2 Kings 5

1 Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.

Naaman, panglima raja Aram, adalah seorang terpandang di hadapan tuannya dan sangat disayangi, sebab oleh dia TUHAN telah memberikan kemenangan kepada orang Aram. Tetapi orang itu, seorang pahlawan tentara, sakit kusta.

2 Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.

Orang Aram pernah keluar bergerombolan dan membawa tertawan seorang anak perempuan dari negeri Israel. Ia menjadi pelayan pada isteri Naaman.

3 And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.

Berkatalah gadis itu kepada nyonyanya: "Sekiranya tuanku menghadap nabi yang di Samaria itu, maka tentulah nabi itu akan menyembuhkan dia dari penyakitnya."

4 And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.

Lalu pergilah Naaman memberitahukan kepada tuannya, katanya: "Begini-beginilah dikatakan oleh gadis yang dari negeri Israel itu."

5 So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

Maka jawab raja Aram: "Baik, pergilah dan aku akan mengirim surat kepada raja Israel." Lalu pergilah Naaman dan membawa sebagai persembahan sepuluh talenta perak dan enam ribu syikal emas dan sepuluh potong pakaian.

6 And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.

Ia menyampaikan surat itu kepada raja Israel, yang berbunyi: "Sesampainya surat ini kepadamu, maklumlah kiranya, bahwa aku menyuruh kepadamu Naaman, pegawaiku, supaya engkau menyembuhkan dia dari penyakit kustanya."

7 But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?

Segera sesudah raja Israel membaca surat itu, dikoyakkannyalah pakaiannya serta berkata: "Allahkah aku ini yang dapat mematikan dan menghidupkan, sehingga orang ini mengirim pesan kepadaku, supaya kusembuhkan seorang dari penyakit kustanya? Tetapi sesungguhnya, perhatikanlah dan lihatlah, ia mencari gara-gara terhadap aku."

8 Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.

Segera sesudah didengar Elisa, abdi Allah itu, bahwa raja Israel mengoyakkan pakaiannya, dikirimnyalah pesan kepada raja, bunyinya: "Mengapa engkau mengoyakkan pakaianmu? Biarlah ia datang kepadaku, supaya ia tahu bahwa ada seorang nabi di Israel."

9 So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.

Kemudian datanglah Naaman dengan kudanya dan keretanya, lalu berhenti di depan pintu rumah Elisa.

10 And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.

Elisa menyuruh seorang suruhan kepadanya mengatakan: "Pergilah mandi tujuh kali dalam sungai Yordan, maka tubuhmu akan pulih kembali, sehingga engkau menjadi tahir."

11 But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.

Tetapi pergilah Naaman dengan gusar sambil berkata: "Aku sangka bahwa setidak-tidaknya ia datang ke luar dan berdiri memanggil nama TUHAN, Allahnya, lalu menggerak-gerakkan tangannya di atas tempat penyakit itu dan dengan demikian menyembuhkan penyakit kustaku!

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.

Bukankah Abana dan Parpar, sungai-sungai Damsyik, lebih baik dari segala sungai di Israel? Bukankah aku dapat mandi di sana dan menjadi tahir?" Kemudian berpalinglah ia dan pergi dengan panas hati.

13 Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?

Tetapi pegawai-pegawainya datang mendekat serta berkata kepadanya: "Bapak, seandainya nabi itu menyuruh perkara yang sukar kepadamu, bukankah bapak akan melakukannya? Apalagi sekarang, ia hanya berkata kepadamu: Mandilah dan engkau akan menjadi tahir."

14 Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.

Maka turunlah ia membenamkan dirinya tujuh kali dalam sungai Yordan, sesuai dengan perkataan abdi Allah itu. Lalu pulihlah tubuhnya kembali seperti tubuh seorang anak dan ia menjadi tahir.

15 Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.

Kemudian kembalilah ia dengan seluruh pasukannya kepada abdi Allah itu. Setelah sampai, tampillah ia ke depan Elisa dan berkata: "Sekarang aku tahu, bahwa di seluruh bumi tidak ada Allah kecuali di Israel. Karena itu terimalah kiranya suatu pemberian dari hambamu ini!"

16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.

Tetapi Elisa menjawab: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, yang di hadapan-Nya aku menjadi pelayan, sesungguhnya aku tidak akan menerima apa-apa." Dan walaupun Naaman mendesaknya supaya menerima sesuatu, ia tetap menolak.

17 Then Naaman said, If you will not, then let there be given to your servant as much earth as two beasts are able to take on their backs; because from now on, your servant will make no offering or burned offering to other gods, but only to the Lord.

Akhirnya berkatalah Naaman: "Jikalau demikian, biarlah diberikan kepada hambamu ini tanah sebanyak muatan sepasang bagal, sebab hambamu ini tidak lagi akan mempersembahkan korban bakaran atau korban sembelihan kepada allah lain kecuali kepada TUHAN.

18 But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.

Dan kiranya TUHAN mengampuni hambamu ini dalam perkara yang berikut: Apabila tuanku masuk ke kuil Rimon untuk sujud menyembah di sana, dan aku menjadi pengapitnya, sehingga aku harus ikut sujud menyembah dalam kuil Rimon itu, kiranya TUHAN mengampuni hambamu ini dalam hal itu."

19 And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.

Maka berkatalah Elisa kepadanya: "Pergilah dengan selamat!" Setelah Naaman berjalan tidak berapa jauh dari padanya,

20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

berpikirlah Gehazi, bujang Elisa, abdi Allah: "Sesungguhnya tuanku terlalu menyegani Naaman, orang Aram ini, dengan tidak menerima persembahan yang dibawanya. Demi TUHAN yang hidup, sesungguhnya aku akan berlari mengejar dia dan akan menerima sesuatu dari padanya."

21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?

Lalu Gehazi mengejar Naaman dari belakang. Ketika Naaman melihat ada orang berlari-lari mengejarnya, turunlah ia dengan segera dari atas kereta untuk mendapatkan dia dan berkata: "Selamat!"

22 And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?

Jawabnya: "Selamat! Tuanku Elisa menyuruh aku mengatakan: Baru saja datang kepadaku dua orang muda dari pegunungan Efraim dari antara rombongan nabi. Baiklah berikan kepada mereka setalenta perak dan dua potong pakaian."

23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

Naaman berkata: "Silakan, ambillah dua talenta." Naaman mendesak dia, dan membungkus dua talenta perak dalam dua pundi-pundi dan dua potong pakaian, lalu memberikannya kepada dua bujangnya; mereka ini mengangkut semuanya di depan Gehazi.

24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.

Setelah mereka sampai ke bukit, disambutnyalah dari tangan mereka, disimpannya di rumah, dan disuruhnya kedua orang itu pergi, maka pergilah mereka.

25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.

Baru saja Gehazi masuk dan tampil ke depan tuannya, berkatalah Elisa kepadanya: "Dari mana, Gehazi?" Jawabnya: "Hambamu ini tidak pergi ke mana-mana!"

26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

Tetapi kata Elisa kepadanya: "Bukankah hatiku ikut pergi, ketika orang itu turun dari atas keretanya mendapatkan engkau? Maka sekarang, engkau telah menerima perak dan dengan itu dapat memperoleh kebun-kebun, kebun zaitun, kebun anggur, kambing domba, lembu sapi, budak laki-laki dan budak perempuan,

27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.

tetapi penyakit kusta Naaman akan melekat kepadamu dan kepada anak cucumu untuk selama-lamanya." Maka keluarlah Gehazi dari depannya dengan kena kusta, putih seperti salju.