2 Samuel 19
1 Someone told Joab that the king was crying and mourning because Absalom had died.
Kepada Yoab diberitahukan bahwa Raja Daud menangis dan berkabung untuk Absalom.
2 All of David’s soldiers became sad. Instead of rejoicing about defeating [the soldiers who had fought with Absalom], they were sad because they heard that the king was mourning because Absalom [was dead].
Maka kemenangan pada hari itu berubah menjadi kesedihan bagi seluruh tentara Daud karena mereka mendengar bahwa raja menangisi putranya.
3 The soldiers returned to the city quietly, like [SIM] soldiers do when they are ashamed because they ran away from battle.
Dengan diam-diam mereka kembali ke kota, seperti tentara yang merasa malu karena melarikan diri dari pertempuran.
4 The king covered his face [with his hands] and kept crying loudly, “O, my son Absalom! O, Absalom, my son! My son!”
Raja menyelubungi mukanya dan meratap dengan nyaring, "Oh anakku! Anakku Absalom! Absalom, anakku!"
5 Then Joab entered the room where the king was, and said to the king, “Today you have caused your soldiers to be ashamed! You have humiliated the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and your ordinary wives and your slave wives!
Yoab pergi menghadap raja dan berkata, "Pada hari ini Baginda memalukan anak buah Baginda, padahal merekalah yang telah menyelamatkan nyawa Baginda, nyawa putra-putri Baginda, istri dan selir Baginda.
6 [It seems that] you love those who hate you and [that] you hate those who love you. You have caused it to be clear today that your commanders and your officers are not at all important to you. I think that if Absalom were still alive and we were all dead today, you would be happy.
Baginda mengasihi orang-orang yang membenci Baginda, tetapi Baginda membenci orang-orang yang mengasihi Baginda! Dengan jelas Baginda memperlihatkan bahwa para perwira dan para prajurit Baginda sama sekali tidak berarti bagi Baginda. Malahan nampaknya Baginda akan sangat senang seandainya pada hari ini Absalom masih hidup dan kami semua mati!
7 So, now go and thank your soldiers [for what they did]. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning and that would be worse [for you] than all the disasters/troubles that you have experienced since you were a boy.”
Hendaknya Baginda bangkit dan pergi ke luar untuk menenteramkan hati anak buah Baginda. Hamba bersumpah demi TUHAN, jika Baginda tidak ke luar menemui mereka, maka malam ini juga tidak akan ada seorang pun yang mau menyertai Baginda. Itu akan merupakan bencana yang paling besar yang akan Baginda alami seumur hidup."
8 So the king got up and went and sat near the city gate. And all the people were told, “Hey, the king is sitting at the gate!” So they all came and gathered around him. Meanwhile, all the Israeli troops [who had been with Absalom] had returned to their homes.
Kemudian bangkitlah raja dan pergi ke luar, dan duduk di dekat pintu gerbang. Anak buahnya mendengar bahwa dia ada di situ, lalu mereka semua datang menghadap. Sementara itu seluruh pasukan Israel telah melarikan diri, dan pulang ke rumahnya masing-masing.
9 Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, “King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel!
Di kalangan semua suku Israel timbullah pertengkaran. Kata mereka, "Raja Daud telah menyelamatkan kita dari orang Filistin dan melepaskan kita dari musuh-musuh yang lain, tetapi sekarang dia sudah melarikan diri dari Absalom dan meninggalkan negeri ini.
10 We appointed [MTY] Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle [against David’s soldiers]. So (why does someone not try to bring King David back?/surely someone should try to bring King David back.)” [RHQ]
Absalom kita lantik menjadi raja, tapi sekarang telah gugur dalam pertempuran. Mengapa tak ada seorang pun yang berusaha untuk membawa Raja Daud kembali?"
