Yesaya 5
1 Aku hendak menyanyikan nyanyian tentang kekasihku, nyanyian kekasihku tentang kebun anggurnya: Kekasihku itu mempunyai kebun anggur di lereng bukit yang subur.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 Ia mencangkulnya dan membuang batu-batunya, dan menanaminya dengan pokok anggur pilihan; ia mendirikan sebuah menara jaga di tengah-tengahnya dan menggali lobang tempat memeras anggur; lalu dinantinya supaya kebun itu menghasilkan buah anggur yang baik, tetapi yang dihasilkannya ialah buah anggur yang asam.
My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
3 Maka sekarang, hai penduduk Yerusalem, dan orang Yehuda, adililah antara Aku dan kebun anggur-Ku itu.
Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
4 Apatah lagi yang harus diperbuat untuk kebun anggur-Ku itu, yang belum Kuperbuat kepadanya? Aku menanti supaya dihasilkannya buah anggur yang baik, mengapa yang dihasilkannya hanya buah anggur yang asam?
What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
5 Maka sekarang, Aku mau memberitahukan kepadamu apa yang hendak Kulakukan kepada kebun anggur-Ku itu: Aku akan menebang pagar durinya, sehingga kebun itu dimakan habis, dan melanda temboknya, sehingga kebun itu diinjak-injak;
[So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
6 Aku akan membuatnya ditumbuhi semak-semak, tidak dirantingi dan tidak disiangi, sehingga tumbuh puteri malu dan rumput; Aku akan memerintahkan awan-awan, supaya jangan diturunkannya hujan ke atasnya.
I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
7 Sebab kebun anggur TUHAN semesta alam ialah kaum Israel, dan orang Yehuda ialah tanam-tanaman kegemaran-Nya; dinanti-Nya keadilan, tetapi hanya ada kelaliman, dinanti-Nya kebenaran tetapi hanya ada keonaran.
The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
8 Celakalah mereka yang menyerobot rumah demi rumah dan mencekau ladang demi ladang, sehingga tidak ada lagi tempat bagi orang lain dan hanya kamu sendiri yang tinggal di dalam negeri!
Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
9 Di telingaku terdengar firman TUHAN semesta alam: "Sesungguhnya banyak rumah akan menjadi sunyi sepi; rumah-rumah yang besar dan yang baik tidak akan ada penghuninya.
[But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
10 Sebab kebun anggur yang luasnya sepuluh hari membajak akan menghasilkan hanya satu bat anggur; dan satu homer benih akan menghasilkan hanya satu efa gandum."
The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
11 Celakalah mereka yang bangun pagi-pagi dan terus mencari minuman keras, dan duduk-duduk sampai malam hari, sedang badannya dihangatkan anggur!
Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
12 Kecapi dan gambus, rebana dan suling, serta anggur terdapat dalam perjamuan-perjamuan mereka, tetapi perbuatan TUHAN tidak dipandangnya dan pekerjaan TUHAN tidak dilihatnya.
They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
13 Sebab itu umat-Ku harus pergi ke dalam pembuangan, oleh sebab mereka tidak mengerti apa-apa; orang-orang yang mulia akan mati kelaparan, dan khalayak ramai akan menderita kehausan.
So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
14 Sebab itu dunia orang mati akan membuka kerongkongannya lapang-lapang dan akan mengangakan mulutnya lebar-lebar dengan tiada terhingga, sehingga lenyap ke dalamnya segala kesemarakan dan keramaian Yerusalem, segala kegaduhannya dan orang-orang yang bersukaria di kota itu. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
15 Maka manusia akan ditundukkan, dan orang akan direndahkan, ya, orang-orang sombong akan direndahkan.
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 Tetapi TUHAN semesta alam akan ternyata maha tinggi dalam keadilan-Nya, dan Allah yang maha kudus akan menyatakan kekudusan-Nya dalam kebenaran-Nya.
But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
17 Maka domba-domba akan makan rumput di situ seperti di padangnya sendiri dan kambing-kambing akan mencari makan dalam reruntuhan gedung-gedung orang kaya.
Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
18 Celakalah mereka yang memancing kesalahan dengan tali kedustaan dan dosa seperti dengan tali gerobak,
Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
19 yang berkata: "Baiklah Allah lekas-lekas dan cepat-cepat melakukan tindakan-Nya, supaya kita lihat; dan baiklah keputusan Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, datang mendekat, supaya kita tahu."
They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
20 Celakalah mereka yang menyebutkan kejahatan itu baik dan kebaikan itu jahat, yang mengubah kegelapan menjadi terang dan terang menjadi kegelapan, yang mengubah pahit menjadi manis, dan manis menjadi pahit.
Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
21 Celakalah mereka yang memandang dirinya bijaksana, yang menganggap dirinya pintar!
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 Celakalah mereka yang menjadi jago minum dan juara dalam mencampur minuman keras;
Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
23 yang membenarkan orang fasik karena suap dan yang memungkiri hak orang benar.
If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
24 Sebab itu seperti lidah api memakan jerami, dan seperti rumput kering habis lenyap dalam nyala api, demikian akar-akar mereka akan menjadi busuk, dan kuntumnya akan beterbangan seperti abu, oleh karena mereka telah menolak pengajaran TUHAN semesta alam dan menista firman Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel.
Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Sebab itu bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap umat-Nya, diacungkan-Nya tangan-Nya terhadap mereka dan dipukul-Nya mereka; gunung-gunung akan gemetar, dan mayat-mayat mereka akan seperti kotoran di tengah jalan. Sekalipun semuanya ini terjadi, murka-Nya belum surut, dan tangan-Nya masih teracung.
That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
26 Ia akan melambaikan panji-panji kepada bangsa yang dari jauh, dan akan bersuit memanggil mereka dari ujung bumi; sesungguhnya mereka akan datang dengan segera, dengan cepat!
Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
27 Tiada yang lelah dan tiada yang tersandung di antaranya; mereka tidak terlelap dan tidak tertidur, tidak terlepas ikat pinggangnya dan tali kasutnya tidak terputus;
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
28 anak panahnya ditajamkan, dan segala busurnya dilentur; kuku kudanya keras seperti batu api dan roda keretanya seperti puting beliung.
Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 Aumnya seperti singa betina, mereka mengaum seperti singa muda; mereka meraung dan menangkap mangsanya, membawanya lari dan tidak ada yang melepaskan.
They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
30 Pada hari itu mereka akan diliputi oleh suara seperti suara laut menderu. Jika orang memandang ke bumi, sesungguhnya, ada gelap yang menyesakkan, dan terang menjadi gelap oleh awan-awan!
[Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
