Cerita Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih beserta Terjemahannya

Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah

Bawang Putih lived with her step mother and her step sister, Bawang Merah. Bawang Putih’s mother died when she was a baby. Her father remarried another woman and later her step sister was born. Unfortunately, not long after that her father died. Since then, Bawang Putih’s life was sad. Her step mother and her step sister treated Bawang Putih badly and always asked her to do all the household chores.

One morning, Bawang Putih was washing some clothes in a river. Accidentally, her mother’s clothes were washed away by the river. She was really worried so she walked along the river side to find the clothes. Finally she met an old woman. She said that she kept the clothes and would give them back to Bawang Putih if she helped the old woman do the household chores. Bawang Putih helped her happily. After everything was finished, the old woman returned the clothes. She also gave Bawang Putih a gift. The old woman had two pumpkins, one pumpkin was small and the other one was big. Bawang Putih had to choose one.

Bawang Putih was not a greedy girl. So she took the small one. After thanking the old woman, Bawang Putih then went home. When she arrived home, her step mother and Bawang Merah were angry. They had been waiting for her all day long. Bawang Putih then told about the clothes, the old woman, and the pumpkin. Her mother was really angry so she grabbed the pumpkin and smashed it to the floor. Suddenly they all were surprised. Inside the pumpkin they found jewelries. “Bawang Merah, hurry up. Go to the river and throw my clothes into the water. After that, find the old woman. Remember, you have to take the big pumpkin,” the step mother asked Bawang Merah to do exactly the same as Bawang Putih’s experience. Bawang Merah immediately went to the river. She threw the clothes and pretended to search them. Not long after that, she met the old woman. Again she asked Bawang Merah to do household chores. She refused and asked the old woman to give her a big pumpkin. The old woman then gave her the big one. Bawang Merah was so happy. She ran very fast. When she arrived home, her mother was impatient. She directly smashed the pumpkin to the floor. They were screaming. There were a lot of snakes inside the pumpkin! They were really scared. They were afraid the snakes would bite them. “Mom, I think God just punished us. We had done bad things to Bawang Putih. And God didn’t like that. We have to apologize to Bawang Putih,” said Bawang Merah.

Finally both of them realized their mistakes. They apologized and Bawang Putih forgave them. Now the family is not poor anymore. Bawang Putih decided to sell all the jewelries and used the money for their daily lives.

TERJEMAHAN

Bawang Putih tinggal bersama ibu tirinya dan kakak tirinya, Bawang Merah. Ibu Bawang Putih meninggal ketika dia masih bayi. Ayahnya menikah lagi dengan wanita lain dan kemudian adik tirinya lahir. Sayangnya, tidak lama setelah itu ayahnya meninggal. Sejak itu, kehidupan Bawang Putih menyedihkan. Ibu tirinya dan adik tirinya memperlakukan Bawang Putih dengan buruk dan selalu memintanya untuk melakukan semua pekerjaan rumah tangga.

Suatu pagi, Bawang Putih sedang mencuci pakaian di sungai. Tak sengaja, pakaian ibunya hanyut ke sungai. Dia benar-benar khawatir sehingga dia berjalan di sepanjang sisi sungai untuk menemukan pakaian. Akhirnya dia bertemu dengan seorang wanita tua. Dia mengatakan bahwa dia membawa pakaian itu dan akan mengembalikannya kembali ke Bawang Putih jika ia membantu wanita tua melakukan pekerjaan rumah tangga. Bawang Putih membantunya dengan senang hati. Setelah semuanya selesai, wanita tua mengembalikan  pakaian itu. Dia juga memberikan Bawang Putih hadiah. Wanita tua memiliki dua labu, satu labu kecil dan yang satu besar. Bawang Putih harus memilih salah satu.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Bawang Putih bukan gadis serakah. Jadi dia mengambil satu yang kecil. Setelah berterima kasih kepada wanita tua, Bawang Putih kemudian pulang. Ketika dia tiba di rumah, ibu tirinya dan Bawang Merah marah. Mereka telah menunggunya sepanjang hari. Bawang Putih kemudian menceritakan tentang pakaian, wanita tua, dan labu. Ibunya benar-benar marah sehingga ia meraih labu dan hancur itu ke lantai. Tiba-tiba mereka semua terkejut. Di dalam labu mereka menemukan perhiasan. "Bawang Merah, cepatlah. Pergi ke sungai dan melemparkan pakaian ke dalam air. Setelah itu, temukan wanita tua. Ingat, kamu harus mengambil labu besar, " ibu tiri meminta Bawang Merah untuk melakukan hal yang sama seperti pengalaman Bawang Putih itu. Bawang Merah segera pergi ke sungai. Dia melemparkan pakaian dan berpura-pura untuk mencarinya. Tidak lama setelah itu, ia bertemu dengan wanita tua. Sekali lagi, dia meminta Bawang Merah untuk melakukan pekerjaan rumah tangga. Dia menolak dan meminta wanita tua untuk memberinya labu besar. Wanita tua itu kemudian memberinya satu yang besar. Bawang Merah sangat bahagia. Dia berlari sangat cepat. Ketika dia tiba di rumah, ibunya tidak sabar. Dia langsung menghancurkan labu ke lantai. Mereka berteriak. Ada banyak ular di dalam labu! Mereka benar-benar takut. Mereka takut ular akan menggigit mereka. "Ibu, saya pikir Tuhan baru menghukum kita. Kita telah melakukan hal-hal yang buruk kepada Bawang Putih. Dan Tuhan tidak suka itu. Kita harus meminta maaf kepada Bawang Putih, "kata Bawang Merah.

Akhirnya mereka berdua menyadari kesalahan mereka. Mereka meminta maaf dan Bawang Putih mengampuni mereka. Sekarang keluarga itu tidak miskin lagi. Bawang Putih memutuskan untuk menjual semua perhiasan dan menggunakan uang itu untuk kehidupan sehari-hari mereka.