Yesaya 49

1 Dengarlah aku, hai negeri-negeri yang jauh perhatikanlah kata-kataku. TUHAN memanggil aku sebelum aku dilahirkan, Ia memilih aku sejak dari kandungan.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

2 Ia membuat kata-kataku setajam pedang, dengan tangan-Nya sendiri Ia melindungi aku. Ia menjadikan aku seperti anak panah yang terasah, dan menyimpannya dalam tabung supaya siap dipakai.

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.

3 Kata-Nya kepadaku, "Engkaulah hamba-Ku; Aku akan diagungkan karena engkau."

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

4 Tetapi aku berkata, "Jerih payahku percuma; kuhabiskan tenagaku dengan sia-sia!" Namun aku yakin TUHAN membela hakku, Allah membalas aku menurut perbuatanku.

But I said, “I have laboured in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”

5 Sebelum lahir, aku dipanggil TUHAN menjadi hamba-Nya, untuk mengumpulkan umat Israel, supaya mereka kembali kepada-Nya. TUHAN menjadikan aku terhormat, Allah adalah kekuatanku.

Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honourable in the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

6 TUHAN berkata kepadaku, "Tugas yang lebih besar menanti engkau, hai hamba-Ku; kau tidak hanya akan memulangkan sisa keturunan Yakub dan memulihkan kebesaran suku-suku Israel, tetapi Kujadikan pula terang bangsa-bangsa, supaya seluruh dunia diselamatkan."

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

7 Allah kudus Penyelamat Israel berkata kepada orang yang sangat dihina, dan yang dibenci oleh bangsa-bangsa serta menjadi hamba para penguasa, "Raja-raja akan melihat perbuatan-Ku; mereka akan bangkit menghormati Aku. Para penguasa akan melihatnya juga, lalu sujud menyembah." Itu terjadi karena TUHAN telah memilih hamba-Nya; Allah kudus Israel setia kepada janji-Nya.

The LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

8 TUHAN berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Pada waktu Aku berkenan, Aku akan menjawab; pada hari Aku menyelamatkan, Aku menolong kamu. Kamu Kulindungi dan Kujaga, dan Kujadikan perjanjian bagi bangsa-bangsa. Kupulihkan negeri yang sunyi sepi menjadi tanah pusaka yang didiami.

The LORD says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

9 Orang yang dipenjarakan Kusuruh keluar; yang ada di tempat gelap Kubawa kepada terang. Bahkan di bukit yang gundul mereka tidak kekurangan, di sepanjang jalan tersedia makanan.

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

10 Mereka tak akan menjadi haus atau lapar, dan tak akan ditimpa terik matahari di padang gurun. Sebab Aku, penyayang mereka, akan membimbing mereka, dan menuntun mereka ke sumber-sumber air.

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

11 Aku akan membuat jalan melalui pegunungan, semua jalan raya-Ku akan Kuratakan.

I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.

12 Dari jauh umat-Ku berdatangan, dari utara, barat dan Sinim di selatan."

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”

13 Bernyanyilah hai langit, bersoraklah hai bumi, hai gunung-gunung, bersoraklah gembira! Sebab TUHAN datang menghibur umat-Nya, Ia mengasihani umat-Nya yang tertindas.

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

14 Tetapi penduduk Yerusalem berkata, "TUHAN sudah meninggalkan kita, TUHAN kita sudah melupakan kita."

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

15 TUHAN menjawab, kata-Nya, "Mungkinkah seorang ibu melupakan anaknya, dan tidak menyayangi anak kandungnya? Sekalipun dia melupakannya, Aku tak akan melupakan engkau!

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

16 Yerusalem, Aku selalu ingat padamu; namamu Kuukir di telapak tangan-Ku.

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

17 Orang-orang yang membangun engkau segera datang, dan yang telah menghancurkan engkau akan pergi.

Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.

18 Lihatlah dan pandanglah di sekelilingmu, rakyatmu sudah berkumpul dan datang kepadamu. Demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, Aku berkata, sungguh, engkau akan bangga karena pendudukmu, seperti pengantin wanita bangga karena perhiasannya.

Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says the LORD, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.

19 Negerimu yang tandus dan sunyi sepi, sekarang menjadi terlalu sempit bagi orang-orang yang ingin mendiaminya. Dan orang-orang yang mau membinasakan engkau, sudah pergi jauh daripadamu.

“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.

20 Anak-anak yang lahir di pengasingan akan berkata kepadamu, 'Negeri ini terlalu sempit bagiku, berilah tempat supaya aku dapat diam di sini.'

The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’

21 Maka engkau akan berkata dalam hati, 'Siapakah yang melahirkan anak-anak itu bagiku? Bukankah aku sudah kehilangan anak-anakku, dan tak dapat melahirkan lagi? Aku diangkut dalam pembuangan dan disingkirkan dan ditinggalkan seorang diri. Jadi dari mana anak-anak itu, dan siapa yang membesarkan mereka?'"

Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”

22 TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Aku akan memberikan tanda kepada bangsa-bangsa dan mereka akan memulangkan anak-anakmu; anak-anakmu laki-laki akan digendong, dan anak-anakmu perempuan dipikul di atas bahu.

The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

23 Raja-raja akan seperti bapak bagimu, dan ratu-ratu sebagai ibu. Mereka akan sujud menghormati engkau dan merendahkan diri terhadapmu. Maka engkau akan tahu bahwa Aku TUHAN; orang yang berharap pada-Ku tidak dikecewakan."

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”

24 Kamu bertanya, "Mungkinkah jarahan dirampas dari tangan pahlawan, atau tawanan direbut dari genggaman orang kejam?"

Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

25 TUHAN menjawab, "Itulah yang akan terjadi. Tawanan para pahlawan akan direbut kembali. Jarahan orang kejam akan dirampas lagi. Sebab Aku sendiri melawan musuhmu; Aku akan menyelamatkan anak-anakmu.

But the LORD says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

26 Aku akan membuat musuhmu mabuk darah, sehingga mereka saling membunuh. Maka seluruh umat manusia akan tahu, bahwa Aku, TUHAN, Penyelamatmu; Yang Mahakuat, Allah Yakub, Penebusmu."

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Saviour and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”