1 Kings 21

1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

Sesudah itu terjadilah hal yang berikut. Nabot, orang Yizreel, mempunyai kebun anggur di Yizreel, di samping istana Ahab, raja Samaria.

2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house: and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money.

Berkatalah Ahab kepada Nabot: "Berikanlah kepadaku kebun anggurmu itu, supaya kujadikan kebun sayur, sebab letaknya dekat rumahku. Aku akan memberikan kepadamu kebun anggur yang lebih baik dari pada itu sebagai gantinya, atau jikalau engkau lebih suka, aku akan membayar harganya kepadamu dengan uang."

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

Jawab Nabot kepada Ahab: "Kiranya TUHAN menghindarkan aku dari pada memberikan milik pusaka nenek moyangku kepadamu!"

4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Lalu masuklah Ahab ke dalam istananya dengan kesal hati dan gusar karena perkataan yang dikatakan Nabot, orang Yizreel itu, kepadanya: "Tidak akan kuberikan kepadamu milik pusaka nenek moyangku." Maka berbaringlah ia di tempat tidurnya dan menelungkupkan mukanya dan tidak mau makan.

5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

Lalu datanglah Izebel, isterinya, dan berkata kepadanya: "Apa sebabnya hatimu kesal, sehingga engkau tidak makan?"

6 And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

Lalu jawabnya kepadanya: "Sebab aku telah berkata kepada Nabot, orang Yizreel itu: Berikanlah kepadaku kebun anggurmu dengan bayaran uang atau jika engkau lebih suka, aku akan memberikan kebun anggur kepadamu sebagai gantinya. Tetapi sahutnya: Tidak akan kuberikan kepadamu kebun anggurku itu."

7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

Kata Izebel, isterinya, kepadanya: "Bukankah engkau sekarang yang memegang kuasa raja atas Israel? Bangunlah, makanlah dan biarlah hatimu gembira! Aku akan memberikan kepadamu kebun anggur Nabot, orang Yizreel itu."

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Kemudian ia menulis surat atas nama Ahab, memeteraikannya dengan meterai raja, lalu mengirim surat itu kepada tua-tua dan pemuka-pemuka yang diam sekota dengan Nabot.

9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

Dalam surat itu ditulisnya demikian: "Maklumkanlah puasa dan suruhlah Nabot duduk paling depan di antara rakyat.

10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

Suruh jugalah dua orang dursila duduk menghadapinya, dan mereka harus naik saksi terhadap dia, dengan mengatakan: Engkau telah mengutuk Allah dan raja. Sesudah itu bawalah dia ke luar dan lemparilah dia dengan batu sampai mati."

11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

Orang-orang sekotanya, yakni tua-tua dan pemuka-pemuka, yang diam di kotanya itu, melakukan seperti yang diperintahkan Izebel kepada mereka, seperti yang tertulis dalam surat yang dikirimkannya kepada mereka.

12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

Mereka memaklumkan puasa dan menyuruh Nabot duduk paling depan di antara rakyat.

13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Kemudian datanglah dua orang, yakni orang-orang dursila itu, lalu duduk menghadapi Nabot. Orang-orang dursila itu naik saksi terhadap Nabot di depan rakyat, katanya: "Nabot telah mengutuk Allah dan raja." Sesudah itu mereka membawa dia ke luar kota, lalu melempari dia dengan batu sampai mati.

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

Setelah itu mereka menyuruh orang kepada Izebel mengatakan: "Nabot sudah dilempari sampai mati."

15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

Segera sesudah Izebel mendengar, bahwa Nabot sudah dilempari sampai mati, berkatalah Izebel kepada Ahab: "Bangunlah, ambillah kebun anggur Nabot, orang Yizreel itu, menjadi milikmu, karena Nabot yang menolak memberikannya kepadamu dengan bayaran uang, sudah tidak hidup lagi; ia sudah mati."

16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

Segera sesudah Ahab mendengar, bahwa Nabot sudah mati, ia bangun dan pergi ke kebun anggur Nabot, orang Yizreel itu, untuk mengambil kebun itu menjadi miliknya.

17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Tetapi datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Elia, orang Tisbe itu, bunyinya:

18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to possess it.

"Bangunlah, pergilah menemui Ahab, raja Israel yang di Samaria. Ia telah pergi ke kebun anggur Nabot untuk mengambil kebun itu menjadi miliknya.

19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.

Katakanlah kepadanya, demikian: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Engkau telah membunuh serta merampas juga! Katakan pula kepadanya: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Di tempat anjing telah menjilat darah Nabot, di situ jugalah anjing akan menjilat darahmu."

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

Kata Ahab kepada Elia: "Sekarang engkau mendapat aku, hai musuhku?" Jawabnya: "Memang sekarang aku mendapat engkau, karena engkau sudah memperbudak diri dengan melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN.

21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

Sesungguhnya, Aku akan mendatangkan malapetaka kepadamu, Aku akan menyapu engkau dan melenyapkan setiap orang laki-laki dari keluarga Ahab, baik yang tinggi maupun yang rendah kedudukannya di Israel.

22 And will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

Dan Aku akan memperlakukan keluargamu sama seperti keluarga Yerobeam bin Nebat dan seperti keluarga Baesa bin Ahia, oleh karena engkau menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku, dan oleh karena engkau mengakibatkan orang Israel berbuat dosa.

23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

Juga mengenai Izebel TUHAN telah berfirman: Anjing akan memakan Izebel di tembok luar Yizreel.

24 Him that dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

Siapa dari keluarga Ahab yang mati di kota akan dimakan anjing dan yang mati di padang akan dimakan burung di udara."

25 But there was none like to Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

Sesungguhnya tidak pernah ada orang seperti Ahab yang memperbudak diri dengan melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN, karena ia telah dibujuk oleh Izebel, isterinya.

26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

Bahkan ia telah berlaku sangat keji dengan mengikuti berhala-berhala, tepat seperti yang dilakukan oleh orang Amori yang telah dihalau TUHAN dari depan orang Israel.

27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Segera sesudah Ahab mendengar perkataan itu, ia mengoyakkan pakaiannya, mengenakan kain kabung pada tubuhnya dan berpuasa. Bahkan ia tidur dengan memakai kain kabung, dan berjalan dengan langkah lamban.

28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Lalu datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Elia, orang Tisbe itu:

29 See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil on his house.

"Sudahkah kaulihat, bahwa Ahab merendahkan diri di hadapan-Ku? Oleh karena ia telah merendahkan diri di hadapan-Ku, maka Aku tidak akan mendatangkan malapetaka dalam zamannya; barulah dalam zaman anaknya Aku akan mendatangkan malapetaka atas keluarganya."