Bilangan 11

1 Pada suatu kali bangsa itu bersungut-sungut di hadapan TUHAN tentang nasib buruk mereka, dan ketika TUHAN mendengarnya bangkitlah murka-Nya, kemudian menyalalah api TUHAN di antara mereka dan merajalela di tepi tempat perkemahan.

One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.

2 Lalu berteriaklah bangsa itu kepada Musa, dan Musa berdoa kepada TUHAN; maka padamlah api itu.

Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.

3 Sebab itu orang menamai tempat itu Tabera, karena telah menyala api TUHAN di antara mereka.

So they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them.

4 Orang-orang bajingan yang ada di antara mereka kemasukan nafsu rakus; dan orang Israelpun menangislah pula serta berkata: "Siapakah yang akan memberi kita makan daging?

Then some troublemakers from other people-groups [who were traveling] with the Israelis began to want better food. And [when they started complaining] the Israeli people also started to complain.

5 Kita teringat kepada ikan yang kita makan di Mesir dengan tidak bayar apa-apa, kepada mentimun dan semangka, bawang prei, bawang merah dan bawang putih.

They said, “We wish we had some meat!

6 Tetapi sekarang kita kurus kering, tidak ada sesuatu apapun, kecuali manna ini saja yang kita lihat."

We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without (cost/asking us to pay for it). And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic [that we wanted]. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!”

7 Adapun manna itu seperti ketumbar dan kelihatannya seperti damar bedolah.

The manna resembled small white seeds.

8 Bangsa itu berlari kian ke mari untuk memungutnya, lalu menggilingnya dengan batu kilangan atau menumbuknya dalam lumpang. Mereka memasaknya dalam periuk dan membuatnya menjadi roti bundar; rasanya seperti rasa panganan yang digoreng.

[Each morning] the people would go out and gather some [from the surface of the ground]. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they [added water and] boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it [and baked them]. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with [olive] oil.

9 Dan apabila embun turun di tempat perkemahan pada waktu malam, maka turunlah juga manna di situ.

Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].

10 Ketika Musa mendengar bangsa itu, yaitu orang-orang dari setiap kaum, menangis di depan pintu kemahnya, bangkitlah murka TUHAN dengan sangat, dan hal itu dipandang jahat oleh Musa.

Moses/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed.

11 Lalu berkatalah Musa kepada TUHAN: "Mengapa Kauperlakukan hamba-Mu ini dengan buruk dan mengapa aku tidak mendapat kasih karunia di mata-Mu, sehingga Engkau membebankan kepadaku tanggung jawab atas seluruh bangsa ini?

He/I [went into the Sacred Tent and] asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble [RHQ]? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people [RHQ]?

12 Akukah yang mengandung seluruh bangsa ini atau akukah yang melahirkannya, sehingga Engkau berkata kepadaku: Pangkulah dia seperti pak pengasuh memangku anak yang menyusu, berjalan ke tanah yang Kaujanjikan dengan bersumpah kepada nenek moyangnya?

(I am not their father./Am I their father?) [RHQ] Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and (nurses it/gives it her milk) [MET, RHQ]? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors [RHQ]?

13 Dari manakah aku mengambil daging untuk diberikan kepada seluruh bangsa ini? Sebab mereka menangis kepadaku dengan berkata: Berilah kami daging untuk dimakan.

Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’

14 Aku seorang diri tidak dapat memikul tanggung jawab atas seluruh bangsa ini, sebab terlalu berat bagiku.

I cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! [They are like a heavy load [MET], and] I cannot carry this very heavy load any more.

15 Jika Engkau berlaku demikian kepadaku, sebaiknya Engkau membunuh aku saja, jika aku mendapat kasih karunia di mata-Mu, supaya aku tidak harus melihat celakaku."

If you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and [kill me to] end my misery [of trying to take care of them]!”

16 Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Musa: "Kumpulkanlah di hadapan-Ku dari antara para tua-tua Israel tujuh puluh orang, yang kauketahui menjadi tua-tua bangsa dan pengatur pasukannya, kemudian bawalah mereka ke Kemah Pertemuan, supaya mereka berdiri di sana bersama-sama dengan engkau.

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent.

17 Maka Aku akan turun dan berbicara dengan engkau di sana, lalu sebagian dari Roh yang hinggap padamu itu akan Kuambil dan Kutaruh atas mereka, maka mereka bersama-sama dengan engkau akan memikul tanggung jawab atas bangsa itu, jadi tidak usah lagi engkau seorang diri memikulnya.

I will come down and talk with you there. Then I will take some of [the power of] my Spirit that you have, and I will put [that power] on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do it alone.

18 Tetapi kepada bangsa itu haruslah kaukatakan: Kuduskanlah dirimu untuk besok, maka kamu akan makan daging; sebab kamu telah menangis di hadapan TUHAN dengan berkata: Siapakah yang akan memberi kami makan daging? Begitu baik keadaan kita di Mesir, bukan? --TUHAN akan memberi kamu daging untuk dimakan.

“Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.

