Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
Ucapan ilahi terhadap "padang gurun di tepi laut". Seperti puting beliung mendesing lewat di Tanah Negeb, demikianlah datangnya dari padang gurun, dari negeri yang dahsyat.
2 A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
Suatu penglihatan yang kejam telah diberitakan kepadaku: "Penggarong menggarong, perusak merusak! Majulah, hai Elam, kepunglah, hai Madai! Aku hentikan semua keluh yang ditimbulkannya."
3 Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.
Sebab itu pinggangku amat sakit, sakit mulas menimpa aku seperti sakit mulas perempuan yang melahirkan; aku terbungkuk-bungkuk, tidak mendengar lagi, aku terkejut, tidak melihat lagi.
4 My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
Hatiku gelisah, kekejutan meliputi aku, malam hari yang selalu kurindukan itu sekarang menggentarkan aku.
5 They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
Orang sibuk menyajikan hidangan, mengatur tempat-tempat duduk, makan, minum...Tiba-tiba kedengaran: "Hai para panglima! Siaplah tempur, minyakilah perisai!"
6 For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
Sebab beginilah firman Tuhan kepadaku: "Pergilah, tempatkanlah seorang peninjau, apa yang dilihatnya haruslah diberitahukannya.
7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
Apabila dilihatnya pasukan, pasang-pasangan orang berkuda, pasukan keledai, pasukan unta, maka haruslah diperhatikannya sungguh-sungguh, dengan penuh perhatian."
8 He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
Kemudian berserulah orang yang melihat itu: "Di tempat peninjauan, ya tuanku, aku berdiri senantiasa sehari suntuk, dan di tempat pengawalanku aku terpancang setiap malam."
9 Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
Lihat, itu sudah datang sepasukan orang, pasang-pasangan orang berkuda! Lalu berserulah ia, katanya: "Sudah jatuh, sudah jatuh Babel, dan segala patung berhalanya telah diremukkan dan bertaburan di tanah."
10 You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Hai bangsaku yang telah dipijak-pijak dan diinjak-injak! Apa yang kudengar dari TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel, telah kuberitahukan kepadamu.
11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
Ucapan ilahi terhadap Duma. Ada seorang berseru kepadaku dari Seir: "Hai pengawal, masih lama malam ini? Hai pengawal, masih lama malam ini?"
12 The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
Pengawal itu berkata: "Pagi akan datang, tetapi malam juga. Jika kamu mau bertanya, datanglah bertanya sekali lagi!"
13 The burden on Arabia. You will lodge in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of Dedanites.
Ucapan ilahi terhadap Arabia. Di belukar di Arabia kamu akan bermalam, hai kafilah-kafilah orang Dedan!
14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
Hai penduduk tanah Tema, keluarlah, bawalah air kepada orang yang haus, pergilah, sambutlah orang pelarian dengan roti!
15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
Sebab mereka melarikan diri terhadap pedang, ya terhadap pedang yang terhunus, terhadap busur yang dilentur, dan terhadap kehebatan peperangan.
16 For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
Sebab beginilah firman Tuhan kepadaku: "Dalam setahun lagi, menurut masa kerja prajurit upahan, maka segala kemuliaan Kedar akan habis.
17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
Dan dari pemanah-pemanah yang gagah perkasa dari bani Kedar, akan tinggal sejumlah kecil saja, sebab TUHAN, Allah Israel, telah mengatakannya."
