Kejadian 31
1 Suatu hari, Yakub mendapat kabar bahwa anak-anak lelaki Laban saling bersungut-sungut tentang dia, “Yakub sudah merampas harta ayah kita. Semua kekayaannya itu dia peroleh dari ayah kita!”
Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”
2 Yakub juga memperhatikan bahwa sikap Laban terhadapnya sudah tidak seperti sebelumnya.
And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.
3 Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Yakub, “Kembalilah ke negeri nenek moyangmu dan kepada kaum keluargamu. Aku akan menyertai kamu.”
Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”
4 Sesudah itu, Yakub menyuruh seseorang memanggil kedua istrinya, Rahel dan Lea, untuk menemuinya di padang rumput tempat dia menggembalakan kambing dombanya.
So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
5 Ketika Rahel dan Lea datang, Yakub berkata kepada mereka, “Aku memperhatikan bahwa sekarang sikap ayah kalian sudah berubah terhadapku. Tetapi Allah yang disembah ayahku tetap menyertai aku.
When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
6 Kalian sendiri tahu bahwa selama ini aku bekerja keras untuk ayah kalian sekuat tenaga.
You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
7 Namun, dia sudah menipuku dengan berulang kali mengubah gajiku. Meski demikian, Allah tidak membiarkan dia berbuat jahat kepadaku.
but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
8 Buktinya, ketika dia berkata, ‘Kambing dan domba yang berbintik-bintik akan menjadi upahmu,’ maka semua anak kambing dan domba lahir berbintik-bintik. Ketika dia berkata, ‘Kambing dan domba yang bergaris-garis akan menjadi upahmu,’ maka semua anak kambing dan domba lahir bergaris-garis.
When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
9 Allah sudah mengambil ternak-ternak ayah kalian dan memberikannya kepadaku.
In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
10 Ketika musim kawin binatang tiba, aku bermimpi. Dalam mimpi itu aku melihat bahwa kambing-kambing jantan yang kawin dengan kambing-kambing betina berbulu belang-belang, garis-garis, dan bintik-bintik.
“One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.
11 Dalam mimpi itu, ada malaikat yang menyampaikan pesan Allah. Dia memanggilku, ‘Yakub!’ Jawabku, ‘Ya TUHAN, aku di sini!’
An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’
12 Lalu malaikat itu berkata kepadaku, ‘Lihat dan perhatikanlah bahwa semua kambing jantan yang mengawini kawanan ternak betina ini memiliki bulu belang-belang, garis-garis, dan bintik-bintik. Aku membuat semuanya seperti itu karena Aku sudah melihat bagaimana Laban memperlakukanmu.
He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
13 Akulah Allah yang sudah menjumpaimu di Betel, di tempat kamu mendirikan batu peringatan dan menuang minyak di atasnya lalu berjanji kepada-Ku. Sekarang, bersiaplah untuk pergi dari tempat ini dan kembali ke negeri kelahiranmu.’”
I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”
14 Rahel dan Lea menjawab, “Kami tahu bahwa kamu sudah bertahun-tahun bekerja pada ayah untuk mendapatkan kami sebagai istrimu. Sekarang dia sudah menghabiskan semua kekayaan yang dia hasilkan dari kerja kerasmu. Kami tahu bahwa kami tidak akan mendapat warisan apa-apa, bahkan dia memperlakukan kami seperti orang asing.
Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].
He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
16 Semua kekayaan dari ayah kami yang sudah Allah berikan kepadamu adalah milik kita dan milik anak-anak kita. Jadi, lakukanlah apa yang sudah Allah perintahkan kepadamu.”
Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”
17 Yakub mengakali Laban, orang Aram itu, dengan pergi tanpa memberitahu dia. Ketika Laban beserta para pekerjanya dan seluruh sanak saudaranya sudah pergi ke padang untuk menggunting bulu domba-dombanya, Yakub cepat-cepat berangkat bersama istri-istri dan anak-anaknya dengan menunggangi beberapa ekor unta. Mereka menuju Kanaan, ke tempat Isak, ayahnya. Yakub menyuruh para budaknya membawa semua ternak dan harta yang diperolehnya selama bekerja di Padan Aram. Namun, tanpa sepengetahuan Yakub, Rahel sudah mencuri patung-patung berhala pelindung keluarga milik ayahnya.
