1 Raja-raja 2

1 Ketika telah dekat ajalnya, Daud memanggil Salomo, putranya, dan memberikan pesan-pesannya yang terakhir. Daud berkata,

And the days of David to die draw near, and he charges his son Solomon, saying,

2 "Sudah saatnya aku meninggal dunia. Hendaklah engkau yakin dan berani.

“I am going in the way of all the earth, and you have been strong, and become a man,

3 Lakukanlah apa yang diperintahkan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu. Taatilah semua hukum-hukum dan perintah-perintah-Nya yang tertulis dalam Buku Musa, supaya ke mana pun engkau pergi engkau akan berhasil dalam segala usahamu.

and you have kept the charge of your God YHWH, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, so that you do wisely [in] all that you do, and wherever you turn,

4 Kalau engkau taat kepada TUHAN, Ia akan menepati janji-Nya bahwa keturunanku akan memerintah Israel, asal mereka dengan sepenuh hati dan segenap jiwa selalu setia mentaati perintah-perintah-Nya.

so that YHWH establishes His word which He spoke to me, saying, If your sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, A man of yours is never cut off from the throne of Israel.

5 Ada lagi satu hal! Kau pasti ingat apa yang telah dilakukan Yoab kepadaku dengan membunuh kedua perwira Israel, yaitu Abner anak Ner dan Amasa anak Yeter. Ia membunuh mereka pada masa damai untuk membalas pembunuhan yang mereka lakukan pada masa perang. Ia membunuh orang yang tidak bersalah tapi sekarang akulah yang harus menanggung perbuatannya dan akulah yang menderita.

And also, you have known that which he did to me—Joab son of Zeruiah—that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether—that he slays them, and makes the blood of war in peace, and puts the blood of war in his girdle, that [is] on his loins, and in his sandals that [are] on his feet;

6 Nah, anakku, kau harus bertindak terhadap dia menurut apa yang kauanggap baik; hanya jangan biarkan dia meninggal secara wajar. (Sheol h7585)

and you have done according to your wisdom, and do not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

7 Tetapi terhadap anak-anak lelaki Barzilai dari Gilead hendaklah engkau berlaku baik. Kau harus menjamin kebutuhan mereka sehari-hari, sebab mereka telah berbuat baik kepadaku ketika aku melarikan diri dari abangmu, Absalom.

And you do kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they have been among those eating at your table, for so they drew near to me in my fleeing from the face of your brother Absalom.

8 Mengenai Simei anak Gera dari kota Bahurim di wilayah Benyamin, ada pula pesanku kepadamu. Dalam perjalananku ke Mahanaim, Simei itu dahulu mengutuki aku dengan kejam. Tetapi kemudian, ketika ia datang menjemput aku di Sungai Yordan, aku bersumpah kepadanya demi TUHAN bahwa aku tidak akan membunuhnya.

And behold, Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, [is] with you, and he reviled me—a grievous reviling—in the day of my going to Mahanaim; and he has come down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swear to him by YHWH, saying, I do not put you to death by the sword;

9 Tetapi inilah pesanku kepadamu: jangan biarkan dia bebas dari hukuman. Aku tahu engkau bijaksana; jadi, meskipun ia sudah tua, usahakanlah supaya ia dihukum mati." (Sheol h7585)

and now, do not acquit him, for you [are] a wise man, and you have known that which you do to him, and have brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)

10 Kemudian Daud meninggal dan dimakamkan di Kota Daud.

And David lies down with his fathers, and is buried in the City of David,

11 Ia menjadi raja Israel selama empat puluh tahun: tujuh tahun ia berkedudukan di Hebron, dan tiga puluh tiga tahun di Yerusalem.

and the days that David has reigned over Israel [are] forty years; he has reigned seven years in Hebron, and he has reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

12 Kemudian Salomo menjadi raja menggantikan Daud, ayahnya. Kekuasaan Salomo sebagai raja sangat kukuh.

And Solomon has sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom is established greatly,

13 Pada suatu hari, Adonia pergi kepada Batsyeba. Bertanyalah Batsyeba kepada Adonia, "Apakah kunjunganmu ini dengan maksud baik?" "Ya," jawab Adonia.

and Adonijah son of Haggith comes to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, and she says, “Is your coming peace?” And he says, “Peace.”

14 Lalu ia menambahkan, "Ada sesuatu yang saya ingin minta dari ibu." "Apa?" tanya Batsyeba.

And he says, “I have a word for you,” and she says, “Speak.”

15 Adonia menjawab, "Ibu tahu bahwa sayalah yang seharusnya menjadi raja; itu sudah diharapkan oleh seluruh Israel. Tetapi yang terjadi adalah yang sebaliknya; adikku yang menjadi raja, karena TUHAN menghendaki demikian.

And he says, “You have known that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces toward me for reigning, and the kingdom is turned around, and is my brother’s, for it was his from YHWH;

16 Sekarang ada satu permintaan saya, kiranya Ibu jangan menolaknya."

and now, I am asking one petition of you—do not turn back my face”; and she says to him, “Speak.”

