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 to yourself a volume of a great new [book], and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

2 Panggillah sebagai saksi dua orang yang dapat dipercaya, yaitu Imam Uria dan Zakharia, anak Yeberekhya."

And make me witnesses [of] faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

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 went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily.

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 child shall know [how] to call [his] father or [his] mother, [one] shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

5 TUHAN berbicara lagi kepada saya,

And the Lord spoke to me yet again, [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 chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias [to be] king over you;

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.

therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, [even] the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

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 shall take away from Juda [every] man who shall be able to lift up his head, [and every one] able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of your land, [O] God with us.

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!

Know, you Gentiles, and be conquered; listen you, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after you strengthened yourselves; for even if you should again strengthen yourselves, you shall again be conquered.

10 Buatlah rencana, tetapi semuanya akan gagal. Ambillah keputusan, tetapi tak ada gunanya, sebab Allah menyertai kami.

And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nothing; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

11 Saya dikuasai TUHAN dan diberi peringatan supaya jangan mengikuti jalan yang ditempuh bangsa itu. Kata-Nya,

Thus says the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,

12 "Jangan menganggap komplotan apa yang mereka anggap komplotan, dan jangan takut akan hal-hal yang mereka takuti.

Let them not say, [It is] hard, for whatever this people says, is hard: but fear not you their fear, neither be dismayed.

13 Ingatlah bahwa Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa adalah suci. Hanya Akulah yang harus kautakuti.

Sanctify you the Lord himself; and he shall 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 if you shall trust in him, he shall be to you for a sanctuary; and you shall not come against [him] as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

15 Banyak orang akan jatuh tersandung dan terluka. Mereka akan terperosok ke dalam perangkap."

Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw near, and men shall be taken securely.

16 Kalian, murid-muridku harus menyimpan dan memelihara pesan-pesan yang diberikan Allah kepada saya.

Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.

17 TUHAN telah menyembunyikan diri dari keturunan Yakub, umat-Nya, tetapi saya percaya dan berharap kepada-Nya.

And [one] shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in 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 the children which God has given me: and they shall be [for] signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion.

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 if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

20 Jawablah begini, "Dengarkan ajaran TUHAN! Orang yang tidak bicara sesuai dengan ajaran itu, tidak mempunyai harapan."

For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

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 famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, [that] when you shall be hungry, you shall be grieved, and you shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

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 they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that [one can’t] see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.