Kejadian 24
1 Abraham sudah tua sekali, dan ia diberkati TUHAN dalam segala hal.
Abraham by now was old, really old, and the Lord had blessed him in every possible way.
2 Pada suatu hari berkatalah Abraham kepada hambanya yang paling tua, yang mengurus segala harta bendanya, "Letakkanlah tanganmu di antara pangkal pahaku.
At that time Abraham told his oldest servant who was in charge of his whole household, “Put your hand under my thigh,
3 Bersumpahlah demi TUHAN, Allah yang menguasai langit dan bumi, bahwa engkau tidak akan mencari istri bagi Ishak anakku dari antara orang-orang di tanah Kanaan ini.
and swear an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you won't arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the these Canaanite people that I'm living among.
4 Engkau harus kembali ke negeri kelahiranku untuk mencari istri baginya dari antara sanak saudaraku."
Instead, go to my homeland where my relatives live, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”
5 Lalu bertanyalah hamba itu kepadanya, "Bagaimana jika gadis itu tidak mau meninggalkan rumahnya dan tak mau mengikuti saya ke negeri ini? Haruskah saya membawa anak Tuan itu ke negeri asal Tuan?"
“What if the woman refuses to come back with me to this country?” the servant asked. “Should I take your son back to the country you came from?”
6 Tetapi Abraham menjawab, "Awas! Jangan sekali-kali kaubawa anakku itu ke sana!
“No, you mustn't take my son back there,” Abraham replied.
7 TUHAN, Allah yang menguasai langit, telah membawa aku dari rumah ayahku dan dari negeri sanak saudaraku, dan Ia telah bersumpah kepadaku bahwa Ia akan memberikan negeri ini kepada keturunanku. Dia juga akan mengutus malaikat-Nya untuk menolongmu, supaya engkau dapat menemukan seorang istri dari sana untuk anakku.
“The Lord, the God of heaven, took me from my family home and my own country. He spoke to me and swore an oath to me in which he promised, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ He is the one who will send his angel ahead of you so that you can find a wife there for my son.
8 Tetapi jika gadis itu tidak mau ikut dengan engkau, maka engkau bebas dari sumpah ini. Bagaimanapun juga, jangan kaubawa anakku itu ke sana."
However, if the woman refuses to return here with you, then you are released from this oath. But make sure you don't take my son back there.”
9 Kemudian hamba itu meletakkan tangannya di antara pangkal paha Abraham tuannya, dan bersumpah akan melakukan apa yang diminta oleh Abraham itu.
The servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to do as he had been told.
10 Hamba itu mengambil sepuluh ekor unta serta bermacam-macam barang berharga milik tuannya dan berangkat ke kota tempat tinggal Nahor semasa hidupnya; letaknya di sebelah utara Mesopotamia.
Then the servant arranged for ten of his master's camels to carry all kinds of valuable gifts from Abraham and left for the town of Nahor in Aram-naharaim.
11 Setelah ia tiba di sana, dihentikannya unta-unta itu supaya beristirahat dekat sebuah sumur di luar kota. Hari sudah sore, dan itulah waktunya para wanita datang ke sumur untuk menimba air.
Arriving in the evening, he had the camels kneel down by the spring that was outside the town. This was the time when women went out to fetch water.
12 Lalu hamba itu berdoa, "TUHAN, Allah tuan saya Abraham, tolonglah, supaya tugas saya berhasil pada hari ini; berbaik hatilah kepada tuan saya Abraham.
He prayed, “Lord, the God of my master Abraham, please let me be successful today, and please show your faithfulness to my master Abraham.
13 Lihatlah, saya berdiri di dekat sumur ini. Sebentar lagi gadis-gadis dari kota akan datang menimba air.
Look, I'm standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming to get water.
14 Saya akan berkata kepada salah seorang dari mereka, 'Tolong turunkan buyungmu dan berilah saya minum.' Jika ia menjawab, 'Minumlah, dan unta-unta Bapak juga akan saya beri minum!' dialah yang TUHAN pilih untuk hambamu Ishak. Jika hal itu terjadi, saya akan tahu bahwa TUHAN telah berbaik hati kepada tuan saya Abraham."
May it happen like this. The young woman that I ask, ‘Please hold your water jar so I can have a drink,’ and she replies, ‘Please drink, and I'll give your camels water too’ —may she be the one you've chosen as a wife for your servant Isaac. This way I'll know that you've shown your faithfulness to my master.”
15 Ketika ia sedang berdoa itu, Ribka, seorang gadis yang sangat cantik dan masih perawan, tiba di sumur itu membawa buyung di atas bahunya. Ia anak Betuel, dan orang tua Betuel adalah Nahor dan Milka; Nahor itu abang Abraham. Ribka menuju ke sumur itu dan mengisi buyungnya, lalu berjalan kembali.
