Yosua 22

1 Sesudah itu, Yosua memanggil suku Ruben, suku Gad, dan separuh suku Manasye,

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

2 lalu berkata kepada mereka, “Kalian sudah melakukan semua yang diperintahkan Musa, hamba TUHAN itu, juga semua yang saya perintahkan.

And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

3 Selama ini kalian tidak meninggalkan sanak saudaramu, suku-suku Israel lainnya. Sampai hari ini kalian setia melakukan tugas dari TUHAN Allahmu.

Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

4 Sekarang TUHAN Allahmu sudah membuat mereka hidup aman dan tenang, sesuai janji-Nya kepada mereka. Jadi, pulanglah ke perkemahan kalian di tanah warisan milikmu di sebelah timur sungai Yordan, yang sudah diberikan Musa, hamba TUHAN itu.

And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, [and] unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

5 Hanya, ingatlah baik-baik: Lakukan semua perintah dan hukum TUHAN yang sudah disampaikan Musa, kepadamu. Kasihilah TUHAN Allahmu, ikutilah semua yang Dia tunjukkan, taatilah perintah-Nya, setialah kepada-Nya, dan mengabdilah kepada TUHAN dengan segenap hatimu dan segenap nafas hidupmu!”

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

6 Lalu Yosua memberkati mereka dan melepas mereka pulang. Dua setengah suku itu pun kembali ke perkemahan mereka.

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

7 Separuh suku Manasye sudah mendapat tanah dari Musa, di daerah Basan sebelah timur sungai Yordan. Separuh suku lainnya mendapat tanah di sebelah barat sungai Yordan bersama suku-suku Israel lainnya dari Yosua. Saat Yosua melepas mereka pulang dan memberkati mereka,

Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but unto the [other] half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

8 Yosua berkata, “Kalian sudah menjadi kaya raya. Kalian mempunyai banyak ternak, perak, emas, perunggu, besi, dan pakaian. Pulang dan bagilah kepada saudara-saudaramu barang-barang yang sudah kalian rampas dari musuh.”

And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

9 Maka suku Ruben, Gad, dan separuh suku Manasye meninggalkan orang Israel lainnya di Silo di negeri Kanaan, lalu pulang ke tanah mereka di Gilead, tanah yang mereka dapatkan atas perintah TUHAN melalui Musa.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

10 Ketika suku Ruben, suku Gad, dan separuh suku Manasye sampai ke daerah di dekat sungai Yordan, di negeri Kanaan, mereka membangun sebuah mezbah yang besar dan megah di tepi sungai Yordan.

And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

11 Lalu terdengarlah kabar oleh suku-suku Israel lainnya, “Suku Ruben, Gad, dan separuh suku Manasye sudah membangun mezbah di perbatasan negeri Kanaan, di Gelilot dekat sungai Yordan, di sisi kita.”

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

12 Maka seluruh orang Israel berkumpul di Silo untuk bersiap-siap menyerang mereka.

And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

13 Orang Israel mengutus Pinehas, anak Imam Eleazar, kepada suku Ruben, Gad, dan separuh suku Manasye di daerah Gilead.

And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14 Imam Pinehas pergi bersama sepuluh orang pemuka dari kesepuluh suku Israel. Para pemimpin ini adalah kepala-kepala keluarga dalam marga mereka.

And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one [was] an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

15 Ketika mereka bertemu dengan suku Ruben, suku Gad dan separuh suku Manasye di daerah Gilead, mereka berkata,

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

16 “Beginilah kata seluruh umat TUHAN: Pengkhianatan macam apa ini yang kalian lakukan kepada Allah Israel? Kalian membangun mezbahmu sendiri. Dengan begitu kalian memberontak kepada TUHAN hari ini.

Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?

17 Dosa yang pernah kita lakukan di Peor sudah sangat parah sehingga sampai saat ini kita masih menanggung akibatnya.

[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

18 Sekarang, berani sekali kalian memberontak lagi kepada TUHAN. Kalau terus begini, TUHAN pasti akan melampiaskan murkanya lagi kepada seluruh umat Israel.

But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, [seeing] ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

19 “Kalau tanah kalian tidak kudus, menyeberanglah ke tanah TUHAN sendiri, di tempat kemah TUHAN berada, dan berdiamlah di antara kami. Tetapi jangan memberontak kepada TUHAN dan kepada kami dengan membangun untuk kalian sendiri sebuah mezbah selain mezbah TUHAN, Allah kita.

Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

20 Ingat bagaimana Akhan anak Zerah melanggar perintah TUHAN tentang barang-barang yang harus dimusnahkan. Akibatnya seluruh umat Israel dihukum! Yang berdosa hanya Akhan, tetapi yang mati bukan dia sendiri saja!”

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

21 Lalu suku Ruben, suku Gad, dan separuh suku Manasye menjawab para pemimpin Israel itu,

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

22 “TUHAN adalah Allah yang Mahakuasa! Hanya Dia yang Mahakuasa! Dia mahatahu! Pasti Dia tahu kenapa kami melakukan hal ini. Dan kalian, orang Israel juga harus tahu! Jika memang kami memberontak kepada TUHAN, jangan biarkan kami hidup hari ini!

The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if [it be] in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day, )

23 Jikalau kami membangun mezbah bagi kami sendiri untuk melawan TUHAN, atau untuk mempersembahkan kurban yang dibakar habis, persembahan gandum-ganduman, ataupun kurban tanda damai di atasnya, biarlah TUHAN sendiri yang menghukum kami.

That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require [it; ]

24 “Sungguh, saudara-saudara! Kami melakukan semua ini bukan untuk melawan TUHAN, tetapi karena kami kuatir kalau di kemudian hari, keturunan kalian akan berkata kepada keturunan kami, ‘Kalian tidak memiliki hubungan apa-apa dengan TUHAN, Allah Israel!

And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

25 TUHAN sudah menempatkan sungai Yordan ini di tengah-tengah kita sebagai pembatas antara kami dengan kalian, suku Ruben dan Gad. Kalian tidak punya hak untuk menyembah TUHAN.’ Dengan demikian, keturunan kalian mungkin dapat menyebabkan keturunan kami berhenti menyembah TUHAN.

For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

26 “Karena itu, kami memutuskan untuk membangun mezbah ini, bukan untuk kurban yang dibakar habis ataupun kurban sembelihan lainnya,

Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

27 tetapi sebagai sebuah pengingat antara kita dan keturunan kita, bahwa kami juga berhak menyembah TUHAN di hadapan-Nya dengan kurban yang dibakar habis, kurban sembelihan, dan kurban tanda damai. Dengan begitu, di kemudian hari keturunan kalian tidak akan berkata kepada keturunan kami, ‘Kalian tidak memiliki hubungan apa-apa dengan TUHAN.’

But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

28 “Jadi, maksud kami adalah, ‘Jikalau di kemudian hari keturunan kalian mengatakan hal seperti itu kepada keturunan kami, maka keturunan kami dapat menjawab: Lihatlah tiruan mezbah TUHAN yang dibangun nenek moyang kami, bukan untuk kurban yang dibakar habis ataupun kurban sembelihan lainnya tetapi sebagai sebuah pengingat antara kita.’

Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.

29 Kami sama sekali tidak bermaksud memberontak kepada TUHAN dengan membangun mezbah untuk kurban yang dibakar habis, persembahan gandum-ganduman, atau kurban sembelihan. Satu-satunya mezbah TUHAN Allah kita adalah yang berada di depan kemah-Nya!”

God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle.

30 Ketika Imam Pinehas dan para pemimpin Israel mendengar penjelasan dari suku Ruben, Gad, dan setengah suku Manasye itu, mereka merasa puas.

And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which [were] with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

31 Lalu Imam Pinehas menjawab mereka, “Hari ini kita semua tahu bahwa TUHAN ada di tengah-tengah kita dan tidak akan menghukum kita, karena kalian tidak memberontak kepada TUHAN seperti yang kami duga.”

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

32 Kemudian Imam Pinehas dan para pemimpin Israel meninggalkan suku Ruben dan suku Gad di daerah Gilead. Mereka kembali kepada orang Israel di negeri Kanaan dan menyampaikan apa yang terjadi.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

33 Orang Israel merasa senang mendengar berita itu dan memuji Allah. Mereka membatalkan niat mereka untuk berperang menghancurkan daerah suku Ruben dan Gad.

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

34 Suku Ruben dan Gad menamai mezbah itu Saksi, karena mezbah itu menjadi saksi di antara mereka bahwa TUHAN adalah Allah.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed: ] for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.