Yeremia 13

1 Beginilah firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Pergilah membeli ikat pinggang lenan, ikatkanlah itu pada pinggangmu, tetapi jangan kaucelupkan ke dalam air!"

[One day] Yahweh said to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth. Put it on, but do not wash it.”

2 Maka aku membeli ikat pinggang seperti yang difirmankan TUHAN, lalu mengikatkannya pada pinggangku.

So I bought a [very nice] waistcloth, which is what Yahweh told me to do, and I put it on.

3 Sesudah itu datanglah firman TUHAN kepadaku untuk kedua kalinya, bunyinya:

Then [later] Yahweh gave me another message.

4 "Ambillah ikat pinggang yang telah kaubeli dan yang sekarang pada pinggangmu itu! Pergilah segera ke sungai Efrat untuk menyembunyikannya di sana di celah-celah bukit batu!"

He said, “Go to the small Perath Stream [near Jerusalem] and hide your waistcloth in a crevice/hole in the rocks.”

5 Maka pergilah aku, lalu menyembunyikannya di pinggir sungai Efrat seperti yang diperintahkan TUHAN kepadaku.

So I went to the stream and did what Yahweh told me to do.

6 Sesudah beberapa waktu lamanya, berfirmanlah TUHAN kepadaku: "Pergilah segera ke sungai Efrat mengambil dari sana ikat pinggang yang Kuperintahkan kausembunyikan di sana!"

A long time later, Yahweh said to me, “Go [back] to that stream and get the waistcloth that I told you to hide there.”

7 Maka pergilah aku ke sungai Efrat, lalu aku menggali dan mengambil ikat pinggang itu dari tempat aku menyembunyikannya, tetapi ternyata ikat pinggang itu sudah lapuk, tidak berguna untuk apapun.

So I went to the Perath Stream and dug out the waistcloth from the crevice/hole in which I had hidden it. But it was ruined, and useless.

8 Lalu datanglah firman TUHAN kepadaku:

Then Yahweh gave me this message:

9 "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Demikianlah Aku akan menghapuskan kecongkakbongakan Yehuda dan Yerusalem.

“[What happened to your waistcloth] shows that I will destroy the things that [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah are very proud of.

10 Bangsa yang jahat ini, yang enggan mendengarkan perkataan-perkataan-Ku, yang mengikuti kedegilan hatinya dan mengikuti allah lain untuk beribadah dan sujud menyembah kepada mereka, akan menjadi seperti ikat pinggang ini yang tidak berguna untuk apapun.

Those wicked people refuse to pay attention to what I say. They stubbornly do just what they desire to do; they worship other gods. Therefore, they will become completely useless, like your waistcloth.

11 Sebab seperti ikat pinggang melekat pada pinggang seseorang, demikianlah tadinya segenap kaum Israel dan segenap kaum Yehuda Kulekatkan kepada-Ku, demikianlah firman TUHAN, supaya mereka itu menjadi umat, menjadi ternama, terpuji dan terhormat bagi-Ku. Tetapi mereka itu tidak mau mendengar."

Just like a waistcloth clings closely/tightly to a man’s waist, I wanted the people [MTY] of Israel and Judah to cling closely to me. I wanted them to be my people, people who would praise me and honor me. But they would not pay attention [to me]. “

12 "Katakanlah kepada mereka firman ini: Beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Setiap buyung harus dipenuhi dengan anggur! Dan jika mereka berkata kepadamu: Masakan kami tidak tahu betul, bahwa setiap buyung harus dipenuhi dengan anggur?,

“[So], tell this to them: ‘Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli [people worship], says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And [when you tell that to them], they will reply, ‘(Of course/Certainly) we know [RHQ] that all wineskins should be filled with wine!’

13 maka katakanlah kepada mereka: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Sesungguhnya, seluruh penduduk negeri ini akan Kupenuhi dengan kemabukan: para raja yang duduk di atas takhta Daud, para imam, para nabi dan seluruh penduduk Yerusalem.

And then you must tell them, ‘No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. [That will include all of you]—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.’

14 Aku akan membantingkan seorang kepada yang lain sampai mereka hancur, bapa-bapa dengan anak-anaknya, demikianlah firman TUHAN. Aku akan membinasakan mereka tanpa belas kasihan, tanpa merasa sayang dan tanpa ampun."

[He is saying], ‘I will cause you to bash each other. [Even] parents will bash their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.’”

15 Dengarlah, pasanglah telingamu, janganlah kamu tinggi hati, sebab TUHAN telah berfirman.

[You people of Judah], pay very careful attention [DOU]. Do not be proud, because Yahweh has spoken to you.

