1 Raja-raja 2

1 Ketika saat kematian Daud mendekat, ia berpesan kepada Salomo, anaknya:

Now the days of David had drawn near, so that he would die, and he instructed his son Solomon, saying:

2 "Aku ini akan menempuh jalan segala yang fana, maka kuatkanlah hatimu dan berlakulah seperti laki-laki.

“I am entering the way of all the earth. Be strengthened and be a good man.

3 Lakukanlah kewajibanmu dengan setia terhadap TUHAN, Allahmu, dengan hidup menurut jalan yang ditunjukkan-Nya, dan dengan tetap mengikuti segala ketetapan, perintah, peraturan dan ketentuan-Nya, seperti yang tertulis dalam hukum Musa, supaya engkau beruntung dalam segala yang kaulakukan dan dalam segala yang kautuju,

And observe the care of the Lord your God, so that you walk in his ways, so that you care for his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, just as it is written in the law of Moses. So may you understand everything that you do, in any direction that you may turn yourself.

4 dan supaya TUHAN menepati janji yang diucapkan-Nya tentang aku, yakni: Jika anak-anakmu laki-laki tetap hidup di hadapan-Ku dengan setia, dengan segenap hati dan dengan segenap jiwa, maka keturunanmu takkan terputus dari takhta kerajaan Israel.

So may the Lord confirm his words, which he has spoken about me, saying: ‘If your sons will guard their ways, and if they will walk before me in truth, with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from you a man on the throne of Israel.’

5 Dan lagi engkaupun mengetahui apa yang dilakukan kepadaku oleh Yoab, anak Zeruya, apa yang dilakukannya kepada kedua panglima Israel, yakni Abner bin Ner dan Amasa bin Yeter. Ia membunuh mereka dan menumpahkan darah dalam zaman damai seakan-akan ada perang, sehingga sabuk pinggangnya dan kasut kakinya berlumuran darah.

Also, you know what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, has done to me, what he did to the two leaders of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether. He killed them, and so he shed the blood of war in peace time, and he set the bloodshed of battle on his belt, which was around his waist, and in his shoes, which were on his feet.

6 Maka bertindaklah dengan bijaksana dan janganlah biarkan yang ubanan itu turun dengan selamat ke dalam dunia orang mati. (Sheol h7585)

Therefore, act according to your wisdom. And you shall not allow his gray head to be led away to death in peace. (Sheol h7585)

7 Tetapi kepada anak-anak Barzilai, orang Gilead itu, haruslah kautunjukkan kemurahan hati. Biarlah mereka termasuk golongan yang mendapat makanan dari mejamu, sebab merekapun menunjukkan kesetiaannya dengan menyambut aku pada waktu aku melarikan diri dari depan kakakmu Absalom.

Then, too, repay grace to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. And you shall allow them to eat at your table. For they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom, your brother.

8 Juga masih ada padamu Simei bin Gera, orang Benyamin, dari Bahurim. Dialah yang mengutuki aku dengan kutuk yang kejam pada waktu aku pergi ke Mahanaim, tetapi kemudian ia datang menyongsong aku di sungai Yordan dan aku telah bersumpah kepadanya demi TUHAN: Takkan kubunuh engkau dengan pedang!

Also, you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went away to the camp. And he descended to meet me when I crossed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death by the sword,’

9 Sekarang janganlah bebaskan dia dari hukuman, sebab engkau seorang yang bijaksana dan tahu apa yang harus kaulakukan kepadanya untuk membuat yang ubanan itu turun dengan berdarah ke dalam dunia orang mati." (Sheol h7585)

yet do not choose to treat him as if he were innocent. Since you are a wise man, you will know what to do with him. And you shall lead away his grey hair to death with blood.” (Sheol h7585)

10 Kemudian Daud mendapat perhentian bersama-sama nenek moyangnya, dan ia dikuburkan di kota Daud.

And so, David slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.

