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 happened, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go, so they can have a festival for me in the wilderness.'”

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."

Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I listen to his voice and let Israel go? I do not know Yahweh; moreover, I will not let Israel go.”

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."

They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God so that he does not attack us with plague or with the sword.”

4 Kata raja kepada Musa dan Harun, "Mengapa kamu membuat orang-orang itu melalaikan pekerjaan mereka? Suruhlah budak-budak itu bekerja!

But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people from their work? Go back to your work.”

5 Orang-orang itu sudah terlalu banyak jumlahnya. Dan sekarang kamu mau supaya mereka berhenti bekerja!"

He also said, “There are now many people in our land, and you are making them stop their work.”

6 Hari itu juga para pengawas bangsa Mesir dan mandor-mandor bangsa Israel mendapat perintah dari raja,

On that same day, Pharaoh gave a command to the people's taskmasters and foremen. He said,

7 "Jangan lagi memberi jerami kepada bangsa itu untuk membuat batu bata. Biarlah mereka pergi mencarinya sendiri.

“Unlike before, you must no longer give the people straw to make bricks. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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.

However, you must still demand from them the same number of bricks as they made before. Do not accept any fewer, because they are lazy. That is why they are calling out and saying, 'Allow us to 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."

Increase the workload for the men so that they keep at it and pay no more attention to deceptive 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.

So the people's taskmasters and foremen went out and informed the people. They said, “This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will no longer give you any straw.

11 Kamu harus mencari sendiri di mana saja, tetapi ingat, batu bata yang kamu buat tak boleh kurang dari yang sudah-sudah."

You yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it, but your workload will not be reduced.'”

12 Maka pergilah orang Israel menjelajahi seluruh tanah Mesir untuk mengumpulkan jerami.

So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13 Para pengawas terus mendesak supaya setiap hari mereka menghasilkan batu bata yang sama banyaknya seperti waktu mereka diberi jerami.

The taskmasters kept urging them and saying, “Finish your work, just as 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?"

Pharaoh's taskmasters beat the Israelite foremen, those same men whom they had put in charge of the workers. The taskmasters kept asking them, “Why have you not produced all the bricks required of you, either yesterday and today, as you used to do in the past?”

15 Lalu mandor-mandor Israel pergi menghadap raja dan mengeluh, "Mengapa Baginda berbuat begini kepada kami?

So the Israelite foremen came to Pharaoh and cried out to him. They said, “Why are you treating your servants this way?

16 Kami tidak diberi jerami, tetapi dipaksa membuat batu bata! Sekarang kami dipukuli padahal pegawai-pegawai Bagindalah yang bersalah!"

No straw is being given to your servants anymore, but they are still telling us, 'Make bricks!' We, your servants, are even beaten now, but it is the fault of your own people.”

17 Raja menjawab, "Kamu memang malas dan tidak mau bekerja. Itulah sebabnya kamu minta izin kepadaku untuk pergi mempersembahkan kurban kepada Tuhanmu.

But Pharaoh said, “You are lazy! You are lazy! You say, 'Allow us to go sacrifice to Yahweh.'

18 Pergilah bekerja lagi. Jerami tidak akan diberikan kepadamu, tetapi kamu tetap harus membuat batu bata yang sama banyaknya."

So now go back to work. No more straw will be given to you, but you must still make the same 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.

The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily number of bricks.”

20 Ketika mereka keluar dari istana, mereka bertemu dengan Musa dan Harun yang sedang menunggu mereka.

They met Moses and Aaron, who were standing outside the palace, as they went away 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."

They said to Moses and Aaron, “May Yahweh look at you and punish you, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

22 Lalu Musa menghadap TUHAN lagi dan berkata, "Tuhan, mengapa bangsa Israel Kauperlakukan seburuk itu? Mengapa Engkau mengutus saya ke sini?

Moses went back to Yahweh and said, “Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you send me in the first place?

23 Sejak saya menghadap raja dan berbicara atas nama-Mu, ia mulai menganiaya bangsa ini. Dan Engkau tidak berbuat apa-apa untuk menolong mereka."

Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak to him in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have not set your people free at all.”