Yesaya 10

1 Celakalah kamu yang membuat hukum-hukum yang tak adil untuk menindas bangsa-Ku.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,

2 Dengan cara itu kamu mencegah orang miskin mendapat hak dan keadilan, dan merampas milik para janda dan yatim piatu.

to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

3 Apa yang akan kamu buat pada hari Allah menghukum kamu? Apa dayamu pada waktu Ia mendatangkan bencana dari negeri yang jauh? Kepada siapa kamu akan minta tolong? Di mana akan kamu sembunyikan kekayaanmu itu?

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?

4 Nasibmu hanyalah dibunuh dalam perang atau digiring sebagai tawanan. Tetapi TUHAN masih marah dan tetap menghukum.

They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

5 TUHAN berkata, "Celakalah Asyur! Asyur Kupakai sebagai cambuk dan pentung untuk memukul orang-orang yang kena kemarahan-Ku.

Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

6 Aku mengirim Asyur untuk menyerang bangsa-Ku yang murtad dan yang membuat Aku marah. Aku mengutus Asyur untuk merampok dan mencuri dan menginjak-injak bangsa-Ku seperti debu di jalan."

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath. I will give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 Tetapi raja Asyur mempunyai rencananya sendiri. Ia bertekad untuk memakai kekerasan dan membinasakan banyak bangsa.

However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

8 Ia menyombongkan diri, katanya, "Panglima-panglimaku semuanya raja-raja!

For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings?

9 Kurebut kota-kota Kalno dan Karkemis, Hamat dan Arpad. Kurebut juga kota-kota Samaria dan Damsyik.

Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

10 Kukalahkan kerajaan-kerajaan yang menyembah berhala-berhala yang lebih berkuasa dari yang ada di Yerusalem dan Samaria.

As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images excelled those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,

11 Samaria dan semua berhalanya sudah kubinasakan. Yang sama akan kulakukan di Yerusalem dengan semua berhala yang disembah di sana."

shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

12 Tetapi TUHAN berkata, "Kalau yang hendak Kulakukan di Bukit Sion dan di Yerusalem itu sudah selesai, Aku akan menghukum raja Asyur karena kesombongan dan keangkuhannya."

Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

13 Raja Asyur membual, katanya, "Semua itu kulakukan dengan kuasaku sendiri. Aku bijaksana dan pintar. Kuhapus batas-batas antara bangsa-bangsa, dan kurampas persediaan mereka. Seperti banteng aku menginjak-injak orang-orang yang memerintah.

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. And I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. And like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit on thrones.

14 Bangsa-bangsa di dunia seperti sarang burung; dengan gampang harta mereka kuambil, seperti orang meraup telur yang ditinggalkan di sarang. Tak ada sayap yang menggelepar, tak ada yang membuka paruhnya atau menciap-ciap."

And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples. And like a gathering of eggs that are forsaken, I have gathered all the earth. And there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.

15 Tetapi TUHAN berkata, "Dapatkah kapak membanggakan diri terhadap orang yang memakainya? Apakah gergaji lebih penting dari orang yang menggunakannya? Bukan pentung yang mengangkat orang, melainkan oranglah yang mengangkat pentung."

Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him who is not wood.

16 Karena orang Asyur telah menyombongkan diri, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan mendatangkan wabah penyakit untuk menghukum perwira-perwira yang tegap-tegap. Mereka akan mengidap demam tinggi seperti api yang membakar terus-menerus.

Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness, and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.

17 Allah yang suci, Cahaya Israel, akan menjadi seperti nyala api yang dalam satu hari membakar habis segala sesuatu, bahkan semak-semak berduri.

And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

18 Hutan-hutan lebat dan ladang-ladang subur di negeri Asyur akan dibinasakan sama sekali, seperti orang sakit yang merana sampai mati.

And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. And it shall be as when a standard-bearer faints.

19 Pohon-pohon akan tinggal sedikit saja, sehingga anak kecil pun dapat menghitungnya.

And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.

20 Waktunya akan tiba sisa bangsa Israel yang terluput tidak lagi menggantungkan nasibnya kepada bangsa penguasa yang hampir membinasakan mereka, melainkan kepada TUHAN, Allah kudus Israel.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him who smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 Sisa kecil bangsa Israel akan bertobat kepada Allah yang perkasa.

A remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

22 Biarpun orang Israel sekarang sama banyaknya dengan butir-butir pasir di laut, hanya beberapa saja akan kembali. Hukuman TUHAN sudah dekat, dan memang pantas dan adil bangsa itu dibinasakan.

For though thy people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

23 Ya, seluruh negeri akan dihancurkan oleh TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa; itulah keputusan TUHAN, dan tidak dapat diubah lagi.

For a full end, and that determined, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will make in the midst of all the earth.

24 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata kepada umat-Nya yang tinggal di Sion, "Jangan takut kepada orang Asyur, walaupun mereka menindas dan menganiaya kamu seperti yang dilakukan orang Mesir dahulu.

Therefore thus says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smites thee with the rod, and lifts up his staff against thee, according to the manner of Egypt.

25 Dalam waktu singkat kemarahan-Ku kepadamu berhenti, lalu mereka akan Kubinasakan.

For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and my anger is to his destruction.

26 Aku TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, akan mencambuk mereka dengan cemeti, seperti Kuhajar orang Midian di gunung batu Oreb. Asyur akan Kuhukum, seperti Aku menghukum Mesir.

And Jehovah of hosts will stir up against him a scourge as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up according to the manner of Egypt.

27 Pada waktu itu Aku akan membebaskan kamu dari penindasan Asyur, dan mereka tidak lagi berkuasa atas kamu."

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.

28 Tentara Asyur sudah merebut kota Ayat. Mereka sudah melewati Migron! Perbekalan mereka ditinggalkan di Mikhmas!

He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he lays up his baggage.

29 Mereka sudah lewat penyeberangan dan bermalam di Geba! Penduduk kota Rama gemetar, dan penduduk Gibea, kota Raja Saul, telah melarikan diri.

They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.

30 Berteriaklah, hai penduduk Galim! Dengarlah, penduduk Laisya! Jawablah, penduduk Anatot!

Cry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!

31 Penduduk Madmena dan Gebim lari mengungsi.

Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

32 Hari ini musuh berada di kota Nob, dan di sana mereka mengepalkan tinju ke arah Bukit Sion, ke kota Yerusalem.

This very day he shall halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan merobohkan mereka seperti dahan ditebang dari pohon. Yang paling megah dan tinggi di antaranya akan dipotong dan dirobohkan.

Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop off the boughs with terror. And the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.

34 TUHAN akan menumbangkan mereka seperti pohon di tengah hutan ditebang dengan kapak. Walaupun mereka kuat seperti pohon yang paling hebat di Libanon, mereka akan roboh juga!

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.