Genesis 47
1 And Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my brethren, and their sheep and their cattle, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Lalu Yusuf pergi menghadap raja Mesir dan melaporkan, “Baginda, ayah saya dan semua saudara saya sudah tiba dari Kanaan. Mereka membawa kawanan ternak dan segala harta benda mereka. Sekarang mereka sudah sampai di Gosyen.”
2 And he took from the whole number of his brethren, five men, and set them before Pharaoh.
Yusuf juga membawa lima orang kakaknya menghadap raja.
3 And Pharaoh said to his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
Kemudian raja bertanya, “Apa mata pencaharian kalian?” Jawab mereka, “Kami gembala ternak turun temurun, sejak zaman nenek moyang kami.
4 And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for the sheep that thy servants have, for the famine is grievous in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Negeri Kanaan sedang dilanda kekeringan. Kami kesulitan menggembalakan kawanan ternak. Karena itu, bila Baginda berkenan, kami mohon agar diizinkan menggembalakan kawanan ternak kami di Gosyen dan menetap untuk sementara waktu di situ.”
5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee.
Raja berkata kepada Yusuf, “Ayahmu dan saudara-saudaramu sudah datang kepadamu.
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.
Negeri Mesir terbuka bagimu. Gosyen adalah wilayah terbaik di negeri ini. Biarkanlah ayah dan saudara-saudaramu menetap di situ. Bila ada di antara mereka yang mahir menggembala, pekerjakanlah mereka untuk mengurus ternakku.”
7 And Joseph brought Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Lalu Yusuf mengajak ayahnya menghadap raja, dan Yakub memberkati raja.
8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
Tanya raja kepada Yakub, “Berapakah usiamu?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they do not attain to the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojourning.
Jawab Yakub, “Hambamu ini sudah menjalani hidup yang penuh kesusahan sebagai pengembara selama seratus tiga puluh tahun. Itu sangat singkat dibandingkan usia nenek moyang saya dalam pengembaraan mereka.”
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from Pharaoh.
Sebelum pamit, Yakub mengucapkan berkat perpisahan kepada raja.
11 And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Sesudah itu Yusuf membantu ayah dan saudara-saudaranya untuk menetap di tanah terbaik di Mesir, di daerah Rameses, sesuai perintah raja.
12 And Joseph maintained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the number of the little ones.
Yusuf memberikan bahan makanan yang cukup untuk ayahnya, saudara-saudaranya, serta seluruh sanak saudara mereka menurut jumlah kebutuhan masing-masing keluarga.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very grievous; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted through the famine.
Bencana kelaparan semakin memburuk. Di mana-mana tidak ada makanan, sehingga seluruh penduduk Mesir dan Kanaan menderita karena kelaparan dahsyat itu.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Orang-orang Mesir dan Kanaan membeli bahan makanan dari Yusuf hingga semua uang mereka masuk ke kas Yusuf. Lalu dia menyerahkan uang itu kepada raja.
15 And when money came to an end in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread! for why should we die before thee? for [our] money is all gone.
Ketika seluruh uang warga Mesir maupun Kanaan terpakai habis, orang-orang Mesir mendatangi Yusuf dan berkata, “Berilah kami makanan. Uang kami sudah habis. Haruskah kami mati kelaparan di hadapanmu?”
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle, and I will give you for your cattle, if [your] money be all gone.
Yusuf menjawab, “Kalau kalian sudah tidak punya uang lagi, berikanlah ternak kalian sebagai pembayaran.”
17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread for horses, and for flocks of sheep, and for herds of cattle, and for asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year.
Maka mereka membawa hewan ternak kepada Yusuf untuk ditukar dengan bahan makanan. Ada yang membawa kuda, keledai, sapi, kambing, ataupun domba. Yusuf pun memberi mereka bahan makanan sebagai gantinya. Hal ini terjadi sepanjang tahun itu.
