Yesaya 33
1 Celakalah musuh-musuh kita! Mereka merampok walaupun tidak dirampok, dan berkhianat walaupun tidak dikhianati. Tetapi sesudah merampok dan berkhianat, mereka sendiri akan menjadi korban perampokan dan pengkhianatan.
Tragedy is coming to you, you destroyer who has not experienced destruction yourself, you deceiver who has not experienced deception yourself! When you have finished with your destroying, you will be destroyed yourself. Then you are finished with your deceiving, you will be deceived yourselves.
2 Ya TUHAN, kasihanilah kami. Engkaulah harapan kami. Lindungilah kami dari hari ke hari dan selamatkanlah kami di waktu kesesakan.
Lord, please be kind to us; we put our confidence in you. Be the strength we rely on every morning; be our salvation in times of trouble.
3 Jika Engkau bangkit dan memperdengarkan suara-Mu yang gemuruh, bangsa-bangsa akan lari dan tercerai-berai.
When you roar, the peoples run away; when you prepare for action, the nations scatter!
4 Seperti kawanan belalang orang menyerbu dan merampok harta mereka.
You plunder defeated enemy armies like caterpillars eating up plants; like an attack of swarming locusts.
5 TUHAN sangat luhur; Ia menguasai segala-galanya. Ia akan menegakkan hukum dan keadilan di Yerusalem
The Lord is praised for he lives in highest heaven; he has filled Zion with justice and right.
6 dan memberi keamanan kepada umat-Nya. Harta yang menyelamatkan mereka adalah kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan serta hormat kepada TUHAN.
He will be your constant support throughout your lives an abundant source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Reverence for the Lord is what makes Zion rich.
7 Orang-orang yang gagah berani berteriak minta tolong; para utusan yang mengusahakan perdamaian menangis dengan pedih.
But look! Even your bravest soldiers are crying loudly in the street; the messengers you sent to ask for peace are weeping bitterly.
8 Jalan-jalan raya sangat berbahaya sehingga menjadi sunyi; tak ada orang yang melaluinya. Perjanjian diingkari dan persetujuan ditolak. Tak ada lagi yang dihiraukan.
Your highways are deserted; nobody's traveling on your roads anymore. He breaks the treaty; he despises the witnesses; he doesn't care about anybody.
9 Negeri ditinggalkan menjadi sepi. Hutan-hutan Libanon merana, dan lembah Saron yang subur menjadi seperti padang gurun. Di Basan dan di Gunung Karmel daun-daun berguguran.
Israel is in mourning and fades away; Lebanon withers in shame; the fields of Sharon have become a desert; the forests of Bashan and Carmel have shed their leaves.
10 TUHAN berkata kepada bangsa itu, "Sekarang Aku akan bangkit dan bertindak menunjukkan kekuasaan-Ku.
“But now I'm going to intervene!” says the Lord. “I'm prepared to act! I will show myself to be above all others!
11 Rencanamu sia-sia, dan segala yang kamu lakukan tak ada gunanya. Kemarahanmu seperti api yang membinasakan dirimu sendiri.
All you give birth to is only dry grass, all you deliver is just stubble. Your breath is a fire that will burn you up.
12 Kamu seperti batu karang yang dibakar untuk dijadikan kapur; seperti semak duri yang ditebang dan dibakar dalam api.
You people will be burned to ashes like thorns that are cut down and thrown into the fire.
13 Biarlah semua orang yang dekat maupun yang jauh mendengar tentang perbuatan-Ku dan mengakui kekuasaan-Ku."
Those of you who are far away, recognize what I have accomplished; those of you who are nearby, recognize how powerful I am.”
14 Orang-orang berdosa di Sion gemetar ketakutan. Kata mereka, "Keputusan Allah seperti api yang menyala untuk selama-lamanya. Mungkinkah ada yang bisa bertahan dalam api yang memusnahkan itu?"
The sinners who live in Zion tremble with fear; those who are irreligious are overcome with terror. They ask, “Who can live with this fire that consumes everything? Who can live among such everlasting burning?”
15 Kamu dapat bertahan kalau kamu berkata dan berbuat yang benar. Jangan mencari untung dengan memeras orang miskin, dan jangan menerima uang suap. Jangan ikut dengan orang yang merencanakan pembunuhan atau kejahatan lain.
Those who live right and speak the truth, those who refuse to profit from extortion and refuse to take bribes, who don't listen to plots to kill people, who close their eyes rather than look at evil.
16 Maka kamu akan terlindung dan aman, seolah-olah berada di dalam benteng yang kuat. Makanan dan minuman akan tersedia bagimu.
They will live on high; they will be protected by the mountain fortresses; they will always be provided with food and will always have water.
17 Akan tiba saatnya kamu melihat seorang raja yang memerintah dengan semarak atas negeri yang terbentang ke segala penjuru.
You will see the king in his wonderful appearance, and you will view a land that stretches into the distance.
18 Ketakutanmu yang sudah-sudah terhadap pemungut pajak, penjabat dan pengawas asing tinggal kenangan saja.
In your mind you will think about the terrifying things that were expected, and then ask yourself, “Where are the enemy officials—the scribes who were to record events, the treasurers who were to weigh the looted money, the surveyors who were to count and destroy the towers?”
19 Kamu tak akan lagi melihat orang-orang asing biadab yang berbicara dalam bahasa yang tidak kamu mengerti.
You won't see these offensive people anymore with their barbaric language that sounds like someone stammering and is impossible to understand.
20 Pandanglah kota Sion, tempat kita merayakan pesta-pesta agama. Pandanglah Yerusalem! Alangkah amannya tempat itu untuk didiami, seperti kemah yang tak pernah dipindahkan, patoknya tak pernah dicabut dan talinya tak pernah putus.
On the contrary, you'll see Zion as a festival city. You will view Jerusalem as a quiet and peaceful place. It will be like a tent that's never taken down, whose tent-pegs are never pulled up, whose guy ropes never snap.
21 TUHAN akan memperlihatkan keagungan-Nya kepada kita. Kita akan hidup di tepi sungai yang lebar, yang tak dapat dilayari kapal musuh.
Right here our majestic Lord will be like a place of broad rivers and waters that no enemy ship with oars can cross—no great ship can pass.
22 Semua perlengkapan di kapal mereka tak ada gunanya; layar-layarnya tak dapat dibentangkan! Semua kekayaan pasukan musuh akan kita rampas, dan jumlahnya sangat banyak, sehingga orang lumpuh pun mendapat bagian. TUHAN sendiri akan menjadi raja kita; Ia akan memerintah, menegakkan hukum dan menyelamatkan kita dari musuh.
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king. He is the one who will save us.
The rigging on your ship hangs loose so the mast isn't secure and the sail can't be spread. Then all the looted treasure you're carrying will be divided among the victors—even those who are lame will have their share.
24 Tak seorang pun di negeri kita akan mengeluh karena sakit, dan semua dosa akan diampuni.
Nobody in Israel will say, “I'm sick,” and those who live there will have their guilt removed.
