Matius 9
1 Sesudah itu Yesus bersama murid-murid-Nya naik ke perahu dan menyeberangi danau untuk kembali ke kota-Nya sendiri.
Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
2 Ketika mereka tiba, beberapa orang membawa kepada-Nya seorang yang lumpuh total dengan terbaring di atas tandu. Waktu Yesus mengetahui mereka percaya penuh bahwa Dia sanggup menyembuhkan orang lumpuh itu, Dia berkata kepadanya, “Anak muda, kuatkanlah hatimu. Aku sudah mengampuni dosa-dosamu.”
[Some men] brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed [that he could heal the paralyzed man], he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
3 Beberapa ahli Taurat yang mendengar perkataan Yesus itu berkata dalam hati mereka, “Orang ini menghina Allah!”
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws said among themselves, “[He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God] He is insulting God!”
4 Tetapi Yesus mengetahui apa yang mereka pikirkan, lalu berkata kepada mereka, “Kalian sudah salah dengan memikirkan hal yang jahat tentang Aku!
Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “(You should not think evil [thoughts], [accusing me because I claim that I am God]!/Why do you think evil [thoughts], [saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God]?) [RHQ]
5 Tentu kalian sulit menerima ketika Aku berkata kepada orang lumpuh ini, ‘Aku sudah mengampuni dosa-dosamu.’ Apakah kalian lebih mudah menerima kalau Aku berkata kepadanya, ‘Bangun dan pulanglah’?!
It would [not] be risky [for someone] to say [to this man], ‘[I] forgive your sins’, [because no one could see whether or not it really happened]. But [no one, without having the power to heal], would say [to him], ‘[Get] up and walk!’, [because people could easily see whether it happened or not!] [RHQ]
6 Tetapi, biarlah perkataan yang akan Aku ucapkan sekarang membuktikan kepada kalian bahwa Aku sebagai Sang Anak Adam berhak untuk mengampuni dosa manusia!” Lalu Yesus berkata kepada orang lumpuh itu, “Bangunlah, angkat tandumu dan pulanglah!”
[So I am going to do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized [me], the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins [of people while I am] on the earth, [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!”
7 Orang itu pun berdiri dan berjalan pulang.
And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
8 Ketika orang banyak menyaksikan hal itu, mereka terheran-heran lalu memuji Allah yang sudah memberikan kuasa seperti ini kepada manusia melalui Sang Anak Adam.
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
9 Ketika Yesus meninggalkan tempat itu, Dia melihat saya, Matius, sedang duduk di tempat kerja saya. Waktu itu saya masih menjadi penagih pajak. Kata Yesus kepada saya, “Ikutlah Aku!” Maka saya pun berdiri dan mengikut Yesus.
As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes [for the Roman government]. He said to me, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So I got up and went with him.
10 Kemudian waktu Yesus makan di rumah saya, banyak penagih pajak dan orang-orang lain yang juga dianggap orang berdosa datang untuk makan bersama Dia dan kami murid-murid-Nya.
[Then I invited] Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While [they] were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and [other people who were] {whom [the Pharisees]} [considered to be habitual] sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us.
11 Ketika orang-orang Farisi melihat hal itu, mereka bertanya kepada kami, “Kenapa guru kalian makan bersama para penagih pajak dan orang-orang berdosa yang lain?”
When the Pharisees saw [that, they came] to us disciples and said, “([It is disgusting that] your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
12 Mendengar pertanyaan mereka, Yesus menjawab dengan kiasan, “Orang sehat tidak memerlukan dokter. Yang memerlukan dokter adalah orang sakit.
Jesus heard what [they said], so he told them [this parable]: “[It is] people who are sick who need a [doctor] [MET], not people who are well.” [What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually].
13 Pergi dan pelajarilah maksud Allah ketika Dia berkata, ‘Aku lebih suka kalian menunjukkan belas kasihan kepada orang lain daripada mempersembahkan kurban kepada-Ku.’” Yesus pun menambahkan, “Begitu juga Aku. Aku datang untuk memanggil orang-orang berdosa supaya bertobat, bukan untuk orang-orang yang merasa dirinya benar.”