18 And that year ended; and they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide [it] from my lord that since [our] money is come to an end, and the herds of cattle are in the possession of my lord, nothing is left before my lord but our bodies and our land.
Pada tahun berikutnya, rakyat kembali menghadap Yusuf dan berkata, “Kami tidak dapat menyembunyikan dari Tuan bahwa uang kami sudah habis, dan semua hewan kami juga sudah menjadi milik Tuan. Tidak ada lagi yang dapat kami jual untuk makanan, kecuali tanah kami. Atau kami terpaksa menjual diri kami sebagai budak!
19 Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
Apakah kami harus binasa di hadapanmu, dan tanah kami menjadi tandus?! Ambillah kami dan tanah kami sebagai pembayaran bahan makanan, karena kami sudah tidak punya apa-apa lagi. Biarlah kami menjadi budak raja dan tanah kami menjadi miliknya! Berilah kami benih untuk ditanam, agar kami tetap bertahan hidup dan tidak binasa, dan agar tanah kami tidak menjadi tandus!”
20 And Joseph bought all the soil of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them; and the land became Pharaoh's.
Maka Yusuf membeli semua tanah di Mesir untuk raja. Para pemilik ladang terpaksa menjual ladang mereka karena bencana kelaparan begitu hebat. Semua ladang pun menjadi milik raja Mesir.
21 And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end of it.
Lalu seluruh rakyat— dari ujung perbatasan Mesir sampai ke ujung perbatasan yang lain— dijadikan budak.
22 Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land.
Hanya tanah milik para imam Mesir yang tidak dibeli Yusuf, karena mereka menerima jatah makanan dari raja sehingga tidak perlu menjual tanah mereka.
23 And Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow the land.
Yusuf berkata kepada rakyatnya, “Perhatikanlah, saya sudah membeli kalian dan ladang kalian untuk raja, maka tanamlah benih-benih ini.
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase that ye shall give the fifth to Pharaoh, and the four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Pada waktu panen nanti, kalian wajib memberikan dua puluh persen kepada raja. Yang delapan puluh persen adalah milikmu untuk dijadikan benih dan untuk bahan makanan bagi anak-anakmu dan semua yang tinggal di rumahmu.”
25 And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.
Rakyat menjawab, “Tuan sudah menyelamatkan nyawa kami! Biarlah kami berkenan di hadapan Tuan. Kami akan menjadi budak raja.”
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, [that] the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.
Yusuf menjadikan ketetapan itu sebagai undang-undang yang masih berlaku di Mesir hingga kitab ini ditulis, yaitu dua puluh persen dari semua hasil panen adalah milik raja. Hanya tanah para imam yang tidak menjadi milik raja.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
Orang-orang Israel menetap di wilayah Gosyen. Mereka memiliki tanah di sana dan hidup mereka berhasil. Jumlah mereka semakin bertambah.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.
Yakub tinggal di Mesir selama tujuh belas tahun, sampai umurnya mencapai 147 tahun.
29 And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;
Ketika Yakub sudah hampir mati, dia memanggil Yusuf dan berkata, “Kalau kamu benar-benar mengasihi aku, letakkan tanganmu di antara pangkal pahaku untuk menunjukkan kesetiaanmu memegang janji bahwa kamu tidak akan menguburkan aku di Mesir.
30 but when I shall lie with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.
Aku ingin dikubur bersama nenek moyangku. Sesudah aku mati, bawalah aku keluar dari Mesir dan kuburkanlah aku bersama mereka.” Jawab Yusuf, “Aku akan melaksanakan permintaan Ayah.”
31 And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel worshipped on the bed's head.
Kata Yakub, “Bersumpahlah bahwa kamu akan melakukannya.” Maka Yusuf pun bersumpah. Lalu Yakub bersujud di tempat tidur, pada bagian di mana dia biasa meletakkan kepalanya, dan mengucap syukur kepada TUHAN.
