Exodus 5
1 Then Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and [one of them/us] said, “Yahweh God, whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says this [to you]: ‘Let my people go to the desert, in order that they may have a feast to [honor] me!’”
Kemudian Musa dan Harun pergi menghadap Firaun, lalu berkata kepadanya: "Beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Biarkanlah umat-Ku pergi untuk mengadakan perayaan bagi-Ku di padang gurun."
2 But the king said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I pay attention to what he says and let the Israeli [people] [MTY] go? I do not know Yahweh! And furthermore, I will not let the Israeli [people] go!”
Tetapi Firaun berkata: "Siapakah TUHAN itu yang harus kudengarkan firman-Nya untuk membiarkan orang Israel pergi? Tidak kenal aku TUHAN itu dan tidak juga aku akan membiarkan orang Israel pergi."
3 They/we replied, “Yahweh God, the one we Hebrews [worship], has (revealed himself/appeared) to us [and told us what to tell you]. So we ask you to [please] let us go on a three day journey into the desert. We must offer sacrifices to Yahweh God [there]. [If we do] not do that, he will cause us to die [IDM] from diseases or from attacks [by our enemies] [MTY].”
Lalu kata mereka: "Allah orang Ibrani telah menemui kami; izinkanlah kiranya kami pergi ke padang gurun tiga hari perjalanan jauhnya, untuk mempersembahkan korban kepada TUHAN, Allah kami, supaya jangan nanti mendatangkan kepada kami penyakit sampar atau pedang."
4 But the king of Egypt said to them/us, “Moses and Aaron, (stop trying to keep the Israeli people from working/why are you preventing the Israeli people from working?) [RHQ] [Tell those slaves] to return to work!”
Tetapi raja Mesir berkata kepada mereka: "Musa dan Harun, mengapakah kamu bawa-bawa bangsa ini melalaikan pekerjaannya? Pergilah melakukan pekerjaanmu!"
5 The king also said, “Listen [to me! You] people [who now live] in this land are now [more] numerous, and you want them [to stop working and] rest!”
Lagi kata Firaun: "Lihat, sekarang telah terlalu banyak bangsamu di negeri ini, masakan kamu hendak menghentikan mereka dari kerja paksanya!"
6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
Pada hari itu juga Firaun memerintahkan kepada pengerah-pengerah bangsa itu dan kepada mandur-mandur mereka sendiri:
7 “Do not continue to give the [Israeli] people straw for making bricks, as you have done previously. Make them go [into the fields] and gather straw for themselves.
"Tidak boleh lagi kamu memberikan jerami kepada bangsa itu untuk membuat batu bata, seperti sampai sekarang; biarlah mereka sendiri yang pergi mengumpulkan jerami,
8 But require them to make the same number of bricks that they did before. Do not decrease the number at all. They (are lazy/do not have enough work to do). That is the reason they are asking me to let them go [into the desert] to offer sacrifices to their god.
tetapi jumlah batu bata, yang harus dibuat mereka sampai sekarang, bebankanlah itu juga kepada mereka dan jangan menguranginya, karena mereka pemalas. Itulah sebabnya mereka berteriak-teriak: Izinkanlah kami pergi mempersembahkan korban kepada Allah kami.
9 Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
Pekerjaan orang-orang ini harus diperberat, sehingga mereka terikat kepada pekerjaannya dan jangan mempedulikan perkataan dusta."
10 So the slave bosses and supervisors of the slaves went to where the [Israeli] people were and said to them, “The king has said that he will no longer give you any straw.
Maka para pengerah bangsa itu dan para mandurnya pergi dan berkata kepada mereka: "Beginilah kata Firaun: Aku tidak memberi jerami lagi kepadamu.
11 [So] you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.” [LIT]
Pergilah kamu sendiri mengambil jerami, di mana saja kamu mendapatnya, tetapi pekerjaanmu sedikitpun tidak boleh kurang."