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.
He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.
Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].
Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.
21 Demikianlah Yakub lari dengan membawa semua harta dan keluarganya, lalu menyeberangi sungai Efrat menuju perbukitan Gilead.
So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.
22 Pada hari ketiga, seseorang memberitahu Laban bahwa Yakub sudah melarikan diri.
On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.
23 Mendengar berita itu, Laban langsung membawa rombongan untuk mengejar Yakub. Sesudah tujuh hari perjalanan, mereka melihat Yakub di perbukitan Gilead.
So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
24 Ketika Laban mencapai tempat mereka, Yakub sudah mendirikan perkemahan di perbukitan itu. Jadi, Laban dan rombongannya mendirikan perkemahan mereka dekat tempat Yakub. Malam harinya, ketika Laban sedang tidur, datanglah Allah kepadanya dalam mimpi dan berkata, “Perhatikanlah! Ketika bertemu dengan Yakub, jangan mengatakan apa pun kepadanya dalam keadaan marah.”
Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.
26 Lalu, ketika Laban bertemu Yakub, dia berkata, “Apa yang kamu lakukan ini! Kamu sudah menipuku dengan membawa anak-anak perempuanku seperti tawanan perang.
Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!
27 Mengapa kamu menipuku dengan pergi diam-diam? Kalau saja kamu memberitahuku, tentu aku akan merelakan kepergian kalian dengan sukacita. Aku akan mengantar kalian dengan nyanyian diiringi rebana dan kecapi.
Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?
28 Kamu bahkan tidak memberiku kesempatan mencium cucu-cucuku dan anak-anak perempuanku untuk mengucapkan selamat jalan kepada mereka. Bodoh sekali tindakanmu ini!
(You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!
29 Aku bisa saja mencelakaimu, tetapi semalam, Allah yang disembah ayahmu sudah melarang aku untuk mengatakan apa pun kepadamu dalam keadaan marah.
My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
30 Baiklah, sekarang kamu sudah memutuskan untuk pergi dengan alasan sangat rindu kepada ayahmu. Tetapi mengapa kamu juga mencuri patung-patung dewaku?”
Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”
31 Jawab Yakub kepadanya, “Aku pergi diam-diam karena takut kalau Paman akan berusaha keras menahan anak-anak perempuanmu ini secara paksa, sehingga aku tidak bisa membawa mereka pergi.
Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.
32 Namun, mengenai patung-patung Paman itu, siapa pun nanti yang ketahuan mencurinya, biarlah dia dihukum mati! Dengan disaksikan oleh saudara-saudara kita, Paman boleh memeriksa sendiri apakah ada barang milik Paman di antara barang bawaan kami. Jika ada, silakan mengambilnya.” Yakub berkata demikian karena tidak tahu bahwa Rahel yang mencuri patung-patung itu.
But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.
33 Maka Laban mulai mencari patung-patung tersebut. Dia mencari di dalam kemah Yakub, kemudian di kemah Lea, dan selanjutnya di kemah Zilpa dan Bilha, tetapi Laban tidak menemukan patung-patung itu. Kemudian dia masuk ke kemah Rahel.
Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.
34 Namun, Rahel sudah menyembunyikan patung-patung itu di dalam pelana untanya dan duduk di atas pelana tersebut. Jadi, saat Laban mencari di kemahnya, dia tidak menemukan apa-apa.
But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.
35 Sementara Laban sibuk memeriksa kemah Rahel, berkatalah Rahel kepada ayahnya itu, “Ayah, aku minta maaf. Aku tidak dapat berdiri dari tempat dudukku untuk menyambut Ayah karena aku sedang datang bulan.” Maka Laban tidak berhasil menemukan patung-patungnya.
Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.
36 Yakub pun marah dan menegur Laban, katanya, “Apa salahku dan dosaku sehingga Paman mengejar-ngejar aku seperti seorang penjahat?!
Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?
37 Paman sudah memeriksa seluruh barang-barang kami! Apakah Paman menemukan barang milik Paman?! Kalau ada, tunjukkanlah di sini di hadapan saudara-saudara Paman dan saudara-saudaraku, supaya mereka memutuskan siapa yang benar di antara kita berdua!
Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!
