2 Raja-raja 8

1 Pada suatu waktu TUHAN mendatangkan bencana kelaparan di negeri Israel yang berlangsung tujuh tahun lamanya. Sebelum itu Elisa telah memberitahukan hal itu kepada wanita dari Sunem yang anaknya telah dihidupkannya kembali. Elisa juga menyuruh dia pindah dengan keluarganya ke negeri lain.

Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 Wanita itu melakukan apa yang dikatakan Elisa, dan berangkat ke negeri Filistin untuk tinggal di situ.

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 Sesudah masa tujuh tahun itu ia kembali ke Israel. Lalu ia pergi dengan anaknya kepada raja untuk memohon supaya rumah dan ladangnya dikembalikan kepadanya.

And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 Pada waktu itu Gehazi pelayan Elisa telah diminta oleh raja untuk menceritakan tentang keajaiban-keajaiban yang telah dilakukan oleh Elisa.

And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

5 Dan tepat pada waktu wanita dari Sunem itu datang menghadap raja untuk menyampaikan permohonannya, Gehazi sedang menceritakan tentang bagaimana Elisa menghidupkan kembali seorang anak yang sudah mati. Maka kata Gehazi, "Paduka yang mulia, inilah wanita itu, dan ini anaknya yang dihidupkan kembali oleh Elisa!"

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

6 Lalu raja bertanya dan wanita itu menceritakan tentang anak itu. Setelah itu raja memanggil seorang pegawainya dan memerintahkan supaya segala milik wanita itu dikembalikan kepadanya, termasuk harga seluruh hasil ladang-ladangnya selama tujuh tahun ia di luar negeri.

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that [was] hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

7 Pada suatu waktu Elisa pergi ke Damsyik. Kebetulan Raja Benhadad sedang sakit. Ketika raja mendengar bahwa Elisa ada di Damsyik,

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

8 ia berkata kepada Hazael, seorang pegawainya, "Bawalah hadiah kepada nabi itu, dan mintalah supaya ia menanyakan kepada TUHAN apakah aku ini akan sembuh atau tidak."

And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

9 Hazael mengambil 40 unta dan memuatinya dengan segala macam hasil kota Damsyik, lalu pergi kepada Elisa. Ketika sampai di tempat Elisa, Hazael berkata, "Hambamu Raja Benhadad, mengutus saya untuk menanyakan apakah ia akan sembuh atau tidak."

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10 Elisa menjawab, "TUHAN mengatakan kepada saya bahwa ia akan mati. Tetapi katakan saja kepadanya bahwa ia akan sembuh."

And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

11 Kemudian Elisa menatap Hazael dengan pandangan yang tajam sehingga Hazael menjadi gelisah. Tiba-tiba Elisa menangis.

And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12 "Mengapa Tuan menangis?" tanya Hazael. "Sebab aku tahu kejahatan yang akan kaulakukan terhadap orang Israel," kata Elisa. "Engkau akan membakar kota-kotanya yang berbenteng, membunuh orang-orang mudanya yang terbaik, dan mencekik anak-anak bayi serta membelah perut para wanitanya yang sedang mengandung."

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

13 "Ah, saya ini orang yang tidak berarti," jawab Hazael, "mana mungkin saya punya kuasa sehebat itu!" "TUHAN sudah menunjukkan kepadaku bahwa engkau akan menjadi raja Siria," jawab Elisa.

And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria.

14 Ketika Hazael kembali ke istana, bertanyalah Benhadad, "Apa kata Elisa?" "Ia berkata bahwa Baginda pasti akan sembuh," jawab Hazael.

So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me [that] thou shouldest surely recover.

15 Tetapi keesokan harinya Hazael mengambil sehelai selimut, dan mencelupkannya ke dalam air lalu menekankannya pada muka raja sehingga ia mati lemas. Dan Hazael menjadi raja Siria menggantikan Benhadad.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 Yehoram anak Yosafat menjadi raja Yehuda pada waktu Raja Yoram anak Ahab telah memerintah Israel lima tahun.

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat [being] then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17 Pada waktu itu Yehoram berumur tiga puluh dua tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem delapan tahun lamanya.

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 Ia kawin dengan anak Ahab, dan seperti yang dilakukan oleh keluarga Ahab, ia pun berdosa kepada TUHAN seperti raja-raja Israel.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

19 Tetapi TUHAN tidak mau membinasakan Yehuda karena Ia sudah berjanji kepada Daud hamba-Nya, bahwa keturunannya akan tetap menjadi raja.

Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, [and] to his children.

20 Dalam pemerintahan Yehoram, Edom memberontak terhadap Yehuda dan membentuk kerajaan sendiri.

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 Karena itu, keluarlah Yehoram dengan semua kereta perangnya menuju ke Zair. Di sana ia dikepung pasukan Edom, tetapi malamnya ia dan para panglima pasukan berkereta menerobos kepungan musuh, dan prajurit-prajurit mereka melarikan diri pulang ke rumah masing-masing.

So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

22 Sejak itu Edom tidak tunduk lagi kepada Yehuda. Pada masa itu juga kota Libna pun memberontak.

Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

23 Kisah lainnya mengenai Yehoram dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.

And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

24 Ia meninggal dan dikubur di pekuburan raja-raja di Kota Daud. Ahazia anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

25 Ahazia anak Yehoram menjadi raja Yehuda pada waktu Raja Yoram anak Ahab telah memerintah Israel dua belas tahun.

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

26 Pada waktu itu Ahazia berumur dua puluh dua tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem setahun lamanya. Ibunya bernama Atalya, anak Raja Ahab dan cucu Omri raja Israel.

Two and twenty years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

27 Karena perkawinannya, Ahazia ada hubungan keluarga dengan keluarga Raja Ahab. Ahazia berdosa kepada TUHAN sama seperti yang dilakukan oleh keluarga Ahab.

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as [did] the house of Ahab: for he [was] the son in law of the house of Ahab.

28 Raja Ahazia turut berperang bersama Yoram raja Israel melawan Hazael raja Siria. Mereka bertempur di Ramot, daerah Gilead. Yoram terluka dalam pertempuran itu,

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 lalu ia kembali ke kota Yizreel untuk dirawat, dan Ahazia pergi menengok dia di sana.

And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.