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.”
Lalu Yusuf pergi menghadap raja Mesir dan melaporkan, “Baginda, ayah saya dan semua saudara saya sudah tiba dari Kanaan. Mereka membawa kawanan ternak dan segala harta benda mereka. Sekarang mereka sudah sampai di Gosyen.”
Yusuf juga membawa lima orang kakaknya menghadap raja.
3 The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”
Kemudian raja bertanya, “Apa mata pencaharian kalian?” Jawab mereka, “Kami gembala ternak turun temurun, sejak zaman 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.”
Negeri Kanaan sedang dilanda kekeringan. Kami kesulitan menggembalakan kawanan ternak. Karena itu, bila Baginda berkenan, kami mohon agar diizinkan menggembalakan kawanan ternak kami di Gosyen dan menetap untuk sementara waktu di situ.”
5 The king said to Joseph, “I am happy that your father and your [older] brothers [and younger brother] have come to you.
Raja berkata kepada Yusuf, “Ayahmu dan saudara-saudaramu sudah 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.”
Negeri Mesir terbuka bagimu. Gosyen adalah wilayah terbaik di negeri ini. Biarkanlah ayah dan saudara-saudaramu menetap di situ. Bila ada di antara mereka yang mahir menggembala, pekerjakanlah mereka untuk mengurus ternakku.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob [into the palace] and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king.
Lalu Yusuf mengajak ayahnya menghadap raja, dan Yakub memberkati raja.
8 Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?”
Tanya raja kepada Yakub, “Berapakah usiamu?”
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, “Hambamu ini sudah menjalani hidup yang penuh kesusahan sebagai pengembara selama seratus tiga puluh tahun. Itu sangat singkat dibandingkan usia nenek moyang saya dalam pengembaraan mereka.”
10 Then Jacob again [asked God to] bless the king, and left him.
Sebelum pamit, Yakub mengucapkan berkat perpisahan kepada raja.
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.
Sesudah itu Yusuf membantu ayah dan saudara-saudaranya untuk menetap di tanah terbaik di Mesir, di daerah Rameses, sesuai perintah raja.
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.
Yusuf memberikan bahan makanan yang cukup untuk ayahnya, saudara-saudaranya, serta seluruh sanak saudara mereka menurut jumlah kebutuhan masing-masing keluarga.
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.
Bencana kelaparan semakin memburuk. Di mana-mana tidak ada makanan, sehingga seluruh penduduk Mesir dan Kanaan menderita karena kelaparan dahsyat 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.
Orang-orang Mesir dan Kanaan membeli bahan makanan dari Yusuf hingga semua uang mereka masuk ke kas Yusuf. Lalu dia menyerahkan uang itu kepada raja.
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!”
Ketika seluruh uang warga Mesir maupun Kanaan terpakai habis, orang-orang Mesir mendatangi Yusuf dan berkata, “Berilah kami makanan. Uang kami sudah habis. Haruskah kami mati kelaparan di hadapanmu?”
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.”
Yusuf menjawab, “Kalau kalian sudah tidak punya uang lagi, berikanlah ternak kalian sebagai pembayaran.”
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.
Maka mereka membawa hewan ternak kepada Yusuf untuk ditukar dengan bahan makanan. Ada yang membawa kuda, keledai, sapi, kambing, ataupun domba. Yusuf pun memberi mereka bahan makanan sebagai gantinya. Hal ini terjadi sepanjang 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.
Pada tahun berikutnya, rakyat kembali menghadap Yusuf dan berkata, “Kami tidak dapat menyembunyikan dari Tuan bahwa uang kami sudah habis, dan semua hewan kami juga sudah menjadi milik Tuan. Tidak ada lagi yang dapat kami jual untuk makanan, kecuali tanah kami. Atau kami terpaksa menjual diri kami sebagai budak!
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.”
Apakah kami harus binasa di hadapanmu, dan tanah kami menjadi tandus?! Ambillah kami dan tanah kami sebagai pembayaran bahan makanan, karena kami sudah tidak punya apa-apa lagi. Biarlah kami menjadi budak raja dan tanah kami menjadi miliknya! Berilah kami benih untuk ditanam, agar kami tetap bertahan hidup dan tidak binasa, dan agar tanah kami tidak 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.
Maka Yusuf membeli semua tanah di Mesir untuk raja. Para pemilik ladang terpaksa menjual ladang mereka karena bencana kelaparan begitu hebat. Semua ladang pun menjadi milik raja Mesir.
21 As a result, Joseph caused all the people from one border of the country to the other to become the king’s slaves.
Lalu seluruh rakyat— dari ujung perbatasan Mesir sampai ke ujung perbatasan yang lain— dijadikan budak.
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 milik para imam Mesir yang tidak dibeli Yusuf, karena mereka menerima jatah makanan dari raja sehingga tidak perlu menjual tanah mereka.
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.
Yusuf berkata kepada rakyatnya, “Perhatikanlah, saya sudah membeli kalian dan ladang kalian untuk raja, maka tanamlah benih-benih ini.
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.”
Pada waktu panen nanti, kalian wajib memberikan dua puluh persen kepada raja. Yang delapan puluh persen adalah milikmu untuk dijadikan benih dan untuk bahan makanan bagi anak-anakmu dan semua yang tinggal di rumahmu.”
25 They replied, “You have saved our lives! We want you to be pleased with us. And we will be the king’s slaves.”
Rakyat menjawab, “Tuan sudah menyelamatkan nyawa kami! Biarlah kami berkenan di hadapan Tuan. Kami akan menjadi budak raja.”
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 menjadikan ketetapan itu sebagai undang-undang yang masih berlaku di Mesir hingga kitab ini ditulis, yaitu dua puluh persen dari semua hasil panen adalah milik raja. Hanya tanah para imam yang tidak menjadi milik raja.
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.
Orang-orang Israel menetap di wilayah Gosyen. Mereka memiliki tanah di sana dan hidup mereka berhasil. Jumlah mereka semakin bertambah.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. Altogether he lived 147 years.
Yakub tinggal di Mesir selama tujuh belas tahun, sampai umurnya mencapai 147 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 Yakub sudah hampir mati, dia memanggil Yusuf dan berkata, “Kalau kamu benar-benar mengasihi aku, letakkan tanganmu di antara pangkal pahaku untuk menunjukkan kesetiaanmu memegang janji bahwa kamu tidak akan menguburkan 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.”
Aku ingin dikubur bersama nenek moyangku. Sesudah aku mati, bawalah aku keluar dari Mesir dan kuburkanlah aku bersama mereka.” Jawab Yusuf, “Aku akan melaksanakan permintaan Ayah.”
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.
Kata Yakub, “Bersumpahlah bahwa kamu akan melakukannya.” Maka Yusuf pun bersumpah. Lalu Yakub bersujud di tempat tidur, pada bagian di mana dia biasa meletakkan kepalanya, dan mengucap syukur kepada TUHAN.
