2 Kings 8

1 And Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had revived, saying, “Rise and go, you and your household, and sojourn where you sojourn, for YHWH has called for a famine, and also, it is coming to the land [for] seven years.”

Pada suatu waktu TUHAN mendatangkan bencana kelaparan di negeri Israel yang berlangsung tujuh tahun lamanya. Sebelum itu Elisa telah memberitahukan hal itu kepada wanita dari Sunem yang anaknya telah dihidupkannya kembali. Elisa juga menyuruh dia pindah dengan keluarganya ke negeri lain.

2 And the woman rises, and does according to the word of the man of God, and goes, she and her household, and sojourns in the land of the Philistines [for] seven years.

Wanita itu melakukan apa yang dikatakan Elisa, dan berangkat ke negeri Filistin untuk tinggal di situ.

3 And it comes to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turns back from the land of the Philistines, and goes out to cry to the king for her house and for her field.

Sesudah masa tujuh tahun itu ia kembali ke Israel. Lalu ia pergi dengan anaknya kepada raja untuk memohon supaya rumah dan ladangnya dikembalikan kepadanya.

4 And the king is speaking to Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, “Please recount to me the whole of the great things that Elisha has done.”

Pada waktu itu Gehazi pelayan Elisa telah diminta oleh raja untuk menceritakan tentang keajaiban-keajaiban yang telah dilakukan oleh Elisa.

5 And it comes to pass, he is recounting to the king how he had revived the dead, and behold, the woman whose son he had revived is crying to the king for her house and for her field, and Gehazi says, “My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha revived.”

Dan tepat pada waktu wanita dari Sunem itu datang menghadap raja untuk menyampaikan permohonannya, Gehazi sedang menceritakan tentang bagaimana Elisa menghidupkan kembali seorang anak yang sudah mati. Maka kata Gehazi, "Paduka yang mulia, inilah wanita itu, dan ini anaknya yang dihidupkan kembali oleh Elisa!"

6 And the king inquires of the woman, and she recounts to him, and the king appoints a certain eunuch to her, saying, “Give back all that she has, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even until now.”

Lalu raja bertanya dan wanita itu menceritakan tentang anak itu. Setelah itu raja memanggil seorang pegawainya dan memerintahkan supaya segala milik wanita itu dikembalikan kepadanya, termasuk harga seluruh hasil ladang-ladangnya selama tujuh tahun ia di luar negeri.

7 And Elisha comes to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, “The man of God has come here.”

Pada suatu waktu Elisa pergi ke Damsyik. Kebetulan Raja Benhadad sedang sakit. Ketika raja mendengar bahwa Elisa ada di Damsyik,

8 And the king says to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and you have sought YHWH by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?”

ia berkata kepada Hazael, seorang pegawainya, "Bawalah hadiah kepada nabi itu, dan mintalah supaya ia menanyakan kepada TUHAN apakah aku ini akan sembuh atau tidak."

9 And Hazael goes to meet him, and takes a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he comes in and stands before him, and says, “Your son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?”

Hazael mengambil 40 unta dan memuatinya dengan segala macam hasil kota Damsyik, lalu pergi kepada Elisa. Ketika sampai di tempat Elisa, Hazael berkata, "Hambamu Raja Benhadad, mengutus saya untuk menanyakan apakah ia akan sembuh atau tidak."

10 And Elisha says to him, “Go, say, You certainly do not revive, seeing [that] YHWH has showed me that he surely dies.”

Elisa menjawab, "TUHAN mengatakan kepada saya bahwa ia akan mati. Tetapi katakan saja kepadanya bahwa ia akan sembuh."

11 And he sets his face, indeed, he sets [it] until he is ashamed, and the man of God weeps.

Kemudian Elisa menatap Hazael dengan pandangan yang tajam sehingga Hazael menjadi gelisah. Tiba-tiba Elisa menangis.

12 And Hazael says, “Why is my lord weeping?” And he says, “Because I have known the evil that you do to the sons of Israel—you send their fortifications into fire, and you slay their young men with sword, and you dash their sucklings to pieces, and you rip up their pregnant women.”

"Mengapa Tuan menangis?" tanya Hazael. "Sebab aku tahu kejahatan yang akan kaulakukan terhadap orang Israel," kata Elisa. "Engkau akan membakar kota-kotanya yang berbenteng, membunuh orang-orang mudanya yang terbaik, dan mencekik anak-anak bayi serta membelah perut para wanitanya yang sedang mengandung."

