Genesis 24
1 Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.
Adapun Abraham telah tua dan lanjut umurnya, serta diberkati TUHAN dalam segala hal.
2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
Berkatalah Abraham kepada hambanya yang paling tua dalam rumahnya, yang menjadi kuasa atas segala kepunyaannya, katanya: "Baiklah letakkan tanganmu di bawah pangkal pahaku,
3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
supaya aku mengambil sumpahmu demi TUHAN, Allah yang empunya langit dan yang empunya bumi, bahwa engkau tidak akan mengambil untuk anakku seorang isteri dari antara perempuan Kanaan yang di antaranya aku diam.
4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
Tetapi engkau harus pergi ke negeriku dan kepada sanak saudaraku untuk mengambil seorang isteri bagi Ishak, anakku."
5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?
Lalu berkatalah hambanya itu kepadanya: "Mungkin perempuan itu tidak suka mengikuti aku ke negeri ini; haruskah aku membawa anakmu itu kembali ke negeri dari mana tuanku keluar?"
6 And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
Tetapi Abraham berkata kepadanya: "Awas, jangan kaubawa anakku itu kembali ke sana.
7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
TUHAN, Allah yang empunya langit, yang telah memanggil aku dari rumah ayahku serta dari negeri sanak saudaraku, dan yang telah berfirman kepadaku, serta yang bersumpah kepadaku, demikian: kepada keturunanmulah akan Kuberikan negeri ini--Dialah juga akan mengutus malaikat-Nya berjalan di depanmu, sehingga engkau dapat mengambil seorang isteri dari sana untuk anakku.
8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.
Tetapi jika perempuan itu tidak mau mengikuti engkau, maka lepaslah engkau dari sumpahmu kepadaku ini; hanya saja, janganlah anakku itu kaubawa kembali ke sana."
9 And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
Lalu hamba itu meletakkan tangannya di bawah pangkal paha Abraham, tuannya, dan bersumpah kepadanya tentang hal itu.
10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
Kemudian hamba itu mengambil sepuluh ekor dari unta tuannya dan pergi dengan membawa berbagai-bagai barang berharga kepunyaan tuannya; demikianlah ia berangkat menuju Aram-Mesopotamia ke kota Nahor.
11 And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.
Di sana disuruhnyalah unta itu berhenti di luar kota dekat suatu sumur, pada waktu petang hari, waktu perempuan-perempuan keluar untuk menimba air.
12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.
Lalu berkatalah ia: "TUHAN, Allah tuanku Abraham, buatlah kiranya tercapai tujuanku pada hari ini, tunjukkanlah kasih setia-Mu kepada tuanku Abraham.
13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:
Di sini aku berdiri di dekat mata air, dan anak-anak perempuan penduduk kota ini datang keluar untuk menimba air.
14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.
Kiranya terjadilah begini: anak gadis, kepada siapa aku berkata: Tolong miringkan buyungmu itu, supaya aku minum, dan yang menjawab: Minumlah, dan unta-untamu juga akan kuberi minum--dialah kiranya yang Kautentukan bagi hamba-Mu, Ishak; maka dengan begitu akan kuketahui, bahwa Engkau telah menunjukkan kasih setia-Mu kepada tuanku itu."
15 And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.
Sebelum ia selesai berkata, maka datanglah Ribka, yang lahir bagi Betuel, anak laki-laki Milka, isteri Nahor, saudara Abraham; buyungnya dibawanya di atas bahunya.
16 She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
Anak gadis itu sangat cantik parasnya, seorang perawan, belum pernah bersetubuh dengan laki-laki; ia turun ke mata air itu dan mengisi buyungnya, lalu kembali naik.
17 And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
Kemudian berlarilah hamba itu mendapatkannya serta berkata: "Tolong beri aku minum air sedikit dari buyungmu itu."
18 And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.
Jawabnya: "Minumlah, tuan," maka segeralah diturunkannya buyungnya itu ke tangannya, serta diberinya dia minum.
19 And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.
Setelah ia selesai memberi hamba itu minum, berkatalah ia: "Baiklah untuk unta-untamu juga kutimba air, sampai semuanya puas minum."
20 And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.
Kemudian segeralah dituangnya air yang di buyungnya itu ke dalam palungan, lalu berlarilah ia sekali lagi ke sumur untuk menimba air dan ditimbanyalah untuk semua unta orang itu.
21 And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.
Dan orang itu mengamat-amatinya dengan berdiam diri untuk mengetahui apakah TUHAN membuat perjalanannya berhasil atau tidak.
