2 Raja-raja 23
1 Raja Yosia memanggil semua pemimpin Yehuda dan Yerusalem.
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Lalu ia pergi dengan mereka ke Rumah TUHAN, diikuti oleh para imam, para nabi dan seluruh rakyat, baik yang miskin maupun yang kaya. Di depan mereka semua, di dekat pilar yang khusus untuk raja, raja berdiri dan membacakan dengan suara keras seluruh isi buku perjanjian yang telah ditemukan di dalam Rumah TUHAN. Kemudian raja membuat perjanjian dengan TUHAN untuk taat kepada-Nya, dan menjalankan dengan sepenuh hati dan segenap jiwa semua perintah dan hukum-hukum-Nya. Raja juga berjanji untuk memenuhi syarat perjanjian TUHAN dengan umat-Nya yang tercantum dalam buku itu. Seluruh rakyat turut berjanji untuk taat kepada perjanjian itu.
The king went up to the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the scroll of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this scroll; and all the people stood to the covenant.
4 Setelah itu raja memerintahkan Imam Agung Hilkia, para imam pembantu dan para pengawal yang bertugas di pintu Rumah TUHAN, supaya mengeluarkan dari Rumah itu semua perkakas yang dipakai untuk menyembah Baal, Dewi Asyera, dan bintang-bintang. Semua barang itu dibakar oleh Raja Yosia di luar kota dekat Lembah Kidron, lalu abunya dibawa ke Betel.
The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the LORD's temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
5 Ia memecat para imam yang telah diangkat oleh raja-raja Yehuda untuk bertugas pada tempat penyembahan dewa di kota-kota Yehuda dan di sekitar Yerusalem; juga para imam yang mempersembahkan kurban kepada Baal, matahari, bulan, planit dan bintang-bintang.
He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 Patung Dewi Asyera dikeluarkannya dari Rumah TUHAN, dan dibawa ke luar kota ke Lembah Kidron. Di sana patung itu dibakar, lalu arangnya ditumbuk halus-halus, dan abunya dihamburkan ke atas pekuburan umum.
He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside of Jerusalem, to the Kidron Valley, and burned it in the Kidron Valley, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
7 Kamar-kamar dalam Rumah TUHAN yang dipakai oleh pelacur-pelacur kuil untuk melakukan pelacuran sebagai penyembahan kepada dewa, dihancurkan. (Di kamar-kamar itu wanita-wanita menenun kain untuk dipakai dalam penyembahan kepada Dewi Asyera.)
He broke down the living quarters of the temple prostitutes, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.
8 Semua imam yang tinggal di kota-kota Yehuda disuruh oleh Yosia datang ke Yerusalem, lalu di mana-mana di seluruh negeri Yehuda ia menajiskan mezbah-mezbah dewa di mana imam-imam itu telah mempersembahkan kurban. Imam-imam itu tidak diizinkan menyelenggarakan ibadat di Rumah TUHAN. Tetapi, mereka boleh makan roti tidak beragi yang disediakan untuk rekan-rekan mereka. Mezbah-mezbah yang dikhususkan untuk penyembahan kepada dewa dekat Gerbang Yosua, walikota negeri itu, diruntuhkan. Gerbang itu terletak di sebelah kiri Gerbang Utama pada jalan masuk ke kota.
He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
10 Tofet, yaitu tempat penyembahan dewa di Lembah Hinom, dinajiskan. Dengan demikian tak ada lagi orang yang dapat mempersembahkan anaknya sebagai kurban bakaran untuk Dewa Molokh.
He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
11 Semua kuda yang dikhususkan oleh raja-raja Yehuda untuk penyembahan kepada matahari dibuang, dan kereta-kereta yang dipakai dalam penyembahan itu dibakar. (Kereta-kereta itu berada di halaman Rumah TUHAN--dekat pintu gerbang--tidak jauh dari ruangan-ruangan tempat tinggal Natan Melekh, seorang pegawai tinggi.)
He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12 Mezbah-mezbah yang dibangun oleh raja-raja Yehuda pada atap di atas kamar-kamar Raja Ahas, dihancurkan. Juga mezbah-mezbah yang didirikan oleh Raja Manasye di kedua halaman Rumah TUHAN, dihancurluluhkan oleh Yosia, lalu dibuang ke Lembah Kidron.
The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the Kidron Valley.
13 Juga mezbah-mezbah di bagian timur Yerusalem, sebelah selatan Bukit Kejahatan dinajiskan. Mezbah-mezbah itu didirikan oleh Raja Salomo untuk menyembah dewa-dewa yang menjijikkan--yaitu Asytoret dewi bangsa Sidon, Kamos dewa bangsa Moab, dan Milkom dewa bangsa Amon.
The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.
14 Tugu-tugu dewa dan patung Dewi Asyera diruntuhkan, lalu tanah di mana tugu-tugu dan patung-patung itu didirikan, ditimbuni oleh Yosia dengan tulang belulang manusia.
He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
15 Ia juga merusakkan tempat penyembahan di Betel yang didirikan oleh Raja Yerobeam anak Nebat--raja yang telah menyebabkan orang Israel berbuat dosa. Lalu Yosia memecahkan mezbah di tempat penyembahan itu, dan membakarnya bersama patung Dewi Asyera yang di situ.
Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
16 Kemudian Yosia menoleh, dan melihat beberapa kuburan di atas gunung. Maka ia menyuruh orang membongkar kuburan itu, dan mengeluarkan tulang-tulangnya lalu membakarnya di mezbah yang sedang terbakar itu. Demikianlah caranya ia menajiskan mezbah itu. Maka terjadilah apa yang telah diramalkan dahulu oleh nabi TUHAN ketika Raja Yerobeam sedang berdiri dekat mezbah itu pada suatu perayaan. Setelah itu Raja Yosia melihat sebuah kuburan lain lagi.
And as Josiah turned himself, he saw the tombs that were there in the mountain. And he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast. And he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God who proclaimed these things.
17 Maka ia bertanya, "Kuburan siapa ini?" Orang-orang Betel menjawab, "Itu kuburan seorang nabi TUHAN yang pernah datang ke sini dari Yehuda, dan meramalkan hal-hal yang baru saja Baginda lakukan terhadap mezbah ini."
Then he said, "What monument is that which I see?" The men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel."
18 "Jangan diapa-apakan makam itu," perintah raja. "Biarkan tulang-tulangnya di situ, jangan dipindahkan!" Maka tulang-tulang nabi dari Yehuda itu tidak diapa-apakan; demikian juga tulang-tulang nabi dari Samaria yang dimakamkan di situ.
He said, "Let him be. Let no man move his bones." So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
19 Di setiap kota di Israel, Raja Yosia meruntuhkan semua tempat penyembahan dewa yang dibangun oleh raja-raja Israel, dan yang telah menyebabkan TUHAN menjadi marah. Apa yang telah dilakukan Raja Yosia di Betel, itu dilakukannya juga terhadap mezbah-mezbah di seluruh Israel.
All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
20 Semua imam yang bertugas di tempat-tempat penyembahan dewa dibunuhnya di atas mezbah-mezbah di mana mereka bertugas. Dan di setiap mezbah itu Yosia membakar tulang belulang manusia. Sesudah itu ia pulang ke Yerusalem.
He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
21 Kemudian Raja Yosia memerintahkan rakyat untuk merayakan Paskah seperti yang tertulis dalam buku Perjanjian Dengan TUHAN. Dengan demikian mereka menghormati TUHAN, Allah mereka.
The king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this scroll of the covenant."
22 Sejak masa bangsa Israel diperintah oleh pahlawan-pahlawan belum pernah ada raja Israel atau raja Yehuda yang merayakan Paskah seperti itu.
Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23 Hanya pada tahun kedelapan belas pemerintahan Yosia itu barulah Paskah dirayakan lagi di Yerusalem untuk menghormati TUHAN.
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24 Untuk melaksanakan hukum-hukum yang tertulis dalam buku yang ditemukan oleh Imam Agung Hilkia di Rumah TUHAN, semua pemanggil arwah dan peramal diusir oleh Raja Yosia dari Yerusalem dan dari seluruh Yehuda, lalu ia membuang semua dewa rumah tangga, berhala, dan barang-barang yang dipakai untuk penyembahan dewa-dewa.
Moreover Josiah removed the mediums, and spiritists, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
25 Belum pernah ada raja seperti Raja Yosia yang mengabdi kepada TUHAN dengan sepenuh hatinya, dan menunjukkan itu dalam cara hidup dan perbuatannya, sesuai dengan seluruh hukum yang terdapat dalam Buku Musa. Setelah Raja Yosia pun, tidak ada lagi raja yang seperti dia.
Like him was there no king before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
26 Tetapi perbuatan Raja Manasye telah membangkitkan kemarahan TUHAN terhadap Yehuda; dan kemarahan-Nya itu belum padam.
Notwithstanding, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
27 TUHAN berkata, "Apa yang telah Kulakukan terhadap Israel, akan Kulakukan juga terhadap Yehuda. Orang Yehuda akan Kubuang dari negeri yang Kuberikan kepada mereka. Aku akan menolak Yerusalem, kota pilihan-Ku, juga rumah-Ku ini, yang menurut kata-Ku akan menjadi tempat ibadat kepada-Ku."
The LORD said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'"
28 Raja Yosia tewas dalam pertempuran di Megido ketika ia pergi memerangi Nekho, raja Mesir, yang sedang maju dengan pasukannya untuk membantu raja Asyur di tepi Sungai Efrat. Jenazah Raja Yosia diambil oleh para pegawainya lalu dibawa pulang dengan kereta ke Yerusalem. Di sana ia dikuburkan di pekuburan raja-raja. Lalu rakyat Yehuda memilih dan mengangkat Yoahas putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia. Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Yosia dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Perath: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
31 Yoahas berumur 23 tahun ketika ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem tiga bulan lamanya. Ibunya bernama Hamutal anak Yeremia dari kota Libna.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 Yoahas berdosa kepada TUHAN seperti leluhurnya.
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 Pemerintahan Yoahas berakhir ketika Nekho raja Mesir menawan dia di Ribla, di daerah Hamat, dan memaksa Yehuda membayar upeti kepadanya sebanyak 3.400 kilogram perak dan 34 kilogram emas.
Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34 Kemudian Raja Nekho mengangkat putra Yosia yang bernama Elyakim menjadi raja Yehuda, dan mengubah nama Elyakim menjadi Yoyakim. Yoahas dibawanya ke Mesir dan ia meninggal di sana.
Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
35 Untuk membayar upeti yang dituntut oleh raja Mesir, Raja Yoyakim memungut pajak dari rakyat menurut kemampuan mereka masing-masing.
Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
36 Yoyakim berumur 25 tahun ketika ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 11 tahun lamanya. Ibunya bernama Zebuda, anak Pedaya dari kota Ruma.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 Yoyakim berdosa kepada TUHAN seperti leluhurnya.
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
