Yeremia 7
1 Firman yang datang kepada Yeremia dari pada TUHAN, bunyinya:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
2 "Berdirilah di pintu gerbang rumah TUHAN, serukanlah di sana firman ini dan katakanlah: Dengarlah firman TUHAN, hai sekalian orang Yehuda yang masuk melalui semua pintu gerbang ini untuk sujud menyembah kepada TUHAN!
“Go to the entrance of my temple, and give this message to the people: You people of Judah who worship here, listen to this message from Yahweh!
3 Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel: Perbaikilah tingkah langkahmu dan perbuatanmu, maka Aku mau diam bersama-sama kamu di tempat ini.
The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, ['If you] stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.'
4 Janganlah percaya kepada perkataan dusta yang berbunyi: Ini bait TUHAN, bait TUHAN, bait TUHAN,
[But some people] are repeatedly saying to you, ‘The temple of Yahweh is here, [so we will be safe]; [he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed].’ But do not pay attention to what they say, because they are deceiving you.
5 melainkan jika kamu sungguh-sungguh memperbaiki tingkah langkahmu dan perbuatanmu, jika kamu sungguh-sungguh melaksanakan keadilan di antara kamu masing-masing,
[I will act mercifully to you only] if you change your behavior and stop doing evil things, and if you [start to] act fairly/justly toward others,
6 tidak menindas orang asing, yatim dan janda, tidak menumpahkan darah orang yang tak bersalah di tempat ini dan tidak mengikuti allah lain, yang menjadi kemalanganmu sendiri,
and if you stop oppressing foreigners [who live in your country], and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering people, and if you stop worshiping (foreign gods/idols). However, if you continue to do those things, you will be destroyed.
7 maka Aku mau diam bersama-sama kamu di tempat ini, di tanah yang telah Kuberikan kepada nenek moyangmu, dari dahulu kala sampai selama-lamanya.
If you do what I have told you, I will allow you to stay in this land that I promised to your ancestors that it would belong to them [and their descendants] forever.
8 Tetapi sesungguhnya, kamu percaya kepada perkataan dusta yang tidak memberi faedah.
[People are repeatedly] telling you, [‘The temple is here, so we are safe]’, and you are trusting/believing [that what they are saying is true], but it is a lie. [Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is] worthless.
9 Masakan kamu mencuri, membunuh, berzinah dan bersumpah palsu, membakar korban kepada Baal dan mengikuti allah lain yang tidak kamu kenal,
You think that [RHQ] you can steal things, murder people, commit adultery, tell lies in court, and worship Baal and all those other gods that you did not know about previously,
10 kemudian kamu datang berdiri di hadapan-Ku di rumah yang atasnya nama-Ku diserukan, sambil berkata: Kita selamat, supaya dapat pula melakukan segala perbuatan yang keji ini!
and then come here and stand in front of this temple, which is my temple, and say ‘Nothing bad will happen to us!’, while you continue to do all those abominable things.
11 Sudahkah menjadi sarang penyamun di matamu rumah yang atasnya nama-Ku diserukan ini? Kalau Aku, Aku sendiri melihat semuanya, demikianlah firman TUHAN.
Do you realize that you are causing this temple, which is my temple, to become like [MET] a den where bandits hide [RHQ]? Do you not know that I see [all the evil things that you people do there]?
12 Tetapi baiklah pergi dahulu ke tempat-Ku yang di Silo itu, di mana Aku membuat nama-Ku diam dahulu, dan lihatlah apa yang telah Kulakukan kepadanya karena kejahatan umat-Ku Israel!
[Long ago] I put my Sacred Tent at Shiloh [city], to be a place where people would worship me [MTY]. Think about how I [destroyed it] because my people, the Israeli people, did [many] wicked things there.
13 Maka sekarang, oleh karena kamu telah melakukan segala perbuatan itu juga, demikianlah firman TUHAN, dan oleh karena kamu tidak mau mendengarkan, sekalipun Aku berbicara kepadamu terus-menerus, dan kamu tidak mau menjawab, sekalipun Aku berseru kepadamu,
And while you were continually doing those wicked things, I told you about it many times, but you refused to listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer [me].
14 karena itulah kepada rumah, yang atasnya nama-Ku diserukan dan yang kamu andalkan itu, dan kepada tempat, yang telah Kuberikan kepadamu dan kepada nenek moyangmu itu, akan Kulakukan seperti yang telah Kulakukan kepada Silo;
Therefore, just like I destroyed Shiloh, I will [now] destroy this temple that was built for people to worship me [MTY], this temple that you trust in, that is in this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
15 Aku akan melemparkan kamu dari hadapan-Ku, seperti semua saudaramu, yakni seluruh keturunan Efraim, telah Kulemparkan."
And I will expel you from this land and send you [to other countries] far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.”
16 "Tetapi engkau, janganlah berdoa untuk bangsa ini, janganlah sampaikan seruan permohonan dan doa untuk mereka, dan janganlah desak Aku, sebab Aku tidak akan mendengarkan engkau.
[Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], do not pray for these people [any longer]. Do not cry for them or plead for [me to help] them, because I will not pay any attention to you.
17 Tiadakah engkau melihat apa yang dilakukan mereka di kota-kota Yehuda dan di jalan-jalan Yerusalem?
Do you see [the wicked things] that they are doing in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah?
18 Anak-anak memungut kayu bakar, bapa-bapa menyalakan api dan perempuan-perempuan meremas adonan untuk membuat penganan persembahan bagi ratu sorga, dan orang mempersembahkan korban curahan kepada allah lain dengan maksud menyakiti hati-Ku.
The children gather firewood and their fathers use it to make fires [on the altars to burn sacrifices]. The women knead/make dough to make cakes to offer to [their goddess Astarte who is called] the Queen of Heaven. And [on their altars] they pour out offerings of wine to [their] other idols. All of those things cause me to become extremely angry!
19 Hati-Kukah sebenarnya yang mereka sakiti, demikianlah firman TUHAN, bukankah hati mereka sendiri, sehingga mereka menjadi malu?
But I am not [RHQ] the one whom they are hurting; they are really [RHQ] hurting themselves [by doing these things for which they should be] very ashamed!”
20 Sebab itu beginilah firman Tuhan ALLAH: Sesungguhnya, murka-Ku dan kehangatan amarah-Ku akan tercurah ke tempat ini, ke atas manusia, ke atas hewan, ke atas pohon-pohonan di padang dan ke atas hasil tanah; amarah itu akan menyala-nyala dengan tidak padam-padam."
So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with [what happens at] this place, I will punish these people severely [MTY]; my being very angry will be [like] [MET] a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, [their] animals, [their] fruit trees, and [their] crops.”
21 Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam, Allah Israel: "Tambah sajalah korban bakaranmu kepada korban sembelihanmu dan nikmatilah dagingnya!
Therefore, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Take away [IRO] your offerings that you bring to burn completely on your altars and your [other] sacrifices; [don’t give them to me]; eat them [yourselves]!
22 Sungguh, pada waktu Aku membawa nenek moyangmu keluar dari tanah Mesir Aku tidak mengatakan atau memerintahkan kepada mereka sesuatu tentang korban bakaran dan korban sembelihan;
When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not offerings to be completely burned on the altar or [other] sacrifices that I wanted from them.
23 hanya yang berikut inilah yang telah Kuperintahkan kepada mereka: Dengarkanlah suara-Ku, maka Aku akan menjadi Allahmu dan kamu akan menjadi umat-Ku, dan ikutilah seluruh jalan yang Kuperintahkan kepadamu, supaya kamu berbahagia!
What I told them was, ‘Obey me; [if you do that], I will be your God and you will be my people. If you do the things that I want you to do, everything will go well for you.’