11 King David [found out what the people were saying. So he] sent the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, to say to the leaders of Judah, “The king says that he has heard that all the Israeli people [want him to be king again]. And he says, ‘(Why should you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace?/It is not right that you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace.) [RHQ]
Kata-kata itu sampai juga kepada Raja Daud. Sebab itu dia menyuruh Imam Zadok dan Imam Abyatar menanyakan kepada para pemimpin Yehuda demikian, "Mengapa kamu menjadi yang terakhir untuk menyambut dan mengiringi raja kembali ke istananya?
12 You are my relatives; we have the same ancestor [IDM]. So (why should you be the last ones to bring me back?/you should certainly not be the last ones to bring me back.) [RHQ]’”
Bukankah kamu sanak saudaraku dan kaum kerabatku? Masakan kamu yang terakhir memohon supaya aku pulang?"
13 And say to Amasa, “You are one of my relatives. I hope/desire that God strike me dead [IDM] if I do not appoint you to be, from now on, the commander of my army instead of Joab.”
Daud juga menyuruh mereka mengatakan kepada Amasa demikian, "Bukankah engkau kerabatku? Mulai sekarang aku mengangkat engkau menjadi panglima tentaraku menggantikan Yoab. Kiranya Allah membunuh aku jika hal itu tidak kulakukan!"
14 [By sending that message to them, ] David convinced all the people of Judah [IDM] [that they should (be loyal to him/accept him as their king]). So they sent a message to the king, saying “We want you and all your officials to return here.”
Begitulah Daud berhasil mengambil hati semua orang Yehuda sehingga mereka mengirimkan pesan kepada raja supaya kembali ke istana bersama-sama dengan semua pegawainya.
15 So the king [and his officials started back toward Jerusalem]. When they reached the Jordan [River], the people of Judah came there to Gilgal to meet the king, and to bring him across the river.
Lalu berangkatlah raja dan sampai di Sungai Yordan, sementara itu orang-orang Yehuda sudah sampai di Gilgal untuk menjemput raja dan mengawal dia menyeberangi sungai itu.
16 Shimei, the man from the tribe of Benjamin, also came down quickly [to the river] with the people of Judah to meet King David.
Simei anak Gera, orang Benyamin itu membawa seribu orang dari suku Benyamin dan cepat-cepat datang bersama orang-orang Yehuda itu untuk menyambut raja. Begitu juga Ziba budak keluarga Saul, beserta kelima belas orang anaknya yang laki-laki dan kedua puluh orang budaknya; mereka telah menyeberangi Sungai Yordan sebelum raja tiba.
17 There were 1,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who came with him. And Ziba, who had been the servant of Saul, also hurried down to the Jordan [River], bringing 20 of his servants with him. They all came to the king,
18 and then they all [prepared to] take the king and all his family across the river, at the place where they could walk across it. They wanted to do whatever the king wanted them to do. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei came to him and prostrated himself in front of the king.
Mereka membantu keluarga raja menyeberangi serta melakukan segala yang disuruh raja kepada mereka. Pada saat raja hendak menyeberangi sungai, Simei sujud di hadapannya dan berkata,
19 He said to the king, “Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please do not keep thinking about the terrible thing that I did on the day that you left Jerusalem. Do not think about it any more.
"Hamba mohon, kiranya Baginda tidak menganggap hamba tetap bersalah. Sudilah Baginda melupakan apa yang hamba lakukan pada hari Baginda meninggalkan Yerusalem.
20 Because I know that I have sinned. Look, I have come today, the first one from the northern tribes to come here to greet you today, Your Majesty.”
Hamba sudah insaf, bahwa hamba telah berbuat dosa, dan oleh karena itu, di antara suku-suku yang tinggal di daerah utara hambalah yang pertama-tama datang menyambut Baginda pada hari ini."
21 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, “He cursed the one that Yahweh appointed [MTY] to be the king! So (should he not be executed for doing that?/he certainly should be executed for doing that.)” [RHQ]
Mendengar itu Abisai anak Zeruya berkata, "Simei sudah patut dihukum mati karena dia telah mengutuki raja yang dipilih TUHAN."
22 But David said, “You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide [what to do to him]). [It is as though] you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, [so I say that] certainly no one [RHQ] in Israel should be executed today.”
