Yesaya 17
1 TUHAN berkata, "Damsyik tidak lagi merupakan kota, tetapi hanya tumpukan puing-puing.
THE WORD AGAINST DAMASCUS. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from amongst cities, and shall become a ruin;
2 Kota-kota di Siria akan ditinggalkan untuk selama-lamanya dan menjadi tempat kawanan ternak; tak seorang pun akan menghalaukan mereka.
abandoned for ever, to [be] a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.
3 Israel akan kehilangan perlindungannya dan Damsyik kehilangan kemerdekaannya. Orang Siria yang masih sisa akan hidup dalam kehinaan seperti orang Israel. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, sudah berbicara."
And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for you are no better than the children of Israel, [even] than their glory; thus says the Lord of hosts.
4 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya kejayaan Israel berakhir, dan kemakmurannya lenyap.
There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken.
5 Israel akan seperti ladang di Refaim yang habis dituai gandumnya, dan hanya tersisa sedikit.
And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley;
6 Seperti pohon zaitun yang habis dipetik buahnya, dan tinggal beberapa saja di ujung-ujung dahan-dahannya, begitu juga di Israel sedikit orang saja yang akan selamat. Aku, TUHAN, Allah Israel, telah berbicara."
and [as if] there should be left stubble therein, or [as it were] the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or [as if] four or five should be left on their branches; thus says the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 Pada hari itu orang akan kembali minta tolong kepada Penciptanya, Allah kudus Israel.
In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 Mereka tak akan lagi mengharapkan hasil dari buatan mereka sendiri, yaitu mezbah-mezbah tempat membakar dupa, dan patung-patung Dewi Asyera.
And they shall not at all trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made; and they shall not look to the trees, nor to their abominations.
9 Pada hari itu, kota-kota Israel yang kuat pertahanannya akan menjadi reruntuhan dan sunyi sepi, seperti kota-kota yang ditinggalkan oleh orang Hewi dan Amori ketika mereka lari dari orang Israel.
In that day your cities shall be deserted, as the Amorites and the Evaeans deserted [theirs], because of the children of Israel; and they shall be desolate.
10 Israel, engkau telah melupakan Allah yang menyelamatkan dan melindungi engkau seperti gunung batu yang kokoh. Sebaliknya, engkau telah menanami kebun-kebun untuk dewa-dewa.
Because you have forsaken God your Saviour, and have not been mindful of the Lord your helper; therefore shall you plant a false plant, and a false seed.
11 Tapi sekalipun tanaman itu langsung bertunas dan berbunga pada hari engkau menanamnya, namun tak akan ada hasilnya. Yang ada hanyalah kesusahan dan rasa sakit yang tak dapat hilang.
In the day wherein you shall plant you shall be deceived; but if you sow in the morning, [the seed] shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein you shall obtain an inheritance, and as a man's father, you shall obtain an inheritance for your sons.
12 Bangsa-bangsa kuat sedang ribut; bunyinya gemuruh seperti deru ombak laut yang hebat.
Woe [to] the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall you be confounded; and the force of many nations shall sound like water;
13 Mereka maju seperti banjir yang dahsyat. Tetapi Allah mengancam mereka, lalu mereka melarikan diri sampai jauh. Mereka dikejar seperti sekam di lereng bukit diterbangkan angin, atau debu ditiup badai.
many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel.
14 Di waktu senja mereka mendatangkan ketakutan yang hebat, tetapi menjelang pagi mereka sudah hilang. Itulah nasib setiap orang yang merampasi kita.
Towards evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance.
