Keluaran 3

1 Pada waktu itu Musa menggembalakan domba-domba dan kambing-kambing Yitro, mertuanya, imam di tanah Midian. Ketika ia sedang menggiring ternak itu ke seberang padang gurun, tibalah ia di Gunung Sinai, gunung yang suci.

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

2 Di situ malaikat TUHAN menampakkan diri kepadanya dalam nyala api yang keluar dari tengah-tengah semak. Musa melihat semak itu menyala, tetapi tidak terbakar.

The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and look, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3 "Luar biasa," pikirnya. "Semak itu tidak terbakar! Baiklah kulihat dari dekat."

Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

4 TUHAN melihat Musa mendekati tempat itu, maka Ia berseru dari tengah-tengah semak itu, "Musa! Musa!" "Saya di sini," jawab Musa.

When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses. Moses." He said, "Here I am."

5 Lalu Allah berkata, "Jangan dekat-dekat. Buka sandalmu, sebab engkau berdiri di tanah yang suci.

He said, "Do not come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

6 Aku ini Allah nenek moyangmu, Allah Abraham, Ishak dan Yakub." Maka Musa menutupi mukanya, sebab ia takut memandang Allah.

Moreover he said, "I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Lalu TUHAN berkata, "Aku sudah melihat penderitaan umat-Ku di Mesir, dan sudah mendengar mereka berteriak minta dibebaskan dari orang-orang yang menindas mereka. Sesungguhnya, Aku tahu semua kesengsaraan mereka.

The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

8 Sebab itu Aku turun untuk membebaskan mereka dari tangan orang Mesir dan membawa mereka keluar dari negeri itu menuju suatu negeri yang luas. Tanahnya kaya dan subur, dan sekarang didiami oleh bangsa Kanaan, bangsa Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus.

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

9 Tangisan bangsa Israel sudah Kudengar, dan Kulihat juga bagaimana mereka ditindas oleh bangsa Mesir.

Now, look, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Sekarang engkau Kuutus untuk menghadap raja Mesir supaya engkau dapat memimpin bangsa-Ku keluar dari negeri itu."

Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

11 Tetapi Musa berkata kepada Allah, "Siapa saya ini, sehingga sanggup menghadap raja dan membawa orang Israel keluar dari Mesir?"

And Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

12 Allah menjawab, "Aku akan menolong engkau. Dan bila bangsa itu sudah kaubawa keluar dari Mesir, kamu akan beribadat kepada-Ku di gunung ini. Itulah buktinya bahwa Aku mengutus engkau."

And God spoke to Moses, saying, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

13 Musa menjawab, "Tetapi kalau saya menemui orang-orang Israel dan berkata kepada mereka: 'Allah nenek moyangmu mengutus saya kepada kamu,' mereka pasti akan bertanya, 'Siapa namanya?' Lalu apa yang harus saya jawab kepada mereka?"

And Moses said to God, "Look, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

14 Kata Allah, "Aku adalah AKU ADA. Inilah yang harus kaukatakan kepada bangsa Israel, Dia yang disebut AKU ADA, sudah mengutus saya kepada kamu.

And God said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

15 Kabarkanlah juga kepada mereka bahwa Aku, TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka, Allah Abraham, Ishak dan Yakub, mengutus engkau kepada mereka. Akulah TUHAN, itulah nama-Ku untuk selama-lamanya. Itulah sebutan-Ku untuk semua bangsa turun-temurun.

And God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

16 Pergilah dan kumpulkanlah semua pemimpin Israel. Umumkanlah kepada mereka bahwa Aku, TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka, Allah Abraham, Ishak dan Yakub, sudah menampakkan diri kepadamu. Beritahukanlah mereka bahwa Aku sudah datang kepada mereka dan sudah melihat bagaimana mereka diperlakukan oleh bangsa Mesir.

Go, and gather the elders of the children of Israel together, and tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;

17 Dan Aku sudah memutuskan untuk membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir, tempat mereka ditindas, dan mengantar mereka ke suatu negeri yang kaya dan subur, negeri bangsa Kanaan, bangsa Het, Amori, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus.

and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'

18 Umat-Ku akan mendengarkan kata-katamu. Kemudian engkau bersama-sama dengan para pemimpin Israel harus pergi menghadap raja Mesir dan mengatakan kepadanya: 'TUHAN, Allah orang Ibrani sudah datang menyatakan diri kepada kami. Sekarang izinkanlah kami pergi sejauh tiga hari perjalanan ke padang gurun untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN, Allah kami.'"

They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.'

19 Kemudian Allah berkata lagi, "Aku tahu raja Mesir tidak akan melepaskan kamu pergi, kecuali kalau ia dipaksa.

I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, except by a mighty hand.

20 Tetapi Aku akan memakai kekuasaan-Ku, dan menghukum Mesir dengan bencana-bencana hebat yang Kudatangkan di sana. Sesudah itu, ia akan mengizinkan kamu berangkat.

I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

21 Aku akan membuat orang Mesir bermurah hati terhadap kamu, sehingga pada saat umat-Ku berangkat, kamu tidak pergi dengan tangan kosong.

I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

22 Tiap wanita Israel akan minta dari tetangganya orang Mesir dan dari wanita Mesir yang tinggal serumah, pakaian serta perhiasan perak dan emas. Kamu akan mengenakan itu pada anak-anakmu. Dengan cara itu kamu akan merampasi orang Mesir."

But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.