< Ulangan 12 >
1 "Inilah ketetapan dan peraturan yang harus kamu lakukan dengan setia di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN, Allah nenek moyangmu, kepadamu untuk memilikinya, selama kamu hidup di muka bumi.
“(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
2 Kamu harus memusnahkan sama sekali segala tempat, di mana bangsa-bangsa yang daerahnya kamu duduki itu beribadah kepada allah mereka, yakni di gunung-gunung yang tinggi, di bukit-bukit dan di bawah setiap pohon yang rimbun.
You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
3 Mezbah mereka kamu harus robohkan, tugu-tugu berhala mereka kamu remukkan, tiang-tiang berhala mereka kamu bakar habis, patung-patung allah mereka kamu hancurkan, dan nama mereka kamu hapuskan dari tempat itu.
You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
4 Jangan kamu berbuat seperti itu terhadap TUHAN, Allahmu.
“Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
5 Tetapi tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN, Allahmu, dari segala sukumu sebagai kediaman-Nya untuk menegakkan nama-Nya di sana, tempat itulah harus kamu cari dan ke sanalah harus kamu pergi.
Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
6 Ke sanalah harus kamu bawa korban bakaran dan korban sembelihanmu, persembahan persepuluhanmu dan persembahan khususmu, korban nazarmu dan korban sukarelamu, anak-anak sulung lembu sapimu dan kambing dombamu.
That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
7 Di sanalah kamu makan di hadapan TUHAN, Allahmu, dan bersukaria, kamu dan seisi rumahmu, karena dalam segala usahamu engkau diberkati oleh TUHAN, Allahmu.
There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
8 Jangan kamu melakukan apapun yang kita lakukan di sini sekarang, yakni masing-masing berbuat segala sesuatu yang dipandangnya benar.
“[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
9 Sebab hingga sekarang kamu belum sampai ke tempat perhentian dan ke milik pusaka yang diberikan kepadamu oleh TUHAN, Allahmu.
because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
10 Tetapi apabila nanti sudah kamu seberangi sungai Yordan dan kamu diam di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN, Allahmu, kepadamu untuk dimiliki, dan apabila Ia mengaruniakan kepadamu keamanan dari segala musuhmu di sekelilingmu, dan kamu diam dengan tenteram,
But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
11 maka ke tempat yang dipilih TUHAN, Allahmu, untuk membuat nama-Nya diam di sana, haruslah kamu bawa semuanya yang kuperintahkan kepadamu, yakni korban bakaran dan korban sembelihanmu, persembahan persepuluhanmu dan persembahan khususmu dan segala korban nazarmu yang terpilih, yang kamu nazarkan kepada TUHAN.
“Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
12 Kamu harus bersukaria di hadapan TUHAN, Allahmu, kamu ini, anakmu laki-laki dan anakmu perempuan, hambamu laki-laki dan hambamu perempuan, dan orang Lewi yang di dalam tempatmu, sebab orang Lewi tidak mendapat bagian milik pusaka bersama-sama kamu.
Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
13 Hati-hatilah, supaya jangan engkau mempersembahkan korban-korban bakaranmu di sembarang tempat yang kaulihat;
Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
14 tetapi di tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN di daerah salah satu sukumu, di sanalah harus kaupersembahkan korban bakaranmu, dan di sanalah harus kaulakukan segala yang kuperintahkan kepadamu.
You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
15 Tetapi engkau boleh menyembelih dan memakan daging sesuka hatimu, sesuai dengan berkat TUHAN, Allahmu, yang diberikan-Nya kepadamu di segala tempatmu. Orang najis ataupun orang tahir boleh memakannya, seperti juga daging kijang atau daging rusa;
“However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
16 hanya darahnya janganlah kaumakan, tetapi harus kaucurahkan ke bumi seperti air.
