Genesis 47
1 Joseph chose five of his [older] brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced his [older] brothers to the king, and then he said, “My father and my [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come from the Canaan region. They have brought all their sheep and goats and cattle and everything else that they own, and they are living now in Goshen region.”
Kemudian pergilah Yusuf memberitahukan kepada Firaun: "Ayahku dan saudara-saudaraku beserta kambing dombanya, lembu sapinya dan segala miliknya telah datang dari tanah Kanaan, dan sekarang mereka ada di tanah Gosyen."
Dari antara saudara-saudaranya itu dibawanya lima orang menghadap Firaun.
3 The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”
Firaun bertanya kepada saudara-saudara Yusuf itu: "Apakah pekerjaanmu?" Jawab mereka kepada Firaun: "Hamba-hambamu ini gembala domba, baik kami maupun nenek moyang kami."
4 They also said to him, “We have come here to live for a while in this land, because the famine is very severe in Canaan, and our animals have no (pasture/grass to eat) there. So now, please let us live in the Goshen region.”
Lagi kata mereka kepada Firaun: "Kami datang untuk tinggal di negeri ini sebagai orang asing, sebab tidak ada lagi padang rumput untuk kumpulan ternak hamba-hambamu ini, karena hebat kelaparan itu di tanah Kanaan; maka sekarang, izinkanlah hamba-hambamu ini menetap di tanah Gosyen."
5 The king said to Joseph, “I am happy that your father and your [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come to you.
Lalu berkatalah Firaun kepada Yusuf: "Ayahmu dan saudara-saudaramu telah datang kepadamu.
6 They can live wherever you want in the whole country of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too.”
Tanah Mesir ini terbuka untukmu. Tunjukkanlah kepada ayahmu dan kepada saudara-saudaramu tempat menetap di tempat yang terbaik dari negeri ini, biarlah mereka diam di tanah Gosyen. Dan jika engkau tahu di antara mereka orang-orang yang tangkas, tempatkanlah mereka menjadi pengawas ternakku."
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob [into the palace] and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king.
Yusuf membawa juga Yakub, ayahnya, menghadap Firaun. Lalu Yakub memohonkan berkat bagi Firaun.
8 Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?”
Kemudian bertanyalah Firaun kepada Yakub: "Sudah berapa tahun umurmu?"
9 Jacob replied, “I have been traveling around for 130 years. I have not lived as long as my ancestors, but my life has been full of troubles.”
Jawab Yakub kepada Firaun: "Tahun-tahun pengembaraanku sebagai orang asing berjumlah seratus tiga puluh tahun. Tahun-tahun hidupku itu sedikit saja dan buruk adanya, tidak mencapai umur nenek moyangku, yakni jumlah tahun mereka mengembara sebagai orang asing."
10 Then Jacob again [asked God to] bless the king, and left him.
Lalu Yakub memohonkan berkat bagi Firaun, sesudah itu keluarlah ia dari depan Firaun.
11 [That is how Joseph enabled his father and older] brothers [and younger brother] to start living in Egypt. As the king had commanded, he gave them property in the best part of the land, in [Goshen, which is now called] Rameses.
Yusuf menunjukkan kepada ayahnya dan saudara-saudaranya tempat untuk menetap dan memberikan kepada mereka tanah milik di tanah Mesir, di tempat yang terbaik di negeri itu, di tanah Rameses, seperti yang diperintahkan Firaun.
12 Joseph also provided food for all his father’s family. The amounts that he gave them were according to how many children each of them had.
Dan Yusuf memelihara ayahnya, saudara-saudaranya dan seisi rumah ayahnya dengan makanan, menurut jumlah anak-anak mereka.
13 There were no crops growing in the whole region, because the famine was very severe. The people of Egypt and Canaan [MTY] became weak because they did not have enough food to eat.
Di seluruh negeri itu tidak ada makanan, sebab kelaparan itu sangat hebat, sehingga seisi tanah Mesir dan tanah Kanaan lemah lesu karena kelaparan itu.
14 Joseph collected all the money that the people in Egypt and Canaan paid for the grain they were buying from him, and he brought the money to the king’s palace.
Maka Yusuf mengumpulkan segala uang yang terdapat di tanah Mesir dan di tanah Kanaan, yakni uang pembayar gandum yang dibeli mereka; dan Yusuf membawa uang itu ke dalam istana Firaun.
15 When the people of Egypt and Canaan had spent all their money for grain, they all kept coming to Joseph and saying, “Please give us some food! If you do not give us grain, we will die [RHQ]! We have used all our money to buy food, and we have no money left!”
Setelah habis uang di tanah Mesir dan di tanah Kanaan, datanglah semua orang Mesir menghadap Yusuf serta berkata: "Berilah makanan kepada kami! Mengapa kami harus mati di depanmu? Sebab tidak ada lagi uang."
16 Joseph replied, “Since your money is all gone, bring me your livestock. If you do that, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”
Jawab Yusuf: "Jika tidak ada lagi uang, berilah ternakmu, maka aku akan memberi makanan kepadamu sebagai ganti ternakmu itu."
17 So they brought their livestock to Joseph. He gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle, and their donkeys.
Lalu mereka membawa ternaknya kepada Yusuf dan Yusuf memberi makanan kepada mereka ganti kuda, kumpulan kambing domba dan kumpulan lembu sapi dan keledainya, jadi disediakannyalah bagi mereka makanan ganti segala ternaknya pada tahun itu.
