Yeremia 23
1 TUHAN Allah Israel berkata, "Celakalah kamu hai para pemimpin yang membinasakan dan menceraiberaikan umat-Ku! Kamu seharusnya memelihara umat-Ku, tetapi kamu tidak melakukannya; kamu membiarkannya terserak dan lari. Sekarang Aku akan menghukum kamu karena kejahatanmu.
A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
3 Tetapi sisa-sisa umat-Ku akan Kukumpulkan dari negeri-negeri di tempat mereka Kubuang. Mereka akan Kubawa kembali ke tanah air mereka dan keturunan mereka akan bertambah banyak.
And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
4 Aku akan mengangkat pemimpin untuk memelihara mereka. Umat-Ku tidak akan takut lagi atau gentar; tak seorang pun dari mereka akan hilang. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.
5 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya, Aku mengangkat seorang raja yang adil dari keturunan Daud. Raja itu akan memerintah dengan bijaksana, dan melakukan apa yang adil dan benar di seluruh negeri.
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
6 Apabila ia memerintah, orang Yehuda akan selamat, dan orang Israel akan hidup dengan aman. Raja itu akan disebut 'TUHAN Keselamatan Kita'.
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
7 Akan tiba waktunya, orang tidak lagi bersumpah demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, yang membawa umat Israel keluar dari Mesir,
And so, truly, the days are coming when they will say no longer, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt;
8 melainkan demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, yang membawa umat Israel keluar dari sebuah negeri di utara, dan dari semua negeri lain di mana mereka telah Kuceraiberaikan. Mereka akan tinggal di tanah airnya sendiri."
But, By the living Lord, who took up the seed of Israel, and made them come out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had sent them; and they will be living in the land which is theirs.
9 Inilah pesanku mengenai nabi-nabi: Hatiku hancur dan aku gemetar. TUHAN dan perkataan-Nya yang suci membuat aku seperti orang mabuk yang terlalu banyak minum anggur.
About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.
10 Negeri kita penuh dengan orang yang tidak setia kepada TUHAN. Mereka hidup jahat dan menyalahgunakan kekuasaan mereka. Karena kutukan TUHAN, rumput di padang menjadi kering dan seluruh negeri berdukacita.
For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
11 TUHAN berkata, "Nabi dan imam tak mau taat kepada-Ku. Bahkan di Rumah-Ku Aku telah mendapati mereka berbuat jahat.
For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.
12 Karena itu, jalan mereka akan licin dan gelap, sehingga mereka tersandung dan jatuh. Aku akan mendatangkan celaka atas mereka, apabila telah tiba waktunya untuk menghukum mereka. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
13 Dosa nabi-nabi Samaria sudah Kulihat. Mereka berbicara atas nama Baal, dan menyesatkan Israel, umat-Ku.
And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.
14 Tapi di Yerusalem Aku melihat nabi-nabi melakukan yang lebih jahat lagi. Mereka berdusta dan berzinah, serta menyokong orang yang berbuat jahat, sehingga tak seorang pun mau bertobat. Bagi-Ku mereka semuanya jahat seperti penduduk Sodom dan Gomora."
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.
15 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Akan Kuberikan kepada para nabi di Yerusalem itu tanaman pahit untuk dimakan dan racun untuk diminum, karena mereka telah menyebabkan orang-orang di seluruh negeri tidak menghormati Aku."
So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.
16 Kepada penduduk Yerusalem, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Jangan dengarkan perkataan para nabi yang selalu hanya memberi harapan yang kosong. Mereka hanya menyampaikan khayalan mereka sendiri dan bukan pesan-Ku.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 Kepada orang-orang yang tak mau mendengarkan kata-kata-Ku, mereka selalu berkata, 'Kamu akan selamat.' Dan kepada setiap orang yang keras kepala, mereka berkata, 'Kau tak akan mendapat celaka.'"
They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.
18 Aku berkata, "Tidak seorang pun dari nabi-nabi itu mengetahui apa yang terkandung dalam pikiran TUHAN. Tak ada dari mereka pernah mendengar dan mengerti rencana-rencana-Nya; tak ada juga yang memperhatikan atau mengindahkan kata-kata-Nya.
For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it?
19 Kemarahan TUHAN bagaikan angin ribut yang mengamuk dan melanda orang-orang yang jahat.
See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.
