2 Tawarikh 21

1 Yosafat meninggal dan dimakamkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud. Yehoram putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

2 Yehoram putra Yosafat, raja Yehuda, mempunyai enam saudara laki-laki: Azarya, Yehiel, Zakharia, Azariahu, Mikhail, dan Sefaca.

And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

3 Mereka mendapat banyak emas, perak dan barang-barang berharga lain dari ayah mereka, dan masing-masing diberi juga satu kota berbenteng di Yehuda. Tetapi karena Yehoram putra yang sulung, dialah yang ditentukan oleh Yosafat untuk menjadi raja.

And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.

4 Ketika Yehoram merasa kedudukannya sebagai raja sudah kuat, ia menyuruh membunuh semua saudara-saudaranya, dan juga beberapa pejabat tinggi.

Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.

5 Yehoram menjadi raja pada usia 32 tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem selama 8 tahun.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

6 Ia mengikuti cara hidup Raja Ahab dan raja-raja Israel lainnya, karena ia kawin dengan salah seorang anak perempuan Ahab. Ia berdosa kepada TUHAN,

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

7 tetapi TUHAN tidak mau membinasakan raja dari keturunan Daud karena Ia sudah berjanji bahwa keturunan Daud akan tetap memerintah.

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

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

In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

9 Karena itu Yehoram dan para panglimanya keluar dengan kereta-kereta perangnya lalu menyerang Edom. Ia dikepung pasukan Edom, tapi malamnya mereka menerobos kepungan musuh dan melarikan diri.

Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.

10 Sejak itu Edom tidak tunduk lagi kepada Yehuda. Pada masa itu juga kota Libna pun memberontak. Semua itu terjadi karena Yehoram telah meninggalkan TUHAN, Allah yang disembah leluhurnya.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

11 Ia bahkan mendirikan tempat-tempat penyembahan berhala di daerah pegunungan Yehuda, dan menyebabkan rakyat Yehuda dan Yerusalem berdosa kepada TUHAN.

And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.

12 Lalu Yehoram mendapat sepucuk surat yang ditulis oleh Nabi Elia ketika ia masih hidup. Begini bunyi surat itu, "TUHAN, Allah yang disembah Daud, menghukum Baginda sebab Baginda tidak mengikuti jejak ayah dan kakek Baginda.

And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

13 Sebaliknya, Baginda hidup seperti raja-raja Israel, dan menyebabkan rakyat Yehuda dan Yerusalem tidak setia kepada Allah. Baginda berbuat seperti Raja Ahab dan pengganti-penggantinya. Baginda bahkan membunuh saudara-saudara Baginda, padahal mereka lebih baik dari Baginda.

But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:

14 Hukuman yang berat dari TUHAN akan menimpa rakyat, anak-anak serta istri-istri Baginda, dan membinasakan semua harta milik Baginda.

Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours:

15 Baginda sendiri pun akan menderita penyakit usus yang makin hari makin parah!"

And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.

16 Pada waktu itu ada orang Filistin dan orang Arab yang tinggal di dekat pemukiman orang Sudan di daerah pantai. TUHAN menggerakkan hati orang-orang itu untuk memerangi Yehoram.

Then the Philistines and the Arabians, who are by Ethiopia, were moved by the Lord to make war on Jehoram;

17 Mereka menyerang Yehuda, menjarahi istana raja, lalu membawa pergi semua anak istri Yehoram sebagai tawanan, kecuali Ahazia putranya yang bungsu.

And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.

18 Setelah semua kejadian itu, TUHAN menghukum Yehoram dengan penyakit usus yang tak dapat sembuh.

And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.

19 Selama hampir dua tahun penyakit itu semakin parah sampai akhirnya dengan sangat menderita ia meninggal. Rakyatnya tidak menyalakan api unggun sebagai pernyataan belasungkawa seperti yang mereka lakukan untuk nenek moyangnya.

And time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.

20 Tidak seorang pun menyesali kematiannya. Ia dikuburkan di Kota Daud, tetapi tidak di dalam makam raja-raja. Ketika menjadi raja, Yehoram berumur 32 tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 8 tahun lamanya.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.