The curse of the monkey's paw - Iseult Gillespie

Translator: Meuthia Arumandanty Reviewer: Reno Kanti Riananda

The windows shuddered, the chimney howled,

Jendela bergetar, cerobong asap melolong,

and rain crashed upon Mr. and Mrs. White’s roof

dan hujan menghantam atap rumah Tuan dan Nyonya White

as they sat fireside with their son, Herbert.

saat mereka duduk di samping perapian bersama putra mereka, Herbert.

They were expecting someone...

Mereka menunggu seseorang...

When a knock finally sounded at the door,

Ketika sebuah ketukan akhirnya terdengar di pintu,

Mr. White rose and welcomed his old friend,

Tuan White bangkit dan menyambut teman lamanya,

Sergeant-Major Morris.

Sersan-Mayor Morris.

Time flew as the sergeant regaled the family with epic tales from faraway lands—

Waktu berlalu sementara sang Sersan menghibur keluarga White

dengan kisah epik dari negeri yang jauh—

until Mr. White asked about an artifact the sergeant had alluded to.

sampai Tuan White bertanya tentang artefak yang disebut sang Sersan.

Slowly, the sergeant produced the object from his pocket:

Perlahan, sang Sersan mengeluarkan sebuah benda dari sakunya:

a mummified monkey’s paw.

sebuah kaki monyet yang sudah diawetkan.

He explained that, in order to teach the consequences of meddling with fate,

Dia menjelaskan bahwa, untuk mengajarkan akibat dari mencampuri takdir

a holy man had imbued the paw with the power to grant three wishes to three men.

seorang pria suci telah memberikan kekuatan kepada kaki itu

untuk mengabulkan tiga permintaan dari tiga orang berbeda.

The sergeant said he’d obtained the paw after the first man made his final wish

Sang Sersan berkata dia mendapatkan kaki itu

setelah orang pertama membuat keinginan terakhirnya

for death.

untuk mati.

When Herbert asked why he hadn’t used his wishes,

Ketika Herbert bertanya mengapa dia tidak menggunakan keinginannya,

the sergeant tensed and replied simply that he had.

sang Sersan menegang

dan menjawab bahwa dia sudah melakukannya.

Suddenly, he flung the paw into the fire,

Tiba-tiba, sang Sersan melempar kaki itu ke perapian,

but Mr. White yelped and plucked it out of the flames.

tetapi Tuan White menjerit dan mengambilnya dari sana.

And despite the sergeant’s warnings,

Mengabaikan peringatan sang Sersan,

Mr. White persuaded him to part with the paw.

Tuan White membujuk sang Sersan untuk memberikan kaki itu kepadanya.

After their guest had gone, Herbert playfully suggested that his father wish

Setelah tamu mereka pulang, Herbert menyarankan agar ayahnya

for the rest of their home’s mortgage money.

meminta sisa uang hipotek rumah mereka.

Mr. White chuckled and wished for £200.

Tuan White terkekeh dan meminta 200 pound.

But just as the utterance left his lips, he screamed out in terror.

Namun, saat ucapan itu meninggalkan bibirnya, dia berteriak ketakutan.

The paw had curled in his grasp.

Kaki monyet itu terasa menggenggam tangannya.

The Whites soon bid each other good night.

Keluarga White kemudian berpisah untuk tidur.

But as Mr. White sat staring into the dying flames

Namun, ketika Tuan White duduk menatap api

that flickered in the fireplace,

yang berkedip di perapian,

they morphed into blazing faces before him.

api itu berubah menjadi wajah-wajah yang menyala di hadapannya.

He reached for a water glass to extinguish the apparition, but as he did,

Dia meraih gelas untuk memadamkan api, tetapi saat dia akan melakukannya,

the monkey’s paw grazed his hand ever so slightly.

kaki monyet itu menyenggol tangannya.

The morning's light soothed the night's disquiet,

Cahaya pagi muncul menenangkan kegelisahan malam,

and the family joked with one another about the paw’s magical powers.

dan Keluarga White bercanda tentang kekuatan magis kaki itu.

Herbert left for work,

Herbert kemudian pergi bekerja,

and Mr. and Mrs. White passed their day as usual.

dan Tuan dan Nyonya White menghabiskan hari mereka seperti biasa.

But as evening loomed, Mrs. White noticed a man at their gate,

Namun ketika malam tiba, Nyonya White melihat seorang pria di gerbang mereka,

who appeared to be deliberating whether to enter.

yang tampaknya bingung harus masuk atau tidak.

