Yesaya 30

1 TUHAN berkata, "Celakalah para pemimpin Yehuda, karena mereka memberontak terhadap Aku. Mereka mengikuti rencana-rencana yang bukan rencana-Ku. Mereka menandatangani perjanjian yang bertentangan dengan kehendak-Ku. Maka bertumpuk-tumpuklah dosa mereka.

Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance [with the rulers of Egypt], but you did not ask my Spirit [if that was what you should do]. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.

2 Mereka pergi ke Mesir tanpa minta keputusan-Ku. Mereka berlindung pada Mesir dan mengharapkan pertolongan raja Mesir.

You went to Egypt [to ask their rulers for help], without asking for my advice. You have trusted in [the army of] the king of Egypt to protect you; you have [trusted in them] [like] people sit in the shade [to protect themselves from the sun] [MET].

3 Tetapi raja itu akan mengecewakan mereka, dan perlindungan yang diharapkan dari Mesir akan gagal.

[But] the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be [disappointed and] disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated.

4 Walaupun utusan-utusan Yehuda sudah sampai di kota-kota Zoan dan Hanes di Mesir,

Officials/ambassadors [from Judah] have gone to Zoan and Hanes [cities in Egypt to make treaties],

5 semua orang akan menjadi malu karena telah mengandalkan bangsa yang tidak berguna bagi mereka. Yang mereka dapat bukannya keuntungan atau pertolongan, melainkan penghinaan."

but all those [who trust in the King of Egypt] will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made [requesting help from them] will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced [DOU].”

6 Beginilah pesan TUHAN tentang binatang-binatang yang mendiami tanah selatan, "Para utusan memuati keledai dan unta mereka dengan hadiah-hadiah, lalu melintasi daerah yang penuh mara bahaya yang didiami singa, ular berbisa dan naga bersayap. Hadiah-hadiah itu mereka persembahkan kepada suatu bangsa yang tak dapat menolong mereka.

[I received from Yahweh] this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where [people experience a lot of] troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. [They are taking them] to Egypt to seek for protection [by the army of Egypt], [but] it will be useless.

7 Bantuan Mesir percuma saja. Sebab itu Mesir Kuberi julukan, 'Naga yang tidak berbahaya'."

The promises made by [the king of] Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’.

8 Allah menyuruh saya mencatat kejahatan umat-Nya dalam sebuah buku sebagai peringatan untuk selama-lamanya.

Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness [to the people of Judah] that would endure forever.

9 Sebab, mereka itu bangsa yang suka memberontak terhadap Allah, suka berbohong dan tak pernah mau mendengarkan ajaran TUHAN.

[It would remind them] that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them.

10 Mereka berkata kepada para nabi, "Tutup mulut! Jangan mengatakan kepada kami apa yang benar, tetapi apa yang ingin kami dengar. Biarkan kami tetap berkhayal.

They tell the people who see/receive visions [from Yahweh], “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true!

11 Menyingkirlah, dan ambillah jalan lain. Jangan mengganggu kami dengan Allah kudus Israel."

Stop doing what you have been doing [DOU]; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel [says to us]!”

12 Karena itu Allah kudus Israel berkata begini, "Kamu menolak perkataan-Ku dan mengandalkan penindasan serta penipuan.

Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others.

13 Sebab itu kamu bersalah. Kamu seperti tembok tinggi yang retak dari atas ke bawah; dengan tiba-tiba saja kamu akan roboh.

Therefore, the result of your sin [of rejecting me] will be that you will [suddenly experience disasters]; what will happen to you will be like [SIM] a cracked wall that suddenly collapses [DOU].

14 Kamu akan remuk seperti periuk tanah yang pecah berantakan, sehingga di antara remukannya tak ada yang dapat dipakai untuk mengambil bara dari tungku atau untuk mencedok air dari dalam bak."

You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed [when it is dropped], and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.”

15 TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, Allah kudus Israel, berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Bertobatlah dan tetaplah tenang, maka kamu akan Kuselamatkan. Percayalah kepada-Ku dengan hati yang tentram, maka kamu akan Kukuatkan." Tetapi kamu tidak mau!

Yahweh, [our] God, the Holy One of Israel, [also] says this: “You will be rescued [from your enemies only] if you repent and trust [in what I will do for you]; you will be strong [only] if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want [to do that].

16 Malah kamu membuat rencana untuk melarikan diri dari musuh dengan mengendarai kuda yang cepat. Bagus! Memang kamu nanti harus lari! Kamu pikir kudamu itu cukup kencang larinya, padahal pengejar-pengejarmu jauh lebih cepat.

You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses [that the army of Egypt will give us]!’ So, you will [try to] flee. You said, ‘We will [escape from the army of Assyria] by riding on swift horses!’ [But] those who pursue you will [also ride] swiftly.

17 Seribu orang akan lari melihat ancaman satu orang musuh, dan ancaman lima orang membuat kamu lari semua. Dari pasukanmu hanya tinggal satu tiang bendera di atas puncak bukit.

