< Exodus 11 >

1 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I will cause one more disaster to strike the king of Egypt and all his people [MTY]. After that, he will let you leave. In fact, he will expel you all.
TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Aku akan menjatuhkan satu bencana lagi atas raja Mesir dan rakyatnya. Sesudah itu, ia akan melepas kamu pergi. Bahkan kamu semua akan diusirnya dari sini.
2 So now speak to all the [Israeli] people. Tell them to ask all their [Egyptian] neighbors, both men and women, to give them some silver and gold jewelry.”
Sebab itu bicaralah dengan bangsa Israel; suruhlah mereka minta perhiasan emas dan perak dari tetangga mereka."
3 Yahweh made the Egyptians highly respect the Israeli people. In particular, the Egyptian officials and all [the rest of] the people considered Moses/me to be a very great man.
TUHAN membuat orang Mesir bermurah hati kepada orang Israel. Dan Musa menjadi orang yang sangat dihormati oleh para pejabat dan seluruh rakyat Mesir.
4 Then Moses/I [went to the king and] said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight [tonight] I will go throughout Egypt,
Musa berkata kepada raja, "Beginilah kata TUHAN, 'Kira-kira waktu tengah malam Aku akan menjelajahi tanah Mesir.
5 and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest [sons] to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, [and the oldest sons of everyone else]. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock.
Setiap anak laki-laki yang sulung di Mesir akan mati, mulai dari anak raja Mesir sampai kepada anak dari hamba perempuan yang menggiling gandum. Anak yang pertama lahir dari semua ternak akan mati juga.
6 When that happens, people all over Egypt will wail loudly. They have never wailed like that before, and they will never wail like that again.
Di seluruh Mesir akan terdengar suara ratapan yang kuat, seperti yang belum pernah terjadi dan tak akan terjadi lagi.
7 But among the Israeli people [it will be so quiet that] not even a dog will bark! Then you will know for sure that I, Yahweh, distinguish [how I act toward] the Egyptians and [how I act toward] the Israeli people.
Tetapi di kalangan Israel, baik manusia maupun ternak tidak akan diganggu. Maka kamu akan tahu bahwa Aku, TUHAN, membuat perbedaan antara orang Mesir dan orang Israel.'"
8 Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, “Please get out [of Egypt], you and all the Israeli people!”’ After that, I will leave Egypt!” [After Moses/I said that], he/I very angrily left the king.
Akhirnya Musa berkata, "Semua pejabat Tuanku akan datang dan sujud di depan saya dan minta supaya saya dan bangsa saya meninggalkan negeri ini. Sesudah itu saya akan pergi." Lalu dengan marah sekali Musa meninggalkan raja.
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king will not pay any attention to what you say. The result will be that I will perform more plagues in the land of Egypt.”
TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Raja tak akan mempedulikan perkataanmu, supaya Aku dapat membuat lebih banyak keajaiban di seluruh Mesir."
10 Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country.
Musa dan Harun membuat semua keajaiban itu di hadapan raja, tetapi TUHAN menjadikan dia keras kepala, sehingga ia tak mau mengizinkan orang Israel meninggalkan negerinya.

< Exodus 11 >