He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that [God said] mean: ‘I want you to [act] mercifully to people and not [just to offer] sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came [from heaven, not] to invite [people who think] [IRO] [that they are] righteous [to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are] sinners [to turn from their sins and come to me].”
14 Kemudian murid-murid Yohanes Pembaptis datang kepada Yesus dan bertanya, “Kami sering berpuasa, begitu juga anggota kelompok Farisi. Tetapi mengapa murid-murid-Mu tidak?”
Later, the disciples of John [the Baptizer] came to Jesus and asked him, “We [(exc)] and the Pharisees [often] abstain from food [to show that we want to please God], but your disciples do not do that. Why [do they not]?”
15 Jawab Yesus, “Dalam suatu pesta pernikahan, tamu-tamunya tidak mungkin disuruh berpuasa selama pengantin laki-laki masih ada bersama mereka. Begitu juga selama Aku masih bersama murid-murid-Ku, mereka tidak akan berpuasa. Tetapi bayangkanlah jika pengantin laki-laki dirampas dari teman-temannya. Itulah yang akan terjadi pada-Ku, dan saat itulah murid-murid-Ku akan berpuasa sebagai tanda dukacita.”
[Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], (his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?) [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the [/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”
16 Lalu Yesus memberikan dua kiasan lagi kepada mereka, “Kalau orang punya baju lama yang sudah robek, dia tidak akan menambal baju itu dengan kain yang baru. Karena kalau baju itu dicuci, kain baru yang ditambal itu akan mengerut dan membuat bagian yang robek itu semakin robek lagi.
[Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like] ([abstaining from food/fasting]) [MET]. [So he said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment], the patch would [shrink] and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger.
17 Begitu juga kalau orang mengolah air anggur yang baru, dia tidak akan memasukkannya ke dalam kantong kulit yang lama. Karena waktu air anggur itu menguap dan udaranya tidak bisa keluar, kantong itu akan robek sehingga air anggur tumpah dan kantong kulitnya dibuang. Karena itu, air anggur yang baru harus dimasukkan ke dalam kantong kulit yang baru juga, sehingga keduanya tersimpan dengan baik.”
Neither does anyone pour freshly-[squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear [because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They] would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} [on the ground]. Instead, [people] put new wine into new skin bags, [and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments]. As a result, both [the wine and the bags] are preserved.”
18 Sementara Yesus sedang mengajarkan hal-hal itu kepada mereka, datanglah seorang pemimpin orang Yahudi. Dia sujud di hadapan Yesus dan berkata, “Anak perempuan saya baru saja meninggal. Tetapi saya mohon datanglah ke rumah saya dan sentuhlah dia. Saya yakin dia akan hidup kembali.”
While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him [to show respect]. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live [again]!”
19 Kemudian Yesus berdiri dan mengikuti pemimpin itu ke rumahnya bersama kami para murid-Nya.
So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
20 Waktu Yesus berjalan, seorang perempuan mendekati-Nya dari belakang dan menyentuh rumbai jubah-Nya. Perempuan itu sudah dua belas tahun menderita sakit pendarahan.
Then a woman who [had been suffering constant vaginal] bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “[I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding]. So if I [touch him] or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed [without anyone finding out about it].” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.
21 Dia melakukan itu karena berpikir, “Kalau saya bisa menyentuh jubah-Nya saja, saya pasti sembuh.”
22 Yesus berbalik dan melihat perempuan itu, lalu kata-Nya, “Kuatkanlah hatimu. Karena kamu percaya penuh kepada-Ku, kamu sudah sembuh.” Seketika itu juga sembuhlah dia.
Then Jesus turned around [to see who had touched him]. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment.
23 Waktu Yesus tiba di rumah pemimpin orang Yahudi itu, Dia melihat para peniup seruling sudah mulai memainkan musik perkabungan dan orang banyak ribut karena menangisi anak itu.