He hadn't even finished praying when he saw Rebekah coming to get water, carrying her water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milkah. Milkah was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.
She was very beautiful, a virgin—no one had slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came back up.
17 Hamba Abraham lari mendekatinya dan berkata, "Tolong, Nak, berilah saya minum dari buyungmu itu."
The servant ran over to meet her and asked, “Please let me drink a few sips of water from your jar.”
18 Gadis itu menjawab, "Minumlah, Pak," lalu dengan cepat diturunkannya buyungnya dari bahunya, dan sambil memegang buyung itu diberinya hamba itu minum.
“Please drink, my lord,” she replied. She quickly lifted the jar down from her shoulder and held it for him to drink.
19 Setelah hamba itu selesai minum; berkatalah gadis itu, "Saya akan menimba air untuk unta-unta Bapak juga, supaya semua binatang itu dapat minum sepuasnya."
After she finished giving him a drink, she said, “Let me get water for your camels too until they've had enough.”
20 Kemudian dengan cepat air di dalam buyung itu dituangkannya ke dalam tempat minum unta, lalu berlarilah ia kembali ke sumur untuk menimba air lebih banyak lagi sampai semua binatang itu puas minum.
She quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the spring to get more water. She brought enough for all his camels.
21 Sementara itu hamba Abraham terus memperhatikannya tanpa berkata sepatah pun. Ia ingin tahu apakah TUHAN membuat ia berhasil melakukan tugasnya atau tidak.
The man observed her in silence to see if the Lord had made his journey successful or not.
22 Setelah semua unta minum sepuas-puasnya, hamba Abraham mengambil perhiasan emas yang berharga, lalu mengenakannya pada hidung gadis itu. Pada lengannya diberi sepasang gelang emas.
Once the camels had finished drinking, he gave her a gold nose-ring and two heavy gold bracelets for her wrists.
23 Lalu hamba itu berkata, "Coba katakan siapa ayahmu. Adakah tempat bermalam di rumahnya untuk saya dan orang-orangku?"
Then he asked her, “Whose daughter are you? Also could you tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?”
24 "Ayah saya Betuel, anak Nahor dan Milka," jawab gadis itu.
She replied, “I'm the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor.” Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and food for the camels,
25 "Di rumah kami ada tempat bermalam untuk Bapak dan juga banyak jerami dan makanan ternak."
and yes, we have room for you to spend the night.”
26 Maka sujudlah hamba itu menyembah TUHAN.
The man kneeled down and bowed in worship to the Lord.
27 Katanya, "Pujilah TUHAN, Allah tuan saya Abraham. TUHAN ternyata setia dan berbaik hati kepada tuan saya Abraham. Ia memimpin saya langsung kepada sanak saudaranya."
“Thank you Lord, the God of my master Abraham,” he prayed. “You have not forgotten your commitment and faithfulness to my master. And Lord, you have led me directly to the home of my master's relatives!”
28 Kemudian gadis itu lari ke rumah ibunya dan menceritakan segala kejadian itu.
She ran to her mother's house and told her family what had happened.
29 Ribka mempunyai seorang abang yang bernama Laban. Ia mendengar cerita adiknya tentang apa yang dikatakan hamba itu. Ia melihat juga perhiasan di hidung dan gelang pada lengan adiknya itu. Maka berlarilah Laban keluar rumah untuk menemui hamba Abraham itu yang masih berdiri dengan unta-untanya di dekat sumur.
Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he ran out to meet the man who had remained at the spring.
He'd noticed the nose-ring and the bracelets she was wearing, and he'd heard his sister Rebekah explaining, “This is what the man told me.” When he arrived the man was still there, standing with his camels beside the spring.
31 Lalu kata Laban, "Bapak orang yang diberkati TUHAN! Jangan tinggal di luar sini. Mari ke rumah kami. Kami telah menyediakan kamar untuk Bapak dan juga tempat bagi unta-unta Bapak."
“Please come home with me, you who are blessed by the Lord,” said Laban. “What are you standing out here for? I've got a room at home ready for you, and a place for the camels to stay.”
32 Lalu ikutlah hamba itu dan masuk ke dalam rumah. Laban menurunkan beban unta-unta, dan memberi jerami dan makanan kepada binatang-binatang itu. Setelah itu dibawanya air pembasuh kaki untuk hamba Abraham dan orang-orangnya.
So the man went home with him. Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and food to eat. He also provided water for the man to wash his feet, as well as for the men who were with him.
33 Ketika makanan dihidangkan, hamba itu berkata, "Saya tidak akan makan sebelum menyampaikan pesan yang saya bawa." Laban berkata, "Silakan bicara."
