Isaiah 55
1 “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
TUHAN berkata, "Marilah kamu semua yang haus, minumlah, air tersedia. Datanglah kamu yang tidak punya uang, terimalah gandum tanpa membayar, dan makanlah! Anggur dan susu tersedia, terimalah dengan cuma-cuma.
2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Untuk apa membeli sesuatu yang tidak memuaskan, dan bekerja untuk apa yang tidak mengenyangkan? Turutlah perintah-Ku, maka kamu akan makan yang baik, dan menikmati hidangan yang lezat.
3 Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Dengarlah, hai bangsa-Ku, datanglah kepada-Ku, kamu akan Kuberi hidup sejati. Demi kasih dan kesetiaan yang Kujanjikan kepada Daud, Aku mengikat janji abadi dengan kamu.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
Sesungguhnya, dia Kujadikan pemimpin dan panglima, saksi dari kuasa-Ku untuk bangsa-bangsa.
5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”
Kamu akan memanggil bangsa-bangsa asing, dan mereka segera datang kepadamu, demi Aku, TUHAN Allahmu, Allah kudus Israel, sebab Aku telah mengagungkan kamu."
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Kembalilah kepada TUHAN selama masih dapat; berserulah kepada-Nya selama Ia dekat.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Hendaklah orang jahat memperbaiki hidupnya, dan mengubah jalan pikirannya. Biarlah ia kembali kepada TUHAN, supaya mendapat belas kasihan-Nya. Hendaklah ia berpaling kepada Allah kita, sebab TUHAN mengampuni dengan murah hati.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.
TUHAN berkata, "Pikiran-Ku bukan pikiranmu, dan jalan-Ku bukan jalanmu.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Setinggi langit di atas bumi, setinggi itulah pikiran-Ku di atas pikiranmu, dan jalan-Ku di atas jalanmu.
10 For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Seperti hujan turun dari langit, dan tidak kembali, melainkan membasahi bumi, menyuburkannya dan menumbuhkan tanam-tanaman, memberi hasil untuk ditabur dan dimakan,
11 so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
begitu juga perkataan yang Kuucapkan tidak kembali kepada-Ku dengan sia-sia, tetapi berhasil melakukan apa yang Kukehendaki, dan mencapai segala yang Kumaksudkan.
12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
Kamu akan meninggalkan Babel dengan sukacita, dan diantar keluar dengan selamat. Gunung dan bukit akan bergembira dan bersorak-sorai, pohon-pohon di ladang bertepuk tangan.
13 Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for the LORD, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
Pohon cemara akan menggantikan semak berduri, tanaman bunga menggantikan semak belukar. Itu terjadi supaya Aku dimasyhurkan; sebagai tanda abadi yang tak akan hilang."
