< Keluaran 8 >
1 Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Pergilah menghadap raja dan sampaikan kepadanya pesan-Ku ini: 'Izinkan umat-Ku pergi untuk beribadat kepada-Ku.
And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
2 Jika engkau menolak, negeri ini akan Kupenuhi dengan katak sebagai hukuman.
But if thou wilt not let them go behold I will strike all thy coasts with frogs.
3 Sungai Nil akan penuh dengan katak, sehingga binatang-binatang itu keluar dari air dan masuk ke dalam istanamu, ke dalam kamar tidur dan tempat tidurmu, ke dalam rumah-rumah para pejabat dan rakyat, bahkan ke dalam tempat pembakaran roti dan panci-panci.
And the river shall bring forth an abundance of frogs: which shall come up, and enter into thy house, and thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and in the houses of thy servants, and to thy people, and into thy ovens, and into the remains of thy meats;
4 Katak-katak itu akan melompat dan memanjati engkau, semua pejabat dan rakyat.'"
And the frogs shall come in to thee and to thy people, and to all thy servants.
5 TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Suruhlah Harun merentangkan tongkatnya ke atas sungai-sungai, saluran-saluran dan kolam-kolam supaya katak-katak bermunculan dan memenuhi tanah Mesir."
And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand upon the streams and upon the rivers and the pools, and bring forth frogs upon the land of Egypt.
6 Maka Harun mengacungkan tongkatnya ke atas semua air, lalu muncullah katak-katak memenuhi seluruh negeri.
And Aaron stretched forth his hand upon the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
7 Tetapi para tukang sihir memakai ilmu gaib mereka, dan juga membuat katak-katak bermunculan di negeri itu.
And the magicians also by their enchantments did in like manner, and the brought forth frogs upon all the land of Egypt.
8 Raja memanggil Musa dan Harun, dan berkata, "Berdoalah kepada TUHAN supaya Ia melenyapkan katak-katak ini, maka aku akan mengizinkan bangsamu pergi untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN."
But Pharao called Moses and Aaron and said to them: Pray ye to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
9 Musa menjawab, "Dengan senang hati saya akan berdoa untuk Tuanku. Tetapkanlah waktunya, maka saya akan mendoakan Tuanku, para pejabat dan rakyat. Maka Tuanku akan dibebaskan dari katak-katak itu, dan tidak akan ada yang sisa, kecuali di Sungai Nil."
And Moses said to Pharao: Set me a time when I shall pray for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs may be driven away from thee and from thy house, and from thy servants, and from thy people: and may remain only in the river.
10 Jawab raja itu, "Berdoalah untukku besok." Kata Musa, "Saya akan melakukan apa yang Tuanku minta. Maka Tuanku akan tahu bahwa tidak ada Allah lain seperti TUHAN, Allah kami.
And he answered: Tomorrow. But he said: I will do according to thy word; that thou mayst know that there is none like to the Lord our God.
11 Dia akan membebaskan Tuanku, para pejabat dan rakyat dari katak-katak itu. Tak akan ada katak di rumah-rumah, kecuali di Sungai Nil."
And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy house, and from thy servants, and from thy people; and shall remain only in the river.
12 Lalu Musa dan Harun meninggalkan raja. Kemudian Musa berdoa kepada TUHAN supaya melenyapkan katak-katak yang didatangkan-Nya atas raja.
And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pharao: and Moses cried to the Lord for the promise, which he had made to Pharao concerning the frogs.
13 TUHAN mengabulkan permintaan Musa, dan katak-katak yang ada di rumah-rumah, di halaman-halaman dan ladang-ladang mati semua.
And the Lord did according to the word of Moses: and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields:
14 Orang Mesir mengumpulkan bangkai katak-katak itu sampai bertimbun-timbun, sehingga seluruh negeri berbau busuk.
And they gathered them together into immense heaps, and the land was corrupted.
15 Ketika raja melihat bahwa katak-katak itu sudah mati, ia berkeras kepala. Dan seperti yang sudah dikatakan TUHAN, raja tidak mau mempedulikan perkataan Musa dan Harun.
And Pharao seeing that rest was given, hardened his own heart, and did not hear them, as the Lord had commanded.
16 TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Suruhlah Harun memukul tanah dengan tongkatnya, maka di seluruh negeri Mesir debu akan berubah menjadi nyamuk."
And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod, and strike the dust of the earth: and may there be sciniphs in all the land of Egypt.
