2 Chronicles 18

1 Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.

Ketika Yosafat kaya dan sangat terhormat, ia menjadi besan Ahab.

2 And after some years he went down to Samaria to see Ahab. And Ahab made a feast for him and the people who were with him, putting to death great numbers of sheep and oxen; and he got Jehoshaphat to go with him to Ramoth-gilead.

Beberapa tahun kemudian, pergilah ia kepada Ahab di Samaria. Ahab menyembelih banyak kambing domba dan lembu sapi untuk dia dan rombongannya, dan mengajaknya untuk menyerang Ramot-Gilead.

3 For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.

Berkatalah Ahab, raja Israel, kepada Yosafat, raja Yehuda: "Maukah engkau pergi ke Ramot-Gilead bersama-sama aku?" Jawabnya kepadanya: "Kita sama-sama, aku dan engkau, rakyatmu dan rakyatku, aku akan bersama-sama engkau di dalam perang."

4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

Tetapi Yosafat berkata kepada raja Israel: "Baiklah tanyakan dahulu firman TUHAN."

5 So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.

Lalu raja Israel mengumpulkan para nabi, empat ratus orang banyaknya, kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada mereka: "Apakah kami boleh pergi berperang melawan Ramot-Gilead atau aku membatalkannya?" Jawab mereka: "Majulah! Allah akan menyerahkannya ke dalam tangan raja."

6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?

Tetapi Yosafat bertanya: "Tidak adakah lagi di sini seorang nabi TUHAN, supaya dengan perantaraannya kita dapat meminta petunjuk?"

7 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Jawab raja Israel kepada Yosafat: "Masih ada seorang lagi yang dengan perantaraannya dapat diminta petunjuk TUHAN. Tetapi aku membenci dia, sebab tidak pernah ia menubuatkan yang baik tentang aku, melainkan selalu malapetaka. Orang itu ialah Mikha bin Yimla." Kata Yosafat: "Janganlah raja berkata demikian."

8 Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.

Kemudian raja Israel memanggil seorang pegawai istana, katanya: "Jemputlah Mikha bin Yimla dengan segera!"

9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

Sementara raja Israel dan Yosafat, raja Yehuda, duduk masing-masing di atas takhtanya dengan pakaian kebesaran, di suatu tempat pengirikan di depan pintu gerbang Samaria, sedang semua nabi itu bernubuat di depan mereka,

10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely.

maka Zedekia bin Kenaana membuat tanduk-tanduk besi, lalu berkata: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Dengan ini engkau akan menanduk Aram sampai engkau menghabiskan mereka."

11 And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

Juga semua nabi itu bernubuat demikian, katanya: "Majulah ke Ramot-Gilead, dan engkau akan beruntung; TUHAN akan menyerahkannya ke dalam tangan raja."

12 Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs, and say good things.

Suruhan yang pergi memanggil Mikha itu berkata kepadanya: "Ketahuilah, nabi-nabi itu sudah sepakat meramalkan yang baik bagi raja, hendaklah engkau juga berbicara seperti salah seorang dari pada mereka dan meramalkan yang baik."

13 And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

Tetapi Mikha menjawab: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, sesungguhnya, apa yang akan difirmankan Allahku, itulah yang akan kukatakan."

14 When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.

Setelah ia sampai kepada raja, bertanyalah raja kepadanya: "Mikha, apakah kami boleh pergi berperang melawan Ramot-Gilead atau aku membatalkannya?" Jawabnya: "Majulah dan kamu akan beruntung, sebab mereka akan diserahkan ke dalam tanganmu!"

15 And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?

Tetapi raja berkata kepadanya: "Sampai berapa kali aku menyuruh engkau bersumpah, supaya engkau mengatakan kepadaku tidak lain dari kebenaran?"

16 Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

Lalu jawabnya: "Telah kulihat seluruh Israel bercerai-berai di gunung-gunung seperti kambing domba yang tidak mempunyai gembala, sebab itu TUHAN berfirman: Mereka ini tidak punya tuan; baiklah masing-masing pulang ke rumahnya dengan selamat."

