2 Kings 16

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah: Ahaz, the son of Jotham, reigned as 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 had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as his father David 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 Instead, he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he even consecrated his son, making him pass through fire, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the sons 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 Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy 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, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, ascended to do battle against Jerusalem. And they besieged Ahaz, but they 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, Rezin, the king of Syria, restored Elath to Syria, and he expelled the Judeans from Elath. And the Idumeans went into Elath, and they have lived there, even to this day.

7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians, saying: “I am your servant, and I am your son. Ascend and accomplish my salvation from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up together 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 when he had collected the silver and the gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king, he sent it as a gift to the king of the Assyrians.

Ahas juga mengambil emas dan perak dari Rumah TUHAN, serta harta benda istana, lalu mengirimnya sebagai hadiah kepada raja Asyur itu.

9 And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.

Raja Tiglat-Pileser mengabulkan permohonan Ahas, lalu menyerbu dan merebut Damsyik. Penduduknya diangkutnya sebagai tawanan ke Kir, dan rajanya, yaitu Raja Rezin, dibunuhnya.

10 And king Ahaz traveled to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians. And when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Ahaz sent to Uriah, the priest, its pattern and likeness, according to all of its work.

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 Uriah, the priest, constructed an altar in accord with all that king Ahaz had commanded from Damascus. Uriah, the priest, did so, until king Ahaz arrived 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 had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.

Setibanya dari Damsyik, Ahas melihat bahwa mezbah itu sudah selesai.

13 And he offered libations, and he poured out the blood of the peace offerings, which he had offered, upon 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 But the altar of brass, which was before the Lord, he took away from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord. And he positioned it at the side of the altar, toward the north.

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 Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”

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 And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.

Uria melaksanakan perintah raja.

17 Then king Ahaz took away the engraved bases, and the basin that was upon them. And he took down the sea from the bronze oxen, which were holding it up. And he positioned it upon a layer of pavement 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 Also, the canopy for the Sabbath, which he had built in the temple, and the exterior entrance of the king, he converted into the temple of the Lord, because of the king of the Assyrians.

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 words of Ahaz that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Ahas dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.

20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.

Ahas meninggal dan dikubur di pekuburan raja-raja di Kota Daud. Hizkia anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.