2 Samuel 19
1 And it is declared to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom”;
Kemudian seseorang memberitahukan kepada Yoab, “Raja sedang menangis dan berduka karena kematian Absalom.”
2 and the salvation on that day becomes mourning to all the people, for the people have heard on that day, saying, “The king has been grieved for his son.”
Para tentara juga mendengar bahwa raja meratapi anaknya, sehingga kemenangan hari itu justru menjadi suasana perkabungan.
3 And the people steals away, on that day, to go into the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;
Mereka kembali ke kota dengan diam-diam, seperti tentara yang kalah perang dan pulang dengan perasaan malu.
4 and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries [with] a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
Sementara itu, raja menutupi wajahnya dengan tangan dan masih menangis keras-keras sambil berkata, “Anakku Absalom, oh Absalom anakku, anakku!”
5 And Joab comes into the house to the king and says, “Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants, those delivering your life today, and the life of your sons, and of your daughters, and the life of your wives, and the life of your concubines,
Lalu Yoab datang menemui Daud dan berkata, “Hari ini Tuanku Raja mempermalukan semua tentara Tuan, padahal mereka sudah menyelamatkan nyawa Tuan, anak-anak Tuan, juga para istri dan selir Tuan!
6 to love your enemies, and to hate those loving you, for today you have declared that you have no princes and servants, for today I have known that if Absalom [were] alive, and all of us dead today, that then it were right in your eyes.
Dengan sikap seperti ini, Tuanku Raja menunjukkan bahwa perjuangan kami tidak ada artinya bagimu. Kelihatannya Tuan lebih mengasihi musuh-musuh Tuan daripada kami yang membela Tuan! Sekarang saya tahu, seandainya Absalom masih hidup dan kami semua mati, Tuan pasti sangat senang!
7 And now, rise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants, for I have sworn by YHWH, that [if] you are not going out—there does not lodge a man with you tonight; and this [is] worse for you than all the evil that has come on you from your youth until now.”
Karena itu, bangun dan ucapkanlah terima kasih atas perjuangan mereka demi kerajaanmu. Di hadapan TUHAN saya berkata dengan jujur: Kalau Tuan tidak mengucapkan terima kasih kepada mereka, mereka pasti tersinggung dan meninggalkan Tuan malam ini juga! Kalau sudah begitu, Tuan akan mengalami kesulitan yang lebih besar daripada segala kesulitan yang pernah Tuan alami!”
8 And the king rises, and sits in the gate, and they have declared to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate”; and all the people come in before the king, and Israel has fled, each to his tents.
Maka Daud pun bangun dan duduk di gerbang kota. Sesudah diumumkan kepada pasukannya bahwa raja sedang duduk di gerbang kota, mereka semua berkumpul di hadapannya. Sementara itu, pasukan Absalom sudah melarikan diri ke rumah mereka masing-masing.
9 And it comes to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, indeed, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom,
Semua suku Israel berunding dengan mengatakan, “Bagaimana sekarang?! Raja yang baru saja kita pilih sudah mati, sedangkan Daudlah yang sudah menyelamatkan kita dari kekuasaan musuh-musuh kita dan orang Filistin. Tetapi sekarang Daud sudah kabur dari negeri ini. Bukankah sebaiknya kita mengangkat Daud kembali sebagai raja kita?”
10 and Absalom whom we anointed over us [is] dead in battle, and now, why are you silent—to bring back the king?”
11 And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to [the] elderly of Judah, saying, Why are you last to bring back the king to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house;
Raja Daud mendengar kabar tentang pendapat rakyat itu. Lalu dia mengirim pesan kepada Imam Zadok dan Imam Abiatar, “Sampaikanlah kepada para tua-tua suku Yehuda, ‘Saya sudah mendengar pendapat orang-orang Israel, kecuali dari kalian. Mengapa kalian belum sepakat untuk membawa saya kembali ke istana?
12 you [are] my brothers, you [are] my bone and my flesh, and why are you last to bring back the king?
Kalian adalah saudara-saudaraku, darah dagingku sendiri. Sudah sepantasnya kalian yang pertama datang untuk mengantar saya kembali ke istana.’
13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? Thus God does to me, and thus He adds, if you are not head of the host before me instead of Joab [for] all the days.”
Sampaikan juga kepada Amasa begini, ‘Kita adalah keluarga dekat. Aku bersumpah: Biarlah Allah menghukum aku, bahkan mencabut nyawaku, jika aku tidak mengangkatmu menjadi panglima pasukan Israel untuk menggantikan Yoab!’”
14 And he inclines the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.”
Demikianlah Daud berhasil membuat semua orang Yehuda sepakat mendukung dia, sehingga mereka mengirim pesan kepada raja, “Tuan, pulanglah bersama seluruh rombongan Tuan.”