But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
17 Di dalam tempatmu tidak boleh kaumakan persembahan persepuluhan dari gandummu, dari anggurmu dan minyakmu, ataupun dari anak-anak sulung lembu sapimu dan kambing dombamu, ataupun sesuatu dari korban yang akan kaunazarkan, ataupun dari korban sukarelamu, ataupun persembahan khususmu.
In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
18 Tetapi di hadapan TUHAN, Allahmu, haruslah engkau memakannya, di tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN, Allahmu, engkau ini, anakmu laki-laki dan anakmu perempuan, hambamu laki-laki dan hambamu perempuan, dan orang Lewi yang di dalam tempatmu, dan haruslah engkau bersukaria di hadapan TUHAN, Allahmu, karena segala usahamu.
Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
19 Hati-hatilah, supaya jangan engkau melalaikan orang Lewi, selama engkau ada di tanahmu.
Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
20 Apabila TUHAN, Allahmu, telah meluaskan daerahmu nanti, seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya kepadamu dan engkau berpikir: Aku mau makan daging, karena engkau ingin makan daging, maka bolehlah engkau makan daging sesuka hatimu.
“When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
21 Apabila tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN, Allahmu, untuk menegakkan nama-Nya di sana, terlalu jauh dari tempatmu, maka engkau boleh menyembelih dari lembu sapimu dan kambing dombamu yang diberikan TUHAN kepadamu, seperti yang kuperintahkan kepadamu, dan memakan dagingnya di tempatmu sesuka hatimu.
If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
22 Tetapi engkau harus memakan dagingnya, seperti memakan daging kijang atau daging rusa; baik orang najis maupun orang tahir boleh memakannya.
Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
23 Tetapi jagalah baik-baik, supaya jangan engkau memakan darahnya, sebab darah ialah nyawa, maka janganlah engkau memakan nyawa bersama-sama dengan daging.
But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
24 Janganlah engkau memakannya; engkau harus mencurahkannya ke bumi seperti air.
Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
25 Janganlah engkau memakannya, supaya baik keadaanmu dan keadaan anak-anakmu yang kemudian, apabila engkau melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN.
If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
26 Tetapi persembahan kudusmu yang ada padamu dan korban nazarmu haruslah kaubawa ke tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN;
“But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
27 engkau harus mengolah korban bakaranmu, daging dan darahnya, di atas mezbah TUHAN, Allahmu, dan darah korban sembelihanmu haruslah dicurahkan ke atas mezbah TUHAN, Allahmu, tetapi dagingnya boleh kaumakan.
You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
28 Dengarkanlah baik-baik segala yang kuperintahkan kepadamu, supaya baik keadaanmu dan keadaan anak-anakmu yang kemudian untuk selama-lamanya, apabila engkau melakukan apa yang baik dan benar di mata TUHAN, Allahmu."
Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
29 "Apabila TUHAN, Allahmu, telah melenyapkan dari hadapanmu bangsa-bangsa yang daerahnya kaumasuki untuk mendudukinya, dan apabila engkau sudah menduduki daerahnya dan diam di negerinya,
“When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
30 maka hati-hatilah, supaya jangan engkau kena jerat dan mengikuti mereka, setelah mereka dipunahkan dari hadapanmu, dan supaya jangan engkau menanya-nanya tentang allah mereka dengan berkata: Bagaimana bangsa-bangsa ini beribadah kepada allah mereka? Akupun mau berlaku begitu.
After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
31 Jangan engkau berbuat seperti itu terhadap TUHAN, Allahmu; sebab segala yang menjadi kekejian bagi TUHAN, apa yang dibenci-Nya, itulah yang dilakukan mereka bagi allah mereka; bahkan anak-anaknya lelaki dan anak-anaknya perempuan dibakar mereka dengan api bagi allah mereka.
Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
32 Segala yang kuperintahkan kepadamu haruslah kamu lakukan dengan setia, janganlah engkau menambahinya ataupun menguranginya.
“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”