Perjanjian Allah Dengan Abraham

Kejadian 11-15

God’s Covenant with Abraham

Kejadian 11-15

1. Bertahun-tahun setelah air bah, bertambah lagi jumlah manusia di dunia, dan mereka semua berbicara dengan bahasa yang sama. Tetapi orang-orang itu tidak taat kepada Allah. Bukannya beranak-cucu dan memenuhi bumi, mereka berkumpul bersama dan membangun sebuah kota.

1. Many years after the flood, there were again many people in the world, and they all spoke the same language. Instead of filling the earth as God had commanded, they gathered together and built a city.

Pertanyaan 1: Setelah air bah, apa manusia memenuhi bumi seperti yang diperintahkan Allah?
Pertanyaan 2: Berapa macam bahasa yang ada di bumi pada saat itu?

Jawaban 1: Tidak. Mereka berkumpul bersama dan membangun sebuah kota. [04-01]
Jawaban 2: Hanya ada satu bahasa. [04-01]

Question 1: After the flood, did the people fill the earth as God had commanded?
Question 2: How many different languages were there in the world at that time?

Answer 1: No. They gathered together and built a city. [04-01]
Answer 2: There was only one language. [04-01]

2. Mereka sangat bangga, dan mereka tidak perduli degan apa yang dikatakan Allah. Mereka membuat menara yang sangat tinggi untuk mencapai surga. Allah melihat bahwa kalau mereka terus bekerja sama, mereka bisa melakukan banyak hal yang jahat.

2. They were very proud, and they did not care about what God said. They even began building a tall tower to reach heaven. God saw that if they all kept working together to do evil, they could do many more sinful things.

Pertanyaan 3: Apa yang dilakukan manusia bersama-sama tetapi bukan untuk memenuhi bumi?

Jawaban 3: Mereka mulai membangun sebuah menara yang tinggi sampai ke langit. [04-02]

Question 3: What did the people work together to do instead of filling the earth?

Answer 3: The started to build a tall tower to reach heaven. [04-02]

3. Jadi Dia mengubah bahasa mereka menjadi banyak bahasa dan menyerahkan mereka ke seluruh dunia. Kota yang mereka buat disebut Babel, yang berarti "kebingungan."

3. So God changed their language into many different languages and spread the people out all over the world. The city they had begun to build was called Babel, which means, “confused.”

Pertanyaan 4: Apa yang dilakukan Allah untuk membuat manusia terserak ke seluruh bumi?
Pertanyaan 5: Apa nama kota yang sedang mereka bangun?
Pertanyaan 6: Apa arti nama Babel?

Jawaban 4: Dia mengubah bahasa mereka menjadi berbagai macam bahasa. [04-03]
Jawaban 5: Babel. [04-03]
Jawaban 6: Dikacaubalaukan. [04-03]

Question 4: What did God do to cause the people to spread out all over the world?
Question 5: What was the name of the city that they were building?
Question 6: What does the name "Babel" mean?

Answer 4: He changed their language into many different languages. [04-03]
Answer 5: Babel. [04-03]
Answer 6: Confused. [04-03]

4. Ratusan tahun kemudian, Allah berbicara kepada seorang yang bernama Abram. Allah mengatakan kepadanya, "Pergilah tinggalkan negeri ini bersama keluargamu dan pergilah ketempat yang akan Kutunjukkan kepadamu. Aku akan memberkatimu dan membuat engkau menjadi sebuah bangsa. Aku akan membuat namamu besar. Aku akan memberkati orang yang memberkatimu dan mengutuk orang yang mengutuk engkau. Melalui engkau semua keluarga di bumi akan diberkati.

4. Hundreds of years later, God spoke to a man named Abram. God told him, “Leave your country and family and go to the land I will show you. I will bless you and make you a great nation. I will make your name great. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All families on earth will be blessed because of you.”

Pertanyaan 7: Apa yang diperintahkan Allah kepada Abram?
Pertanyaan 8: Apa yang dijanjikan Allah akan dilakukan bagi Abram?

Jawaban 7: Allah menyuruh Abram untuk meninggalkan negeri dan keluarganya dan pergi ke negeri yang lain. [04-04]
Jawaban 8: Dia berjanji untuk memberi Abram seluruh negeri yang dia lihat, untuk memashyurkan namanya, menjadikan keturunannya bangsa yang besar, dan memberkati semua bangsa di bumi melalui dia. [04-04]

Question 7: What did God tell Abram to do?
Question 8: What did God promise to do for Abram?

