1 Raja-raja 15

1 Pada tahun kedelapan belas pemerintahan Raja Yerobeam atas Israel, Abiam menjadi raja Yehuda

Now in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, Abiam reigned over Juda.

2 dan memerintah selama tiga tahun di Yerusalem. Ibunya ialah Maakha, anak Abisalom.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Maacha the daughter of Abessalom.

3 Abiam melakukan dosa-dosa seperti ayahnya. Ia tidak sepenuh hati setia kepada TUHAN Allahnya, berlainan dengan Daud, kakek buyutnya.

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

4 Tetapi, demi Raja Daud, maka TUHAN, Allah yang disembah oleh Daud, telah memberikan kepada Abiam seorang anak untuk menggantikan dia memerintah di Yerusalem dan mempertahankan kota itu.

But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5 TUHAN melakukan hal itu oleh sebab Daud telah menyenangkan hati-Nya. Daud tidak pernah mengabaikan perintah-perintah TUHAN, kecuali dalam perkara Uria orang Het itu.

Because David had done that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from any thing that he commanded him, all the days of his life, except the matter of Urias the Hethite.

6 Perang antara Rehabeam dan Yerobeam yang dimulai pada masa Rehabeam masih berlangsung selama pemerintahan Abiam.

But there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam all the time of his life.

7 Kisah lainnya mengenai Abiam sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.

And the rest of the words of Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiam and Jeroboam.

8 Abiam pun meninggal dan dimakamkan di Kota Daud. Asa anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

And Abiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

9 Pada tahun kedua puluh pemerintahan Raja Yerobeam atas Israel, Asa menjadi raja Yehuda.

So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa king of Juda,

10 Ia memerintah empat puluh satu tahun lamanya di Yerusalem. Neneknya ialah Maakha, anak Abisalom.

And he reigned one and forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom.

11 Seperti Daud, nenek moyangnya, Asa menyenangkan hati TUHAN.

And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David his father:

12 Semua pelacur yang bertugas di tempat-tempat penyembahan dewa disingkirkannya, dan semua berhala yang didirikan oleh raja-raja yang memerintah sebelum dia dihapuskannya dari seluruh negeri.

And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

13 Neneknya, Maakha, dipecatnya dari kedudukannya sebagai Ibu suri, sebab ia telah membuat patung berhala yang cabul untuk Asyera, dewi kesuburan. Asa merobohkan berhala itu dan membakarnya di Lembah Kidron.

Moreover he also removed his mother Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron:

14 Meskipun tidak semua tempat penyembahan berhala dihancurkan oleh Asa, namun ia tetap setia kepada TUHAN sepanjang hidupnya.

But the high places he did not take away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days:

15 Semua emas dan perak yang telah dipersembahkan ayahnya kepada TUHAN, dibawanya ke Rumah TUHAN, begitu juga emas dan perak, persembahannya sendiri.

And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and he had vowed, into the house of the Lord, silver and gold, and vessels.

16 Semasa pemerintahan Raja Asa dari Yehuda dan Raja Baesa dari Israel selalu ada perang antara kedua raja itu.

And there was war between Asa, and Baasa king of Israel all their days.

17 Baesa menyerang Yehuda dan memperkuat kota Rama untuk menutup jalan keluar masuk Yehuda.

And Baasa king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, that no man might go out or come in, of the side of Asa king of Juda.

18 Karena itu Raja Asa mengambil semua emas dan perak yang masih ada di Rumah TUHAN dan istana raja lalu mengirimnya ke Damsyik kepada Benhadad raja Siria, anak Tabrimon, yaitu cucu Hezion. Barang-barang itu dikirim dengan perantaraan beberapa pejabat istana, disertai pesan berikut ini,

Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants: and sent them to Benadad son of Tabremon the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

19 "Marilah kita mengikat persahabatan seperti yang sudah dilakukan oleh orang tua kita. Bersama ini saya mengirim emas dan perak sebagai hadiah, dan mengajak tuan memutuskan hubungan dengan Baesa raja Israel, supaya ia menarik kembali pasukannya dari wilayah saya."

