Kejadian 37
1 Yakub tinggal di Kanaan, tempat ayahnya dahulu menetap.
Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
2 Inilah riwayat keturunan Yakub. Pada waktu Yusuf berusia tujuh belas tahun, dia biasa menggembalakan kawanan kambing domba milik ayahnya bersama kakak-kakak tirinya, yaitu anak-anak Yakub dari Bilha dan Zilpa. Suatu hari, Yusuf melaporkan kepada ayahnya tentang berbagai kenakalan yang dilakukan kakak-kakaknya.
(This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
3 Adapun Yakub lebih menyayangi Yusuf daripada anak-anaknya yang lain karena Yusuf lahir pada hari tuanya. Yakub menyuruh orang untuk membuatkan jubah yang indah berwarna-warni sebagai hadiah istimewa untuk Yusuf.
Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
4 Ketika kakak-kakaknya menyadari bahwa ayah mereka lebih sayang kepada Yusuf, mereka pun membenci Yusuf dan tidak mau lagi berbicara baik-baik dengan dia.
When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
5 Kebencian mereka semakin menjadi-jadi ketika Yusuf menceritakan mimpinya kepada mereka.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Begini kata Yusuf, “Dengarkanlah, aku ingin menceritakan mimpiku.
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 Dalam mimpiku, kita sedang bekerja bersama-sama mengikat gandum di ladang. Tiba-tiba ikatan gandumku berdiri, dan ikatan-ikatan gandum kalian mengelilingi dan bersujud kepada ikatan gandumku.”
In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
8 Jawab kakak-kakaknya, “Jadi, kamu pikir kamu akan memerintah dan berkuasa atas kami?!” Mereka pun semakin membenci Yusuf karena mimpi dan perkataannya itu.
His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
9 Kemudian Yusuf bermimpi lagi, dan dia menceritakannya kembali kepada kakak-kakaknya, “Aku bermimpi lagi. Dalam mimpi itu, aku melihat matahari, bulan, dan sebelas bintang bersujud kepadaku.”
Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
10 Ketika Yusuf menceritakan mimpinya itu kepada ayahnya, dia ditegur, “Mimpi apa lagi yang kamu mimpikan ini?! Kamu pikir aku, ibumu, dan saudara-saudaramu akan datang bersujud kepadamu?!”
He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
11 Kakak-kakaknya semakin iri kepada Yusuf, tetapi Yakub merenungkan perkataan dan arti dari mimpi itu.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Pada suatu hari, ketika kakak-kakak Yusuf sedang menggembalakan kawanan kambing domba di Sikem,
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 Yakub berkata kepada Yusuf, “Pergilah ke Sikem. Kakak-kakakmu sedang menggembalakan kawanan kambing domba di sana.” Jawab Yusuf, “Ya Ayah, aku akan pergi!”
Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
14 Lanjut Yakub, “Lihatlah bagaimana keadaan kakak-kakakmu dan kawanan kambing domba kita, lalu kembalilah dan laporkan kepada ayah.” Demikianlah Yakub menyuruh Yusuf pergi meninggalkan Lembah Hebron. Sesampainya Yusuf di Sikem,
Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
15 dia berjalan ke sana kemari mencari kakak-kakaknya di padang. Seseorang melihat dia dan bertanya, “Kamu sedang mencari apa?”
while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
16 Jawab Yusuf, “Saya mencari kakak-kakak saya yang sedang menggembalakan ternak. Apakah kamu melihat mereka dan tahu ke mana mereka pergi?”
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Jawab orang itu, “Mereka sudah pergi. Saya mendengar mereka berkata, ‘Ayo kita ke Dotan.’” Maka Yusuf menyusul saudara-saudaranya dan menemukan mereka di Dotan.
The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
18 Ketika kakak-kakaknya melihat Yusuf dari jauh, mereka bersepakat untuk membunuhnya.
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 Kata mereka satu sama lain, “Lihat, si tukang mimpi datang!
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 Ayo kita bunuh dia, dan mayatnya kita buang ke dalam sumur kosong. Nanti kita katakan saja bahwa dia diterkam dan dimakan binatang buas. Kita lihat akan jadi apa mimpinya itu!”
and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
21 Ketika Ruben mendengar rencana itu, dia berkata, “Janganlah kita membunuhnya.” Ruben berniat menyelamatkan Yusuf dari tangan mereka dan membawa dia pulang kepada ayah mereka. Lanjut Ruben, “Jangan menumpahkan darah. Buang saja dia ke dalam sumur kosong di padang belantara ini, tetapi tidak usah menyakitinya.”
Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
23 Maka ketika Yusuf sampai kepada kakak-kakaknya, dengan kasar mereka langsung merenggut jubah Yusuf yang berwarna-warni itu
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 dan membuang Yusuf ke dalam sumur yang kosong.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Sesudah itu, mereka duduk untuk makan. Tak lama kemudian, tampaklah di kejauhan rombongan pedagang orang Ismael yang datang dari daerah Gilead menuju Mesir. Mereka menuntun unta-unta yang mengangkut tiga jenis wangi-wangian dari getah pohon.
After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
26 Lalu Yehuda berkata kepada saudara-saudaranya, “Apa untungnya kalau kita membunuh Yusuf dan menyembunyikan mayatnya?
Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
27 Bagaimana kalau kita menjual dia kepada pedagang-pedagang itu? Dengan begitu, kita tidak membunuhnya, karena dia saudara kita dan satu ayah dengan kita.” Saudara-saudaranya pun setuju.
So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
28 Jadi, pada waktu pedagang-pedagang Midian yang adalah orang Ismael itu lewat, mereka mengeluarkan Yusuf dari sumur dan menjualnya kepada pedagang-pedagang itu seharga dua puluh keping perak. Lalu pedagang-pedagang itu membawa Yusuf ke Mesir.
When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Ketika Ruben kembali ke sumur dan melihat bahwa Yusuf sudah tidak ada, dia merobek pakaiannya karena sangat menyesal.
When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
30 Lalu dia kembali kepada saudara-saudaranya dan berkata, “Anak itu sudah tidak ada di sumur! Apa yang harus aku lakukan?!”
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Mereka lalu membunuh seekor kambing dan mencelupkan jubah Yusuf ke dalam darah kambing itu.
[Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
32 Mereka membawa jubah itu kepada ayah mereka dan berkata, “Kami menemukan ini. Periksalah. Apakah jubah ini milik anakmu?”
They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
33 Yakub mengenali jubah itu dan berkata, “Benar, ini jubah anakku Yusuf. Pasti binatang buas sudah mencabik-cabik dia sampai mati dan memakannya!”
He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
34 Yakub merobek-robek pakaiannya tanda berduka dan mengikat kain karung pada pinggangnya. Dia berkabung untuk anaknya itu selama berhari-hari.
Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
35 Semua anak Yakub yang lain, baik perempuan maupun laki-laki, berusaha menghibur ayah mereka, tetapi dia tidak mau dihibur. Katanya kepada mereka, “Biarkan aku berduka sampai hari aku masuk ke Syeol!” Yakub terus bersedih karena Yusuf, anaknya. (Sheol h7585)
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
36 Sementara itu, di Mesir, para pedagang Midian menjual Yusuf kepada seorang komandan pengawal raja bernama Potifar.
In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
