Numbers 17
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
TUHAN berfirman kepada Musa:
2 “Tell the Israeli people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader’s name on his stick.
"Katakanlah kepada orang Israel dan suruhlah mereka memberikan kepadamu satu tongkat untuk setiap suku. Semua pemimpin mereka harus memberikannya, suku demi suku, seluruhnya dua belas tongkat. Lalu tuliskanlah nama setiap pemimpin pada tongkatnya.
3 There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron’s name on the stick for the tribe of Levi.
Pada tongkat Lewi harus kautuliskan nama Harun. Bagi setiap kepala suku harus ada satu tongkat.
4 Put those sticks inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the sacred chest that has in it the tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written. That is the place where I always talk with you.
Kemudian haruslah kauletakkan semuanya itu di dalam Kemah Pertemuan di hadapan tabut hukum, tempat Aku biasa bertemu dengan kamu.
5 Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen [to be the priest]. [When the people see that], they will stop their constantly complaining about you [because they will realize that you are the one whom I have chosen].”
Dan orang yang Kupilih, tongkat orang itulah akan bertunas; demikianlah Aku hendak meredakan sungut-sungut yang diucapkan mereka kepada kamu, sehingga tidak usah Kudengar lagi."
6 So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said. Then each of the twelve Israeli leaders, including Aaron, brought his walking stick to Moses/me.
Setelah Musa berbicara kepada orang Israel, maka semua pemimpin mereka memberikan kepadanya satu tongkat dari setiap pemimpin, menurut suku-suku mereka, dua belas tongkat, dan tongkat Harun ada di antara tongkat-tongkat itu.
7 Moses/I placed the sticks inside the Sacred Tent in front of the sacred chest.
Musa meletakkan tongkat-tongkat itu di hadapan TUHAN dalam kemah hukum Allah.
8 The following morning, when he/I went into the tent, he/I saw that Aaron’s stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, it had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe!
Ketika Musa keesokan harinya masuk ke dalam kemah hukum itu, maka tampaklah tongkat Harun dari keturunan Lewi telah bertunas, mengeluarkan kuntum, mengembangkan bunga dan berbuahkan buah badam.
9 Moses/I brought all the sticks out of the Sacred Tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick.
Kemudian Musa membawa semua tongkat itu keluar dari hadapan TUHAN kepada seluruh orang Israel; mereka melihatnya lalu mengambil tongkatnya masing-masing.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Put Aaron’s stick in front of the sacred chest, and let it stay there permanently. That will be a warning to people who want to rebel [against me]. Then no more people will die [because of complaining against me].”
TUHAN berfirman kepada Musa: "Kembalikanlah tongkat Harun ke hadapan tabut hukum untuk disimpan menjadi tanda bagi orang-orang durhaka, sehingga engkau mengakhiri sungut-sungut mereka dan tidak Kudengar lagi, supaya mereka jangan mati."
11 So Moses/I did what Yahweh had commanded.
Dan Musa berbuat demikian; seperti yang diperintahkan TUHAN kepadanya, demikianlah diperbuatnya.
12 Then the Israeli people said to Moses/me, “We are going to die! All of us are surely going to die!
Tetapi orang Israel berkata kepada Musa: "Sesungguhnya kami akan mati, kami akan binasa, kami semuanya akan binasa.
13 Everyone who comes close to Yahweh’s Sacred Tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?” [RHQ]
Siapapun juga yang mendekat ke Kemah Suci TUHAN, niscayalah ia akan mati. Haruskah kami habis binasa?"