11 Dan Daud memerintah orang Israel selama empat puluh tahun; di Hebron ia memerintah tujuh tahun, dan di Yerusalem ia memerintah tiga puluh tiga tahun.

Now the days during which David reigned over Israel are forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, thirty-three in Jerusalem.

12 Salomo duduk di atas takhta Daud, ayahnya, dan kerajaannya sangat kokoh.

Then Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.

13 Pada suatu hari Adonia, anak Hagit, masuk menghadap Batsyeba, ibu Salomo, lalu perempuan itu berkata: "Apakah engkau datang dengan maksud damai?" Jawabnya: "Ya, damai!"

And Adonijah, the son of Haggith, entered to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said to him, “Is your entrance peaceful?” He responded, “It is peaceful.”

14 Kemudian katanya: "Ada sesuatu yang hendak kukatakan kepadamu." Jawab perempuan itu: "Katakanlah!"

And he added, “My word is for you.” She said to him, “Speak.” And he said:

15 Lalu katanya: "Engkau sendiri tahu bahwa akulah yang berhak atas kedudukan raja, dan bahwa seluruh Israel mengharapkan, supaya aku menjadi raja; tetapi sebaliknya kedudukan raja jatuh kepada adikku, sebab dari Tuhanlah ia mendapatnya.

“You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all of Israel had preferred me for themselves as king. But the kingdom was transferred, and has become my brother’s. For it was appointed to him by the Lord.

16 Dan sekarang, satu permintaan saja kusampaikan kepadamu; janganlah tolak permintaanku." Jawab perempuan itu kepadanya: "Katakanlah!"

Now therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.”

17 Maka katanya: "Bicarakanlah kiranya dengan raja Salomo, sebab ia tidak akan menolak permintaanmu, supaya Abisag, gadis Sunem itu, diberikannya kepadaku menjadi isteriku."

And he said: “I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife.”

18 Jawab Batsyeba: "Baik, aku akan membicarakan hal itu untuk engkau dengan raja."

And Bathsheba said: “It is well. I will speak to the king on your behalf.”

19 Batsyeba masuk menghadap raja Salomo untuk membicarakan hal itu untuk Adonia, lalu bangkitlah raja mendapatkannya serta tunduk menyembah kepadanya; kemudian duduklah ia di atas takhtanya dan ia menyuruh meletakkan kursi untuk bunda raja, lalu perempuan itu duduk di sebelah kanannya.

Then Bathsheba went to king Solomon, so that she might speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he reverenced her, and he sat down upon his throne. And a throne was stationed for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand.

20 Berkatalah perempuan itu: "Suatu permintaan kecil saja yang kusampaikan kepadamu, janganlah tolak permintaanku." Jawab raja kepadanya: "Mintalah, ya ibu, sebab aku tidak akan menolak permintaanmu."

And she said to him: “I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face.” And the king said to her: “Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face.”

21 Kata perempuan itu: "Biarlah Abisag, gadis Sunem itu, diberikan kepada kakakmu Adonia menjadi isterinya."

And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife.”

22 Tetapi raja Salomo menjawab ibunya: "Mengapa engkau meminta hanya Abisag, gadis Sunem itu, untuk Adonia? Minta jugalah untuknya kedudukan raja! Bukankah dia saudaraku yang lebih tua, dan di pihaknya ada imam Abyatar dan Yoab, anak Zeruya?"

And king Solomon responded, and he said to his mother: “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not request the kingdom for him! For he is my older brother, and he has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah.”

23 Lalu bersumpahlah raja Salomo demi TUHAN: "Beginilah kiranya Allah menghukum aku, bahkan lebih dari pada itu, jika Adonia tidak membayarkan nyawanya dengan permintaan ini!

And so king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things! For Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.

24 Oleh sebab itu, demi TUHAN yang hidup, yang menegakkan aku dan mendudukkan aku di atas takhta Daud, ayahku, dan yang membuat bagiku suatu keluarga seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya: pada hari ini juga Adonia harus dibunuh."

