Yesaya 19
1 Ucapan ilahi terhadap Mesir. Lihat, TUHAN mengendarai awan yang cepat dan datang ke Mesir, maka berhala-berhala Mesir gemetar di hadapan-Nya, dan hati orang Mesir, merana hancur dalam diri mereka.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Egypt: “Listen to this! I, Yahweh, am coming to Egypt, riding on a fast-moving cloud. The idols in Egypt will tremble when [I appear], and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid [IDM].
2 Aku akan menggerakkan orang Mesir melawan orang Mesir, supaya mereka berperang, setiap orang melawan saudaranya, dan setiap orang melawan temannya, kota melawan kota, kerajaan melawan kerajaan;
I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province.
3 semangat orang Mesir menjadi hilang, dan rancangannya akan Kukacaukan; maka mereka akan meminta petunjuk kepada berhala-berhala dan kepada tukang-tukang jampi, kepada arwah dan kepada roh-roh peramal.
The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do.
4 Aku akan menyerahkan orang Mesir ke dalam tangan seorang tuan yang kejam, dan seorang raja yang bengis akan memerintah mereka; demikianlah firman Tuhan, TUHAN semesta alam.
Then I will enable someone who will treat them very cruelly to become their king [DOU].” That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.
5 Air dari sungai Nil akan habis, dan sungai itu akan menjadi tohor dan kering,
[Some day] the water in the [Nile] River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry [DOU].
6 sehingga terusan-terusan akan berbau busuk, dan anak-anak sungai Nil akan menjadi dangkal dan tohor, gelagah dan teberau akan mati rebah.
The branches of the river will all dry up [DOU] The canals along the river will stink because of the rotting reeds and (bulrushes/tall grass).
7 Rumput di tepi sungai Nil dan seluruh tanah pesemaian pada sungai Nil akan menjadi kering ditiup angin dan tidak ada lagi.
All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear.
8 Para nelayan akan mengaduh dan berkabung, yaitu semua orang yang memancing di sungai Nil; semua orang yang menjala di situ akan merana juga.
The fishermen will throw into the river lines with hooks on them and nets, and then they will groan and be very discouraged; they will be sad [because there will be no fish in the river].
9 Orang-orang yang mengolah lenan akan mendapat malu, demikian juga tukang-tukang tenun kain putih.
Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave.
10 Mereka yang menenun akan remuk hatinya, segala pekerja upahan akan bersedih hati.
They will all despair and be very discouraged.
11 Para pembesar Zoan adalah orang-orang bodoh belaka; para penasihat Firaun yang paling bijaksana memberi nasihat yang dungu. Bagaimanakah kamu dapat berkata kepada Firaun: "Aku ini anak orang-orang bijaksana, anak raja-raja zaman purbakala?"
The officials in Zoan [city in northern Egypt] are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago [RHQ]?
12 Di manakah orang-orang bijaksanamu? Biarlah mereka mengumumkan kepadamu serta memberitahukan apa yang diputuskan TUHAN semesta alam tentang Mesir.
King, (where are your wise counselors now?/You have no wise counselors now!) [RHQ] If you had any wise counselors, they could tell you what the Commander of the armies of angels has planned to do to Egypt [SAR]!
13 Para pembesar Zoan bertindak tolol, para pembesar Memfis sudah teperdaya; para pemuka suku-suku mereka telah memusingkan Mesir.
[Yes], the officials of Zoan have become foolish, and the leaders in Memphis [city in northern Egypt] have deceived themselves. [All] leaders of the people have (caused their people to do wrong things/led their people astray).
14 TUHAN telah mencurahkan di antara mereka suatu roh kekacauan, dan mereka memusingkan Mesir dalam segala usahanya, sehingga seperti seorang mabuk yang pusing waktu muntah-muntah.
Yahweh has caused them to be very foolish, with the result that in everything that they do, [it is as though the people of] Egypt stagger like [SIM] a drunken person staggers [and slips] in his own vomit.
