Yesaya 51

1 TUHAN berkata: "Dengarlah Aku, hai kamu yang ingin diselamatkan dan datang kepada-Ku minta pertolongan. Ingatlah gunung batu dari mana kamu terpahat, dan penggalian batu dari mana kamu digali.

Listen to me, those of you who follow what is right, and who worship the Lord. Think about the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were chiseled.

2 Ingatlah nenek moyangmu Abraham dan Sara yang melahirkan kamu; waktu Aku memanggil Abraham, ia tidak punya anak; lalu Kuberkati dia dan Kuberi keturunan yang banyak.

Look back at Abraham your father, and Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one man, but then I blessed him and he had many descendants.

3 Yerusalem, Aku akan menghibur engkau, dan semua yang tinggal di puing-puingmu. Padang-padangmu yang tandus Kujadikan taman, seperti Eden, taman-Ku yang subur. Di situ orang akan bergirang dan bersuka ria dan bersyukur dengan nyanyi-nyanyian.

The Lord will care for Zion and feel sorry about all her ruined places. He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert areas like the garden of the Lord. People there will have joy and happiness, giving thanks and singing sweet songs.

4 Perhatikanlah suara-Ku, hai bangsa-Ku, dengarlah kata-kata-Ku, hai umat-Ku. Kuberi ajaran-Ku kepada bangsa-bangsa, hukum-hukum-Ku akan menerangi mereka.

Pay attention to me, my people; listen to me, my nation: I will send out my law, and my justice will be a light to the nations.

5 Keselamatan yang Kuberikan sudah dekat; saat kemenangan-Ku hampir tiba. Aku sendiri akan memerintah bangsa-bangsa. Negeri-negeri yang jauh menanti-nantikan Aku dan mengharapkan perbuatan-Ku yang perkasa.

My rule of right will arrive soon. My salvation is coming. My power will bring judgment to the nations. The distant lands are waiting for me and my power.

6 Pandanglah langit dan tengoklah bumi; langit akan lenyap seperti asap dan bumi akan usang seperti baju tua, semua penduduknya akan mati seperti nyamuk. Tetapi keselamatan yang Kuberikan tetap selamanya, dan kemenangan-Ku tak akan berakhir.

Look up at the heavens, and look down at the earth beneath. The heavens will disappear like smoke, the earth will wear out like old clothes. The people living there will die like flies, but my salvation will last forever, and my way of goodness and right will never be destroyed.

7 Dengarlah Aku, hai bangsa-Ku, kamu tahu apa yang benar; ajaran-Ku tersimpan di dalam hatimu. Jangan takut kalau kamu diejek manusia, jangan cemas kalau kamu dihina mereka.

Listen to me, you who know what's right, and who have really accepted my teachings. Don't be afraid of people's insults—they're just human—or be terrified by their abusive language.

8 Mereka akan binasa dan lenyap, seperti pakaian dimakan ngengat dan kain bulu domba dimakan gegat. Tapi keselamatan yang Kuberikan tetap selamanya, kemenangan-Ku berlangsung turun-temurun."

Moths will eat them up like clothing; bugs will chew through them like wool. But my goodness will last forever, my salvation will endure for all generations.

9 Bangkitlah ya TUHAN, tolonglah kami, selamatkanlah kami dengan kuasa-Mu. Bangkitlah seperti di zaman dahulu waktu Engkau meremukkan Rahab dan menikam naga laut itu sampai mati.

Please wake up, wake up! Use your strength, powerful Lord! Act as you used to in olden days, in former generations. Weren't you the one who cut Rahab to pieces, who killed that sea monster?

10 Engkau pula yang mengeringkan laut, air samudra yang dalam. Engkau membuat jalan melalui air itu, supaya orang-orang yang diselamatkan dapat menyeberang.

Weren't you the one who dried up the sea, making a way through the deep waters for the redeemed to cross over?

