Yeremia 51

1 TUHAN berkata, "Aku akan mengirim angin perusak yang bertiup ke arah Babel dan ke arah penduduknya.

This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.

2 Akan Kuutus orang-orang asing yang akan menghancurkan Babel seperti angin menerbangkan kulit gandum. Pada hari malapetaka itu mereka akan menyerang negeri itu dari segala pihak dan menyapunya bersih.

I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.

3 Janganlah beri kesempatan kepada tentaranya untuk membidikkan anak panahnya atau membanggakan pakaian tempurnya. Anak-anak mudanya jangan dibiarkan hidup. Hancurkanlah seluruh tentaranya!

[I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’

4 Mereka akan luka parah dan tewas di jalan-jalan kota mereka.

Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.

5 Aku, TUHAN, Allah Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Kudus Israel, tidak akan meninggalkan Israel dan Yehuda, sekalipun mereka telah berdosa kepada-Ku.

[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.

6 Selamatkanlah dirimu! Larilah dari Babel, jangan sampai kamu ikut terbunuh karena dosanya! Sebab inilah saatnya Aku membalas kejahatan Babel, dan menghukum dia setimpal dengan perbuatannya.

[You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.

7 Babel tadinya seperti gelas emas yang Kupegang dan yang membuat seluruh dunia mabuk. Bangsa-bangsa minum anggur dari gelas itu, sehingga mereka menjadi gila.

Babylon has been [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.

8 Tetapi tiba-tiba Babel jatuh dan pecah. Tangisilah dia, dan carilah obat untuk luka-lukanya, barangkali ia dapat sembuh.

But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can be healed.”

9 Orang asing yang tinggal di sana berkata satu sama lain, 'Kita sudah berusaha menolong Babel, tapi terlambat! Lebih baik kita meninggalkan negeri ini dan pulang ke negeri kita masing-masing. TUHAN telah menghukum Babel dengan keras, dan menghancurkannya sama sekali.'"

We [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].

10 Umat TUHAN berkata, "TUHAN sudah menunjukkan bahwa kita ada di pihak yang benar. Marilah ke Yerusalem dan menceritakan di sana apa yang telah dilakukan oleh TUHAN Allah kita."

Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].

11 TUHAN telah menghasut raja-raja Media, karena Ia hendak menghancurkan Babel. Itulah cara-Nya Ia membalas perbuatan orang-orang yang menghancurkan rumah-Nya. Para perwira pasukan tempur memerintahkan, "Tajamkan anak panah! Siapkan perisai!

[You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.

12 Berilah tanda untuk menyerang tembok-tembok Babel. Perkuatlah penjagaan. Tempatkan pengawal. Siapkan penyergapan!" TUHAN telah melaksanakan apa yang direncanakan-Nya terhadap orang Babel.

Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon.

13 Negeri itu kaya sekali dan banyak sungainya, tapi masa hidupnya sudah habis; akhir hidupnya sudah tiba.

Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist is ended.

14 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa bersumpah demi diri-Nya sendiri bahwa Ia akan mengirim orang sebanyak belalang untuk menyerang Babel, dan mereka akan meneriakkan sorak kemenangan.

The Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”

15 TUHAN menciptakan bumi dengan kuasa-Nya, membentuk dunia dengan hikmat-Nya, dan membentangkan langit dengan akal budi-Nya.

Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.

16 Hanya dengan memberi perintah, menderulah air di cakrawala. Dari ujung-ujung bumi didatangkan-Nya awan, dan dibuat-Nya kilat memancar di dalam hujan, serta dikirim-Nya angin dari tempat penyimpanannya.

When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.

17 Melihat semua itu sadarlah manusia, bahwa ia bodoh dan tak punya pengertian. Para pandai emas kehilangan muka, sebab patung berhala buatannya itu palsu dan tak bernyawa.

People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.

18 Berhala-berhala itu tak berharga, patut diejek dan dihina. Apabila tiba waktunya, mereka akan binasa.

Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.

19 Allah Yakub tidak seperti berhala-berhala itu; Ia pencipta segala sesuatu. Nama-Nya ialah TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa; Ia telah memilih Israel menjadi umat-Nya.

But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.

20 TUHAN berkata, "Babel, kau bagaikan palu, senjata-Ku untuk berperang. Engkau Kupakai untuk menghantam bangsa-bangsa dan kerajaan-kerajaan.

Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.

21 Engkau Kupakai untuk menghancurkan kuda dan penunggangnya, serta kereta dan pengendaranya.

With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.

22 Engkau Kupakai untuk membunuh pria dan wanita, tua maupun muda, gadis dan jejaka.

With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.