16 Permuliakanlah TUHAN, Allahmu, sebelum Ia membuat hari menjadi gelap, sebelum kakimu tersandung di atas bukit-bukit yang diliputi senja, sementara kamu menanti-nantikan terang, tetapi Ia menjadikan hari kelam pekat dan mengubahnya menjadi gelap gulita.

[It is as though] he is ready to bring darkness on you and to cause you to stumble and fall [as you walk] on the hills when it is becoming dark. [So] praise/honor Yahweh your God before that happens. If you do not do that, you will look for light, but all you will see is darkness and gloom.

17 Jika kamu tidak mau mendengarkannya, aku akan menangis di tempat yang tersembunyi oleh karena kesombonganmu, air mataku akan berlinang-linang, bahkan akan bercucuran, oleh sebab kawanan domba TUHAN diangkut tertawan.

And if you [still] refuse to heed what he says, [what will happen to you because of] your being proud will cause me to cry when I am alone. My eyes will be filled with tears because [you], Yahweh’s people, [whom he takes care of like a shepherd takes care of] [MET] his flock, will [all] be [captured by your enemies and] taken to other countries.

18 Katakanlah kepada raja dan kepada ibu suri: "Duduklah di tempat yang rendah sekali, sebab mahkota kemuliaanmu sudah turun dari kepalamu!"

[You people of Judah], say to the king and to his mother, “Come down from sitting on your thrones and [humbly] sit in the dust, because [your enemies] will soon snatch from your heads your glorious crowns.”

19 Kota-kota tanah Negeb sudah ditutup gerbangnya, dan tidak ada seorangpun yang membukanya. Segenap Yehuda sudah diangkut ke dalam pembuangan, diangkut ke dalam pembuangan seluruhnya.

The towns in the southern part of Judah will be surrounded by your enemies, and no one will be able to get through their lines [to rescue the people in those towns]. [You people of] Judah will be captured and taken away; you will all be (exiled/taken [to foreign countries)].

20 Layangkanlah matamu, hai Yerusalem, dan lihatlah, ada orang-orang datang dari utara! Di manakah kawanan ternak yang diberikan kepadamu, kambing domba yang menjadi kemuliaanmu?

[You leaders of Jerusalem], open your eyes and look: [The enemy armies are ready to] march down from the north. [When that happens], what will happen to [RHQ] the [people of Judah who are like] a beautiful flock of sheep, people that he gave to you to take care of?

21 Apakah yang kaukatakan, apabila diangkat menjadi kepalamu orang-orang yang kauperlakukan sebagai pacar? Bukankah kesakitan akan menyergap engkau seperti halnya seorang perempuan yang melahirkan?

What will you say [RHQ] when Yahweh appoints people from other countries to rule over you, people who you [mistakenly] thought were your friends? You will [RHQ] suffer very much pain, like a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.

22 Dan apabila engkau bertanya dalam hatimu: "Mengapakah semuanya ini menimpa aku?" Karena banyaknya kesalahanmulah maka disingkapkan ujung kainmu dan engkau diperkosa!

You will ask yourselves, “Why is this happening to us?” [I will reply that] it is because of your many sins. That is why [soldiers of the invading armies] will lift up the skirts [of your women] and rape them.

23 Dapatkah orang Etiopia mengganti kulitnya atau macan tutul mengubah belangnya? Masakan kamu dapat berbuat baik, hai orang-orang yang membiasakan diri berbuat jahat?

A man from Ethiopia certainly cannot [RHQ] change the color of his [black] skin, and a leopard certainly cannot [RHQ] change its spots. Similarly, you cannot start doing what is good, because you have always done what is evil.

24 Aku akan menghamburkan mereka seperti sekam yang diterbangkan angin padang gurun.

[Yahweh says], “I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the wind from the desert.

25 Itulah nasibmu, bagianmu yang telah Kuukur untukmu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, karena engkau melupakan Aku, dan mempercayai dusta.

That is what is certainly going to happen to you; the things that I have determined will happen to you, because you have forgotten me, and you are trusting in false [gods].

26 Akupun juga akan mengangkat ujung kainmu sampai kepada mukamu, sehingga kelihatan auratmu.

[It is as though] I myself will pull your skirts up over your faces and cause you to be very ashamed because everyone will be able to see your sex organs.

27 Zinahmu dan ringkikmu, persundalanmu yang mesum di atas bukit-bukit dan di padang-padang, Aku sudah melihat perbuatanmu yang keji itu. Celakalah engkau, hai Yerusalem, berapa lama lagi hingga engkau menjadi tahir?

I have seen that you [act like men who are eager to commit adultery]; you are like male horses that whinny when they desire [to have sex with] a female horse. I have seen that you worship disgusting idols in the fields and on the hills. [You people of] Jerusalem, terrible things will happen to you! How long will it be [RHQ] until you are acceptable to me [again]?”