Yesaya 14
1 TUHAN akan mengasihani Israel umat-Nya, dan memilih mereka lagi menjadi milik-Nya. Ia akan menempatkan mereka kembali di negeri mereka sendiri. Orang asing akan datang dan bergabung dengan mereka.
Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.
2 Banyak bangsa akan menolong bangsa Israel untuk kembali ke negeri yang diberikan TUHAN kepada mereka, dan di sana bangsa-bangsa itu akan berhamba kepada Israel. Israel akan menawan orang-orang yang pernah menawannya dan memerintah orang-orang yang pernah menindasnya.
And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.
3 TUHAN akan membebaskan orang Israel dari kesakitan dan penderitaannya, dan dari kerja berat yang dipaksakan kepadanya.
And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,
4 Apabila TUHAN melakukan itu, mereka akan mengejek raja Babel begini, "Raja yang kejam sudah jatuh! Ia tak dapat menindas lagi.
you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
5 TUHAN sudah mengakhiri pemerintahan penguasa-penguasa jahat
The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
6 yang dengan marah menindas bangsa-bangsa dan terus-menerus menganiaya mereka.
which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.
7 Akhirnya seluruh dunia akan aman dan tentram, dan setiap orang bernyanyi gembira.
All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.
8 Pohon eru dan pohon cemara Libanon bergembira karena raja yang kejam itu telah jatuh, dan sesudah ia pergi, tak ada yang menyuruh menebang mereka!
The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’
9 Dunia orang mati ramai-ramai menyambut raja Babel itu. Maka terjagalah arwah orang-orang yang dahulu berkuasa di bumi, dan arwah para raja bangkit dari takhta mereka. (Sheol h7585)
Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Mereka semua berseru kepadanya, 'Hai! Sekarang engkau seperti kami, lemah dan tak berdaya!
Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.
11 Dahulu engkau dihormati dengan musik kecapi, tetapi sekarang sudah berada di kesunyian dunia orang mati. Ulat-ulat menjadi ranjangmu dan cacing menjadi selimutmu.' (Sheol h7585)
Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering. (Sheol h7585)
12 Hai raja Babel, dahulu engkau bintang pagi yang cemerlang, tapi sekarang sudah jatuh dari langit! Dahulu engkau mengalahkan bangsa-bangsa, tapi sekarang dicampakkan ke tanah.
How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?
13 Engkau bertekad naik ke langit dan menempatkan takhtamu di atas bintang yang tertinggi! Kaupikir engkau dapat duduk sebagai raja di atas gunung sebelah utara, tempat dewa-dewa berkumpul.
And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.
14 Engkau berkata, bahwa engkau akan naik ke atas ketinggian awan-awan dan menjadi seperti Yang Mahatinggi.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’
Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit. (Sheol h7585)
16 Mereka yang berada di situ akan memandang dan menatap engkau. Mereka akan bertanya, 'Inikah orangnya yang menggentarkan bumi dan menggemparkan kerajaan-kerajaan?
Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,
17 Diakah yang menghancurkan kota-kota dan mengubah dunia menjadi padang pasir? Dia inikah yang tak pernah melepaskan tawanan-tawanannya atau membiarkan mereka pulang?'
who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’”
18 Semua bekas raja bangsa-bangsa dimakamkan dengan semarak di makamnya masing-masing,
All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.
19 tetapi engkau tak punya kuburan; mayatmu dibuang seperti tunas yang ditolak, ditimbuni mayat-mayat pejuang yang tewas dalam perang, dan dilemparkan bersama mereka ke liang batu, seperti bangkai yang terinjak-injak.
But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.
20 Engkau sudah membinasakan negerimu dan membunuh bangsamu sendiri. Karena itu engkau tak akan dikuburkan seperti raja-raja lain. Tak seorang pun dari keluargamu yang jahat itu akan diselamatkan.
You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.
21 Pembantaian akan segera dimulai! Putra-putramu akan mati karena dosa leluhur mereka. Tak seorang pun dari mereka akan memerintah di bumi atau membangun kota-kota."
Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Aku akan menyerang Babel dan melenyapkannya. Tak seorang pun akan Kuselamatkan, bahkan anak-anak tidak Kubiarkan hidup. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.
23 Babel akan Kujadikan rawa-rawa yang didiami burung hantu. Babel akan Kusapu bersih. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara."
And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.
24 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa bersumpah: "Yang sudah Kurencanakan itu pasti akan terlaksana.
The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,
25 Orang Asyur di Israel negeri-Ku, akan Kubinasakan, dan yang ada di gunung-gunung-Ku akan Kuinjak-injak. Aku akan membebaskan bangsa-Ku dari penindasan dan dari beban yang dipaksakan kepada mereka oleh orang Asyur.
so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26 Inilah rencana-Ku untuk dunia; lengan-Ku terentang untuk menghukum bangsa-bangsa."
This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa sudah memutuskan untuk berbuat demikian. Ia merentangkan tangan-Nya untuk menghukum, dan tak seorang pun dapat mencegah Dia.
For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28 Inilah pesan yang diumumkan dalam tahun Raja Ahas meninggal.
In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:
29 Hai bangsa Filistin, pentung yang dipakai untuk memukulmu sudah patah. Tetapi jangan engkau bergembira, sebab kalau seekor ular mati, ular yang lebih jahat lagi datang menggantikannya, dan telur ular menetaskan naga bersayap.
You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
30 Kamu akan ditimpa kelaparan hebat, dan semua orang yang tersisa akan dibunuh. Sebaliknya, orang yang paling miskin dari umat TUHAN akan mendapat makanan, dan orang-orang yang tak berdaya akan hidup dengan aman sentosa.
And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.
31 Merataplah, dan berteriaklah minta tolong, hai kota-kota Filistin! Hendaklah kamu semua gempar ketakutan! Awan debu mengepul dari utara menandakan kedatangan pasukan musuh; tak ada pengecut di antara mereka.
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.
32 Jawaban apa akan kita berikan kepada utusan-utusan yang datang dari bangsa Filistin? Kita akan mengatakan kepada mereka bahwa TUHAN sudah membangun Sion, dan umat-Nya yang menderita akan mendapat perlindungan di situ.
And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