22 And when the camels had had enough, the man took a gold nose-ring, half a shekel in weight, and two ornaments for her arms of ten shekels weight of gold;
Setelah unta-unta itu puas minum, maka orang itu mengambil anting-anting emas yang setengah syikal beratnya, dan sepasang gelang tangan yang sepuluh syikal emas beratnya,
23 And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
serta berkata: "Anak siapakah engkau? Baiklah katakan kepadaku! Adakah di rumah ayahmu tempat bermalam bagi kami?"
24 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
Lalu jawabnya kepadanya: "Ayahku Betuel, anak Milka, yang melahirkannya bagi Nahor."
25 And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.
Lagi kata gadis itu: "Baik jerami, baik makanan unta banyak pada kami, tempat bermalampun ada."
26 And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;
Lalu berlututlah orang itu dan sujud menyembah TUHAN,
27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
serta berkata: "Terpujilah TUHAN, Allah tuanku Abraham, yang tidak menarik kembali kasih-Nya dan setia-Nya dari tuanku itu; dan TUHAN telah menuntun aku di jalan ke rumah saudara-saudara tuanku ini!"
28 So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house
Berlarilah gadis itu pergi menceritakan kejadian itu ke rumah ibunya.
29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.
Ribka mempunyai saudara laki-laki, namanya Laban. Laban berlari ke luar mendapatkan orang itu, ke mata air tadi,
30 And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.
sesudah dilihatnya anting-anting itu dan gelang pada tangan saudaranya, dan sesudah didengarnya perkataan Ribka, saudaranya, yang bunyinya: "Begitulah dikatakan orang itu kepadaku." Ia mendapatkan orang itu, yang masih berdiri di samping unta-untanya di dekat mata air itu,
31 And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.
dan berkata: "Marilah engkau yang diberkati TUHAN, mengapa engkau berdiri di luar, padahal telah kusediakan rumah bagimu, dan juga tempat untuk unta-untamu."
32 Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.
Masuklah orang itu ke dalam rumah. Ditanggalkanlah pelana unta-unta, diberikan jerami dan makanan kepada unta-unta itu, lalu dibawa air pembasuh kaki untuk orang itu dan orang-orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia.
33 And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
Tetapi ketika dihidangkan makanan di depannya, berkatalah orang itu: "Aku tidak akan makan sebelum kusampaikan pesan yang kubawa ini." Jawab Laban: "Silakan!"
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
Lalu berkatalah ia: "Aku ini hamba Abraham.
35 The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.
TUHAN sangat memberkati tuanku itu, sehingga ia telah menjadi kaya; TUHAN telah memberikan kepadanya kambing domba dan lembu sapi, emas dan perak, budak laki-laki dan perempuan, unta dan keledai.
36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
Dan Sara, isteri tuanku itu, sesudah tua, telah melahirkan anak laki-laki bagi tuanku itu; kepada anaknya itu telah diberikan tuanku segala harta miliknya.
37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;
Tuanku itu telah mengambil sumpahku: Engkau tidak akan mengambil untuk anakku seorang isteri dari antara perempuan Kanaan, yang negerinya kudiami ini,
38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
tetapi engkau harus pergi ke rumah ayahku dan kepada kaumku untuk mengambil seorang isteri bagi anakku.
39 And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?
Jawabku kepada tuanku itu: Mungkin perempuan itu tidak mau mengikut aku.
40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;
Tetapi katanya kepadaku: TUHAN, yang di hadapan-Nya aku hidup, akan mengutus malaikat-Nya menyertai engkau, dan akan membuat perjalananmu berhasil, sehingga engkau akan mengambil bagi anakku seorang isteri dari kaumku dan dari rumah ayahku.
41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.
Barulah engkau lepas dari sumpahmu kepadaku, jika engkau sampai kepada kaumku dan mereka tidak memberikan perempuan itu kepadamu; hanya dalam hal itulah engkau lepas dari sumpahmu kepadaku.
42 And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,
Dan hari ini aku sampai ke mata air tadi, lalu kataku: TUHAN, Allah tuanku Abraham, sudilah kiranya Engkau membuat berhasil perjalanan yang kutempuh ini.
43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
Di sini aku berdiri di dekat mata air ini; kiranya terjadi begini: Apabila seorang gadis datang ke luar untuk menimba air dan aku berkata kepadanya: Tolong berikan aku minum air sedikit dari buyungmu itu,
44 Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.
dan ia menjawab: Minumlah, dan untuk unta-untamu juga akan kutimba air, --dialah kiranya isteri, yang telah TUHAN tentukan bagi anak tuanku itu.
45 And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.
Belum lagi aku habis berkata dalam hatiku, Ribka telah datang membawa buyung di atas bahunya, dan turun ke mata air itu, lalu menimba air. Kataku kepadanya: Tolong berikan aku minum.