[As a result], 1,000 [of you] will flee when [only] one of them pursues you! When only five [of their soldiers] threaten [to kill you], [all of] will flee. [Only a few of] you will be left, like [SIM] a [single] flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.”

18 Walaupun begitu, TUHAN menanti-nantikan saatnya untuk menunjukkan belas kasihan-Nya kepadamu. Ia siap sedia untuk mengasihani kamu. Sebab TUHAN adalah Allah yang melakukan apa yang tepat. Berbahagialah orang yang berharap kepada-Nya.

[But] wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. [Do not forget that] Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.

19 Hai kamu yang tinggal di Yerusalem, kamu tidak akan terus menangis. TUHAN berbelaskasihan, dan segera menjawab kamu bila kamu berseru minta tolong kepada-Nya.

You people who live in Jerusalem [DOU], [some day] you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call.

20 TUHAN memberi kamu masa percobaan yang berat untuk mengajar kamu. Tetapi sekarang Ia sendiri mendampingi kamu sehingga kamu mengalami kehadiran-Nya.

Although [now] Yahweh has caused you to [daily] experience [MET] great troubles and suffer much, [he], your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He [SYN] will teach you many things clearly.

21 Bila kamu menyimpang dari jalan, di belakangmu akan terdengar suara-Nya yang berkata, "Inilah jalannya; ikutlah jalan ini."

And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. [Right] behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!”

22 Patung-patung berhalamu yang berlapis perak dan emas akan kamu buang seperti kotoran, sambil berkata, "Pergilah dariku!"

When that happens, you will destroy [all] your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!”

23 Apabila kamu menabur benih, TUHAN akan mengirim hujan supaya benih itu tumbuh dan menghasilkan panenan yang berlimpah-limpah. Bagi ternakmu akan tersedia padang rumput yang luas.

[If you do that], Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat.

24 Sapi jantan dan keledai yang membajak ladangmu akan makan makanan ternak yang paling baik yang disiapkan secara khusus.

After the wind [blows away the chaff], the oxen and donkeys that [pull the plow to] plow your ground will have good grain to eat.

25 Pada hari benteng-benteng musuhmu dikepung dan orang-orangnya dibunuh, setiap gunung dan bukit akan memancarkan anak-anak sungai.

At that time, when [your enemies] have been slaughtered and their towers have (collapsed/been destroyed), there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain [in Judah].

26 Bulan akan bersinar seterang matahari, dan matahari akan tujuh kali lebih cerah dari biasanya, seperti terang tujuh hari dikumpulkan menjadi satu. Semua itu akan terjadi pada waktu TUHAN membalut dan menyembuhkan luka-luka umat-Nya yang sudah dideranya.

The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes [the suffering of] his people [to cease; it will be as though] [MET] he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them.

27 Kekuasaan dan keagungan TUHAN nampak dari jauh. Api dan asap menunjukkan kemarahan-Nya. Ia berbicara dengan mereka, dan kata-kata-Nya membakar seperti api.

[It is as though] we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.

28 Ia menyuruh angin mendahului-Nya seperti banjir setinggi leher yang menghanyutkan segalanya. Ia membinasakan bangsa-bangsa, dan menggagalkan rencana-rencana mereka yang jahat.

His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers [his enemies] up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy [some of them]; [it is as though] he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.

29 Tetapi kamu, umat Allah, akan bergembira dan menyanyi seperti pada malam perayaan agama. Kamu akan bersukacita seperti orang-orang yang berjalan dengan iringan seruling menuju Rumah TUHAN, pembela Israel.

But [his people] will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] [a large group of his people] are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes [when they are all going there to worship Yahweh]. He is [like] [MET] a huge rock under which [we] Israeli people [are safe].

30 TUHAN akan memperdengarkan suara-Nya yang agung, dan setiap orang akan merasakan kuasa-Nya yang hebat. Kemarahan-Nya akan mendatangkan api yang menghanguskan, hujan lebat, hujan batu dan badai.

And Yahweh will enable [us] to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. [We] will see him [SYN] smash [his enemies]. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail [to punish them].

31 Orang Asyur akan gempar bila mendengar suara TUHAN dan merasakan hukuman-Nya yang berat.

[The soldiers of] Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod.

32 Sementara mereka merasakan pukulan-pukulan-Nya, umat TUHAN bersenang-senang dengan musik gendang dan kecapi. Allah sendiri akan berperang melawan orang Asyur.

And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, [his people] will [celebrate by] playing tambourines and harps. [It will be as though] Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle.

33 Sejak dahulu sudah disiapkan tempat pembakaran untuk raja Asyur. Tempat itu dalam dan lebar, berisi kayu bakar yang bertimbun-timbun. TUHAN akan menyalakannya dengan meniupkan napas-Nya seperti sungai belerang.

[The valley of] Topheth [outside Jerusalem] has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king [of Assyria]; the (funeral pyre/pile of wood) [for burning his body] is wide and high, and [it will be as though] Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur.