2 Raja-raja 17
1 Pada tahun kedua belas pemerintahan Raja Ahas atas Yehuda, Hosea anak Ela menjadi raja Israel, dan ia memerintah di Samaria sembilan tahun lamanya.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, began Hosea son of Elah to reign in Samaria, over Israel, [and he reigned] nine years.
2 Ia berdosa kepada TUHAN, tetapi dosanya tidak sebanyak dosa raja-raja Israel yang memerintah sebelumnya.
And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —only, not like the kings of Israel who were before him.
3 Ia diperangi dan ditaklukkan oleh Salmaneser raja Asyur, sehingga setiap tahun ia harus membayar upeti kepadanya.
Against him, came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, —and Hoshea became his servant, and rendered him a present.
4 Tetapi pada suatu ketika, Hosea mengirim utusan kepada So raja Mesir untuk minta bantuannya. Lalu Hosea berhenti membayar upeti tahunan kepada Asyur. Ketika Salmaneser mengetahui tentang perbuatan Hosea itu, ia menangkap Hosea dan memasukkannya ke dalam penjara.
Then found the king of Assyria, in Hosea, a conspiracy, in that he had sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and had not brought up a present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year, —therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
5 Kemudian Salmaneser raja Asyur menyerang Israel dan mengepung Samaria. Pada tahun ketiga dari pengepungan itu,
And the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, —yea he came up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 --yang merupakan tahun kesembilan pemerintahan Hosea--Salmaneser merebut Samaria. Lalu orang Israel diangkutnya sebagai tawanan ke Asyur. Sebagian dari mereka ditempatkannya di kota Halah, sebagian di dekat Sungai Habor di wilayah Gozan, dan sebagian lagi di kota-kota di negeri Madai.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, did the king of Assyria capture Samaria, and carried Israel away captive to Assyria, —and settled them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and the mountains of Media.
7 Samaria jatuh karena orang Israel berdosa kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka, yang telah menyelamatkan mereka dari raja Mesir, dan membawa mereka keluar dari negeri itu. Mereka menyembah ilah-ilah lain
And thus it came to pass that Israel sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, —yea they did reverence to other gods;
8 dan mengikuti kebiasaan bangsa-bangsa yang telah diusir TUHAN pada waktu bangsa Israel maju memerangi bangsa-bangsa itu. Bangsa Israel menuruti adat istiadat yang ditetapkan oleh raja-raja Israel,
and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel, —and [in the statutes] of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
9 dan melakukan hal-hal yang tidak diperkenankan oleh TUHAN, Allah mereka. Mereka mendirikan tempat-tempat penyembahan dewa di semua kota mereka, baik di kota kecil maupun di kota besar.
And the sons of Israel did, secretly, things which were not right, against Yahweh their God, —and built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower, to the fortified city.
10 Di atas setiap bukit, dan di bawah setiap pohon yang rindang, mereka mendirikan tugu-tugu dan patung-patung Dewi Asyera.
And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
11 Mereka juga membakar dupa pada semua mezbah untuk dewa, seperti kebiasaan bangsa-bangsa yang telah diusir TUHAN dari negeri Kanaan. Mereka menyembah berhala, meskipun TUHAN telah melarangnya. Segala perbuatan mereka yang jahat membangkitkan kemarahan TUHAN.
and burned incense there, in all the high places, like the nations whom Yahweh drave out from before them, —and did things that were wicked, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger;
and they served the manufactured gods, as to which Yahweh had said to them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13 TUHAN mengirim utusan-utusan dan nabi-nabi-Nya kepada umat Israel dan Yehuda untuk menyampaikan peringatan ini: "Berhentilah berbuat jahat dan taatilah segala perintah dan hukum yang Kuberikan kepada leluhurmu dan kepadamu melalui para nabi, hamba-hamba-Ku itu."
And Yahweh testified against Israel and against Judah, through all his prophets—every one who had a vision, saying—Turn ye from your wicked ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers; and which I sent unto you through my servants the prophets.
14 Tetapi Israel dan Yehuda tidak mau mendengar. Mereka keras kepala seperti leluhur mereka yang tidak percaya kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka.
Howbeit they hearkened not, —but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who trusted not in Yahweh their God;
15 Israel dan Yehuda tidak mau mentaati perintah-perintah TUHAN dan tidak setia kepada perjanjian yang telah dibuat-Nya dengan leluhur mereka. Mereka tidak menghiraukan teguran-teguran-Nya, melainkan beribadat kepada berhala-berhala yang tak berguna, sehingga mereka sendiri pun menjadi tidak berguna. Mereka mengikuti teladan bangsa-bangsa di sekeliling mereka, meskipun TUHAN telah melarangnya.
but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them, —and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them.
16 Mereka melanggar semua hukum TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan membuat dua sapi dari logam untuk disembah. Mereka membuat patung Dewi Asyera, menyembah bintang-bintang dan beribadat kepada Dewa Baal.
But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten—two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal;
17 Mereka mempersembahkan anak-anak mereka sebagai kurban bakaran kepada dewa. Mereka memakai ilmu gaib dan meminta petunjuk dari dukun-dukun yang dapat berhubungan dengan roh-roh. Mereka begitu giat melakukan hal-hal yang tidak menyenangkan hati TUHAN
and made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and used divinations and enchantments, and sold themselves to do the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking him to wrath.
18 sehingga Ia marah sekali kepada mereka dan tidak lagi memperhatikan mereka. Ia membuang mereka dari tanah yang diberikan-Nya kepada mereka; yang tertinggal hanyalah kerajaan Yehuda.
So Yahweh shewed himself exceeding angry with Israel, and removed them from his presence, —there was none left, save the tribe of Judah, alone.
19 Orang-orang Yehuda pun tidak mentaati hukum-hukum TUHAN, Allah mereka. Mereka mengikuti kebiasaan-kebiasaan orang Israel,
Even Judah, kept not the commandments of Yahweh their God, —but walked in the statutes of Israel, which they had made.
20 maka TUHAN tidak lagi mengakui seluruh umat Israel. Ia menghukum dan menyerahkan mereka kepada musuh-musuh mereka yang kejam. Ia tidak lagi memperhatikan mereka, melainkan membuang mereka dari tanah yang diberikan-Nya kepada mereka.
So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and humiliated them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, —until he had cast them out from his presence;
21 Setelah TUHAN memisahkan Israel dari Yehuda, orang Israel mengangkat Yerobeam anak Nebat menjadi raja mereka. Lalu Yerobeam membuat mereka meninggalkan TUHAN dan melakukan dosa-dosa yang besar.
for he rent Israel away from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat, king, —and Jeroboam thrust away Israel from following Yahweh, and caused them to commit a great sin.
22 Mereka mengikuti teladan Yerobeam dan tetap melakukan semua dosa yang diperbuatnya,
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he had committed, —they turned not away therefrom;
23 sehingga akhirnya TUHAN tidak lagi memperhatikan mereka, melainkan membuang mereka dari tanah yang diberikan-Nya kepada mereka. Itu terjadi sesuai dengan peringatan yang diberikan TUHAN kepada mereka melalui hamba-hamba-Nya, para nabi. Demikianlah orang Israel dibawa ke pembuangan di Asyur, dan di situlah mereka tinggal sampai hari ini.
until that Yahweh removed Israel from his presence, according as he spake through all his servants the prophets, —and so Israel was driven away from off their own soil, to Assyria, until this day.
24 Sebagai pengganti orang Israel yang telah diangkut ke pembuangan itu, raja Asyur menempatkan di kota-kota Samaria, orang-orang dari Babel, Kuta, Awa, Hamat, dan Sefarwaim. Orang-orang itu menduduki kota-kota itu dan menetap di situ.
And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avvah, and from Hamath, and [from] Sepharvaim, and caused them to dwell in the cities of Samaria, instead of the sons of Israel, —so they took possession of Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
25 Pada waktu mereka mula-mula tinggal di situ mereka tidak menghormati TUHAN; itu sebabnya TUHAN mendatangkan singa-singa untuk menerkam sebagian dari mereka.
And so it was, that, when they first dwelt there, they revered not Yahweh, —therefore Yahweh sent among them, lions, which were slaying them.
26 Lalu orang memberitahukan kepada raja Asyur bahwa orang-orang yang ditempatkannya di kota-kota di Samaria tidak mengenal hukum-hukum dewa negeri itu. Itu sebabnya dewa itu mendatangkan singa untuk menerkam mereka.
Therefore spake they unto the king of Assyria, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and settled in the cities of Samaria, know not the custom of the God of the land, —and he hath sent among them lions, and lo! they are slaying them, because they know not the custom of the God of the land.
27 Karena itu raja Asyur memerintahkan supaya seorang imam dari antara para tawanan yang telah dibuang ke Asyur, dikirim kembali ke Samaria. "Suruh dia pulang dan tinggal di situ supaya ia bisa mengajar orang-orang itu tentang hukum-hukum dewa negeri itu," kata raja.
So the king of Assyria commanded, saying—Carry thither, one of the priests, whom ye brought away captive from thence, that they may go, and dwell there, —and teach them the custom of the God of the land.