She ushered him in and he broke the news:

Dia menyuruhnya masuk dan pria itu menyampaikan berita:

Herbert had died, caught in the factory machinery.

Herbert telah meninggal,

terjebak dalam mesin pabrik.

To the Whites’ horror.

Yang lebih menakutkannya lagi,

the company would reward them compensation, the man went on,

pria itu juga berkata bahwa perusahaan akan memberikan kompensasi

in the form of £200.

dalam bentuk uang 200 pound.

They buried Herbert at a cemetery down the road,

Mereka mengubur Herbert di pemakaman dekat rumah mereka,

and over the following days,

dan hari-hari berikutnya,

the cold, heavy grief of their loss settled upon the home.

duka yang dingin dan berat menyelimuti rumah mereka.

One night, as Mr. White tried to comfort his weeping wife,

Suatu malam, ketika Tuan White mencoba menghibur istrinya yang menangis,

she bolted up, possessed by an idea.

Nyonya White tiba-tiba berdiri, sebuah ide merasukinya.

They still had the monkey’s paw— and Mr. White had two remaining wishes.

Mereka masih memiliki kaki monyet itu— dan Tuan White masih punya dua keinginan.

He could will their son back to life.

Tuan White bisa menghidupkan anaknya kembali.

Yet the thought of the monkey's paw and Herbert's mangled body,

Namun, pikiran tentang kaki monyet dan tubuh Herbert yang membusuk

reanimated after 10 days buried, petrified Mr. White.

dihidupkan kembali setelah 10 hari dikubur,

membuat Mr. White ketakutan.

Mrs. White, however, was insistent.

Nyonya White tetap bersikeras.

She hurried him downstairs to find the paw.

Dia menyuruh Tuan White turun dan mencari kaki monyet itu.

And, moved by his wife’s desperation,

Tergerak oleh keputusasaan istrinya,

Mr. White clutched it and wished for Herbert to be alive again,

Mr. White mencengkeram kaki itu dan meminta Herbert bisa hidup lagi,

then let the monkey’s paw fall to the floor.

lalu membiarkan kaki monyet itu jatuh ke lantai.

At first nothing happened,

Awalnya, tidak ada yang terjadi,

and Mr. White felt a sneaking sense of relief.

dan Tuan White diam-diam merasa lega.

His suspicions that the paw was just an inanimate token

Kecurigaannya bahwa kaki monyet itu hanyalah benda mati

and the death of his beloved son a sick coincidence

dan kematian putra kesayangannya hanyalah kebetulan yang aneh

were affirmed.

akhirnya terkonfirmasi.

But as he lit a candle, a gust of wind extinguished the flame.

Namun, saat dia menyalakan lilin, embusan angin memadamkan nyala api.

A moment later, Mr. White heard a tap at the door.

Sesaat kemudian, Tuan White mendengar ketukan di pintu.

Gradually, it crescendoed into a booming knock.

Perlahan-lahan, ketukan itu menjadi ketukan yang keras dan kasar.

He tried to restrain her, but Mrs. White rushed to the door.

Dia mencoba menahannya, tetapi Nyonya White bergegas ke pintu.

Her shaking hands struggled with its stubborn bolt,

Tangannya yang gemetar berjuang membuka gerendel pintunya yang macet,

and she begged her husband for help.

dan dia memohon bantuan suaminya.

Mr. White, however, was scrambling on the floor in frenzied horror,

Namun, Tuan White sedang merangkak di lantai dengan ketakutan menggebu,

hands outstretched, searching for the monkey’s paw.

tangannya meraba-raba, mencari kaki monyet itu.

The knocks quickened and crashed at the door.

Ketukan itu bertambah cepat menghantam pintu.

And with a final force, Mrs. White shrieked and wrenched the bolt free

Dan dengan kekuatan terakhir, Nyonya White menjerit dan membuka pintu

as Mr. White managed to seize the paw and choke out his third and final wish.

saat Tuan White menemukan kaki itu dan mengucapkan permintaan terakhirnya.

The door opened to reveal their empty, lamplit street,

Pintu terbuka menampilkan jalan kosong yang diterangi lampu,

and a frigid draft of air rushed into the house...

dan angin dingin berhembus masuk ke rumah...

Thus concludes W.W. Jacobs’ 1902 short story, “The Monkey’s Paw.”

Itulah akhir cerita “The Monkey’s Paw” karangan W.W. Jacobs di tahun 1902.