11 Maka orang-orang yang dibebaskan TUHAN akan pulang mereka masuk ke Yerusalem dengan sorak-sorai wajah mereka berseri karena sukacita abadi. Mereka bergembira dan bersuka ria, duka dan keluh kesah lenyaplah sudah.

Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.

12 TUHAN berkata, "Akulah yang menghibur kamu. Mengapa engkau takut kepada manusia yang fana, kepada manusia yang dibuang seperti rumput?

It's me, yes, I am the one who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortals who die just like grass?

13 Masakan engkau lupa akan TUHAN Penciptamu yang membentangkan langit dan meletakkan dasar bumi? Mengapa sepanjang hari engkau gentar terhadap amukan si penindas yang bersiap-siap memusnahkan? Sesungguhnya, amukan mereka itu tak akan mempan terhadapmu.

You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and who laid the foundations of the earth! That's why you shake with fear all day long, because you're threatened by the anger of those who oppress you, wanting to destroy you. But where are your oppressors and their anger now?

14 Para tawanan akan segera dibebaskan; mereka tak akan kekurangan makanan, dan tak akan mati dan dikubur.

The prisoners that are bowed down will soon be set free. They're not going to die; they won't go on being hungry.

15 Sebab Akulah TUHAN Allahmu, yang menggelorakan laut sehingga ombaknya berderu. Yang Mahakuasa adalah nama-Ku.

For I am the Lord your God who whips up the sea so its waves roar. The Lord Almighty is his name.

16 Akulah yang membentangkan langit dan meletakkan dasar-dasar bumi. Aku berkata kepada Sion: Engkaulah umat-Ku; Aku memberi ajaran-Ku kepadamu dan melindungi engkau dengan kuasa-Ku."

I have told you what to say, and I have protected you with my hand. I created the heavens and founded the earth, and told Zion, “You are my people.”

17 Bangunlah, hai Yerusalem, bangunlah! Hukuman yang dijatuhkan TUHAN karena kemarahan-Nya sudah kaujalani sampai habis.

Wake up, wake up! Get up, Jerusalem! You have drunk from the cup of the Lord's anger he handed to you. You have drained it down to the bottom of the cup, the drink that makes people stagger around.

18 Dari pendudukmu tak ada yang membimbingmu, dari penghunimu tak ada yang menuntunmu.

Of all your children you had, there's not one left to guide you. Of all the children you raised, there's not one to take you by the hand.

19 Engkau ditimpa dua macam bencana; akibat perang negerimu hancur binasa dan rakyatmu mati kelaparan. Tak ada yang mengasihani dan menghibur engkau.

Two tragedies have struck you: devastation caused by famine, and destruction caused by war. Who is going to sympathize with you? Who is going to comfort you?

20 Di setiap ujung jalan orang-orangmu jatuh kehabisan tenaga seperti rusa yang kena jaring. Mereka ditimpa kemarahan Tuhan, dan kena hardik Allahmu.

Your children have collapsed, lying in every street like antelopes caught in a trap. They experienced the full anger of the Lord, the condemnation of your God.

21 Dengarlah hai orang-orang yang tertindas, yang terhuyung-huyung seperti orang mabuk!

So please listen to this, you poor people, sitting there in a drunken state, but not from drinking wine.

22 Beginilah kata Tuhanmu, TUHAN Allahmu yang membela kamu, "Penderitaan yang Kuberikan dalam kemarahan-Ku, akan Kuambil kembali daripadamu. Kemarahan-Ku akan reda, dan kamu tak usah lagi menanggungnya.

This is what your Lord God says, your God, who defends his people's cause: Look! I have taken away from you the cup that made you stagger around. You will never again have to drink from that cup, the cup of my anger.

23 Penderitaan itu Kuberikan kepada penindasmu, yang pernah menyuruh kamu berbaring di tanah, dan menginjak-injak kamu, seolah-olah kamu jalanan yang dilalui orang."

Instead I will give that cup to the people who tormented you, to those who said to you, “Lie face down so we can walk all over you.” You had to make your backs like the ground, like a street to be walked on.