Genesis 50
1 Joseph went and hugged his father, weeping over him and kissing him.
Dengan sangat sedih, Yusuf memeluk ayahnya dan mencium wajahnya sambil menangis.
2 Then Joseph instructed the physicians who worked for him to embalm his father's body. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Lalu Yusuf memberi perintah agar jenazah ayahnya diawetkan dengan wangi-wangian dari getah pohon. Perintah itu dikerjakan oleh orang-orang Mesir yang ahli dalam pengawetan jenazah.
3 This took a full 40 days, the normal time for the process, and the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
Waktu yang diperlukan untuk mengerjakannya adalah empat puluh hari. Orang-orang Mesir berkabung untuk Yakub selama tujuh puluh hari.
4 Once the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to Pharaoh's officials, “If you'd be so kind, please speak to Pharaoh on my behalf, and explain to him that
Setelah masa berkabung selesai, Yusuf berkata kepada para pegawai istana, “Kalau kalian bersedia membantu saya, tolong sampaikan pesan ini kepada raja,
5 my father made me swear an oath, telling me, ‘You must bury me in the tomb I've prepared for myself in Canaan. Please allow me to go and bury my father and then I'll return.’”
‘Sebelum ayah meninggal, dia meminta saya bersumpah untuk menguburkannya di makam yang sudah dia siapkan di negeri Kanaan. Mohon izinkan saya pergi ke sana untuk menguburnya. Setelah itu saya akan kembali.’”
6 Pharaoh replied, “Go and bury your father as he made you swear to do.”
Jawab raja, “Ya, tepatilah janjimu kepadanya. Pergilah menguburkan ayahmu.”
7 Joseph went to bury his father, and all Pharaoh's officials went with him—all Pharaoh's senior advisors and all the leaders of Egypt—
Maka Yusuf pergi menguburkan ayahnya. Semua pejabat kerajaan, tua-tua istana, dan para pejabat senior negeri Mesir juga ikut bersama dia.
8 as well as Joseph's family, his brothers, and his father's family. They only left the small children and their flocks and herds back in Goshen.
Seluruh anggota keluarga Yusuf, saudara-saudaranya, dan segenap keluarga besar Yakub pergi bersamanya. Hanya anak-anak kecil dan kawanan ternak mereka yang tetap di Gosyen.
9 They were accompanied by chariots and horsemen—a really large procession.
Selain itu, ada juga pasukan berkereta dan berkuda yang ikut, sehingga rombongan itu menjadi sangat besar.
10 When they got to the threshing floor of Atad, on the other side of the Jordan, they wept loudly in sorrow. Joseph held a seven-day ceremony of mourning for his father there.
Sesudah mereka tiba di tempat pengirikan milik Atad yang terletak di seberang sungai Yordan, acara perkabungan selama tujuh hari dimulai. Acara itu diiringi dengan tangisan dan ratapan.
11 The Canaanites who lived there watched the ceremony of mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. They said, “This is a very sad time of mourning for the Egyptians,” so they renamed the place Abel-mizraim, which is on the other side of the Jordan.
Ketika orang-orang Kanaan melihat acara perkabungan dan penguburan itu, mereka berkata, “Betapa dalamnya dukacita orang-orang Mesir itu!” Maka sejak saat itu, tempat tersebut dinamai Tempat Orang Mesir Berkabung.
12 Jacob's sons did what he had instructed them to do.
Anak-anak Yakub pun melaksanakan pesan terakhir ayah mereka.
13 They carried his body to Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Jenazah Yakub dibawa dan dikuburkan di gua yang ada di Makpela, dekat Hebron di Kanaan. Gua itu berada di ladang yang sudah dibeli Abraham dari Efron, orang Het. Abraham membelinya untuk dijadikan tempat peristirahatan terakhir keluarga mereka.
14 After they had buried their father, Joseph and his brothers returned to Egypt along with all those who had gone with them.
