dan berbuat nista yang besar,

19 “Because you always act mercifully, you did not abandon them when they were in the desert. The bright cloud which was like a huge pillar continued to lead them during the daytime, and the fiery cloud showed them where to walk at night.

Engkau tidak meninggalkan mereka di padang gurun karena kasih sayang-Mu yang besar. Tiang awan tidak berpindah dari atas mereka pada siang hari untuk memimpin mereka pada perjalanan, begitu juga tiang api pada malam hari untuk menerangi jalan yang mereka lalui.

20 You sent your good Spirit to instruct them. You continued to provide water when they were thirsty.

Dan Engkau memberikan kepada mereka Roh-Mu yang baik untuk mengajar mereka. Juga manna-Mu tidak Kautahan dari mulut mereka dan Engkau memberikan air kepada mereka untuk melepaskan dahaga.

21 For 40 years you took care of them in the desert. During all that time, they had everything [that they needed]. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell up [even though they were continually walking].

Empat puluh tahun lamanya Engkau memberikan mereka makan di padang gurun. Mereka tidak berkekurangan, pakaian mereka tidak rusak, dan kaki mereka tidak bengkak.

22 “You helped our ancestors to defeat armies of great kings who ruled many people-groups. By doing that, you enabled our ancestors to (occupy/live in) even the most distant places in this land. They occupied the land over which King Sihon ruled from Heshbon [city] and the land over which King Og ruled in [the] Bashan [area].

Engkau menyerahkan kepada mereka kerajaan-kerajaan dan bangsa-bangsa dan membagikan itu kepada mereka sebagai daerah perbatasan, sebab mereka duduki tanah dari Sihon, raja negeri Hesbon dan tanah dari Og, raja negeri Basan.

23 You caused our ancestors’ descendants to become as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into this land, the land that you told their fathers to enter and occupy.

Engkau membuat anak-anak mereka menjadi banyak seperti bintang-bintang di langit dan membawa mereka ke tanah yang Kausuruh kepada nenek moyang mereka untuk dimasuki dan diduduki.

24 Their sons went in and took the land [from the people that lived there]. You enabled them to defeat the descendants of Canaan who lived here in this land. You enabled them to conquer the descendants of Canaan and their kings and the people whom they ruled. You enabled our ancestors to do to those people whatever they wanted to do.

Lalu anak-anak itu memasuki dan menduduki tanah itu dan Engkau menundukkan di hadapan mereka penduduk tanah itu, yakni orang-orang Kanaan, dan menyerahkan orang-orang itu, baik raja-raja mereka, maupun bangsa-bangsa tanah itu, ke tangan mereka, supaya orang-orang itu diperlakukan sekehendak hati mereka.

25 Our ancestors captured cities that had walls around them, and they took possession of fertile land. They took possession of houses that were full of good things, where there were wells that were already dug. They took possession of many vineyards and groves of olive trees and fruit trees. They ate all that they wanted to and became fat. They were delighted in all these good things that you gave to them.

Mereka merebut kota-kota yang berkubu dan tanah yang subur. Mereka merampas rumah-rumah yang penuh berisi berbagai-bagai barang baik, tempat-tempat air pahatan, kebun-kebun anggur dan kebun-kebun zaitun dan pohon-pohon buah-buahan dalam jumlah yang sangat banyak. Mereka makan dan menjadi kenyang dan gemuk. Mereka hidup mewah karena kebaikan-Mu yang besar.

26 “But they disobeyed you and rebelled against you. They (turned their backs on/rejected) your laws. They killed the prophets who warned them that they should return to you. They badly insulted you.

Tetapi mereka mendurhaka dan memberontak terhadap-Mu. Mereka membelakangi hukum-Mu dan membunuh nabi-nabi-Mu yang memperingatkan mereka dengan maksud membuat mereka berbalik kepada-Mu. Mereka berbuat nista yang besar.

27 So you allowed their enemies to defeat them. But when their enemies caused them to suffer, they called out to you. You heard them from heaven, and because you are very merciful, you sent them people to help them, and those leaders rescued them from their enemies.

Lalu Engkau menyerahkan mereka ke tangan lawan-lawan mereka, yang menyesakkan mereka. Dan pada waktu kesusahan mereka berteriak kepada-Mu, lalu Engkau mendengar dari langit dan karena kasih sayang-Mu yang besar Kauberikan kepada mereka orang-orang yang menyelamatkan mereka dari tangan lawan mereka.

28 “But after there was a time of peace again, our ancestors again did things that displeased you. So again you allowed their enemies to conquer them. But whenever they cried out to you again [to help them], you heard them from heaven, and because you act mercifully, you rescued them many times.

Tetapi begitu mereka mendapat keamanan, kembali mereka berbuat jahat di hadapan-Mu. Dan Engkau menyerahkan mereka ke tangan musuh-musuh mereka yang menguasai mereka. Kembali mereka berteriak kepada-Mu, dan Engkau mendengar dari langit, lalu menolong mereka berulang kali, karena kasih sayang-Mu.

