Yesaya 26
1 Pada waktu itu nyanyian ini akan dinyanyikan di tanah Yehuda: "Pada kita ada kota yang kuat, untuk keselamatan kita TUHAN telah memasang tembok dan benteng.
Some day, [people in] Judah will sing this song: Our city [of Jerusalem] is strong! Yahweh protects our city; He is like [MET] a wall that surrounds it.
2 Bukalah pintu-pintu gerbang, supaya masuk bangsa yang benar dan yang tetap setia!
Open the gates of the city for people who are righteous; allow people who faithfully [obey Yahweh] to enter the city.
3 Yang hatinya teguh Kaujagai dengan damai sejahtera, sebab kepada-Mulah ia percaya.
Yahweh, those who trust in you, those who firmly resolve to never doubt you, you will enable them to feel perfectly peaceful.
4 Percayalah kepada TUHAN selama-lamanya, sebab TUHAN ALLAH adalah gunung batu yang kekal.
[So] always trust in Yahweh, because Yahweh, [our God], is forever [like] [MET] a huge rock [under which we are sheltered/protected/safe].
5 Sebab Ia sudah menundukkan penduduk tempat tinggi; kota yang berbenteng telah direndahkan-Nya, direndahkan-Nya sampai ke tanah dan dicampakkan-Nya sampai ke debu.
He humbles proud people and destroys cities whose people are arrogant. He causes those cities to collapse into the dust/dirt.
6 Kaki orang-orang sengsara, telapak kaki orang-orang lemah akan menginjak-injaknya."
[When that happens], poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.
7 Jejak orang benar adalah lurus, sebab Engkau yang merintis jalan lurus baginya.
[But as for] righteous people, Yahweh, you do what is right; [it is as though] you cause the paths where they walk to be level and smooth.
8 Ya TUHAN, kami juga menanti-nantikan saatnya Engkau menjalankan penghakiman; kesukaan kami ialah menyebut nama-Mu dan mengingat Engkau.
Yahweh, by obeying your laws we show that we trust you to help us; and what we desire is that you will be honored/praised/exalted.
9 Dengan segenap jiwa aku merindukan Engkau pada waktu malam, juga dengan sepenuh hati aku mencari Engkau pada waktu pagi; sebab apabila Engkau datang menghakimi bumi, maka penduduk dunia akan belajar apa yang benar.
[All] through the night I [SYN] desire to know you better, and each morning I still want to be with you. [Only] when you come to judge [and punish] people who live on the earth will they learn to do what is right.
10 Seandainya orang fasik dikasihani, ia tidak akan belajar apa yang benar; ia akan berbuat curang di negeri di mana hukum berlaku, dan tidak akan melihat kemuliaan TUHAN.
[But] your acting kindly toward wicked people does not cause them to do what is good. [Even] in places where people do what is right, the wicked people continue to do what is evil, and they do not realize that you, Yahweh, are great.
11 Ya TUHAN, tangan-Mu dinaikkan, tetapi mereka tidak melihatnya. Biarlah mereka melihat kecemburuan-Mu karena umat-Mu dan biarlah mereka mendapat malu! Biarlah api yang memusnahkan lawan-Mu memakan mereka habis!
Yahweh, [it is as though] your fist is raised up [ready to strike them], but they do not realize that. Show them that you are very eager to help your people. If your enemies would realize that, they would be ashamed; allow your fire to burn them up [because they are] your enemies.
12 Ya TUHAN, Engkau akan menyediakan damai sejahtera bagi kami, sebab segala sesuatu yang kami kerjakan, Engkaulah yang melakukannya bagi kami.
Yahweh, [we desire that] you will allow things to go well for us; everything that we have done is what you have enabled us to do.
13 Ya TUHAN, Allah kami, tuan-tuan lain pernah berkuasa atas kami, tetapi hanya nama-Mu saja kami masyhurkan.
Yahweh, our God, others have ruled over us, but you [MTY] are the only one whom we honor.
14 Mereka sudah mati, tidak akan hidup pula, sudah menjadi arwah, tidak akan bangkit pula; sesungguhnya, Engkau telah menghukum dan memunahkan mereka, dan meniadakan segala ingatan kepada mereka.
Those who ruled us are [now] gone; they are dead; their spirits have left this earth, and they will not become alive [again]. You punished those rulers and got rid of them, and people do not even remember them any more.
15 Ya TUHAN, Engkau telah membuat bangsa ini bertambah-tambah, ya, membuat bertambah-tambah umat kemuliaan-Mu; Engkau telah sangat memperluas negerinya.
Yahweh, you have enabled our nation to become great; we are more in [now], and we have more land, [so we] thank/praise you.
16 Ya TUHAN, dalam kesesakan mereka mencari Engkau; ketika hajaran-Mu menimpa mereka, mereka mengeluh dalam doa.
Yahweh, when we were distressed, we asked you [to help us]; when you disciplined/punished us, we were able only to whisper when we prayed to you.
17 Seperti perempuan yang mengandung yang sudah dekat waktunya untuk melahirkan, menggeliat sakit, mengerang karena sakit beranak, demikianlah tadinya keadaan kami di hadapan-Mu, ya TUHAN:
Like pregnant women writhe and cry out when they are giving birth, we suffered very much, too.
18 Kami mengandung, kami menggeliat sakit, tetapi seakan-akan kami melahirkan angin: kami tidak dapat mengadakan keselamatan di bumi, dan tiada lahir penduduk dunia.
We had severe pain, but nothing good resulted [MET] from it. We have not rescued our people [from being conquered by our enemies], and we have not given birth to children [who will rule the world correctly] (OR, not defeated the armies [that have attacked other nations].
19 Ya, TUHAN, orang-orang-Mu yang mati akan hidup pula, mayat-mayat mereka akan bangkit pula. Hai orang-orang yang sudah dikubur di dalam tanah bangkitlah dan bersorak-sorai! Sebab embun TUHAN ialah embun terang, dan bumi akan melahirkan arwah kembali.
But Yahweh’s people who have died will become alive [again], their corpses will become alive! Those whose bodies lie in graves will rise and shout joyfully! His light will be [like] dew that falls on his people who have died, who are [now] in the place where the dead people are, [and will cause them to become alive again].
20 Mari bangsaku, masuklah ke dalam kamarmu, tutuplah pintumu sesudah engkau masuk, bersembunyilah barang sesaat lamanya, sampai amarah itu berlalu.
But now, my people/fellow-citizens, go home and lock your doors! Hide for a short time, until [Yahweh] is no longer angry.
21 Sebab sesungguhnya, TUHAN mau keluar dari tempat-Nya untuk menghukum penduduk bumi karena kesalahannya, dan bumi tidak lagi menyembunyikan darah yang tertumpah di atasnya, tidak lagi menutupi orang-orang yang mati terbunuh di sana.
Listen to this: Yahweh will come from heaven to punish [all] the people on the earth for the sins that they have committed. People will be able to see [PRS] the (blood of those/the people) who have been murdered; their murderers will no longer be able to hide.
