2 Raja-raja 5

1 Naaman adalah panglima angkatan bersenjata Siria yang sangat dicintai dan dihargai oleh raja Siria. Sebab, melalui Naaman, TUHAN telah memberikan kemenangan kepada tentara Siria. Naaman adalah seorang panglima yang perkasa, tapi ia berpenyakit kulit yang mengerikan.

Naaman, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable: for by him the Lord gave deliverance to Syria: and he was a valiant man and rich, but a leper.

2 Pada suatu waktu orang Siria menyerbu negeri Israel. Dalam penyerbuan itu seorang anak perempuan Israel ditangkap dan diangkut sebagai tawanan, kemudian menjadi pelayan bagi istri Naaman.

Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited upon Naaman’s wife.

3 Pada suatu hari berkatalah pelayan itu kepada majikannya, "Nyonya, sekiranya tuan pergi menemui nabi yang tinggal di Samaria, pastilah nabi itu akan menyembuhkan tuan."

And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had been with the prophet, that is in Samaria: he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath.

4 Ketika Naaman mendengar hal itu, ia pergi kepada raja dan menceritakan apa yang dikatakan oleh anak perempuan itu.

Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said tile girl from the land of Israel.

5 Raja berkata, "Baik, pergilah kepada raja Israel. Saya akan menulis surat kepadanya." Maka berangkatlah Naaman dengan membawa 30.000 uang perak, 6.000 uang emas, dan 10 setel pakaian yang bagus-bagus.

And the king of Syria sad to him: Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and tell changes of raiment,

6 Surat yang dibawanya itu berbunyi demikian: "Melalui surat ini aku memperkenalkan perwiraku, Naaman, kepada Tuan supaya Tuan menyembuhkan dia dari penyakitnya."

And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: When thou shalt receive this letter, know that I have sent to thee Naaman my servant, that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy.

7 Ketika raja Israel membaca surat itu, ia merobek-robek pakaiannya karena cemas, sambil berkata, "Celaka, apa sebabnya raja Siria itu minta aku menyembuhkan orang ini? Aku bukan Allah yang mempunyai kuasa untuk menghidupkan atau mematikan orang! Pasti raja Siria itu hanya mencari gara-gara dengan aku!"

And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me, to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

8 Nabi Elisa mendengar tentang hal itu, dan mengirim pesan ini kepada raja Israel, "Mengapa cemas? Suruhlah orang itu datang kepada saya supaya dia tahu bahwa di Israel ini ada seorang nabi!"

And when Eliseus the man of God had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9 Karena itu berangkatlah Naaman dengan kereta kudanya ke rumah Elisa, dan berhenti di depan pintu.

So Naaman came with Iris horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:

10 Elisa mengutus seorang pelayan untuk berkata begini kepada Naaman, "Pergilah Tuan mandi tujuh kali di Sungai Yordan, nanti Tuan sembuh sama sekali."

And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover health, and thee shalt be clean.

11 Mendengar itu, Naaman marah dan berkata, "Saya pikir dia akan keluar sendiri menemui saya, dan berdoa kepada TUHAN, Allahnya, serta menggerakkan tangannya di atas bagian badan saya yang sakit ini lalu saya menjadi sembuh.

Naaman was angry and went away, saying: I thought he would hare come out to me, and standing would hare invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me.

12 Sungai Abana dan Parpar di Damsyik lebih baik dari sungai mana pun juga di Israel! Saya dapat mandi di sana dan menjadi sembuh!"

Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation,

13 Tetapi pelayan-pelayannya mendekati dia dan berkata, "Tuan, seandainya Tuan disuruh melakukan sesuatu yang sulit, pasti Tuan akan melakukannya. Apalagi ia hanya menyuruh Tuan mandi supaya sembuh!"

His servants came to him, and said to him: Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, surely thou shouldst have done it: how much rather what he now hath said to thee: Wash, and thou shalt he clean?

14 Sebab itu pergilah Naaman ke Sungai Yordan, lalu masuk dan membenamkan dirinya ke dalam sungai itu tujuh kali seperti yang disuruh oleh Elisa. Maka sembuhlah Naaman. Badannya menjadi sehat kembali seperti badan anak muda.

Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven times: according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child, and he was made clean.