28 Maka seorang imam Israel, yang sudah diangkut dari Samaria ke Asyur, pulang dan tinggal di Betel. Di sana ia mengajar rakyat bagaimana seharusnya menyembah TUHAN.
Then came one of the priests whom they had carried away captive from Samaria, and dwelt in Bethel, —and he began teaching them how they should do reverence unto Yahweh.
29 Tetapi orang-orang yang tinggal di Samaria itu tetap membuat berhala-berhala mereka sendiri dan menempatkannya di dalam kuil-kuil yang didirikan oleh orang Israel yang dahulu tinggal di kota itu. Setiap golongan membuat berhalanya sendiri di kota yang mereka diami:
Howbeit the nations severally were making their own gods, —and did put them in the houses of the high places, which, the Samaritans, had made, each several nation, in their cities wherein, they, were dwelling.
30 Orang Babel membuat patung Dewa Sukot-Benot, orang Kuta membuat patung Nergal, orang Hamat patung Asima,
So then, the men of Babylon, made Succoth-benoth, and, the men of Cuth, made Nergal, and, the men of Hamath, made Ashima:
31 orang Awa patung Nibhas dan Tartak, dan orang Sefarwaim mempersembahkan anak-anak mereka sebagai kurban bakaran kepada Dewa Adramelekh dan Anamelekh.
and, the Avvites, made Nibhaz and Tartak, and, the Sepharvites, did consume their sons in the fire, to Adrammelech and Anammelech gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Selain menyembah dewa-dewa itu, mereka juga menyembah TUHAN. Mereka memilih dari antara mereka bermacam-macam orang untuk bertugas sebagai imam dan untuk mempersembahkan kurban di kuil-kuil berhala.
Thus became they reverers of Yahweh, —and yet made for themselves, from the whole compass of them, priests of high places, who became offerers for them in the house of the high places.
33 Jadi, mereka menyembah TUHAN, tetapi juga menyembah dewa-dewa mereka sendiri, sesuai dengan adat istiadat negeri asal mereka.
Yahweh, were they revering, —and yet, their own gods, were they serving, according to the custom of the nations from whence they had brought them away captive.
34 Sampai pada hari ini mereka masih menjalankan adat istiadat mereka. Mereka tidak beribadat kepada TUHAN dan tidak juga mentaati hukum-hukum dan perintah-perintah-Nya yang diberikan-Nya kepada keturunan Yakub, yang dinamakan-Nya juga Israel.
Unto this day, are they offering according to the former customs, —they are not revering Yahweh, neither are they offering after their own statutes, or their own custom, nor yet after the law and the commandment which Yahweh commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made to be Israel:
35 TUHAN sudah membuat perjanjian berikut ini dengan umat Israel, "Jangan beribadat kepada ilah-ilah lain; jangan sujud menyembah mereka atau melayani mereka, atau mempersembahkan kurban kepada mereka.
With, whom, Yahweh solemnised a covenant, and commanded them saying—Ye shall not revere other gods, —nor bow down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;
36 Hormatilah Aku, TUHAN, yang telah membawa kamu keluar dari Mesir dengan kuasa yang besar; sembahlah Aku dan persembahkanlah kurban kepada-Ku.
But, Yahweh—who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, with great might, and with arm outstretched, him, shall ye revere, —and to him, shall ye bow down, and to him, shall ye sacrifice;
37 Taatilah selalu hukum-hukum dan perintah-perintah yang sudah Kutulis untukmu. Jangan beribadat kepada ilah-ilah lain,
And, the statutes and the regulations, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, shall ye surely observe to do, continually, —So shall ye not revere other gods;
38 dan jangan melupakan perjanjian antara Aku dengan kamu.
But, the covenant which I have solemnised with you, shall ye not forget, —So shall ye not revere other gods;
39 Taatilah Aku, TUHAN Allahmu, maka Aku akan melepaskan kamu dari musuh-musuhmu."
But, Yahweh your God, shall ye revere, —then will, he, deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40 Tetapi penduduk Samaria itu tidak mau mendengar; mereka tetap berpegang pada adat istiadat mereka.
Howbeit they hearkened not, —but, according to their own former custom, were they offering.
41 Jadi, mereka menyembah TUHAN, tetapi juga menyembah berhala-berhala mereka. Sampai hari ini pun keturunan mereka masih melakukan hal itu.
Thus were these nations doing reverence unto Yahweh, and yet, unto their own carved images, were they rendering service, —yea, their sons and their son’s sons, as the fathers offered, so are, they, offering until this day.
