Yeremia 10
1 Umat Israel, dengarkanlah pesan TUHAN kepadamu.
Hear the word, O house of Israel, That YHWH has spoken for you.
2 Ia berkata, "Jangan ikuti kebiasaan bangsa-bangsa lain, dan jangan gentar melihat tanda-tanda di langit yang ditakuti bangsa-bangsa itu.
Thus said YHWH: “Do not accustom yourselves to the way of the nations, And do not be frightened by the signs of the heavens, For the nations are frightened by them.
3 Adat-istiadat bangsa-bangsa itu sama sekali tak berguna. Mereka menebang pohon di hutan, dan menyuruh tukang kayu mengerjakannya dengan alat menjadi patung berhala.
For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For one has cut a tree from a forest, Work of the hands of a craftsman, with an axe,
4 Kemudian patung berhala itu dihiasi dengan emas dan perak, lalu dikuatkan dengan paku supaya jangan jatuh.
They beautify it with silver and with gold, They fix it with nails and with hammers, And it does not stumble.
5 Patung-patung berhala itu seperti orang-orangan di kebun mentimun. Mereka tak dapat bicara, tak dapat melangkah, dan harus diangkat. Jangan takut kepada mereka, sebab mereka tak dapat berbuat jahat kepadamu; berbuat baik pun mereka tak mampu."
They [are] stiff as a palm, and they do not speak, They are surely carried, for they do not step, Do not be afraid of them, for they do no evil, Indeed, to do good is also not in them.”
6 TUHAN yang mulia, Engkau tak ada taranya, nama-Mu agung dan penuh kuasa.
Because there is none like You, O YHWH, You [are] great, and Your Name [is] great in might.
7 Siapa gerangan tak mau takwa kepada-Mu, raja segala bangsa? Sungguh, Engkau patut sekali dihormat. Dari semua yang pandai di antara bangsa-bangsa dan dari semua raja-raja mereka, tiada seorang pun dapat disamakan dengan diri-Mu, ya TUHAN.
Who does not fear You, King of the nations? For it is befitting to You, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom, there is none like You.
8 Bebal dan bodoh mereka semua sebab dewanya hanya kayu belaka, tak dapat mengajar yang berguna.
And as one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
9 Ia dilapis dengan perak dan emas yang dibawa dari Spanyol dan kota Ufas, semuanya buah tangan para seniman dan pandai emas. Pakaiannya dari kain ungu tua dan ungu muda, dikerjakan oleh para ahli tenun dengan seksama.
Spread-out silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Their clothing [is] blue and purple, Work of the skillful—all of them.
10 Tapi Engkau, TUHAN, Allah yang benar, Allah pemberi hidup, raja kekal. Bila Engkau murka, bumi berguncang, jika Engkau geram bangsa-bangsa tak tahan.
And YHWH [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a perpetual King, The earth shakes from His wrath, And nations do not endure His indignation.
11 (Kamu, hai umat, harus memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa dewa-dewa yang tidak menciptakan langit dan bumi itu akan dibinasakan. Mereka akan lenyap dari muka bumi.)
Thus you say to them, “The gods who have not made the heavens and earth, They perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.”
12 TUHAN menciptakan bumi dengan kuasa-Nya, membentuk dunia dengan hikmat-Nya, dan membentangkan langit dengan akal budi-Nya.
The Maker of the earth by His power, The Establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens—
13 Hanya dengan memberi perintah, menderulah air di cakrawala. Dari ujung-ujung bumi didatangkan-Nya awan, dan dibuat-Nya kilat memancar di dalam hujan, serta dikirim-Nya angin dari tempat penyimpanan-Nya.
When He gives forth His voice, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, He has made lightnings for rain, And brings out wind from His treasures.
14 Melihat semua itu sadarlah manusia, bahwa ia bodoh dan tak punya pengertian. Para pandai emas kehilangan muka, sebab patung berhala buatannya itu palsu dan tak bernyawa.
Every man is brutish by knowledge, Every refiner is put to shame by a carved image, For his molten image [is] false. And there is no breath in them.
15 Berhala-berhala itu tak berharga, patut diejek dan dihina. Apabila tiba waktunya mereka akan binasa.
They [are] vanity, work of erring ones, They perish in the time of their inspection.
16 Allah Yakub tidak seperti berhala-berhala itu; Ia pencipta segala sesuatu. Nama-Nya ialah TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa; Ia telah memilih Israel menjadi umat-Nya.
The Portion of Jacob [is] not like these, For He [is] the Framer of all things, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
17 Penduduk Yerusalem, kamu dikepung! Karena itu, berkemas-kemaslah!
Gather your merchandise from the land, O dweller in the bulwark,
18 Kali ini TUHAN akan melemparkan seluruh bangsa Yehuda ke pembuangan; kamu semua akan dihancurkan-Nya sama sekali. Itulah pesan dari TUHAN.
For thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.”
19 Penduduk Yerusalem berseru, "Kami luka parah dan tidak dapat sembuh. Dahulu kami menyangka bahwa derita ini dapat kami tanggung, padahal tidak.
Woe to me for my breaking, My striking has been grievous, And I said, “Surely this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.”
20 Kemah kami rusak, dan tali-talinya putus semua. Tak ada lagi yang dapat mendirikan kemah dan memasang kain-kainnya, karena anak-anak telah pergi."
My tent has been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out my tent anymore, And raising up my curtains.
21 Aku menjawab, "Bodoh pemimpin-pemimpin kita itu. Mereka tidak minta petunjuk dari TUHAN, itu sebabnya mereka gagal, dan kita terserak ke mana-mana.
For the shepherds have become brutish, And they have not sought YHWH, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
22 Dengarlah! Ada berita bahwa sebuah bangsa di utara menimbulkan kegemparan. Tentaranya akan membuat kota-kota Yehuda menjadi sepi dan tak berpenghuni. Anjing-anjing hutan akan bersembunyi di sana."
A voice of a report, behold, it has come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
23 TUHAN, aku tahu tak seorang pun berkuasa menentukan nasibnya atau mengendalikan jalan hidupnya.
I have known, O YHWH, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man [is] the going and establishing of his step.
24 Hajarlah kami ya TUHAN, tapi janganlah dengan pukulan yang terlalu menyakitkan. Jangan juga menghukum kami bila Engkau sedang murka, sebab pasti kami akan binasa semua.
Discipline me, O YHWH, only in judgment, Not in Your anger, lest You make me small.
25 Lampiaskanlah kemarahan-Mu ke atas bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengakui Engkau dan yang tak mau berbakti kepada-Mu. Sebab mereka telah membinasakan umat-Mu sama sekali dan menghancurkan negeri kami.
Pour out Your fury on the nations that have not known You, And on the families that have not called on Your Name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Indeed, they have eaten him up, indeed, they consume him, And they have made his habitation desolate!