23 Engkau Kupakai untuk membinasakan gembala dan ternaknya, petani dan lembu pembajaknya, penguasa dan perwira-perwira tinggi."

With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”

24 TUHAN berkata, "Saksikanlah sendiri bagaimana Aku sekarang membalas kepada Babel dan penduduknya segala kejahatan yang mereka lakukan terhadap Yerusalem.

But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.

25 Hai Babel, engkau seperti gunung yang menghancurkan seluruh dunia. Tapi Aku, TUHAN, akan melawan engkau. Engkau akan Kutarik dan Kugulingkan serta Kubiarkan terbakar menjadi abu.

[Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.

26 Tidak ada satu batu pun dari reruntuhanmu yang akan dipakai lagi untuk membangun. Engkau akan menjadi seperti padang gurun untuk selama-lamanya. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”

27 "Hai raja dari utara! Berilah tanda untuk menyerang! Bunyikan trompet supaya bangsa-bangsa mendengar! Kerahkan bangsa-bangsa untuk berperang melawan Babel! Suruhlah kerajaan Ararat, Mini dan Askenas menyerang. Angkatlah seorang panglima untuk memimpin penyerbuan itu. Kerahkanlah kuda sebanyak kumpulan belalang.

[Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of locusts.

28 Siapkan bangsa-bangsa untuk berperang melawan Babel. Panggil raja-raja Media bersama penguasa-penguasa dan pemuka-pemukanya serta tentara dari semua negeri yang mereka kuasai.

Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.

29 Bumi bergetar dan berguncang karena Aku sedang melaksanakan rencana-Ku untuk menjadikan Babel tempat tandus yang tidak didiami manusia.

[When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].

30 Tentara Babel sudah berhenti berperang dan tinggal di benteng-benteng. Mereka hilang keberanian dan tidak berdaya. Pintu-pintu gerbang kota sudah didobrak, dan rumah-rumah dibakar.

[When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].

31 Utusan-utusan berlari susul-menyusul untuk memberitahukan kepada raja Babel bahwa kotanya sudah diserbu dari segala jurusan.

Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.

32 Tempat penyeberangan telah diduduki musuh, dan benteng-benteng pertahanan dibakar. Tentara Babel menjadi panik.

The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.

33 Tak lama lagi mereka dikalahkan dan diinjak-injak oleh musuh seperti gandum di tempat pengirikan. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Allah Israel, telah berbicara."

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”

34 Yerusalem dihancurkan dan dimakan habis oleh raja Babel; ia mengosongkan kota itu seperti orang mengosongkan botol. Seperti seekor binatang raksasa, ia menelan Yerusalem dan mengisi perutnya dengan segala yang baik dari kota itu, lalu membuang sisanya.

[The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].

35 Penduduk Sion, katakanlah, "Semoga Babel tertimpa kekejaman yang dilakukannya terhadap kita!" Penduduk Yerusalem, katakanlah, "Semoga Babel tertimpa penderitaan yang ditimpakannya kepada kita!"

[So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”

36 Sebab itu TUHAN berkata kepada penduduk Yerusalem, "Aku akan memperjuangkan perkaramu dan membalas perbuatan musuh-musuhmu kepadamu. Sumber-sumber air dan sungai-sungai Babel akan Kukeringkan.

And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.

37 Negeri itu akan menjadi timbunan puing, tempat bersembunyi anjing hutan. Orang merasa ngeri melihatnya, dan tak seorang pun mau tinggal di sana.

Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.

38 Orang Babel mengaum seperti singa, dan menggeram seperti anak singa.

The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions.

39 Sementara nafsu makan mereka memuncak, Aku akan menyiapkan hidangan bagi mereka, dan membuat mereka mabuk dan pusing sampai tertidur dan tidak bangun-bangun lagi.

But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!

40 Mereka akan Kubawa untuk disembelih seperti anak domba, kambing, dan domba jantan. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].

41 TUHAN berkata, "Babel yang dipuji di seluruh dunia telah direbut dan diduduki! Alangkah mengerikan negeri itu bagi bangsa-bangsa.

People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.

42 Air laut meluap ke Babel; gelombang-gelombangnya menderu melanda negeri itu.

The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].

43 Kota-kotanya menjadi tempat yang mengerikan, seperti padang gurun yang gersang. Tak ada orang yang mau tinggal atau lewat di situ.

The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.

44 Bel, dewa negeri Babel, akan Kuhukum. Akan Kubuat dia mengembalikan apa yang telah dirampasnya. Bangsa-bangsa tidak akan menyembah dia lagi. Tembok-tembok Babel sudah runtuh.

