Yesaya 19
1 Inilah pesan tentang Mesir. TUHAN datang ke Mesir mengendarai awan yang cepat. Berhala-berhala Mesir gemetar di hadapan-Nya dan orang Mesir berkecil hati.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Egypt: “Listen to this! I, Yahweh, am coming to Egypt, riding on a fast-moving cloud. The idols in Egypt will tremble when [I appear], and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid [IDM].
2 TUHAN berkata, "Aku akan membangkitkan perang saudara di Mesir: Saudara lawan saudara, tetangga lawan tetangga, kota lawan kota dan kerajaan lawan kerajaan.
I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province.
3 Aku akan menggagalkan rencana-rencana Mesir dan mematahkan semangat mereka. Mereka akan minta pertolongan kepada berhala-berhala, minta nasihat dan petunjuk kepada dukun-dukun dan roh-roh.
The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do.
4 Mesir akan Kuserahkan ke tangan seorang raja lalim yang memerintah mereka dengan kejam. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara."
Then I will enable someone who will treat them very cruelly to become their king [DOU].” That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.
5 Air Sungai Nil akan surut dan lambat laun mengering.
[Some day] the water in the [Nile] River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry [DOU].
6 Terusan-terusan akan berbau busuk waktu airnya makin habis. Gelagah dan rumput akan menjadi layu.
The branches of the river will all dry up [DOU] The canals along the river will stink because of the rotting reeds and (bulrushes/tall grass).
7 Seluruh persemaian di sepanjang tepi Sungai Nil akan menjadi kering lalu diterbangkan angin.
All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear.
8 Para nelayan yang biasa menangkap ikan di sungai itu akan mengaduh dan meratap karena kail dan jala mereka tak berguna lagi. Para penenun akan putus asa;
The fishermen will throw into the river lines with hooks on them and nets, and then they will groan and be very discouraged; they will be sad [because there will be no fish in the river].
9 mereka dan buruh upahan akan bersedih hati dan patah semangat.
Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave.
They will all despair and be very discouraged.
11 Sungguh dungu pemimpin-pemimpin kota Zoan! Orang Mesir yang paling bijaksana memberi nasihat yang bodoh! Berani benar mereka mengatakan kepada raja bahwa mereka keturunan orang-orang bijak dan raja-raja di zaman purbakala!
The officials in Zoan [city in northern Egypt] are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago [RHQ]?
12 Wahai, raja Mesir, di manakah penasihat-penasihat baginda yang pandai itu? Barangkali mereka tahu apa yang direncanakan TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa untuk Mesir.
King, (where are your wise counselors now?/You have no wise counselors now!) [RHQ] If you had any wise counselors, they could tell you what the Commander of the armies of angels has planned to do to Egypt [SAR]!
13 Para pemimpin Zoan dan Memfis adalah orang-orang dungu. Mereka bukannya memimpin, malahan menyesatkan bangsanya.
[Yes], the officials of Zoan have become foolish, and the leaders in Memphis [city in northern Egypt] have deceived themselves. [All] leaders of the people have (caused their people to do wrong things/led their people astray).
14 Tuhanlah yang membuat mereka memberi nasihat yang membingungkan. Akibatnya, Mesir serba salah, dan terhuyung-huyung seperti orang mabuk yang terpeleset di atas muntahnya sendiri.
Yahweh has caused them to be very foolish, with the result that in everything that they do, [it is as though the people of] Egypt stagger like [SIM] a drunken person staggers [and slips] in his own vomit.
15 Di Mesir tak ada orang yang masih berdaya, baik penguasa maupun rakyat, baik orang penting maupun orang biasa.
There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, [who will be able to help them].
16 Akan tiba saatnya bangsa Mesir menjadi seperti wanita yang pengecut dan penakut. Mereka gemetar ketakutan bila melihat TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa mengacungkan tangan-Nya untuk menghukum mereka.
At that time, the people of Egypt will be [as helpless] as [SIM] women. They will tremble, being terrified [because they know that] the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, [ready to strike/punish them].
17 Tanah Yehuda menjadi kegemparan bagi orang Mesir setiap kali mereka diingatkan kepada keputusan TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa tentang mereka.
The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because [that will remind them] of what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, is planning to do to them.
18 Pada waktu itu bahasa Ibrani akan dipakai dalam lima kota Mesir. Orang-orang di sana mengangkat sumpah demi nama TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa. Salah satu kota itu akan dinamakan "Kota Matahari".
At that time, [people in] five cities in Egypt will solemnly declare that they will serve Yahweh. They will [learn to] speak the Hebrew language. One of those cities will be called ‘City of the Sun’.
19 Pada waktu itu di pusat negeri Mesir akan ada sebuah mezbah untuk TUHAN, dan di perbatasannya sebuah tiang batu yang dikhususkan untuk TUHAN.
At that time, there will be an altar for worshiping Yahweh in the center of Egypt, and there will be a (pillar/large rock) to honor Yahweh at the border [between Egypt and Israel].
20 Mezbah dan tiang itu merupakan lambang kehadiran TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa di Mesir. Apabila bangsa itu ditindas, dan mereka berseru minta tolong kepada TUHAN, Ia akan mengutus seseorang untuk menyelamatkan mereka.
That will be a sign to indicate that the Commander of the armies of angels is worshiped in the land of Egypt. And when the people cry out to Yahweh to help them because others are (oppressing them/causing them to suffer), he will send to them someone who will defend and rescue them.
21 TUHAN akan menyatakan diri kepada bangsa Mesir, dan mereka akan mengenal dan menyembah Dia, serta membawa kurban dan persembahan kepada-Nya. Mereka akan mengucapkan janji kepada-Nya dengan sumpah dan melaksanakannya.
Yahweh will enable the people of Egypt to know who he is, and at that time they will have a close relationship with Yahweh and worship him and bring to him offerings of grain and other sacrifices. They will solemnly promise to do things for Yahweh, and they will do what they promise.
22 TUHAN akan menghajar bangsa Mesir, tetapi sesudahnya Ia akan menyembuhkan mereka. Mereka akan berbalik kepada TUHAN, dan Ia akan mendengarkan doa mereka serta memberi kesembuhan.
After Yahweh has punished Egypt, he will cause their troubles to end. The people of Egypt will turn to Yahweh, and he will listen when they plead to him [for help], and he will cause their troubles to cease.
23 Pada waktu itu akan ada jalan raya antara Mesir dan Asyur. Penduduk dari kedua negeri itu akan pulang pergi lewat jalan itu dan mereka akan beribadat bersama-sama.
At that time, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. [As a result], the people of Egypt will [be able to] travel [easily] to Assyria, and the people of Assyria [will be able to travel easily] to Egypt. And the people of both countries will worship [Yahweh].
24 Pada waktu itu Israel akan sama kedudukannya dengan Mesir dan Asyur, dan ketiga bangsa itu akan menjadi berkat bagi seluruh dunia.
And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be [friendly to] each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.
25 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa akan memberkati mereka dan berkata, "Kuberkati kamu, hai Mesir umat-Ku, Asyur ciptaan-Ku, dan Israel umat pilihan-Ku."
The Commander of the armies of angels will bless them, saying, “[You people of] Egypt are now my people. You people of Assyria, I have established your country. You people of Israel are the people whom I have chosen to belong to me.”
