Yesaya 44
1 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah, hai Yakub hamba-Ku, hai Israel, umat pilihan-Ku!
But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 Akulah TUHAN yang menjadikan engkau, yang membentuk engkau sejak dari kandungan, dan yang menolong engkau. Jangan takut, engkaulah hamba-Ku, umat pilihan-Ku yang Kukasihi.
Thus says the Lord God that made you, and he that formed you from the womb; You shall yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.
3 Sebab Aku akan mencurahkan air ke tanah yang kering, dan mengalirkan sungai-sungai di tanah yang gersang. Aku akan memberikan kuasa-Ku kepada keturunanmu, dan memberkati anak cucumu.
For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon your seed, and my blessings upon your children:
4 Mereka akan tumbuh subur seperti rumput di dekat air, seperti pohon gandarusa di tepi sungai.
and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on [the banks of] running water.
5 Seorang demi seorang akan mengaku dirinya milik-Ku, dan datang bergabung dengan keturunan Yakub. Masing-masing menulis di tangannya: Milik TUHAN, dan menyebut dirinya anggota umat Allah."
One shall say, I am God's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God's, and shall call himself by the name of Israel.
6 Inilah kata TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Raja dan pelindung Israel, "Aku Allah Yang Mahaesa, yang pertama dan yang terakhir.
Thus says God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God.
7 Siapakah seperti Aku? Suruhlah ia mengaku! Biarlah ia memberitahukan dan membuktikannya kepada-Ku! Siapa telah meramalkan masa depan sejak permulaan sampai akhir zaman?
Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man for ever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive.
8 Bangsa-Ku, jangan takut atau terkejut; bukankah dari dahulu sampai sekarang Aku sudah meramalkan apa yang terjadi? Kamulah saksi-saksi-Ku. Pelindung yang lain tidak ada dan tidak Kukenal."
Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have you not heard from the beginning, and [have not] I told you? you are witnesses if there is a God beside me.
9 Orang-orang yang membuat patung berhala itu tidak berguna, dan dewa-dewa yang mereka puja itu tidak berfaedah. Orang-orang yang menyembah patung itu buta dan tidak tahu apa-apa, sebab itu mereka akan mendapat malu.
But they that framed [false gods] did not then listen; and they that graved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
10 Sia-sialah membuat patung tuangan dan menyembahnya sebagai dewa!
that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
11 Sungguh, semua orang yang menyembah patung mendapat malu. Orang yang membuat patung itu manusia biasa. Suruhlah mereka tampil bersama-sama; pasti mereka akan takut dan malu.
and all by whom they were made are withered: yes, let all the deaf be gathered from [amongst] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together:
12 Tukang besi mengambil sepotong logam lalu membentuknya dalam api dan menempanya dengan palu. Ia mengerjakannya dengan segala tenaga yang ada padanya. Sementara bekerja, ia menjadi lapar, haus, dan lelah.
For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
13 Tukang kayu mengukur kayu. Ia menggambar bagan dengan kapur, mengukirnya dengan alat-alatnya dan menjadikannya patung manusia yang tampan, lalu menempatkannya di dalam rumahnya.
The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
14 Barangkali kayu yang dipakainya berasal dari pohon cemara, pohon eru atau pohon terpentin yang ditebangnya di hutan. Mungkin juga ia menanam pohon salam lalu menunggu sampai hujan membuatnya tumbuh.
He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
15 Sebagian dari pohon itu dijadikan kayu bakar untuk berdiang dan membakar roti dan memanggang daging, lalu puaslah ia. Ia berdiang dan berkata, "Wah, enak benar dan hangat! Sungguh menyenangkan api ini!" Sisa kayu itu dipakainya untuk membuat patung. Ia tunduk menyembahnya dan berdoa, "Engkaulah ilahku, selamatkanlah aku!"
that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yes, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.
Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for you are my God.
18 Sungguh bodohlah orang-orang seperti itu! Mereka menutup mata dan hati mereka sehingga tidak mengerti apa-apa.
They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.
19 Pembuat patung itu tidak sampai berpikir, "Kayu itu sebagian kubakar, dan arangnya kupakai untuk membakar roti dan memanggang daging bagi makananku. Lalu sisa kayu itu kujadikan patung. Jadi sekarang aku menyembah sepotong kayu!"
And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burnt up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
20 Perbuatan itu sama saja dengan makan abu. Orang itu disesatkan oleh pikirannya yang bodoh, sehingga ia tidak tertolong lagi. Ia tak dapat mengakui bahwa patung yang ada di tangannya itu penipuan belaka.
Know you that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, you will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.
21 TUHAN berkata, "Ingatlah semuanya ini, hai Israel, sebab engkaulah hamba-Ku. Aku membentuk engkau, dan engkau hamba-Ku, Israel, Aku tak akan lupa padamu!
Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant; I have formed you [to be] my servant: and do you, Israel, not forget me.
22 Kesalahanmu Kuhalaukan seperti awan, dosamu Kuenyahkan seperti kabut. Kembalilah kepada-Ku, sebab Aku telah membebaskan engkau!"
For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud your transgressions, and your sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem you.
23 Bersoraklah gembira, hai langit, bersoraksorailah, hai bagian dalam bumi! Bersoraklah gembira, hai gunung-gunung! juga hutan dan setiap pohon di dalamnya! Sebab TUHAN sudah menunjukkan keagungan-Nya dengan menebus Israel umat-Nya.
Rejoice, you heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, you foundations of the earth: you mountains, shout [with] joy, you hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
24 Beginilah kata TUHAN Penyelamatmu yang membentuk engkau sejak dalam kandungan, "Akulah TUHAN yang menjadikan segala-galanya, yang sendirian membentangkan langit, dan tanpa bantuan menjadikan bumi.
Thus says the Lord that redeems you, and who formed you from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.
25 Akulah yang menggagalkan ramalan tukang peramal, dan mempermainkan tukang-tukang tenung. Kata-kata orang bijak Kubantah, kebijaksanaan mereka Kujadikan kebodohan.
Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of [man]? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness;
26 Akulah yang meneguhkan perkataan hamba-Ku, dan melakukan rencana yang dinyatakan utusan-Ku, Aku berkata bahwa Yerusalem akan didiami lagi, dan kota-kota Yehuda akan Kubangun kembali; puing-puingnya akan dipulihkan.
and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Idumea, You shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth.
27 Akulah yang berkata kepada dasar laut: Surutlah! Aku mau mengeringkan sungai-sungaimu.
Who says to the deep, You shall be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.
28 Akulah yang berkata kepada Kores, 'Engkaulah yang akan memerintah untuk-Ku, dan melakukan segala kehendak-Ku. Perintahkanlah supaya Yerusalem dibangun lagi, dan Rumah TUHAN diletakkan dasarnya.'"
Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, You shall be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.
