Genesis 42
1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
Ketika Yakub mendapat kabar bahwa ada persediaan gandum di Mesir, dia berkata kepada anak-anaknya, “Kalian jangan diam saja!”
2 He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
Lanjut Yakub, “Aku dengar ada gandum di Mesir. Pergilah ke sana dan belilah gandum supaya kita tidak mati kelaparan!”
3 Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Maka kesepuluh kakak Yusuf pergi ke Mesir untuk membeli gandum.
4 But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
Tetapi Yakub sengaja tidak mengizinkan Benyamin, adik kandung Yusuf, untuk ikut bersama kakak-kakak tirinya, sebab pikirnya, “Jangan sampai terjadi apa-apa padanya.”
5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Kesepuluh anak Yakub berangkat bersama para pembeli lainnya, karena bencana kelaparan melanda seluruh negeri Kanaan.
6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
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.
7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
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.”
8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
Meskipun Yusuf mengenali kakak-kakaknya, mereka sudah tidak mengenalinya lagi.
9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
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!”
10 They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
Jawab mereka, “Tidak, Tuan! Hamba-hambamu ini datang hanya untuk membeli bahan makanan.
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
Kami semua anak dari satu ayah. Kami bukan penipu atau mata-mata!”
12 He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
Kata Yusuf, “Tidak! Kalian pasti datang ke sini untuk menyelidiki letak kelemahan negeri kami!”
13 They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
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.”
14 Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
Tetapi Yusuf berkata kepada mereka, “Seperti yang sudah saya katakan, kalian ini mata-mata!
15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
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.
16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
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!”
17 He put them all together into custody for three days.
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.
18 Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
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.
20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
Bawalah adik bungsu kalian kepadaku. Dengan begitu, kalian membuktikan bahwa kalian dapat dipercaya, sehingga kalian tidak akan dihukum mati.” Saudara-saudara Yusuf pun setuju.
21 They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
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.”
22 Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
Ruben berkata, “Saat itu sudah kukatakan agar kita jangan menyakiti anak itu, tetapi kalian tidak menghiraukan perkataanku. Sekarang kita menerima balasan atas perbuatan kita.”
23 They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
Mereka tidak tahu bahwa Yusuf mengerti percakapan mereka, karena sebelumnya mereka berbicara dengan Yusuf melalui seorang penerjemah.
24 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
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.
25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
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.
26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
Sesudah karung-karung itu dimuat ke atas punggung keledai-keledai mereka, orang-orang itu pun berangkat.
27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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.
28 He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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?”
29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
Beberapa hari kemudian, setibanya di rumah, mereka menceritakan kepada Yakub semua yang sudah terjadi,
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
“Penguasa di negeri itu berbicara dengan kasar dan menuduh kami sebagai mata-mata.
31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
Kami sudah menjelaskan, ‘Kami bukan penipu, bukan mata-mata.
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Kami dua belas bersaudara. Satu adik kami sudah meninggal, dan yang bungsu tinggal bersama ayah kami di Kanaan.’
33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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.
34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
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.’”
35 As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
Sewaktu mereka membongkar muatan bahan makanan, tampaklah uang mereka sudah dikembalikan ke dalam karung masing-masing. Melihat itu, Yakub dan anak-anaknya sangat ketakutan.
36 Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
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!”
37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”
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!”
38 He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
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)
