Bilangan 21
1 Di bagian selatan negeri Kanaan, terdapat kota Arad milik orang Kanaan. Ketika raja Arad mendengar bahwa orang Israel datang melewati jalan desa Atarim, dia menyergap mereka dan menangkap beberapa orang sebagai tawanan.
The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
2 Maka orang Israel bersumpah kepada TUHAN, “Apabila Engkau membuat kami menang atas bangsa itu maka kami akan memusnahkan mereka seluruhnya dan kami akan membumihanguskan kota mereka sebagai akibat kutukan-Mu.”
Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
3 TUHAN mendengar permintaan orang Israel dan membuat mereka menang atas bangsa Kanaan. Kemudian mereka memusnahkan banyak orang dari daerah itu dan menghancurkan kota-kota mereka untuk menjadi bukti kuasa kutukan TUHAN. Itulah sebabnya tempat itu dinamakan Horma, yang berarti kehancuran.
Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
4 Kemudian orang Israel berangkat dari gunung Hor dan pergi melalui jalan yang menuju ke Laut Merah supaya tidak memasuki daerah bangsa Edom. Tetapi di tengah perjalanan, mereka menjadi tidak sabar
Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
5 dan mulai bersungut-sungut terhadap Musa— yang berarti terhadap Allah juga— dengan berkata, “Buat apa kamu membawa kami keluar dari Mesir untuk hidup di padang belantara ini?! Tampaknya kamu sengaja mau membunuh kami! Di sini tidak ada roti ataupun air minum. Yang ada hanya manna, dan kami sudah muak makan roti murahan ini!”
and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
6 Maka TUHAN mengirim ular-ular berbisa ke tengah-tengah orang Israel. Ular-ular itu menggigit mereka, sehingga banyak yang mati.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
7 Kemudian mereka datang kepada Musa dan berkata, “Kami sudah berdosa karena kami bersungut-sungut terhadap TUHAN dan terhadapmu. Berdoalah kepada TUHAN supaya Dia menyingkirkan ular-ular ini.” Maka Musa mendoakan mereka.
Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
8 Lalu berkatalah TUHAN kepada Musa, “Buatlah tiruan ular dari perunggu dan taruhlah di atas tiang. Setiap orang yang digigit ular akan sembuh jika dia memandang benda itu.”
Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
9 Lalu Musa membuat tiruan ular dari perunggu dan menaruhnya di atas tiang. Setiap orang yang digigit ular menjadi sembuh kalau dia memandang tiruan ular dari perunggu itu.
So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
10 Sesudah itu, orang Israel meneruskan perjalanan dan berkemah di Obot.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 Dari sana, mereka melanjutkan perjalanan dan berkemah di reruntuhan Abarim, di padang belantara di sebelah timur daerah Moab.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 Kemudian mereka kembali melanjutkan perjalanan dan berkemah di lembah Zered.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 Dari sana, mereka terus pergi dan menyeberangi sungai Arnon, dan berkemah di padang belantara di wilayah orang Amori. Sungai Arnon adalah perbatasan antara wilayah orang Moab dan wilayah orang Amori.
Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
14 Tempat-tempat ini juga disebut dalam Kitab Pertempuran TUHAN. Di kitab itu tertulis, “… Waheb di daerah Sufa, jurang-jurang di sekitar anak sungai Arnon,
That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
15 dan lereng-lereng lembah yang terbentang sampai ke kota Ar dan menuju perbatasan daerah Moab.”
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 Dari sana, mereka pergi ke sebuah tempat yang disebut Sumur. Di sinilah TUHAN pernah berkata kepada Musa, “Kumpulkanlah bangsa Israel. Aku akan memberi air kepada mereka.”
From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
17 Pada waktu itu, orang Israel menyanyikan lagu ini: “Hai Sumur, meluaplah! Mari kita nyanyikan lagu mengenai sumur ini,
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 yang digali para pemuka dan pemimpin Israel dengan tongkat-tongkat kepemimpinan mereka.” Dari sana mereka melanjutkan perjalanan ke Matana,
Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
19 lalu ke Nahaliel, dan kemudian ke Bamot.
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 Sesudah itu mereka pergi ke lembah di daerah Moab di bawah puncak gunung Pisga yang menghadap padang belantara.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Lalu orang Israel mengirim utusan kepada Sihon, raja orang Amori, untuk menyampaikan pesan ini,
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 “Izinkanlah kami melewati negerimu. Kami tidak akan berjalan lewat ladang ataupun kebun anggur kalian. Kami juga tidak akan minum air dari sumur kalian. Kami hanya akan lewat jalan utama sampai kami keluar dari wilayahmu.”
“Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
23 Tetapi Sihon tidak mengizinkan orang Israel melewati negerinya, dia malah mengumpulkan seluruh pasukannya untuk menyerang di padang belantara, di mana mereka menyerang bangsa Israel di desa Yahas.
But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
24 Tetapi orang Israel membantai mereka dan menduduki negeri itu, mulai dari sungai Arnon di selatan sampai ke sungai Yabok di utara. Di timur, Israel hanya menguasai sampai perbatasan wilayah orang Amon, karena pertahanan mereka sangat kuat.
But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
25 Dengan demikian orang Israel merebut semua kota orang Amori, termasuk Hesbon dan kota-kota kecil lainnya, lalu mereka menetap di sana.
So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
26 Hesbon adalah ibukota Sihon. Dulu, Sihon berperang melawan raja orang Moab yang sebelumnya berkuasa di sana dan merebut seluruh wilayahnya sampai ke sungai Arnon.
Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
27 Itulah sebabnya para penyair menceritakan kisah kemenangan Raja Sihon, “Datanglah ke Hesbon, biarlah kota ini dibangun kembali. Mulai sekarang, biarlah kota kedudukan Raja Sihon ini berjaya.
For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
28 Dahulu, pasukan Sihon maju dari Hesbon seperti nyala api. Mereka keluar dari kota Raja Sihon bagaikan kobaran api yang membakar habis kota Ar di Moab dan melahap penduduk bukit-bukit di sepanjang sungai Arnon.
A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
29 Celakalah kalian, orang Moab! Binasalah kalian, para pemuja Kamos! Dewa kalian sudah membiarkan anak-anak laki-laki kalian menjadi pengungsi dan anak-anak perempuan kalian menjadi tawanan Sihon, raja orang Amori.
You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
30 Tetapi sekarang, pasukan Sihon sudah membinasakan bangsa Moab dari Hesbon ke Dibon, dan sampai Nofah dekat Medeba.”
But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
31 Orang Israel pun menetap di daerah orang Amori.
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 Kemudian Musa menyuruh beberapa orang mengintai kota Yazer untuk mencari jalan menyerang kota itu. Lalu orang Israel merebut kota itu serta kota-kota kecil di sekitarnya, dan mengusir orang-orang Amori yang ada di sana.
After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
33 Kemudian orang Israel berbelok dan naik ke arah daerah Basan. Di sana pasukan Og, raja orang Basan, menyerang mereka di kota Edrei.
Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
34 Tetapi TUHAN berkata kepada Musa, “Jangan takut kepadanya! Sebab Aku sudah putuskan untuk membuat kamu menang atas dia. Rakyatnya dan seluruh daerahnya pun akan jatuh ke tanganmu. Kalian akan memperlakukan dia sama seperti kalian memperlakukan raja Sihon.”
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
35 Maka pasukan Israel mengalahkan dan membunuh Raja Og, anak-anaknya, dan seluruh rakyatnya. Tidak ada seorang pun yang selamat. Kemudian bangsa Israel menduduki negeri itu juga.
And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
