Yesaya 46
1 Inilah kesudahan dewa-dewa Babel; dahulu patung Bel dan Nebo disembah, tetapi sekarang dimuat di atas hewan, menjadi beban untuk binatang yang lelah.
[It is as though] Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods [of Babylonia], are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!
2 Patung-patung itu tak mampu menolong pengusungnya, mereka sendiri diangkut sebagai tawanan. Itulah kesudahan mereka.
[It seems like] both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being (exiled/taken to another country)!
3 Dengarlah Aku, hai keturunan Yakub, kamu semua yang tersisa dari umat-Ku. Aku telah memelihara kamu sejak kamu dilahirkan.
[Yahweh says], “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, [I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried]; [instead, it is as though] I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you [even] before you became a nation.
4 Aku tetap Allahmu sampai kamu tua; dan tetap menjaga kamu sampai kamu beruban. Aku menjadikan kamu dan tetap memelihara kamu, Aku akan menolong dan menyelamatkan kamu.
I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until [it is as though] [MET] your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused [you to become a nation], and I will sustain you and rescue you.
5 Dengan siapa kamu mau membandingkan Aku? Adakah yang dapat disamakan dengan Aku?
There is certainly [RHQ] no one to whom I can be compared. There is [RHQ] no one who is equal to me [DOU].
6 Orang membuka dompet dan menuangkan emasnya, lalu menimbang peraknya dengan dacing. Ia mengupah tukang emas untuk membuat patung berhala, lalu ia menyembah patung buatannya.
[So it is stupid/ridiculous that] some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. [Then] they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. [After he makes an idol], they bow down and worship it!
7 Patung itu dipaku dan ditaruh di tempatnya, ia berdiri di situ dan tak dapat berpindah. Kalau orang berdoa kepadanya, ia tidak menjawab, dan tidak menyelamatkan dia dari kesusahannya.
They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a [special] place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So [obviously] it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles!
8 Ingatlah dan pertimbangkanlah, hai orang-orang durhaka!
[You people of Judah], do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people!
9 Ingatlah kejadian-kejadian di zaman dahulu; akuilah bahwa Aku Allah, dan tak ada lainnya, Aku Allah, dan tak ada yang seperti Aku.
Think about the things [that I did] long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me.
10 Dari permulaan Kuberitahukan hal-hal yang kemudian, sejak dahulu Kuramalkan apa yang akan terjadi. Kata-Ku: Keputusan-Ku akan terlaksana, kehendak-Ku pasti Kulakukan!
Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do.
11 Aku memanggil seorang penguasa dari timur ia datang seperti seekor burung buas untuk melaksanakan keputusan-Ku. Apa yang Kukatakan pasti akan Kukerjakan, apa yang Kurencanakan pasti akan Kulakukan.
So I will summon [someone to come] from the east [like a swift and powerful] eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. [He is the one who] will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned.
12 Dengarlah Aku, hai orang-orang congkak, kamu yang menyangka bahwa kemenangan masih jauh.
You stubborn people [of Israel], [you think that] it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country.
13 Aku akan mendekatkan hari pembebasan, keselamatan yang Kuberikan tidak tertunda lagi. Aku akan menyelamatkan Yerusalem, dan memberikan kehormatan kepada Israel."
But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time [before that happens]. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli [people] that I am glorious.”
