Yesaya 42
1 Kata TUHAN, "Inilah hamba-Ku yang Kudukung, orang pilihan-Ku yang menyenangkan hati-Ku. Aku telah memberi kuasa-Ku kepadanya, untuk membawa keadilan bagi setiap bangsa.
[Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about] my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just.
2 Ia tak akan berteriak atau berseru dengan nyaring, suaranya tak akan terdengar di jalan.
He will not [show his power by] shouting [DOU] or by talking very loudly.
3 Buluh yang terkulai tak akan dipatahkannya, pelita yang kelap-kelip tak akan dipadamkannya. Dengan setia ia akan menyatakan kebenaran,
He will not get rid of [anyone who is weak like] [MET] a smashed reed, and he will not [end the life of anyone who is helpless like] [MET] someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick [of an oil lamp]. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly.
4 tanpa bimbang atau putus asa, sampai keadilan ditegakkan di bumi. Negeri-negeri yang jauh merindukan ajarannya."
He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even [people living on the islands in] [MTY] the oceans will confidently wait for [him to teach them] his laws.”
5 TUHAN Allah menciptakan dan membentangkan langit; Ia membentuk bumi dan segala yang tumbuh di atasnya. Ia memberi manusia napas kehidupan dan nyawa. Ia menyampaikan pesan ini kepada hamba-Nya,
Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live [DOU]. [And he is the one who says to his special servant],
6 "Aku, TUHAN, memanggil dan menugaskan engkau untuk menjalankan keadilan. Engkau Kubimbing dan Kupelihara untuk menjadi perjanjian bagi umat manusia, dan cahaya bagi semua bangsa.
“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to [my Israeli] people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. [You will be like] a light to the [other] nations.
7 Untuk membuka mata orang buta, dan membebaskan orang dari kegelapan penjara.
You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound [by the guilt of their sins]) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.
8 Akulah TUHAN, itulah nama-Ku; keagungan-Ku tidak Kuberikan kepada siapa pun; kemasyhuran-Ku tidak Kuserahkan kepada patung.
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.
9 Sekarang yang Kuramalkan sudah menjadi kenyataan; Aku mau memberitahukan hal-hal yang baru; sebelum itu terjadi, sudah Kukatakan kepadamu."
Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”
10 Nyanyikanlah lagu baru bagi TUHAN, pujilah Dia, hai seluruh bumi! Bergemuruhlah, hai laut dan semua isinya, negeri-negeri yang jauh dan semua penduduknya!
Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
11 Hendaklah padang gurun dan kota-kotanya memuji TUHAN, baiklah penduduk Kedar memuji Dia! Hendaklah penduduk kota Sela bersorak-sorai, dan berseru-seru dari puncak gunung!
You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar [area in the north of Arabia], you rejoice also! You people in Sela [city in Edom], you also should sing joyfully; shout [to praise him] from the tops of your mountains!
12 Baiklah mereka mengagungkan TUHAN, dan memasyhurkan Dia di negeri-negeri jauh.
Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him.
13 TUHAN maju bertempur seperti seorang pahlawan, seperti seorang prajurit penuh semangat berperang. Ia mengangkat pekik pertempuran, dan menunjukkan keunggulan-Nya terhadap lawan.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will march out like [SIM] a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and [then] he will defeat all his enemies.
14 Allah berkata, "Sudah lama Aku membisu; Aku diam dan menahan diri. Sekarang tiba saatnya untuk bertindak, Aku mau berteriak seperti wanita yang melahirkan.
[He will say], “I have remained silent [DOU] for a long time; I have restrained myself [from doing what I need to do]. But now, like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
15 Gunung dan bukit akan Kubuat tandus, semua tanamannya Kujadikan layu. Lembah-lembah sungai Kuubah menjadi padang gurun, semua danau Kujadikan kering.
I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
16 Bangsa-Ku yang buta akan Kubimbing melalui jalan yang tidak mereka ketahui; mereka akan Kutuntun di jalan-jalan yang tidak mereka kenal. Kegelapan Kujadikan terang bagi mereka, dan jalan yang berlekuk-lekuk Kuratakan. Itulah yang akan Kulakukan bagi mereka, dan pasti akan Kulaksanakan.
[My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like] [MET] blind people, [but] I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt [very helpless, as though] they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them.
17 Orang yang percaya kepada patung berhala dan mengakuinya sebagai ilah mereka, akan dihina dan dipermalukan."
But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.”
18 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah, hai orang-orang tuli! Lihatlah, hai orang-orang buta!
You [Israeli people who have acted toward God like] deaf [people], listen [to what Yahweh says]! “You [who have been like] [MET] blind [people], look!
19 Siapakah yang lebih buta dari Israel hamba-Ku? Siapakah yang lebih tuli dari utusan-Ku?
No people are [RHQ] as blind as my people, who [should have been] serving me. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] deaf people as [the Israelis, who should have been] my messengers. No people are [RHQ] as much like [MET] blind people as those whom I chose to serve me.
20 Israel, banyak yang kaulihat, tetapi tidak kauperhatikan, telingamu terbuka, tetapi engkau tidak mendengarkan."
You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear [what I say to you], but you do not pay attention.”
21 TUHAN berkenan menyelamatkan; Ia ingin hukum-Nya dihormati dan diagungkan.
Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws.
22 Tetapi bangsa itu sudah habis dirampok; mereka ditahan dalam kamar-kamar di bawah tanah, dan disekap dalam penjara-penjara. Mereka menjadi korban perampokan, dan tak ada yang datang memberi pertolongan.
But [the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem] and have completely (plundered/taken away) [DOU] all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
23 Siapa di antara kamu mau mendengarkan hal ini, dan memperhatikannya untuk selanjutnya?
Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on?
24 Siapakah yang menyerahkan Israel untuk dirampas? Bukankah TUHAN sendiri? Terhadap Dialah kita berdosa, kita tidak hidup menurut perintah-Nya, dan tidak mengikuti ajaran-Nya.
Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen [RHQ, DOU]? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws.
25 Maka Ia membuat kita merasakan murka-Nya yang hebat, dan menderita karena peperangan yang dahsyat. Kemarahan-Nya membakar di Israel seperti api, tetapi kita tidak menyadarinya, dan tidak belajar dari yang kita alami.
Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. [It was as though] [MET] he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand [what he was trying to tell us]. [His being angry with us was like] a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention [IDM].
