Joshua 22

1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Kemudian Yosua memanggil orang-orang dari suku Ruben, Gad dan sebagian suku Manasye yang di sebelah timur Sungai Yordan,

2 And said to them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

lalu berkata kepada mereka, "Kalian sudah melakukan segala sesuatu yang diperintahkan kepadamu oleh Musa, hamba TUHAN itu. Dan kalian juga sudah mentaati semua perintahku.

3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

Selama ini tidak pernah kalian membiarkan saudara-saudaramu, orang Israel lainnya, berjuang sendirian. Kalian sudah mentaati perintah-perintah TUHAN Allahmu dengan sungguh-sungguh.

4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest to your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and go to your tents, [and] to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of Jordan.

Maka sesuai dengan janji-Nya, TUHAN Allahmu telah memberikan ketentraman kepada saudara-saudaramu, orang Israel lainnya. Jadi, sekarang kembalilah ke wilayahmu sendiri di sebelah timur Sungai Yordan itu yang diberikan Musa kepadamu dahulu.

5 But take diligent heed to perform the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul.

Dan jagalah agar kalian mentaati hukum yang diperintahkan Musa kepadamu, yaitu: Kasihilah TUHAN Allahmu, ikutilah kemauan-Nya, taatilah perintah-perintah-Nya, setialah kepada-Nya, dan mengabdilah kepada-Nya dengan sepenuh hatimu dan dengan segenap jiwamu."

6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

Kemudian Yosua memberikan restunya dan melepaskan mereka kembali ke wilayah mereka dengan memberikan pesan ini, "Kalian sekarang kaya dan kalian kembali dengan membawa banyak ternak, perak, emas, tembaga, besi dan pakaian. Bagi-bagikanlah juga hasil jarahanmu itu kepada orang-orang sesukumu yang lain." Maka suku Ruben, Gad, dan suku Manasye yang di timur Yordan itu meninggalkan orang Israel lainnya, lalu berangkat dari Silo di Kanaan menuju ke tanah mereka sendiri di daerah Gilead. Mereka mendiami tanah itu atas perintah TUHAN melalui Musa. (Separuh suku Manasye sudah menerima dari Musa, tanah di sebelah Sungai Yordan, dan separuh suku Manasye yang lainnya menerima dari Yosua tanah di sebelah barat Sungai Yordan bersama-sama dengan suku-suku yang lain.)

7 Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but to the [other] half of it gave Joshua among their brethren on this side of Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also to their tents, then he blessed them,

8 And he spoke to them, saying, Return with much riches to your tents, and with very many cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

9 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, of which they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

10 And when they came to the borders of Jordan, that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to the sight.

Ketika suku Ruben, Gad, dan suku Manasye di timur Yordan itu tiba di Gelilot--masih di sebelah barat Sungai Yordan--mereka mendirikan sebuah mezbah yang besar dan megah di dekat sungai.

11 And the children of Israel heard it said, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

Orang-orang Israel lainnya mendengar sesama bangsa mereka berkata, "Orang-orang suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye di timur Yordan sudah mendirikan sebuah mezbah di Gelilot dekat Sungai Yordan di bagian wilayah kita!" Maka mereka semua berkumpul di Silo hendak memerangi suku-suku Israel yang di bagian timur Sungai Yordan itu.

12 And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

13 And the children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

Lalu Pinehas, anak Imam Eleazar, diutus oleh umat Israel kepada suku Ruben, Gad, dan suku Manasye yang di daerah Gilead di timur Yordan.

14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one [was] a head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

Bersama-sama dengan Pinehas berangkat pula sepuluh pemuka bangsa Israel, --satu orang dari setiap suku di sebelah barat Sungai Yordan, masing-masing adalah kepala keluarga dalam kaum mereka.

15 And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

Maka sampailah mereka di tempat suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye di daerah Gilead.

16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have built you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

Lalu atas nama seluruh umat TUHAN, mereka berkata kepada orang-orang dari suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye itu, "Mengapa kalian melakukan hal yang jahat ini terhadap Allah Israel? Dengan membangun mezbahmu sendiri, kalian melawan TUHAN! Kalian tidak lagi menuruti perintah-perintah-Nya!

17 [Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

Apa kalian tidak ingat dosa kita di Peor? Pada waktu itu kita dihukum TUHAN dengan suatu wabah, sekalipun kita ini umat-Nya sendiri! Sampai sekarang kita masih menanggung akibatnya. Apakah itu belum cukup juga?

18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, [seeing] ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

Dan sekarang, apakah kalian mau membelakangi TUHAN lagi? Kalau hari ini kalian melawan TUHAN, besok Ia akan marah kepada seluruh umat Israel.

