2 Samuel 21
1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
Pada masa pemerintahan Daud, terjadi bencana kelaparan selama tiga tahun berturut-turut. Lalu Daud berdoa meminta petunjuk TUHAN, dan TUHAN menjawab, “Hal ini terjadi karena Saul sudah melanggar sumpah bangsa Israel kepada orang Gibeon. Saul membunuh keturunan Gibeon, maka sekarang anak-anaknya juga masih bertanggung jawab atas penumpahan darah orang Gibeon itu.”
2 Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives: )
Orang Gibeon bukan keturunan Israel, melainkan keturunan bangsa Amori. Pada zaman Yosua, bangsa Israel sudah bersumpah untuk tidak membinasakan penduduk kota Gibeon. Namun, karena Raja Saul tidak ingin bangsa Israel dan Yehuda tercampur dengan mereka, dia berusaha menghabisi mereka semua. Oleh sebab itu, Raja Daud memanggil tokoh-tokoh dari keturunan Gibeon yang masih hidup untuk mendiskusikan hal ini.
3 So David said to the Gibeonites, What may I do for you? how am I to make up to you for your wrongs, so that you may give a blessing to the heritage of the Lord?
Dia bertanya, “Dengan apa kami dapat menebus hutang darah kepada kalian, supaya TUHAN kembali memberkati umat-Nya?”
4 And the Gibeonites said to him, It is not a question of silver and gold between us and Saul or his family; and it is not in our power to put to death any man in Israel. And he said, Say, then, what am I to do for you?
Jawab mereka, “Kami tidak mau dibayar dengan harta benda milik Saul maupun keluarganya. Kami juga tidak berhak menuntut hukuman mati atas siapa pun di antara umat Israel.” Bertanyalah Daud, “Kalau begitu, apa yang dapat saya lakukan supaya kalian menganggap masalah ini sudah selesai?”
5 And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,
Jawab mereka, “Yang berusaha melenyapkan kami supaya kami punah dari negeri Israel adalah Saul, orang yang diangkat TUHAN sebagai raja. Untuk membalas kejahatannya itu, serahkanlah kepada kami tujuh laki-laki dari keturunan Saul. Kami akan menggantung mereka di hadapan TUHAN di atas bukit Gibea, tempat Saul dahulu sering berkemah.” Lalu raja Daud berkata, “Baiklah. Saya akan menyerahkan mereka kepada kalian.”
6 Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.
7 But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.
Namun, raja melindungi Mefiboset anak Yonatan oleh karena sumpah persahabatan antara Daud dan Yonatan di hadapan TUHAN.
8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
Tujuh laki-laki dari keturunan Saul yang diserahkan Daud kepada orang Gibeon adalah Armoni dan Mefiboset yang lain— yaitu dua anak Saul dari selirnya yang bernama Rizpa, serta lima cucu Saul dari anak perempuannya yang bernama Merab. (Rizpa adalah anak Aya. Suami Merab adalah Adriel anak Barzilai, dari kota Mehola.) Ketujuh orang itu digantung di hari yang sama pada awal musim panen jelai. Hukuman mati itu dilaksanakan di atas bukit Gibea.
9 And he gave them up to the Gibeonites, and they put them to death, hanging them on the mountain before the Lord; all seven came to their end together in the first days of the grain-cutting, at the start of the cutting of the barley.
10 And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
Kemudian Rizpa mengambil kain karung dan membentangkannya di atas batu besar di dekat tempat kedua anaknya dan lima anggota keluarga lainnya itu digantung. Dia tinggal di sana menjaga mayat-mayat itu supaya tidak dimakan oleh burung-burung pada siang hari atau binatang buas pada malam hari. Dia terus menjaga di situ selama hampir dua bulan, mulai dari awal musim panen sampai turun hujan yang menandakan akhir musim panen.
11 And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done.
Daud mendapat laporan tentang apa yang dilakukan Rizpa.
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:
Karena itu, Daud menyuruh beberapa petugasnya untuk mengumpulkan tulang-tulang ketujuh orang itu. Mereka juga disuruh mengambil tulang-tulang Saul dan Yonatan dari penduduk kota Yabes. (Dulu, setelah Saul dan Yonatan tewas di Gilboa, mayat mereka digantung oleh orang Filistin di dinding alun-alun kota Bet Syan, tetapi orang-orang dari kota Yabes mencuri kedua mayat itu dan menguburkannya di kota mereka.)
13 And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.
14 And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.
Lalu sesuai perintah Daud, para petugas itu menguburkan semua tulang mereka di tempat pemakaman Kis, ayah Saul, di kota Zela di wilayah suku Benyamin. Sesudah peristiwa itu, Allah mengabulkan permohonan umat Israel untuk memberkati hasil panen mereka.
15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:
Suatu hari bangsa Israel kembali berperang dengan Filistin. Daud dan para tentaranya bertempur melawan pasukan Filistin sampai Daud kelelahan.
16 And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death.
Isbi Benob, salah seorang keturunan raksasa, ingin mengambil kesempatan itu untuk membunuh Daud. Perlengkapan perang Isbi berupa sebuah pedang baru dan tombak yang beratnya tiga setengah kilogram.
17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.
Tetapi Abisai datang menolong Daud dan membunuh raksasa Filistin itu. Lalu para pasukan menegaskan kepada Daud, “Tuan adalah harapan bagi Israel! Kami bersumpah di hadapan TUHAN bahwa Tuan tidak akan ikut kami lagi dalam pertempuran. Jangan sampai harapan Israel dipadamkan!”
18 Now after this there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Saph, one of the offspring of the Rephaim.
Beberapa waktu kemudian, terjadi lagi pertempuran dengan bangsa Filistin di desa Gob. Pada waktu itu, seorang tentara Israel bernama Sibekai, orang Husa, membunuh Saf, salah satu keturunan raksasa.
19 And again there was war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan, the son of Jair the Beth-lehemite, put to death Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.
Sesudah itu, terjadi lagi peperangan dengan bangsa Filistin di Gob. Kali ini, Elhanan anak Yair dari kota Betlehem membunuh saudara Goliat, orang Gat, yang tombaknya berat seperti balok tukang tenun.
20 And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.
Kemudian terjadi lagi pertempuran melawan orang Filistin di Gat. Salah satu pahlawan Filistin adalah seorang keturunan raksasa yang sangat besar dan memiliki enam jari di setiap tangan dan kakinya. Jumlah semuanya dua puluh empat!
21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.
Ketika raksasa itu mengejek bangsa Israel, maka Yonatan, anak Simei kakak Daud, membunuh dia.
22 These four were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; and they came to their end by the hands of David and his servants.
Jadi, ada empat keturunan raksasa dari kota Gat yang dibunuh oleh Daud dan pasukannya.
