Yeremia 50
1 Inilah pesan TUHAN kepadaku tentang kota Babel dan penduduknya,
Yahweh gave to [me, ] Jeremiah the prophet, a message about Babylon [city] and the country of Babylonia.
2 "Pasanglah tanda dan umumkan kepada bangsa-bangsa bahwa Babel telah jatuh! Jangan rahasiakan hal itu! Merodakh dewanya telah dihancurkan, dan patung-patungnya yang cabul pecah berantakan, serta berhala-berhalanya sangat dihinakan.
[This is what Yahweh says]: “Proclaim [DOU] [a message] among the nations; do not withhold any of it; raise up a signal flag to announce that Babylon will be captured. [Its chief god] Marduk, [whose other name is] Bel, will be completely disgraced, and all the [other] statues and idols will be shattered.
3 Suatu bangsa dari utara akan datang menyerang Babel dan membuat negeri itu menjadi padang tandus. Manusia dan binatang akan lari, dan tak ada lagi yang mau tinggal di sana."
[The army of] a nation will come from the north to attack Babylon and destroy the city very thoroughly, [with the result that] no one will live there [again]. Both people and animals will run away.”
4 TUHAN berkata, "Pada waktu itu orang Israel dan Yehuda akan datang bersama-sama dengan menangis, mencari Aku, Allah mereka.
“But [I, ] Yahweh, say that in the future, when that is about to happen, the people of Israel and the people of Judah will join together. They will be weeping and wanting [to worship] me, their God.
5 Mereka akan menanyakan jalan ke Sion, lalu berjalan ke jurusan itu. Mereka akan membuat perjanjian abadi dengan Aku, dan akan tetap memegangnya.
They will inquire about the road to Jerusalem, [and then] they will start traveling [IDM] toward it. They will say [to each other], ‘We must return to Yahweh [again]!’ They will make an everlasting agreement with me that they will never forget.
6 Umat-Ku ibarat domba yang telah dibiarkan tersesat di pegunungan oleh gembala-gembalanya. Mereka mengembara dari satu gunung ke gunung yang lain dan tidak tahu lagi di mana rumah mereka.
My people have been [like] [MET] lost sheep. Their [leaders/rulers] have caused them [to abandon me] like [MET] shepherds who have allowed their sheep to wander in the hills and mountains. [My people are like] [MET] sheep that do not know the path to return to the sheepfold.
7 Mereka diserang dan disiksa oleh semua yang bertemu dengan mereka. Musuh-musuh umat-Ku berkata, 'Apa yang kita lakukan, tidak salah, sebab orang-orang itu telah berdosa kepada TUHAN. Leluhur mereka percaya kepada TUHAN, jadi seharusnya mereka pun tetap setia kepada-Nya.'
All their enemies who found them attacked them. They said, ‘We did not sin [by attacking them], because they sinned against Yahweh; he is the one who provides what they need; he is the one to whom they should have remained faithful; he is the one whom their ancestors confidently expected [to help them].’
8 Hai umat Israel, larilah dari Babel! Kamulah yang mula-mula harus pergi, supaya yang lain menyusul.
[But now, I say to the leaders of my people], ‘Flee from Babylon! Leave the land of Babylonia! Be like [SIM] male goats [that go] in front of [the rest of] the flock; [lead my people back to their own land].
9 Aku akan mengerahkan sejumlah bangsa yang kuat-kuat dari utara supaya mereka menyerang Babel. Mereka akan mengatur barisan untuk bertempur melawan Babel dan mengalahkannya. Mereka adalah pemanah-pemanah ahli yang panahnya tak pernah meleset.
[Do that] because I am going to gather an army of great nations to the north [of Babylon]. They will join together to attack Babylon and will capture it. Their arrows will be like [SIM] skilled warriors that always hit what they aim at.
10 Babel akan dirampasi, dan perampasnya akan mengambil segalanya dengan sesuka hati. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
Babylonia will be conquered, and those who conquer it will take away everything they want. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.’”
11 TUHAN berkata, "Hai orang Babel, kamu merampok umat-Ku. Kamu melompat-lompat gembira seperti kuda yang meringkik, dan seperti sapi yang sedang merumput.
“You people [of Babylon] who (plundered/stole everything valuable from) my chosen people, now you are very happy [DOU]. You run around joyfully like [SIM] a calf in a meadow, and are happy like [SIM] male horses are happy when they are neighing.
