Yeremia 31

1 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba waktunya Aku menjadi Allah semua suku Israel, dan mereka menjadi umat-Ku.

“In that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

2 Di padang gurun Aku menunjukkan belas kasihan-Ku kepada mereka yang telah luput dari maut. Ketika umat Israel mencari ketenangan,

Thus says the Lord: “The people who had remained after the sword, found grace in the desert. Israel will go to his rest.”

3 dari jauh Aku menampakkan diri-Ku kepada mereka. Hai umat Israel, sejak dulu Aku selalu mengasihi kamu, dan untuk seterusnya Aku akan tetap menunjukkan bahwa Aku selalu mengasihi kamu.

The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you.

4 Bangsamu akan Kujadikan jaya seperti dahulu. Sekali lagi kamu akan mengambil rebana, dan menari dengan gembira.

And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.

5 Kamu akan membuka kebun anggur di pegunungan Samaria, dan yang menanam akan memetik buahnya pula.

Still shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and they will not gather the vintage until the time arrives.

6 Sungguh, akan tiba waktunya para pengawal kota berseru di pegunungan Efraim, 'Mari kita naik ke Sion, kepada TUHAN Allah kita.'"

For there will be a day on which the guardians on mount Ephraim will cry out: ‘Arise! And let us ascend on Zion to the Lord our God!’”

7 TUHAN berkata, "Bernyanyilah gembira bagi Israel, umat-Ku--bangsa yang terutama dari segala bangsa. Nyanyikanlah kidung pujian, dan beritakanlah: 'TUHAN telah menyelamatkan yang tersisa dari umat-Nya.'

For thus says the Lord: “Exult in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles. Shout, and sing, and say: ‘O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’

8 Dari utara Kubawa mereka kembali; Kukumpulkan mereka dari ujung-ujung bumi. Orang buta dan orang lumpuh akan ikut dengan mereka, juga wanita yang baru melahirkan dan yang hamil tua. Mereka semua akan datang kembali dalam jumlah yang besar ke negeri ini.

Behold, I will lead them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, she who is with child, together with she who is giving birth: a great assembly returning to this place.

9 Mereka berjalan dengan bercucuran air mata, Kuhibur dan Kubimbing mereka. Kubawa mereka melalui tempat-tempat yang banyak airnya, melalui jalan rata di tempat mereka tak akan tersandung. Bagi Israel, aku bagaikan ayah; Efraim adalah putra-Ku yang sulung."

They will approach with weeping. And I will lead them back with mercy. And I will lead them through the torrents of water, by an upright way, and they will not stumble in it. For I have become Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”

10 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarlah hai bangsa-bangsa! Sampaikanlah pesan-Ku ke seberang lautan: Umat-Ku yang telah Kuceraiberaikan akan Kukumpulkan dan Kupelihara seperti gembala menjaga dombanya.

Listen to the word of the Lord, O Gentiles, and announce it amid the islands that are far away, and say: “Whoever has scattered Israel will gather him, and he will guard him as a shepherd guards his flock.”

11 Umat Israel telah Kuselamatkan, dan Kubebaskan dari bangsa yang kuat.

For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and he has freed him from the hand of one more powerful.

12 Ke Bukit Sion mereka akan datang dengan muka yang berseri-seri, sambil menyanyi dengan riang karena semua pemberian-Ku kepada mereka, yaitu gandum, minyak, anggur, sapi dan domba. Mereka akan seperti taman yang cukup airnya, dan tidak kekurangan apa-apa.

And they will arrive and give praise on Mount Zion. And they will flow together, to the good things of the Lord, over grain, and wine, and oil, and the offspring of cattle and herds. And their soul will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer be hungry.

13 Pada waktu itu gadis-gadis akan menari dengan bersuka hati. Orang tua dan orang muda sama-sama berbahagia, sebab Aku akan menghibur mereka. Duka mereka Kuubah menjadi kesukaan, kesedihan Kuubah menjadi kebahagiaan.

Then the virgin will rejoice with singing, the young and the old together, and I will turn their mourning into gladness, and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.

