True and Untrue

Once on a time there were two brothers; one was called True, and the other Untrue. True was always upright and good towards all, but Untrue was bad and full of lies, so that no one could believe what he said. Their mother was a widow, and hadn’t much to live on; so when her sons had grown up, she was forced to send them away, that they might earn their bread in the world. Each got a little scrip with some food in it, and then they went their way.

Dahulu kala ada dua orang saudara laki-laki; satu bernama Benar, dan yang lain bernama Tak Benar. Benar selalu jujur dan baik terhadap semua orang, tetapi Tak Benar itu jahat dan penuh dusta, sehingga tak seorang pun bisa mempercayai apa yang dikatakannya. Ibu mereka adalah seorang janda, dan tidak memiliki banyak untuk hidup; jadi ketika putra-putranya sudah dewasa, ia terpaksa mengirim mereka pergi, agar mereka bisa mencari nafkah sendiri di dunia. Masing-masing mendapat sebuah kantong kecil berisi makanan, lalu mereka pun pergi.

Now, when they had walked till evening, they sat down on a windfall in the wood, and took out their scraps, for they were hungry after walking the whole day, and thought a morsel of food would be sweet enough.

Nah, setelah mereka berjalan hingga malam, mereka duduk di sebatang pohon tumbang di hutan, dan mengeluarkan bekal mereka, karena mereka lapar setelah berjalan seharian penuh, dan berpikir sepotong makanan pasti terasa cukup nikmat.

“If you’re of my mind”, said Untrue, “I think we had better eat out of your scrip, so long as there is anything in it, and after that we can take to mine.”

"Kalau kau sependapat denganku," kata Tak Benar, "kupikir sebaiknya kita makan dari kantongmu dulu, selama masih ada isinya, dan setelah itu kita bisa beralih ke kantongku."

Yes! True was well pleased with this, so they fell to eating, but Untrue got all the best bits, and stuffed himself with them, while True got only the burnt crusts and scraps.

Baiklah! Benar cukup senang dengan hal ini, jadi mereka mulai makan, tetapi Tak Benar mengambil semua bagian terbaik, dan menjejalkan dirinya dengan itu, sementara Benar hanya mendapat kerak gosong dan sisa-sisa.

Next morning they broke their fast off True’s food, and they dined off it too, and then there was nothing left in his scrip. So when they had walked till late at night, and were ready to eat again, True wanted to eat out of his brother’s scrip, but Untrue said “No”, the food was his, and he had only enough for himself.

Keesokan paginya mereka berbuka dengan makanan Benar, dan mereka juga makan siang dengan itu, dan kemudian tidak ada yang tersisa di kantongnya. Jadi ketika mereka telah berjalan hingga larut malam, dan siap makan lagi, Benar ingin makan dari kantong saudaranya, tetapi Tak Benar berkata "Tidak", makanan itu miliknya, dan ia hanya punya cukup untuk dirinya sendiri.

“Nay! but you know you ate out of my scrip so long as there was anything in it”, said True.

"Tidak! Tapi kau tahu kau makan dari kantongku selama masih ada isinya," kata Benar.

“All very fine, I daresay”, answered Untrue; “but if you are such a fool as to let others eat up your food before your face, you must make the best of it; for now all you have to do is to sit here and starve.”

"Bagus sekali, kurasa," jawab Tak Benar; "tapi kalau kau begitu bodoh sampai membiarkan orang lain menghabiskan makananmu di depan mukamu, kau harus menerimanya dengan lapang dada; sebab sekarang yang bisa kaulakukan hanyalah duduk di sini dan kelaparan."

“Very well!” said True, “you’re Untrue by name and untrue by nature; so you have been, and so you will be all your life long.”

"Baiklah!" kata Benar, "kau bernama Tak Benar dan berwatak tak benar; begitulah kau dulu, dan begitulah kau akan selamanya sepanjang hidupmu."

Now when Untrue heard this, he flew into a rage, and rushed at his brother, and plucked out both his eyes. “Now, try if you can see whether folk are untrue or not, you blind buzzard!” and so saying, he ran away and left him.

Nah ketika Tak Benar mendengar ini, ia meradang murka, dan menyerang saudaranya, dan mencungkil kedua matanya. "Sekarang, coba lihat apakah kau bisa tahu mana orang yang tak benar atau tidak, burung buta!" dan sambil berkata begitu, ia lari dan meninggalkannya.

