2 Kings 8

1 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life. He said to her, “Arise, and go with your household, and stay wherever you can in another land, because Yahweh has called for a famine which will come on this 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 So the woman arose and she obeyed the word of the man of God. She went with her household and lived in the land of the Philistines seven years.

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

3 It came about at the end of seven years that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to the king to beg him for her house and for her land.

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 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all 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 Then as he was telling the king how Elisha had restored to life the child who was dead, the very woman whose son he had restored to life came to beg the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, “My master, king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

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 When the king asked the woman about her son, she explained it to him. So the king ordered a certain officer for her, saying, “Give back to her all that was hers and all the harvests of her fields since the day that she left the land 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 Elisha came to Damascus where Ben Hadad the king of Aram was sick. The king was told, “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 The king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand and go meet the man of God, and consult with Yahweh through him, saying, 'Will I recover 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 So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift with him of every kind of good thing of Damascus, carried by forty camels. So Hazael came and stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben Hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover 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 Elisha said to him, “Go, say to Ben Hadad, 'You will surely recover,' but Yahweh has shown me that he will surely die.”

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

11 Then Elisha stared at Hazael until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

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

12 Hazael asked, “Why do you weep, my master?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip open 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 Hazael replied, “Who is your servant, that he should do this great thing? He is only a dog.” Elisha answered, “Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over 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 Then Hazael left Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”

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

15 Then the next day Hazael took the blanket and dipped it in water, and spread it on Ben Hadad's face so that he died. Then Hazael became king in his place.

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 In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram began to reign. He was the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. He began to reign when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah.

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

17 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

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

18 Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab was doing; for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife, and he did what was evil in Yahweh's sight.

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

19 However, because of his servant David, Yahweh did not want to destroy Judah, since he had told him that he would always give him descendants.

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

20 In Jehoram's days, Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.

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

21 Then Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded Jehoram, his chariot commanders rose up and attacked them during the night; but Jehoram's army ran away and went back to their homes.

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 So Edom has been in rebellion against the rule of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time.

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

23 As for the other matters concerning Jehoram, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?

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

24 Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. Then Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

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, began to reign.

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

26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was the 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 Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as the house of Ahab was doing, for Ahaziah was a son-in-law to 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 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab, to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded 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 King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Arameans had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

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