29 “You warned them that they should again [obey] your laws, but they became proud and stubborn, and they disobeyed your commands. They sinned by disobeying what you commanded them to do, the things that would enable them to live a good long life [if they obeyed them]. They stubbornly refused [IDM] to listen to you and continued sinning.

Engkau memperingatkan mereka dengan maksud membuat mereka berbalik kepada hukum-Mu. Tetapi mereka bertindak angkuh, mereka tidak patuh kepada perintah-perintah-Mu dan mereka berdosa terhadap peraturan-peraturan-Mu, yang justru memberi hidup kepada orang yang melakukannya. Mereka melintangkan bahu untuk melawan, mereka bersitegang leher dan tidak mau dengar.

30 You were patient with them for many years. You warned them trough [the messages] your Spirit gave to the prophets. But they did not (heed/pay attention to) those messages. So again you allowed [the armies of] other nations to defeat them.

Namun bertahun-tahun lamanya Engkau melanjutkan sabar-Mu terhadap mereka. Dengan Roh-Mu Engkau memperingatkan mereka, yakni dengan perantaraan para nabi-Mu, tetapi mereka tidak menghiraukannya, sehingga Engkau menyerahkan mereka ke tangan bangsa-bangsa segala negeri.

31 But because you act very mercifully, you did not get rid of them completely or abandon them [forever]. You are a very gracious/kind and merciful God!

Tetapi karena kasih sayang-Mu yang besar Engkau tidak membinasakan mereka sama sekali dan tidak meninggalkan mereka, karena Engkaulah Allah yang pengasih dan penyayang.

32 “Our God, you are great! You are mighty! You are awesome! You faithfully love us as [you promised in] your agreement with us that you would do! But now we are experiencing great difficulties/hardships. Great troubles have come to us, to our kings, to our [other] leaders, to our priests, and to our prophets. We have been experiencing these troubles since [the armies of] the kings of Assyria [conquered us], and we are still experiencing them. We ask that you sincerely think about [LIT] all these things.

Sekarang, ya Allah kami, Allah yang maha besar, kuat dan dahsyat, yang berpegang pada perjanjian dan kasih setia-Nya, janganlah Kaupandang remeh segala kesusahan yang telah dialami oleh kami, oleh raja-raja kami, pemimpin-pemimpin kami, imam-imam kami, nabi-nabi kami dan nenek moyang kami, ya oleh seluruh umat-Mu, sejak zaman raja-raja Asyur sampai hari ini.

33 [We know that] you acted justly each time that you punished us. We have sinned greatly, but you have treated us fairly.

Tetapi Engkaulah yang benar dalam segala hal yang menimpa kami, karena Engkau berlaku setia dan kamilah berbuat fasik.

34 Our kings and other leaders and our priests and our other ancestors did not obey your laws. They did not heed your commands or the warnings that you gave to them.

Juga raja-raja kami, pemimpin-pemimpin kami, imam-imam kami, dan nenek moyang kami tidak melakukan hukum-Mu. Mereka tidak memperhatikan perintah-perintah-Mu dan peringatan-peringatan-Mu yang Kauberikan kepada mereka.

35 Even when they had their own kings, and they enjoyed the good things that you did for them in this large and fertile land that you gave to them, they did not serve you. They refused to quit doing what was evil.

Dalam kedudukan sebagai raja mereka tidak mau beribadah kepada-Mu, walaupun Engkau telah mengaruniakan kepada mereka banyak kebaikan dan telah menyediakan bagi mereka tanah yang luas dan subur. Mereka tidak berbalik dari perbuatan-perbuatan mereka yang jahat.

36 “So now we are [like] slaves here in this land that you gave to our ancestors, the land that you gave to them in order that they could enjoy all the good things that grow here.

Lihatlah, sekarang ini kami adalah budak. Ya, di tanah yang Kauberikan kepada nenek moyang kami untuk mengecap hasilnya dan segala kekayaannya kami ini adalah budak.

37 Because we have sinned, [we cannot eat the things that grow here]. The kings that now rule over us are enjoying the things that grow here. They rule us and [take] our cattle. We have to serve them and do the things that please them. We are experiencing great misery/distress.

Tanah itu menghasilkan banyak bagi raja-raja yang telah Kautetapkan atas kami karena dosa-dosa kami. Mereka itu memerintah sekehendak hati atas diri kami dan ternak kami, sehingga kami dalam kesesakan besar."

38 “However, we [Israeli] people now are making an agreement/promise [to obey you], and we are writing this agreement/promise [on a scroll]. We will write on it the names of our leaders and the names of the Levites and the names of the priests, and then we will seal it.”

Berdasarkan semuanya ini kami mengikat perjanjian yang teguh yang kami catat dengan dibubuhi meterai para pemimpin kami, orang-orang Lewi kami dan para imam kami.