< Isaiah 37 >

1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
Pada waktu Raja Hizkia mendengar laporan dari ketiga orang itu, ia merobek pakaiannya dan memakai kain karung tanda sedih, lalu ia pergi ke Rumah TUHAN.
2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
Kemudian ia mengutus Elyakim kepala istana, Sebna sekretaris negara dan para imam yang berpangkat untuk menemui Nabi Yesaya, anak Amos. Mereka pun memakai kain karung.
3 They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
Inilah pesan Hizkia yang mereka sampaikan kepada Yesaya, "Hari ini hari dukacita; kita dihukum dan dihina. Kita seperti wanita yang sudah mau bersalin, tetapi kehabisan tenaga.
4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
Raja Asyur telah mengutus perwira tingginya untuk menghina Allah yang hidup. Siapa tahu TUHAN Allah telah mendengar penghinaan itu dan akan menghukum mereka yang mengucapkannya! Karena itu berdoalah kepada Allah untuk orang-orang kita yang masih hidup."
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Setelah menerima pesan dari Raja Hizkia itu,
6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Yesaya menyuruh para utusan itu menyampaikan jawaban ini, "TUHAN berkata, baginda tidak usah takut mendengar pernyataan budak-budak raja Asyur itu bahwa TUHAN tidak dapat melepaskan kita.
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
TUHAN akan membuat raja Asyur memperhatikan suatu kabar angin sehingga ia pulang ke negerinya sendiri, dan di sana ia akan dibunuh."
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
Perwira tinggi Asyur itu mendapat kabar bahwa rajanya telah meninggalkan Lakhis dan sedang berperang melawan kota Libna, tak jauh dari situ. Maka pergilah ia ke sana untuk menemui rajanya itu.
9 He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Raja Asyur telah menerima kabar bahwa pasukan Mesir di bawah pimpinan Tirhaka dari Sudan sedang datang untuk menyerang mereka. Karena itu, raja Asyur mengirim surat kepada Hizkia,
10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
raja Yehuda. Begini bunyi surat itu, "Jangan tertipu oleh janji Allah yang kauandalkan itu bahwa engkau tidak akan jatuh ke tanganku.
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?
Engkau sudah mendengar bahwa setiap negeri yang diserang raja-raja Asyur dihancurkan sama sekali. Jangan menyangka engkau bisa luput.
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
Pada waktu leluhurku menghancurkan kota Gozan, Haran, dan Rezef, serta membunuh orang-orang Eden yang tinggal di Telasar, tidak satu pun dari dewa-dewa mereka menyelamatkan mereka.
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
Di manakah raja-raja kota Hamat, Arpad, Sefarwaim, Hena dan Iwa?"
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.
Hizkia menerima surat itu dari para utusan dan membacanya. Kemudian ia pergi ke Rumah TUHAN dan membentangkan surat itu di hadapan TUHAN,
15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
lalu berdoa, katanya,
16 “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
"TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, yang bersemayam di atas kerub, Engkau satu-satunya Allah yang menguasai segala kerajaan di atas muka bumi. Engkaulah yang menciptakan langit dan bumi.
17 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
TUHAN, perhatikanlah kiranya apa yang sedang terjadi dengan kami. Dengarlah semua penghinaan Sanherib terhadap Engkau, Allah yang hidup.
18 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
Kami semua tahu, TUHAN, bahwa raja-raja Asyur telah membinasakan banyak bangsa dan menghancurkan negeri-negeri mereka.
19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Dewa-dewa mereka juga dibakar dan dihancurkan, sebab dewa-dewa itu sama sekali tidak berkuasa. Mereka hanya patung dari kayu dan batu buatan manusia.
20 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
Ya, TUHAN Allah kami, lepaskanlah kami dari orang-orang Asyur itu, supaya segala bangsa di dunia tahu bahwa Engkau satu-satunya TUHAN."
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says, ‘Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Kemudian Yesaya mengirim pesan kepada Raja Hizkia bahwa sebagai jawaban atas doa raja,
22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
TUHAN berkata, "Kota Yerusalem menertawakan dan memperolok-olok engkau, Sanherib!
23 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Tahukah engkau siapa yang kaucaci maki dan kauhina itu? Aku, Allah Israel, Allah yang suci.
24 By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
Engkau mengirim utusan untuk membual bahwa dengan banyaknya kereta perangmu, engkau telah menaklukkan gunung-gunung tertinggi di Libanon. Engkau menyombongkan bahwa engkau telah menebang pohon-pohon cemaranya yang paling tinggi dan paling indah, serta menerobos hutan-hutannya yang paling lebat.
25 I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
Engkau juga membanggakan bahwa engkau menggali sumur dan minum air di negeri-negeri asing, dan bahwa para prajuritmu menginjak-injak Sungai Nil sampai kering.
26 “‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.
Belum pernahkah engkau mendengar bahwa semuanya itu telah Kurencanakan sejak dahulu? Dan sekarang Aku melaksanakannya. Akulah yang memberi kepadamu kuasa untuk menghancurkan kota-kota berbenteng menjadi puing-puing.
27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
Orang-orang yang tinggal di sana tidak berdaya; mereka terkejut dan ketakutan. Mereka seperti rumput di padang atau rumput yang tumbuh di atap rumah, yang mengering kalau ditiup angin timur yang panas.
28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
Tetapi Aku tahu segalanya tentang dirimu. Aku tahu apa yang kaulakukan dan ke mana engkau pergi. Aku tahu bahwa engkau marah sekali kepada-Ku,
29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
dan Aku sudah mendengar tentang kemarahan dan kesombonganmu itu. Sekarang Kupasang kait pada hidungmu dan kekang pada mulutmu, supaya engkau Kutarik pulang lewat jalan yang kaulalui ketika datang."
30 “‘This shall be the sign to you: You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Yesaya mengirim juga pesan ini kepada Hizkia, "Inilah yang akan menjadi tanda bagimu. Tahun ini dan tahun depan orang akan makan gandum yang tumbuh sendiri. Tetapi setelah itu mereka dapat menanam gandum dan anggur serta menikmati hasilnya.
31 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Orang Yehuda yang masih hidup akan makmur seperti tanaman yang dalam sekali akarnya dan menghasilkan buah.
32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’
Di Yerusalem dan di atas gunung Sion akan ada orang-orang yang selamat, sebab TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa sudah menentukan bahwa hal itu akan terjadi.
33 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN tentang raja Asyur: 'Ia tidak akan memasuki Yerusalem atau menembakkan panah ke kota itu. Prajurit-prajurit berperisai tak ada yang mendekati kota itu, dan di sekelilingnya tak akan dibangun tanggul pengepungan.
34 He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says Yahweh.
Raja Asyur akan pulang lewat jalan yang dilaluinya ketika datang, tanpa memasuki kota itu. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
35 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
Kota Yerusalem akan Kubela dan Kulindungi demi kehormatan-Ku sendiri dan demi perjanjian-Ku dengan hamba-Ku Daud.'"
36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Malam itu juga malaikat TUHAN datang ke perkemahan orang Asyur dan membunuh 185.000 orang prajurit. Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi mayat-mayat mereka bertebaran.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
Maka mundurlah Sanherib, raja Asyur, dan pulang ke Niniwe.
38 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
Pada suatu hari, ketika ia sedang beribadat di dalam kuil Dewa Nisrokh, ia dibunuh dengan pedang oleh Adramelekh dan Sarezer, putra-putranya. Sesudah itu mereka lari ke Ararat. Maka Esarhadon, putranya yang lain, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

< Isaiah 37 >