2 Tawarikh 18

1 Ketika Yosafat raja Yehuda sudah kaya dan termasyhur, ia mengawinkan seorang anggota keluarganya dengan seorang anggota keluarga Ahab raja Israel.

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab.

2 Beberapa tahun kemudian Yosafat pergi mengunjungi Ahab di kota Samaria. Untuk menghormati Yosafat dan rombongannya, Ahab mengadakan pesta dan menyuruh menyembelih banyak domba dan sapi. Pada kesempatan itu ia mengajak Yosafat untuk menyerang kota Ramot di Gilead.

After some years, he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.

3 Ia bertanya, "Maukah Anda pergi bersama aku menyerang Ramot?" Yosafat menjawab, "Baik, tentaraku akan bergabung dengan tentara Anda. Kita bertempur bersama-sama.

Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?” He answered him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.”

4 Tapi sebaiknya kita tanyakan dulu kepada TUHAN."

Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the LORD’s word.”

5 Maka Ahab mengumpulkan kira-kira 400 nabi lalu bertanya kepada mereka, "Bolehkah aku pergi menyerang Ramot atau tidak?" "Boleh!" jawab mereka. "Allah akan menyerahkan kota itu kepada Baginda."

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” They said, “Go up, for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

6 Tetapi Yosafat bertanya lagi, "Apakah di sini tidak ada nabi lain yang dapat bertanya kepada TUHAN untuk kita?"

But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we may inquire of him?”

7 Ahab menjawab, "Masih ada satu, Mikha anak Yimla. Tapi aku benci kepadanya, sebab tidak pernah ia meramalkan sesuatu yang baik untuk aku; selalu yang tidak baik." "Ah, jangan berkata begitu!" sahut Yosafat.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

8 Maka Ahab memanggil seorang pegawai istana lalu menyuruh dia cepat-cepat pergi menjemput Mikha.

Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Get Micaiah the son of Imla quickly.”

9 Pada waktu itu Ahab dan Yosafat, dengan pakaian kebesaran, duduk di kursi kerajaan di tempat pengirikan gandum depan pintu gerbang Samaria, sementara para nabi datang menghadap dan menyampaikan ramalan mereka.

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each sat on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

10 Salah seorang dari nabi-nabi itu, yang bernama Zedekia anak Kenaana, membuat tanduk-tanduk besi lalu berkata kepada Ahab, "Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN, 'Dengan tanduk-tanduk seperti ini Baginda akan menghantam Siria dan menghancurkan mereka.'"

Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, “The LORD says, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’”

11 Semua nabi yang lain setuju dan berkata, "Serbulah Ramot, Baginda akan berhasil. TUHAN akan memberi kemenangan kepada Baginda."

All the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

12 Sementara itu utusan yang menjemput Mikha, berkata kepada Mikha, "Semua nabi yang lain meramalkan kemenangan untuk raja. Kiranya Bapak juga meramalkan yang baik seperti mereka."

The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.”

13 Tetapi Mikha menjawab, "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, aku hanya akan mengatakan apa yang dikatakan Allah kepadaku!"

Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say what my God says.”

14 Setelah Mikha tiba di depan Raja Ahab, raja bertanya, "Bolehkah aku dan Raja Yosafat pergi menyerang Ramot atau tidak?" "Seranglah!" sahut Mikha. "Tentu Baginda akan berhasil. TUHAN akan memberi kemenangan kepada Baginda."

When he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” He said, “Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand.”

15 Ahab menjawab, "Kalau kau berbicara kepadaku demi nama TUHAN, katakanlah yang benar. Berapa kali engkau harus kuperingatkan tentang hal itu?"

The king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the LORD’s name?”

16 Mikha membalas, "Aku melihat tentara Israel kucar-kacir di gunung-gunung. Mereka seperti domba tanpa gembala, dan TUHAN berkata tentang mereka, 'Orang-orang ini tidak mempunyai pemimpin. Biarlah mereka pulang dengan selamat.'"

He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. The LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let them each return to his house in peace.’”

