2 Chronicles 32
1 After King Hezekiah had obeyed Yahweh’s instructions and had done all those things, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] and invaded Judah. He commanded his soldiers to surround the cities that had walls around them, thinking that they would [break through those walls and] conquer those cities.
Setelah peristiwa yang menunjukkan kesetiaan Hizkia itu datanglah Sanherib, raja Asyur, menyerbu Yehuda. Ia mengepung kota-kota berkubu, dan berniat merebutnya.
2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come [with his army] and that they intended to attack Jerusalem,
Ketika Hizkia mengetahui, bahwa Sanherib datang hendak memerangi Yerusalem,
3 he consulted with his officials and army leaders. They said among themselves, “Why should we allow the king of Assyria [and his army] to come and find plenty of water to drink?” So they decided to stop the water from flowing outside the city. So a large group of men gathered together and blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through that area.
ia berunding dengan para panglima dan pahlawannya untuk menutup segala mata air yang terdapat di luar kota dan mereka itu bersedia membantunya.
Maka berkumpullah banyak orang. Mereka menutup semua mata air dan sungai yang mengalir dari tengah-tengah negeri itu. Kata mereka: "Mengapa raja-raja Asyur harus mendapat banyak air, kalau mereka datang?"
5 Then they worked hard to repair all the sections of the city wall that had been broken, and they built watchtowers on the walls. They built another wall outside/around the wall that was already outside the city, and they strengthened the defenses on the sloping terraces [on the east side of the area called ‘The City of David’]. They also made a large number of weapons and shields.
Dengan sekuat tenaga Hizkia membangun kembali seluruh tembok yang telah terbongkar, mendirikan menara-menara di atasnya dan tembok yang lain di luarnya. Ia memperkuat juga Milo di kota Daud dan membuat lembing dan perisai dalam jumlah yang besar.
6 Hezekiah appointed army commanders, and he gathered them in front of him in the square at one of the city gates, and he encouraged them by saying this to them:
Ia mengangkat panglima-panglima perang yang mengepalai rakyat, menyuruh mereka berkumpul kepadanya di halaman pintu gerbang kota dan menenangkan hati mereka dengan kata-kata:
7 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged on account of the king of Assyria and the huge army that is with him, because [Yahweh] is with us, and his [power] is greater than their [power].
"Kuatkanlah dan teguhkanlah hatimu! Janganlah takut dan terkejut terhadap raja Asyur serta seluruh laskar yang menyertainya, karena yang menyertai kita lebih banyak dari pada yang menyertai dia.
8 They have to rely on the power of humans, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and to fight battles for us.” So the people became more confident because of what Hezekiah, the king of Judah, said.
Yang menyertai dia adalah tangan manusia, tetapi yang menyertai kita adalah TUHAN, Allah kita, yang membantu kita dan melakukan peperangan kita." Oleh kata-kata Hizkia, raja Yehuda itu, rakyat mendapat kepercayaannya kembali.
9 Later, when Sennacherib and all his soldiers were surrounding Lachish [city], he sent some officers to Jerusalem to give this message to King Hezekiah and to all the people of Judah who were there:
Sesudah itu Sanherib, raja Asyur, yang sedang mengepung Lakhis dengan seluruh kekuatan tentaranya, mengutus beberapa pegawai ke Yerusalem, kepada Hizkia, raja Yehuda, dan kepada semua orang Yehuda yang ada di Yerusalem, dengan pesan:
10 “[I am] Sennacherib, the [great] king of Assyria, [and] this is what I say: 'While you are staying in Jerusalem, my soldiers are surrounding the city. So why [RHQ] are you so confident?
"Beginilah titah Sanherib, raja Asyur: Apakah yang kamu harapkan, maka kamu tinggal saja di Yerusalem yang terkepung ini?
11 Hezekiah says to you, “Yahweh our God will save us from [being defeated by the army of] the king of Assyria,” but he is misleading you. He wants you to die from having no food or water.
Bukankah Hizkia memperdayakan kamu, supaya kamu mati kelaparan dan kehausan, dengan mengatakan: TUHAN, Allah kita, akan melepaskan kita dari tangan raja Asyur?
