Yesaya 57
1 Orang baik dan saleh meninggal, tak ada yang mengerti atau memperhatikannya. Sesudah mati, mereka luput dari bencana dan beristirahat dengan damai.
Righteous people [sometimes] die [when they are still young], and no one is concerned about it. Godly people [sometimes] die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
and now they have peace. They [continually] lived righteously, and [now] they rest [peacefully] in their graves.
3 Tetapi kamu, kaum pendosa, datanglah untuk diadili! Kamu tidak lebih baik daripada tukang sihir, orang yang suka berzinah dan pelacur!
[Yahweh says, ] “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], [listen to me]!
4 Siapakah yang kamu tertawakan? Siapakah yang kamu ejek? Bukankah kamu keturunan pembohong dan pemberontak?
Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize [RHQ] to whom you are sticking out your tongues? [You are insulting me, Yahweh]! You are [RHQ] always rebelling against me and always lying.
5 Kamu menyembah dewa-dewa kesuburan dengan membiarkan dirimu terbawa nafsu di bawah pohon-pohon keramatmu. Kamu menguburkan anak-anakmu di lembah sungai, di celah-celah batu.
You are eager to have sex under every [big] green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices [to your idols] in the dry riverbeds, and [also] offer them [as sacrifices to your idols] in the rocky caves.
6 Jadi pantas kamu mengumpulkan batu-batu licin dari situ. Itulah bagianmu! Kepada batu-batu itu pula kamu menuangkan anggur dan mempersembahkan gandum. Sangkamu Aku senang dengan semua itu?
[You take big] smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out [wine] to be an offering to them, and you bring grain [to burn for] an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things?
7 Kamu pergi ke puncak-puncak gunung untuk mempersembahkan kurban dan memuaskan nafsu berahimu.
You have sex [EUP] [with cult prostitutes] on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices [to your gods].
8 Kamu memasang patung-patungmu yang cabul di ambang pintu rumahmu. Kamu telah meninggalkan Aku. Kamu menanggalkan pakaianmu dan naik ke tempat tidur yang dilebarkan dengan kekasihmu yang kamu upah untuk tidur bersamamu, lalu kamu memuaskan nafsumu.
You have put (fetishes/pagan symbols) behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes [EUP] and climbed into your bed and invited more [of your lovers] to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs.
9 Kamu memakai minyak dan wangi-wangian, lalu pergi menyembah dewa Molokh. Kamu mengirim utusan-utusan ke negeri-negeri jauh, bahkan ke dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)
You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Tanpa putus asa kamu berlelah-lelah mencari dewa-dewa. Kamu sangka mereka dapat memberi kamu semangat baru, sehingga kamu tidak menjadi lemah.
You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless [for us to do that].’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that [LIT].
11 TUHAN berkata, "Siapakah dewa-dewa itu yang membuat kamu takut, sehingga kamu berdusta dan tidak ingat kepada-Ku? Apakah kamu tidak menyembah Aku lagi karena Aku lama sekali berdiam diri?
Was it because you were afraid [of those idols more than you were afraid of me] that you lied [about what you were doing], and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?
12 Tetapi Aku memberitahukan kepadamu; kesalehanmu itu palsu, dan semua perbuatanmu tidak berguna bagimu.
You [think that] [IRO] the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things.
13 Bila kamu berteriak, biarlah patung-patung itu menyelamatkan kamu! Mereka akan hilang diterbangkan angin dan lenyap dengan satu hembusan napas! Tetapi orang yang berlindung pada-Ku akan mewarisi negeri itu dan menyembah Aku di Rumah-Ku."
When you cry out [for help] to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away [DOU]. But those who trust in me will live in the land [of Israel], and [they will worship me on Zion], my sacred hill.”
14 Ada yang berkata, "Buatlah dan siapkanlah jalan bagi umat-Ku, singkirkanlah segala rintangan."
Yahweh will say, “Prepare [yourselves to receive] me, [like] [MET] people build and prepare a road [for a king to come on]. Get rid of [the things that are causing you to sin] [like] [MET] people remove from a road (obstacles/things that cause people to stumble).
15 Sebab beginilah kata Allah Yang Mahatinggi dan kudus, yang berkuasa untuk selama-lamanya, "Aku tinggal di tempat yang tinggi dan suci, tapi juga di antara orang-orang yang rendah hati dan yang menyesali dosa-dosanya, untuk memulihkan semangat dan harapan mereka.
Because this is what [I], Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where [everything] is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.
16 Tidak untuk selamanya Aku mempersalahkan umat-Ku; tidak untuk seterusnya Aku marah, supaya mereka jangan patah semangat, padahal Akulah yang menghidupkan mereka.
I will not accuse [people] forever; I will not always be angry [with them], because [if I did that], people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.
17 Dosa keserakahan mereka membuat Aku marah, sebab itu mereka Kuhukum dan Kutinggalkan. Tetapi mereka keras kepala dan tetap memilih jalannya sendiri.
I was angry [with my people] because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning.
18 Aku sudah melihat kelakuan mereka, tetapi mereka akan Kusembuhkan juga. Aku akan membimbing dan menolong mereka dan menghibur orang yang bersedih hati.
I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning,
19 Aku akan memberi ketentraman kepada semua orang, baik yang dekat maupun yang jauh. Aku akan menyembuhkan umat-Ku.
I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore [all my people], those who live near [Jerusalem] and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them.
20 Tetapi orang jahat adalah seperti laut yang berombak dan tak pernah tenang. Arusnya membawa sampah dan lumpur.
Wicked [people do not have peace in their inner beings]; they are like [SIM] a sea [whose waves are] always churning up mud,
21 Tak ada ketentraman bagi orang berdosa," kata TUHAN.
and [I], Yahweh, say that things will never (go well/be peaceful) for those who are evil.”