17 "Apa permintaanmu?" tanya Batsyeba. Adonia menjawab, "Saya mohon Ibu mau meminta kepada Raja Salomo untuk mengizinkan saya mengawini Abisag, gadis dari Sunem itu. Saya yakin Salomo tidak akan menolak permintaan Ibu."

And he says, “Please speak to Solomon the king, for he does not turn back your face, and he gives Abishag the Shunammite to me for a wife.”

18 "Ya, baiklah," jawab Batsyeba. "Saya akan membicarakan hal itu dengan raja untuk engkau."

And Bathsheba says, “Good; I speak to the king for you.”

19 Maka pergilah Batsyeba kepada raja dengan maksud membicarakan hal itu untuk Adonia. Raja berdiri menyambut ibunya dan sujud kepadanya, lalu duduk lagi di atas tahtanya. Kemudian ia menyuruh orang menyediakan kursi di sebelah kanannya untuk ibunya.

And Bathsheba comes to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king rises to meet her, and bows himself to her, and sits on his throne, and places a throne for the mother of the king, and she sits at his right hand.

20 Setelah duduk, berkatalah Batsyeba, "Ibu ingin meminta sesuatu yang kecil saja daripadamu. Ibu harap kau tidak akan menolaknya." "Apa itu, Ibu?" tanya Salomo. "Saya tidak akan menolak."

And she says, “I ask one small petition of you, do not turn back my face”; and the king says to her, “Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back your face.”

21 Batsyeba menjawab, "Izinkanlah Adonia, abangmu itu mengawini Abisag."

And she says, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a wife.”

22 "Mengapa Ibu meminta hal itu kepada saya?" tanya Salomo. "Itu sama saja dengan meminta supaya saya memberikan tahta kerajaan ini kepadanya. Bukankah dia abang saya? Lagi pula Imam Abyatar dan Yoab memihak dia!"

And King Solomon answers and says to his mother, “And why are you asking [for] Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Also ask [for] the kingdom for him—for he [is] my elder brother—even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.”

23 Setelah berkata begitu bersumpahlah Salomo demi TUHAN, "Biarlah saya terkena kutukan TUHAN, kalau saya tidak menghukum mati Adonia karena permintaannya itu!

And King Solomon swears by YHWH, saying, “Thus God does to me, and thus He adds—surely Adonijah has spoken this word against his [own] soul;

24 TUHAN telah mengukuhkan kedudukan saya pada tahta ayah saya, Daud. TUHAN telah menepati janji-Nya dan telah memberikan kerajaan ini kepada saya dan keturunan saya. Saya bersumpah demi TUHAN yang hidup bahwa Adonia akan mati hari ini juga!"

and now, YHWH lives, who has established me, and causes me to sit on the throne of my father David, and who has made a house for me as He spoke—surely Adonijah is put to death today.”

25 Maka Raja Salomo memberi perintah kepada Benaya, lalu Benaya pergi membunuh Adonia.

And King Solomon sends by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falls on him, and he dies.

26 Kemudian berkatalah Raja Salomo kepada Imam Abyatar, "Pergilah ke kampung halamanmu di Anatot. Kau patut dihukum mati, tapi hari ini aku tak akan membunuhmu, karena ketika kau masih bersama ayahku, kau ikut merasakan segala penderitaannya. Dan kau juga yang mengurus Peti Perjanjian TUHAN."

And the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for you [are] a man of death, but I do not put you to death in this day, because you have carried the Ark of Lord YHWH before my father David, and because you were afflicted in all that my father was afflicted in.”

27 Lalu Salomo memecat Abyatar sebagai imam. Dengan perbuatan Salomo itu apa yang telah dikatakan TUHAN di Silo tentang keturunan Imam Eli telah menjadi kenyataan.

And Solomon casts out Abiathar from being priest of YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 Yoab mendengar tentang semua yang telah terjadi itu. Ia menjadi takut karena ia memihak kepada Adonia. Tapi, dahulu ia tidak memihak kepada Absalom. Maka ia lari ke Kemah TUHAN dan memegang ujung-ujung mezbah.

And the report has come to Joab—for Joab has turned aside after Adonijah, though he did not turn aside after Absalom—and Joab flees to the tent of YHWH, and lays hold on the horns of the altar.

29 Berita ini disampaikan kepada Raja Salomo. Maka raja menyuruh Benaya membunuh Yoab.

And it is declared to King Solomon that Joab has fled to the tent of YHWH, and behold, [is] near the altar; and Solomon sends Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.”

30 Benaya pergi ke Kemah TUHAN dan berkata kepada Yoab, "Raja menyuruh engkau keluar dari situ!" "Tidak," jawab Yoab. "Saya mau mati di sini." Benaya kembali dan melaporkan hal itu kepada raja.

