< 2 Kings 16 >

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.
Pada tahun ketujuh belas pemerintahan Raja Pekah anak Remalya atas Israel, Ahas anak Yotam menjadi raja Yehuda.
2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.
Pada waktu itu ia berusia 20 tahun dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 16 tahun lamanya. Ia tidak mengikuti teladan yang baik dari Raja Daud, leluhurnya, melainkan melakukan yang tidak menyenangkan hati TUHAN, Allahnya.
3 But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
Ia hidup seperti raja-raja Israel, bahkan mempersembahkan putranya sendiri sebagai kurban kepada dewa, menurut kebiasaan buruk orang-orang yang telah diusir TUHAN dari negeri Kanaan ketika orang Israel memasuki negeri itu.
4 And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
Ahas mempersembahkan kurban dan membakar dupa di tempat-tempat penyembahan dewa di gunung-gunung dan di bawah pohon-pohon yang rindang.
5 Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.
Pada masa itu raja Edom menguasai kembali kota Elat dan mengusir orang-orang Yehuda yang tinggal di situ. Orang Edom kemudian datang dan menetap di kota itu sampai hari ini. Pada masa itu juga Rezin raja Siria dan Pekah raja Israel menyerang dan mengepung Yerusalem, tetapi tidak dapat mengalahkan Ahas.
6 At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.
7 So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.
Ahas mengirim utusan kepada Tiglat-Pileser raja Asyur dengan pesan ini, "Aku hambamu yang setia; karena itu, aku mohon, datanglah dan selamatkanlah aku dari raja Siria dan raja Israel yang sedang menyerang aku."
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.
Ahas juga mengambil emas dan perak dari Rumah TUHAN, serta harta benda istana, lalu mengirimnya sebagai hadiah kepada raja Asyur itu.
9 And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
Raja Tiglat-Pileser mengabulkan permohonan Ahas, lalu menyerbu dan merebut Damsyik. Penduduknya diangkutnya sebagai tawanan ke Kir, dan rajanya, yaitu Raja Rezin, dibunuhnya.
10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.
Ketika Raja Ahas pergi ke Damsyik untuk menemui Raja Tiglat-Pileser, ia melihat mezbah di kota itu. Lalu ia mengirim kepada Imam Uria di Yerusalem contoh mezbah itu dengan ukurannya yang tepat secara terperinci.
11 And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.
Maka Uria mendirikan sebuah mezbah sesuai dengan contoh dan ukuran yang diterimanya itu, dan menyelesaikannya sebelum Ahas kembali.
12 And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.
Setibanya dari Damsyik, Ahas melihat bahwa mezbah itu sudah selesai.
13 He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar.
Lalu di atas mezbah itu ia mempersembahkan kurban binatang serta kurban gandum. Ia juga menuang kurban anggur dan darah dari kurban perdamaian ke atas mezbah itu.
14 And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
Ahas melihat bahwa mezbah perunggu yang dikhususkan untuk TUHAN terletak antara Rumah TUHAN dan mezbahnya yang baru. Karena itu mezbah perunggu itu dipindahkannya dari depan Rumah TUHAN ke sebelah utara mezbahnya yang baru itu.
15 And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord.
Setelah itu ia berkata kepada Uria, "Pakailah mezbahku yang besar ini untuk membakar kurban pagi dan kurban malam yang dipersembahkan raja dan rakyat, dan tuangkanlah di situ kurban anggur dari rakyat. Tuangkan juga ke atas mezbah itu darah semua binatang yang dipersembahkan. Dan mezbah perunggu yang lama itu biarlah aku yang memakainya untuk minta petunjuk dari roh-roh."
16 So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said
Uria melaksanakan perintah raja.
17 And King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the brass oxen which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.
Kemudian Ahas membongkar kereta-kereta perunggu yang dipakai di Rumah TUHAN, dan mencopoti tempayan-tempayan dari kereta-kereta itu. Bejana perunggu yang besar yang ada pada punggung dua belas sapi perunggu itu diambilnya juga dan diletakkannya di atas alas dari batu.
18 the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.
Lalu untuk mengambil hati raja Asyur, Ahas membongkar balairung raja di Rumah TUHAN, dan menutup pintu masuk yang khusus untuk raja.
19 Now the rest of the things which Ahaz did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Ahas dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.
20 And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.
Ahas meninggal dan dikubur di pekuburan raja-raja di Kota Daud. Hizkia anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

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