13 And Hazael says, “But what [is] your servant—the dog, that he does this great thing?” And Elisha says, “YHWH has showed me you—king of Aram.”

"Ah, saya ini orang yang tidak berarti," jawab Hazael, "mana mungkin saya punya kuasa sehebat itu!" "TUHAN sudah menunjukkan kepadaku bahwa engkau akan menjadi raja Siria," jawab Elisa.

14 And he goes from Elisha, and comes to his lord, and he says to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he says, “He said to me, You certainly recover.”

Ketika Hazael kembali ke istana, bertanyalah Benhadad, "Apa kata Elisa?" "Ia berkata bahwa Baginda pasti akan sembuh," jawab Hazael.

15 And it comes to pass on the next day, that he takes the coarse cloth, and dips [it] in water, and spreads [it] on his face, and he dies, and Hazael reigns in his stead.

Tetapi keesokan harinya Hazael mengambil sehelai selimut, dan mencelupkannya ke dalam air lalu menekankannya pada muka raja sehingga ia mati lemas. Dan Hazael menjadi raja Siria menggantikan Benhadad.

16 And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel—and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah—Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, has reigned;

Yehoram anak Yosafat menjadi raja Yehuda pada waktu Raja Yoram anak Ahab telah memerintah Israel lima tahun.

17 he was a son of thirty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

Pada waktu itu Yehoram berumur tiga puluh dua tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem delapan tahun lamanya.

18 And he walks in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab did, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH,

Ia kawin dengan anak Ahab, dan seperti yang dilakukan oleh keluarga Ahab, ia pun berdosa kepada TUHAN seperti raja-raja Israel.

19 and YHWH was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He said to him, to give a lamp to him—to his sons [for] all the days.

Tetapi TUHAN tidak mau membinasakan Yehuda karena Ia sudah berjanji kepada Daud hamba-Nya, bahwa keturunannya akan tetap menjadi raja.

20 In his days Edom has revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,

Dalam pemerintahan Yehoram, Edom memberontak terhadap Yehuda dan membentuk kerajaan sendiri.

21 and Joram passes over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself has risen by night, and strikes Edom that is coming around to him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people flee to their tents;

Karena itu, keluarlah Yehoram dengan semua kereta perangnya menuju ke Zair. Di sana ia dikepung pasukan Edom, tetapi malamnya ia dan para panglima pasukan berkereta menerobos kepungan musuh, dan prajurit-prajurit mereka melarikan diri pulang ke rumah masing-masing.

22 and Edom revolts from under the hand of Judah until this day; then Libnah revolts at that time.

Sejak itu Edom tidak tunduk lagi kepada Yehuda. Pada masa itu juga kota Libna pun memberontak.

23 And the rest of the matters of Joram and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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

24 And Joram lies with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Ahaziah reigns in his stead.

Ia meninggal dan dikubur di pekuburan raja-raja di Kota Daud. Ahazia anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, has reigned;

Ahazia anak Yehoram menjadi raja Yehuda pada waktu Raja Yoram anak Ahab telah memerintah Israel dua belas tahun.

26 Ahaziah [is] a son of twenty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned one year in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri, king of Israel,

Pada waktu itu Ahazia berumur dua puluh dua tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem setahun lamanya. Ibunya bernama Atalya, anak Raja Ahab dan cucu Omri raja Israel.

27 and he walks in the way of the house of Ahab, and does evil in the eyes of YHWH, like the house of Ahab, for he [is] son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

Karena perkawinannya, Ahazia ada hubungan keluarga dengan keluarga Raja Ahab. Ahazia berdosa kepada TUHAN sama seperti yang dilakukan oleh keluarga Ahab.

28 And he goes with Joram son of Ahab to battle with Hazael king of Aram in Ramoth-Gilead, and the Arameans strike Joram,

Raja Ahazia turut berperang bersama Yoram raja Israel melawan Hazael raja Siria. Mereka bertempur di Ramot, daerah Gilead. Yoram terluka dalam pertempuran itu,

29 and Joram the king turns back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans strike him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, has gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.

lalu ia kembali ke kota Yizreel untuk dirawat, dan Ahazia pergi menengok dia di sana.