And now, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and placed me upon the throne of my father David, and who, just as he said, has made a house for me: Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”

25 Lalu raja Salomo menyerahkan hal itu kepada Benaya bin Yoyada; orang ini memancung dia sehingga mati.

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who put him to death, and so he died.

26 Dan kepada imam Abyatar raja berkata: "Pergilah ke Anatot, ke tanah milikmu, sebab engkau patut dihukum mati, tetapi pada hari ini aku tidak akan membunuh engkau, oleh karena engkau telah mengangkat tabut Tuhan ALLAH di depan Daud, ayahku, dan oleh karena engkau telah turut menderita dalam segala sengsara yang diderita ayahku."

Also, the king said to Abiathar, the priest: “Go into Anathoth, to your own land, for you are a man worthy of death. But I will not put you to death this day, since you carried the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and since you have endured hardship in all the things, for which my father labored.”

27 Lalu Salomo memecat Abyatar dari jabatannya sebagai imam TUHAN. Dengan demikian Salomo memenuhi firman TUHAN yang telah dikatakan-Nya di Silo mengenai keluarga Eli.

Therefore, Solomon cast out Abiathar, so that he would not be the priest of the Lord, so that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke over the house of Eli at Shiloh.

28 Ketika kabar itu sampai kepada Yoab--memang Yoab telah memihak kepada Adonia, sekalipun ia tidak memihak kepada Absalom--maka larilah Yoab ke kemah TUHAN, lalu memegang tanduk-tanduk mezbah.

And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah, and he had not turned aside after Solomon. And so, Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and he took hold of the horn of the altar.

29 Kemudian diberitahukanlah kepada Salomo, bahwa Yoab sudah lari ke kemah TUHAN, dan telah ada di samping mezbah. Lalu Salomo menyuruh Benaya bin Yoyada: "Pergilah, pancung dia."

And it was reported to king Solomon that Joab had fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and that he was beside the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, put him to death.”

30 Benaya masuk ke dalam kemah TUHAN serta berkata kepadanya: "Beginilah kata raja: Keluarlah." Jawabnya: "Tidak, sebab di sinilah aku mau mati." Lalu Benaya menyampaikan jawab itu kepada raja, katanya: "Beginilah kata Yoab dan beginilah jawabnya kepadaku."

And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and he said to him: “The king says this: ‘Come out.’” But he said: “I will not come out. Instead, I will die here.” Benaiah sent word back to the king, saying, “Joab said this, and he responded to me in this way.”

31 Kata raja kepadanya: "Perbuatlah seperti yang dikatakannya; pancunglah dia dan kuburkanlah dia; dengan demikian engkau menjauhkan dari padaku dan dari pada kaumku noda darah yang ditumpahkan Yoab dengan tidak beralasan.

And the king said to him, “Do just as he has said. And put him to death, and bury him. And so shall you take away the innocent blood, which was shed by Joab, from me and from my father’s house.

32 Dan TUHAN akan menanggungkan darahnya kepadanya sendiri, karena ia telah membunuh dua orang yang lebih benar dan lebih baik dari padanya. Ia membunuh mereka dengan pedang, dengan tidak diketahui ayahku Daud, yaitu Abner bin Ner, panglima Israel, dan Amasa bin Yeter, panglima Yehuda.

And the Lord shall repay his blood upon his own head. For he killed two men, just and better than himself, and he killed them with the sword, while my father, David, did not know it: Abner, the son of Ner, leader of the military of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, leader of the army of Judah.

33 Demikianlah darah mereka akan ditanggungkan kepada Yoab dan keturunannya untuk selama-lamanya, tetapi Daud dan keturunannya dan keluarganya dan takhtanya akan mendapat selamat dari pada TUHAN sampai selama-lamanya."

And their blood shall be turned back upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his offspring forever. But as for David, and his offspring and house, and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord, even unto eternity.”

34 Maka berangkatlah Benaya bin Yoyada, lalu memancung dan membunuh Yoab, kemudian dia dikuburkan di rumahnya sendiri di padang gurun.

