Genesis 37
1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
Adapun Yakub, ia diam di negeri penumpangan ayahnya, yakni di tanah Kanaan.
2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
Inilah riwayat keturunan Yakub. Yusuf, tatkala berumur tujuh belas tahun--jadi masih muda--biasa menggembalakan kambing domba, bersama-sama dengan saudara-saudaranya, anak-anak Bilha dan Zilpa, kedua isteri ayahnya. Dan Yusuf menyampaikan kepada ayahnya kabar tentang kejahatan saudara-saudaranya.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.
Israel lebih mengasihi Yusuf dari semua anaknya yang lain, sebab Yusuf itulah anaknya yang lahir pada masa tuanya; dan ia menyuruh membuat jubah yang maha indah bagi dia.
4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and would not speak kindly to him.
Setelah dilihat oleh saudara-saudaranya, bahwa ayahnya lebih mengasihi Yusuf dari semua saudaranya, maka bencilah mereka itu kepadanya dan tidak mau menyapanya dengan ramah.
5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told his brothers about it. They hated him even more.
Pada suatu kali bermimpilah Yusuf, lalu mimpinya itu diceritakannya kepada saudara-saudaranya; sebab itulah mereka lebih benci lagi kepadanya.
6 He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I dreamed.
Karena katanya kepada mereka: "Coba dengarkan mimpi yang kumimpikan ini:
7 Behold, we were tying bundles of grain in the field and behold, my bundle rose and stood upright, and behold, your bundles came around and bowed down to my bundle.”
Tampak kita sedang di ladang mengikat berkas-berkas gandum, lalu bangkitlah berkasku dan tegak berdiri; kemudian datanglah berkas-berkas kamu sekalian mengelilingi dan sujud menyembah kepada berkasku itu."
8 His brothers said to him, “Will you really reign over us? Will you actually rule over us?” They hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Lalu saudara-saudaranya berkata kepadanya: "Apakah engkau ingin menjadi raja atas kami? Apakah engkau ingin berkuasa atas kami?" Jadi makin bencilah mereka kepadanya karena mimpinya dan karena perkataannya itu.
9 He dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream: The sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
Lalu ia memimpikan pula mimpi yang lain, yang diceritakannya kepada saudara-saudaranya. Katanya: "Aku bermimpi pula: Tampak matahari, bulan dan sebelas bintang sujud menyembah kepadaku."
10 He told it to his father just as to his brothers, and his father rebuked him. He said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come to bow down to the ground to you?”
Setelah hal ini diceritakannya kepada ayah dan saudara-saudaranya, maka ia ditegor oleh ayahnya: "Mimpi apa mimpimu itu? Masakan aku dan ibumu serta saudara-saudaramu sujud menyembah kepadamu sampai ke tanah?"
11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Maka iri hatilah saudara-saudaranya kepadanya, tetapi ayahnya menyimpan hal itu dalam hatinya.
12 His brothers went to tend their father's flock in Shechem.
Pada suatu kali pergilah saudara-saudaranya menggembalakan kambing domba ayahnya dekat Sikhem.
13 Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers tending the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” Joseph said to him, “I am ready.”
Lalu Israel berkata kepada Yusuf: "Bukankah saudara-saudaramu menggembalakan kambing domba dekat Sikhem? Marilah engkau kusuruh kepada mereka." Sahut Yusuf: "Ya bapa."
14 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and bring me word.” So Jacob sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and Joseph went to Shechem.
Kata Israel kepadanya: "Pergilah engkau melihat apakah baik keadaan saudara-saudaramu dan keadaan kambing domba; dan bawalah kabar tentang itu kepadaku." Lalu Yakub menyuruh dia dari lembah Hebron, dan Yusufpun sampailah ke Sikhem.
15 A certain man found Joseph. Behold, Joseph was wandering in a field. The man asked him, “What do you seek?”
Ketika Yusuf berjalan ke sana ke mari di padang, bertemulah ia dengan seorang laki-laki, yang bertanya kepadanya: "Apakah yang kaucari?"
16 Joseph said, “I am seeking my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are tending the flock.”
Sahutnya: "Aku mencari saudara-saudaraku. Tolonglah katakan kepadaku di mana mereka menggembalakan kambing domba?"
17 The man said, “They left this place, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'” Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
Lalu kata orang itu: "Mereka telah berangkat dari sini, sebab telah kudengar mereka berkata: Marilah kita pergi ke Dotan." Maka Yusuf menyusul saudara-saudaranya itu dan didapatinyalah mereka di Dotan.
18 They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.
Dari jauh ia telah kelihatan kepada mereka. Tetapi sebelum ia dekat pada mereka, mereka telah bermufakat mencari daya upaya untuk membunuhnya.
