Yeremia 12

1 "Jika aku mengajukan perkaraku di hadapan-Mu, ya TUHAN, tentulah akan terbukti bahwa Engkaulah yang benar. Tapi aku ingin juga menanyakan kepada-Mu soal keadilan: Mengapa orang jahat makmur? Mengapa justru orang tak jujur yang berhasil?

Lord, when I complain to you, you always show yourself to be in the right. Even so I still want to present my case to you. Why is it that wicked people do so well? Why do those who are unfaithful to you live so comfortably?

2 Kautanam mereka seperti tumbuh-tumbuhan, lalu mereka berakar, bertumbuh, dan berbuah. Mereka selalu berbicara yang baik-baik tentang diri-Mu, tetapi dalam hati, mereka sebenarnya tidak peduli kepada-Mu.

You planted them, and they've taken root, grown, and produced fruit. They're always talking about you but they don't think of you, even for a moment.

3 Tetapi Engkau, ya TUHAN, mengenal aku. Engkau melihat apa yang kulakukan, dan Engkau mengetahui bagaimana perasaan hatiku terhadap-Mu. Giringlah orang-orang jahat itu keluar, bawalah mereka seperti domba ke pembantaian. Jagalah mereka sampai tiba waktunya mereka disembelih.

But you know me, Lord, you see me, and examine what I think about you. Drag off these people like sheep to be slaughtered; keep them apart for the time when they're killed.

4 Sampai berapa lama lagi negeri ini kering, dan rumputnya layu di setiap ladang? Burung dan binatang lainnya mati karena kejahatan bangsa kami. Mereka berkata, bahwa aku tidak akan melihat nasib mereka."

How long will the land have to mourn and the grass in every field be dried up because of the evil of the people who live there? The animals and birds have died out because the people have said, “He doesn't know what's going to happen to us.”

5 TUHAN berkata, "Yeremia, jika engkau menjadi lelah berlomba dengan manusia, mana mungkin engkau berlomba dengan kuda? Jika di tanah yang aman engkau ketakutan, apakah yang akan kaulakukan apabila kau berada di hutan belukar di tepi Yordan?

The Lord says, Once you've become worn out in a foot race against men, how would you win racing against horses? If you trip up in open ground, how would you do in the tangled undergrowth beside the Jordan?

6 Engkau sudah dikhianati bahkan oleh sanak saudaramu sendiri; mereka ikut menyerang engkau. Janganlah percaya kepada mereka, meskipun kata-kata mereka manis."

Even your own brothers and your father's family have betrayed you; they have publicly criticized you. Don't trust them when they talk nicely to you!

7 TUHAN berkata, "Tempat tinggal-Ku tidak lagi Kupedulikan, negeri yang menjadi milik-Ku telah Kutinggalkan, dan umat-Ku yang Kukasihi telah Kuserahkan ke tangan musuh-musuhnya.

I have given up on my people; I have abandoned the nation I chose. I have handed over the ones I truly love to their enemies.

8 Umat pilihan-Ku melawan Aku; seperti singa di rimba demikianlah mereka mengaum terhadap-Ku. Itulah sebabnya Aku membenci mereka.

They've turned into a wild lion, roaring at me—that's why I hate them.

9 Mereka seperti burung yang diserang oleh elang dari segala pihak. Panggillah segala binatang hutan untuk turut menghabiskan mereka.

My people are like a spotted bird of prey to me with other birds of prey circling to attack it. Go and bring all the wild animals to eat up the carcass.

10 Banyak penguasa asing telah merusak kebun anggur-Ku dan menginjak-injak ladang-ladang-Ku. Negeri-Ku yang indah mereka ubah menjadi padang gurun yang sepi.

Many shepherds have come and destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down the crops in my field. They have turned my pleasant land into an empty wasteland.

11 Ya, Aku melihat mereka menjadikan negeri-Ku tempat sepi yang menyedihkan. Seluruhnya terlantar, tak ada yang memperhatikan.

They have made it into a desert; it mourns before me, lying desolate. The whole country is a wasteland, but no one cares.

12 Dari seberang padang gurun di pegunungan, orang-orang datang untuk merampok. Aku mendatangkan peperangan untuk merusak seluruh negeri sehingga tak seorang pun dapat hidup damai.

The destructive armies have crossed all the bare desert hills for the Lord's sword destroys from one end of the country to the other. No one has any peace.

13 Umat-Ku menabur gandum, tapi durilah yang dituai. Mereka bersusah payah tapi usahanya tidak berhasil. Aku sangat murka sehingga panenan mereka gagal."

My people sowed wheat but harvested thorns. They wore themselves out but gained no benefit. You should be ashamed of such a poor harvest, caused by the Lord's furious anger.

14 TUHAN berkata, "Inilah pesan-Ku tentang negara-negara tetangga Israel yang telah merusak negeri yang Kuberikan kepada umat-Ku Israel. Seperti tanaman yang dicabut dari tanah, demikianlah orang-orang jahat itu akan Kukeluarkan dari negeri-negeri mereka, dan Yehuda akan Kulepaskan dari genggaman mereka.

This is what the Lord says: When it comes these evil nearby nations who attack the country that I gave to my people Israel, I'm going to uproot them from their land. I'm also going to uproot the people of Judah from among them.

15 Tetapi setelah mengeluarkan mereka, Aku akan mengasihani mereka lagi; setiap bangsa akan Kubawa kembali ke negerinya sendiri.

However, once I have uprooted them, I will have mercy on them again, and bring each one back to their property and their land.

16 Jika mereka dengan sepenuh hati mau menerima agama umat-Ku dan mau bersumpah dengan berkata, 'Demi TUHAN yang hidup,' --seperti dahulu mereka mengajar umat-Ku bersumpah demi Baal--maka mereka pun akan tergolong umat-Ku dan menjadi makmur.

If they will honestly learn the ways of my people and respect me, making their vows to me, just as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will do well among my people.

17 Tetapi bangsa yang tidak mau menuruti Aku, akan Kucabut seperti tanaman dan Kupunahkan. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

But if they refuse to obey, then I will not only uproot that nation but I will completely destroy it, declares the Lord.