20 Kemarahan-Nya tak akan reda sebelum semua yang direncanakan-Nya terlaksana. Di kemudian hari umat TUHAN akan mengerti hal itu dengan jelas."
The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
21 TUHAN berkata, "Giat sekali nabi-nabi itu, padahal mereka tidak Kusuruh. Atas nama-Ku mereka menyampaikan berita, padahal tak ada pesan yang Kuberikan kepada mereka.
I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.
22 Andaikata mereka tahu apa yang terkandung dalam pikiran-Ku, tentulah mereka telah menyampaikan kepada umat-Ku segala yang telah Kuucapkan. Maka umat-Ku akan bertobat dari dosa-dosa dan tingkah lakunya yang jahat.
But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Aku Allah yang berada di mana-mana, bukan di satu tempat saja.
Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
24 Tak seorang pun dapat menyembunyikan dirinya dari pandangan-Ku, sebab Aku ada di mana-mana: di surga dan di bumi.
In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
25 Semua yang dikatakan oleh nabi-nabi itu Aku sudah tahu. Atas nama-Ku mereka berdusta bahwa pesan-Ku telah mereka terima melalui mimpi.
My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,
26 Sampai kapan nabi-nabi itu hendak menyesatkan umat-Ku dengan berita karangan mereka sendiri?
Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?
27 Mereka pikir bahwa dengan mimpi-mimpi yang mereka ceritakan itu, umat-Ku dapat lupa kepada-Ku seperti leluhur mereka melupakan Aku dan menyembah Baal.
Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal.
28 Nabi yang bermimpi seharusnya berkata, 'Ini hanya mimpi.' Tapi nabi yang mendapat pesan dari Aku haruslah menyampaikan pesan itu dengan sebenarnya. Gandum tak dapat disamakan dengan jerami.
If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
29 Perkataan-Ku seperti api, dan seperti palu yang menghancurkan batu!
Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
30 Aku akan melawan nabi-nabi yang menyampaikan pesan dari sesama rekannya, lalu mengatakan bahwa itu pesan dari Aku.
For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.
31 Aku juga melawan nabi-nabi yang menyampaikan kata-katanya sendiri, lalu mengatakan bahwa itu dari Aku.
See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.
32 Aku, TUHAN, akan melawan nabi-nabi itu yang menyampaikan mimpi-mimpinya yang penuh dusta. Mereka menyesatkan umat-Ku dengan dusta dan bualan mereka. Aku tidak menyuruh nabi-nabi itu. Mereka sama sekali tidak berguna untuk umat-Ku. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
33 TUHAN berkata, "Yeremia, jika salah seorang dari umat-Ku, atau seorang nabi atau imam bertanya kepadamu, 'Apa pesan TUHAN?' Engkau harus menjawab, 'Engkaulah beban TUHAN; sebab itu engkau akan dibuangnya.'
And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.
34 Jika salah seorang dari umat-Ku atau nabi atau imam masih berbicara tentang 'beban TUHAN', maka dia dan keluarganya akan Kuhukum.
And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house.
35 Sebaliknya, setiap orang seharusnya menanyakan kepada kawannya dan kepada keluarganya, 'Apakah jawaban dari TUHAN?' atau 'Apakah yang dikatakan TUHAN?'
But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?
36 Mereka tidak boleh lagi menggunakan istilah 'beban TUHAN'. Kalau ada yang masih menggunakan istilah itu, maka Aku akan menjadikan pesan-Ku betul-betul beban baginya. Orang yang mengatakan 'beban TUHAN' hanyalah memutarbalikkan perkataan-Ku, Allah mereka, Allah yang hidup, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa.
And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.
37 Mereka hanya boleh mengatakan kepada nabi-nabi, 'Apakah jawaban TUHAN kepadamu? Apakah yang dikatakan TUHAN?'
This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?
38 Kalau ada yang tidak taat kepada perintah-Ku itu, dan masih memakai istilah 'beban TUHAN',
But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;
39 maka Aku akan memungut mereka, dan melemparkan mereka jauh-jauh, baik mereka maupun kota yang telah Kuberikan kepada mereka dan leluhur mereka.
For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:
40 Aku akan membuat mereka malu dan hina untuk selama-lamanya dan nasib mereka itu tak akan dilupakan orang."
And I will give you a name without honour for ever, and unending shame which will never go from the memory of men.