12 Tetapi kamu akan menjadi bangsa yang paling tak berarti di antara segala bangsa. Kotamu sendiri yang besar itu akan dihina dan dipermalukan. Negerimu akan menjadi padang gurun yang tandus dan kering.
But [soon] your people will be very disgraced [DOU] [as a result of being conquered]. Your country will be the most insignificant nation; it will be a desert, a dry and deserted land.
13 Karena Aku marah, maka Babel akan menjadi reruntuhan dan tak berpenghuni. Semua yang lewat di situ akan terkejut dan ngeri.
Because [I, ] Yahweh, am angry [with you people of Babylon], I will cause your city to become completely deserted. All who pass by will be horrified and will (gasp/be shocked) because of the destruction there.
14 Hai kamu pemanah-pemanah! Aturlah barisanmu untuk mengepung dan menyerang Babel. Bidikkan semua anak panahmu ke arah Babel, karena ia telah berdosa kepada-Ku.
[All you nations that surround Babylon, ] prepare to attack it! Tell your archers to shoot at their enemies; shoot all of your arrows at them [LIT], because [the people/leaders of Babylon have sinned against me, ] Yahweh.
15 Teriakkanlah pekik pertempuran di sekeliling kota itu! Sekarang Babel sudah menyerah. Tembok-temboknya telah didobrak dan diruntuhkan. Aku sedang melaksanakan pembalasan terhadap Babel. Sebab itu perlakukanlah mereka seperti mereka memperlakukan orang-orang lain.
Shout [war-cries] against Babylon from all sides [of the city]. [The soldiers of] Babylon will surrender; the towers and walls will be torn down. It is [I, ] Yahweh, who will be getting revenge [on the people of Babylon], [so help me to] get revenge. Do to [the people of] Babylon what they have done to others!
16 Jangan biarkan orang bercocok tanam atau menuai di negeri itu. Semua orang asing yang tinggal di situ akan pulang ke negerinya, karena mereka takut kepada tentara yang menyerang."
Take away from Babylon those who plant [crops] and those who reap the harvests! Because of the swords carried by those who will attack [Babylon], [those people in Babylon who have come from other countries] should all run away, back to their own countries [DOU]!”
17 TUHAN berkata, "Orang Israel seperti kawanan domba yang dikejar dan diceraiberaikan oleh singa. Mula-mula mereka diserang oleh raja Asyur, lalu Nebukadnezar raja Babel menggerogoti tulang-tulang mereka.
“The Israeli [people] are [like] [MET] sheep that have been scattered by lions. First [the army of] the King of Assyria defeated them. Then [the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon smashed them.
18 Karena itu, Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, akan menghukum Raja Nebukadnezar dan negerinya sama seperti Kuhukum raja Asyur.
So this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli people [worship], say: ‘Now I will punish the King of Babylon and the people of his land, like I punished the King of Assyria.
19 Aku akan mengembalikan orang Israel ke negeri mereka. Mereka akan makan dari hasil tanah Gunung Karmel dan daerah Basan. Mereka akan dikenyangkan oleh hasil tanah daerah Efraim dan Gilead.
And I will bring the people of Israel back to their own land where they will eat [the food that grows] in the fields of the Carmel and Bashan [regions], and [the people in] the hilly areas of Ephraim and Gilead will have all they want to eat.
20 Pada waktu itu Israel dan Yehuda akan bersih dari dosa, karena Aku akan mengampuni orang-orang yang telah Kuselamatkan. Aku, TUHAN telah berbicara."
At that time, there will not be people in Israel and in Judah who [are still guilty for having] sinned [DOU], because I will forgive the small group of people whom I enable to still be alive.’”
21 TUHAN berkata kepada suatu bangsa dari utara, "Seranglah penduduk Merataim dan Pekod. Bunuh dan binasakan mereka. Laksanakanlah perintah-Ku. Aku, TUHAN telah berbicara."
“[So, I, Yahweh, say to the enemies of Babylonia, ]‘Attack [the people who live in] the Merathaim [region] and the people in the Pekod [region of Babylonia]. Pursue them, kill them, and completely get rid of them, as I have commanded you to do.
22 Bunyi pertempuran bergemuruh di negeri, dan terjadilah kehancuran besar.
Shout your battle cries throughout the land; shout [when you are causing] great destruction.
23 Seluruh dunia dipalu oleh Babel sampai hancur, tapi sekarang palu itu sendiri telah patah! Segala bangsa terkejut mendengar apa yang telah terjadi dengan negeri itu.