46 And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.
Segeralah ia menurunkan buyung itu dari atas bahunya serta berkata: Minumlah, dan unta-untamu juga akan kuberi minum. Lalu aku minum, dan unta-unta itu juga diberinya minum.
47 And questioning her, I said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor, and Milcah his wife. Then I put the ring on her nose and the ornaments on her hands.
Sesudah itu aku bertanya kepadanya: Anak siapakah engkau? Jawabnya: Ayahku Betuel anak Nahor yang dilahirkan Milka. Lalu aku mengenakan anting-anting pada hidungnya dan gelang pada tangannya.
48 And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.
Kemudian berlututlah aku dan sujud menyembah TUHAN, serta memuji TUHAN, Allah tuanku Abraham, yang telah menuntun aku di jalan yang benar untuk mengambil anak perempuan saudara tuanku ini bagi anaknya.
49 And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.
Jadi sekarang, apabila kamu mau menunjukkan kasih dan setia kepada tuanku itu, beritahukanlah kepadaku; dan jika tidak, beritahukanlah juga kepadaku, supaya aku tahu entah berpaling ke kanan atau ke kiri."
50 Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.
Lalu Laban dan Betuel menjawab: "Semuanya ini datangnya dari TUHAN; kami tidak dapat mengatakan kepadamu baiknya atau buruknya.
51 See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
Lihat, Ribka ada di depanmu, bawalah dia dan pergilah, supaya ia menjadi isteri anak tuanmu, seperti yang difirmankan TUHAN."
52 And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord.
Ketika hamba Abraham itu mendengar perkataan mereka, sujudlah ia sampai ke tanah menyembah TUHAN.
53 Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.
Kemudian hamba itu mengeluarkan perhiasan emas dan perak serta pakaian kebesaran, dan memberikan semua itu kepada Ribka; juga kepada saudaranya dan kepada ibunya diberikannya pemberian yang indah-indah.
54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.
Sesudah itu makan dan minumlah mereka, ia dan orang-orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia, dan mereka bermalam di situ. Paginya sesudah mereka bangun, berkatalah hamba itu: "Lepaslah aku pulang kepada tuanku."
55 But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.
Tetapi saudara Ribka berkata, serta ibunya juga: "Biarkanlah anak gadis itu tinggal pada kami barang sepuluh hari lagi, kemudian bolehlah engkau pergi."
56 And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.
Tetapi jawabnya kepada mereka: "Janganlah tahan aku, sedang TUHAN telah membuat perjalananku berhasil; lepaslah aku, supaya aku pulang kepada tuanku."
57 And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.
Kata mereka: "Baiklah kita panggil anak gadis itu dan menanyakan kepadanya sendiri."
58 And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.
Lalu mereka memanggil Ribka dan berkata kepadanya: "Maukah engkau pergi beserta orang ini?" Jawabnya: "Mau."
59 So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.
Maka Ribka, saudara mereka itu, dan inang pengasuhnya beserta hamba Abraham dan orang-orangnya dibiarkan mereka pergi.
60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
Dan mereka memberkati Ribka, kata mereka kepadanya: "Saudara kami, moga-moga engkau menjadi beribu-ribu laksa, dan moga-moga keturunanmu menduduki kota-kota musuhnya."
61 So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
Lalu berkemaslah Ribka beserta hamba-hambanya perempuan, dan mereka naik unta mengikuti orang itu. Demikianlah hamba itu membawa Ribka lalu berjalan pulang.
62 Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
Adapun Ishak telah datang dari arah sumur Lahai-Roi; ia tinggal di Tanah Negeb.
63 And when the evening was near, he went wandering out into the fields, and lifting up his eyes he saw camels coming.
Menjelang senja Ishak sedang keluar untuk berjalan-jalan di padang. Ia melayangkan pandangnya, maka dilihatnyalah ada unta-unta datang.
64 And when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,
Ribka juga melayangkan pandangnya dan ketika dilihatnya Ishak, turunlah ia dari untanya.
65 And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.
Katanya kepada hamba itu: "Siapakah laki-laki itu yang berjalan di padang ke arah kita?" Jawab hamba itu: "Dialah tuanku itu." Lalu Ribka mengambil telekungnya dan bertelekunglah ia.
66 Then the servant gave Isaac the story of all he had done.
Kemudian hamba itu menceritakan kepada Ishak segala yang dilakukannya.
67 And Isaac took Rebekah into his tent and she became his wife; and in his love for her, Isaac was comforted after his father's death.
Lalu Ishak membawa Ribka ke dalam kemah Sara, ibunya, dan mengambil dia menjadi isterinya. Ishak mencintainya dan demikian ia dihiburkan setelah ibunya meninggal.
