Yeremia 1
1 Inilah perkataan-perkataan Yeremia bin Hilkia, dari keturunan imam yang ada di Anatot di tanah Benyamin.
[I], Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, [am writing] these messages. [I am] a priest, from Anathoth [town] in the area where the tribe of Benjamin [lives].
2 Dalam zaman Yosia bin Amon, raja Yehuda, dalam tahun yang ketiga belas dari pemerintahannya datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Yeremia.
Yahweh started to give me these messages when Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years.
3 Firman itu datang juga dalam zaman Yoyakim bin Yosia, raja Yehuda, sampai akhir tahun yang kesebelas zaman Zedekia bin Yosia, raja Yehuda, hingga penduduk Yerusalem diangkut ke dalam pembuangan dalam bulan yang kelima.
Yahweh continued to give me more messages when Josiah’s son Jehoiakim was the king, and he continued to do that until Zedekiah had been the king of Judah for almost eleven years. It was in August of that year that the people of Jerusalem were (exiled/taken as prisoners) [to Babylonia].
4 Firman TUHAN datang kepadaku, bunyinya:
[One day] Yahweh gave me this message:
5 "Sebelum Aku membentuk engkau dalam rahim ibumu, Aku telah mengenal engkau, dan sebelum engkau keluar dari kandungan, Aku telah menguduskan engkau, Aku telah menetapkan engkau menjadi nabi bagi bangsa-bangsa."
“I knew you before I [finished] forming you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I (set you apart/chose you) and I appointed you to be [my] prophet [whose messages would be] for [all] nations.”
6 Maka aku menjawab: "Ah, Tuhan ALLAH! Sesungguhnya aku tidak pandai berbicara, sebab aku ini masih muda."
I replied, “O, Yahweh my God, I am [not qualified to] speak [for you], because I am very young!”
7 Tetapi TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: "Janganlah katakan: Aku ini masih muda, tetapi kepada siapapun engkau Kuutus, haruslah engkau pergi, dan apapun yang Kuperintahkan kepadamu, haruslah kausampaikan.
Yahweh replied, “Do not say that, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say.
8 Janganlah takut kepada mereka, sebab Aku menyertai engkau untuk melepaskan engkau, demikianlah firman TUHAN."
And you must not be afraid of the people [to whom you will speak], because I will protect you [from being harmed by them]. [This will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
9 Lalu TUHAN mengulurkan tangan-Nya dan menjamah mulutku; TUHAN berfirman kepadaku: "Sesungguhnya, Aku menaruh perkataan-perkataan-Ku ke dalam mulutmu.
Then [it was as though] Yahweh touched my mouth and said, “Listen to me! I am (putting my message into your mouth/telling you what you must speak).
10 Ketahuilah, pada hari ini Aku mengangkat engkau atas bangsa-bangsa dan atas kerajaan-kerajaan untuk mencabut dan merobohkan, untuk membinasakan dan meruntuhkan, untuk membangun dan menanam."
Today I am appointing you to warn nations and kingdoms. You will tell them that I will completely destroy and get rid of [DOU] some of them and that I will establish [MET] others and cause them to be strong.”
11 Sesudah itu firman TUHAN datang kepadaku, bunyinya: "Apakah yang kaulihat, hai Yeremia?" Jawabku: "Aku melihat sebatang dahan pohon badam."
Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
12 Lalu firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Baik penglihatanmu, sebab Aku siap sedia untuk melaksanakan firman-Ku."
Yahweh said, “That is correct. And [because the word for ‘almond’ resembles the word for ‘watching’], it means that I am watching [what will happen], and I will make certain that what I have said to you [about destroying nations] will happen.”
13 Firman TUHAN datang kepadaku untuk kedua kalinya, bunyinya: "Apakah yang kaulihat?" Jawabku: "Aku melihat sebuah periuk yang mendidih; datangnya dari sebelah utara."
[Then] Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “What do you see [now]?” I replied, “I see a pot full of boiling [water] [MTY]. It is tipping [toward me] from the north.”
14 Lalu firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Dari utara akan mengamuk malapetaka menimpa segala penduduk negeri ini.
Yahweh replied, “[Yes! It means that] from the north great trouble/destruction will [spread] [MET] over this land, [like boiling water] [MET] pouring [from a pot].
15 Sebab sesungguhnya, Aku memanggil segala kaum kerajaan sebelah utara, demikianlah firman TUHAN, dan mereka akan datang dan mendirikan takhtanya masing-masing di mulut pintu-pintu gerbang Yerusalem, dekat segala tembok di sekelilingnya dan dekat segala kota Yehuda.
Listen to what I say: I am summoning [the armies of] kingdoms that will come from the north [of Judah] to Jerusalem. Their kings will set up their thrones at the gates of this city [to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah]. [Their armies] will attack [and break down] the walls of this city, and [they will do the same thing to] all the [other] towns in Judah.
16 Maka Aku akan menjatuhkan hukuman-Ku atas mereka, karena segala kejahatan mereka, sebab mereka telah meninggalkan Aku, dengan membakar korban kepada allah lain dan sujud menyembah kepada buatan tangannya sendiri.
I will punish [MTY] my people because of all the evil things that they have done; they have abandoned me and they worship gods/idols. They worship idols that they have made with their own hands!
17 Tetapi engkau ini, baiklah engkau bersiap, bangkitlah dan sampaikanlah kepada mereka segala yang Kuperintahkan kepadamu. Janganlah gentar terhadap mereka, supaya jangan Aku menggentarkan engkau di depan mereka!
So, get up and put on your clothes [to get ready for action]! Then go to the people of Judah and tell them everything that I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, because [if you are afraid of them], I will cause you to be truly terrified in front of them!
18 Mengenai Aku, sesungguhnya pada hari ini Aku membuat engkau menjadi kota yang berkubu, menjadi tiang besi dan menjadi tembok tembaga melawan seluruh negeri ini, menentang raja-raja Yehuda dan pemuka-pemukanya, menentang para imamnya dan rakyat negeri ini.
But listen! I will cause you to be [strong, like] [MET] a city that has strong walls around it. You will be [as strong as] [MET] an iron pillar or a bronze wall. None of the kings or officials or priests will be able to defeat you.
19 Mereka akan memerangi engkau, tetapi tidak akan mengalahkan engkau, sebab Aku menyertai engkau untuk melepaskan engkau, demikianlah firman TUHAN."
They will oppose you, but they will not be able to defeat you, because I will be with you and will protect you. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