Then Laban had food brought in. But the man told him, “I'm not going to eat until I've explained why I'm here.” “Please explain,” Laban replied.
34 Lalu mulailah hamba Abraham berbicara, katanya, "Saya ini hamba Abraham.
“I'm Abraham's servant,” the man began.
35 TUHAN sangat memberkati tuan saya itu dan menjadikan dia kaya raya. TUHAN telah memberikan kepadanya kawanan domba, kambing, sapi, unta, keledai, dan juga perak, emas, serta hamba laki-laki dan perempuan.
“The Lord has blessed my master so much, and now he is a wealthy and powerful man. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36 Pada usia yang lanjut, Sara, istri tuan saya itu telah melahirkan anak laki-laki, dan tuan saya telah mewariskan segala harta bendanya kepada anaknya itu.
His wife Sarah has had a son for my master even in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37 Dia menyuruh saya berjanji dengan sumpah supaya mentaati perintahnya. Katanya, 'Janganlah engkau memilih istri bagi anakku dari antara gadis-gadis di tanah Kanaan ini,
My master made me swear an oath, saying, ‘You must not arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the Canaanite people in whose land I'm living.
38 melainkan dari antara sanak saudara kaum ayahku. Jadi pergilah ke sana dengan segera.'
Instead, go to my family home where my relatives live, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.’
39 Lalu saya bertanya kepadanya, 'Bagaimana jika gadis itu tidak mau ikut dengan saya?'
I said to my master, ‘What if the woman refuses to come back with me?’
40 Lalu jawabnya, 'TUHAN yang selalu kutaati, akan mengutus malaikat-Nya untuk menolong supaya tugasmu berhasil. Engkau akan menemukan istri bagi anakku dari antara kaumku sendiri, yaitu dari sanak saudara ayahku.
He told me, ‘The Lord, in whose presence I have lived my life, will send his angel with you, and he will make your journey successful—you will find a wife for my son from my relatives, from my father's family.
41 Hanya apabila mereka menolakmu, barulah engkau bebas dari sumpahmu.'
You will be released from the oath you swear to me if, when you go to my family, they refuse to let her return with you.’
42 Dan ketika saya sampai di sumur tadi, saya berdoa di dalam hati, 'TUHAN, Allah tuan saya Abraham, hendaknya TUHAN membuat tugas saya berhasil.
Today when I arrived at the spring, I prayed, Lord, God of my master Abraham, please let the journey I have taken be successful.
43 Saya akan tetap berdiri di dekat sumur ini. Apabila seorang gadis datang untuk menimba air, saya akan minta kepadanya supaya diberi minum.
Look, I'm standing here beside this spring. May it happen like this. If a young woman comes to get water, and I say, ‘Please give me a few sips of water to drink,’
44 Jika dia mau melakukannya, dan menawarkan juga untuk memberi minum kepada unta-unta saya, maka dialah kiranya yang TUHAN pilih menjadi istri anak tuan saya itu.'
and she says to me, ‘Please drink, and I'll get water for your camels too’ —may she be the one you've chosen as a wife for your servant Isaac.”
45 Belum lagi saya selesai mengucapkan doa itu di dalam hati, datanglah Ribka membawa buyung di atas bahunya lalu mengambil air dari sumur. Kemudian saya berkata kepadanya, 'Tolong berilah saya minum.'
“I hadn't even finished praying silently when I saw Rebekah coming to get water, carrying her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring to get water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
46 Dengan segera ia menurunkan buyung itu dari bahunya dan berkata, 'Minumlah, dan unta-unta Bapak juga akan saya beri minum.' Lalu saya minum dan setelah itu unta-unta saya itu juga diberinya minum.
She quickly lifted the jar down from her shoulder and she said, ‘Please drink, and I'll get water for your camels too.’ So I drank, and she got water for the camels.
47 Sesudah itu saya bertanya, 'Siapakah ayahmu?' Dan ia menjawab, 'Ayah saya Betuel, anak Nahor dan Milka.' Lalu saya mengenakan perhiasan emas pada hidungnya dan sepasang gelang pada lengannya.
I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘I'm the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor.’ So I put the ring in her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.
48 Saya sujud menyembah dan memuji TUHAN, Allah tuan saya Abraham. Ia telah memimpin saya langsung ke sini, kepada sanak saudara tuan saya, sehingga saya dapat menemukan gadis ini bagi anaknya.
Then I kneeled down and bowed in worship to the Lord. I thanked the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, for he led me directly to find my master's niece for his son.
49 Sekarang, jika kalian bersedia memperlakukan tuan saya dengan baik dan memenuhi tanggung jawab kalian terhadapnya sebagai saudara, sudilah mengatakannya kepada saya, tetapi jika tidak, katakanlah juga, supaya saya tahu harus berbuat apa."