Tetapi Daud berkata kepada Abisai dan Yoab abangnya, "Jangan ikut campur. Mengapa kalian menyusahkan aku? Pada hari ini aku menjadi raja lagi atas Israel, dan tak boleh ada orang Israel yang dihukum mati."
23 Then the king said to Shimei, “I solemnly promise that I will not execute you.”
Kemudian bersumpahlah raja kepada Simei, "Aku menjamin bahwa engkau tidak akan dihukum mati."
24 Then Miphibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down [to the river] to greet the king. He had not washed his feet or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes, from the time that the king left Jerusalem until the day that he returned.
Juga Mefiboset cucu Saul, datang untuk ikut menyambut raja. Dia tidak membasuh kakinya, tidak memotong jenggotnya, dan tidak mencuci pakaiannya sejak Raja Daud meninggalkan Yerusalem sampai ia kembali dengan selamat.
25 When he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king, the king said to him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
Ketika Mefiboset datang dari Yerusalem untuk menyambut raja, berkatalah raja kepadanya, "Mefiboset, mengapa engkau tidak ikut dengan aku waktu itu?"
26 He replied, “Your Majesty, [you know that] I am crippled. [When I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, ] I said to my servant [Ziba], ‘Put a saddle on my donkey in order that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me [and left without me].
Jawabnya, "Yang Mulia, Baginda tahu hamba ini pincang. Hamba menyuruh pelayan hamba menyiapkan keledai yang dapat hamba tunggangi untuk mengikuti Baginda. Tetapi hamba dikhianati oleh pelayan itu.
27 And he lied to you about me. But, Your Majesty, you are [as wise] as God’s angel. So do whatever seems right to you.
Malahan hamba difitnahnya terhadap Baginda. Tetapi Baginda seperti malaikat Allah. Sebab itu lakukanlah apa yang Tuanku rasa baik.
28 All of my grandfather’s family expected/deserved that we would be executed. But [you did not execute me; ] you allowed me to eat food with you at your table! So I certainly do not have [RHQ] the right to request you for anything more.”
Seluruh kaum keluarga ayah hamba patut dihukum mati oleh Baginda, namun hamba ini telah Baginda izinkan ikut makan di istana. Sekarang hamba tidak berani lagi meminta apa-apa dari Baginda."
29 The king replied, “You certainly do not need to say any more. I have decided that you and Ziba will divide [equally] the land [that belonged to your grandfather Saul].”
Raja menjawab, "Tidak perlu engkau mengatakan apa-apa lagi. Aku telah memutuskan untuk memberi segala harta Saul kepadamu dan kepada Ziba."
30 Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Your Majesty, [I am content that] you have returned safely. So allow him to take all the land.”
Lalu jawab Mefiboset, "Biarlah Ziba mengambil semuanya. Hamba sudah merasa puas karena Baginda sudah pulang dengan selamat."
31 Barzillai, the man from [the] Gilead [region], had come down to the Jordan [River] from [his town of] Rogelim, to escort the king across the river.
Juga Barzilai orang Gilead itu datang dari Rogelim untuk mengiringi raja menyeberangi Sungai Yordan.
32 Barzillai was a very old man, 80 years old. He was a very wealthy man, and he had provided food for the king [and his soldiers] while they were at Mahanaim.
Barzilai sudah sangat tua, umurnya sudah delapan puluh tahun. Dia amat kaya dan selama raja tinggal di Mahanaim dahulu, Barzilailah yang menyediakan makanan bagi raja.
33 The king said to Barzillai, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.”
Raja berkata kepadanya, "Ikutlah dengan aku ke Yerusalem, nanti akan kusediakan segala kebutuhanmu di sana."
34 But Barzillai replied, “I certainly do not have [RHQ] many more years to live. So (why should I go with you to Jerusalem?/there is certainly no reason for me to go with you to Jerusalem.) [RHQ]
Tetapi Barzilai menjawab, "Hamba tidak akan hidup lama lagi. Jadi apa gunanya hamba ikut dengan Baginda ke Yerusalem?
