Yesaya 17
1 TUHAN berkata, "Damsyik tidak lagi merupakan kota, tetapi hanya tumpukan puing-puing.
A message about Damascus. Look, Damascus will cease to exist as city. Instead it will become a pile of ruins.
2 Kota-kota di Siria akan ditinggalkan untuk selama-lamanya dan menjadi tempat kawanan ternak; tak seorang pun akan menghalaukan mereka.
The towns of Aroer will be abandoned. Flocks will live in the streets and rest there, because there won't be anyone to chase them away.
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."
The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, Damascus will no longer be a kingdom, and those that are left of the Arameans will be like the lost glory of Israel, declares the Lord Almighty.
4 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya kejayaan Israel berakhir, dan kemakmurannya lenyap.
At that time the glory of Jacob will fade away; he will lose his strength.
5 Israel akan seperti ladang di Refaim yang habis dituai gandumnya, dan hanya tersisa sedikit.
It will look as empty as fields after reapers have harvested the grain, gathering up the grain in their arms. It will be like when people pick the heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
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."
Yet there will be some left behind, like an olive tree that has been shaken—two or three ripe olives are left at the top of the tree, four or five on its lower branches, declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 Pada hari itu orang akan kembali minta tolong kepada Penciptanya, Allah kudus Israel.
At that time people will pay attention to their Creator and look 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.
They won't believe in the altars they built and the idols they made; they will not look to the Asherah poles or the altars of incense.
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.
At that time their fortified cities will be like places left to be taken over by bushes and trees, just as they were previously abandoned when the Israelites invaded. The country will become completely 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.
You have forgotten the God who saves you; you have not remembered the Rock who protects you. So, even though you plant beautiful plants and grow exotic vines,
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.
even though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and have them blossom in the morning that you sow them, your harvest will heap of trouble on a day of grief and pain that cannot be cured.
12 Bangsa-bangsa kuat sedang ribut; bunyinya gemuruh seperti deru ombak laut yang hebat.
Disaster is coming to the many nations that growl, growling like the raging sea! Disaster is coming to the peoples who roar, roaring like thundering waters!
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.
The nations roar like the roaring of crashing waves. But he confronts them, and they run far away, blown by the wind like chaff on the mountains, like tumbleweeds driven by a storm.
14 Di waktu senja mereka mendatangkan ketakutan yang hebat, tetapi menjelang pagi mereka sudah hilang. Itulah nasib setiap orang yang merampasi kita.
Sudden terror comes in the evening! By morning, they're gone! This is what happens to those who loot us, the fate of those who plunder us.