14 Para imam akan Kupuaskan dengan makanan berkelimpahan; dan semua yang umat-Ku perlukan akan Kuberikan. Aku, TUHAN, yang mengatakan."

And I will inebriate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be filled with my good things, says the Lord.”

15 TUHAN berkata, "Di Rama terdengar suara ratapan, dan keluh kesah yang diliputi kepedihan. Rahel meratapi anak-anaknya, ia tak mau dihibur sebab mereka sudah tiada.

Thus says the Lord: “A voice has been heard on high: of lamentation, mourning, and weeping; of Rachel crying for her sons and refusing to be consoled over them, because they are not.”

16 Hentikan tangismu dan keringkan air matamu! Takkan sia-sia jerih payahmu untuk anak-anakmu. Bagimu akan ada ganjaran, anak-anakmu pulang dari negeri lawan.

Thus says the Lord: “Let your voice cease from crying and your eyes from tears. For there is a reward for your work, says the Lord. And they will return from the land of the enemy.

17 Ada harapan bagimu di masa depan; anak-anakmu akan kembali ke kampung halaman.

And there is hope for your very end, says the Lord. And the sons will return to their own borders.

18 Kudengar umat Israel berkata penuh kesedihan, 'Ya TUHAN, kami seperti hewan yang belum dijinakkan tapi Kaulatih kami untuk patuh, dan sekarang kami siap untuk balik kepada-Mu. Jadi, bawalah kami kembali, ya TUHAN, Allah kami.

Listening, I heard Ephraim going into captivity: ‘You have chastised me, and I was instructed, like a young untamed bull. Convert me, and I shall be converted. For you are the Lord my God.

19 Engkau telah kami belakangi, tapi perbuatan itu kami sesali. Setelah Engkau menghukum kami, kepala kami tertunduk karena sedih. Kami malu dan menjadi hina karena telah berdosa pada masa muda.'

For after you converted me, I did penance. And after you revealed to me, I struck my thigh. I am confounded and ashamed. For I have endured the disgrace of my youth.’

20 Israel, engkau anak kesayangan-Ku, anak tercinta, buah hati-Ku. Setiap kali Aku mengancammu Aku selalu ingat padamu dengan rindu. Engkau akan Kuperlakukan dengan penuh belas kasihan.

Certainly, Ephraim is an honorable son to me; surely, he is a tender child. For I will still remember him, as in the time when I first spoke about him. Because my heart is stirred up over him, surely I will take pity on him, says the Lord.

21 Tandailah jalan-jalan, pasanglah rambu-rambu carilah jalan yang kautempuh dahulu. Hai, Israel, pulanglah! Kembalilah ke kota-kotamu yang semula.

Establish a watchtower for yourself. Place yourself in bitterness. Direct your heart into the upright way, in which you used to walk. Return, return, O virgin of Israel, to these your cities!

22 Sampai kapan kau terus ragu-ragu, hai bangsa yang tak setia kepada-Ku? Aku telah menciptakan sesuatu yang baru di dunia, sesuatu yang ganjil--seganjil wanita melindungi pria."

How long will you be absorbed in delights, O wandering daughter? For the Lord has created something new upon the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”

23 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel berkata, "Apabila umat-Ku sudah Kujadikan jaya seperti dahulu, maka di negeri Yehuda dan di desa-desanya akan terdengar lagi orang berkata, 'Semoga TUHAN memberkati bukit suci di Yerusalem tempat kediaman yang khusus bagi-Nya.'

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Still they will speak this word in the land of Judah, and in its cities, when I will convert their captivity: ‘May the Lord bless you, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.’

24 Orang akan tinggal di Yehuda dan di desa-desanya. Di sana akan ada petani dan peternak dengan sapi dan dombanya.

And they will live in it: Judah together with all its cities, the farmer and those who drive the flocks.

25 Mereka yang lelah akan Kusegarkan, dan yang lesu karena kelaparan akan Kukenyangkan.

For I have inebriated the weary soul, and I have satisfied every hungry soul.

26 Pada waktu itu orang akan berkata, 'Setelah tidur nyenyak, aku merasa segar.'

Over this, I was awakened, as if from a deep sleep. And I saw, and my sleep became sweet to me.

