Yeremia 2
1 TUHAN menyuruh aku
Yahweh gave me another message
2 mengumumkan berita ini kepada semua orang di Yerusalem, "Hai Israel, Kuingat betapa kau setia di kala engkau masih muda; betapa besar cintamu ketika kita berbulan madu. Ke padang gurun Aku kauikuti melalui daerah yang tidak ditanami.
[to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
3 Israel, kau milik-Ku pribadi, buah hati-Ku yang Kusayangi. Aku menimpakan malapetaka kepada semua yang membuat kau menderita, Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
[At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
4 Dengarkan pesan TUHAN, hai kamu keturunan Yakub, suku-suku Israel!
So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
5 TUHAN berkata, "Kesalahan apa didapati leluhurmu pada-Ku, sehingga mereka mengkhianati Aku? Mereka mengejar berhala yang tak berharga dan akhirnya mereka sendiri menjadi hina.
listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
6 Aku tak dihiraukan; Aku, yang telah menuntun mereka di jalan, dan membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir melewati padang pasir, daerah tandus yang banyak lekak-lekuknya, serta kering lagi berbahaya--padang yang tidak dihuni dan tidak dilalui!
They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
7 Ke negeri yang subur Kuantar mereka untuk menikmati hasil-hasil dan segala yang baik di sana. Tapi di situ tanah-Ku mereka najiskan dan milik-Ku mereka jadikan sesuatu yang menjijikkan.
And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
8 Para imam tak ada yang bertanya di mana Aku, Tuhannya. Para penegak hukum pun tak tahu siapa Aku, para penguasa memberontak terhadap-Ku. Atas nama Baal para nabi berbicara, dan menyembah berhala yang tak berguna."
[Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
9 TUHAN berkata, "Sekarang umat-Ku Kuperkarakan lagi, dan keturunannya Kuadili.
“So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
10 Susurilah pesisir Siprus sebelah barat, kirimlah orang ke timur ke negeri Kedar, periksalah di sana dengan seksama, apakah pernah terjadi hal yang serupa?
If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
11 Belum pernah suatu bangsa menukarkan ilahnya sekali pun itu bukan Allah sesungguhnya. Tapi, umat-Ku telah menukar Aku, kebanggaan mereka dengan sesuatu yang tak dapat berbuat apa-apa.
The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
12 Karena itu, hai langit, bergoncanglah! Tercengang dan gemetarlah!
[It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
13 Umat-Ku melakukan dua macam dosa: mereka membelakangi Aku, sumber air pemberi hidup bagi manusia; mereka membuat bagi dirinya kolam bocor yang tak dapat menahan airnya."
[You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
14 "Israel bukan hamba, bukan juga keturunan hamba sahaya. Tapi mengapa ia telah menjadi mangsa lawannya?
You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
15 Musuhnya mengaum kepadanya seperti singa, tanahnya dijadikan tandus dan hampa, kota-kotanya habis dimakan api, dibiarkan terlantar tak berpenghuni.
[Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
16 Hai Israel, rambut kepalamu dipangkas oleh orang Memfis dan Tahpanhes.
Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
17 Kau sendiri yang menyebabkan semua yang terjadi pada dirimu, karena ketika kau Kutuntun di perjalanan, kau membelakangi Aku, TUHAN Allahmu.
But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
18 Apa untungnya kau ke Mesir? Hendak minum air Sungai Nil? Apa untungnya kau ke Asyur? Hendak minum air Sungai Efrat?
So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
19 Kejahatanmu sendiri menghukum dirimu, kau tersiksa karena menolak Aku, Allahmu. Sekarang rasakan betapa pahit dan pedih bila Aku kaubelakangi dan tidak kauhormati. Aku, TUHAN Allahmu telah berbicara; Akulah TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi dan Mahakuasa."
[It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
20 TUHAN berkata, "Sudah lama engkau tak mau mengabdi kepada-Ku; tak mau mentaati atau menyembah Aku. Di atas setiap bukit yang menjulang, dan di bawah setiap pohon yang rindang engkau menyembah dewa-dewa kesuburan.
Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
21 Engkau Kutanam seperti pohon anggur yang Kupilih dari benih yang unggul. Tapi sekarang engkau berubah, menjadi tanaman liar dan tak berguna.
[It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
22 Sekali pun engkau mandi dengan memakai sabun banyak sekali, namun noda-noda kesalahanmu masih terlihat juga oleh-Ku.
Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
23 Berani benar kau berkata bahwa kau tidak keji, dan bahwa Baal tidak pernah kauikuti! Lihat tingkah lakumu di lembah, ingat kejahatanmu dan akuilah! Engkau bagaikan unta betina yang berahi, berlari kian ke mari tak terkendali,
You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
24 lalu masuk ke padang gurun yang sunyi. Ia tak dapat ditahan bila sedang berahi. Yang mengingininya tak perlu mencari-cari, sebab pada musim berjantan ia selalu menyodorkan diri.
You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
25 Israel, janganlah engkau berlari mengejar dewa-dewa, dan janganlah berteriak memanggil mereka, nanti kakimu cedera dan tenggorokanmu kering karena dahaga. 'Tidak, aku tak mungkin kembali,' kau berkata, 'sebab aku cinta kepada dewa-dewa, dan mau mengikuti mereka.'"
You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
26 TUHAN berkata, "Seperti pencuri merasa malu ketika tertangkap, demikianlah kamu semua akan merasa malu, hai orang Israel, raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabatmu, imam-imam dan nabi-nabimu!
[Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
27 Kamu akan dipermalukan, sebab sepotong kayu kamu panggil bapak dan sebuah batu kamu panggil ibu. Kamu bukannya datang kepada-Ku, melainkan meninggalkan Aku. Tapi apabila datang kesukaran, Akulah yang kamu panggil untuk datang menyelamatkan kamu.
You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
28 Di manakah berhala-berhalamu yang kamu buat itu? Jika ada kesukaran, suruhlah mereka menyelamatkan kamu, kalau mereka bisa! Hai Yehuda, dewa-dewamu sebanyak kota-kotamu!
Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
29 Apakah yang tidak kamu senangi mengenai Aku sehingga kamu melawan Aku?
You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
30 Percuma saja kamu Kuhukum, sebab kamu tidak mau menerima teguran. Seperti singa yang sedang mengamuk, demikianlah kamu membunuh para nabimu.
I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
31 Hai umat Israel, dengarkan kata-kata-Ku ini. Pernahkah Aku seperti padang gurun bagimu atau seperti tanah yang gelap gulita? Tapi mengapa kamu berkata bahwa kamu mau bebas, dan tak mau lagi kembali kepada-Ku?
You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
32 Apakah ada gadis yang melupakan perhiasannya, atau pengantin wanita yang melupakan baju pengantinnya? Tetapi kamu telah lama sekali melupakan Aku--sejak waktu yang tak terhitung lamanya.
A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
33 Kamu sungguh pandai mengatur siasat untuk memikat hati kekasih-kekasihmu. Pelacur yang paling bejat pun masih dapat belajar daripadamu!
You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
34 Pakaianmu ternoda oleh darah orang miskin dan orang tak bersalah, bukan oleh darah pencuri yang tertangkap. Namun demikian,
Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
35 kamu berkata bahwa kamu tak bersalah, bahwa Aku tidak marah lagi kepadamu. Tetapi Aku, TUHAN, akan menghukum kamu karena kamu tidak mau mengakui bahwa kamu bersalah.
you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
36 Cepat sekali kamu pergi kepada dewa-dewa bangsa lain untuk minta tolong! Kamu pasti akan dikecewakan oleh Mesir, sama seperti kamu dikecewakan oleh Asyur.
Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
37 Kamu akan meninggalkan Mesir dengan kecewa dan malu. Aku, TUHAN, telah menolak mereka yang kamu andalkan; kamu tidak akan mendapat keuntungan apa-apa dari mereka."
They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
