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, “Masih ada satu bencana lagi yang akan Aku datangkan pada raja Mesir dan rakyatnya. Sesudah itu, raja akan membiarkan kalian pergi. Waktu dia melepas kalian pergi, dia benar-benar akan mengusir kalian dari tempat ini.
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.”
Sekarang suruhlah umat Israel meminta perhiasan emas dan perak dari para tetangga mereka yang orang Mesir.”
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-orang Mesir bermurah hati kepada umat Israel, bahkan Musa sangat dihormati oleh para pejabat dan 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,
Kemudian Musa menghadap raja dan berkata, “TUHAN mengatakan bahwa sekitar tengah malam nanti, Dia akan mengelilingi seluruh negeri.
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 sulung di negeri Mesir akan mati, mulai dari anak sulungmu yang akan duduk di takhtamu, sampai anak sulung budak perempuan yang menggiling gandum. Selain itu, anak sulung jantan dari semua ternak juga akan mati.
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 ratapan yang begitu keras, yang belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya dan tidak akan pernah 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 bangsa Israel akan tetap aman, bahkan seekor anjing pun tidak akan menggonggong kepada mereka ataupun hewan mereka, supaya engkau tahu bahwa TUHANlah yang sudah memperlakukan umat Israel berbeda dengan rakyat Mesir.
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.
Semua pejabatmu akan datang bersujud di hadapan saya untuk memohon, ‘Tolong pergilah bersama seluruh umat Israel.’ Sesudah itu kami akan pergi.” Lalu dengan sangat marah 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.”
Sebelumnya, TUHAN sudah berkata kepada Musa, “Raja Mesir tidak akan mempedulikan perkataan kalian berdua. Hal itu terjadi supaya Aku dapat mengadakan banyak keajaiban di 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 melakukan semua keajaiban itu di hadapan raja Mesir, tetapi TUHAN mengeraskan hati raja sehingga dia tetap bersikeras untuk tidak membiarkan umat Israel pergi dari negerinya.