So please tell me now, will you show commitment and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no so I can decide what to do next.”
50 Laban dan Betuel menjawab, "Karena apa yang terjadi ini berasal dari TUHAN, kami tidak patut memberi keputusan.
Laban and Bethuel replied, “Clearly all this is from the Lord, so we can't argue one way or the other.
51 Ini Ribka; biarlah ia ikut dengan Bapak dan menjadi istri anak tuan Bapak, seperti yang dikatakan TUHAN sendiri."
Rebekah's here, you can take her and leave. She can become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has decided.”
52 Ketika hamba Abraham itu mendengar perkataan mereka, ia sujud menyembah TUHAN.
As soon as Abraham's servant heard their decision, he bowed down in worship to the Lord.
53 Lalu ia mengeluarkan pakaian, perhiasan perak dan emas, dan memberikan semua itu kepada Ribka. Juga abangnya dan ibunya diberinya hadiah yang mahal-mahal.
Then he unpacked silver and gold jewelry and expensive clothes and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable presents to her brother and her mother.
54 Setelah itu hamba Abraham dan orang-orangnya makan dan minum, lalu bermalam di situ. Sesudah mereka bangun keesokan harinya, hamba itu berkata, "Izinkanlah saya pulang kepada tuan saya."
He and the men with him ate and drank, and spent the night there. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now and go home to my master.”
55 Tetapi abang serta ibu Ribka berkata, "Biarlah Ribka tinggal bersama kami kira-kira seminggu atau sepuluh hari lagi, dan sesudah itu bolehlah dia pergi."
But her brother and her mother said, “Let her stay with us for another ten days or so. She can leave after that.”
56 Tetapi hamba itu berkata, "Janganlah menahan saya. TUHAN membuat perjalanan saya berhasil; izinkanlah saya pulang kepada tuan saya."
“Please don't delay me,” he told them. “The Lord has made my journey successful, so let me leave and go back to my master.”
57 Jawab mereka, "Mari kita panggil Ribka dan menanyakan pendapatnya."
“Let's call Rebekah and find out what she wants to do,” they suggested.
58 Lalu mereka memanggil Ribka dan bertanya, "Maukah engkau ikut orang ini?" Jawab gadis itu, "Ya, saya mau."
They called Rebekah in and asked her, “Do you want to go with this man now?” “Yes, I'll go,” she replied.
59 Maka mereka mengizinkan Ribka dan inang pengasuhnya pergi dengan hamba Abraham dan orang-orangnya. Lalu mereka memberkati Ribka dengan kata-kata ini, "Semoga engkau, Ribka menjadi ibu jutaan orang! Semoga keturunanmu menaklukkan kota-kota musuhnya!"
So they let Laban's sister Rebekah leave with Abraham's servant and his men, together with the woman who had nursed her as a child.
They asked a blessing on her, saying, “Our dear sister, may you become the mother to thousands and thousands of descendants, and may they conquer their enemies.”
61 Kemudian berkemaslah Ribka beserta wanita-wanita muda yang menjadi hambanya, lalu naik unta dan berangkat mengikuti hamba Abraham itu.
Then Rebekah and her servant girls got on the camels. They followed Abraham's servant and left.
62 Sementara itu Ishak telah datang dari padang gurun, lewat sumur yang disebut "Dia Yang Memperhatikan Aku" dan tinggal di bagian selatan Kanaan.
Meanwhile Isaac, who was living in the Negev, had just come back from Beer-lahai-roi.
63 Pada suatu sore ia keluar kemahnya hendak berjalan-jalan di ladang, lalu dilihatnya unta-unta datang.
He went out into the fields one evening to think things over. He looked into the distance and saw camels coming.
64 Ketika Ribka melihat Ishak, ia turun dari untanya,
Rebekah was also keeping a look out. When she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel.
65 dan bertanya kepada hamba Abraham itu, "Siapa orang laki-laki di ladang itu yang datang ke arah kita?" "Dia tuan saya," jawab hamba itu. Lalu Ribka mengambil selendangnya dan menutupi wajahnya.
She asked the servant, “Who is this walking through the fields to meet us?” “He's my master, Isaac,” he replied. So she put on her veil to cover herself.
66 Kemudian hamba itu menceritakan kepada Ishak segala yang telah dilakukannya.
The servant told Isaac everything he'd done.
67 Setelah itu Ishak membawa Ribka masuk ke dalam kemah Sara ibunya, dan ia memperistri Ribka. Ishak mencintai Ribka; maka terhiburlah hati Ishak yang sedih karena kehilangan ibunya.
Isaac took Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent, and he married her. He loved her, and she brought him comfort after his grief over his mother's death.
