2 Samuel 3

1 Then a long struggle occurred between the house of Saul and the house of David, with David prospering and growing ever stronger, but the house of Saul decreasing daily.

Peperangan antara keluarga Saul dan keluarga Daud berlarut-larut; Daud kian lama kian kuat, sedang keluarga Saul kian lama kian lemah.

2 And sons were born to David in Hebron. And his firstborn son was Amnon, from Ahinoam the Jezreelite.

Di Hebron lahirlah bagi Daud anak-anak lelaki. Anak sulungnya ialah Amnon, dari Ahinoam, perempuan Yizreel;

3 And after him, there was Chileab, from Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. Then the third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.

anaknya yang kedua ialah Kileab, dari Abigail, bekas isteri Nabal, orang Karmel; yang ketiga ialah Absalom, anak dari Maakha, anak perempuan Talmai raja Gesur;

4 Then the fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. And the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.

yang keempat ialah Adonia, anak dari Hagit; yang kelima ialah Sefaca, anak Abital;

5 Also, the sixth was Ithream, from Eglah, the wife of David. These were born to David at Hebron.

dan yang keenam ialah Yitream, dari Egla, isteri Daud. Semuanya ini dilahirkan bagi Daud di Hebron.

6 Then, while there was a battle between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner, the son of Ner, was reigning over the house of Saul.

Selama ada peperangan antara keluarga Saul dan keluarga Daud, maka Abner makin mendapat pengaruh di antara keluarga Saul.

7 Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner,

Saul mempunyai gundik yang bernama Rizpa; dia anak perempuan Aya. Berkatalah Isyboset kepada Abner: "Mengapa kauhampiri gundik ayahku?"

8 “Why did you enter to the concubine of my father?” But he, being exceedingly angry at the words of Ishbosheth, said: “Am I the head of a dog against Judah this day? I have shown mercy to the house of Saul, your father, and to his brothers and friends. And I have not delivered you into the hands of David. And yet today you have sought me, so that you might rebuke me over a woman?

Lalu sangat marahlah Abner karena perkataan Isyboset itu, katanya: "Kepala anjing dari Yehudakah aku? Sampai sekarang aku masih menunjukkan kesetiaanku kepada keluarga Saul, ayahmu, kepada saudara-saudaranya dan kepada sahabat-sahabatnya, dan aku tidak membiarkan engkau jatuh ke tangan Daud, tetapi sekarang engkau menuduh aku berlaku salah dengan seorang perempuan?

9 May God do these things to Abner, and may he add these other things, if, in the same way that the Lord swore to David, I do not do so with him:

Kiranya Allah menghukum Abner, bahkan lebih lagi dari pada itu, jika tidak kulakukan kepada Daud seperti yang dijanjikan TUHAN dengan bersumpah kepadanya,

10 that the kingdom be transferred from the house of Saul, and that the throne of David be elevated over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

yakni memindahkan kerajaan dari keluarga Saul dan mendirikan takhta kerajaan Daud atas Israel dan atas Yehuda, dari Dan sampai Bersyeba."

11 And he was not able to respond anything to him, because he was in fear of him.

Dan Isyboset tidak dapat lagi menjawab sepatah katapun kepada Abner, karena takutnya kepadanya.

12 Therefore, Abner sent messengers to David for himself, saying, “Whose is the land?” and so that they would say, “Make a friendship with me, and my hand will be with you, and I will lead back all of Israel to you.”

Lalu Abner mengirim utusan kepada Daud dengan pesan: "Milik siapakah negeri ini? Adakanlah perjanjian dengan aku, maka sesungguhnya aku akan membantu engkau untuk membawa seluruh orang Israel memihak kepadamu."

13 And he said: “It is best. I will make a friendship with you. But one thing I ask of you, saying: You shall not see my face before you bring Michal, the daughter of Saul. And in this way, you shall come, and see me.”

Jawab Daud: "Baik, aku akan mengadakan perjanjian dengan engkau, hanya satu hal kuminta dari padamu, yakni engkau tidak akan menghadap aku, kecuali jika engkau membawa lebih dahulu Mikhal, anak perempuan Saul, apabila engkau datang menghadap aku."

14 Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, saying, “Restore my wife Michal, whom I espoused to myself for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

Daud mengirim utusan juga kepada Isyboset, anak Saul, dengan pesan: "Berikanlah isteriku Mikhal, yang telah kuperoleh dengan seratus kulit khatan orang Filistin."

