2 Chronicles 25

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

Amazia berumur dua puluh lima tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan dua puluh sembilan tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem; nama ibunya ialah Yoadan, dari Yerusalem.

2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

Ia melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN, hanya tidak dengan segenap hati.

3 Now when he became strong in the kingdom, he put to death those men who had taken the life of the king his father.

Segera sesudah kuasa kerajaan itu kokoh di tangannya, dibunuhnyalah pegawai-pegawainya yang telah membunuh raja, yaitu ayahnya.

4 But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses, saying, The fathers are not to be put to death for their children or the children for their fathers, but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

Tetapi anak-anak mereka tidak dihukum mati olehnya, melainkan ia bertindak sesuai dengan apa yang tertulis dalam Taurat, yakni kitab Musa, di mana TUHAN telah memberi perintah: "Janganlah ayah mati karena anaknya, janganlah juga anak mati karena ayahnya, melainkan setiap orang harus mati karena dosanya sendiri."

5 Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benjamin, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: and he had those of twenty years old and over numbered, and they came to three hundred thousand of the best fighting-men, trained for war and in the use of the spear and the body-cover.

Lalu Amazia mengumpulkan orang Yehuda dan menyuruh mereka, yakni seluruh orang Yehuda dan Benyamin, berdiri menurut puak-puaknya di bawah kepala-kepala pasukan seribu dan kepala-kepala pasukan seratus. Ketika ia menghitung mereka yang berumur dua puluh tahun ke atas, didapatinya tiga ratus ribu teruna yang sanggup keluar berperang dengan tombak dan perisai.

6 And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.

Selain itu ia menyewa seratus ribu pahlawan yang gagah perkasa dari Israel dengan bayaran seratus talenta perak.

7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.

Tetapi seorang abdi Allah datang kepadanya dan berkata: "Ya raja, janganlah tentara Israel dibiarkan bergabung kepada tuanku, karena TUHAN tidak menyertai Israel, yakni semua bani Efraim ini.

8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.

Dan jikalau mereka bergabung juga, bagaimanapun juga perbuatan dan kekuatanmu di dalam perang, Allah akan menggelincirkan engkau di depan musuh, sebab Allah mempunyai kuasa untuk menolong dan menggelincirkan!"

9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.

Lalu kata Amazia kepada abdi Allah itu: "Bagaimana dengan seratus talenta yang telah kuberikan kepada pasukan-pasukan Israel itu?" Jawab abdi Allah itu: "TUHAN dapat memberikan lebih dari pada itu kepadamu!"

10 So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; which made them very angry with Judah, and they went back burning with wrath.

Kemudian Amazia memisahkan pasukan yang datang bergabung kepadanya dari Efraim, supaya mereka kembali ke tempat tinggalnya. Maka sangat marahlah mereka terhadap Yehuda. Mereka kembali ke tempat tinggalnya dengan marah yang menyala-nyala.

11 Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;

Amazia mendapat keberanian lalu memimpin rakyatnya ke Lembah Asin dan memukul kalah sepuluh ribu orang dari bani Seir.

12 And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

Selain itu sepuluh ribu orang ditawan hidup-hidup oleh bani Yehuda dan dibawa ke suatu puncak bukit batu, lalu mereka dicampakkan dari puncak bukit batu itu, sehingga hancurlah mereka semua.

13 But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.

Tetapi orang-orang dari pasukan yang dipulangkan Amazia, dan yang tidak diperbolehkan ikut berperang dengan dia, menyerbu kota-kota di Yehuda dari jurusan Samaria sampai ke Bet-Horon, dan menewaskan tiga ribu orang penduduknya dan merampas banyak jarahan.

14 Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.

Ketika Amazia kembali, setelah mengalahkan orang-orang Edom itu, ia mendirikan para allah bani Seir, yang dibawanya pulang, sebagai allahnya. Ia sujud menyembah kepada allah-allah itu dan membakar korban untuk mereka.

15 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?

Maka bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap Amazia; Ia menyuruh seorang nabi kepadanya yang berkata: "Mengapa engkau mencari allah sesuatu bangsa yang tidak dapat melepaskan bangsanya sendiri dari tanganmu?"

16 But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

Waktu nabi sedang berbicara, berkatalah Amazia kepadanya: "Apakah kami telah mengangkat engkau menjadi penasihat raja? Diamlah! Apakah engkau mau dibunuh?" Lalu diamlah nabi itu setelah berkata: "Sekarang aku tahu, bahwa Allah telah menentukan akan membinasakan engkau, karena engkau telah berbuat hal ini, dan tidak mendengarkan nasihatku!"

17 Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.

Kemudian Amazia, raja Yehuda, mengadakan perundingan, lalu menyuruh orang kepada Yoas bin Yoahas bin Yehu, raja Israel, mengatakan: "Mari kita mengadu tenaga!"

18 And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

Tetapi Yoas, raja Israel, menyuruh orang kepada Amazia, raja Yehuda, mengatakan: "Onak yang di gunung Libanon mengirim pesan kepada pohon aras yang di gunung Libanon, bunyinya: Berikanlah anakmu perempuan kepada anakku laki-laki menjadi isterinya. Tetapi binatang-binatang hutan yang ada di gunung Libanon itu berjalan lewat dari sana, lalu menginjak onak itu.

19 You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

Pikirmu, engkau sudah mengalahkan Edom, sebab itu hatimu mengangkat-angkat dirimu untuk mendapat kehormatan. Sekarang, tinggal saja di rumah. Untuk apa engkau menantang malapetaka, sehingga engkau jatuh dan Yehuda bersama-sama engkau?"

20 But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.

Tetapi Amazia tidak mau mendengarkan; sebab hal itu telah ditetapkan Allah yang hendak menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tangan Yoas, karena mereka telah mencari allah orang Edom.

21 And so Joash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

Sebab itu majulah Yoas, raja Israel, lalu mengadu tenagalah mereka, ia dan Amazia, raja Yehuda, di Bet-Semes yang termasuk wilayah Yehuda.

22 And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.

Yehuda terpukul kalah oleh Israel, sehingga masing-masing lari ke kemahnya.

23 And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four hundred cubits.

Yoas, raja Israel, menangkap Amazia, raja Yehuda, anak Yoas bin Yoahas, di Bet-Semes. Lalu Yoas membawa dia ke Yerusalem. Ia membongkar tembok Yerusalem dari Pintu Gerbang Efraim sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut, empat ratus hasta panjangnya.

24 And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord, under the care of Obed-edom, and all the wealth from the king's house, as well as those whose lives would be the price of broken faith, and went back to Samaria.

Sesudah itu ia mengambil segala emas dan perak dan segala perkakas yang terdapat dalam rumah Allah dan yang berada di bawah pengawasan keluarga Obed-Edom, juga perbendaharaan istana raja dan orang-orang sandera, kemudian pulanglah ia ke Samaria.

25 Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

Amazia bin Yoas, raja Yehuda, masih hidup lima belas tahun lamanya sesudah Yoas bin Yoahas, raja Israel, mati.

26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, are they not recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?

Selebihnya dari riwayat Amazia, dari awal sampai akhir, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel?

27 Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him and put him to death there.

Sejak Amazia menjauhi TUHAN, orang mengadakan persepakatan melawan dia di Yerusalem, sebab itu larilah ia ke Lakhis. Tetapi mereka menyuruh mengejar dia ke Lakhis, lalu dibunuhlah ia di sana.

28 And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.

Ia diangkut dengan kuda, lalu dikuburkan di samping nenek moyangnya di kota Daud.