Yesaya 48
1 Dengarlah, hai keturunan Yakub, keturunan Yehuda yang memakai nama Israel, katamu engkau mengakui Allah Israel, dan bersumpah atas nama TUHAN. Tetapi kata-katamu itu tidak tulus.
“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by the LORD’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness—
2 Sekalipun begitu, engkau mengakui dengan bangga bahwa engkau penduduk kota suci; dan bahwa engkau bersandar pada Allah Israel yang disebut TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa.
for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.
3 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah, hai Israel! Apa yang terjadi dahulu, sudah lama Kuberitahukan; apa yang Kukatakan, tiba-tiba Kulaksanakan dan Kujadikan kenyataan.
I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.
4 Aku tahu bahwa engkau tegar hati, keras kepala dan berkepala batu.
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
5 Maka sejak dahulu sudah Kuramalkan; sebelum terjadi, sudah Kuberitahukan, supaya engkau jangan berkata, bahwa itu perbuatan patung-patung berhalamu.
therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’
6 Semua nubuat-Ku yang kaudengar sudah terjadi; engkau harus mengakui bahwa perkataan-Ku itu benar. Sekarang Aku memberitahukan hal-hal yang baru, rahasia-rahasia yang belum kauketahui.
You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
7 Baru sekarang Aku menjadikannya, dan bukan dahulu; belum pernah engkau mendengar tentang hal itu, supaya engkau tak dapat berkata, bahwa engkau mengetahui segalanya.
They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
8 Aku tahu engkau tak dapat dipercaya, sejak dahulu engkau terkenal sebagai pendurhaka. Sebab itulah engkau tak mengetahuinya, tidak satu kata pun sampai ke telingamu.
Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
9 Aku menahan kemarahan-Ku supaya nama-Ku dimasyhurkan. Aku menahannya bagimu, supaya engkau tidak dibinasakan.
For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Aku menguji engkau dalam api penderitaan, seperti perak dimurnikan dalam dapur api.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 Itu Kulakukan demi diri-Ku sendiri, sebab Aku tidak membiarkan nama-Ku dicemarkan; kemuliaan-Ku tidak Kubagi dengan siapa pun."
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
12 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah Israel, umat yang Kupanggil, Aku tetap Allahmu. Akulah yang pertama, dan Aku pula yang terakhir.
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
13 Tangan-Ku meletakkan dasar bumi dan membentangkan cakrawala. Apabila Kupanggil namanya, mereka segera datang.
Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.
14 Berkumpullah kamu semua dan dengarlah! Di antara dewa-dewa tak ada yang meramalkan bahwa orang pilihan-Ku akan menyerang Babel; ia akan melakukan apa yang Kukehendaki.
“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who amongst them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 Akulah yang mengatakannya dan yang memanggil dia, yang membimbing dia, sehingga ia berhasil.
I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 Datanglah dekat pada-Ku dan dengarlah, sejak dahulu Aku bicara dengan terus terang; dan perkataan-Ku selalu Kujadikan kenyataan."
“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit.
17 Kata Allah kudus Israel, Penyelamatmu, "Akulah TUHAN Allahmu, yang mengajar engkau apa yang berguna bagimu, dan membimbing engkau di jalan yang harus kautempuh.
The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
18 Sekiranya engkau memperhatikan perintah-perintah-Ku, maka kesejahteraanmu seperti sungai yang tak pernah kering, dan kemujuranmu seperti ombak di laut yang tak pernah berhenti.
Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 Keturunanmu akan sebanyak butir-butir pasir; Aku menjamin mereka tak akan dibinasakan."
Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Pergilah dan larilah dari Babel, siarkanlah berita ini ke mana-mana. Beritakanlah dengan sorak gembira: "TUHAN sudah menyelamatkan Israel, hamba-Nya!
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With the sound of joyful shouting announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21 Waktu Ia membimbing mereka melalui padang yang tandus, mereka tak menderita haus. TUHAN membelah gunung batu dan mengalirkan air, dari batu Ia memancurkan air bagi mereka.
They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out.
22 Tidak ada keselamatan bagi orang jahat," demikianlah kata TUHAN.
“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