12 Isn’t Hezekiah the one who told his men to get rid of your god Yahweh’s shrines and altars on the hilltops, saying to [you people of] Jerusalem and other places in Judah, “You must worship at only one altar and burn sacrifices on only that altar”?
Bukankah Hizkia ini yang menjauhkan segala bukit pengorbanan dan mezbah TUHAN itu, dan berkata kepada Yehuda dan Yerusalem: Hanya di depan satu mezbah kamu harus sujud menyembah dan membakar korban di atasnya?
13 'Do you people not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people-groups in other countries? [We destroyed them all, and] none of the gods of those nations were ever able to prevent my [troops] from conquering them! So how can your god prevent my soldiers from conquering you?
Tidakkah kamu ketahui apa yang aku dan nenek moyangku lakukan terhadap semua bangsa negeri-negeri lain? Apakah para allah bangsa-bangsa segala negeri itu pernah berhasil melepaskan negeri mereka dari tanganku?
Siapa dari pada semua allah bangsa-bangsa yang sudah ditumpas nenek moyangku itu dapat melepaskan bangsanya dari tanganku? Masakan Allahmu dapat melepaskan kamu dari tanganku?
15 So do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you like this. Do not believe what he says, because no god of any nation or kingdom has ever been able to rescue his people from being conquered by my army and the armies of my ancestors. So certainly your god will not be able to rescue you from my power'.”
Sekarang, janganlah Hizkia memperdayakan dan membujuk kamu seperti ini! Janganlah percaya kepadanya, karena tidak ada allah dari bangsa atau kerajaan manapun yang dapat melepaskan bangsanya dari tanganku dan dari tangan nenek moyangku, lebih-lebih lagi Allahmu itu takkan dapat melepaskan kamu dari tanganku!"
16 Sennacherib’s officers said more things to belittle Yahweh the God of the Israelis and Hezekiah, who served God [well].
Dan masih banyak lagi yang diucapkan pegawai-pegawai Sanherib itu menentang TUHAN Allah dan menentang Hizkia, hamba-Nya.
17 King Sennacherib wrote more letters insulting Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [belonged to/worshiped]. He said things like this: “The gods [worshiped by] the people-groups in other countries did not rescue their people from my power. Similarly, the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my power.”
Ia menulis juga surat yang penuh cela dan hujat terhadap TUHAN, Allah Israel, bunyinya: "Sebagaimana para allah bangsa-bangsa segala negeri lain tidak dapat melepaskan bangsanya dari tanganku, demikian pula Allah Hizkia takkan dapat melepaskan bangsa-Nya dari tanganku."
18 Then King Sennachereb’s officers shouted in the Hebrew language to the people who were on the wall, in order to cause them to be terrified, thinking that as a result the army of Assyria could capture the city [without a battle].
Dan mereka berseru dengan suara nyaring dalam bahasa Yehuda kepada rakyat Yerusalem yang ada di atas tembok, untuk menakutkan dan mengejutkan mereka, supaya mereka dapat merebut kota itu.
19 They belittled the God [worshiped by the people] of Jerusalem as they belittled the gods of the other people-groups of the world—saying that they were only [idols] made by humans.
Mereka berbicara tentang Allah Yerusalem seperti tentang para allah bangsa-bangsa di dunia, adalah buatan tangan manusia.
20 Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah cried out to God, praying about this.
Tetapi oleh karena itu raja Hizkia dan nabi Yesaya bin Amos berdoa dan berseru kepada sorga.
21 And [that night] Yahweh sent an angel who killed all the soldiers of Assyria and their leaders and their officers in the place where the king of Assyria and his army had set up their tents. So the king of Assyria left and returned to his own country, very disgraced. And one day when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons struck him with their swords and killed him.
Lalu TUHAN mengirim malaikat yang melenyapkan semua pahlawan yang gagah perkasa, pemuka dan panglima yang ada di perkemahan raja Asyur, sehingga ia kemalu-maluan kembali ke negerinya. Kemudian ia ditewaskan dengan pedang oleh anak-anak kandungnya sendiri ketika ia memasuki rumah allahnya.
22 That is how Yahweh rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from their other enemies. Yahweh took care of them (OR, gave them peace) everywhere in the country.
Demikianlah TUHAN menyelamatkan Hizkia dan penduduk Yerusalem dari tangan Sanherib, raja Asyur, dan dari tangan semua musuhnya. Dan Ia mengaruniakan keamanan kepada mereka di segala penjuru.
