Yeremia 27
1 Tak lama setelah Zedekia putra Yosia menjadi raja Yehuda, TUHAN menyuruh aku
When Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 membuat tali-tali dari kulit serta gandar dari kayu, dan memasangnya di tengkukku.
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
3 Ia juga menyuruh aku menyampaikan pesan-Nya kepada raja-raja Edom, Moab, Amon, Tirus dan Sidon, dengan perantaraan utusan-utusan mereka yang telah datang ke Yerusalem untuk mengunjungi Raja Zedekia.
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;
4 Aku harus memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, berkata,
And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
5 "Dengan kuasa-Ku yang besar dan dengan kekuatan-Ku Aku telah menciptakan bumi dan manusia serta segala binatang, dan Aku dapat memberikannya kepada siapa saja yang Kukehendaki.
I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
6 Akulah yang telah menyerahkan segala bangsa ini ke dalam kekuasaan hamba-Ku, Nebukadnezar, raja Babel. Bahkan binatang pun telah Kuserahkan kepadanya untuk dikuasai.
And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
7 Segala bangsa akan mengabdi kepadanya, kepada putranya, dan kepada cucunya sampai tiba saatnya negaranya sendiri jatuh. Pada waktu itu bangsa Babel akan mengabdi kepada bangsa-bangsa yang kuat dan raja-raja yang besar.
And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.
8 Bangsa atau kerajaan yang tidak mau takluk kepada Nebukadnezar akan Kuhukum dengan peperangan, kelaparan, dan wabah penyakit, sampai akhirnya bangsa itu takluk kepadanya.
And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
9 Janganlah mendengarkan nabi-nabi atau siapa pun juga yang melarang kamu takluk kepada raja Babel, walaupun mereka mengaku telah menerima petunjuk dari mimpi, roh-roh halus, atau dengan memakai kekuatan gaib.
And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:
10 Mereka menipu kamu sehingga kamu dibawa jauh dari negerimu. Aku akan mengusir kamu dari negerimu dan kamu akan binasa.
For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
11 Tapi bangsa yang mau takluk dan mau mengabdi kepada raja Babel akan Kubiarkan tinggal di tanah airnya sendiri, dan bercocok tanam di situ. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
But as for that nation which puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and becomes his servant, I will let that nation keep on in its land, farming it and living in it, says the Lord.
12 Kepada Zedekia raja Yehuda, aku, Yeremia, menyampaikan hal yang sama. Aku berkata, "Menyerahlah kepada raja Babel. Taatlah kepadanya dan kepada bangsanya, supaya Baginda selamat.
And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
13 TUHAN telah berkata bahwa bangsa yang tidak takluk kepada raja Babel akan mati oleh peperangan, kelaparan, atau wabah penyakit. Mengapa Baginda dan rakyat mau mati secara demikian?
Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?
14 Jangan dengarkan nabi-nabi yang melarang Baginda takluk kepada raja Babel, sebab mereka menipu Baginda.
And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.
15 Mereka berkata bahwa mereka bicara atas nama TUHAN, tapi mereka berdusta. TUHAN sendiri berkata bahwa Ia tidak mengutus mereka. Sebab itu Ia akan menceraiberaikan dan membinasakan Baginda bersama nabi-nabi yang telah berdusta kepada Baginda."
For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.
16 Kemudian aku memberitahukan kepada imam-imam dan kepada seluruh rakyat bahwa TUHAN berkata begini, "Jangan dengarkan nabi-nabi yang berkata bahwa tidak lama lagi barang-barang di Rumah-Ku akan dibawa kembali dari Babel. Mereka bohong.
And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.
17 Jangan dengarkan mereka! Menyerahlah kepada raja Babel, supaya kamu selamat. Untuk apa kota ini harus hancur?
Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?
18 Kalau mereka memang benar nabi, dan telah menerima pesan dari Aku, pasti mereka sekarang minta kepada-Ku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, supaya barang-barang yang masih ada di Rumah-Ku dan di istana raja di Yerusalem tidak diangkut ke Babel.
But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.
19 Sebab Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, telah memutuskan bahwa semua barang itu akan diangkut ke Babel, dan akan tetap di sana sampai Aku memperhatikannya lagi. Pada waktu itu barulah Aku membawanya kembali ke tempat ini. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara." Barang-barang yang masih ada di Rumah TUHAN itu ialah: tiang-tiang, bejana perunggu, kereta-kereta, dan beberapa barang lain milik Rumah TUHAN. Barang-barang itu tidak ikut dibawa ke Babel, ketika Yoyakhin putra Yoyakim raja Yehuda serta pemuka-pemuka masyarakat Yehuda dan Yerusalem diangkut ke Babel oleh Raja Nebukadnezar.
For this is what the Lord has said about the rest of the vessels which are still in this town,
Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about the rest of the vessels in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem:
They will be taken away to Babylon, and there they will be till the day when I send their punishment on them, says the Lord. Then I will take them up and put them back in their place.