17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

Kemudian raja Israel berkata kepada Yosafat: "Bukankah telah kukatakan kepadamu: Tidak pernah ia menubuatkan yang baik tentang aku, melainkan hanya malapetaka?"

18 Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

Kata Mikha: "Sebab itu dengarkanlah firman TUHAN. Aku telah melihat TUHAN sedang duduk di atas takhta-Nya dan segenap tentara sorga berdiri di sebelah kanan-Nya dan di sebelah kiri-Nya.

19 And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

Dan TUHAN berfirman: Siapakah yang akan membujuk Ahab, raja Israel, untuk maju berperang, supaya ia tewas di Ramot-Gilead? Maka yang seorang berkata begini, yang lain berkata begitu.

20 Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said to him, How?

Kemudian tampillah suatu roh, lalu berdiri di hadapan TUHAN. Ia berkata: Aku ini akan membujuknya. TUHAN bertanya kepadanya: Dengan apa?

21 And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.

Jawabnya: Aku akan keluar dan menjadi roh dusta dalam mulut semua nabinya. Ia berfirman: Biarlah engkau membujuknya, dan engkau akan berhasil pula. Keluarlah dan perbuatlah demikian!

22 And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of these prophets of yours; and the Lord has said evil against you.

Karena itu, sesungguhnya TUHAN telah menaruh roh dusta ke dalam mulut nabi-nabimu ini, sebab TUHAN telah menetapkan untuk menimpakan malapetaka kepadamu."

23 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

Sesudah itu tampillah Zedekia bin Kenaana; ditamparnyalah pipi Mikha serta berkata: "Bagaimana mungkin Roh TUHAN pindah dari padaku untuk berbicara kepadamu?"

24 And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

Tetapi Mikha menjawab: "Sesungguhnya engkau akan melihatnya pada hari engkau lari dari satu kamar ke kamar yang lain untuk menyembunyikan diri."

25 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son;

Berkatalah raja Israel: "Tangkaplah Mikha, bawa dia kembali kepada Amon, penguasa kota, dan kepada Yoas, anak raja,

26 And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

dan katakan: Beginilah titah raja: Masukkan orang ini dalam penjara dan beri dia makan roti dan minum air serba sedikit sampai aku pulang dengan selamat."

27 And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.

Tetapi jawab Mikha: "Jika benar-benar engkau pulang dengan selamat, tentulah TUHAN tidak berfirman dengan perantaraanku!" Lalu disambungnya: "Dengarlah, hai bangsa-bangsa sekalian!"

28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

Sesudah itu majulah raja Israel dengan Yosafat, raja Yehuda, ke Ramot-Gilead.

29 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress, and they went to the fight.

Raja Israel berkata kepada Yosafat: "Aku akan menyamar dan masuk pertempuran, tetapi engkau, pakailah pakaian kebesaranmu." Lalu menyamarlah raja Israel, kemudian mereka masuk ke pertempuran.

30 Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.

Adapun raja negeri Aram telah memberi perintah kepada para panglima pasukan keretanya demikian: "Janganlah kamu berperang melawan sembarang orang, melainkan melawan raja Israel saja."

31 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

Segera sesudah para panglima pasukan kereta itu melihat Yosafat, mereka berkata: "Itu raja Israel!" Lalu mereka mengepung dia, untuk menyerang dia, tetapi Yosafat berteriak dan TUHAN menolongnya. Allah membujuk mereka pergi dari padanya.

32 Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

Segera sesudah para panglima pasukan kereta itu melihat, bahwa dia bukanlah raja Israel, maka undurlah mereka dari padanya.

33 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

Tetapi seseorang menarik panahnya dan menembak dengan sembarangan saja, dan mengenai raja Israel di antara sambungan baju zirahnya. Kemudian ia berkata kepada pengemudi keretanya: "Putar! Bawa aku keluar dari pertempuran, sebab aku sudah luka."

34 But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king of Israel was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans till the evening; and by sundown he was dead.

Tetapi pertempuran itu bertambah seru pada hari itu, dan raja Israel tetap berdiri di dalam kereta berhadapan dengan orang Aram itu sampai petang. Ia mati ketika matahari terbenam.