Yehezkiel 12
1 TUHAN berbicara lagi kepadaku, kata-Nya,
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 "Hai manusia fana, engkau tinggal di tengah-tengah kaum pemberontak. Mereka punya mata, tetapi tidak melihat; punya telinga, tetapi tidak mendengar, sebab mereka suka memberontak.
“You human, you are living among people who are [very] rebellious. They have eyes, but they do not [what I want them to see]; they have ears, but they do not [what I want them to hear], because they are rebellious/stubborn people.
3 Sebab itu, hai manusia fana, selagi hari masih siang, kemasi barang-barangmu dalam sebuah bungkusan seperti yang biasanya dilakukan oleh orang buangan. Sebelum malam tiba, tinggalkanlah rumahmu terang-terangan seperti orang yang dibawa ke pembuangan. Buatlah lubang pada dinding rumahmu dengan disaksikan oleh kaum pemberontak itu, dan bawalah bungkusan yang berisi barang-barangmu itu keluar melalui lubang itu. Pikullah bungkusan itu di atas pundakmu. Berangkatlah dalam kegelapan malam; tutupilah matamu sehingga engkau tidak melihat jalan yang kaulalui. Biarlah seluruh bangsa Israel melihat semua yang kaulakukan itu, supaya menjadi peringatan bagi mereka. Barangkali mereka akan insaf bahwa mereka adalah pemberontak."
Therefore, you human, pack your belongings as though you were (going into exile/being forced to go to another country). Then, during the daytime, while people are watching, [prepare to] go to another place. Even though the people are rebellious, perhaps they will [what you are symbolizing].
During the daytime, while they are watching, bring out the things that you want to take and pack them. Then in the evening, while they are watching, do what those who are preparing to go into exile do.
Dig through [city] wall and take your things through the hole.
Then put [in a sack] on your shoulder while they are watching and leave at dusk. Cover your face in order that you cannot see the path. [I want you to do this] because I want you to warn the Israeli people.”
7 Lalu kulakukan perintah TUHAN kepadaku. Pada hari itu juga, waktu masih siang, kukemasi barang-barangku dalam sebuah bungkusan, seperti yang biasanya dilakukan pengungsi. Ketika hari mulai malam, aku membuat lubang dengan tanganku pada tembok rumahku, lalu keluar melalui lubang itu. Dengan diperhatikan semua orang, bungkusan itu kupikul pada bahuku, kemudian aku berangkat.
[So] I did what Yahweh told me to do. During the day I brought things out of my [as though] I was packing to go into exile. Then in the evening I dug through [city] wall. [Then] while people watched, I put my sack of belongings on my shoulder and left.
8 Keesokan harinya TUHAN berbicara kepadaku, kata-Nya,
The next morning, Yahweh gave me this message:
9 "Hai manusia fana, bangsa Israel, bangsa pemberontak itu telah menanyakan kepadamu apa yang sedang kaukerjakan.
“You human, the rebellious people [MTY] of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
10 Karena itu sampaikanlah kepada mereka apa yang Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi katakan kepada mereka. Pesan-Ku itu ditujukan kepada raja di Yerusalem, dan seluruh penduduk kota itu.
[So go back and] say to them, ‘What I did is about the king in Jerusalem and all the [other] people of Israel who are there.’
11 Terangkanlah bahwa apa yang kaulakukan itu adalah lambang apa yang akan terjadi atas mereka, yaitu: mereka akan menjadi orang buangan dan tawanan.
Tell [them], ‘[What I did] is a warning to you.’ What has happened to you will happen to them. They will be captured and forced to go to another country.
12 Dalam kegelapan malam raja mereka akan memikul bungkusannya di atas pundaknya lalu berangkat. Orang-orang akan membuat lubang pada tembok supaya ia dapat keluar. Ia akan menutupi matanya sehingga tidak melihat jalan yang dilaluinya.
Their king will put his belongings on his shoulder at dusk and leave. [His servants] will dig a hole through the city wall, [and he will take his belongings] through it. He will cover his face in order [others will not recognize] him.
13 Tetapi Aku akan menebarkan jala-Ku untuk menangkap dia. Lalu akan Kubawa dia ke kota Babel, dan di sana ia akan mati tanpa pernah melihat kota itu.
[it will be as though] I will spread a net for [to be captured]; [enemy soldiers will] capture him and take him to [city]. But he will [be able to] see it; and there he will die.