17 Lalu kata Ahab kepada Yosafat, "Benar kataku, bukan? Tidak pernah ia meramalkan yang baik untuk aku! Selalu yang jelek saja!"

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

18 Mikha berkata lagi, "Sekarang dengarkan apa yang dikatakan TUHAN! Aku melihat TUHAN duduk di atas takhta-Nya di surga, dan semua malaikat-Nya berdiri di dekat-Nya.

Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the LORD’s word: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

19 TUHAN bertanya, 'Siapa akan membujuk Ahab supaya ia mau pergi berperang dan tewas di Ramot di Gilead?' Jawaban malaikat-malaikat itu berbeda-beda.

The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

20 Akhirnya tampillah suatu roh. Ia mendekati TUHAN dan berkata, 'Akulah yang akan membujuk dia.' 'Bagaimana caranya?' tanya TUHAN.

A spirit came out, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “The LORD said to him, ‘How?’

21 Roh itu menjawab, 'Aku akan pergi dan membuat semua nabi Ahab membohong.' TUHAN berkata, 'Baik, lakukanlah itu, engkau akan berhasil membujuk dia.'"

“He said, ‘I will go, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ “He said, ‘You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go and do so.’

22 Selanjutnya Mikha berkata, "Nah, itulah yang terjadi! TUHAN telah membuat nabi-nabi Baginda berdusta kepada Baginda sebab TUHAN sudah menentukan untuk menimpakan bencana kepada Baginda!"

“Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you.”

23 Maka majulah Nabi Zedekia mendekati Mikha lalu menampar mukanya dan berkata, "Mana mungkin Roh TUHAN meninggalkan aku dan berbicara kepadamu?"

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the LORD’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”

24 Mikha menjawab, "Nanti kaulihat buktinya pada waktu engkau masuk ke sebuah kamar untuk bersembunyi!"

Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”

25 "Tangkap dia!" perintah raja Ahab, "dan bawa dia kepada Amon, walikota, dan kepada Pangeran Yoas.

The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

26 Suruh mereka memasukkan dia ke dalam penjara, dan memberi dia makan dan minum sedikit saja sampai aku kembali dengan selamat."

and say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”’”

27 Kata Mikha, "Kalau Baginda kembali dengan selamat, berarti TUHAN tidak berbicara melalui aku. Semua yang hadir di sini menjadi saksi."

Micaiah said, “If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” He said, “Listen, you people, all of you!”

28 Kemudian Ahab raja Israel, dan Yosafat raja Yehuda pergi menyerang kota Ramot di Gilead.

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

29 Ahab berkata kepada Yosafat, "Aku akan menyamar dan ikut bertempur, tetapi Anda hendaklah memakai pakaian kebesaranmu." Demikianlah raja Israel menyamar ketika pergi bertempur.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.

30 Pada waktu itu para panglima pasukan kereta perang Siria telah diperintahkan oleh rajanya untuk menyerang hanya raja Israel.

Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.”

31 Jadi, ketika mereka melihat Raja Yosafat, mereka semua menyangka ia raja Israel. Karena itu mereka menyerang dia. Tetapi Yosafat berteriak, lalu TUHAN Allah menolong dia, dan membelokkan serangan itu ke arah lain.

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

32 Ketika para panglima pasukan kereta perang Siria menyadari bahwa itu bukan raja Israel, mereka berhenti menyerang dia.

When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

33 Secara kebetulan seorang prajurit Siria melepaskan anak panahnya tanpa mengarahkannya ke sasaran tertentu. Tetapi anak panah itu mengenai Ahab dan menembus baju perangnya pada bagian sambungannya. "Aku kena!" seru Ahab kepada pengemudi keretanya, "Putar dan bawalah aku ke luar dari pertempuran!"

A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.”

34 Tapi karena pertempuran masih berkobar, Raja Ahab tetap berdiri sambil ditopang dalam keretanya menghadap tentara Siria. Pada waktu matahari terbenam ia meninggal.

The battle increased that day. However, the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and at about sunset, he died.