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: therefore I have sent thee presents of silver and gold: and I desire thee to come, and break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

20 Benhadad setuju dengan tawaran itu lalu menyuruh perwira-perwiranya bersama pasukan mereka menyerang kota-kota Israel. Mereka mengalahkan Iyon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maakha dan Kinerot di dekat Danau Galilea serta seluruh wilayah Naftali.

Benadad hearkening to king Asa, sent the captains of his army against the cities of Israel, and they smote Ahion, and Dan, and Abeldomum Maacha, and all Cenneroth, that is all the land of Nephtali.

21 Ketika Baesa mendengar hal itu, ia berhenti memperkuat Rama. Ia pergi ke Tirza dan untuk sementara waktu tidak berperang.

And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.

22 Setelah itu, semua orang di seluruh Yehuda tanpa kecuali diperintahkan oleh Raja Asa untuk mengangkut batu dan kayu yang dipakai Baesa di Rama untuk memperkuat kota itu. Bahan-bahan itu dipakai Asa untuk memperkuat kota Mizpa dan Geba, sebuah kota di wilayah Benyamin.

But king Asa sent word into all Juda, saying: Let no man be excused: and they took away the stones from Rama, and the timber thereof wherewith Baasa had been building, and with them Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and Maspha.

23 Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Asa, yaitu kepahlawanannya dan kota-kota yang diperkuatnya, sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda. Pada masa tuanya Asa menderita penyakit pada kedua kakinya.

But the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his strength, and all that he did and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

24 Ia meninggal dan dikubur di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud. Yosafat, putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

And he slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David his father. And Josaphat his son reigned in his place.

25 Pada tahun kedua pemerintahan Raja Asa atas Yehuda, Nadab anak Yerobeam menjadi raja di Israel dan memerintah dua tahun lamanya.

But Nadab the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel the second year of Asa king of Juda: and he reigned over Israel two years.

26 Sama seperti ayahnya yang memerintah sebelumnya, ia pun melakukan yang jahat pada pemandangan TUHAN sehingga menyebabkan orang Israel berbuat dosa.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

27 Baesa, anak Ahia, dari suku Isakhar berkomplot melawan Nadab, lalu membunuh dia. Pada waktu itu Nadab dengan pasukannya sedang mengepung kota Gibeton di wilayah Filistin.

And Baasa the son of Ahias of the house of Issachar, conspired against him, and slew him in Gebbethon, which is a city of the Philistines: for Nadab and all Israel besieged Gebbethon.

28 Itu terjadi dalam tahun ketiga pemerintahan Raja Asa atas Yehuda. Demikianlah Baesa menjadi raja Israel menggantikan Nadab.

So Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa king of Juda, and reigned in his place.

29 Segera setelah Baesa menjadi raja, ia membunuh seluruh keluarga Yerobeam. Sesuai dengan apa yang telah dikatakan TUHAN melalui hamba-Nya, Nabi Ahia dari Silo, maka seluruh keluarga Yerobeam terbunuh, tidak seorang pun yang luput.

And when he was king he cut off all the house of Jeroboam: he left not so much as one soul of his seed, till he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite:

30 Yerobeam berdosa dan menyebabkan orang Israel pun berdosa. Dengan demikian Yerobeam membangkitkan kemarahan TUHAN, Allah yang disembah orang Israel.

Because of the sin of Jeroboam, which he had sinned, and wherewith he had made Israel to sin, and for the offence, wherewith he provoked the Lord the God of Israel.

31 Kisah lainnya mengenai Nadab sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Israel.

But the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

32 Selama masa pemerintahan Raja Baesa dari Israel, perang selalu terjadi antara Baesa dan Raja Asa dari Yehuda.

And there was war between Asa and Baasa the king of Israel all their days.

33 Pada tahun ketiga pemerintahan Raja Asa atas Yehuda, Baesa anak Ahia menjadi raja atas seluruh Israel. Ia memerintah di Tirza dua puluh empat tahun lamanya.

In the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa the son of Ahias reigned over all Israel, in Thersa, four and twenty years.

34 Sama seperti Raja Yerobeam yang memerintah sebelumnya, Raja Baesa pun berdosa kepada TUHAN dan menyebabkan orang Israel juga berbuat dosa.

And he did evil before the Lord, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin.