¹The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹TUHAN berkata kepadaku,

²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

²"Hai manusia fana, ceritakan kepada orang-orang Israel perumpamaan,

³and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

³yang Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi mau sampaikan kepada mereka: Adalah seekor burung rajawali raksasa yang berbulu indah dan bersayap lebar serta kuat. Ia terbang ke gunung Libanon, mematahkan pucuk sebatang pohon cemara,

⁴he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

⁴lalu membawanya dan meletakkannya di kota dagang yang ramai.

⁵He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.

⁵Kemudian diambilnya sebatang tanaman yang masih muda dari tanah Israel, dan ditanamnya di ladang subur, yang tak pernah kekurangan air.

⁶It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

⁶Tanaman itu menjadi pohon anggur yang tumbuh rendah tetapi menjalar luas. Dahan-dahannya tertuju kepada rajawali itu, dan akar-akarnya tertancap kuat dalam tanah. Pohon anggur itu rimbun sekali.

⁷There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

⁷Sementara itu ada burung rajawali raksasa yang lain; sayapnya lebar dan bulunya tebal. Lalu pohon anggur itu mengarahkan akar-akar dan dahan-dahannya kepada burung rajawali yang baru itu dengan harapan agar burung itu mau memberi kepadanya lebih banyak air daripada yang ada di ladang itu.

⁸It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

⁸Padahal pohon anggur itu sudah tertanam di tanah yang subur dengan air yang berlimpah, sehingga ia dapat berdaun rimbun, berbuah lebat, dan menjadi pohon anggur yang baik.

⁹Say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.

⁹Maka, Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, bertanya: Dapatkah pohon anggur itu hidup dan berkembang? Tidakkah burung rajawali yang pertama akan mencabut dia dengan akar-akarnya, merenggut buahnya, mematahkan dahan-dahannya dan membiarkan dia layu? Tidak diperlukan banyak tenaga atau bangsa yang perkasa untuk mencabut pohon itu sampai ke akar-akarnya.

¹⁰Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.

¹⁰Memang ia telah tertanam kuat, tetapi dapatkah ia tumbuh terus serta berkembang? Tidakkah ia akan layu bila dihembus oleh angin Timur? Tidakkah ia akan mengering di tempat ia ditanam?"

¹¹Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹¹TUHAN berkata kepadaku,

¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Don’t you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

¹²"Tanyakan kepada pemberontak-pemberontak itu, apakah mereka mengerti arti perumpamaan itu. Sampaikan kepada mereka bahwa raja Babel telah datang ke Yerusalem, dan mengangkut raja Yehuda serta pembesar-pembesar kota itu ke Babel.

¹³and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

¹³Lalu ia memilih salah seorang keluarga raja Yehuda itu, membuat perjanjian dengan dia, dan menyuruh dia bersumpah setia kepadanya. Raja Babel itu menyandera orang-orang penting,

¹⁴that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

¹⁴supaya kerajaan Yehuda itu tidak akan bangkit kembali, dan untuk menjamin bahwa perjanjian itu sungguh-sungguh ditepati.

¹⁵But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

¹⁵Tetapi raja Yehuda memberontak serta mengirim utusan ke Mesir untuk mendapat kuda dan tentara yang banyak. Apakah ia akan berhasil? Apakah ia akan dibiarkan lolos? Tidak mungkin dia mengingkari perjanjian tanpa dijatuhi hukuman!

¹⁶As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

¹⁶Demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, raja Yehuda akan mati di Babel, karena ia telah mengingkari sumpahnya dan melanggar perjanjiannya dengan raja Babel yang telah mendudukkan dia di atas takhta.

¹⁷Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

¹⁷Bahkan bala tentara Mesir yang hebat itu, tak sanggup menolong dia dari serbuan orang-orang Babel yang membuat timbunan-timbunan tanah dan menggali parit-parit untuk membunuh banyak orang.

¹⁸For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

¹⁸Karena ia telah melanggar sumpah dan perjanjiannya, ia tak akan dapat meloloskan diri.

¹⁹Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

¹⁹Demi Aku, Allah yang hidup, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, raja Yehuda akan Kuhukum karena telah melanggar perjanjiannya dengan raja Babel, padahal ia sudah bersumpah atas nama-Ku untuk menepatinya.

²⁰I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

²⁰Aku akan menebarkan jala untuk menangkapnya. Dia akan Kubawa ke Babel dan Kuhukum di sana, karena ia tidak setia kepada-Ku.

²¹All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.

²¹Tentaranya yang paling baik akan tewas dalam pertempuran, sedangkan yang berhasil lolos akan tercerai-berai ke segala jurusan. Maka tahulah umat-Ku bahwa Aku, TUHAN telah berbicara."

²²Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain:

²²Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, "Dari pohon cemara yang tinggi, akan Kupetik pucuknya lalu Kupatahkan sebuah dahannya yang muda; Kutanam dahan itu di gunung yang menjulang ke awan.

²³in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.

²³Di gunung tertinggi di Israel, ia Kutancapkan. Di sana ia akan bertunas, dan menghasilkan buah, lalu menjadi pohon cemara yang megah. Segala jenis unggas akan bersarang di dalamnya dan berlindung di bawah naungannya.

²⁴All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.

²⁴Semua pohon di negeri akan faham bahwa Akulah TUHAN. Pohon yang tinggi Kutebang; pohon yang rendah Kubuat tumbuh menjulang. Pohon yang segar Kujadikan kering kerontang; dan pohon yang kering Kuberi tunas dan kembang. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara, segala perkataan-Ku akan terlaksana."