19 Not withstanding, if the land of your possession [is] unclean, [then] pass ye over to the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

Kalau daerahmu itu najis dan tidak patut untuk dijadikan tempat ibadat kepada TUHAN, pindahlah saja ke mari ke daerah TUHAN, di mana terdapat Kemah TUHAN. Mintalah sebagian daerah kami, tetapi janganlah melawan TUHAN atau melawan kami dengan menambah sebuah mezbah lain, sedangkan sudah ada mezbah TUHAN Allah kita.

20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

Ingat, Akhan anak Zerah tidak mau menuruti perintah TUHAN mengenai barang-barang yang harus dimusnahkan, dan apa akibatnya? Seluruh umat Israel dihukum! Yang berdosa hanya Akhan, tetapi yang mati bukan dia sendiri saja!"

21 Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Lalu orang-orang suku Ruben, Gad dan Manasye di sebelah timur itu menjawab,

22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if [it is] in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day, )

"Yang Mahakuasa ialah TUHAN! Yang Mahakuasa ialah TUHAN! Ia tahu mengapa kami melakukan hal ini, dan kami mau supaya kalian pun mengetahuinya! Seandainya kami melakukan hal itu dengan maksud melawan TUHAN atau karena kami tidak percaya lagi kepada-Nya, biarlah kami mati sekarang juga!

23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt-offering, or meat-offering, or if to offer peace-offerings on it, let the LORD himself require [it];

TUHAN sendiri yang menghukum kami, jikalau kami bermaksud melawan TUHAN dan mendirikan mezbah kami sendiri untuk mempersembahkan kurban bakaran atau kurban gandum atau kurban persahabatan di atasnya.

24 And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children may speak to our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

Bukanlah itu maksud kami, Saudara-saudara! Kami mendirikan mezbah itu, karena kami kuatir nanti di kemudian hari keturunan kalian akan berkata kepada keturunan kami, 'Kalian tidak punya hubungan apa-apa dengan TUHAN, Allah Israel!

25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a boundary between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD. So shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

Lihat, Ia menempatkan Sungai Yordan ini di tengah-tengah kita justru untuk memisahkan kami dengan kalian orang-orang Ruben dan Gad. Sungguh kalian tidak punya hubungan apa-apa dengan TUHAN.' Maka apakah yang akan terjadi nanti? Tentulah keturunan kalian akan membuat keturunan kami berhenti beribadat kepada TUHAN.

26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:

Jadi, kami mendirikan mezbah, bukan untuk kurban bakaran atau untuk persembahan-persembahan kami,

27 But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

tetapi untuk menjadi tanda bagi kita kedua belah pihak, dan bagi keturunan kita di kemudian hari, bahwa betul kami ini beribadat kepada TUHAN di Kemah Kehadiran-Nya dengan membawa kurban bakaran, persembahan-persembahan dan kurban persahabatan. Dengan demikian keturunan kalian tidak akan berkata bahwa keturunan kami tidak punya hubungan apa-apa dengan TUHAN.

28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they shall [so] say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but [it is] a witness between us and you.

Jadi, maksud kami ialah: seandainya keturunan kalian berkata demikian, maka keturunan kami dapat berkata, 'Lihatlah mezbah itu! Nenek moyang kami mendirikan sebuah mezbah yang serupa dengan mezbah TUHAN, bukan untuk kurban bakaran atau untuk persembahan, tetapi untuk menjadi tanda bagi kita kedua belah pihak.'

29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offerings, for meat-offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle.

Percayalah, kami tidak mau melawan TUHAN atau berhenti mengabdi kepada-Nya dengan menambah mezbah lain untuk kurban bakaran atau kurban gandum atau untuk persembahan, sedangkan mezbah TUHAN Allah kita sudah ada di depan Kemah Kehadiran TUHAN."

30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, and heads of the thousands of Israel who [were] with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

Semua yang dijelaskan oleh orang-orang dari suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye di sebelah timur itu didengar oleh Imam Pinehas beserta kesepuluh pemuka masyarakat Israel dari bagian barat Sungai Yordan. Maka mereka pun puas dengan keterangan itu.

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

Lalu kata Pinehas, anak Imam Eleazar, kepada orang-orang suku Ruben, Gad dan Manasye Timur, "Sekarang kami tahu TUHAN menyertai kita, karena kalian tidak melawan Dia. Kalian telah menyelamatkan umat Israel dari hukuman TUHAN."

32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, from the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

Setelah itu berangkatlah Pinehas dengan para pemuka Israel itu. Mereka meninggalkan orang-orang Ruben dan Gad itu di Gilead, lalu kembali ke Kanaan, kemudian melaporkan perkara itu kepada umat Israel.

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

Maka umat Israel pun puas dengan hal itu, sehingga mereka memuji-muji Allah. Mereka tidak berbicara lagi tentang niat mereka untuk memerangi orang-orang Ruben dan Gad, dan untuk memusnahkan negerinya.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed]: for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.

Akhirnya suku Ruben dan Gad itu berkata, "Mezbah ini menjadi saksi untuk kita semuanya bahwa TUHAN ialah Allah." Maka mereka menamakan mezbah itu "Saksi".