[The army of Babylon is like] [MET] the most powerful hammer on the earth, but it will be completely shattered. Babylon will be deserted among the [other] nations.’
24 TUHAN berkata, "Babel, engkau melawan Aku, sebab itu kau terjebak di dalam jerat yang Kupasang untukmu, tetapi kau tidak menyadarinya.
You [people of] Babylon, [listen, ] [because] I have set a trap for you; you will be caught [in that trap], because you fought against me.
25 Gudang senjata-Ku telah Kubuka, dan dengan marah Kukeluarkan senjata-senjata itu, karena Aku TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi dan Mahakuasa harus melakukan suatu tugas di Babel.
[It is as though] I have opened the place where I store my weapons, and I have brought out [all] the weapons [to use against the people with whom] I am angry. [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, have [a lot of] work to do [to punish] the people of Babylonia.
26 Seranglah Babel dari segala jurusan, dan dobraklah gudang-gudang gandumnya! Tumpuklah barang-barang rampasan seperti kamu menumpuk gandum! Musnahkan negeri itu! Jangan ada yang disisakan!
[So, you enemies of Babylonia, ] come from distant lands and attack it. Break open the places where they store the grain. Crush the walls of the city and the houses and pile up [the rubble like] [SIM] heaps of grain. Destroy everything; do not leave anything that is not destroyed.
27 Bunuhlah semua tentaranya! Tewaskan mereka! Celakalah bangsa Babel! Sudah tiba waktunya mereka dihukum!"
Destroy all the [young men who are as strong as] [MET] bulls; take them to where you will slaughter them. It will be terrible for them, because it will be time for them to be punished.
28 (Orang-orang yang lari ke Yerusalem dari Babel menceritakan bagaimana TUHAN Allah kita membalas perbuatan orang Babel terhadap Rumah TUHAN.)
Listen to the people who have fled and escaped from Babylon while they tell in Jerusalem how [I, ] Yahweh, have gotten revenge against those who destroyed my temple [in Jerusalem].
29 TUHAN berkata, "Suruhlah para pemanah menyerang Babel. Kerahkanlah setiap orang yang pandai memanah. Kepunglah kota itu dan jangan biarkan seorang pun lolos. Balaslah semua perbuatannya dan perlakukanlah dia setimpal dengan kelakuannya, sebab ia telah bertindak kurang ajar terhadap Aku, Yang Mahasuci, Allah Israel.
Summon archers [DOU] to come to attack Babylon; surround the city in order that no one will escape. Do to [the people of] Babylon what they have done to others [DOU], because they have defied [me, ] the Holy One of the Israeli [people].
30 Pada hari itu pemuda-pemudanya akan tewas di jalan-jalan kotanya, dan seluruh tentaranya dihancurkan. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
The young men of Babylon will fall in the streets; all their soldiers will be killed in one day.
31 Babel, engkau terlalu tinggi hati! Karena itu Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, Allah Yang Mahakuasa, melawan engkau. Sudah waktunya engkau Kuhukum.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘You arrogant/proud people, it is now the time; it is the time [DOU] when I will punish you.
32 Bangsamu yang tinggi hati itu akan tersandung dan jatuh. Tak seorang pun akan menolong engkau untuk bangkit. Kota-kotamu akan Kubakar, dan segala yang di sekitarnya akan dimusnahkan."
[Your land is full of] proud people, but you will stumble and fall, and no one will lift you up [again]. I will light a fire in the cities in Babylonia that will burn up everything that is nearby.’
33 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa berkata, "Orang Israel dan orang Yehuda tertekan. Semua yang menawan mereka menjaga mereka ketat-ketat dan tak mau melepaskan mereka.
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, also say this: ‘The people of Israel and Judah were (oppressed/treated cruelly); those who captured them guarded them carefully and would not allow them to leave [Babylon].
34 Tetapi Aku penyelamat mereka itu kuat, nama-Ku TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa. Aku sendirilah yang akan memperjuangkan perkara mereka dan membawa damai ke atas bumi. Tetapi ke atas orang Babel akan Kudatangkan kerusuhan dan ketakutan."
But I am strong, and I will free them. I am the Commander of the armies of angels; I will defend my people and enable them [to return to] their land where they will have peace, but the people of Babylonia will not have peace.
