Kejadian 42
1 Ketika Yakub mendapat kabar bahwa ada persediaan gandum di Mesir, dia berkata kepada anak-anaknya, “Kalian jangan diam saja!”
When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at each other to do something?
2 Lanjut Yakub, “Aku dengar ada gandum di Mesir. Pergilah ke sana dan belilah gandum supaya kita tidak mati kelaparan!”
I've heard there's grain in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so we can stay alive—if not, we're going to die!”
3 Maka kesepuluh kakak Yusuf pergi ke Mesir untuk membeli gandum.
So ten of Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to buy grain.
4 Tetapi Yakub sengaja tidak mengizinkan Benyamin, adik kandung Yusuf, untuk ikut bersama kakak-kakak tirinya, sebab pikirnya, “Jangan sampai terjadi apa-apa padanya.”
But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his other brothers, for he said, “I'm afraid something bad might happen to him.”
5 Kesepuluh anak Yakub berangkat bersama para pembeli lainnya, karena bencana kelaparan melanda seluruh negeri Kanaan.
So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.
6 Pada waktu itu, Yusuf adalah pejabat tertinggi di Mesir dan dialah yang berkuasa untuk menjual gandum kepada seluruh rakyat negeri. Karena itu, kakak-kakak Yusuf datang dan bersujud untuk menghormatinya.
Joseph was the governor of the country and he sold grain to all the people there. So Joseph's brothers went to him, and bowed low before him with their faces to the ground.
7 Ketika Yusuf melihat kakak-kakaknya, dia mengenali mereka, tetapi dia berpura-pura tidak tahu dan berbicara kepada mereka dengan kasar. Tanya Yusuf, “Dari mana kalian?!” Jawab mereka, “Kami datang dari Kanaan hendak membeli gandum.”
Joseph recognized them as soon as he saw them, but he acted like a stranger towards them and spoke to them in a severe way, saying, “Where are you from?” “From the country of Canaan,” they replied. “We've come to buy food.”
8 Meskipun Yusuf mengenali kakak-kakaknya, mereka sudah tidak mengenalinya lagi.
Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize him.
9 Saat itu, teringatlah Yusuf pada mimpinya tentang mereka. Lalu dia berkata, “Kalian ini mata-mata dan sengaja menyusup ke sini untuk mencari tahu letak kelemahan negeri kami!”
Joseph thought back to the dreams he'd had about them, and told them, “No! You're spies! You've come to discover our country's weaknesses!”
10 Jawab mereka, “Tidak, Tuan! Hamba-hambamu ini datang hanya untuk membeli bahan makanan.
“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
11 Kami semua anak dari satu ayah. Kami bukan penipu atau mata-mata!”
We're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”
12 Kata Yusuf, “Tidak! Kalian pasti datang ke sini untuk menyelidiki letak kelemahan negeri kami!”
“No! You've come to find our country's weaknesses!” he insisted.
13 Mereka kembali menjawab, “Kami datang dari Kanaan, anak dari satu ayah. Kami ini kakak beradik, semuanya ada dua belas laki-laki. Satu sudah meninggal dan adik kami yang bungsu ada bersama ayah kami.”
“Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man living in the country of Canaan,” they explained. “The youngest is right now with our father, and one has passed away.”
14 Tetapi Yusuf berkata kepada mereka, “Seperti yang sudah saya katakan, kalian ini mata-mata!
“As I said before, you're spies!” Joseph declared.
15 Namun, untuk membuktikan kejujuran kalian, saya bersumpah atas nama raja Mesir bahwa saya tidak akan membiarkan kalian pergi dari tempat ini sebelum adik bungsumu datang ke sini.
“This is how your story will be checked. I swear on Pharaoh's life that you'll never leave this country unless your younger brother comes here.
16 Pilihlah salah satu di antara kalian untuk pulang menjemput adik kalian dan membawanya ke sini. Sementara itu, yang lain akan ditahan dalam penjara sampai ucapan kalian tadi terbukti benar. Kalau ternyata kalian tidak punya adik, maka demi nama raja Mesir, kalian pasti mata-mata!”
One of you go back and bring your other brother here. The others of you will be kept here in prison until it's clear that you're telling the truth. If not, then I swear on Pharaoh's life it proves you're spies!”
17 Lalu Yusuf memasukkan mereka ke dalam penjara. Pada hari ketiga, Yusuf berkata kepada mereka, “Karena saya orang yang takut dan hormat kepada Allah, saya akan membebaskan kalian dengan satu syarat.
So Joseph put all of them in prison for three days.
On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.
19 Kalau kalian benar-benar orang jujur, maka biarlah salah satu dari antara kalian tetap ditahan, dan yang lainnya boleh pulang membawa gandum untuk keluarga kalian yang kelaparan.
If you're truly honest, choose one of your brothers to stay here in prison. The rest of you can go back home with grain for your hungry families.
20 Bawalah adik bungsu kalian kepadaku. Dengan begitu, kalian membuktikan bahwa kalian dapat dipercaya, sehingga kalian tidak akan dihukum mati.” Saudara-saudara Yusuf pun setuju.
But you must bring your youngest brother here to me to prove what you're saying is true. If not, you will all die.” They agreed to do this.
21 Berkatalah mereka satu sama lain, “Sekarang kita sedang dihukum atas kesalahan kita terhadap adik kita. Ingatlah betapa dulu kita melihat kepedihan hatinya, dan betapa dia memohon belas kasihan kepada kita, tetapi kita tidak mempedulikannya. Itulah sebabnya kita mengalami semua ini.”