35 I am now 80 years old. I do not [RHQ] know what is enjoyable and what is not enjoyable. I cannot [RHQ] enjoy what I eat and what I drink. I cannot [RHQ] hear the voices of men and women as they sing. So (why should I be another burden to you?/I do not want to be another burden to you.) [RHQ]
Umur hamba sudah delapan puluh tahun, dan tak ada lagi yang dapat memberi kesenangan kepada hamba. Hamba tidak dapat lagi menikmati apa yang hamba makan atau hamba minum, dan tidak dapat lagi mendengar suara orang bernyanyi. Hamba hanya akan menjadi beban bagi Baginda.
36 I will cross the Jordan [River] with you and go a little further, and that will be all the reward that I need [for helping you].
Hamba tidak layak menerima upah sebesar itu. Hamba hanya ingin mengiringi Baginda beberapa langkah saja dari seberang Sungai Yordan.
37 Then please allow me to return to my home, because that is where I want to die, near my parents’ grave. But here is [my son] Chimham. Your Majesty, allow him to go with you [and serve you], and do for him whatever seems good to you!”
Sesudah itu, biarkanlah hamba pulang ke rumah dan meninggal di dekat kuburan orang tua hamba, tetapi inilah anak hamba Kimham. Izinkanlah dia mengiringi Baginda dan perbuatlah kepadanya apa yang Baginda pandang baik."
38 The king replied, “Okay, he will cross [the river] with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you. And I will do for you whatever you want me to do.”
Raja menjawab, "Kimham akan kubawa dan akan kuurus seperti keinginanmu, dan segala yang kauminta kepadaku akan kupenuhi."
39 Then King David and all the others crossed the Jordan [River]. He kissed Barzillai and [asked God to] bless him. Then Barzillai returned to his home.
Kemudian Daud dan seluruh anak buahnya menyeberangi Sungai Yordan. Lalu Daud mencium Barzilai dan berpamitan dengan dia. Setelah itu pulanglah Barzilai ke rumahnya.
40 [After they crossed the river, ] Chimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israeli tribes escorted/accompanied the king to Gilgal.
Seluruh pasukan Yehuda dan setengah dari pasukan Israel mengiringi raja menyeberangi sungai. Sesudah itu raja terus ke Gilgal, dan Kimham ikut dengan dia.
41 Then all the soldiers from the other Israeli tribes came to the king and said, “(Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men?/It is not right that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men.) [RHQ] [Why did you not request us to do that]?” [RHQ]
Kemudian datanglah semua orang Israel menghadap raja dan berkata kepadanya, "Baginda, mengapa saudara kami orang-orang Yehuda itu mengira bahwa merekalah yang berhak untuk menjemput dan mengawal Baginda bersama seluruh keluarga dan anak buah Baginda menyeberangi Sungai Yordan?"
42 The soldiers from Judah replied, “We did it because the king is from Judah. So (why are you angry about that?/you should not be angry about that.) [RHQ] The king has never paid for our food, and he has never given us any gifts.”
Lalu orang Yehuda menjawab, "Tentu saja, karena raja adalah kerabat kami. Mengapa kalian menjadi marah? Apakah kebutuhan kami ditanggung oleh raja, atau telah diberinya hadiah kepada kami?"
43 The men of the other Israeli tribes replied, “[There are ten tribes in Israel, and only one in Judah. So] it is ten times more right for us to say that David [is our king] than it is for you to say that. So why are you despising us [RHQ]? We were certainly [RHQ] the first ones to talk about bringing David back [to Jerusalem to be our king again].” But the men of Judah spoke more harshly than the men from the other tribes of Israel did.
Orang Israel menjawab, "Hak kami atas raja sepuluh kali lebih besar dari hak kalian, walaupun raja adalah kerabat kalian. Mengapa kalian pandang enteng terhadap kami? Jangan lupa bahwa kamilah yang pertama-tama sekali mengusulkan untuk membawa raja kembali!" Tetapi orang Yehuda lebih keras daripada orang Israel dan tidak mau kalah.
