Yesaya 31
1 Celakalah orang-orang yang pergi ke Mesir minta pertolongan, yang mengandalkan kuda-kuda, yang percaya kepada keretanya yang begitu banyak, dan kepada pasukan berkuda yang begitu besar jumlahnya, tetapi tidak memandang kepada Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, dan tidak mencari TUHAN.
Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;
2 Akan tetapi Dia yang bijaksana akan mendatangkan malapetaka, dan tidak menarik firman-Nya; Ia akan bangkit melawan kaum penjahat, dan melawan bala bantuan orang-orang lalim.
Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.
3 Sebab orang Mesir adalah manusia, bukan allah, dan kuda-kuda mereka adalah makhluk yang lemah, bukan roh yang berkuasa. Apabila TUHAN mengacungkan tangan-Nya, tergelincirlah yang membantu dan jatuhlah yang dibantu, dan mereka sekaliannya habis binasa bersama-sama.
For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
4 Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN kepadaku: Seperti seekor singa atau singa muda menggeram untuk mempertahankan mangsanya, dan tidak terkejut mendengar teriakan seluruh pasukan gembala yang dikerahkan melawan dia, dan tidak mengalah terhadap keributan mereka, demikianlah TUHAN semesta alam akan turun berperang untuk mempertahankan gunung Sion dan bukitnya.
For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
5 Seperti burung yang berkepak-kepak melindungi sarangnya, demikianlah TUHAN semesta alam akan melindungi Yerusalem, ya, melindungi dan menyelamatkannya, memeliharanya dan menjauhkan celaka.
Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.
6 Bertobatlah, hai orang Israel, kepada Dia yang sudah kamu tinggalkan jauh-jauh!
Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.
7 Sungguh pada hari itu kamu masing-masing akan membuang berhala-berhala peraknya dan berhala-berhala emasnya yang dibuat oleh tanganmu sendiri dengan penuh dosa.
For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.
8 Asyur akan rebah oleh pedang, tetapi bukan pedang orang, dan akan dimakan habis oleh pedang, tetapi bukan pedang manusia; mereka akan melarikan diri terhadap pedang, dan teruna-terunanya akan menjadi orang rodi.
Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.
9 Pelindung mereka akan lenyap karena gentar, dan panglimanya akan lari terkejut meninggalkan panji-panji, demikianlah firman TUHAN yang mempunyai api di Sion dan dapur perapian di Yerusalem.
And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.