And Benaiah comes into the tent of YHWH and says to him, “Thus said the king: Come out”; and he says, “No, but I die here.” And Benaiah brings back word [to] the king, saying, “Thus spoke Joab, indeed, thus he answered me.”

31 Mendengar itu raja berkata, "Pergilah dan laksanakanlah apa yang dikatakannya itu. Bunuh dia dan kuburkan dia, supaya aku dan seluruh keturunan ayahku tidak bertanggung jawab lagi atas pembunuhan yang dilakukan Yoab terhadap orang yang tidak bersalah.

And the king says to him, “Do as he has spoken, and fall on him, and you have buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed from off me, and from off the house of my father;

32 TUHAN akan menghukum dia karena pembunuhan yang telah dilakukannya tanpa setahu ayahku. Abner perwira Israel, dan Amasa perwira Yehuda, kedua-duanya tidak bersalah. Mereka lebih baik daripada Yoab sendiri, tetapi ia membunuh mereka.

and YHWH has turned back his blood on his own head, [on him] who has fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slays them with the sword—and my father David did not know—Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

33 Hukuman karena kematian kedua perwira itu akan ditanggung oleh Yoab dan keturunannya untuk selama-lamanya. Tetapi seluruh keturunan ayahku yang menjadi raja, selalu akan diberkati TUHAN--mereka akan beruntung."

indeed, their blood has turned back on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for all time; and for David, and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there is peace for all time, from YHWH.”

34 Maka pergilah Benaya ke Kemah TUHAN dan membunuh Yoab di situ. Lalu Yoab dikuburkan di rumahnya di luar kota.

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goes up and falls on him, and puts him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness,

35 Kemudian raja mengangkat Benaya menjadi panglima angkatan bersenjata menggantikan Yoab, dan Zadok diangkat menjadi imam menggantikan Abyatar.

and the king puts Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the host in his stead, and the king has put Zadok the priest in the stead of Abiathar.

36 Sesudah itu raja memanggil Simei lalu berkata kepadanya, "Buatlah rumah untuk dirimu di Yerusalem ini. Tinggallah di situ dan jangan keluar dari kota.

And the king sends and calls for Shimei, and says to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and you have dwelt there, and do not go out [from] there anywhere;

37 Kalau kau berani keluar dan pergi melewati anak Sungai Kidron, kau harus dibunuh; dan kau sendirilah yang menanggung kesalahan itu."

and it has been, in the day of your going out, and you have passed over the Brook of Kidron, you certainly know that you surely die—your blood is on your head.”

38 "Baik, Paduka Yang Mulia," jawab Simei. "Saya akan menuruti perintah Baginda." Maka tinggallah Simei di Yerusalem beberapa waktu lamanya.

And Shimei says to the king, “The word [is] good; as my lord the king has spoken so your servant does”; and Shimei dwells in Jerusalem many days.

39 Setelah tiga tahun terjadilah hal berikut ini: Dua orang hamba Simei lari ke Gat, kepada Raja Akhis putra Maakha. Ketika Simei diberitahu tentang hal itu, ia

And it comes to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei flee to Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they declare to Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants [are] in Gath”;

40 memasang pelana pada keledainya lalu pergi kepada Raja Akhis di Gat untuk mencari kedua hambanya itu. Ia menemukan mereka lalu membawa mereka pulang.

and Shimei rises, and saddles his donkey, and goes to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goes and brings his servants from Gath.

41 Ketika Salomo mendengar apa yang telah dilakukan oleh Simei,

And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei has gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and returns,

42 ia menyuruh memanggil Simei lalu berkata, "Aku sudah membuat engkau berjanji demi TUHAN bahwa engkau tidak akan meninggalkan Yerusalem. Dan aku juga sudah memperingatkan engkau bahwa apabila engkau keluar dari Yerusalem, engkau harus mati. Nah, engkau sudah berjanji dan setuju untuk mentaati perintahku itu, bukan?

and the king sends and calls for Shimei, and says to him, “Have I not caused you to swear by YHWH—and I testify against you, saying, In the day of your going out, and you have gone anywhere, you certainly know that you surely die; and you say to me, The word I have heard [is] good?

43 Tetapi sekarang mengapa kauingkari janjimu itu dan kaulanggar perintahku?

And why have you not kept the oath of YHWH, and the charge that I charged on you?”

44 Kau tahu betul semua kejahatanmu terhadap ayahku. Untuk itu TUHAN akan menghukummu,

And the king says to Shimei, “You have known all the evil that your heart has known, which you did to my father David, and YHWH has turned back your evil on your head,

45 tetapi aku akan diberkati-Nya dan kerajaan ayahku akan dikukuhkan-Nya sampai selama-lamanya."

and King Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David is established before YHWH for all time.”

46 Setelah berkata begitu, raja memberi perintah kepada Benaya lalu pergilah Benaya membunuh Simei. Kini Salomo berkuasa penuh di dalam kerajaannya.

And the king charges Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goes out and falls on him, and he dies, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.