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.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; 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 cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

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 sheepmaster; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of an hundred thousand lambs, and of an hundred thousand rams.

5 Tetapi setelah Raja Ahab meninggal, Mesa memberontak terhadap Israel.

But it came to pass, 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.

And 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.

And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

8 Melalui jalan manakah kita akan menyerang?" "Kita ambil jalan yang melewati padang gurun Edom," jawab Yoram.

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And 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: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

10 "Celaka kita!" seru Raja Yoram. "TUHAN telah merencanakan untuk menyerahkan kita bertiga kepada raja Moab!"

And the king of Israel said, Alas! for the LORD hath 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, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, which 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 the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 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."

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath 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.

And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

15 Sekarang bawalah ke mari seorang pemain kecapi." Sementara orang itu memainkan kecapinya, Elisa dikuasai oleh Roh TUHAN,

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

16 sehingga ia berkata, "Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN: 'Buatlah parit-parit di wadi ini.

And he said, Thus saith the LORD, 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 saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water: and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.

18 Lalu kata Elisa selanjutnya, "Tetapi itu hanya perkara kecil bagi TUHAN. Ia akan memberikan juga kemenangan kepadamu atas orang-orang Moab.

And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: 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."

And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains 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.

And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water 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 were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood on the border.

22 Besoknya, ketika mereka bangun pagi, matahari menyinari permukaan air sehingga kelihatan merah seperti darah.

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon 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!"

and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: 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

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote 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.

And 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 fountains of water, and felled all the good trees: until in Kir-hareseth [only] they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote 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.

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto 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 that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.