19 His brothers said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is approaching.
Kata mereka seorang kepada yang lain: "Lihat, tukang mimpi kita itu datang!
20 Come now, therefore, let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits. We will say, 'A wild animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.”
Sekarang, marilah kita bunuh dia dan kita lemparkan ke dalam salah satu sumur ini, lalu kita katakan: seekor binatang buas telah menerkamnya. Dan kita akan lihat nanti, bagaimana jadinya mimpinya itu!"
21 Reuben heard it and rescued him from their hand. He said, “Let us not take his life.”
Ketika Ruben mendengar hal ini, ia ingin melepaskan Yusuf dari tangan mereka, sebab itu katanya: "Janganlah kita bunuh dia!"
22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to bring him back to his father.
Lagi kata Ruben kepada mereka: "Janganlah tumpahkan darah, lemparkanlah dia ke dalam sumur yang ada di padang gurun ini, tetapi janganlah apa-apakan dia" --maksudnya hendak melepaskan Yusuf dari tangan mereka dan membawanya kembali kepada ayahnya.
23 It came about that when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his beautiful garment.
Baru saja Yusuf sampai kepada saudara-saudaranya, merekapun menanggalkan jubah Yusuf, jubah maha indah yang dipakainya itu.
24 They took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty with no water in it.
Dan mereka membawa dia dan melemparkan dia ke dalam sumur. Sumur itu kosong, tidak berair.
25 They sat down to eat bread. They lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh. They were traveling to carry them down to Egypt.
Kemudian duduklah mereka untuk makan. Ketika mereka mengangkat muka, kelihatanlah kepada mereka suatu kafilah orang Ismael datang dari Gilead dengan untanya yang membawa damar, balsam dan damar ladan, dalam perjalanannya mengangkut barang-barang itu ke Mesir.
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Lalu kata Yehuda kepada saudara-saudaranya itu: "Apakah untungnya kalau kita membunuh adik kita itu dan menyembunyikan darahnya?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands upon him. For he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
Marilah kita jual dia kepada orang Ismael ini, tetapi janganlah kita apa-apakan dia, karena ia saudara kita, darah daging kita." Dan saudara-saudaranya mendengarkan perkataannya itu.
28 The Midianite merchants passed by. His brothers drew Joseph up and lifted him up out of the pit. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites carried Joseph into Egypt.
Ketika ada saudagar-saudagar Midian lewat, Yusuf diangkat ke atas dari dalam sumur itu, kemudian dijual kepada orang Ismael itu dengan harga dua puluh syikal perak. Lalu Yusuf dibawa mereka ke Mesir.
29 Reuben returned to the pit, and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. He tore his clothes.
Ketika Ruben kembali ke sumur itu, ternyata Yusuf tidak ada lagi di dalamnya. Lalu dikoyakkannyalah bajunya,
30 He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there! And I, where can I go?”
dan kembalilah ia kepada saudara-saudaranya, katanya: "Anak itu tidak ada lagi, ke manakah aku ini?"
31 They slaughtered a goat and then took Joseph's garment and dipped it into the blood.
Kemudian mereka mengambil jubah Yusuf, dan menyembelih seekor kambing, lalu mencelupkan jubah itu ke dalam darahnya.
32 Then they brought it to their father and said, “We found this. Please see whether it is your son's clothing or not.”
Jubah maha indah itu mereka suruh antarkan kepada ayah mereka dengan pesan: "Ini kami dapati. Silakanlah bapa periksa apakah jubah ini milik anak bapa atau tidak?"
33 Jacob recognized it and said, “It is my son's clothing. A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph has certainly been torn to pieces.”
Ketika Yakub memeriksa jubah itu, ia berkata: "Ini jubah anakku; binatang buas telah memakannya; tentulah Yusuf telah diterkam."
34 Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.
Dan Yakub mengoyakkan jubahnya, lalu mengenakan kain kabung pada pinggangnya dan berkabunglah ia berhari-hari lamanya karena anaknya itu.
35 All his sons and daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “Indeed I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” His father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
Sekalian anaknya laki-laki dan perempuan berusaha menghiburkan dia, tetapi ia menolak dihiburkan, serta katanya: "Tidak! Aku akan berkabung, sampai aku turun mendapatkan anakku, ke dalam dunia orang mati!" Demikianlah Yusuf ditangisi oleh ayahnya. (Sheol h7585)
36 The Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard.
Adapun Yusuf, ia dijual oleh orang Midian itu ke Mesir, kepada Potifar, seorang pegawai istana Firaun, kepala pengawal raja.
