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.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt [Abode of slavery] for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], and they don’t seek Adonai!
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.
Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work vain striving of iniquity.
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.
Now the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Adonai stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed 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 Adonai says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] will come down to fight on Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] and on its heights.
5 Seperti burung yang berkepak-kepak melindungi sarangnya, demikianlah TUHAN semesta alam akan melindungi Yerusalem, ya, melindungi dan menyelamatkannya, memeliharanya dan menjauhkan celaka.
As birds hovering, so Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] will protect Jerusalem [City of peace]. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
6 Bertobatlah, hai orang Israel, kepada Dia yang sudah kamu tinggalkan jauh-jauh!
Make teshuvah ·complete return· to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel [God prevails].
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 everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold— crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· which your own hands have made for you.
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.
“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
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.
His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says Adonai, whose fire is in Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and his furnace in Jerusalem [City of peace].
