Exodus 5
1 After this Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says, ‘Let my people go so they can hold a religious festival for me in the desert.’”
Sesudah itu, Musa dan Harun pergi menghadap raja Mesir untuk berbicara kepadanya, “TUHAN Allah Israel berkata, ‘Biarkanlah umat-Ku pergi, agar mereka dapat mengadakan perayaan bagi-Ku di padang belantara.’”
2 “Who is this ‘Lord’ that I should listen to his request to let Israel go?” Pharaoh replied. “I don't know the Lord and I certainly won't let Israel leave!”
Tetapi raja Mesir menjawab, “Siapakah ‘Tuhan’ itu sehingga saya harus mematuhi perintahnya dan membiarkan orang Israel pergi? Saya tidak mengenal ‘Tuhan’, dan saya juga tidak akan membiarkan orang Israel pergi!”
3 “The God of the Hebrews came to us,” they added. “Please allow us to go a three days journey into the desert and offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. Otherwise he'll kill us by disease or by the sword.”
Lalu mereka berkata, “Allah Israel sudah menjumpai kami. Kami mohon, izinkanlah kami pergi dan melakukan perjalanan selama tiga hari ke padang belantara untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN Allah kami, agar Dia tidak menghukum kami dengan wabah penyakit atau perang.”
4 “Moses and Aaron, why are you trying to take people away from their assigned labor?” Pharaoh asked. “Get back to work!” he ordered.
Namun, raja Mesir berkata kepada mereka, “Hei, Musa dan Harun, mengapa kalian membawa-bawa para budak? Mereka harus tetap bekerja!
5 “Look here,” he went on. “There are many of your people here in our country and you are preventing them from doing their assigned labor.”
Jumlah bangsamu sudah sangat banyak, dan sekarang kalian sengaja hendak membuat mereka berhenti bekerja!”
6 That very day he ordered the slave drivers and those in charge of the people:
Hari itu juga, raja Mesir memerintahkan para kepala mandor Mesir dan mandor Israel dengan berkata,
7 “Don't give them any more straw to make bricks like before. Have them go and collect the straw themselves.
“Mulai sekarang, kalian tidak boleh memberikan jerami kepada budak-budak itu untuk membuat batu bata seperti sebelumnya. Biarlah mereka pergi mengumpulkan jerami sendiri.
8 But still make them produce the same quantity of bricks as before. They're lazy people—that's why they're calling out, asking, ‘Please let us go and offer sacrifices to our god.
Tetapi pastikan bahwa jumlah batu bata yang mereka hasilkan dalam sehari tetap sama seperti sebelumnya. Mereka itu pemalas! Itulah sebabnya mereka menuntut untuk pergi mempersembahkan kurban kepada dewa mereka.
9 Make their work harder so they can get on with it and not pay any attention to all these lies!”
Paksalah mereka bekerja lebih keras lagi, supaya mereka sibuk dengan pekerjaan sehingga tidak ada waktu untuk mendengarkan omong kosong itu.”
10 So the slave drivers and those in charge went out and told the people, “This is what Pharaoh has ordered: ‘I won't give you any more straw.
Maka semua kepala mandor Mesir dan mandor Israel pergi dan berkata kepada umat Israel, “Raja sudah menetapkan bahwa dia tidak akan menyediakan jerami lagi untuk pembuatan batu bata.
11 Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because your work quota won't be reduced.”
Pergilah mencari jerami sendiri, terserah dari mana saja, tetapi kalian harus tetap menghasilkan batu bata sebanyak sebelumnya, tidak boleh berkurang sedikit pun!”
12 So the people went all over Egypt collecting stubble for straw.
Jadi, umat Israel menyebar untuk mencari jerami ke seluruh negeri Mesir.
13 The slave drivers kept on forcing them, saying, “You still have to do the same work as you did when you had straw provided!”
Dan para kepala mandor Mesir menekan mereka dengan berkata, “Selesaikan pekerjaan harian kalian sama seperti dulu waktu jerami masih disediakan.”
14 They beat the Israelite supervisors they had put in charge, shouting at them, “Why haven't you met your quota of bricks as you did before?”
Para kepala mandor Mesir memukuli mandor-mandor Israel, yang diberi tanggung jawab atas pekerjaan umat Israel. Kata mereka, “Kenapa kamu tidak menghasilkan batu bata sebanyak kemarin?!”
15 The Israelite supervisors went to Pharaoh to complain, saying, “Why are you treating us your servants like this?
Lalu para mandor Israel menghadap raja dan memohon, “Yang Mulia, mengapa engkau memperlakukan kami, hamba-hambamu, seperti ini?
16 You don't give us any straw but your slave drivers demand that we make bricks, and they beat us! Your people are treating us badly!”
Sekarang kami tidak diberi jerami, tetapi kami tetap dituntut membuat batu bata. Rakyatmu sendiri yang bersalah! Mengapa kami yang harus dipukuli?!”
17 “No, you're just lazy, lazy people!” Pharaoh replied. “That's why you keep on asking, ‘Please let us go and offer sacrifices to the Lord.’
Namun raja menjawab, “Pemalas! Kalian memang malas! Karena itu kalian terus berkata, ‘Izinkan kami pergi menyembah dewa kami’ sebagai alasan untuk tidak bekerja!
18 Now get out of here and go back to work! You won't be given any straw but you'll still have to produce the full quota of bricks!”
Pergi dan kembalilah bekerja! Jerami tetap tidak akan disediakan untuk kalian, tetapi kalian harus memenuhi jumlah batu bata yang sama seperti sebelumnya.”
19 The Israelite supervisors realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily production of bricks.”
Mendengar perintah itu, yakni bahwa jumlah batu bata yang harus mereka penuhi tetap sama dan tidak dikurangi, para mandor Israel pun menyadari betapa berat masalah yang kini mereka hadapi.
20 They went over to Moses and Aaron who were waiting for them after their meeting with Pharaoh,
Sesudah pertemuan dengan raja Mesir, mandor-mandor Israel itu menemui Musa dan Harun yang sedang menunggu mereka keluar.
21 and said, “May the Lord see what you have done and judge you accordingly! You have made us like a bad smell to Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us!”
Kata mereka kepada Musa dan Harun, “Gara-gara kalian, kami semakin dibenci oleh raja dan para pejabatnya! Biarlah TUHAN mengadili dan menghukum kalian berdua! Akibat perbuatanmu, matilah kami!”
22 Moses went back to the Lord and complained, “Why have you caused all this trouble for your own people, Lord? Was this why you sent me?
Musa kembali menghadap TUHAN dan berkata, “Ya Penguasaku, mengapa Engkau menambah masalah kepada umat-Mu? Untuk apa Engkau mengutus aku?
23 Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak for you, he has been even harder on your people, and you haven't done anything to save them!”
Sejak aku menghadap raja dan menyampaikan pesan-Mu, dia malah semakin keras menindas umat-Mu dan Engkau tidak melakukan apa pun untuk menolong mereka!”
