Yeremia 27
1 Tak lama setelah Zedekia putra Yosia menjadi raja Yehuda, TUHAN menyuruh aku
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 membuat tali-tali dari kulit serta gandar dari kayu, dan memasangnya di tengkukku.
the LORD says to me: “Make bonds and bars, 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.
Then send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the children of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 Aku harus memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, berkata,
Give them a command to their masters, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “You shall tell 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, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give it to whom it seems right to me.
6 Akulah yang telah menyerahkan segala bangsa ini ke dalam kekuasaan hamba-Ku, Nebukadnezar, raja Babel. Bahkan binatang pun telah Kuserahkan kepadanya untuk dikuasai.
Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. I have also given the animals of the field to him to serve him.
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.
All the nations will serve him, his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their bondservant.
8 Bangsa atau kerajaan yang tidak mau takluk kepada Nebukadnezar akan Kuhukum dengan peperangan, kelaparan, dan wabah penyakit, sampai akhirnya bangsa itu takluk kepadanya.
“‘“‘It will happen that I will punish the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,’ says the LORD, ‘with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
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.
But as for you, don’t listen to your prophets, to your diviners, to your dreams, to your soothsayers, or to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve 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 prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, so that I would drive you out, and you would perish.
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 the nation that brings their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation I will let remain in their own land,’ says the LORD; ‘and they will till it and dwell in it.’”’”
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.
I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
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 will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 Jangan dengarkan nabi-nabi yang melarang Baginda takluk kepada raja Babel, sebab mereka menipu Baginda.
Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you.
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 prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
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.
Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, the LORD says, “Don’t listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you.
17 Jangan dengarkan mereka! Menyerahlah kepada raja Babel, supaya kamu selamat. Untuk apa kota ini harus hancur?
Don’t listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
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 LORD’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of Armies, that the vessels which are left in the LORD’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t 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 the LORD of Armies says concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—
yes, the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning the vessels that are left in the LORD’s house, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:
‘They will be carried to Babylon, and there they will be, until the day that I visit them,’ says the LORD; ‘then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.’”