19 Bukan hanya satu hari kamu akan memakannya, bukan dua hari, bukan lima hari, bukan sepuluh hari, bukan dua puluh hari,

You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days.

20 tetapi genap sebulan lamanya, sampai keluar dari dalam hidungmu dan sampai kamu muak--karena kamu telah menolak TUHAN yang ada di tengah-tengah kamu dan menangis di hadapan-Nya dengan berkata: Untuk apakah kita keluar dari Mesir?"

[You will eat meat every day] for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. [This will happen] because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying [“We would have had better food to eat] if we had not left Egypt [RHQ].”’”

21 Tetapi kata Musa: "Bangsa yang ada bersama aku ini berjumlah enam ratus ribu orang berjalan kaki, namun Engkau berfirman: Daging akan Kuberikan kepada mereka, dan genap sebulan lamanya mereka akan memakannya!

But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men [plus women and children] here with me, so ([why] do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’) [RHQ]

22 Dapatkah sekian banyak kambing domba dan lembu sapi disembelih bagi mereka, sehingga mereka mendapat cukup? Atau dapatkah ditangkap segala ikan di laut bagi mereka, sehingga mereka mendapat cukup?"

Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not [RHQ] be enough [to provide meat for all of them] Even if we caught all the fish in the sea [and gave it to them], that would not be enough [RHQ]!”

23 Tetapi TUHAN menjawab Musa: "Masakan kuasa TUHAN akan kurang untuk melakukan itu? Sekarang engkau akan melihat apakah firman-Ku terjadi kepadamu atau tidak!"

But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I [SYN] have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.”

24 Setelah Musa datang ke luar, disampaikannya firman TUHAN itu kepada bangsa itu. Ia mengumpulkan tujuh puluh orang dari para tua-tua bangsa itu dan menyuruh mereka berdiri di sekeliling kemah.

So Moses/I went out [from the Sacred Tent] and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred Tent.

25 Lalu turunlah TUHAN dalam awan dan berbicara kepada Musa, kemudian diambil-Nya sebagian dari Roh yang hinggap padanya, dan ditaruh-Nya atas ketujuh puluh tua-tua itu; ketika Roh itu hinggap pada mereka, kepenuhanlah mereka seperti nabi, tetapi sesudah itu tidak lagi.

Then Yahweh came down in the cloud [that was above the tent] and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of [the power of] the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they (prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them), but they did that only once.

26 Masih ada dua orang tinggal di tempat perkemahan; yang seorang bernama Eldad, yang lain bernama Medad. Ketika Roh itu hinggap pada mereka--mereka itu termasuk orang-orang yang dicatat, tetapi tidak turut pergi ke kemah--maka kepenuhanlah mereka seperti nabi di tempat perkemahan.

Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left [their tents] to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh).

27 Lalu berlarilah seorang muda memberitahukan kepada Musa: "Eldad dan Medad kepenuhan seperti nabi di tempat perkemahan."

So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”

28 Maka menjawablah Yosua bin Nun, yang sejak mudanya menjadi abdi Musa: "Tuanku Musa, cegahlah mereka!"

Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”

29 Tetapi Musa berkata kepadanya: "Apakah engkau begitu giat mendukung diriku? Ah, kalau seluruh umat TUHAN menjadi nabi, oleh karena TUHAN memberi Roh-Nya hinggap kepada mereka!"

But Moses/I replied, “(Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies) [RHQ]? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh). I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!”

30 Kemudian kembalilah Musa ke tempat perkemahan, dia dan para tua-tua Israel.

Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.

31 Lalu bertiuplah angin yang dari TUHAN asalnya; dibawanyalah burung-burung puyuh dari sebelah laut, dan dihamburkannya ke atas tempat perkemahan dan di sekelilingnya, kira-kira sehari perjalanan jauhnya ke segala penjuru, dan kira-kira dua hasta tingginya dari atas muka bumi.

Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, [and caused the quail to fall onto the ground]. They were piled up on the ground about (3 feet/1 meter) high!

32 Lalu sepanjang hari dan sepanjang malam itu dan sepanjang hari esoknya bangkitlah bangsa itu mengumpulkan burung-burung puyuh itu--setiap orang sedikit-dikitnya mengumpulkan sepuluh homer--, kemudian mereka menyebarkannya lebar-lebar sekeliling tempat perkemahan.

So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. [It seemed as though] everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, [so that the quail would dry out].

33 Selagi daging itu ada di mulut mereka, sebelum dikunyah, maka bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap bangsa itu dan TUHAN memukul bangsa itu dengan suatu tulah yang sangat besar.

[Then they cooked them and started to eat them]. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh [showed that he] was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, [and many people died].

34 Sebab itu dinamailah tempat itu Kibrot-Taawa, karena di sanalah dikuburkan orang-orang yang bernafsu rakus.

The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat [like they had formerly eaten in Egypt]. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, [which means ‘graves of those who craved’].

35 Dari Kibrot-Taawa berangkatlah bangsa itu ke Hazerot dan mereka tinggal di situ.

From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].