35 TUHAN berkata, "Binasalah Babel bersama rakyat dan pejabat pemerintah serta kaum cerdik pandai mereka!
[I will send enemy soldiers carrying] swords [PRS] to strike the people of Babylonia; they will strike the officials and wise men and all the [other] people who live in Babylon.
36 Binasalah nabi-nabi Babel! Mereka pendusta dan dungu. Binasalah tentara Babel yang perkasa! Betapa takutnya mereka!
They will strike their false prophets with swords and they will become foolish. They will strike the [strongest] warriors of Babylonia, and they will all be terrified.
37 Hancurkan kuda dan kereta perangnya! Binasalah prajurit-prajurit sewaannya! Betapa lemahnya mereka! Musnahkan kekayaan Babel! Jarahilah harta bendanya!
They will strike their horses and chariots and the foreigners who are in the army of Babylonia, and they will [all] become [as weak] as [MET] women. They will seize [MTY] all the valuable things there in Babylon and take them away.
38 Keringkanlah segala sungai dan ladangnya! Sebab, Babel penuh dengan berhala-berhala yang mengerikan, yang membuat para pemujanya menjadi gila.
[I] cause the streams to become dry. [I will do all those things] because the [entire] land [of Babylonia] is filled with idols, and those [horrible] idols have caused the people [who worship them] to become crazy.
39 Karena itu Babel akan menjadi tempat jin-jin dan roh-roh jahat serta burung-burung unta. Untuk selama-lamanya tidak akan ada orang yang mau tinggal lagi di sana.
[Soon only] hyenas and [other] wild creatures will live there; and it will be a place where owls live. People will never live there again; it will be uninhabited forever [DOU].
40 Sebagaimana Aku memusnahkan Sodom dan Gomora bersama desa-desa di sekitarnya, begitu juga Aku akan memusnahkan Babel. Tak seorang pun akan tinggal lagi di sana. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara.
[I will destroy Babylon] like I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns; no one will [ever] live there [again] [DOU].
41 Suatu bangsa yang kuat sedang bergerak dari negeri yang jauh di utara. Mereka datang bersama banyak raja untuk berperang.
Look! A [great] army will come from the north. A great nation far away with many kings is preparing [to attack you people of Babylon].
42 Mereka bersenjatakan panah dan tombak; mereka bengis dan tak kenal ampun. Seperti bunyi laut bergelora begitulah suara derap kuda mereka yang sedang dipacu untuk maju menyerang Babel.
Their [army] has bows [and arrows] and spears; they are [very] cruel, and do not act mercifully [to anyone]. [As] they ride along on [their] horses, the sound of the horses’ hooves is like [SIM] the roaring of the ocean [waves]; they are riding in battle formation to attack you, you people of Babylon.
43 Mendengar berita itu, raja Babel menjadi tak berdaya. Ia dicekam perasaan takut, dan menderita seperti wanita yang mau melahirkan.
The King of Babylon says, “[I] have heard reports about the enemy [approaching]; [so I am very frightened, with the result that] I am weak. I am [very fearful, and] anguished/worried, like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.”
44 Seperti singa muncul dari hutan lebat dekat Sungai Yordan dan mendatangi padang tempat domba merumput, demikianlah Aku, TUHAN, akan datang dan membuat orang Babel lari dari kota mereka dengan tiba-tiba. Lalu Aku akan memilih seorang pemimpin untuk memerintah bangsa itu. Siapakah dapat disamakan dengan Aku? Siapakah berani membuat perkara dengan Aku? Apakah ada pemimpin yang dapat melawan Aku?
I, [Yahweh], will come to Babylon [suddenly] like a lion comes out of the jungle and [leaps on the sheep that are eating] the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Babylonia from their land. And [then] I will appoint for them [a leader] whom I will choose; [I will do that] because there is no one [RHQ] like me who can say that what I have done is not right. No ruler can [RHQ] oppose me.
45 Karena itu, dengarkanlah apa yang telah Kurencanakan terhadap kota Babel, dan apa yang hendak Kulakukan terhadap penduduknya. Anak-anak mereka pun akan diseret pergi, dan semua orang akan ketakutan.
Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Babylon [city] and the rest of Babylonia: [even] the little children will be dragged away, and I will completely destroy the people [MET] who live there.
46 Apabila Babel jatuh, akan terdengar keributan yang begitu hebat sehingga seluruh dunia goncang; teriakan-teriakan penduduknya akan terdengar oleh bangsa-bangsa lain."
When Babylon is destroyed, the noise will be extremely loud, with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard by the [people of other] nations.’”