17 Lalu Harun memukul tanah dengan tongkatnya, dan semua debu di Mesir berubah menjadi nyamuk yang mengerumuni manusia dan binatang.
And they did so. And Aaron stretched forth his hand, holding the rod: and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came sciniphs on men and on beasts: all the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphs through all the land of Egypt.
18 Para ahli sihir berusaha memakai ilmu gaib mereka untuk juga mengadakan nyamuk-nyamuk, tetapi mereka tidak berhasil. Di mana-mana ada nyamuk,
And the magicians with their enchantments practiced in like manner, to bring forth sciniphs, and they could not and there were sciniphs as well on men as on beasts.
19 sehingga para ahli sihir itu berkata kepada raja, "Ini perbuatan Allah." Tetapi raja itu berkeras kepala, dan seperti yang sudah dikatakan TUHAN, raja itu tidak mau mempedulikan perkataan Musa dan Harun.
And the magicians said to Pharao This is the finger of God. And Pharao heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded.
20 TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, "Pergilah besok pagi-pagi sekali menemui raja pada waktu ia turun ke sungai, dan sampaikanlah kepadanya perkataan-Ku ini: 'Izinkanlah umat-Ku pergi beribadat kepada-Ku.
The Lord also said to Moses: Arise early, and stand before Pharao: for he will go forth to the waters: and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.
21 Jika engkau menolak, maka Aku akan mendatangkan lalat kepadamu, kepada para pejabat dan rakyat. Rumah-rumah orang Mesir, bahkan seluruh negeri akan penuh dengan lalat.
But if thou wilt not let them go, behold I will send in upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy houses all kind of flies: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with flies of divers kinds, and the whole land wherein they shall be.
22 Tetapi Aku akan membuat kekecualian untuk daerah Gosyen, tempat umat-Ku tinggal. Di sana tak akan ada lalat, supaya kamu tahu bahwa Aku, TUHAN, yang melakukan itu.
And I will make the land of Gessen wherein my people is, wonderful in that lay, so that flies shall not be there: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 Aku akan membuat perbedaan antara umat-Ku dengan rakyatmu. Keajaiban itu akan terjadi besok.'"
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: tomorrow shall this sign be.
24 TUHAN mendatangkan lalat yang banyak sekali ke istana raja dan ke rumah-rumah para pejabat. Seluruh negeri Mesir sangat menderita karena lalat-lalat itu.
And the Lord did so. And there came a very grievous swarm of flies into he houses of Pharao and of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt: and the land was corrupted by this kind of flies.
25 Kemudian raja memanggil Musa dan Harun lalu berkata, "Pergilah mempersembahkan kurban kepada Allahmu, tetapi di negeri ini saja."
And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: Go, and sacrifice to your God in this land.
26 "Sebaiknya tidak," jawab Musa, "karena orang Mesir akan merasa tersinggung kalau melihat persembahan kami itu, dan pasti kami akan dilempari batu sampai mati.
And Moses said: It cannot be so: for we shall sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: now if we kill those things which the Egyptians worship, in their presence, they will stone us.
27 Kami harus pergi ke padang gurun sejauh tiga hari perjalanan untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN Allah kami, seperti yang diperintahkan-Nya kepada kami."
We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness: and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
28 Raja berkata, "Baiklah, kuizinkan kamu pergi ke padang gurun untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN, Allahmu, asal kamu tidak pergi jauh. Ingat, doakanlah aku!"
And Pharao said: I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness: but go no farther: pray for me.
29 Jawab Musa, "Sesudah saya pergi, saya segera berdoa kepada TUHAN supaya besok lalat-lalat itu meninggalkan Tuanku, para pejabat dan rakyat. Tetapi jangan menipu kami lagi, dan jangan menghalangi bangsa Israel pergi untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN."
And Moses said: I will go out from thee, and will pray to the Lord: and the flies shall depart from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people tomorrow: but do not deceive any more, in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
30 Musa meninggalkan raja, lalu berdoa kepada TUHAN,
So Moses went out from Pharao, and prayed to the Lord.
31 dan TUHAN mengabulkan doa Musa. Lalat-lalat itu beterbangan meninggalkan raja, para pejabat dan rakyat. Tak ada seekor pun yang masih tinggal.
And he did according to his word: and he took away the flies from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people: there was not left so much as one.
32 Tetapi kali ini pun raja berkeras kepala dan tidak mengizinkan bangsa itu pergi.
And Pharao’s heart was hardened, so that neither this time would he let the people go.