And so Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and, attacking him, put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the desert.

35 Raja mengangkat Benaya bin Yoyada menggantikan Yoab menjadi kepala tentara; dan raja mengangkat imam Zadok menggantikan Abyatar.

And the king appointed Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army. And he appointed Zadok, the priest, in place of Abiathar.

36 Kemudian raja menyuruh memanggil Simei, dan berkata kepadanya: "Dirikanlah bagimu sebuah rumah di Yerusalem, diamlah di sana, dan janganlah keluar dari sana ke mana-manapun.

Also, the king sent for and summoned Shimei, and he said to him: “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and live there. And do not depart from that place to here or to there.

37 Sebab ketahuilah sungguh-sungguh, bahwa pada waktu engkau keluar dan menyeberangi sungai Kidron, pastilah engkau mati dibunuh dan darahmu akan ditanggungkan kepadamu sendiri."

For on whatever day you will have departed and crossed the torrent Kidron, know that you shall be put to death. Your blood will be upon your own head.”

38 Lalu berkatalah Simei kepada raja: "Baiklah demikian! Seperti yang tuanku raja katakan, demikianlah akan dilakukan hambamu ini." Lalu Simei diam di Yerusalem beberapa waktu lamanya.

And Shimei said to the king: “The word is good. Just as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” And so Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.

39 Dan sesudah lewat tiga tahun, terjadilah bahwa dua orang hamba Simei lari kepada Akhis bin Maakha, raja Gat, lalu diberitahukan kepada Simei: "Ketahuilah, kedua orang hambamu ada di Gat."

But it happened that, after three years, the servants of Shimei fled to Achish, the son of Maacah, the king of Gath. And it was reported to Shimei that his servants had gone away to Gath.

40 Maka berkemaslah Simei, dipelanainya keledainya, dan pergilah ia ke Gat, kepada Akhis, untuk mencari hambanya itu. Lalu Simei pulang dan membawa mereka dari Gat.

And Shimei rose up, and he saddled his donkey. And went away to Achish in Gath, in order to seek his servants. And he led them away from Gath.

41 Ketika diberitahukan kepada Salomo, bahwa tadinya Simei pergi dari Yerusalem ke Gat dan sekarang sudah pulang,

And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone away from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.

42 maka raja menyuruh memanggil Simei dan berkata kepadanya: "Bukankah aku telah menyuruh engkau bersumpah demi TUHAN dan telah memperingatkan engkau, begini: Ketahuilah sungguh-sungguh, bahwa pada waktu engkau keluar dan pergi ke mana-manapun, pastilah engkau mati dibunuh! Dan engkau telah menjawab: Baiklah demikian, aku akan mentaatinya.

And sending, he summoned him, and he said to him: “Did I not testify to you by the Lord, and warn you in advance, ‘On whatever day, having departed, you go forth to here or to there, know that you shall die?’ And you responded to me, ‘The word that I have heard is good.’

43 Mengapa engkau tidak menepati sumpah demi TUHAN itu dan juga perintah yang kuperintahkan kepadamu?"

Then why have you not kept the oath to the Lord, and the commandment which I instructed to you?”

44 Kemudian kata raja kepada Simei: "Engkau sendiri tahu dalam hatimu segala kejahatan yang kauperbuat kepada Daud, ayahku, maka TUHAN telah menanggungkan kejahatanmu itu kepadamu sendiri.

And the king said to Shimei: “You know all the evil, of which your heart is conscious, which you did to David, my father. The Lord has repaid your wickedness upon your own head.”

45 Tetapi diberkatilah kiranya raja Salomo dan kokohlah takhta Daud di hadapan TUHAN sampai selama-lamanya."

And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord, even forever.

46 Raja memberi perintah kepada Benaya bin Yoyada, lalu keluarlah Benaya, dipancungnya Simei sehingga mati. Demikianlah kerajaan itu kokoh di tangan Salomo.

And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.