24 Tetapi mereka tidak mau mendengarkan dan tidak mau memberi perhatian, melainkan mereka mengikuti rancangan-rancangan dan kedegilan hatinya yang jahat, dan mereka memperlihatkan belakangnya dan bukan mukanya.
But your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me. They continued to do [the evil things] that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.
25 Dari sejak waktu nenek moyangmu keluar dari tanah Mesir sampai waktu ini, Aku mengutus kepada mereka hamba-hamba-Ku, para nabi, hari demi hari, terus-menerus,
From the day that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you.
26 tetapi mereka tidak mau mendengarkan kepada-Ku dan tidak mau memberi perhatian, bahkan mereka menegarkan tengkuknya, berbuat lebih jahat dari pada nenek moyang mereka.
But you, [my people], have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors did.”
27 Sekalipun engkau mengatakan kepada mereka segala perkara ini, mereka tidak akan mendengarkan perkataanmu, dan sekalipun engkau berseru kepada mereka, mereka tidak akan menjawab engkau.
[Then Yahweh said to me], “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 Sebab itu, katakanlah kepada mereka: Inilah bangsa yang tidak mau mendengarkan suara TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan yang tidak mau menerima penghajaran! Ketulusan mereka sudah lenyap, sudah hapus dari mulut mereka."
Say to them, ‘You people [of Judah] have not obeyed Yahweh, your God; you have not accepted it when he tried to correct you. No one among you is truthful; you do not say anything that is true; [you speak only lies].’
29 Cukurlah rambut kepalamu dan buanglah! Angkatlah ratapan di atas bukit-bukit gundul, sebab TUHAN telah menolak dan membuang bangsa yang kena murka-Nya!
[So, tell them to] cut off their hair [to show that they are mourning]; tell them to go up into the hills and sing a sad funeral song, because I have completely rejected [DOU] this generation [of people] who have made me angry.”
30 Sungguh, orang Yehuda telah melakukan apa yang jahat di mata-Ku, demikianlah firman TUHAN, telah menempatkan dewa-dewa mereka yang menjijikkan di rumah yang atasnya nama-Ku diserukan ini untuk menajiskannya.
Yahweh says this: “The people of Judah have done many things that I say are evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in my temple, causing it to become an unacceptable [place to worship me].
31 Mereka telah mendirikan bukit pengorbanan yang bernama Tofet di Lembah Ben-Hinom untuk membakar anak-anaknya lelaki dan perempuan, suatu hal yang tidak pernah Kuperintahkan dan yang tidak pernah timbul dalam hati-Ku.
They have built altars at Topheth in Ben-Hinnom Valley [outside Jerusalem], and they sacrifice their sons and daughters on those altars. I never commanded them to do that; I never even thought that anyone would do that.
32 Sebab itu, sesungguhnya, waktunya akan datang, demikianlah firman TUHAN, bahwa orang tidak akan mengatakan lagi "Tofet" dan "Lembah Ben-Hinom", melainkan "Lembah Pembunuhan"; orang akan menguburkan mayat di Tofet karena kekurangan tempat,
So they should beware! There will be a time when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the Hinnom Valley; instead, it will be called the Valley of Slaughter. There will be a huge number of people who will be buried there, with the result that there will be no space to bury more bodies.
33 bahkan mayat bangsa ini akan menjadi makanan burung-burung di udara serta binatang-binatang di bumi dengan tidak ada yang mengganggunya.
The corpses of my people that are [not buried and are] left on the ground will be eaten by vultures and wild animals, and there will be no one to shoo/chase them away.
34 Di kota-kota Yehuda serta di jalan-jalan Yerusalem akan Kuhentikan suara kegirangan dan suara sukacita, suara pengantin laki-laki dan suara pengantin perempuan, sebab negeri itu akan menjadi tempat yang tandus.
There will be no one singing and laughing any more in the streets of Jerusalem; there will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides in Judah, because the land will be completely destroyed.”