15 Therefore, Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel, the son of Laish.

Lalu Isyboset menyuruh mengambil perempuan itu dari pada suaminya, yakni Paltiel bin Lais.

16 And her husband was following her, weeping, as far as Bahurim. And Abner said to him, “Go and return.” And he returned.

Dan suaminya berjalan bersama-sama dengan dia, sambil mengikuti dia dengan menangis sampai ke Bahurim. Lalu berkatalah Abner kepadanya: "Ayo, pulanglah." Maka pulanglah ia.

17 Likewise, Abner sent word to the elders of Israel, saying: “As much yesterday as the day before, you were seeking David, so that he might reign over you.

Sementara itu berundinglah Abner dengan para tua-tua orang Israel, katanya: "Telah lama kamu menghendaki Daud menjadi raja atas kamu.

18 Therefore, accomplish it now. For the Lord has spoken to David, saying: ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”

Maka sekarang bertindaklah, sebab TUHAN sudah berfirman tentang Daud, demikian: Dengan perantaraan hamba-Ku Daud Aku akan menyelamatkan umat-Ku Israel dari tangan orang Filistin dan dari tangan semua musuhnya."

19 Then Abner also spoke to Benjamin. And he went away, so that he might speak to David in Hebron all that would be pleasing to Israel and to all of Benjamin.

Abner berbicara dengan orang Benyamin; pula Abner pergi membicarakan dengan Daud di Hebron segala yang sudah dipandang baik oleh orang Israel dan oleh seluruh kaum Benyamin.

20 And he went to David in Hebron with twenty men. And David made a feast for Abner, and for his men who had arrived with him.

Ketika Abner datang kepada Daud di Hebron bersama-sama dua puluh orang, maka Daud mengadakan perjamuan bagi Abner dan orang-orang yang menyertainya.

21 And Abner said to David, “I will rise up, so that I may gather all of Israel to you, my lord the king, and so that I may enter into a pact with you, and so that you may reign over all, just as your soul desires.” Then, when David had led Abner away, and he had departed in peace,

Berkatalah Abner kepada Daud: "Baiklah aku bersiap untuk pergi mengumpulkan seluruh orang Israel kepada tuanku raja, supaya mereka mengadakan perjanjian dengan tuanku dan tuanku menjadi raja atas segala yang dikehendaki hatimu." Lalu Daud membiarkan Abner pergi dan berjalanlah ia dengan selamat.

22 immediately the servants of David and of Joab arrived, after having slain robbers, with exceedingly great spoils. But Abner was not with David in Hebron. For by then he had sent him away, and he had set out in peace.

Anak buah Daud dan Yoab baru saja pulang setelah mengadakan penggerebekan dan mereka membawa pulang jarahan yang banyak. Tetapi Abner tidak lagi bersama-sama Daud di Hebron, sebab ia telah dilepasnya pergi dengan selamat.

23 And Joab, and the entire army that was with him, had arrived afterward. And so, it was reported to Joab, explaining that Abner, the son of Ner, went to the king, and he dismissed him, and he went away in peace.

Ketika Yoab bersama dengan segenap tentaranya sudah pulang, diberitahukan kepada Yoab, demikian: "Abner bin Ner telah datang kepada raja dan ia sudah dibiarkannya pergi dengan selamat."

24 And Joab entered to the king, and he said: “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him, so that he has gone and departed?

Kemudian pergilah Yoab kepada raja, katanya: "Apakah yang telah kauperbuat? Abner telah datang kepadamu; mengapa engkau membiarkannya begitu saja?

25 Do you not know, about Abner, the son of Ner, that he came to you for this, so that he might deceive you, and might know of your departure and your return, and so that he might know all that you do?”

Apakah engkau tidak kenal Abner bin Ner itu. Ia datang untuk memperdaya engkau dan untuk mengetahui gerak-gerikmu dan untuk mengetahui segala yang hendak kaulakukan."

26 And so, Joab, going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and he brought him back from the cistern of Sirah, without David knowing.

Sesudah itu keluarlah Yoab meninggalkan Daud dan menyuruh orang menyusul Abner, lalu mereka membawanya kembali dari perigi Sira tanpa diketahui Daud.