18 The next year they came to him again and said, “We cannot hide this from you: We have no more money, and now our livestock belongs to you. We have only our bodies and our land to give to you. We have nothing else left.
Setelah lewat tahun itu, datanglah mereka kepadanya, pada tahun yang kedua, serta berkata kepadanya: "Tidak usah kami sembunyikan kepada tuanku, bahwa setelah uang kami habis dan setelah kumpulan ternak kami menjadi milik tuanku, tidaklah ada lagi yang tinggal yang dapat kami serahkan kepada tuanku selain badan kami dan tanah kami.
19 (If you do not give us some food, we will die!/Do you want to watch us die?) [RHQ] If you do not give us seeds, our fields will become useless [IDM]. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we will be the king’s slaves, and he will own the land. Give us seeds that we can plant and grow food, in order that we will not die, and in order that our land will not become like a desert.”
Mengapa kami harus mati di depan matamu, baik kami maupun tanah kami? Belilah kami dan tanah kami sebagai ganti makanan, maka kami dengan tanah kami akan menjadi hamba kepada Firaun. Berikanlah benih, supaya kami hidup dan jangan mati, dan supaya tanah itu jangan menjadi tandus."
20 So Joseph bought all the farms in Egypt for the king. The people of Egypt each sold their land to him because the famine was very severe, [and they had no other way to get money to buy food]. So all the farms became the king’s farms.
Lalu Yusuf membeli segala tanah orang Mesir untuk Firaun, sebab orang Mesir itu masing-masing menjual ladangnya, karena berat kelaparan itu menimpa mereka. Demikianlah negeri itu menjadi milik Firaun.
21 As a result, Joseph caused all the people from one border of the country to the other to become the king’s slaves.
Dan tentang rakyat itu, diperhambakannyalah mereka di daerah Mesir dari ujung yang satu sampai ujung yang lain.
22 But he did not buy the priests’ land, because they received food from the king regularly, so the food that the king gave them was enough for them. That is the reason they did not sell their land to him.
Hanya tanah para imam tidak dibelinya, sebab para imam mendapat tunjangan tetap dari Firaun, dan mereka hidup dari tunjangan itu; itulah sebabnya mereka tidak menjual tanahnya.
23 Joseph said to the people [who sold themselves and their land to him], “Listen to me! Today I have bought you and your land for the king. So here are seeds for you so that you can plant them in the ground.
Berkatalah Yusuf kepada rakyat itu: "Pada hari ini aku telah membeli kamu dan tanahmu untuk Firaun; inilah benih bagimu, supaya kamu dapat menabur di tanah itu.
24 But when you harvest the crop, you must give one-fifth of the crop to the king. The rest of the crop you can keep, to be seed to plant in the fields, and to be food for you and your children and for everyone else in your household to eat.”
Mengenai hasilnya, kamu harus berikan seperlima bagian kepada Firaun, dan yang empat bagian lagi, itulah menjadi benih untuk ladangmu dan menjadi makanan kamu dan mereka yang ada di rumahmu, dan menjadi makanan anak-anakmu."
25 They replied, “You have saved our lives! We want you to be pleased with us. And we will be the king’s slaves.”
Lalu berkatalah mereka: "Engkau telah memelihara hidup kami; asal kiranya kami mendapat kasih tuanku, biarlah kami menjadi hamba kepada Firaun."
26 So Joseph made a law about all the land in Egypt, stating that one-fifth of the crops that are harvested belongs to the king. That law still exists. Only the land that belonged to the priests did not become the king’s land.
Yusuf membuat hal itu menjadi suatu ketetapan mengenai tanah di Mesir sampai sekarang, yakni bahwa seperlima dari hasilnya menjadi milik Firaun; hanya tanah para imam tidak menjadi milik Firaun.
27 Jacob and his family started to live in Egypt, in the Goshen region. They acquired property there. Many children were born to them there. As a result, their population increased greatly.
Maka diamlah Israel di tanah Mesir, di tanah Gosyen, dan mereka menjadi penduduk di situ. Mereka beranak cucu dan sangat bertambah banyak.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. Altogether he lived 147 years.
Dan Yakub masih hidup tujuh belas tahun di tanah Mesir, maka umur Yakub, yakni tahun-tahun hidupnya, menjadi seratus empat puluh tujuh tahun.
29 When it was almost time for him to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have pleased you, make a solemn promise that you will be kind to me and faithfully do what I am now asking you: When I die, do not bury me here in Egypt.
Ketika hampir waktunya bahwa Israel akan mati, dipanggilnyalah anaknya, Yusuf, dan berkata kepadanya: "Jika aku mendapat kasihmu, letakkanlah kiranya tanganmu di bawah pangkal pahaku, dan bersumpahlah, bahwa engkau akan menunjukkan kasih dan setia kepadaku: Janganlah kiranya kuburkan aku di Mesir,
30 Instead, take my body out of Egypt, and bury it in Canaan where my ancestors are buried.” Joseph replied, “I will do that.”
karena aku mau mendapat perhentian bersama-sama dengan nenek moyangku. Sebab itu angkutlah aku dari Mesir dan kuburkanlah aku dalam kubur mereka." Jawabnya: "Aku akan berbuat seperti katamu itu."
31 Jacob said, “(Swear/Solemnly promise) to me that you will do it!” So Joseph swore to do it. Then Jacob turned over in bed, bowed his head, and worshiped God.
Kemudian kata Yakub: "Bersumpahlah kepadaku." Maka Yusufpun bersumpah kepadanya. Lalu sujudlah Israel di sebelah kepala tempat tidurnya.