15 Lalu ia dan semua pengiringnya kembali kepada Elisa. "Sekarang saya tahu," kata Naaman kepada Elisa, "bahwa di seluruh dunia hanya ada satu Allah, yaitu Allah yang disembah oleh orang Israel. Sebab itu, sudilah Tuan menerima pemberian dari saya."

And returning to the man of God with all his train, be came, and stood before him, and said: In truth, I know there is no other God in all the earth, but only in Israel: I beseech thee therefore take a blessing of thy servant.

16 Elisa menjawab, "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, yang saya layani, saya tidak akan menerima pemberian apa pun." Naaman mendesak supaya Elisa mau menerima pemberiannya, tetapi Elisa tetap menolak.

But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he pressed him, he still refused.

17 Lalu kata Naaman, "Kalau Tuan tidak juga mau menerima pemberian saya, izinkanlah saya membawa pulang tanah sebanyak yang dapat dibawa oleh sepasang bagal. Sebab, mulai sekarang saya akan mempersembahkan kurban hanya untuk TUHAN, dan tidak untuk ilah lain.

And Naaman said: As thou wilt: but I beseech thee, grant to me thy servant, to take from hence two mules’ burden of earth: for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust, or victim, to other gods, but to the Lord.

18 Apabila saya nanti harus mendampingi raja saya pergi bersembahyang ke kuil Rimon dewa Siria, semoga TUHAN mengampuni saya."

But there is only this, for which thou shalt entreat the Lord for thy servant, when my master goeth into the temple of Remmon, to worship: and he leaneth upon my hand, if I bow down in the temple of Remmon, when he boweth down in the same place, that the Lord pardon me thy servant for this thing.

19 Kata Elisa, "Pergilah dengan selamat." Lalu pergilah Naaman. Tidak lama sesudah Naaman berangkat,

And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him in the springtime of the earth.

20 Gehazi pelayan Elisa, berpikir, "Ah, kenapa ia dibiarkan pergi tanpa membayar? Seharusnya tuan saya menerima pemberian orang Siria itu! Demi TUHAN yang hidup, saya harus mengejar dia dan mendapat sesuatu dari dia!"

But Giezi the servant of the man of God said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought: as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take some thing of him:

21 Lalu Gehazi mengejar Naaman. Ketika Naaman melihat ada orang datang, ia turun dari keretanya dan bertanya, "Ada apa?"

And Giezi followed after Naaman: and when he saw him running after him, he leapt down from his chariot to meet him, and said: Is all well?

22 Gehazi menjawab, "Maaf Tuan, saya disuruh mengatakan kepada Tuan bahwa baru saja dua nabi muda datang dari daerah pegunungan Efraim. Tuan saya minta supaya Tuan memberikan 3.000 uang perak dan dua setel pakaian yang bagus untuk kedua nabi itu."

And he said: Well: my master hath sent me to thee, saying: Just now there are come to me from mount Ephraim, two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

23 "Tentu saja!" kata Naaman, dan ia mendesak supaya Gehazi membawa 6.000 uang perak. Naaman membungkus uang itu dalam dua buah kantong, dan mengambil dua setel pakaian yang bagus-bagus. Semuanya itu diberikannya kepada dua orang pelayannya, yang disuruhnya berjalan mendahului Gehazi.

And Naaman said: It is better that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they carried them before him.

24 Setelah sampai di bukit tempat tinggal Elisa, Gehazi mengambil uang dan pakaian itu dari pelayan-pelayan Naaman, kemudian menyimpannya di dalam rumah. Pelayan-pelayan itu disuruhnya pulang,

And when he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away, and they departed.

25 lalu ia masuk kembali ke dalam rumah. Elisa bertanya, "Kau dari mana?" "Tidak dari mana-mana, Tuan!" jawabnya.

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Eliseus said: Whence comest thou, Giezi? He answered: Thy servant went no whither.

26 Tetapi Elisa berkata, "Hati saya ada di sana ketika Naaman turun dari keretanya untuk menemui engkau. Ini bukan waktunya untuk mendapat uang dan membeli kebun zaitun, kebun anggur, domba dan sapi serta hamba-hamba!

But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.

27 Karena kau menerima pemberian itu, kau akan menerima juga penyakit Naaman. Bahkan untuk selama-lamanya keturunanmu pun akan mendapat penyakit itu!" Ketika Gehazi keluar dari situ, ia mendapat penyakit kulit--kulitnya menjadi putih sekali.

But the leprosy of Naaman shall also stick to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from him a leper as white as snow.