“Clearly we're being punished for what we did to our brother,” they said to each other. “We watched him in agony pleading with us for mercy, but we refused to listen to him. That's why we're in all this trouble.”
22 Ruben berkata, “Saat itu sudah kukatakan agar kita jangan menyakiti anak itu, tetapi kalian tidak menghiraukan perkataanku. Sekarang kita menerima balasan atas perbuatan kita.”
Reuben said to them, “Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't harm the boy!’ But you didn't listen to me. Now we're paying the price for what we did to him.”
23 Mereka tidak tahu bahwa Yusuf mengerti percakapan mereka, karena sebelumnya mereka berbicara dengan Yusuf melalui seorang penerjemah.
They didn't realize that Joseph understood what they were saying because they were talking to him through an interpreter.
24 Mendengar semuanya itu, Yusuf pergi meninggalkan mereka dan menangis. Sesudah mampu menahan perasaanya, dia kembali dan memerintahkan agar Simeon ditahan. Simeon diikat di hadapan saudara-saudaranya, lalu yang lain diperbolehkan pulang ke Kanaan.
Joseph stepped away from them because he started crying. He came back when he was able to speak to them again. He chose Simeon and had him tied up as they watched.
25 Yusuf menyuruh anak buahnya untuk mengisi penuh karung-karung mereka dengan gandum serta memasukkan uang pembayaran gandum ke itu dalam karung mereka masing-masing. Yusuf juga memerintahkan supaya mereka dibawakan bekal dalam perjalanan pulang.
Joseph gave the order to fill up their sacks with grain, and also to return the money they had paid by placing it in the sacks as well. He also ordered that they should be provided with food for their journey home. All this was done.
26 Sesudah karung-karung itu dimuat ke atas punggung keledai-keledai mereka, orang-orang itu pun berangkat.
The brothers loaded the grain onto their donkeys and then set off.
27 Malam harinya, di tempat mereka beristirahat, salah satu saudara Yusuf membuka karungnya untuk memberi makan keledai. Ketika dia membuka karung itu, dilihatnyalah bahwa uang pembayaran ada di atas gandum.
On their way they stopped for the night, and one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey something to eat and saw his money there at the top of the sack.
28 Lalu dia berkata kepada saudara-saudaranya, “Lihat, uangku dikembalikan! Ini ada di dalam karung!” Mereka pun menjadi takut dan gelisah, lalu berkata satu sama lain, “Apa yang sedang Allah perbuat terhadap kita?”
He told his brothers, “My money's been returned to me. It's right here at the top of my sack!” They were horrified! Trembling with fear they asked each other, “What is this that God's done to us?”
29 Beberapa hari kemudian, setibanya di rumah, mereka menceritakan kepada Yakub semua yang sudah terjadi,
When they arrived home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened.
30 “Penguasa di negeri itu berbicara dengan kasar dan menuduh kami sebagai mata-mata.
“The man who is the country's governor spoke to us in a severe way, and accused us of spying on the land,” they explained.
31 Kami sudah menjelaskan, ‘Kami bukan penipu, bukan mata-mata.
“We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!
32 Kami dua belas bersaudara. Satu adik kami sudah meninggal, dan yang bungsu tinggal bersama ayah kami di Kanaan.’
We are twelve brothers, the sons of one father. One has passed away and the youngest is right now with our father in the country of Canaan.’
33 Lalu penguasa itu berkata, ‘Buktikanlah kalau kalian memang orang jujur. Salah satu dari kalian harus tinggal, sedangkan yang lain boleh pulang membawa gandum untuk keluarga kalian.
Then the man who is the country's governor said to us, ‘This is how I'll find out if you're telling the truth: you are to leave one of your brothers here with me while the rest take grain home for your hungry families.
34 Tetapi kalian harus membawa adik bungsumu itu kepada saya. Dengan begitu, saya akan tahu bahwa kalian jujur dan bukan mata-mata. Saya akan melepaskan saudara kalian, dan kalian bebas berjual beli di Mesir.’”
Then bring your youngest brother to me. That way I'll know you're not spies but you're telling the truth. I'll release your brother to you, and you can stay in the country and trade.’”
35 Sewaktu mereka membongkar muatan bahan makanan, tampaklah uang mereka sudah dikembalikan ke dalam karung masing-masing. Melihat itu, Yakub dan anak-anaknya sangat ketakutan.
As they emptied their sacks, each one's money bag was there in his sack! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were horrified.
36 Lalu berkatalah Yakub, “Apa kalian mau aku kehilangan semua anakku?! Yusuf sudah mati, Simeon tidak kembali, dan sekarang kalian akan mengambil Benyamin dariku! Betapa malangnya aku!”
Jacob their father accused them, “You have taken Joseph from me—he's gone! Simeon is gone too! Now you want to take Benjamin away! I'm the one who's suffering from all of this!”
37 Ruben menjawab, “Aku akan bertanggung jawab penuh atas Benyamin. Aku pasti membawanya kembali. Kalau aku tidak membawa dia pulang, Ayah boleh membunuh kedua anak laki-lakiku!”
“You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you,” Reuben assured him. “Trust me with him, and I will bring him home to you myself.”
38 Tetapi kata Yakub, “Aku tidak mengizinkan Benyamin pergi! Kakaknya sudah mati. Tinggal dia saja anakku dari Rahel. Aku sudah tua, dan kalau sampai terjadi sesuatu terhadapnya, pastilah aku segera masuk Syeol karena dukacita.” (Sheol h7585)
“My son won't go there with you!” Jacob declared. “His brother is dead, and he's the only one I have left. If anything bad happens to him on the journey you're planning, you'll send this old man to his grave in grief.” (Sheol h7585)