12 So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
Lalu berseraklah bangsa itu ke seluruh tanah Mesir untuk mengumpulkan tunggul gandum sebagai pengganti jerami.
13 The slave bosses kept telling them insistently, “Finish the work you are required to do each day, [making the same amount of bricks] as you did [before, when we gave you] straw!”
Dan pengerah-pengerah itu mendesak mereka dengan berkata: "Selesaikan pekerjaanmu, yaitu tugas sehari, seperti pada waktu ada jerami."
14 [When they were not able to do that], the slave bosses had the [Israeli supervisors] beaten [with sticks], and they asked them, “Why have [all the men you are supervising] not been able to make [the same number] of bricks today/now as [they did] before [RHQ]?”
Lalu pengerah-pengerah Firaun memukul mandur-mandur Israel, yang mereka angkat, sambil bertanya: "Mengapakah kamu pada hari ini tidak menyelesaikan jumlah batu bata yang harus kamu buat seperti kemarin?"
15 Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
Sesudah itu pergilah para mandur Israel kepada Firaun dan mengadukan halnya kepadanya: "Mengapakah tuanku berlaku seperti itu terhadap hamba-hambamu ini?
16 [Now] they are not giving us any straw [for making bricks], but they keep commanding us to make bricks. And now sometimes they beat us. But it is the fault of your own slave bosses [that we cannot make as many bricks as before]!”
Jerami tidak diberikan lagi kepada hamba-hambamu ini tetapi walaupun begitu, kami diperintahkan: Buatlah batu bata. Dan dalam pada itu hamba-hambamu ini dipukuli, padahal rakyat tuankulah yang bersalah."
17 But the king said, “You are lazy and do not [want to] work! That is why you keep saying, ‘Allow us to go [to the desert] and offer sacrifices to Yahweh.’
Tetapi ia berkata: "Pemalas kamu, pemalas! Itulah sebabnya kamu berkata: Izinkanlah kami pergi mempersembahkan korban kepada TUHAN!
18 So go and get back to work! [We] are not going to give you any straw, but you must keep making the same number of bricks!”
Jadi sekarang, pergilah, bekerja! Jerami tidak akan diberikan lagi kepadamu, tetapi jumlah batu bata yang sama harus kamu serahkan."
19 The Israeli supervisors realized that they were in a difficult situation, because they had been told, “We are not going to decrease the number of bricks [you must make] each day.”
Maka mengertilah para mandur Israel, bahwa mereka ada dalam keadaan susah, karena dikatakan kepada mereka: "Kamu tidak boleh mengurangi jumlah batu bata pada tiap-tiap hari."
20 As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
Waktu mereka meninggalkan Firaun berjumpalah mereka dengan Musa dan Harun, yang sedang menantikan mereka,
21 They said to Aaron and Moses/me, “Yahweh has seen [what] you two [have done] He will punish you [MTY], because you have caused the king and his officials to despise us! You have given them an excuse [MTY] to kill us!”
lalu mereka berkata kepada keduanya: "Kiranya TUHAN memperhatikan perbuatanmu dan menghukumkan kamu, karena kamu telah membusukkan nama kami kepada Firaun dan hamba-hambanya dan dengan demikian kamu telah memberikan pisau kepada mereka untuk membunuh kami."
22 Moses/I left them and prayed to Yahweh again, saying, “O Yahweh, why have you caused all these evil things to happen to your people [RHQ]? And why did you send me [here] [RHQ]?
Lalu Musa kembali menghadap TUHAN, katanya: "Tuhan, mengapakah Kauperlakukan umat ini begitu bengis? Mengapa pula aku yang Kauutus?
23 Ever since I went to the king and told him what you told me to say [MTY], he has treated your people very cruelly, and you have not done anything to help/rescue them!”
Sebab sejak aku pergi menghadap Firaun untuk berbicara atas nama-Mu, dengan jahat diperlakukannya umat ini, dan Engkau tidak melepaskan umat-Mu sama sekali."
