Yesaya 47

1 Turunlah dan duduklah di atas debu, hai anak dara, puteri Babel! Duduklah di tanah dengan tidak bertakhta, hai puteri Kasdim! Sebab engkau tidak akan disebutkan lagi manis dan genit.

[Yahweh also says], “You people of Babylon, you should go and sit in the dust/dirt [to show that you are mourning], because your time to rule [MTY] [other countries] is almost ended. People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful [like] a very attractive/beautiful young woman.

2 Ambillah batu kilangan dan gilinglah tepung, bukalah kerudungmu; angkatlah sarungmu, singkapkanlah paha, seberangilah sungai-sungai!

[You will be slaves, so] take heavy stones and grind grain [like slave women do]. Take off your [beautiful] veils and take off your robes [as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go].

3 Biarlah auratmu tersingkap dan aibmu kelihatan! Aku akan mengadakan pembalasan dan tidak menyayangkan seorangpun,

You will be naked and [very] ashamed. I will get vengeance on you and not pity you.”

4 kata Penebus kami, TUHAN semesta alam nama-Nya, Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel.

The one who frees us [people of Judah], whom we call ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, is the Holy One of Israel.

5 Duduklah dengan berdiam diri dan masuklah ke dalam gelap, hai puteri Kasdim! Sebab engkau tidak akan disebutkan lagi ratu atas kerajaan-kerajaan.

[Yahweh says], “You people of Babylon, sit silently in the darkness, because people will never again say that your city is [like] [MET] a queen that rules many kingdoms.

6 Aku tadinya murka terhadap umat-Ku, menajiskan milik pusaka-Ku, dan menyerahkannya ke dalam tanganmu; dan engkau tidak menaruh belas kasihan kepada mereka, bahkan sangat memberatkan kukmu kepada orang yang tua.

I was angry with the people whom I chose [to belong to me], and I punished them. I allowed you [people of Babylon] to conquer them. But [when you conquered them], you did not have mercy on them. You (oppressed/treated cruelly) [MET] even the old people.

7 Katamu tadinya: "Untuk selama-lamanya aku tetap menjadi ratu!" sedang engkau tidak menyadari dan tidak memikirkan kesudahan semuanya itu.

You said, ‘We will rule [other nations] forever; [it is as though our city] will be the queen [of the world] forever!’ But you did not think about the things [that you were doing], or think about what would result.

8 Oleh sebab itu, dengarlah ini, hai orang yang hidup bermanja-manja, yang duduk-duduk dengan tenang, yang berkata dalam hatimu: "Tiada yang lain di sampingku! Aku tidak akan jadi janda dan tidak akan menjadi punah!"

You people [of Babylon] who enjoy pleasure and sex, listen to this: You enjoy a luxurious life and you feel secure. You say, ‘We are [like gods], and there are no others like us. Our women will never become widows, and our children will never be killed [in wars].’

9 Kedua hal itu akan menimpa engkau dalam sekejap mata, pada satu hari juga. Kepunahan dan kejandaan dengan sepenuhnya akan menimpa engkau, sekalipun banyak sihirmu dan sangat kuat manteramu.

But both of those things will happen to you suddenly: Many of your women will become widows and many of your children will die, even though you perform much sorcery and many kinds of magic [to prevent bad things from happening to you].

10 Engkau tadinya merasa aman dalam kejahatanmu, katamu: "Tiada yang melihat aku!" Kebijaksanaanmu dan pengetahuanmu itulah yang menyesatkan engkau, sehingga engkau berkata dalam hatimu: "Tiada yang lain di sampingku!"

You felt protected even though you were doing many wicked things, and you said, ‘No one will see what we [are doing]!’ [You thought that] you were very wise and knew many things, and you said, ‘We are gods, and there are no others like us,’ but you deceived yourselves.

11 Tetapi malapetaka akan menimpa engkau, engkau tidak tahu mempergunakan jampimu terhadapnya; bencana akan jatuh atasmu, engkau tidak sanggup menampiknya dengan mempersembahkan korban; kebinasaan akan menimpa engkau dengan sekonyong-konyong, yang tidak terduga olehmu.

So you will experience terrible things, and you will not be able to prevent them by working magic. You will experience disasters, and you will not be able to pay anyone to prevent those things from happening. (A catastrophe/Something terrible) will happen to you suddenly, something that you will not realize [is about to happen].

12 Bertahan sajalah dengan segala manteramu dan sihirmu yang banyak itu, yang telah kaurepotkan dari sejak kecilmu; mungkin engkau sanggup mendatangkan bantuan, mungkin engkau dapat menimbulkan ketakutan.

So you can continue to perform all your magic spells [IRO]! You can perform the many kinds of sorcery that you have practiced for many years! Perhaps [doing those things will enable you to] be successful; perhaps you will be able to cause your enemies to be afraid of you!

13 Engkau telah payah karena banyaknya nasihat! Biarlah tampil dan menyelamatkan engkau orang-orang yang meneliti segala penjuru langit, yang menilik bintang-bintang dan yang pada setiap bulan baru memberitahukan apa yang akan terjadi atasmu!

But [all that has resulted from your] doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired! The men who look at the stars every month and predict what will happen should come forward and rescue you [from the disasters that you are about to experience].

14 Sesungguhnya, mereka sebagai jerami yang dibakar api; mereka tidak dapat melepaskan nyawanya dari kuasa nyala api; api itu bukan bara api untuk memanaskan diri, bukan api untuk berdiang!

But [they cannot do that, because] they are like [SIM] straw that is burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from being burned up in the flames. Those men are unable to help you [MET]; they are as useless as stubble [that burns quickly and produces no heat] for you.

15 Demikianlah faedahnya bagimu dari tukang-tukang jampi itu, yang telah kaurepotkan dari sejak kecilmu; masing-masing mereka terhuyung-huyung ke segala jurusan, tidak ada yang dapat menyelamatkan engkau.

The people whom you have associated with and worked with since you were young [will not help you], because they will just continue doing their own foolish things, and they will not pay any attention to you [when you cry out for help].”