Poor True! there he went walking along and feeling his way through the thick wood. Blind and alone, he scarce knew which way to turn, when all at once he caught hold of the trunk of a great bushy lime-tree, so he thought he would climb up into it, and sit there till the night was over for fear of the wild beasts.

Kasihan Benar! Di sana ia berjalan meraba-raba jalannya menembus hutan lebat. Buta dan sendirian, ia nyaris tak tahu ke mana harus berbelok, ketika tiba-tiba ia memegang batang sebatang pohon limau yang rimbun, jadi ia berpikir akan memanjatnya dan duduk di sana sampai malam berlalu karena takut pada binatang buas.

“When the birds begin to sing”, he said to himself, “then I shall know it is day, and I can try to grope my way farther on.” So he climbed up into the lime-tree. After he had sat there a little time, he heard how some one came and began to make a stir and clatter under the tree, and soon after others came; and when they began to greet one another, he found out it was Bruin the bear, and Greylegs the wolf, and Slyboots the fox, and Longears the hare who had come to keep St. John’s eve under the tree.

"Ketika burung-burung mulai berkicau," katanya pada dirinya sendiri, "maka aku akan tahu bahwa hari sudah siang, dan aku bisa mencoba meraba jalanku lebih jauh." Jadi ia memanjat naik ke pohon limau itu. Setelah ia duduk di sana beberapa saat, ia mendengar seseorang datang dan mulai membuat keributan dan gaduh di bawah pohon, dan segera setelah itu yang lain datang; dan ketika mereka mulai saling menyapa, ia mengetahui bahwa itu adalah Bruin sang beruang, dan Kaki Kelabu sang serigala, dan Si Licik sang rubah, dan Telinga Panjang sang kelinci yang datang untuk merayakan malam Santo Yohanes di bawah pohon itu.

So they began to eat and drink, and be merry; and when they had done eating, they fell to gossipping together. At last the Fox said:

Maka mereka mulai makan dan minum, dan bersenang-senang; dan setelah mereka selesai makan, mereka mulai bergosip bersama. Akhirnya sang Rubah berkata:

“Shan’t we, each of us, tell a little story while we sit here?” Well! the others had nothing against that. It would be good fun, they said, and the Bear began; for you may fancy he was king of the company.

"Bagaimana kalau kita masing-masing bercerita sebentar selagi kita duduk di sini?" Baiklah! yang lain tidak keberatan. Itu akan menyenangkan, kata mereka, dan sang Beruang pun memulai; sebab kaubisa membayangkan ia adalah raja perkumpulan itu.

“The king of England”, said Bruin, “has such bad eyesight, he can scarce see a yard before him; but if he only came to this lime-tree in the morning, while the dew is still on the leaves, and took and rubbed his eyes with the dew, he would get back his sight as good as ever.”

"Raja Inggris," kata Bruin, "penglihatannya begitu buruk, ia nyaris tak bisa melihat sejauh satu meter di depannya; tetapi jika saja ia datang ke pohon limau ini pada pagi hari, selagi embun masih ada di daun-daunnya, dan mengambil serta menggosokkan matanya dengan embun itu, ia akan mendapatkan kembali penglihatannya sebaik sedia kala."

“Very true!” said Greylegs. “The king of England has a deaf and dumb daughter too; but if he only knew what I know, he would soon cure her. Last year she went to the communion. She let a crumb of the bread fall out of her mouth, and a great toad came and swallowed it down; but if they only dug up the chancel floor, they would find the toad sitting right under the altar rails, with the bread still sticking in his throat. If they were to cut the toad open and take and give the bread to the princess, she would be like other folk again as to her speech and hearing.”

"Sungguh benar!" kata Kaki Kelabu. "Raja Inggris juga punya seorang putri yang tuli dan bisu; tetapi jika saja ia tahu apa yang kutahu, ia akan segera bisa menyembuhkannya. Tahun lalu ia pergi ke perjamuan kudus. Ia menjatuhkan sepotong remah roti dari mulutnya, dan seekor kodok besar datang dan menelannya; tetapi jika mereka menggali lantai altar, mereka akan menemukan kodok itu duduk tepat di bawah pagar altar, dengan roti itu masih tersangkut di kerongkongannya. Jika mereka membedah kodok itu dan mengambil roti itu lalu memberikannya kepada sang putri, ia akan kembali seperti orang lain dalam hal bicara dan pendengarannya."

“That’s all very well”, said the Fox; “but if the king of England knew what I know, he would not be so badly off for water in his palace; for under the great stone, in his palace-yard, is a spring of the clearest water one could wish for, if he only knew to dig for it there.”