38 “Dua puluh tahun lamanya aku tinggal bersama Paman dan bekerja keras memelihara ternakmu. Kambing dombamu bertambah banyak bahkan tidak ada satu pun anaknya yang mati. Tidak pernah satu kali pun aku makan daging dari ternak Paman itu.
I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.
39 Paman selalu menuntut ganti rugi dariku untuk setiap binatang yang dicuri pada waktu siang ataupun malam. Yang mati tercabik-cabik karena dimangsa binatang buas tidak pernah aku bawa kepada Paman.
When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.
40 Aku menanggung sengatan panasnya siang dan dinginnya malam, juga hampir tidak punya waktu untuk tidur.
I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!
41 Inilah yang Paman lakukan terhadapku selama dua puluh tahun aku tinggal di rumah Paman. Aku bekerja seperti budak, empat belas tahun untuk mendapatkan kedua anak perempuan Paman, dan enam tahun untuk mendapatkan ternak-ternak ini sebagai upahku. Tetapi selama itu, Paman sudah berulang kali mengubah upahku.
I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].
42 Kalau bukan karena Allah nenek moyangku, yaitu Allah yang disembah Abraham dan Isak, yang menyertai aku, tentulah Paman sudah menyuruh aku pergi dengan tangan kosong! Namun, Allah melihat bahwa aku sudah bekerja keras dan Paman terus membuatku menderita. Itulah sebabnya tadi malam Dia menegur Paman dan hal itu menunjukkan bahwa Pamanlah yang salah!”
If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”
43 Jawab Laban kepada Yakub, “Kedua perempuan ini adalah anak-anakku, dan anak-anak yang mereka lahirkan adalah cucu-cucuku. Ternak-ternak ini juga adalah milikku. Semua yang kamu lihat adalah milikku. Tidak mungkin aku akan mencelakai anak-anak dan cucu-cucuku!
Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?
44 Karena itu, marilah kita membuat perjanjian sebagai tanda peringatan bahwa aku dan kamu sudah berdamai.”
I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
45 Lalu Yakub dan orang-orang yang mengikutinya mendirikan sebuah batu besar sebagai tugu peringatan.
So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.
46 Yakub juga meminta bantuan rombongan Laban untuk mengumpulkan batu. Maka mereka semua mengambil batu-batu itu dan menyusunnya menjadi suatu tumpukan. Sesudah itu, mereka makan di samping tumpukan batu itu.
Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.
47 Laban menamai tumpukan batu itu Yegar Sahaduta, sedangkan Yakub menamainya Galed.
Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].
48 Laban berkata kepada Yakub, “Mulai hari ini, biarlah tugu tanda perjanjian ini menjadi saksi antara aku dan kamu.” Itulah sebabnya tempat itu dinamai Galed.
Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.
49 Tugu peringatan itu juga disebut Mispa, karena Laban berkata kepada Yakub, “TUHANlah yang mengawasi perbuatanmu dan perbuatanku setelah kita berpisah.
They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].
50 Jika kamu menyakiti hati anak-anakku atau mengambil perempuan-perempuan lain untuk menjadi istrimu selain mereka berdua— biarpun tidak ada saksi yang memberitahuku tentang hal itu— ingatlah bahwa Allah akan menjadi saksi atas perbuatanmu itu.”
If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
51 Lalu katanya lagi kepada Yakub, “Perhatikanlah tumpukan batu dan tugu yang kita dirikan ini, yang aku taruh antara aku dan kamu.
Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.
52 Keduanya akan menjadi tanda batas antara kita, sebagai peringatan bahwa aku tidak akan melewati tempat ini dengan tujuan berbuat jahat terhadap kamu, dan kamu pun tidak akan melewatinya untuk berbuat jahat terhadap aku.
Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.
53 Biarlah kiranya Allah Abraham dan Dewa Nahor menghakimi siapa pun di antara kita yang melanggar perjanjian ini.” Lalu Yakub berjanji atas nama Allah yang disembah oleh Isak, ayahnya.
We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.
54 Yakub mempersembahkan kurban di atas bukit itu dan mengundang seluruh rombongan Laban untuk makan bersama. Mereka pun makan dan bermalam di sana.
He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.
55 Keesokan harinya, pagi-pagi sekali, Laban bangun dan memberikan ciuman perpisahan kepada cucu-cucunya dan anak-anaknya serta memberkati mereka. Sesudah itu, Laban pulang.
The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.
