Kejadian 42

1 Ketika Yakub mendengar bahwa ada gandum di Mesir, berkatalah ia kepada anak-anaknya, "Mengapa kamu tenang-tenang saja?

Now Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, so Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

2 Telah kudengar bahwa ada gandum di Mesir; pergilah ke sana dan belilah gandum supaya kita jangan mati kelaparan."

He said, "Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us from there, so that we may live and not die."

3 Lalu pergilah kesepuluh abang Yusuf itu membeli gandum di Mesir.

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4 Tetapi Yakub tidak mengizinkan Benyamin, adik kandung Yusuf, pergi bersama mereka, karena ia takut jangan-jangan terjadi kecelakaan dengan anaknya itu.

But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "Some harm might happen to him."

5 Karena kelaparan di negeri Kanaan, anak-anak Yakub bersama banyak orang lain datang membeli gandum di Mesir.

So the sons of Israel went to buy among the other travelers, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 Yang menjual gandum kepada orang-orang dari seluruh dunia ialah Yusuf, sebagai gubernur Mesir. Sebab itu abang-abang Yusuf datang dan sujud di hadapannya.

Now Joseph was the ruler over the country, and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the ground.

7 Ketika Yusuf melihat abang-abangnya, ia mengenali mereka, tetapi ia pura-pura tidak kenal. Dengan kasar ia bertanya kepada mereka, "Kamu orang mana?" "Kami orang Kanaan. Kami datang untuk membeli makanan," jawab mereka.

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but he acted like he did not know them, and spoke harshly with them. And he said to them, "Where do you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

8 Meskipun Yusuf mengenali abang-abangnya, mereka tidak mengenali dia.

So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

9 Lalu ia teringat kepada mimpinya tentang mereka. Dan berkatalah ia, "Kamu ini mata-mata; kamu datang untuk menyelidiki di mana kelemahan negeri kami."

Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies. You have come to look for the vulnerabilities of the country."

10 "Tidak, Tuanku," jawab mereka. "Kami, hamba-hamba Tuan datang hanya untuk membeli makanan.

But they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

11 Kami ini bersaudara, Tuanku. Kami ini orang baik-baik, bukan mata-mata."

We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants are not spies."

12 Yusuf berkata kepada mereka, "Bohong! Kamu datang kemari untuk menyelidiki di mana kelemahan negeri ini."

But he said to them, "No, but you have come to look for the vulnerabilities of the country."

13 Jawab mereka, "Kami ini dua belas bersaudara, Tuanku, kami anak dari satu ayah di negeri Kanaan. Seorang dari kami telah meninggal dan yang bungsu sekarang ada bersama ayah kami."

But they said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and look, the youngest is now with our father, and one is no more."

14 "Memang benar seperti kataku," jawab Yusuf, "kamu ini mata-mata.

But Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, saying, 'You are spies.'

15 Aku mau menguji kamu: Aku bersumpah demi nama raja bahwa kamu tidak akan meninggalkan negeri ini jika adikmu yang bungsu itu tidak datang kemari.

This is how you will be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you will not leave from here until your youngest brother comes here.

16 Seorang dari kamu harus pulang mengambilnya. Yang lain akan ditahan sampai perkataanmu terbukti. Jika tidak, demi nama raja, kamu ini mata-mata musuh!"

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you will stay in prison, so that your words can be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."

17 Kemudian mereka dimasukkan ke dalam penjara tiga hari lamanya.

So he put all of them together in prison for three days.

18 Pada hari yang ketiga Yusuf berkata kepada mereka, "Aku orang yang takut dan taat kepada Allah. Kamu akan kuselamatkan dengan satu syarat.

Then Joseph said to them the third day, "Do what I say, and live, for I fear God.

19 Untuk membuktikan bahwa kamu ini jujur, seorang dari kamu akan ditahan dalam penjara; yang lain boleh pulang dan membawa gandum yang kamu beli untuk keluargamu yang sedang menderita lapar.

If you are honest, then let one of your brothers remain confined in your prison; but you go and carry grain for the hunger of your households.

20 Setelah itu kamu harus membawa adikmu yang bungsu kepadaku. Itulah buktinya nanti bahwa perkataanmu itu benar, dan kamu tidak akan kuhukum mati." Mereka setuju dengan keputusan gubernur itu.

But bring your youngest brother to me so that your words will be verified, and you won't die." To this they agreed.

21 Lalu berkatalah mereka seorang kepada yang lain, "Nah, kita sekarang dihukum akibat kesalahan kita terhadap adik kita dahulu; ia minta tolong tetapi kita tidak mau peduli, walaupun kita melihat bahwa ia sangat menderita. Itulah sebabnya kita sekarang mengalami penderitaan ini."

Then they said to one another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."

