2 Tawarikh 25
1 Amazia menjadi raja ketika berumur 25 tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 29 tahun lamanya. Ibunya ialah Yoadan dari Yerusalem.
Amaziah [was] twenty and five years old [when] he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 Amazia melakukan yang menyenangkan hati TUHAN, tetapi dengan setengah hati.
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
3 Segera setelah kuat kedudukannya, ia menghukum mati pegawai-pegawai yang membunuh ayahnya.
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
4 Tetapi anak-anak pegawai-pegawai itu tidak dibunuhnya karena ia menuruti perintah TUHAN dalam Buku Musa yang berbunyi, "Jangan menghukum mati orang tua karena kejahatan yang dilakukan oleh anak-anak mereka, dan jangan menghukum mati anak-anak karena kejahatan yang dilakukan oleh orang tua mereka. Setiap orang hanya boleh dihukum mati karena kejahatan yang dilakukannya sendiri."
But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law of the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
5 Raja Amazia mengumpulkan semua orang suku Yehuda dan Benyamin lalu menyuruh mereka berdiri menurut kaum masing-masing, dipimpin oleh komandan pasukan seribu dan komandan pasukan seratus. Kemudian ia memilih orang-orang yang berumur 20 tahun ke atas yang mampu bertempur dan pandai menggunakan tombak dan perisai. Jumlah mereka ada 300.000 orang.
Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men], [able] to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6 Selain itu ia menyewa 100.000 prajurit dari Israel dengan bayaran kira-kira 3.400 kilogram perak.
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
7 Tetapi seorang nabi datang kepada raja dan berkata, "Jangan pakai prajurit-prajurit Israel itu, sebab TUHAN tidak menolong umat Israel yang dari Kerajaan Utara itu.
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not with Israel, [to wit], [with] all the children of Ephraim.
8 Tetapi kalau Baginda memakai mereka juga, Allah akan membiarkan Baginda dikalahkan oleh musuh meskipun tentara Baginda kuat dan berani. Sebab hanya Allah saja berkuasa memberi kemenangan atau kekalahan."
But if thou wilt go, do [it], be strong for the battle: God will make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
9 "Tapi bagaimana dengan semua perak yang telah kuberikan kepada mereka?" tanya Amazia. Nabi itu menjawab, "TUHAN bisa mengembalikan kepada Baginda lebih dari itu!"
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
10 Karena itu Amazia membebaskan prajurit-prajurit sewaan itu dan menyuruh mereka pulang ke negerinya. Mereka pun pulang, tetapi dengan marah sekali.
Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11 Amazia memberanikan diri dan membawa tentaranya ke Lembah Asin. Di sana mereka bertempur serta menewaskan 10.000 prajurit Edom.
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12 Sepuluh ribu yang lain ditawan. Mereka dibawa ke puncak gunung batu di kota Sela lalu dilemparkan ke bawah sehingga mati.
And [other] ten thousand [left] alive the children of Judah carried away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they were all broken in pieces.
13 Sementara itu prajurit-prajurit Israel yang telah disuruh pulang oleh Amazia, dan tidak diizinkan turut bertempur, telah menyerang kota-kota Yehuda antara Samaria dan Bet-Horon. Mereka membunuh 3.000 orang serta merampas banyak barang.
But the soldiers of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
14 Setelah mengalahkan tentara Edom, Amazia pulang membawa patung-patung berhala orang Edom dan menempatkannya di Yehuda. Lalu ia membakar dupa untuk patung-patung itu dan menyembahnya.
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and bowed himself before them, and burned incense to them.
15 Perbuatannya itu membuat TUHAN menjadi marah. Ia mengutus seorang nabi kepada Amazia. Nabi itu berkata, "Mengapa Baginda menyembah dewa bangsa lain yang tidak dapat menyelamatkan bangsanya sendiri dari kekuasaan Baginda?"
Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thy hand?
16 "Diam," kata Amazia, "Kalau tidak, kami bunuh kau! Tidak pernah kami mengangkat kau menjadi penasihat raja!" Maka diamlah nabi itu, tetapi sebelumnya ia sempat berkata, "Sekarang saya tahu bahwa Allah sudah memutuskan untuk membinasakan Baginda karena perbuatan Baginda itu, dan karena Baginda tidak menghiraukan nasihat saya."
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said to him, Art thou made of the king's council? forbear? why shouldst thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
17 Amazia raja Yehuda dengan para penasihatnya berkomplot melawan Israel. Ia mengirim utusan kepada Yoas raja Israel, anak Yoahas, cucu Yehu, untuk menantang dia berperang.
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
18 Tetapi Raja Yoas mengirim jawaban ini, "Suatu waktu semak berduri di pegunungan Libanon mengirim tuntutan ini kepada pohon cemara, 'Hai pohon cemara, berikanlah anak gadismu kepada anakku untuk menjadi istrinya.' Tetapi kemudian lewatlah di situ seekor binatang hutan yang menginjak-injak semak berduri itu.
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
19 Engkau, Amazia, membual bahwa kau telah mengalahkan orang Edom, tapi lebih baik kau tinggal saja di rumah. Untuk apa mencari-cari persoalan yang hanya akan mencelakakan dirimu dan rakyatmu?"
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldst thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldst fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?
20 Tetapi Amazia, raja Yehuda tidak menghiraukan kata-kata Yoas raja Israel. Dan Allah memang menghendaki supaya Amazia dikalahkan karena ia telah menyembah patung berhala orang Edom.
But Amaziah would not hear; for it [came] from God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they sought after the gods of Edom.
21 Karena itu Yoas berangkat dengan anak buahnya ke Bet-Semes dan berperang dengan Amazia di sana.
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, [both] he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which [belongeth] to Judah.
22 Tentara Yehuda dikalahkan dan semua prajuritnya lari pulang ke rumahnya masing-masing.
And Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
23 Yoas menangkap Amazia dan membawanya ke Yerusalem, lalu meruntuhkan tembok kota itu sepanjang kurang lebih 200 meter, mulai dari Pintu Gerbang Efraim sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut.
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24 Semua emas dan perak serta semua perkakas yang ditemukannya di Rumah TUHAN dan yang berada di bawah pengawasan Obed-Edom, juga semua harta benda istana, bersama beberapa orang sandera diangkut oleh Yoas ke Samaria.
And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25 Setelah Yoas raja Israel meninggal, Amazia raja Yehuda masih hidup 15 tahun lagi.
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years.
26 Sejak Amazia meninggalkan TUHAN, orang berkomplot melawan dia di Yerusalem. Karena itu, ia lari ke kota Lakhis, tetapi musuh-musuhnya mengejar dia ke sana dan membunuhnya. Jenazahnya diangkut dengan kuda ke Yerusalem, lalu dikuburkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud. Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Amazia dari mula sampai akhir pemerintahannya dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, [are] they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
Now after the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
