Yesaya 59
1 Jangan mengira TUHAN terlalu lemah untuk menyelamatkan kamu, atau terlalu tuli untuk mendengar seruanmu.
Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
2 Karena kejahatanmulah maka Ia tidak mendengarkan waktu kamu berdoa kepada-Nya. Dosa-dosamulah yang memisahkan kamu dari Allah.
But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
3 Kamu bersalah karena berdusta dan berbuat curang, karena melakukan tindak kekerasan dan membunuh.
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
4 Kamu mengadukan perkara tanpa alasan dan menghakimi dengan tidak adil. Kamu berdusta dan mengandalkan yang sia-sia; kamu membuat rencana untuk mencelakakan orang lain dan melakukan kejahatan.
No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
5 Rencana-rencanamu yang jahat membawa maut seperti telur ular berbisa. Kalau telur itu dipecahkan, keluarlah ularnya. Rencana itu sama sekali tidak berguna bagimu, seperti pakaian yang ditenun dari sarang laba-laba!
They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
7 Kamu terus-menerus merencanakan yang jahat, dan ingin segera melaksanakannya. Tanpa ragu-ragu kamu membunuh orang yang tak bersalah. Ke mana saja kamu pergi, kamu meninggalkan keruntuhan dan kebinasaan.
Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
8 Kamu tidak mengusahakan kerukunan, dan semua perbuatanmu tidak adil. Jalanmu berbelit-belit, dan orang yang mengikuti jalan itu tidak akan bahagia.
They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.
9 Bangsa itu berkata kepada Allah, "Sekarang kami tahu mengapa Engkau tidak menyelamatkan kami dari orang-orang yang menindas kami. Kami menantikan terang, tetapi hanya ada kegelapan.
For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
10 Kami meraba-raba seperti orang buta; di tengah hari kami tersandung seperti di tengah malam; di tengah orang hidup kami seperti orang mati.
We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
11 Kami ketakutan dan kesedihan; kami mencari keadilan, tetapi tidak ada; kami mengharapkan keselamatan, tetapi sia-sia.
We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 Sungguh banyaklah kejahatan kami terhadap-Mu; dosa-dosa kami mempersalahkan kami. Kami sungguh-sungguh menyadari kejahatan kami, dan mengetahui dosa-dosa kami.
For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:
13 Kami telah mungkir dan memberontak terhadap TUHAN, dan tak mau mengikuti Allah kami. Kami telah menindas orang lain dan menyeleweng; pikiran kami sesat, dan kata-kata kami bohong.
We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.
14 Hukum yang adil sudah disingkirkan, dan keadilan dijauhkan. Kejujuran diremehkan di tempat-tempat umum, dan ketulusan dikesampingkan.
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
15 Tak ada lagi orang yang jujur, dan siapa yang menjauhi kejahatan, ia sendiri menjadi korban kejahatan." TUHAN telah melihatnya, dan Ia tidak senang bahwa tak ada lagi keadilan.
Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
16 Ia heran bahwa tak ada yang tampil dan tak ada yang membela. Maka Ia memakai kuasa-Nya sendiri untuk menyelamatkan dan memberi mereka kemenangan.
And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.
17 Ia memakai keadilan dan keselamatan sebagai baju besi dan topi baja. Ia bertekad untuk memulihkan keadaaan dan membalas ketidakadilan.
Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
18 Ia membalas musuh-musuh-Nya sesuai dengan perbuatan mereka. Bahkan bangsa-bangsa di pulau-pulau yang jauh tidak luput dari hukuman-Nya.
He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.
19 Kuasa dan keagungan-Nya akan ditakuti semua orang dari timur sampai ke barat. Ia akan datang seperti sungai yang deras yang digelorakan angin yang kencang.
So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.
20 TUHAN berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Aku akan datang ke Yerusalem untuk menyelamatkan kamu semua yang bertobat dari dosa-dosamu.
And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
21 Aku membuat perjanjian dengan kamu: Kamu Kuberi kuasa-Ku dan ajaran-Ku untuk selama-lamanya. Ajarkanlah kepada anak-anakmu supaya mereka pun dapat mengajarkannya turun-temurun sekarang sampai selama-lamanya."
And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