15 Dan tidak ada usaha Mesir yang akan berhasil yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin dan pengikut, oleh pemuka dan orang biasa.
There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, [who will be able to help them].
16 Pada waktu itu orang-orang Mesir akan seperti orang-orang perempuan; mereka akan gemetar dan terkejut terhadap tangan TUHAN semesta alam yang diacungkan-Nya kepada mereka.
At that time, the people of Egypt will be [as helpless] as [SIM] women. They will tremble, being terrified [because they know that] the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, [ready to strike/punish them].
17 Maka tanah Yehuda akan menimbulkan kegemparan di antara orang Mesir, dan siapapun yang teringat kepadanya akan terkejut mendengar keputusan TUHAN semesta alam yang diambil-Nya mengenai mereka.
The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because [that will remind them] of what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, is planning to do to them.
18 Pada waktu itu akan ada lima kota di tanah Mesir yang berbicara bahasa Kanaan dan yang bersumpah demi TUHAN semesta alam. Satu di antaranya akan disebutkan Ir-Heres.
At that time, [people in] five cities in Egypt will solemnly declare that they will serve Yahweh. They will [learn to] speak the Hebrew language. One of those cities will be called ‘City of the Sun’.
19 Pada waktu itu akan ada mezbah bagi TUHAN di tengah-tengah tanah Mesir dan tugu peringatan bagi TUHAN pada perbatasannya.
At that time, there will be an altar for worshiping Yahweh in the center of Egypt, and there will be a (pillar/large rock) to honor Yahweh at the border [between Egypt and Israel].
20 Itu akan menjadi tanda kesaksian bagi TUHAN semesta alam di tanah Mesir: apabila mereka berseru kepada TUHAN oleh karena orang-orang penindas, maka Ia akan mengirim seorang juruselamat kepada mereka, yang akan berjuang dan akan melepaskan mereka.
That will be a sign to indicate that the Commander of the armies of angels is worshiped in the land of Egypt. And when the people cry out to Yahweh to help them because others are (oppressing them/causing them to suffer), he will send to them someone who will defend and rescue them.
21 TUHAN akan menyatakan diri kepada orang Mesir, dan orang Mesir akan mengenal TUHAN pada waktu itu; mereka akan beribadah dengan korban sembelihan dan korban sajian, dan mereka akan bernazar kepada TUHAN serta membayar nazar itu.
Yahweh will enable the people of Egypt to know who he is, and at that time they will have a close relationship with Yahweh and worship him and bring to him offerings of grain and other sacrifices. They will solemnly promise to do things for Yahweh, and they will do what they promise.
22 TUHAN akan menghajar orang Mesir, akan menghajar dan menyembuhkan; dan mereka akan berbalik kepada TUHAN dan Ia akan mengabulkan doa mereka serta menyembuhkan mereka.
After Yahweh has punished Egypt, he will cause their troubles to end. The people of Egypt will turn to Yahweh, and he will listen when they plead to him [for help], and he will cause their troubles to cease.
23 Pada waktu itu akan ada jalan raya dari Mesir ke Asyur, sehingga orang Asyur dapat masuk ke Mesir dan orang Mesir ke Asyur, dan Mesir akan beribadah bersama-sama Asyur.
At that time, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. [As a result], the people of Egypt will [be able to] travel [easily] to Assyria, and the people of Assyria [will be able to travel easily] to Egypt. And the people of both countries will worship [Yahweh].
24 Pada waktu itu Israel akan menjadi yang ketiga di samping Mesir dan di samping Asyur, suatu berkat di atas bumi,
And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be [friendly to] each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.
25 yang diberkati oleh TUHAN semesta alam dengan berfirman: "Diberkatilah Mesir, umat-Ku, dan Asyur, buatan tangan-Ku, dan Israel, milik pusaka-Ku."
The Commander of the armies of angels will bless them, saying, “[You people of] Egypt are now my people. You people of Assyria, I have established your country. You people of Israel are the people whom I have chosen to belong to me.”