23 Many people brought offerings for Yahweh to Jerusalem, and also brought valuable gifts for King Hezekiah. And from that time, Hezekiah was highly respected/honored by the people of all the other nations.
Banyak orang membawa persembahan ke Yerusalem untuk TUHAN dan barang-barang berharga untuk Hizkia, raja Yehuda itu. Sejak itu ia diagungkan oleh semua bangsa.
24 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered his prayer. He performed a miracle [and healed Hezekiah].
Pada hari-hari itu Hizkia jatuh sakit, sehingga hampir mati. Ia berdoa kepada TUHAN, dan TUHAN berfirman kepadanya dan memberikannya suatu tanda ajaib.
25 But Hezekiah [SYN] was very proud, and he did not thank Yahweh for being kind to him. Therefore Yahweh was angry with him and [and punished him] and [the people of] Jerusalem and other places in Judah.
Tetapi Hizkia tidak berterima kasih atas kebaikan yang ditunjukkan kepadanya, karena ia menjadi angkuh, sehingga ia dan Yehuda dan Yerusalem ditimpa murka.
26 Then Hezekiah said that he was sorry for being proud, and the people of Jerusalem also said that they were sorry [for their sins]. So Yahweh did not punish them during the remaining years that Hezekiah [was their king].
Tetapi ia sadar akan keangkuhannya itu dan merendahkan diri bersama-sama dengan penduduk Yerusalem, sehingga murka TUHAN tidak menimpa mereka pada zaman Hizkia.
27 Hezekiah became very rich and was greatly honored. His [workers] made storerooms for his silver and gold, and for his very valuable stones, and for spices and shields and other valuable things.
Hizkia mendapat kekayaan dan kemuliaan yang sangat besar. Ia membuat perbendaharaan-perbendaharaan untuk emas, perak, batu permata yang mahal-mahal, rempah-rempah, perisai-perisai dan segala macam barang yang indah-indah,
28 [His workers] also built buildings to store the grain and wine and [olive] oil [that people produced and brought to him]. They also made stalls for various kinds of cattle and pens for his flocks [of sheep and goats].
juga tempat perbekalan untuk hasil gandum, untuk anggur dan minyak, dan kandang-kandang untuk berbagai jenis hewan besar dan kandang-kandang untuk kawanan kambing domba.
29 They built towns and acquired for the king many flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of cattle], because God had enabled him to become very rich.
Ia mendirikan kota-kota, memperoleh banyak kambing domba dan lembu sapi, karena Allah mengaruniakan dia harta milik yang amat besar.
30 Hezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the Gihon Spring, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called ‘The City of David’. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do.
Hizkia ini juga telah membendung aliran Gihon di sebelah hulu, dan menyalurkannya ke hilir, ke sebelah barat, ke kota Daud. Hizkia berhasil dalam segala usahanya.
31 But when messengers who were sent by the rulers of Babylon came and asked about the miracle that God had performed for him, God allowed Hezekiah to say what he himself wanted to say, in order to test [whether or not Hezekiah would admit that God had performed a miracle].
Demikianlah juga ketika utusan-utusan raja-raja Babel datang kepadanya untuk menanyakan tentang tanda ajaib yang telah terjadi di negeri, ketika itu Allah meninggalkan dia untuk mencobainya, supaya diketahui segala isi hatinya.
32 A record of the other things that happened while Hezekiah was ruling, and the things that he did to please God, is on the scroll in which is written the vision that [Yahweh gave to] the prophet Isaiah. It is also written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Selebihnya dari riwayat Hizkia dan perbuatan-perbuatannya yang setia, sesungguhnya semuanya itu tertulis dalam penglihatan nabi Yesaya bin Amos, dalam kitab raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel.
33 When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the tombs where the most respected kings [of Judah] were buried. Everyone in Jerusalem and other places in Judah honored him. Then his son Manasseh became the king.
Kemudian Hizkia mendapat perhentian bersama-sama dengan nenek moyangnya, dan dikuburkan di pendakian ke pekuburan anak-anak Daud. Pada waktu kematiannya seluruh Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem memberi penghormatan kepadanya. Maka Manasye, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