14 Semua penghuni istana, termasuk para penasihat dan pengawal pribadi raja itu akan Kuceraiberaikan ke segala jurusan. Mereka akan Kukejar dan Kubunuh.
I will scatter in all directions [IDM] all those who have been around him—his advisors and his soldiers—and I will cause his enemies to pursue them, with their swords ready to strike them.
15 Pada waktu mereka Kuceraiberaikan ke tengah-tengah bangsa-bangsa lain di negeri-negeri asing, mereka akan tahu bahwa Akulah TUHAN.
Then, when I scatter them among many nations [DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
16 Sebagian kecil dari mereka akan Kuselamatkan dari peperangan, dari kelaparan, dan wabah penyakit, supaya di tengah-tengah bangsa-bangsa asing itu mereka akan sadar bahwa mereka telah bertindak keji sekali. Maka mereka akan mengakui bahwa Akulah TUHAN."
But I will spare/save a few of them from being killed by swords and from dying from famines or plagues, with the result that in the nations to which they are forced to go, they will realize/admit that they have been doing disgusting things, and they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
17 TUHAN berkata kepadaku,
Then Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
18 "Hai manusia fana, gemetarlah pada waktu engkau makan, dan menggigillah ketakutan pada waktu engkau minum.
“You human, tremble while you eat your food, and shudder fearfully while you drink your water.
19 Sampaikanlah kepada seluruh bangsa apa yang Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi katakan kepada penduduk Yerusalem yang masih tinggal di tanah mereka. Mereka akan gemetar pada waktu makan dan menggigil ketakutan pada waktu minum. Tanah mereka akan menjadi tandus, sebab semua orang yang tinggal di situ terus-menerus melanggar hukum.
Tell [this to] the Israeli people: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about those who are [still] living in Jerusalem and [other places in] Israel: They also will be very anxious/worried [DOU] while they eat their food and drink their water, because their country will [soon] have everything taken away. That will happen because the people who live there [continually] act [very] violently.
20 Kota-kota yang sekarang penuh dengan penduduk akan dihancurkan dan ladang-ladang akan menjadi gurun. Maka tahulah mereka bahwa Akulah TUHAN."
The towns where people live will be devastated, and the land will become barren/empty. Then you people will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
21 TUHAN berkata kepadaku,
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
22 "Hai manusia fana, mengapa orang Israel suka menyebut-nyebut peribahasa ini: 'Masa berganti, tetapi nubuat-nubuat tak kunjung terjadi'?
“You human, the people in Israel have this proverb/saying: ‘The days pass, and [the prophets] predict never happens.’
23 Nah, sampaikanlah kepada mereka bahwa Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, memberi jawaban ini: Peribahasa itu akan Kuhapuskan, sehingga tidak diucapkan lagi di Israel. Sebagai gantinya katakan kepada mereka bahwa masanya telah tiba, dan setiap nubuat akan terjadi.
So say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I am going to prove that (what they say/that proverb) is not correct, and then they will never say that again in Israel.’ Tell them, ‘It will soon be the time when everything that the prophets have predicted will happen.
24 Di Israel tak akan ada lagi penglihatan atau ramalan palsu,
No longer [false prophets tell] to the Israeli people false visions, or prophecies that try to please people.
25 Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi akan berbicara kepada bangsa Israel, dan semua yang Kukatakan pasti akan terjadi, tanpa ditunda-tunda lagi. Dengarlah, hai kaum pemberontak! Pada masa hidupmu akan Kulaksanakan segala yang Kuperingatkan kepadamu. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi sudah berbicara."
Instead, I, Yahweh, will say what I want to tell the people, and what I predict will quickly happen. You rebellious people, I will cause to happen everything that I say will happen. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say.’”
26 Kata TUHAN kepadaku,
Yahweh also gave me this message:
27 "Hai manusia fana, orang-orang Israel mengatakan bahwa penglihatan dan nubuatmu itu baru akan terjadi jauh di kemudian hari.
“You human, the Israeli people are [constantly] saying [about you], ‘The things that he sees in [will not happen soon]. They are [things that will happen] many years from now, far in the future.’
28 Sebab itu, katakanlah kepada mereka bahwa Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, mengatakan: Semua yang Kukatakan pasti akan terjadi, tanpa ditunda-tunda lagi. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi sudah berbicara!"
Therefore say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord [DOU] says: I will no longer [causing to happen] any of the things that I have prophesied. Whatever I have predicted [very soon] happen.’”
