Yeremia 2

1 TUHAN menyuruh aku

The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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.

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say, 'Yahweh says this: I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love at the time when we were engaged, when you went after me in the wilderness, the land that was not sown.

3 Israel, kau milik-Ku pribadi, buah hati-Ku yang Kusayangi. Aku menimpakan malapetaka kepada semua yang membuat kau menderita, Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

Israel was set apart to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest! All who ate from the firstfruits were held guilty; disaster came upon them—this is Yahweh's declaration.'”

4 Dengarkan pesan TUHAN, hai kamu keturunan Yakub, suku-suku Israel!

Hear the word of Yahweh, house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of 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.

Yahweh says this, “What did your fathers find wrong with me, that they went far from following me? That they went after useless idols and became useless themselves?

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, 'Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt? Where is Yahweh, who led us to the wilderness, into the land of the Arabah and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, a land through which no one passes and where no one lives?'

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.

But I brought you to the land of Carmel, to eat its fruit and other good things! Yet when you came, you defiled my land, you made my inheritance an abomination!

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."

The priest did not say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and the experts in the law did not care about me! The shepherds transgressed against me. The prophets prophesied for Baal and walked after unprofitable things.

9 TUHAN berkata, "Sekarang umat-Ku Kuperkarakan lagi, dan keturunannya Kuadili.

So I will still accuse you—this is Yahweh's declaration—and I will accuse your sons' sons.

10 Susurilah pesisir Siprus sebelah barat, kirimlah orang ke timur ke negeri Kedar, periksalah di sana dengan seksama, apakah pernah terjadi hal yang serupa?

For cross over to the coasts of Kittim and look. Send messengers out to Kedar and find out and see if there has ever before been anything like this.

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.

Has a nation exchanged gods, even though they were not gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for what cannot help them.

12 Karena itu, hai langit, bergoncanglah! Tercengang dan gemetarlah!

Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and horrified—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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."

For my people have committed two evils against me: They have abandoned the springs of living waters, and they have dug out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

14 "Israel bukan hamba, bukan juga keturunan hamba sahaya. Tapi mengapa ia telah menjadi mangsa lawannya?

Is Israel a slave? Was he born in his master's home? So why has he become plunder?

15 Musuhnya mengaum kepadanya seperti singa, tanahnya dijadikan tandus dan hampa, kota-kotanya habis dimakan api, dibiarkan terlantar tak berpenghuni.

Young lions roared against him. They made a lot of noise and made his land a horror. His cities are destroyed without any inhabitants.

16 Hai Israel, rambut kepalamu dipangkas oleh orang Memfis dan Tahpanhes.

Also, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes will shave your skull.

17 Kau sendiri yang menyebabkan semua yang terjadi pada dirimu, karena ketika kau Kutuntun di perjalanan, kau membelakangi Aku, TUHAN Allahmu.

Did you not do this to yourselves when you abandoned Yahweh your God, while he was leading you along the way?

18 Apa untungnya kau ke Mesir? Hendak minum air Sungai Nil? Apa untungnya kau ke Asyur? Hendak minum air Sungai Efrat?

So now, why take the road to Egypt and drink the waters of Shihor? Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of 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."

Your wickedness rebukes you, and your faithlessness punishes you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter when you forsake Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of Lord Yahweh of hosts.

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.

For I broke your yoke that you had in ancient days; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said, 'I will not serve!' since you bowed down on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree, you adulterer.

21 Engkau Kutanam seperti pohon anggur yang Kupilih dari benih yang unggul. Tapi sekarang engkau berubah, menjadi tanaman liar dan tak berguna.

I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed. How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine?

22 Sekali pun engkau mandi dengan memakai sabun banyak sekali, namun noda-noda kesalahanmu masih terlihat juga oleh-Ku.

For even if you clean yourself in the river or wash with strong soap, your iniquity is a stain before me—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh.

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,

How can you say, 'I am not defiled! I have not walked after the Baals'? Look at what you did in the valleys! Consider what you have done—you are a swift female camel running here and there,

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.

a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; at mating time they will find her.

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 must restrain your feet from becoming bare and your throat from being thirsty! But you have said, 'It is hopeless! No, I love strangers and go after 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!

Like the shame of a thief when he is found, so the house of Israel will be ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, and their priests and prophets!

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.

These are the ones who say to the tree, 'You are my father,' and to the stone, 'You gave birth to me.' For their back faces me and not their faces. Nevertheless, they say in the time of troubles, 'Arise and save us!'

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!

Yet where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Let them arise if they wish to save you in your time of troubles, for your idols equal your cities in number, Judah!

29 Apakah yang tidak kamu senangi mengenai Aku sehingga kamu melawan Aku?

So why do you accuse me of doing wrong? All of you have sinned against me—this is Yahweh's declaration.

30 Percuma saja kamu Kuhukum, sebab kamu tidak mau menerima teguran. Seperti singa yang sedang mengamuk, demikianlah kamu membunuh para nabimu.

I have punished your people in vain. They would not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destructive lion!

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 who belong to this generation! Pay attention to my word, the word of Yahweh! Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of deep darkness? Why would my people say, 'Let us wander around, we will not go to you anymore'?

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.

Will a virgin forget her jewelry, a bride her veils? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number!

33 Kamu sungguh pandai mengatur siasat untuk memikat hati kekasih-kekasihmu. Pelacur yang paling bejat pun masih dapat belajar daripadamu!

How well you make your way to look for love. You have even taught your ways to wicked women.

34 Pakaianmu ternoda oleh darah orang miskin dan orang tak bersalah, bukan oleh darah pencuri yang tertangkap. Namun demikian,

The blood that was the life of innocent, poor people has been found on your clothes. These people were not discovered in acts of burglary.

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.

Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But look! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I 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.

Why do you treat so very lightly this change in your ways? You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.

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."

You will also go out from there dejected, with your hands on your head, for Yahweh has rejected the ones whom you trusted, so you will not be helped by them.”