"Itu bagus sekali," kata sang Rubah; "tapi jika Raja Inggris tahu apa yang kutahu, ia tidak akan begitu kekurangan air di istananya; sebab di bawah batu besar, di halaman istananya, ada sebuah mata air yang paling jernih yang bisa diinginkan siapa pun, jika saja ia tahu untuk menggali di sana."

“Ah!” said the Hare in a small voice; “the king of England has the finest orchard in the whole land, but it does not bear so much as a crab, for there lies a heavy gold chain in three turns round the orchard. If he got that dug up, there would not be a garden like it for bearing in all his kingdom.”

"Ah!" kata sang Kelinci dengan suara pelan; "Raja Inggris memiliki kebun buah paling indah di seluruh negeri, tetapi kebun itu tidak berbuah bahkan seburuk apel liar pun, sebab di sana terletak sebuah rantai emas berat yang melilit tiga putaran mengelilingi kebun itu. Jika ia menggalinya, tidak akan ada kebun seperti itu dalam hal berbuah di seluruh kerajaannya."

“Very true, I dare say”, said the Fox; “but now it’s getting very late, and we may as well go home.”

"Sungguh benar, kurasa," kata sang Rubah; "tapi sekarang sudah larut malam, dan sebaiknya kita pulang."

So they all went away together.

Maka mereka semua pergi bersama-sama.

After they were gone, True fell asleep as he sat up in the tree; but when the birds began to sing at dawn, he woke up, and took the dew from the leaves, and rubbed his eyes with it, and so got his sight back as good as it was before Untrue plucked his eyes out.

Setelah mereka pergi, Benar tertidur selagi ia duduk di atas pohon; tetapi ketika burung-burung mulai berkicau saat fajar, ia terbangun, dan mengambil embun dari daun-daun, dan menggosokkan matanya dengan itu, dan begitu ia mendapatkan kembali penglihatannya sebaik sebelum Tak Benar mencungkil matanya.

Then he went straight to the king of England’s palace, and begged for work, and got it on the spot. So one day the king came out into the palace-yard, and when he had walked about a bit, he wanted to drink out of his pump; for you must know the day was hot, and the king very thirsty; but when they poured him out a glass, it was so muddy, and nasty, and foul, that the king got quite vexed.

Kemudian ia pergi langsung ke istana Raja Inggris, dan memohon pekerjaan, dan mendapatkannya seketika itu juga. Maka suatu hari raja keluar ke halaman istana, dan setelah ia berjalan-jalan sebentar, ia ingin minum dari pompanya; sebab kautahu hari itu panas, dan raja sangat haus; tetapi ketika mereka menuangkan segelas air untuknya, air itu begitu keruh, dan buruk, dan kotor, sehingga raja menjadi sangat kesal.

“I don’t think there’s ever a man in my whole kingdom who has such bad water in his yard as I, and yet I bring it in pipes from far, over hill and dale”, cried out the king. “Like enough, your Majesty”, said True; “but if you would let me have some men to help me to dig up this great stone which lies here in the middle of your yard, you would soon see good water, and plenty of it.”

"Kurasa tidak ada seorang pun di seluruh kerajaanku yang memiliki air seburuk ini di halamannya seperti aku, padahal aku membawanya melalui pipa dari jauh, melewati bukit dan lembah," seru raja. "Sepertinya begitu, Yang Mulia," kata Benar; "tapi jika Anda mengizinkan saya memiliki beberapa orang untuk membantu saya menggali batu besar ini yang terletak di tengah halaman Anda, Anda akan segera melihat air yang baik, dan berlimpah pula."

Well! the king was willing enough; and they had scarcely got the stone well out, and dug under it a while, before a jet of water sprang out high up into the air, as clear and full as if it came out of a conduit, and clearer water was not to be found in all England.

Baiklah! raja pun cukup bersedia; dan mereka baru saja berhasil mengeluarkan batu itu, dan menggali di bawahnya sebentar, sebelum sebuah pancaran air menyembur tinggi ke udara, sejernih dan sederas seolah keluar dari sebuah saluran, dan air yang lebih jernih tidak akan ditemukan di seluruh Inggris.

A little while after the king was out in his palace-yard again, and there came a great hawk flying after his chicken, and all the king’s men began to clap their hands and bawl out, “There he flies!” “There he flies!” The king caught up his gun and tried to shoot the hawk, but he couldn’t see so far, so he fell into great grief.

