Keluaran 5
1 Kemudian Musa dan Harun pergi menghadap raja Mesir dan berkata, "Begini perintah TUHAN, Allah Israel, 'Izinkanlah bangsa-Ku pergi supaya mereka dapat beribadat kepada-Ku di padang gurun.'"
After these things, Moses and Aaron entered, and they said to Pharaoh: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Release my people, so that they may sacrifice to me in the desert.”
2 "Siapakah TUHAN itu?" tanya raja. "Mengapa aku harus mempedulikan Dia dan mengizinkan bangsa Israel pergi? Aku tidak kenal TUHAN itu, dan orang Israel tidak kuizinkan pergi."
But he responded: “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice and release Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel.”
3 Musa dan Harun berkata, "Allah orang Ibrani sudah menampakkan diri kepada kami. Izinkanlah kami pergi ke padang gurun sejauh tiga hari perjalanan untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN, Allah kami. Kalau kami tidak melakukan itu, kami akan dibunuhnya dengan penyakit atau perang."
And they said: “The God of the Hebrews has called us, so that we may go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God. Otherwise, a pestilence or the sword may befall us.”
4 Kata raja kepada Musa dan Harun, "Mengapa kamu membuat orang-orang itu melalaikan pekerjaan mereka? Suruhlah budak-budak itu bekerja!
The king of Egypt said to them: “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? Go back to your burdens.”
5 Orang-orang itu sudah terlalu banyak jumlahnya. Dan sekarang kamu mau supaya mereka berhenti bekerja!"
And Pharaoh said: “The people of the land are many. You see that the turmoil has increased: how much more if you give them rest from the works?”
6 Hari itu juga para pengawas bangsa Mesir dan mandor-mandor bangsa Israel mendapat perintah dari raja,
Therefore, on the same day, he instructed the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:
7 "Jangan lagi memberi jerami kepada bangsa itu untuk membuat batu bata. Biarlah mereka pergi mencarinya sendiri.
“You shall no longer give chaff to the people to form bricks, as before. But they may go and gather straw.
8 Tetapi suruhlah mereka membuat batu bata tidak kurang jumlahnya dari yang sudah-sudah. Mereka mau bermalas-malas saja; itulah sebabnya mereka terus mengomel supaya diizinkan pergi untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada Allah mereka.
And you shall impose upon them the same quota of bricks that they made before. Neither will you lessen anything, for they are idle, and therefore they cry out, saying: ‘We shall go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Paksakan orang-orang itu bekerja lebih keras, supaya mereka sibuk dengan pekerjaan dan tidak punya waktu untuk mendengarkan cerita-cerita bohong."
They shall be oppressed with works, and these shall occupy them, so that they may not agree to lying words.”
10 Para pengawas bangsa Mesir dan mandor-mandor Israel itu keluar lalu berkata kepada orang-orang Israel, "Raja memerintahkan supaya kamu tidak lagi diberi jerami.
And so the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: “Thus says Pharaoh: I give you no chaff.
11 Kamu harus mencari sendiri di mana saja, tetapi ingat, batu bata yang kamu buat tak boleh kurang dari yang sudah-sudah."
Go, and collect it wherever you are able to find it. Neither will anything of your work be diminished.”
12 Maka pergilah orang Israel menjelajahi seluruh tanah Mesir untuk mengumpulkan jerami.
And the people were dispersed through all the land of Egypt, in order to gather straw.
13 Para pengawas terus mendesak supaya setiap hari mereka menghasilkan batu bata yang sama banyaknya seperti waktu mereka diberi jerami.
Likewise, the overseers of the works pressured them, saying: “Complete your work each day, just as you were accustomed to do before, when straw was given to you.”
14 Para pengawas itu memukul mandor-mandor Israel yang ditugaskan mengawasi pekerjaan. Mereka bertanya, "Mengapa sekarang bangsamu tidak menghasilkan batu bata yang sama banyaknya seperti dahulu?"
And those who were first in the works of the sons of Israel were scourged by Pharaoh’s taskmasters, saying: “Why have you not filled the quota of bricks, neither yesterday, nor today, just as before?”
15 Lalu mandor-mandor Israel pergi menghadap raja dan mengeluh, "Mengapa Baginda berbuat begini kepada kami?
And the first among the sons of Israel came, and they cried out to Pharaoh, saying: “Why do act against your servants in this way?
16 Kami tidak diberi jerami, tetapi dipaksa membuat batu bata! Sekarang kami dipukuli padahal pegawai-pegawai Bagindalah yang bersalah!"
Straw is not given to us, and yet the same amount of bricks is commanded. So we, your servants, are cut up by scourging, and injustice is done against your people.”
17 Raja menjawab, "Kamu memang malas dan tidak mau bekerja. Itulah sebabnya kamu minta izin kepadaku untuk pergi mempersembahkan kurban kepada Tuhanmu.
And he said: “You are idle. And for this reason you say, ‘We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
18 Pergilah bekerja lagi. Jerami tidak akan diberikan kepadamu, tetapi kamu tetap harus membuat batu bata yang sama banyaknya."
Therefore, go and work. Straw will not be given to you, and you will return the customary number of bricks.”
19 Mandor-mandor itu sadar bahwa mereka dalam kesulitan ketika diberitahukan bahwa orang-orang Israel harus menghasilkan batu bata yang tetap sama banyaknya seperti yang sudah-sudah.
And the first among the sons of Israel saw themselves in a crisis, because it was said to them, “Nothing at all will be lessened from the bricks throughout each day.”
20 Ketika mereka keluar dari istana, mereka bertemu dengan Musa dan Harun yang sedang menunggu mereka.
And they met with Moses and Aaron, who stood opposite them as they departed from Pharaoh.
21 Kata mandor-mandor itu, "TUHAN tahu perbuatanmu! Ia akan menghukum kamu! Kamulah yang menyebabkan kami dibenci oleh raja dan para pegawainya, sehingga mereka mau membunuh kami."
And they said to them: “May the Lord see and judge, because you have caused our odor to become foul before Pharaoh and his servants, and you have provided him with a sword, in order to kill us.”
22 Lalu Musa menghadap TUHAN lagi dan berkata, "Tuhan, mengapa bangsa Israel Kauperlakukan seburuk itu? Mengapa Engkau mengutus saya ke sini?
And Moses returned to the Lord, and he said: “Lord, why have you afflicted this people? Why have you sent me?
23 Sejak saya menghadap raja dan berbicara atas nama-Mu, ia mulai menganiaya bangsa ini. Dan Engkau tidak berbuat apa-apa untuk menolong mereka."
For from the time that I entered to Pharaoh, so as to speak in your name, he has afflicted your people. And you have not freed them.”
