2 Kings 8

1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

Elisa telah berbicara kepada perempuan yang anaknya dihidupkannya kembali, katanya: "Berkemaslah dan pergilah bersama-sama dengan keluargamu, dan tinggallah di mana saja engkau dapat menetap sebagai pendatang, sebab TUHAN telah mendatangkan kelaparan, yang pasti menimpa negeri ini tujuh tahun lamanya."

2 So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

Lalu berkemaslah perempuan itu dan dilakukannyalah seperti perkataan abdi Allah itu. Ia pergi bersama-sama dengan keluarganya, lalu tinggal menetap sebagai pendatang di negeri orang Filistin tujuh tahun lamanya.

3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

Dan setelah lewat ketujuh tahun itu, pulanglah perempuan itu dari negeri orang Filistin. Kemudian ia pergi mengadukan perihal rumahnya dan ladangnya kepada raja.

4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

Raja sedang berbicara kepada Gehazi, bujang abdi Allah itu, katanya: "Cobalah ceritakan kepadaku tentang segala perbuatan besar yang dilakukan Elisa."

5 And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

Sedang ia menceritakan kepada raja tentang Elisa menghidupkan anak yang sudah mati itu, tampaklah perempuan yang anaknya dihidupkan itu datang mengadukan perihal rumahnya dan ladangnya kepada raja. Lalu berkatalah Gehazi: "Ya tuanku raja! Inilah perempuan itu dan inilah anaknya yang dihidupkan Elisa."

6 And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

Lalu raja bertanya-tanya, dan perempuan itu menceritakan semuanya kepadanya. Kemudian raja menugaskan seorang pegawai istana menyertai perempuan itu dengan pesan: "Pulangkanlah segala miliknya dan segala hasil ladang itu sejak ia meninggalkan negeri ini sampai sekarang."

7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.

Elisa masuk ke Damsyik, dan pada waktu itu Benhadad, raja Aram, sedang sakit. Ketika dikabarkan kepada raja: "Sudah datang abdi Allah ke mari,"

8 Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

berkatalah ia kepada Hazael: "Ambillah persembahan, pergilah menyongsong abdi Allah itu dan mintalah petunjuk TUHAN dengan perantaraannya: Sembuhkah aku dari penyakit ini?"

9 So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

Lalu pergilah Hazael menyongsong dia, diambilnyalah persembahan berupa segala barang yang indah-indah dari Damsyik, sebanyak muatan empat puluh ekor unta. Sesudah sampai, tampillah ia ke depan Elisa dan berkata: "Anakmu Benhadad, raja Aram, menyuruh aku menanyakan kepadamu: Apakah aku akan sembuh dari penyakit ini?"

10 And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

Jawab Elisa kepadanya: "Pergilah, katakanlah kepadanya: Pastilah engkau sembuh. Namun demikian, TUHAN telah memperlihatkan kepadaku, bahwa ia pasti mati dibunuh."

11 And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God was overcome with weeping.

Elisa menatap dengan lama ke depan, lalu menangislah abdi Allah itu.

12 And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

Hazael berkata: "Mengapa tuanku menangis?" Jawab Elisa: "Sebab aku tahu bagaimana malapetaka yang akan kaulakukan kepada orang Israel: kotanya yang berkubu akan kaucampakkan ke dalam api, terunanya akan kaubunuh dengan pedang, bayinya akan kauremukkan dan perempuannya yang mengandung akan kaubelah."

13 And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.

Sesudah itu berkatalah Hazael: "Tetapi apakah hambamu ini, yang tidak lain dari anjing saja, sehingga ia dapat melakukan hal sehebat itu?" Jawab Elisa: "TUHAN telah memperlihatkan kepadaku, bahwa engkau akan menjadi raja atas Aram."

14 Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

Lalu ia pergi dan meninggalkan Elisa dan setelah ia sampai kepada tuannya, berkatalah raja kepadanya: "Apakah dikatakan Elisa kepadamu?" Jawabnya: "Ia berkata kepadaku, bahwa pastilah engkau sembuh."

15 Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.

Tetapi keesokan harinya ia mengambil sehelai selimut yang telah dicelupkannya ke dalam air dan membentangkannya ke atas muka raja. Jadi matilah raja, dan Hazael menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

16 In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

Dalam tahun kelima zaman Yoram, anak Ahab raja Israel--pada waktu itu Yosafat adalah raja Yehuda--Yoram, anak Yosafat raja Yehuda menjadi raja.

17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

Ia berumur tiga puluh dua tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan delapan tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem.

18 He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Ia hidup menurut kelakuan raja-raja Israel seperti yang dilakukan keluarga Ahab, sebab yang menjadi isterinya adalah anak Ahab. Ia melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN.

19 But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

Namun demikian, TUHAN tidak mau memusnahkan Yehuda oleh karena Daud, hamba-Nya, sesuai dengan yang dijanjikan-Nya kepada Daud, bahwa Ia hendak memberikan keturunan kepadanya dan kepada anak-anaknya untuk selama-lamanya.

20 In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

Pada zamannya memberontaklah Edom dan melepaskan diri dari kekuasaan Yehuda dan mereka mengangkat seorang raja atas mereka sendiri.

21 Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

Maka majulah Yoram ke Zair bersama-sama dengan seluruh keretanya; pada waktu malam bangunlah ia, lalu bersama-sama dengan para panglima pasukan kereta ia menerobos barisan orang Edom yang mengepung dia, tetapi rakyatnya melarikan diri pulang ke kemahnya.

22 So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.

Demikianlah Edom memberontak dan terlepas dari kekuasaan Yehuda sampai sekarang ini. Lalu Libnapun memberontak pada masa itu juga.

23 Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

Selebihnya dari riwayat Yoram dan segala yang dilakukannya, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab sejarah raja-raja Yehuda?

24 And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

Kemudian Yoram mendapat perhentian bersama-sama dengan nenek moyangnya, dan ia dikuburkan di samping nenek moyangnya di kota Daud. Maka Ahazia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

25 In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;

Dalam tahun kedua belas zaman Yoram, anak Ahab raja Israel, Ahazia, anak Yoram raja Yehuda, menjadi raja.

26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

Ia berumur dua puluh dua tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan setahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Nama ibunya ialah Atalya, cucu Omri raja Israel.

27 He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.

Ia hidup menurut kelakuan keluarga Ahab dan ia melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN sama seperti keluarga Ahab, sebab ia adalah seorang menantu dari keluarga itu.

28 He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.

Ia pergi bersama-sama Yoram bin Ahab untuk berperang melawan Hazael, raja Aram, di Ramot-Gilead. Tetapi orang-orang Aram melukai Yoram.

29 So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.

Kemudian pulanglah raja Yoram ke Yizreel, supaya diobati luka-lukanya yang ditimbulkan orang Aram di Rama pada waktu ia berperang melawan Hazael, raja Aram. Dan Ahazia, anak Yoram raja Yehuda, pergi menjenguk Yoram bin Ahab di Yizreel, karena dia sakit.