15 And the king turns back, and comes to the Jordan, and Judah has come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan,
Maka Daud berangkat dan sampailah mereka di tepi sungai Yordan. Sementara itu, orang-orang Yehuda sudah tiba di Gilgal untuk menyambut raja dan membantu dia menyeberangi sungai Yordan.
16 and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who [is] from Bahurim, hurries, and comes down with the men of Judah, to meet King David,
Simei, orang suku Benyamin yang sebelumnya sudah mengumpati Daud, juga cepat-cepat turun ke sungai untuk menyambut Raja Daud.
17 and one thousand men [are] with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously over the Jordan before the king.
Bersama Simei ada seribu orang Benyamin. Selain mereka, datang juga Ziba, pelayan keluarga Saul, bersama lima belas anaknya dan dua puluh budaknya. Mereka bergegas masuk ke sungai Yordan sebelum raja menyeberang.
18 And the ferry-boat has passed over to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [is] good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera has fallen before the king in his passing over into the Jordan,
Mereka menolong keluarga raja menyeberangi sungai dan siap melakukan apa pun yang dapat membantu Daud. Sesampainya di seberang sungai, Simei bersujud di hadapan Daud
19 and he says to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me; neither remember that which your servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem—for the king to set [it] to his heart;
dan berkata, “Tuanku Raja, mohon jangan mengingat-ingat kesalahan hambamu ini dan perbuatan saya pada hari ketika Tuan meninggalkan Yerusalem! Saya mohon agar Tuan melupakan semua itu!
20 for your servant has known that I have sinned; and behold, I have come today, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.”
Hambamu ini sadar bahwa hamba sudah berdosa. Karena itu, hari ini saya datang sebagai orang pertama mewakili semua suku Israel selain Yehuda untuk menyambut Tuanku Raja.”
21 And Abishai son of Zeruiah answers and says, “Is Shimei not put to death for this—because he reviled the anointed of YHWH?”
Mendengar itu, Abisai menjawab, “Simei seharusnya dihukum mati karena sudah mengumpati raja yang dipilih TUHAN.”
22 And David says, “And what do I [have to do] with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that today you are for an adversary to me? Is any man put to death in Israel today? For have I not known that today I [am] king over Israel?”
Tetapi Daud berkata, “Diam saja, anak Zeruya! Bukan urusanmu untuk menentang saya dengan pendapatmu! Hari ini bukanlah hari untuk menjatukan hukuman mati atas siapa pun, karena saya baru diangkat kembali sebagai raja atas Israel.”
23 And the king says to Shimei, “You do not die”; and the king swears to him.
Lalu Daud berjanji kepada Simei dengan bersumpah, “Kamu tidak akan dihukum mati.”
24 And Mephibosheth son of Saul has come down to meet the king—and he did not prepare his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, indeed, he did not wash his garments, even from the day of the going away of the king, until the day that he came in peace—
Mefiboset, cucu Saul, juga datang dari Yerusalem menemui Daud. Sebagai tanda bersedih, dia tidak membersihkan kakinya, tidak merapikan kumisnya, dan tidak mencuci pakaiannya sejak Raja Daud meninggalkan Yerusalem sampai dia kembali dengan selamat. Daud bertanya kepadanya, “Mengapa kamu tidak ikut bersama saya waktu itu, Mefiboset?”
25 and it comes to pass, when he has come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king says to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 And he says, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, I saddle the donkey for myself, and ride on it, and go with the king, for your servant [is] lame;
Jawabnya, “Tuanku Raja tahu bahwa hambamu ini lumpuh. Saya sudah menyuruh Ziba, budak saya itu untuk menyiapkan keledai agar hamba bisa menungganginya dan ikut dengan Tuan. Tetapi dia menipu saya dan pergi sendiri.
27 and he utters slander against your servant to my lord the king, and my lord the king [is] as a messenger of God; and do that which is good in your eyes,
Dia bahkan sudah memfitnah hamba di hadapan Tuan. Namun Tuanku Raja bijaksana seperti malaikat. Tuan pasti tahu apa yang sebaiknya dilakukan dalam situasi ini.
28 for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and you set your servant among those eating at your table, and what right do I have anymore—even to cry anymore to the king?”
Lagipula, seluruh keturunan kakekku sebenarnya layak dihukum mati oleh Tuan. Tetapi dengan mengizinkan hambamu makan semeja dengan Tuan, engkau memperlakukan saya seperti anggota keluarga! Hambamu ini merasa puas dan tidak perlu minta apa-apa lagi.”
29 And the king says to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba—share the field.”
Lalu raja menjawabnya, “Cukuplah perkataanmu itu. Saya sudah memutuskan supaya tanah dan harta Saul dibagi dua antara kamu dan Ziba.”
