Yesaya 8
1 TUHAN berkata kepada saya, "Ambillah sebuah batu tulis besar, lalu tulislah dengan huruf-huruf yang jelas: 'Perampasan yang Tangkas, Perampokan yang Cepat.'
And the Lord said to me: “Take up for yourself a large book, and with a man’s pen write in it: ‘Take away the spoils quickly; plunder swiftly.’”
2 Panggillah sebagai saksi dua orang yang dapat dipercaya, yaitu Imam Uria dan Zakharia, anak Yeberekhya."
And I summoned to myself faithful witnesses: Uriah, the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.
3 Beberapa waktu kemudian istri saya hamil. Ketika anak kami lahir, TUHAN berkata kepada saya, "Namailah dia 'Perampasan yang Tangkas, Perampokan yang Cepat.'
And I joined with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me: “Call his name: ‘Rush to take away the spoils; Hurry to be plundered.’
4 Sebab sebelum anak itu cukup besar untuk mengatakan 'Bapak' dan 'Ibu', seluruh kekayaan Damsyik dan semua barang rampasan Samaria akan diangkut kepada raja Asyur."
For before the boy knows how to call to his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be taken away, in the sight of the king of the Assyrians.”
5 TUHAN berbicara lagi kepada saya,
And the Lord spoke to me further, saying:
6 kata-Nya, "Bangsa ini menolak air yang tenang dari anak Sungai Syiloah, dan senang dengan Raja Rezin dan Raja Pekah.
“Because this people has cast aside the waters of Shiloah, which go forth silently, and has instead chosen Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 Sebab itu Aku, TUHAN, akan mendatangkan raja Asyur dan seluruh tentaranya untuk menyerang Yehuda. Mereka akan maju seperti Sungai Efrat yang meluap-luap dan membanjiri tebing-tebingnya.
for this reason, behold, the Lord will lead over them the waters of a river, strong and plentiful: the king of the Assyrians with all his glory. And he will rise up throughout all his streams, and he will overflow all his banks.
8 Mereka akan melanda Yehuda seperti banjir sampai setinggi leher dan menggenangi segala-galanya." Allah menyertai kita! Sayap-Nya yang terbentang melindungi negeri kita.
And he will pass through Judah, inundating it, and he will cross over and arrive, even at its neck. And he will extend his wings, filling the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”
9 Berhimpunlah dengan gentar, hai sekalian bangsa! Dengarlah hai ujung-ujung bumi! Bersiaplah untuk bertempur, tetapi dengan hati yang gentar! Ya, bersiap-siaplah, tetapi dengan rasa gentar!
O people, gather together, and be conquered! All distant lands, listen! Be strengthened, and be conquered! Gird yourselves, and be conquered!
10 Buatlah rencana, tetapi semuanya akan gagal. Ambillah keputusan, tetapi tak ada gunanya, sebab Allah menyertai kami.
Undertake a plan, and it will be dissipated! Speak a word, and it will not be done! For God is with us.
11 Saya dikuasai TUHAN dan diberi peringatan supaya jangan mengikuti jalan yang ditempuh bangsa itu. Kata-Nya,
For the Lord said this to me, and he has instructed this to me with a strong hand, lest I go forth in the way of this people, saying:
12 "Jangan menganggap komplotan apa yang mereka anggap komplotan, dan jangan takut akan hal-hal yang mereka takuti.
“You should not say ‘It is conspiracy!’ For all that this people speaks is a conspiracy. And you should not be frightened or alarmed with their fear.
13 Ingatlah bahwa Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa adalah suci. Hanya Akulah yang harus kautakuti.
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself. Let him be your dread, and let him be your fear.
14 Oleh karena Aku sangat suci, Aku menjadi batu sandungan bagi rakyat Yehuda dan Israel, dan perangkap yang menjerat penduduk Yerusalem.
And so shall he be a sanctification to you. But he will be a stone of offense and a rock of scandal to the two houses of Israel, and a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Banyak orang akan jatuh tersandung dan terluka. Mereka akan terperosok ke dalam perangkap."
And very many of them will stumble and fall, and they will be broken and entangled and seized.
16 Kalian, murid-muridku harus menyimpan dan memelihara pesan-pesan yang diberikan Allah kepada saya.
Bind the testimony, seal the law, among my disciples.”
17 TUHAN telah menyembunyikan diri dari keturunan Yakub, umat-Nya, tetapi saya percaya dan berharap kepada-Nya.
And I will wait for the Lord, who has concealed his face from the house of Jacob, and I will stand before him.
18 Inilah saya dan anak-anak yang diberikan TUHAN kepada saya. TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa yang memerintah di Bukit Sion, mengutus kami menjadi tanda untuk umat Israel.
Behold: I and my children, whom the Lord has given to me as a sign and a portent, in Israel, from the Lord of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Tetapi orang-orang akan menyuruh kamu meminta petunjuk dari dukun-dukun yang berbisik-bisik dan berkomat-kamit. Orang-orang itu akan berkata, "Bukankah kita patut minta petunjuk dari arwah-arwah demi kepentingan orang hidup?"
And though they say to you, “Seek from seers and diviners,” they who hiss in their incantations, should not the people seek from their God, for the sake of the living, and not from the dead?
20 Jawablah begini, "Dengarkan ajaran TUHAN! Orang yang tidak bicara sesuai dengan ajaran itu, tidak mempunyai harapan."
And this is, moreover, for the sake of the law and the testimony. But if they do not speak according to this Word, then he will not have the morning light.
21 Orang-orang yang malang dan lapar akan berkeliaran di negeri itu. Karena kelaparan, mereka marah-marah sehingga mengutuk raja dan Allah mereka. Ke mana pun mereka memandang, ke atas
And he will pass by it; he will fall and become hungry. And when he is hungry, he will become angry, and he will speak evil against his king and his God, and he will lift himself upward.
22 atau ke bawah, mereka tak akan melihat apa-apa selain kesesakan dan kegelapan serta kesuraman yang mencekam. Mereka akan dibuang ke tempat yang gelap itu.
And he will gaze downward to the earth, and behold: tribulation and darkness, dissolution and distress, and a pursuing gloom. For he will not be able to fly away from its distress.
