Yesaya 54

1 Bersorak-sorailah, hai si mandul yang tidak pernah melahirkan! Bergembiralah dengan sorak-sorai dan memekiklah, hai engkau yang tidak pernah menderita sakit bersalin! Sebab yang ditinggalkan suaminya akan mempunyai lebih banyak anak dari pada yang bersuami, firman TUHAN.

Yahweh says, “You [people of Jerusalem] [MET], start to sing! You [who are like] [MET] women who have never given birth to children, sing loudly and shout joyfully, because you, [who are like] [MET] childless women who have been abandoned [by their husbands], will [soon] have more children than women who have never had any children.

2 Lapangkanlah tempat kemahmu, dan bentangkanlah tenda tempat kediamanmu, janganlah menghematnya; panjangkanlah tali-tali kemahmu dan pancangkanlah kokoh-kokoh patok-patokmu!

Make your tents larger; make them wider, and fasten them firmly with tent pegs.

3 Sebab engkau akan mengembang ke kanan dan ke kiri, keturunanmu akan memperoleh tempat bangsa-bangsa, dan akan mendiami kota-kota yang sunyi.

[You will need to make your city much larger] because [soon] you and your descendants will spread all over the land. They will force the people of [other] nations [who now live in your cities] to leave, and you will live [again] in those cities [that were previously abandoned].

4 Janganlah takut, sebab engkau tidak akan mendapat malu, dan janganlah merasa malu, sebab engkau tidak akan tersipu-sipu. Sebab engkau akan melupakan malu keremajaanmu, dan tidak akan mengingat lagi aib kejandaanmu.

Do not be afraid; you will no [longer] be ashamed. Previously you were ashamed [because your enemies conquered you] and caused many of your women to become widows, but [soon] you will not even remember that.

5 Sebab yang menjadi suamimu ialah Dia yang menjadikan engkau, TUHAN semesta alam nama-Nya; yang menjadi Penebusmu ialah Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, Ia disebut Allah seluruh bumi.

[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the Holy one of Israel, who rules over the whole earth, the one who created you, will be [like] [MET] a husband to you.

6 Sebab seperti isteri yang ditinggalkan dan yang bersusah hati TUHAN memanggil engkau kembali; masakan isteri dari masa muda akan tetap ditolak? firman Allahmu.

You were like a woman whose husband left her, and caused you to be very sad; you were like a young woman who got married when she was [very] young, and then her husband abandoned her.

7 Hanya sesaat lamanya Aku meninggalkan engkau, tetapi karena kasih sayang yang besar Aku mengambil engkau kembali.

I abandoned you [people of Jerusalem] for a while, but [now] I am saying, ‘I will take you back.’

8 Dalam murka yang meluap Aku telah menyembunyikan wajah-Ku terhadap engkau sesaat lamanya, tetapi dalam kasih setia abadi Aku telah mengasihani engkau, firman TUHAN, Penebusmu.

I was very angry with you for a while, and I turned away from you. But I will act mercifully toward you and I will faithfully love you forever. That is what [I], Yahweh, your protector, say to you.

9 Keadaan ini bagi-Ku seperti pada zaman Nuh: seperti Aku telah bersumpah kepadanya bahwa air bah tidak akan meliputi bumi lagi, demikianlah Aku telah bersumpah bahwa Aku tidak akan murka terhadap engkau dan tidak akan menghardik engkau lagi.

During the time that Noah lived, I solemnly promised that I would never again allow a flood to cover the earth. So [now] I solemnly promise that I will not be angry with you again and (rebuke you/threaten to punish you).

10 Sebab biarpun gunung-gunung beranjak dan bukit-bukit bergoyang, tetapi kasih setia-Ku tidak akan beranjak dari padamu dan perjanjian damai-Ku tidak akan bergoyang, firman TUHAN, yang mengasihani engkau.

Even if the mountains and hills shake and collapse, I will not stop faithfully loving you, and I will not cancel my agreement to cause things to go well for you. That is what [I], Yahweh, who act mercifully, say.

11 Hai yang tertindas, yang dilanggar angin badai, yang tidak dihiburkan! Sesungguhnya, Aku akan meletakkan alasmu dari batu hitam dan dasar-dasarmu dari batu nilam.

You [people of Jerusalem] [APO], [your enemies acted very violently toward you]; [it was as though] your city was battered by a severe storm, and no one helped you. But [now] I will cause your city to be rebuilt with stones made of (turquoise/valuable stones), and I will cause the foundations of the city to be made of (sapphires/valuable blue stones).

12 Aku akan membuat kemuncak-kemuncak tembokmu dari batu delima, pintu-pintu gerbangmu dari batu manikam merah dan segenap tembok perbatasanmu dari batu permata.

I will cause the towers on the city wall to be made of (rubies/valuable red stones), and all the gates of the city will be made of [other] very valuable stones.

13 Semua anakmu akan menjadi murid TUHAN, dan besarlah kesejahteraan mereka;

I will be the one who will teach you people and cause things to go well with you.

14 engkau akan ditegakkan di atas kebenaran. Engkau akan jauh dari pemerasan, sebab engkau tidak usah lagi takut, dan engkau akan jauh dari kekejutan, sebab ia tidak akan mendekat kepadamu.

Your [government] will be strong because of acting justly/fairly; no one will (oppress you/cause you to suffer); you will not be afraid, because there will be nothing [PRS] that will (terrorize you/cause you to become extremely afraid).

15 Apabila orang menyerbu, itu bukanlah dari pada-Ku; siapapun yang menyerbu engkau, ia akan rebah melawan engkau.

If any army attacks you, it will not be because I have incited them to do that, and you will defeat any group that attacks you.

16 Sesungguhnya, Akulah yang menciptakan tukang besi yang menghembus api dan menghasilkan senjata menurut kecakapannya, tetapi Akulah juga yang menciptakan pemusnah untuk merusakkannya.

Think about this: (Blacksmiths/Men who make things from metal) fan the coals to make a very hot flame in order to produce weapons that can be used [in battles], but I am the one who has produced blacksmiths! And I am also the one who created people who destroy [other people and cities].

17 Setiap senjata yang ditempa terhadap engkau tidak akan berhasil, dan setiap orang yang melontarkan tuduhan melawan engkau dalam pengadilan, akan engkau buktikan salah. Inilah yang menjadi bagian hamba-hamba TUHAN dan kebenaran yang mereka terima dari pada-Ku, demikianlah firman TUHAN.

[But I am promising you that I will] not allow you to be defeated/injured by soldiers using weapons that have been made to attack you, and when others try to accuse you, you will (refute them/show that they are wrong). That is the reward that I will give to the people who serve me; I will defend them; that is what [I], Yahweh, promise.”

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