22 Kata Ruben, "Bukankah dahulu sudah saya katakan kepada kalian supaya anak itu jangan diapa-apakan. Tetapi kalian tidak mau mendengarkan. Dan sekarang kematiannya dibalaskan kepada kita."

Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'Do not sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? Therefore, look, now comes a reckoning for his blood."

23 Yusuf mengerti bahasa mereka, tetapi mereka tidak mengetahui hal itu, karena mereka berbicara dengan Yusuf dengan perantaraan seorang juru bahasa.

Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, since he was speaking through an interpreter.

24 Yusuf meninggalkan mereka, lalu menangis. Ketika sudah dapat berkata-kata lagi, ia kembali kepada mereka, lalu mengambil Simeon, dan menyuruh mengikat dia di depan semua saudaranya.

He stepped away from them and wept. Then he returned to them and talked with them. Then he took Simeon from them and bound him in front of them.

25 Yusuf memerintahkan supaya karung-karung yang dibawa abang-abangnya diisi dengan gandum, dan uang mereka masing-masing dimasukkan ke dalam karung-karung itu. Juga supaya mereka diberi makanan untuk bekal di jalan. Perintahnya itu dilaksanakan.

Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to restore every man's silver into his sack, and to give them food for the journey. And it was done for them.

26 Setelah itu abang-abang Yusuf membebani keledai mereka dengan gandum yang telah mereka beli itu, lalu berangkatlah mereka dari situ.

They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

27 Di tempat mereka bermalam, seorang dari mereka membuka karung gandumnya untuk memberi makan keledainya. Ditemukannya uangnya di atas gandum itu.

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food at the lodging place, he saw his silver. Look, it was in the mouth of his sack.

28 "Uang saya dikembalikan," serunya kepada saudara-saudaranya. "Lihat, ada di dalam karung saya!" Hati mereka menjadi kecut, dan dengan ketakutan mereka saling bertanya, "Apa yang dilakukan Allah kepada kita?"

He said to his brothers, "My silver has been returned. Look, it is in my sack." And they were dismayed, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

29 Waktu sampai di Kanaan, mereka menceritakan kepada ayah mereka segala sesuatu yang telah mereka alami. Kata mereka,

Then they returned to their father Jacob to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30 "Gubernur Mesir bicara dengan kasar kepada kami dan menuduh kami memata-matai negerinya.

"The man, the lord of the country, spoke harshly to us, and he put us in custody as spies of the country.

31 Kami menjawab, 'Kami orang baik-baik, bukan mata-mata, kami orang jujur.

But we said to him, 'We are honest men. We are not spies.

32 Kami semua dua belas bersaudara, anak dari satu ayah, dan seorang telah meninggal, sedangkan yang bungsu ada bersama ayah di Kanaan.'

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.'

33 Gubernur itu mengatakan, 'Aku mau menguji kamu untuk mengetahui apakah kamu orang jujur: Seorang dari kamu harus tinggal; yang lain boleh pulang membawa gandum kepada keluargamu yang sedang menderita lapar.

The man, the lord of the country, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the hunger of your households, and go your way.

34 Setelah kamu kembali membawa adikmu yang bungsu, aku akan tahu bahwa kamu bukan mata-mata, melainkan orang jujur. Maka saudaramu yang kutahan itu akan kukembalikan kepadamu dan kamu boleh tinggal di negeri ini dan bebas berdagang.'"

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you may travel in the land.'"

35 Kemudian, pada waktu mereka mengosongkan karung-karung mereka, mereka menemukan dompet masing-masing yang berisi uang; lalu mereka sangat ketakutan, juga ayah mereka.

Then it happened as they emptied their sacks, that look, every man's bag of silver was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid.

36 Lalu berkatalah ayah mereka, "Kalian menyebabkan aku kehilangan semua anakku. Yusuf tidak ada lagi; Simeon tidak ada lagi; dan sekarang kalian akan mengambil Benyamin juga. Bukan main penderitaanku!"

Then their father Jacob said to them, "You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All this has come against me."

37 Lalu kata Ruben kepada ayahnya, "Serahkanlah Benyamin kepada saya, Ayah; nanti akan saya bawa kembali, jika tidak, Ayah boleh membunuh kedua anak laki-laki saya."

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons if I do not bring him to you. Put him in my care, and I will bring him back to you."

38 Tetapi Yakub berkata, "Tidak! Benyamin tidak boleh kalian bawa; abangnya telah mati dan kini hanya dialah yang masih tinggal. Jangan-jangan ia mendapat celaka dalam perjalanan itu. Aku ini sudah tua, dan kesedihan yang akan kalian datangkan kepadaku itu akan mengakibatkan kematianku." (Sheol h7585)

But he said, "My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should happen to him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol." (Sheol h7585)