27 Aku, TUHAN, berkata bahwa akan tiba masanya negeri Israel dan Yehuda Kupenuhi dengan manusia dan hewan.

Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and with the offspring of cattle.

28 Sebagaimana dahulu Aku telah menjaga mereka supaya kemudian Aku mencabut, meruntuhkan dan menghancurkan mereka, begitu pula Aku akan menjaga mereka supaya Aku meneguhkan dan bangun mereka kembali.

And just as I have watched over them, so that I may root up, and tear down, and scatter, and destroy, and afflict, so will I watch over them, so that I may build and plant them, says the Lord.

29 Pada waktu itu orang tidak akan berkata lagi, 'Orang tua makan buah yang asam, gigi anaknya yang merasa ngilu,'

In those days, they will no longer say: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’

30 melainkan siapa makan buah yang asam, dia sendirilah yang akan ngilu giginya. Setiap orang akan mati karena dosanya sendiri."

Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected.

31 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya Aku membuat perjanjian yang baru dengan umat Israel dan Yehuda.

Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will form a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

32 Tapi perjanjian itu bukan seperti perjanjian yang Kubuat dengan leluhur mereka ketika Kutuntun mereka keluar dari Mesir. Sekalipun Aku seperti seorang suami bagi mereka, namun mereka mengingkari perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka.

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, so as to lead them away from the land of Egypt, the covenant which they nullified, though I was the ruler over them, says the Lord.

33 Inilah perjanjian baru yang akan Kubuat dengan umat Israel: Hukum-hukum-Ku akan Kutaruh di dalam batin mereka, dan Kutulis pada hati mereka. Aku akan menjadi Allah mereka, dan mereka akan menjadi umat-Ku.

But this will be the covenant that I will form with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord: I will give my law to their inner most being, and I will write it upon their heart. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 Tak perlu lagi seorang pun dari mereka mengajar sesamanya untuk mengenal TUHAN. Sebab mereka semua, besar kecil, akan mengenal Aku. Kesalahan-kesalahan mereka akan Kulupakan, dosa-dosa mereka akan Kuampuni. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.

35 Matahari disediakan TUHAN untuk menerangi siang; bulan dan bintang-bintang untuk menerangi malam. Laut diaduknya sehingga gelombang bergelora, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, itulah namanya.

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun as the light of the day, who puts the moon and the stars in order as the light of the night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar: the Lord of hosts is his name.

36 TUHAN berjanji, "Selama hukum alam tak berubah Israel pun akan tetap ada sebagai bangsa.

If these laws fail in my sight, says the Lord, then the offspring of Israel will also fail, so that they will not be a people in my sight for all time.”

37 Sekiranya suatu waktu langit dapat diukur, dan dasar bumi dapat diselidiki, pada waktu itulah Israel akan Kutolak karena segala perbuatan mereka yang jahat. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

Thus says the Lord: “If the heavens above are able to be measured, and if the foundations of the earth beneath can be examined, I also will cast aside all the offspring of Israel, because of all that they have done, says the Lord.

38 TUHAN berkata, "Akan tiba masanya seluruh Yerusalem dibangun kembali sebagai kota-Ku, dari Menara Hananeel sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut.

Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when a city will be built for the Lord from the tower of Hananel, even to the Gate of the Corner;

39 Dari situ garis batasnya menuju ke Bukit Gareb, lalu membelok ke Goa.

and the measuring line will go on even further in his sight, over the hill of Gareb, and it will encircle Goah

40 Seluruh lembah itu, yang dipakai sebagai kuburan dan tempat pembuangan sampah, dan semua ladang di tepi Sungai Kidron sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Kuda ke arah timur, akan dikhususkan untuk Aku. Kota Yerusalem tidak akan diruntuhkan lagi atau dihancurkan."

and the entire Valley of dead bodies and ashes, and the entire region of death, even to the torrent of Kedron, and to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east. All this will be the holy place of the Lord. It will not be rooted up, and it will not be torn down, anymore, forever.”