27 And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him alone to the middle of the gate, so that he might speak to him, but with deceit. And there, he stabbed him in the groin, and he died, in revenge for the blood of Asahel, his brother.

Ketika Abner kembali ke Hebron, maka Yoab membawanya sebentar ke samping di tengah-tengah pintu gerbang itu, seakan-akan hendak berbicara dengan dia dengan diam-diam; kemudian ditikamnyalah dia di sana pada perutnya, sehingga mati, membalas darah Asael, adiknya.

28 And when David had heard of it, now that the matter was done, he said: “I and my kingdom are clean before the Lord, even forever, of the blood of Abner, the son of Ner.

Ketika hal itu didengar Daud kemudian, berkatalah ia: "Aku dan kerajaanku tidak bersalah di hadapan TUHAN sampai selama-lamanya terhadap darah Abner bin Ner itu.

29 And may it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon the entire house of his father. And may there not fail to be, in the house of Joab, one who suffers from a flow of seed, or one who is leprous, or one who is effeminate, or one who falls by the sword, or one who is in need of bread.”

Biarlah itu ditanggung oleh Yoab sendiri dan seluruh kaum keluarganya. Biarlah dalam keturunan Yoab tidak putus-putusnya ada orang yang mengeluarkan lelehan, yang sakit kusta, yang bertongkat, yang tewas oleh pedang atau yang kekurangan makanan."

30 And so, Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon, during the battle.

Demikianlah Yoab dan Abisai, adiknya, membunuh Abner, karena ia telah membunuh Asael, adik mereka, di Gibeon dalam pertempuran.

31 Then David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before the funeral procession of Abner.” Moreover, king David himself was following the casket.

Dan berkatalah Daud kepada Yoab dan kepada segala rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan dia: "Koyakkanlah pakaianmu dan lilitkanlah pada tubuhmu kain kabung dan merataplah di depan mayat Abner." Raja Daud sendiripun berjalan di belakang usungan mayat.

32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and he wept over the burial mound of Abner. And all the people also wept.

Ketika orang menguburkan Abner di Hebron, maka menangislah raja dengan suara nyaring pada kubur Abner dan seluruh rakyatpun menangis.

33 And the king, mourning and lamenting Abner, said: “By no means has Abner died the way that cowards usually die.

Karena Abner raja mengucapkan nyanyian ratapan ini: "Apakah Abner harus mati seperti orang bebal?

34 Your hands are not bound, and your feet are not weighed down with fetters. But just as men often fall before the sons of iniquity, so you have fallen.” And while repeating this, all the people wept over him.

Tanganmu tidak terikat dan kakimu tidak dirantai. Engkau gugur seperti orang gugur oleh orang-orang durjana." Dan seluruh rakyat itu makin menangis karena dia.

35 And when the entire multitude had arrived to take food with David, while it was still broad daylight, David swore, saying, “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets.”

Seluruh rakyat datang menawarkan kepada Daud untuk makan roti selagi hari siang, tetapi Daud bersumpah, katanya: "Kiranya Allah menghukum aku, bahkan lebih lagi dari pada itu, jika sebelum matahari terbenam aku mengecap roti atau apapun."

36 And all the people heard it, and everything that the king did in the sight of the entire people was pleasing to them.

Ketika seluruh rakyat melihat hal itu, mereka menganggap hal itu baik, seperti segala sesuatu yang dilakukan raja dianggap baik oleh seluruh rakyat.

37 And every common person, and all of Israel, realized on that day that the killing of Abner, the son of Ner, had not been done by the king.

Maka tahulah seluruh rakyat dan seluruh Israel pada hari itu, bahwa pembunuhan Abner bin Ner bukanlah rancangan raja.

38 The king also said to his servants: “Could you be ignorant that a leader and a very great man has fallen today in Israel?

Kemudian berkatalah raja kepada para pegawainya: "Tidak tahukah kamu, bahwa pada hari ini gugur seorang pemimpin, seorang besar, di Israel?

39 But I am still tender, and yet anointed king. And these men of the sons of Zeruiah are too harsh for me. May the Lord repay whoever does evil in accord with his malice.”

Tetapi aku ini sekarang masih lemah, sekalipun sudah diurapi menjadi raja, sedang orang-orang itu, yakni anak-anak Zeruya, melebihi aku dalam kekerasan. Kiranya TUHAN membalas kepada orang yang berbuat jahat setimpal dengan kejahatannya."