30 And Mephibosheth says to the king, “Indeed, let him take the whole, after that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”
Kata Mefiboset, “Tidak apa-apa! Biarkan Ziba mengambil semuanya! Asal Tuanku Raja sudah kembali dengan selamat, hamba senang.”
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite has gone down from Rogelim, and passes over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan;
Barzilai orang Gilead sudah datang dari Rogelim untuk mengantar Daud sampai menyeberangi sungai Yordan.
32 and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he has sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] a very great man;
Barzilai sangat tua, umurnya delapan puluh tahun. Dia seorang yang kaya raya. Selama Raja Daud dan rombongannya tinggal di Mahanaim waktu itu, dialah yang menyediakan makanan serta kebutuhan lainnya bagi mereka.
33 and the king says to Barzillai, “Pass over with me, and I have sustained you in Jerusalem with me.”
Daud berkata kepada Barzilai, “Pak, mari ikut ke Yerusalem. Di sana saya akan memenuhi segala kebutuhan Bapak.”
34 And Barzillai says to the king, “How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Tetapi Barzilai menjawab, “Tuan, hambamu ini tidak akan hidup lama lagi. Tidak ada gunanya saya ikut dengan Tuan ke Yerusalem.
35 I [am] a son of eighty years today; do I know between good and evil? Does your servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? Do I listen anymore to the voice of male and female singers? And why is your servant for a burden to my lord the king anymore?
Umur hamba sudah delapan puluh tahun. Saya tidak lagi bisa menikmati apa pun. Lidah saya sudah tidak dapat merasakan makanan atau minuman enak. Telinga saya sudah tidak bisa mendengarkan suara orang yang bernyanyi, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Kalau hambamu ikut ke sana, hamba hanya akan menjadi beban bagi Tuanku Raja.
36 As a little thing, your servant passes over the Jordan with the king, and why does the king repay me this repayment?
Saya akan menemani Tuan menyeberangi sungai Yordan dan berjalan sedikit untuk mengantarkan kepergian Tuan. Itu pun sebuah kehormatan besar bagi saya, dan Tuan tidak perlu lagi menambah hadiah apa pun untuk saya.
37 Please let your servant turn back again, and I die in my own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother—and behold, your servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do to him that which [is] good in your eyes.”
Izinkanlah saya pulang saja, agar saat meninggal dunia saya dapat dikuburkan di dekat kuburan ayah dan ibu saya. Lebih baik anak saya, Kimham, yang pergi mengikuti Tuan. Lakukanlah baginya apa yang terbaik menurut Tuan.”
38 And the king says, “Chimham goes over with me, and I do to him that which [is] good in your eyes, indeed, all that you fix on me I do to you.”
Daud menjawab, “Baiklah! Kimham akan menyeberang dan ikut bersama saya ke Yerusalem. Di sana saya akan melakukan baginya apa yang baik menurut Bapak. Dan kalau Bapak sendiri membutuhkan apa pun, katakan saja. Saya pasti melakukannya.”
39 And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king has passed over, and the king gives a kiss to Barzillai, and blesses him, and he turns back to his place.
Sesudah selesai menyeberangi sungai, Daud mengucapkan salam perpisahan sambil memeluk Barzilai dan mendoakan berkat baginya. Lalu Barzilai pulang ke kotanya.
40 And the king passes over to Gilgal, and Chimham has passed over with him, and all the people of Judah, and they bring over the king, and also the half of the people of Israel.
Daud berjalan menuju Gilgal disertai Kimham. Seluruh pasukan Yehuda dan separuh dari pasukan Israel ikut mengantarkan raja.
41 And behold, all the men of Israel are coming to the king, and they say to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you—and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”
Akan tetapi, timbullah pertengkaran antara kedua pihak tersebut. Pasukan Israel memprotes kepada raja, “Tuan, orang Yehuda itu diam-diam pergi menjemput Raja beserta rombongan Tuan dari sungai Yordan! Mereka tidak mengajak kami!”
42 And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, “Because the king [is] near to us, and why [is] this [that] you are displeased about this matter? Have we eaten of the king’s [substance] at all? Has he lifted up a gift to us?”
Sebaliknya, pasukan Yehuda menjawab mereka, “Sudah sepantasnya kami melakukan itu, karena raja berasal dari suku kami! Kalian tidak perlu marah! Kami melakukan ini tanpa dibayar baik berupa hadiah maupun makanan.”
43 And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, “We have ten parts in the king, and also more than you in David; and why have you lightly esteemed us, that our word has not been first to bring back our king?” And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.
Jawab orang Israel, “Tetapi kesepuluh suku kami berhak sepuluh kali lebih banyak atas Raja Daud daripada kalian, yang dari suku Yehuda. Kalian sudah meremehkan kami! Bukankah kami yang lebih dahulu menyarankan untuk mengangkat Raja Daud kembali?!” Namun, orang Yehuda membantah mereka dengan lebih keras lagi.
