< Yesaya 43 >
1 Israel, beginilah kata TUHAN, "Akulah yang menjadikan dan membentuk engkau, jangan takut, engkau pasti Kuselamatkan! Aku telah memanggil engkau dengan namamu, engkau adalah milik-Ku.
But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to me.
2 Bila engkau mengarungi air, Aku akan menyertai engkau, engkau tak akan tenggelam dalam kesukaran-kesukaranmu. Bila melalui api, engkau tak akan hangus, percobaan-percobaan berat tak akan mencelakakan engkau.
When you [experience dangerous situations], and [you feel like] [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When [people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by] throwing them in a fire, you will not [die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not] burned up,
3 Sebab Akulah TUHAN, Allahmu, Allah kudus Israel, Penyelamatmu. Mesir Kuberikan sebagai tebusanmu, Sudan dan Syeba sebagai gantimu.
because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable [the army of the emperor of Persia] to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba [in Arabia], in order that you can be saved.
4 Engkau berharga di mata-Ku, Aku menghargai dan mengasihi engkau; maka Kuberikan manusia sebagai gantimu, bangsa-bangsa sebagai ganti nyawamu.
I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious [DOU] to me and because I love you.
5 Jangan takut, sebab Aku melindungi engkau. Dari barat dan dari timur Kusuruh anak cucumu datang berkumpul.
Do not be afraid, because I am with you. [Some day] I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west.
6 Kuperintahkan kepada utara dan selatan, supaya mereka segera dilepaskan. Biar anak-anakmu lelaki kembali dari jauh, dan anak-anakmu perempuan pulang dari ujung-ujung bumi.
I will command the [rulers of the nations to] the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return [to their country], from the most distant places on the earth.
7 Sebab mereka semua telah dipanggil dengan nama-Ku, mereka Kuciptakan untuk mengagungkan Aku."
Allow all those who belong to me [MTY] to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that [DOU].’
8 Allah berkata, "Suruhlah tampil ke depan bangsa-Ku yang buta, sekalipun mempunyai mata; yang tuli, sekalipun mempunyai telinga.
Summon the people who have eyes but [it is as though] they are blind; summon those who have ears but [because they do not listen to me, it is as though] they are deaf.
9 Suruhlah semua bangsa berkumpul dan semua suku berhimpun. Siapakah di antara dewa-dewa mereka telah memberitahukan apa yang terjadi sekarang? Siapa di antaranya dapat meramalkan masa depan? Biarlah saksi-saksi mereka tampil, dan membuktikan bahwa mereka benar, supaya semua yang mendengar mereka berkata, bahwa memang demikian!
Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, [and ask them this]: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ [but they will be lying].”
10 Hai umat-Ku, kamulah saksi-saksi-Ku, kamu Kupilih menjadi hamba-hamba-Ku, supaya mengenal Aku dan percaya kepada-Ku, dan mengerti bahwa Akulah Allah. Aku Allah Yang Mahaesa, tak ada lainnya sebelum dan sesudah Aku.
But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel (are my witnesses/know what I have done), and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is [truly] God. There is no other [true] God. There was no other [true] God previously, and there will never be another [true] God.
11 Aku sendirilah TUHAN, selain Aku tak ada yang menyelamatkan.
I, [only] I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you.
12 Aku telah memberitahukannya kepadamu, Akulah yang menyelamatkan kamu, dan bukan ilah asing yang ada di antaramu; kamulah yang menjadi saksi-saksi-Ku. Dan Aku, Aku ini Allah,
I said that I would rescue [your ancestors], and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed [that I had done it]. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God.
13 untuk selamanya Aku tetap Allah. Tak ada yang dapat luput dari kuasa-Ku, atau menghalangi rencana-Ku."
I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.”
14 TUHAN Penyelamatmu, Yang Kudus Israel, berkata, "Demi kamu, Aku mengirim tentara ke Babel, dan Kudobrak palang-palang pintu penjara; sorak-sorai orang Kasdim Kuubah menjadi ratapan.
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send [an army] to [attack] Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of.
15 Akulah TUHAN, Allahmu yang kudus, Rajamu, yang menciptakan engkau, hai Israel!"
I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king.
16 TUHAN telah membuat sebuah jalan melalui laut, melalui air yang bergelora.
I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the [Red] Sea.
17 Ia menyuruh tentara dan perwira-perwiranya berperang, dan mereka maju dengan kereta berkuda. Tetapi mereka jatuh, tak dapat bangkit lagi, mereka mati seperti sumbu yang padam.
Then I summoned the great army [of Egypt] to come with all their chariots and horses. [But when they tried to pursue my people], I caused the waves to flow over them [and they drowned]; their lives ended [like the light of a candle ends when someone] [MET] snuffs out the wick.
18 TUHAN berkata, "Tak ada gunanya mengingat masa lalu, percuma mengenang yang sudah-sudah.
But do not think [only] about what happened in the past, long ago [DOU].
19 Perhatikanlah, Aku membuat sesuatu yang baru; sekarang sudah mulai, tidakkah kaulihat? Aku akan membuat jalan di padang gurun, dan sungai-sungai di padang belantara.
Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert.
20 Binatang liar akan mengagungkan Aku; serigala dan burung unta akan memuji Aku sebab Aku mengalirkan air di padang gurun, dan sungai-sungai di padang belantara untuk memberi minum kepada umat pilihan-Ku.
The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water;
21 Merekalah bangsa yang Kubentuk bagi diri-Ku, agar dapat mewartakan pujian bagi-Ku."
I will do that for the people whom I have created [and chosen] to belong to me, and [some day] they will cause many others to praise me.
22 TUHAN berkata, "Tetapi engkau Israel, tidak menyembah Aku, dan tidak lagi berbakti kepada-Ku.
But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me.
23 Engkau tidak membawa domba untuk kurban bakaranmu, tidak menghormati Aku dengan persembahanmu. Padahal Aku tidak membebankan engkau dengan kurban, atau menyusahkan engkau dengan menuntut kemenyan.
You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]; you have not honored me by [bringing to me any] sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense [that I asked you] to bring to me were not a burden to you.
24 Engkau tidak membeli dupa harum untuk-Ku, tidak memuaskan Aku dengan lemak kurban sembelihanmu. Sebaliknya engkau membebani Aku dengan dosa-dosamu, menyusahkan Aku dengan kesalahan-kesalahanmu.
You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all (your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done).
25 Namun Aku Allah yang menghapus dosamu, Aku mengampuni engkau karena begitulah sifat-Ku; Aku tidak mengingat-ingat dosamu.
I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again.
26 Ingatkanlah Aku, mari kita ke pengadilan, adukan perkaramu supaya nyata bahwa engkau benar.
Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong) [IRO]?
27 Nenek moyangmu yang pertama telah berdosa, para pemimpinmu telah memberontak terhadap Aku,
No, [what has happened is that] the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned [against me], and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me.
28 imam-imammu telah mencemarkan Rumah-Ku. Maka Israel Kuserahkan untuk dihina, keturunan Yakub Kubiarkan ditumpas."
That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.”