Sesudah menguburkan Yakub, kembalilah Yusuf beserta saudara-saudaranya dan seluruh rombongan itu ke Mesir.
15 However, now that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers became worried, saying, “Maybe Joseph is holding a grudge against us, and he'll pay us back for all the bad things we did to him.”
Kini, setelah ayah mereka tiada, kakak-kakak Yusuf merasa takut terhadapnya. Kata mereka, “Bagaimana kalau Yusuf masih menyimpan dendam atas semua perbuatan jahat yang dulu kita lakukan kepadanya?”
16 So they sent a message to Joseph to tell him, “Before your father died, he gave this order,
Maka mereka sepakat untuk mengirim permohonan kepada Yusuf, yang isinya, “Sebelum ayah meninggal,
17 ‘This is what you are to tell Joseph: Forgive your brothers their sins, the bad things they did to you, treating you in such a nasty way.’ Now please forgive us our sins, we who are servants of the God of your father.” When Joseph received their message, he cried.
dia memberi pesan untuk disampaikan kepadamu, katanya, ‘Maafkanlah semua perbuatan jahat yang pernah dilakukan saudara-saudaramu terhadapmu.’ Jadi kami, kakakmu— yang sama seperti engkau juga menyembah Allah yang disembah ayah kita— memohon agar engkau bersedia memaafkan kami.” Maka menangislah Yusuf ketika menerima pesan itu.
18 Then his brothers themselves came and fell down before Joseph and said, “We are your slaves!”
Saudara-saudaranya datang dan bersujud di hadapan Yusuf untuk memohon belas kasihan sambil berkata, “Kami ini adalah hambamu.”
19 “You don't need to be afraid!” he told them. “I don't stand in the place of God, do I?
Jawab Yusuf kepada mereka, “Jangan takut! Aku tidak berhak untuk menghakimi kalian karena aku bukan Allah.
20 While you planned bad things for me, God planned it for good so that in the end many lives could be saved.
Dulu, kalian memang merencanakan hal yang jahat terhadapku. Tetapi sesungguhnya Allah memiliki rencana yang baik dalam kejadian itu, supaya banyak orang dapat diselamatkan, seperti yang sudah terjadi.
21 So don't worry. I'll go on taking care of you and your children.” Speaking kindly like this he calmed them down.
Tidak ada yang perlu kalian takuti. Aku akan mencukupi kebutuhan kalian dan anak-anak kalian.” Demikianlah Yusuf menenangkan hati mereka.
22 Joseph remained in Egypt, together with his father's whole family. He lived to be 110,
Yusuf dan saudara-saudaranya bersama keluarga mereka tetap tinggal di Mesir. Yusuf meninggal pada usia 110 tahun.
23 and saw three generations of his son Ephraim, and the sons of Makir, Manasseh's son, were placed in his lap when they were born.
Sebelum meninggal, Yusuf sempat melihat anak dan cucu Efraim, juga cicitnya dari Makir, anak Manasye. Mereka diangkat oleh Yusuf sebagai anak dan menerima warisan darinya.
24 “I'm going to die soon,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will be with you, and he will lead you out of this country to the land that he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Yusuf berkata kepada saudara-saudaranya, “Kematianku sudah dekat, tetapi Allah akan menyertai kalian dan memimpin kalian keluar dari Mesir untuk kembali ke tanah yang sudah dijanjikan-Nya kepada Abraham, Isak, dan Yakub.
25 Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, saying, “When God comes to be with you, you must take my bones with you when you leave.”
“Jadi, aku mohon agar kalian bersumpah bahwa ketika Allah membawa kalian keluar dari Mesir untuk kembali ke Kanaan, kalian harus membawa tulang-tulangku untuk dikuburkan di sana.”
26 Joseph died when he was 110. After his body was embalmed, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Yusuf meninggal pada usia 110 tahun. Lalu jenazahnya diawetkan dan disimpan di Mesir dalam peti.
