Genesis 47
1 And Joseph came and told Pharao, [saying], My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and behold, they are in the land of Gesem.
Kemudian Yusuf membawa lima orang dari saudara-saudaranya lalu menghadap raja. Katanya, "Ayah dan saudara-saudara hamba telah datang dari Kanaan dengan kawanan kambing domba, sapi dan segala milik mereka. Sekarang mereka ada di daerah Gosyen." Lalu diperkenalkannya saudara-saudaranya itu kepada raja.
2 And he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao.
3 And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Your servants are shepherds, both we and our father.
Raja bertanya kepada mereka, "Apa pekerjaanmu?" Mereka menjawab, "Kami ini gembala seperti leluhur kami.
4 And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if you know that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard [of it].
Kami datang untuk tinggal di negeri ini, karena di tanah Kanaan kelaparan sangat hebatnya, sehingga tidak ada rumput lagi untuk kawanan kambing domba kami. Izinkanlah kami tinggal di daerah Gosyen."
5 And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father, and your brethren, are come to you.
Lalu berkatalah raja kepada Yusuf, "Sekarang ayah dan saudara-saudaramu sudah ada di sini.
6 Behold, the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brethren in the best land.
Anggaplah negeri Mesir sebagai negerimu sendiri. Biarlah mereka menetap di daerah Gosyen, daerah yang paling baik di negeri ini. Dan tugaskanlah kepada orang yang cakap bekerja untuk mengurus ternakku."
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.
Yusuf juga memperkenalkan ayahnya kepada raja. Yakub memberkati raja,
8 And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of your life?
dan raja bertanya kepadanya, "Berapa umur Bapak?"
9 And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.
Jawab Yakub, "Hamba sudah hidup seratus tiga puluh tahun sebagai pengembara. Hidup hamba itu penuh kesukaran dan pendek apabila dibandingkan dengan umur leluhur hamba sebagai pengembara."
10 And Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him.
Setelah itu Yakub minta diri dan memberi berkat perpisahan.
11 And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.
Yusuf membantu ayah dan saudara-saudaranya menetap di Mesir. Diberikannya kepada mereka tanah sebagai hak milik di bagian yang paling baik di negeri itu, di dekat kota Rameses, sesuai dengan perintah raja.
12 And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.
Dan Yusuf melengkapi persediaan makanan bagi ayahnya, saudara-saudaranya, dan seluruh sanak saudaranya, sampai kepada yang paling muda.
13 And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine.
Kelaparan itu begitu hebat, sehingga di mana-mana tidak ada makanan lagi. Rakyat Mesir dan rakyat Kanaan lemah dan tidak berdaya karena lapar.
14 And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, [in return for] the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharao.
Setiap kali mereka membeli gandum, Yusuf mengumpulkan uang pembayar gandum itu, lalu disimpannya di istana raja.
15 And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in your presence? for our money is spent.
Setelah habis uang di Mesir dan di Kanaan, orang-orang Mesir datang kepada Yusuf dan berkata, "Berilah kami makanan! Jangan biarkan kami mati. Uang kami sudah habis."
16 And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.
Yusuf menjawab, "Jika uangmu sudah habis, berilah ternakmu; aku akan memberi makanan kepadamu."
17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.
Lalu mereka memberikan ternaknya kepada Yusuf, dan ia memberi makanan kepada mereka sebagai ganti kuda, domba, kambing, sapi dan keledai mereka. Pada tahun itu Yusuf memberi makanan kepada mereka dan mereka membayar dengan ternak.
18 And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, [brought] to you our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, [we are indeed destitute].
Pada tahun berikutnya mereka datang lagi kepadanya dan berkata, "Kami berterus terang kepada Tuan bahwa uang kami sudah habis dan ternak kami sudah menjadi milik Tuan. Kami tidak punya apa-apa lagi yang dapat kami berikan kepada Tuan, selain diri kami sendiri dan tanah kami.
19 In order, then, that we die not before you, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.
Jangan biarkan kami mati! Jangan biarkan ladang-ladang kami menjadi tandus. Belilah kami dan tanah kami dengan gandum sebagai pembayarannya. Kami dan tanah kami akan menjadi milik raja. Berilah kami gandum untuk menyambung hidup kami dan juga benih untuk ditabur di ladang kami!"
20 And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.
Lalu Yusuf membeli semua tanah di mesir untuk raja. Setiap orang Mesir terpaksa menjual tanahnya, karena masa kelaparan itu sangat dahsyat; lalu semua tanah di Mesir menjadi milik raja.
21 And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,
Seluruh rakyat Mesir dijadikan hamba oleh Yusuf.
22 except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
Satu-satunya tanah yang tidak dibelinya ialah tanah para imam. Mereka tidak perlu menjual tanah mereka karena diberi tunjangan tetap oleh raja untuk keperluan hidup mereka.
23 And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land.
Yusuf berkata kepada rakyat itu, "Lihatlah, kamu dan tanahmu sudah kubeli untuk raja. Inilah benih yang dapat kamu tabur di ladangmu.
24 And there shall be the fruits of it; and you shall give the fifth part to Pharao, and the four [remaining] parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.
Pada waktu panen, kamu harus memberikan seperlima bagian hasilnya kepada raja. Selebihnya boleh kamu pakai untuk benih dan untuk makanan bagimu dan bagi keluargamu."
25 And they said, You have saved us; we have found favor before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.
Jawab mereka, "Tuan telah menyelamatkan kami dan kami berterima kasih. Kami rela menjadi hamba raja."
26 And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's.
Kemudian Yusuf menjadikan hal itu undang-undang di negeri Mesir, yaitu bahwa seperlima dari hasil panen harus menjadi milik raja. Sampai sekarang undang-undang itu masih berlaku. Hanya tanah imam-imamlah yang tidak menjadi milik raja.
27 And Israel lived in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.
Demikianlah orang-orang Israel menetap di Mesir, di daerah Gosyen. Mereka menjadi kaya dan beranak cucu banyak di situ.
28 And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob's days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years.
Yakub masih hidup tujuh belas tahun di Mesir sampai umurnya menjadi seratus empat puluh tujuh tahun.
29 and the days of Israel drew near for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favor before you, put your hand under my thigh, and you shall execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.
Ketika sudah dekat saatnya akan meninggal, dipanggilnya Yusuf, anaknya itu, lalu berkata kepadanya, "Letakkanlah tanganmu di antara pangkal pahaku dan bersumpah bahwa engkau tidak akan menguburkan aku di Mesir ini.
30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and you shall carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to your word.
Aku mau dikuburkan di tempat para leluhurku; bawalah mayatku dari negeri ini dan kuburkan dalam makam mereka." Lalu jawab Yusuf, "Saya akan melakukan apa yang Ayah katakan itu."
31 And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.
Kata Yakub, "Bersumpahlah bahwa engkau akan melakukannya." Yusuf bersumpah, dan Yakub mengucapkan syukur di tempat tidurnya.