And I will punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”

45 Sebab itu larilah dari sana, hai umat Israel! Selamatkan dirimu dari kemarahan-Ku yang meluap.

[Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!

46 Janganlah takut atau cemas karena desas-desus yang kamu dengar. Setiap tahun tersiar kabar yang berlainan--kabar tentang kekejaman di dalam negeri dan tentang raja-raja yang memerangi satu sama lain.

Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.

47 Percayalah, saatnya akan tiba Aku menghukum berhala-berhala Babel. Seluruh negeri itu akan dihina, dan segenap penduduknya dibunuh.

But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.

48 Segala sesuatu di langit dan di bumi akan bersorak gembira apabila Babel jatuh ke tangan bangsa dari utara yang datang untuk menghancurkannya.

Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.

49 Banyak orang di seluruh dunia telah mati terbunuh karena Babel, tapi sekarang Babel akan jatuh demi orang Israel yang mati terbunuh. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.

50 TUHAN berkata kepada orang Israel di Babel, "Kamu sudah luput dari pembunuhan! Jadi, pergilah sekarang! Jangan menunggu! Sekalipun kamu jauh dari rumah, ingatlah kepada-Ku, Tuhanmu, dan kepada Yerusalem.

You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”

51 Kamu berkata, 'Kami dihina dan dipermalukan; kami kehilangan muka karena orang-orang asing menduduki ruangan-ruangan suci di dalam Rumah TUHAN.'

[The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”

52 Nah, perhatikanlah perkataan-Ku ini. Akan datang saatnya Aku menghukum berhala-berhala Babel. Di seluruh negeri itu akan terdengar suara orang merintih karena luka parah.

Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who will groan.

53 Sekalipun Babel dapat naik ke langit dan membangun pertahanan yang tak dapat dicapai, Aku tetap akan mengirim orang untuk merusaknya. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”

54 TUHAN berkata, "Dengarkan! Di Babel orang menjerit dan menangis sedih karena kehancuran yang terjadi di negeri itu.

Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!

55 Aku sedang menghancurkan Babel dan menghentikan suara-suara keramaiannya. Musuh datang seperti gelombang menderu, dan tentaranya menyerbu dengan pekik-pekik perang.

Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.

56 Mereka datang untuk merusak Babel, menangkap prajurit-prajuritnya dan mematahkan senjata-senjata mereka. Akulah TUHAN yang menghukum kejahatan, dan Babel akan Kubalas setimpal dengan perbuatannya.

Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.

57 Aku akan memabukkan para pejabat pemerintah Babel--para cerdik pandai, pemimpin dan tentara. Mereka tidak akan bangun-bangun lagi, tertidur untuk selama-lamanya. Aku telah berbicara; Akulah raja, Aku TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa.

The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”

58 Tembok Babel yang kuat-kuat akan Kuhancurkan sehingga menjadi serata dengan tanah. Pintu gerbangnya yang tinggi-tinggi akan Kubakar habis. Percuma saja jerih payah bangsa-bangsa, sebab semua hasil pekerjaan mereka akan dimakan api. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara."

Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”

59 Pengawal pribadi raja Zedekia adalah Seraya anak Neria cucu Mahseya. Pada tahun keempat pemerintahan Zedekia raja Yehuda, Seraya mengikuti Zedekia ke Babel. Maka aku memberikan kepadanya suatu tugas.

Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.

60 Semua malapetaka yang akan menimpa Babel dan hal-hal lain mengenai negeri itu telah kutulis dalam sebuah buku gulungan.

Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.

61 Lalu aku berkata kepada Seraya, "Setelah engkau sampai di Babel, usahakanlah supaya semua yang tertulis dalam buku ini dapat kaubacakan kepada orang-orang di sana.

He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].

62 Sesudah itu berdoalah begini, 'TUHAN, Engkau sudah berkata bahwa kota ini akan Kauhancurkan sehingga baik manusia maupun binatang lenyap sama sekali, dan tempat ini menjadi seperti padang gurun untuk selama-lamanya.'

Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’

63 Nah, setelah kaubacakan isi buku ini kepada orang-orang itu, ikatkanlah batu pada buku ini, lalu lemparkanlah ke tengah-tengah Sungai Efrat,

[Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].

64 sambil berkata, 'Beginilah akan terjadi dengan Babel. Negeri ini akan tenggelam dan tidak timbul lagi karena malapetaka yang ditimpakan TUHAN ke atasnya.'" Kata-kata Yeremia berakhir di sini.

Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.