Yeremia 8

1 Pada masa itu tulang-tulang raja-raja dan pejabat-pejabat pemerintahan di Yehuda, juga tulang-tulang para imam, nabi, dan penduduk Yerusalem lainnya akan dikeluarkan dari kuburan mereka,

Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.

2 bukan untuk dikumpulkan dan dikuburkan lagi, melainkan dibiarkan di tanah sebagai sampah. Tulang-tulang orang-orang itu akan terserak di depan matahari, bulan dan bintang-bintang yang mereka dewakan, cintai, layani, sembah, dan mintai petunjuk.

They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.

3 Maka orang-orang yang masih hidup dari bangsa yang jahat ini yang telah Kuceraiberaikan ke mana-mana akan lebih suka mati daripada hidup. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, telah berbicara."

And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

4 TUHAN menyuruh aku mengatakan begini kepada umat-Nya, "Kalau orang jatuh, tentu ia akan bangun lagi, dan kalau orang sesat di jalan, tentu ia akan kembali.

[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?

5 Tapi mengapa kamu, umat-Ku, terus-menerus menyeleweng dan meninggalkan Aku? Kamu berpegang teguh kepada berhalamu, dan tak mau kembali kepada-Ku!

[Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].

6 Aku telah mendengarkan baik-baik, tapi kamu tidak berbicara sebagaimana mestinya. Tidak seorang pun dari kamu menyesali perbuatannya yang jahat. Tak ada yang berkata, 'Apa kesalahanku?' Kamu semua mengikuti jalanmu sendiri seperti kuda menyerbu ke dalam pertempuran.

I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.

7 Burung bangau pun tahu waktunya untuk kembali; tekukur, burung layang-layang dan murai juga tahu masanya untuk berpindah tempat. Tetapi kamu, umat-Ku, tidak mengenal hukum-hukum yang Kuberikan kepadamu.

All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.

8 Berani benar kamu berkata bahwa kamu bijaksana, dan tahu hukum-hukum-Ku! Coba lihat bagaimana hukum-hukum-Ku itu diubah oleh ahli-ahli agama yang curang!

Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?

9 Para cerdik pandai di tengah-tengahmu akan dipermalukan. Mereka akan hilang akal dan terjebak. Mereka tidak mau menerima nasihat-Ku; sekarang, kebijaksanaan apakah yang masih ada pada mereka?

Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!

10 Karena itu Aku akan memberikan ladang mereka kepada tuan tanah lain, dan istri mereka kepada orang lain. Mereka semua, besar kecil, mencari keuntungan dengan jalan yang tidak jujur. Bahkan nabi dan imam pun menipu orang.

So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.

11 Luka-luka umat-Ku mereka anggap luka kecil saja. 'Ah, tidak apa-apa,' kata mereka, 'semua baik dan aman.' Padahal sama sekali tidak.

[They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.

12 Hai umat-Ku, seharusnya kamu malu karena telah melakukan semua yang hina itu! Tetapi kamu tebal muka dan tidak tahu malu. Karena itu kamu akan jatuh seperti orang lain yang telah jatuh; habislah riwayatmu apabila Aku menghukum kamu.

They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.

13 Ingin sekali Aku mengumpulkan umat-Ku seperti orang mengumpulkan hasil tanahnya. Tetapi, umat-Ku seperti pohon anggur dan pohon ara yang tidak berbuah, bahkan daun-daunnya pun sudah layu. Itu sebabnya Aku telah mengizinkan orang asing datang dan menguasai negeri mereka. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."

I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”

14 "Mengapa kita tidak berbuat apa-apa?" kata umat Allah. "Mari kita bersama-sama mengungsi ke kota-kota berbenteng, biar kita mati di sana. TUHAN Allah kita sudah memutuskan bahwa kita harus binasa. Ia sudah memberikan kepada kita racun untuk diminum sebab kita berdosa kepada-Nya.

[Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.

15 Percuma saja kita mengharapkan kedamaian dan masa penyembuhan, sebab yang ada hanyalah kekerasan.

We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].

16 Musuh telah berada di kota Dan; ringkikan kuda mereka sudah terdengar, dan seluruh negeri menjadi takut. Musuh datang untuk menghancurkan seluruh negeri kita, juga kota kita dan semua penduduknya."

People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”

17 "Perhatikan!" kata TUHAN. "Sekarang Aku mengirim ular-ular ke tengah-tengahmu untuk memagut kamu, ular berbisa yang tak dapat kena mantra."

[Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”

18 Hatiku tersayat dan pedih, nestapaku tak terobati.

I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].

19 Dengar! Di seluruh negeri menggema jerit tangis bangsaku yang bertanya, "Tiadakah TUHAN di Sion lagi? Di manakah rajanya kini?" Jawab TUHAN, raja mereka, "Mengapa kausujud kepada dewa-dewa yang sama sekali tak berguna? Mengapa kausakiti hati-Ku dengan menyembah berhala-berhala?"

Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]

20 Umat Israel berseru, "Musim menuai dan musim kemarau kini sudah lewat, tapi kita belum juga selamat."

[The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”

21 Hatiku remuk karena bangsaku sakit parah; aku berkabung dan gelisah.

I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.

22 Apa gerangan yang menyebabkan sehingga bangsaku sampai sekarang belum juga sembuh? Apakah di seluruh Gilead, tak ada dokter atau obat?

[I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.