Isaiah 51
1 “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
TUHAN berkata: "Dengarlah Aku, hai kamu yang ingin diselamatkan dan datang kepada-Ku minta pertolongan. Ingatlah gunung batu dari mana kamu terpahat, dan penggalian batu dari mana kamu digali.
2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.
Ingatlah nenek moyangmu Abraham dan Sara yang melahirkan kamu; waktu Aku memanggil Abraham, ia tidak punya anak; lalu Kuberkati dia dan Kuberi keturunan yang banyak.
3 For the LORD has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Yerusalem, Aku akan menghibur engkau, dan semua yang tinggal di puing-puingmu. Padang-padangmu yang tandus Kujadikan taman, seperti Eden, taman-Ku yang subur. Di situ orang akan bergirang dan bersuka ria dan bersyukur dengan nyanyi-nyanyian.
4 “Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation, for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
Perhatikanlah suara-Ku, hai bangsa-Ku, dengarlah kata-kata-Ku, hai umat-Ku. Kuberi ajaran-Ku kepada bangsa-bangsa, hukum-hukum-Ku akan menerangi mereka.
5 My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.
Keselamatan yang Kuberikan sudah dekat; saat kemenangan-Ku hampir tiba. Aku sendiri akan memerintah bangsa-bangsa. Negeri-negeri yang jauh menanti-nantikan Aku dan mengharapkan perbuatan-Ku yang perkasa.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
Pandanglah langit dan tengoklah bumi; langit akan lenyap seperti asap dan bumi akan usang seperti baju tua, semua penduduknya akan mati seperti nyamuk. Tetapi keselamatan yang Kuberikan tetap selamanya, dan kemenangan-Ku tak akan berakhir.
7 “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
Dengarlah Aku, hai bangsa-Ku, kamu tahu apa yang benar; ajaran-Ku tersimpan di dalam hatimu. Jangan takut kalau kamu diejek manusia, jangan cemas kalau kamu dihina mereka.
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
Mereka akan binasa dan lenyap, seperti pakaian dimakan ngengat dan kain bulu domba dimakan gegat. Tapi keselamatan yang Kuberikan tetap selamanya, kemenangan-Ku berlangsung turun-temurun."
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
Bangkitlah ya TUHAN, tolonglah kami, selamatkanlah kami dengan kuasa-Mu. Bangkitlah seperti di zaman dahulu waktu Engkau meremukkan Rahab dan menikam naga laut itu sampai mati.
10 Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Engkau pula yang mengeringkan laut, air samudra yang dalam. Engkau membuat jalan melalui air itu, supaya orang-orang yang diselamatkan dapat menyeberang.
11 Those ransomed by the LORD will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Maka orang-orang yang dibebaskan TUHAN akan pulang mereka masuk ke Yerusalem dengan sorak-sorai wajah mereka berseri karena sukacita abadi. Mereka bergembira dan bersuka ria, duka dan keluh kesah lenyaplah sudah.
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
TUHAN berkata, "Akulah yang menghibur kamu. Mengapa engkau takut kepada manusia yang fana, kepada manusia yang dibuang seperti rumput?
13 Have you forgotten the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
Masakan engkau lupa akan TUHAN Penciptamu yang membentangkan langit dan meletakkan dasar bumi? Mengapa sepanjang hari engkau gentar terhadap amukan si penindas yang bersiap-siap memusnahkan? Sesungguhnya, amukan mereka itu tak akan mempan terhadapmu.
14 The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.
Para tawanan akan segera dibebaskan; mereka tak akan kekurangan makanan, dan tak akan mati dan dikubur.
15 For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. the LORD of Hosts is his name.
Sebab Akulah TUHAN Allahmu, yang menggelorakan laut sehingga ombaknya berderu. Yang Mahakuasa adalah nama-Ku.
16 I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
Akulah yang membentangkan langit dan meletakkan dasar-dasar bumi. Aku berkata kepada Sion: Engkaulah umat-Ku; Aku memberi ajaran-Ku kepadamu dan melindungi engkau dengan kuasa-Ku."
17 Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the LORD’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
Bangunlah, hai Yerusalem, bangunlah! Hukuman yang dijatuhkan TUHAN karena kemarahan-Nya sudah kaujalani sampai habis.
18 There is no one to guide her amongst all the sons to whom she has given birth; and there is no one who takes her by the hand amongst all the sons whom she has brought up.
Dari pendudukmu tak ada yang membimbingmu, dari penghunimu tak ada yang menuntunmu.
19 These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?
Engkau ditimpa dua macam bencana; akibat perang negerimu hancur binasa dan rakyatmu mati kelaparan. Tak ada yang mengasihani dan menghibur engkau.
20 Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the LORD’s wrath, the rebuke of your God.
Di setiap ujung jalan orang-orangmu jatuh kehabisan tenaga seperti rusa yang kena jaring. Mereka ditimpa kemarahan Tuhan, dan kena hardik Allahmu.
21 Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Dengarlah hai orang-orang yang tertindas, yang terhuyung-huyung seperti orang mabuk!
22 Your Lord GOD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.
Beginilah kata Tuhanmu, TUHAN Allahmu yang membela kamu, "Penderitaan yang Kuberikan dalam kemarahan-Ku, akan Kuambil kembali daripadamu. Kemarahan-Ku akan reda, dan kamu tak usah lagi menanggungnya.
23 I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”
Penderitaan itu Kuberikan kepada penindasmu, yang pernah menyuruh kamu berbaring di tanah, dan menginjak-injak kamu, seolah-olah kamu jalanan yang dilalui orang."
