2 Raja-raja 3
1 Pada tahun kedelapan belas pemerintahan Yosafat raja Yehuda, Yoram anak Ahab menjadi raja Israel dan memerintah di Samaria dua belas tahun lamanya.
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Ia melakukan yang jahat pada pemandangan TUHAN, tetapi ia tidak sejahat Ahab dan Izebel, orang tuanya. Patung yang dibuat ayahnya untuk menyembah Baal telah diruntuhkannya.
He did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
3 Namun, seperti Raja Yerobeam anak Nebat yang memerintah sebelum dia, ia pun menyebabkan orang Israel berdosa dan tidak berhenti melakukan hal itu.
Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.
4 Raja Mesa dari Moab mempunyai peternakan domba. Sebagai pajak kepada raja Israel, setiap tahun ia memberikan 100.000 anak domba dan juga bulu domba dari 100.000 domba jantan.
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
5 Tetapi setelah Raja Ahab meninggal, Mesa memberontak terhadap Israel.
But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Karena itu Raja Yoram segera meninggalkan Samaria dan pergi menyiapkan seluruh angkatan perangnya.
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7 Ia mengirim pesan ini kepada Raja Yosafat dari Yehuda, "Raja Moab telah memberontak terhadap aku; sudikah Anda berperang bersama aku melawan dia?" "Baik," jawab Raja Yosafat. "Aku dan anak buahku serta pasukan berkudaku akan ikut dengan Anda.
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
8 Melalui jalan manakah kita akan menyerang?" "Kita ambil jalan yang melewati padang gurun Edom," jawab Yoram.
He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
9 Maka berangkatlah Raja Yoram bersama raja Yehuda dan raja Edom. Setelah mengadakan perjalanan selama tujuh hari, mereka kehabisan air, sehingga pasukan mereka dan hewan pengangkut barang mereka tak dapat minum.
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
10 "Celaka kita!" seru Raja Yoram. "TUHAN telah merencanakan untuk menyerahkan kita bertiga kepada raja Moab!"
The king of Israel said, "Alas. For Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
11 Raja Yosafat bertanya, "Apakah di sini tidak ada nabi yang dapat bertanya kepada TUHAN untuk kita?" Salah seorang perwira dari tentara Raja Yoram menjawab, "Ada Elisa anak Safat! Ia dahulu pembantu Elia."
But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."
12 "Benar! TUHAN memang berbicara melalui dia," kata Raja Yosafat. Maka pergilah ketiga raja itu kepada Elisa.
And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of Jehovah is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 "Mengapa minta tolong kepada saya?" kata Elisa kepada raja Israel. "Pergi saja kepada nabi-nabi orang tuamu!" "Tidak!" sahut Yoram. "Sebab Tuhanlah yang merencanakan untuk menyerahkan kami bertiga kepada raja Moab."
Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother." The king of Israel said to him, "No; for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
14 Elisa menjawab, "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, yang saya layani, saya katakan dengan terus terang bahwa kalau bukan karena Raja Yosafat yang saya hormati, saya tidak mau berurusan dengan Tuan.
Elisha said, "As Jehovah of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
15 Sekarang bawalah ke mari seorang pemain kecapi." Sementara orang itu memainkan kecapinya, Elisa dikuasai oleh Roh TUHAN,
But now bring me a minstrel." It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came on him.
16 sehingga ia berkata, "Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN: 'Buatlah parit-parit di wadi ini.
He said, "Thus says Jehovah, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'
17 Sekalipun kalian tidak melihat hujan turun atau angin bertiup, namun air akan berlimpah-limpah di wadi ini. Kalian dengan ternak dan hewan pengangkut barangmu akan mendapat air yang cukup untuk diminum sepuas-puasnya.'"
For thus says Jehovah, 'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
18 Lalu kata Elisa selanjutnya, "Tetapi itu hanya perkara kecil bagi TUHAN. Ia akan memberikan juga kemenangan kepadamu atas orang-orang Moab.
This is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19 Semua kota mereka yang berbenteng dan bagus-bagus akan kalian runtuhkan; semua pohon buah-buahan kalian tebang, semua sumber air kalian tutup, dan semua ladang mereka yang subur-subur akan kalian lempari dengan batu sampai rusak sama sekali."
You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'"
20 Besoknya, pada saat mempersembahkan kurban pagi, mengalirlah air dari arah Edom sehingga memenuhi wadi itu.
It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that look, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21 Ketika orang Moab mendengar bahwa ketiga raja itu telah datang menyerang, maka semua orang--dari yang tertua sampai yang termuda--yang dapat memikul senjata, dikerahkan dan ditempatkan di perbatasan.
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
22 Besoknya, ketika mereka bangun pagi, matahari menyinari permukaan air sehingga kelihatan merah seperti darah.
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.
23 Mereka berteriak, "Darah! Pasti prajurit-prajurit dari ketiga pasukan musuh telah berkelahi dan saling membunuh! Mari kita pergi merampok perkemahan mereka!"
They said, "This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil."
24 Tetapi ketika orang-orang Moab itu sampai di perkemahan itu, mereka dipukul mundur oleh orang Israel yang terus maju mengejar sambil membunuh mereka
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
25 dan meruntuhkan kota-kota mereka. Setiap ladang yang subur yang mereka lewati, mereka lempari dengan batu. Akhirnya semua ladang tertutup dengan batu. Orang-orang Israel juga menutup semua sumber air dan menebang semua pohon-pohon buah-buahan. Yang tinggal hanyalah kota Kir-Hareset, ibukota Moab. Akhirnya kota itu pun dikepung dan dilempari batu oleh pengumban-pengumban.
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth only they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
26 Setelah menyadari bahwa ia tak dapat bertahan lagi, raja Moab membawa 700 prajurit yang mahir memakai pedang, lalu berusaha menerobos pertahanan raja Edom, tapi gagal.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
27 Karena itu ia mengambil putra mahkotanya, lalu mempersembahkannya di atas tembok kota sebagai kurban untuk dewa Moab. Maka takutlah orang-orang Israel, sehingga mereka menarik mundur pasukan mereka dari kota itu lalu pulang ke negeri mereka.
Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