Sesaat kemudian raja berada di halaman istananya lagi, dan datanglah seekor elang besar terbang mengejar ayamnya, dan semua orang raja mulai bertepuk tangan dan berteriak, "Di sana ia terbang!" "Di sana ia terbang!" Raja mengambil senapannya dan mencoba menembak elang itu, tetapi ia tak bisa melihat sejauh itu, jadi ia jatuh dalam kesedihan yang besar.

“Would to Heaven”, he said, “there was any one who could tell me a cure for my eyes; for I think I shall soon go quite blind!”

"Semoga Tuhan berkenan," katanya, "ada seseorang yang bisa memberitahuku sebuah obat untuk mataku; sebab kurasa aku akan segera menjadi buta sama sekali!"

“I can tell you one soon enough”, said True; and then he told the king what he had done to cure his own eyes, and the king set off that very afternoon to the lime-tree, as you may fancy, and his eyes were quite cured as soon as he rubbed them with the dew which was on the leaves in the morning. From that time forth there was no one whom the king held so dear as True, and he had to be with him wherever he went, both at home and abroad.

"Aku bisa memberitahumu satu dengan cukup mudah," kata Benar; lalu ia menceritakan kepada raja apa yang telah ia lakukan untuk menyembuhkan matanya sendiri, dan raja pun berangkat sore itu juga ke pohon limau, seperti yang bisa kaubayangkan, dan matanya benar-benar sembuh begitu ia menggosoknya dengan embun yang ada di daun-daun pada pagi hari. Sejak saat itu tidak ada seorang pun yang begitu disayangi raja seperti Benar, dan ia harus bersamanya ke mana pun ia pergi, baik di dalam maupun di luar negeri.

So one day, as they were walking together in the orchard, the king said, “I can’t tell how it is that I can’t! there isn’t a man in England who spends so much on his orchard as I, and yet I can’t get one of the trees to bear so much as a crab.”

Maka suatu hari, ketika mereka berjalan bersama di kebun buah, raja berkata, "Aku tak mengerti bagaimana bisa, aku tak mengerti! Tak ada seorang pun di Inggris yang mengeluarkan begitu banyak biaya untuk kebun buahnya seperti aku, namun aku tak bisa membuat satu pun pohon berbuah bahkan seburuk apel liar."

“Well! well!” said True; “if I may have what lies three times twisted round your orchard, and men to dig it up, your orchard will bear well enough.”

"Nah! Nah!" kata Benar; "jika saya boleh memiliki apa yang terletak melilit tiga putaran mengelilingi kebun buah Anda, dan orang-orang untuk menggalinya, kebun buah Anda akan berbuah dengan sangat baik."

Yes! the king was quite willing, so True got men and began to dig, and at last he dug up the whole gold chain. Now True was a rich man; far richer indeed than the king himself, but still the king was well pleased, for his orchard bore so that the boughs of the trees hung down to the ground, and such sweet apples and pears nobody had ever tasted.

Baiklah! raja pun sangat bersedia, jadi Benar mendapatkan orang-orang dan mulai menggali, dan akhirnya ia menggali seluruh rantai emas itu. Kini Benar adalah orang kaya; bahkan jauh lebih kaya daripada raja sendiri, tetapi raja tetap senang, sebab kebun buahnya berbuah begitu lebat sehingga dahan-dahan pohonnya menjuntai hingga ke tanah, dan apel serta pir yang begitu manis tak pernah dirasakan siapa pun sebelumnya.

Another day too the king and True were walking about, and talking together, when the princess passed them, and the king was quite downcast when he saw her.

Suatu hari lain pula raja dan Benar sedang berjalan-jalan, dan berbincang bersama, ketika sang putri melewati mereka, dan raja menjadi sangat murung ketika melihatnya.

“Isn’t it a pity, now, that so lovely a princess as mine should want speech and hearing”, he said to True.

"Bukankah ini disayangkan, kini, bahwa putri secantik milikku ini harus kekurangan kemampuan bicara dan pendengaran," katanya kepada Benar.

“Ay, but there is a cure for that”, said True.

"Ya, tapi ada obat untuk itu," kata Benar.

When the king heard that, he was so glad that he promised him the princess to wife, and half his kingdom into the bargain, if he could get her right again. So True took a few men, and went into the church, and dug up the toad which sat under the altar-rails. Then he cut open the toad, and took out the bread and gave it to the king’s daughter; and from that hour she got back her speech, and could talk like other people.