Answer 7: God told Abram to leave his country and family and go to another land. [04-04]
Answer 8: He promised to give Abram all the land he could see, to make his name great, to make his descendants a great nation, and to bless all the families on earth through him. [04-04]

5. Maka Abram menaatinya. Dia pergi membawa istrinya, Sarai, dan semua pembantunya dan kawanan ternaknya dan pergi ke tempat yang ditunjukkan Allah,yaitu tanah Kanaan.

5. So Abram obeyed God. He took his wife, Sarai, together with all of his servants and everything he owned and went to the land God showed him, the land of Canaan.

Pertanyaan 9: Ke negeri mana Abram pergi?

Jawaban 9: Negeri Kanaan. [04-05]

Question 9: To which land did Abram go?

Answer 9: The land of Canaan. [04-05]

6. Ketika Abram sampai di Kanaan, Allah berkata, "Lihatlah sekelilingmu. Aku akan memberikan engkau dan keturunanmu sebagai warisan semua daratan yang engkau bisa lihat." Kemudian Abram tinggal di tanah itu.

6. When Abram arrived in Canaan, God said, “Look all around you. I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you can see as an inheritance.” Then Abram settled in the land.

Pertanyaan 10: Janji apa yang dikatakan Allah kepada Abram tentang Kanaan?

Jawaban 10: Allah akan memberikannya kepada Abram dan keturunannya sebagai warisan. [04-06]

Question 10: What promise did God make to Abram about Canaan?

Answer 10: God would give it to Abram and his descendants as an inheritance. [04-06]

7. Suatu hari, Abram bertemu Melkizedek, seorang pendeta Allah Mahatinggi. Melkizedek memberkati Abram dan berkata, "Biarlah Allah Yang Mahatinggi yang mempunyai surga dan bumi memberkati Abram." Kemudian Abram memberi Melkizedek sepersepuluh dari segala yang dia punya.

7. One day, Abram met Melchizedek, the priest of God Most High. Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, “May God Most High who owns heaven and earth bless Abram.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all he owned.

Pertanyaan 11: Siapa Melkisedek?
Pertanyaan 12: Apa yang dilakukan Melkisedek untuk Abram?
Pertanyaan 13: Apa yang diberikan oleh Abram kepada Melkisedek?

Jawaban 11: Dia adalah imam Allah Yang Mahatinggi. [04-07]
Jawaban 12: Dia memberkati Abram. [04-07]
Jawaban 13: Sepersepuluh dari milik kepunyaannya. [04-07]

Question 11: Who was Melchizedek?
Question 12: What did Melchizedek do for Abram?
Question 13: What did Abram give to Melchizedek?

Answer 11: He was the priest of God Most High. [04-07]
Answer 12: He blessed Abram. [04-07]
Answer 13: A tenth of all he owned. [04-07]

8. Banyak tahun berlalu, tetapi Abram dan Sarai masih tidak memiliki seorang anak laki-laki. Allah berkata kepada Abram dan berjanji lagi bahwa Abram akan memiliki seorang anak dan keturunan sebanyak bintang di langit. Abram mempercayai janji Allah. Allah lalu menyatakan bahwa Abram adalah orang benar karena dia percaya janji Allah.

8. Many years went by, but Abram and Sarai still did not have a son. God spoke to Abram and promised again that he would have a son and as many descendants as the stars in the sky. Abram believed God’s promise. God declared that Abram was righteous because he believed in God’s promise.

Pertanyaan 14: Apa yang dijanjikan Allah kepada Abram setelah dia tinggal di Kanaan selama beberapa tahun?
Pertanyaan 15: Mengapa Allah mengatakan bahwa Abram saleh?

Jawaban 14: Abram akan memiliki seorang anak dan keturunan sebanyak bintang di langit. [04-08]
Jawaban 15: Karena Abram percaya kepada janji Allah. [04-08]

Question 14: What did God promise Abram after he had lived in Canaan for many years?
Question 15: Why did God say Abram was righteous?

Answer 14: Abram would have a son and as many descendants as the stars in the sky. [04-08]
Answer 15: Because Abram believed God's promise. [04-08]

9. Kemudian Allah membuat suatu perjanjian dengan Abram. Allah berkata, "Aku akan memberi engkau seorang anak dari tubuhmu sendiri. Aku memberikan tanah Kanaan kepada keturunanmu." Tetapi Abram masih belum memiliki anak laki-laki.

9. Then God made a covenant with Abram. A covenant is an agreement between two parties. God said, “I will give you a son from your own body. I give the land of Canaan to your descendants.” But Abram still did not have a son.

Pertanyaan 16: Apa itu perjanjian?

Jawaban 16: Sebuah kesepakatan antara dua pihak. [04-09]

Question 16: What is a covenant?

Answer 16: An agreement between two parties. [04-09]