Then Jesus [and some of us disciples] came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players [playing funeral music] and the crowd [that had gathered] wailing loudly [because the girl had died].
24 Lalu Yesus berkata, “Keluarlah! Anak ini tidak meninggal. Dia hanya tidur.” Tetapi mereka menertawakan Yesus.
[Knowing that he would cause her to live again], he said [to them], “Go away [and stop the funeral music and wailing], because the girl is not dead! She is [just] sleeping!” [The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead].
25 Sesudah orang banyak itu diusir keluar, Dia masuk ke dalam kamar anak itu dan memegang tangannya. Lalu anak itu pun bangun!
But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into [the room where the girl was lying]. He took hold of her hand and she [became alive again and] got up.
26 Berita tentang kejadian ini tersebar ke seluruh daerah tersebut.
And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
27 Ketika Yesus melanjutkan perjalanan, ada dua orang buta mengikuti Dia. Mereka berteriak-teriak, “Yesus, Keturunan Daud, kasihanilah kami!”
As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us [and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah], the Descendant of [King] David!”
28 Sewaktu Dia masuk ke suatu rumah, kedua orang buta itu datang menghadap-Nya. Yesus bertanya kepada mereka, “Apakah kalian percaya bahwa Aku sanggup membuat kalian melihat lagi?” Jawab mereka, “Ya Tuhan, kami percaya.”
Jesus went into the house, where he [was staying], and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able [to heal your eyes]?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”
29 Maka sambil menyentuh mata mereka, Dia berkata, “Jadilah sesuai dengan yang kalian percayai.”
Then he touched their eyes and he said [to them], “Because you believe [that I can heal your eyes], I am healing them [right now]!”
30 Dan mereka pun bisa melihat kembali! Lalu dengan tegas Yesus melarang mereka, “Jangan ceritakan kejadian ini kepada siapa pun.”
And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody [what I did for you]!”
31 Tetapi mereka pergi dan menceritakan berita tentang Yesus di seluruh daerah itu.
But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
32 Waktu kedua orang tadi sedang keluar rumah, beberapa orang datang kepada Yesus membawa seorang bisu yang dikuasai setan.
When [Jesus and we disciples] left [the house], some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}.
33 Setelah Yesus mengusir setan dari orang bisu itu, dia langsung bisa berbicara! Orang banyak yang ada di situ terheran-heran dan berkata, “Keajaiban seperti ini belum pernah terjadi di Israel!”
After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd [who saw this] marveled. They said, “Never before have [we seen] anything as [marvelous] as this happen in Israel!”
34 Tetapi orang-orang Farisi berkata, “Yesus mengusir setan-setan dengan kuasa iblis, pemimpin mereka.”
But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
35 Lalu Yesus mengunjungi semua kota dan kampung di provinsi Galilea. Di sana Dia mengajar di rumah-rumah pertemuan dan memberitakan Kabar Baik tentang kerajaan Allah. Dia juga menyembuhkan banyak orang dari segala macam penyakit.
Then [we] went [with] Jesus through many of [HYP] the cities and towns [in Galilee district. He was teaching (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places)], and preaching the good message about how God rules [over people’s lives]. He also was healing the [people who had] various diseases and illnesses.
36 Waktu melihat orang banyak yang datang kepada-Nya itu, Yesus merasa sangat kasihan kepada mereka karena mereka dalam kesusahan dan amat memerlukan pertolongan, seperti kawanan domba yang tidak mempunyai gembala.
When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. [They were] like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].
37 Lalu Dia berkata kepada kami murid-murid-Nya, “Semua ladang gandum ini sudah siap dipanen, tetapi orang yang menuainya hanya sedikit.
Then he gave [this illustration] to us disciples: “[The people who are ready to receive my message are like a] field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few [of you who are teaching people my message].
38 Oleh karena itu, berdoalah supaya TUHAN sang pemilik ladang-ladang ini mengirim para pekerja untuk menuai gandum itu.”
So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his [field to gather] the [MET] harvest.”