Ketika raja mendengar itu, ia begitu gembira sehingga ia berjanji akan memberikan putrinya sebagai istri, dan separuh kerajaannya pula, jika ia bisa menyembuhkannya kembali. Maka Benar membawa beberapa orang, dan masuk ke gereja, dan menggali kodok yang duduk di bawah pagar altar. Kemudian ia membedah kodok itu, dan mengambil roti itu dan memberikannya kepada putri raja; dan sejak saat itu ia mendapatkan kembali kemampuan bicaranya, dan bisa berbicara seperti orang-orang lain.

Now True was to have the princess, and they got ready for the bridal feast, and such a feast had never been seen before; it was the talk of the whole land. Just as they were in the midst of dancing the bridal-dance in came a beggar lad, and begged for a morsel of food, and he was so ragged and wretched that every one crossed themselves when they looked at him; but True knew him at once, and saw that it was Untrue, his brother.

Kini Benar akan mendapatkan sang putri, dan mereka bersiap untuk pesta pernikahan, dan pesta seperti itu belum pernah terlihat sebelumnya; itu menjadi bahan pembicaraan seluruh negeri. Tepat ketika mereka sedang di tengah-tengah menari tarian pengantin, masuklah seorang anak pengemis, dan memohon sepotong makanan, dan ia begitu compang-camping dan menyedihkan sehingga setiap orang membuat tanda salib ketika memandangnya; tetapi Benar langsung mengenalinya, dan melihat bahwa itu adalah Tak Benar, saudaranya.

“Do you know me again?” said True.

"Apakah kau mengenaliku lagi?" kata Benar.

“Oh! where should such a one as I ever have seen so great a lord”, said Untrue.

"Oh! dari mana orang seperti saya pernah melihat tuan sebesar ini," kata Tak Benar.

“Still you have seen me before”, said True. “It was I whose eyes you plucked out a year ago this very day. Untrue by name, and untrue by nature; so I said before, and so I say now; but you are still my brother, and so you shall have some food. After that, you may go to the lime-tree where I sat last year; if you hear anything that can do you good, you will be lucky.”

"Namun kau pernah melihatku sebelumnya," kata Benar. "Akulah orang yang matanya kaucungkil setahun yang lalu tepat pada hari ini. Bernama Tak Benar, dan berwatak tak benar; begitu kukatakan dulu, dan begitu kukatakan sekarang; tapi kau tetap saudaraku, jadi kau akan mendapat makanan. Setelah itu, kau boleh pergi ke pohon limau tempat aku duduk tahun lalu; jika kau mendengar sesuatu yang bisa berguna bagimu, kau akan beruntung."

So Untrue did not wait to be told twice. “If True has got so much good by sitting in the lime-tree, that in one year he has come to be king over half England, what good may not I get”, he thought. So he set off and climbed up into the lime-tree. He had not sat there long, before all the beasts came as before, and ate and drank, and kept St. John’s eve under the tree.

Maka Tak Benar tidak menunggu untuk disuruh dua kali. "Jika Benar mendapat begitu banyak kebaikan dengan duduk di pohon limau itu, sehingga dalam satu tahun ia menjadi raja atas separuh Inggris, kebaikan apa yang tidak bisa kudapat," pikirnya. Maka ia berangkat dan memanjat naik ke pohon limau itu. Ia belum lama duduk di sana, sebelum semua binatang datang seperti sebelumnya, dan makan dan minum, dan merayakan malam Santo Yohanes di bawah pohon itu.

When they had left off eating, the Fox wished that they should begin to tell stories, and Untrue got ready to listen with all his might, till his ears were almost fit to fall off. But Bruin the bear was surly, and growled and said:

Ketika mereka telah selesai makan, sang Rubah berkeinginan agar mereka mulai bercerita, dan Tak Benar bersiap mendengarkan dengan sekuat tenaga, hingga telinganya nyaris copot. Tetapi Bruin sang beruang sedang bersungut-sungut, dan menggeram serta berkata:

“Some one has been chattering about what we said last year, and so now we will hold our tongues about what we know”; and with that the beasts bade one another “Good-night”, and parted, and Untrue was just as wise as he was before, and the reason was, that his name was Untrue, and his nature untrue too.

"Seseorang telah membocorkan apa yang kita katakan tahun lalu, jadi sekarang kita akan menutup mulut tentang apa yang kita ketahui"; dan dengan itu binatang-binatang itu saling mengucapkan "Selamat malam", dan berpisah, dan Tak Benar tetap sama bodohnya seperti sebelumnya, dan alasannya adalah, karena namanya Tak Benar, dan wataknya pun tak benar juga.