Tuhan Yeshua tidak pernah mati, ya memang, ketuhanan Yeshua tidak pernah mati. Ada salah paham di kalangan kekristenan di Indonesia di sini. Mereka menyangka Tuhan itu bisa mati. Mengapa ini bisa terjadi? Jawabnya karena ada kesalahan terjemahan Kitab Suci. Yeshua memang wafat, tetapi bukan ketuhanan-Nya yang wafat, melainkan kemanusiannya.
Perhatikan ayat berikut ini:
1 Kor11:26 TB2 LAI: Sebab setiap kali kamu makan roti ini dan minum cawan ini, kamu memberitakan kematian Tuhan sampai Ia datang[1].
Inilah alasan mengapa mayoritas Kristen di Indonesia meyakini Tuhan mereka sempat mati. Adanya frasa “kematian Tuhan” ini sangat berbahaya! Tidak pernah ada di dalam naskah aslinya, tidak pernah diajarkan oleh ribuan komunitas di luar negeri, bahwa Tuhan umat Kristen mati, hanya sebagian Kristen di sini yang mengajarkannya.
Jadi seharusnya bagaimana terjemahan yang benar? Jawabnya adalah “kematian Tuan”, ada perbedaan jauh antara definisi kata “tuan” dan “Tuhan”. Kembali saya sarankan untuk cek KBBI sebagai kamus resmi kita. Perhatikan kalimat di dalam ayat Yunaninya sbb[2].
Perhatikan kata Kurios di sana diterjemahkan menjadi Lord dalam bahasa Inggris. Atau lengkapnya: death of the Lord (kematian Sang Tuan). Kurios tidak bisa diterjemahkan menjadi Tuhan, tetapi seharusnya Tuan. Mengapa? Karena Tuhan menggantikan kata Theos, yang artinya sesuatu yang disembah oleh manusia, cek KBBI[3]. Sementara Tuan, mengacu kepada manusia.
Padanan kata:
Kurios = Lord = Tuan
Theos = God = Tuhan
Allah = Allah = Allah (nama)
Yang mati adalah Lord/Tuan bukan God/Tuhan, perhatikan berbagai terjemahan 1 Kor 11:26 dari berbagai terjemahan bhs Inggris ini:
New International Version
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
New Living Translation
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
English Standard Version
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Berean Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Berean Literal Bible
For as often as you may eat this bread and may drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He should come.
King James Bible
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
New King James Version
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
New American Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
NASB 1995
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
NASB 1977
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
Legacy Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes.
Amplified Bible
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are [symbolically] proclaiming [the fact of] the Lord’s death until He comes [again].
Christian Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
American Standard Version
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.
English Revised Version
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.
GOD’S WORD® Translation
Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about the Lord’s death until he comes.
Good News Translation
This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
[1] Sabda LAI, https://sabdaweb.sabda.org/ (dikses 11 Februari 2025, jam 12.00), 1 Kor 11:26.
[2] Greek Text Analysis, https://biblehub.com/ (diakses 11 Februari 2025, jam 12.00), 1 Cor 11:26
[3] Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) VI Daring, https://kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id/, (diakses pada 1 Feb 2025, jam 21.00),