2 Chronicles 19
1 When King Jehoshaphat was returning safely to his palace in Jerusalem,
Yosafat, raja Yehuda, pulang dengan selamat ke istananya di Yerusalem.
2 the prophet Jehu, the son of [the prophet] Hanani, went out of the city to meet the king, and said to him, “It was not right for you to help a wicked man and to love those who hate Yahweh. Because of what you have done, Yahweh is angry with you.
Ketika itu Yehu bin Hanani, pelihat itu, pergi menemuinya dan berkata kepada raja Yosafat: "Sewajarnyakah engkau menolong orang fasik dan bersahabat dengan mereka yang membenci TUHAN? Karena hal itu TUHAN murka terhadap engkau.
3 But you have done some good things; you got rid of the poles in this country for [worshiping the goddess] Asherah, and you have strongly determined to do what pleases God.”
Namun masih terdapat hal-hal yang baik padamu, karena engkau menghapuskan tiang-tiang berhala dari negeri ini dan mencari Allah dengan tekun."
4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. But [one time], like he had done once previously, he went out among all the people in the country, from Beersheba [city in the far south] to the hilly area of [the tribe of] Ephraim [in the far north], and he convinced them to return to [worshiping] Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
Yosafat diam di Yerusalem. Ia mengadakan kunjungan pula ke daerah-daerah, dari Bersyeba sampai ke pegunungan Efraim, sambil menyuruh rakyat berbalik kepada TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka.
5 He appointed judges throughout Judah, in each of the cities that had walls around them.
Ia mengangkat juga hakim-hakim di seluruh negeri, yakni di semua kota yang berkubu di Yehuda, di tiap-tiap kota.
6 He told them, “Make your decisions carefully, because you are judging cases not [in order] to [please] people but to [please] Yahweh. And he will be watching you whenever you make a decision.
Berpesanlah ia kepada hakim-hakim itu: "Pertimbangkanlah apa yang kamu buat, karena bukanlah untuk manusia kamu memutuskan hukum, melainkan untuk TUHAN, yang ada beserta kamu, bila kamu memutuskan hukum.
7 So now revere Yahweh, and judge cases carefully, [and do not forget that] Yahweh our God never acts unjustly, and he never does what people want because of their offering him money; he never accepts bribes.”
Sebab itu, kiranya kamu diliputi oleh rasa takut kepada TUHAN. Bertindaklah dengan seksama, karena berlaku curang, memihak ataupun menerima suap tidak ada pada TUHAN, Allah kita."
8 In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some priests and other descendants of Levi and some leaders of Israeli families [to be judges]. He told them to do what Yahweh’s laws said was right when they settled disputes. Those men lived in Jerusalem.
Juga di Yerusalem Yosafat mengangkat beberapa orang dari antara orang Lewi, dari antara para imam dan dari antara para kepala puak Israel untuk memberi keputusan dalam hal hukum TUHAN dan dalam hal perselisihan. Mereka berkedudukan di Yerusalem.
9 He told them this: “You must always do your work faithfully, revering Yahweh.
Ia memerintahkan mereka: "Kamu harus bertindak dengan takut akan TUHAN, dengan setia dan dengan tulus hati, demikian:
10 In every dispute that your fellow Israelis who live in the cities want you to settle, you must warn them to not sin against Yahweh [by telling lies during the trial]. If you do not warn them, God will punish both you and your fellow Israelis. If you warn them, you will not be sinning. You must warn them whether [someone has accused them] of murdering someone, or of disobeying some other law or command or decree [of Yahweh].
Dalam setiap perkara, yang disampaikan kepada kamu oleh rekan-rekanmu yang tinggal di kota-kota, yakni perkara-perkara mengenai penumpahan darah atau mengenai hukum, perintah, ketetapan-ketetapan dan peraturan-peraturan hendaklah kamu memperingatkan mereka, supaya mereka jangan bersalah terhadap TUHAN, sehingga murka-Nya menimpa kamu dan rekan-rekanmu. Hendaklah kamu berbuat demikian, dan kamu tidak akan bersalah.
11 Amariah the Supreme Priest will supervise you in any matter that Yahweh is concerned about, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the leader of the tribe of Judah, will supervise you in any matter that I am responsible for. And the descendants of Levi will assist you. Act courageously, and I pray that Yahweh will help those who do their work well.”
Dengan ini imam kepala Amarya diangkat sebagai ketuamu dalam segala perkara ketuhanan dan Zebaja bin Ismael, pemuka kaum Yehuda, dalam segala perkara kerajaan, sedang orang Lewi akan melayani kamu sebagai pengatur. Bertindaklah dengan tegas! Kiranya TUHAN menyertai orang yang tulus ikhlas."
