2 Tawarikh 16
1 Pada tahun ketiga puluh enam pemerintahan Asa majulah Baesa, raja Israel, hendak berperang melawan Yehuda. Ia memperkuat Rama dengan maksud mencegah lalu lintas kepada Asa, raja Yehuda.
Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
2 Lalu Asa mengeluarkan emas dan perak dari perbendaharaan rumah TUHAN dan dari perbendaharaan rumah raja dan mengirimnya kepada Benhadad, raja Aram yang diam di Damsyik dengan pesan:
Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
3 "Ada perjanjian antara aku dan engkau, antara ayahku dan ayahmu. Ini kukirim emas dan perak kepadamu. Marilah, batalkanlah perjanjianmu dengan Baesa, raja Israel, supaya ia undur dari padaku."
“There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
4 Lalu Benhadad mendengarkan permintaan raja Asa; ia menyuruh panglima-panglimanya menyerang kota-kota Israel. Dan mereka memukul kalah Iyon, Dan, Abel-Maim dan segala tempat perbekalan kota-kota di Naftali.
And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
5 Segera sesudah Baesa mendengar hal itu, ia berhenti memperkuat Rama; ia menghentikan usahanya itu.
And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
6 Tetapi raja Asa mengerahkan segenap orang Yehuda, yang harus mengangkat batu dan kayu yang dipergunakan Baesa untuk memperkuat Rama itu. Ia mempergunakannya untuk memperkuat Geba dan Mizpa.
Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
7 Pada waktu itu datanglah Hanani, pelihat itu, kepada Asa, raja Yehuda, katanya kepadanya: "Karena engkau bersandar kepada raja Aram dan tidak bersandar kepada TUHAN Allahmu, oleh karena itu terluputlah tentara raja Aram dari tanganmu.
In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
8 Bukankah tentara orang Etiopia dan Libia besar jumlahnya, kereta dan orang berkudanya sangat banyak? Namun TUHAN telah menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tanganmu, karena engkau bersandar kepada-Nya.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
9 Karena mata TUHAN menjelajah seluruh bumi untuk melimpahkan kekuatan-Nya kepada mereka yang bersungguh hati terhadap Dia. Dalam hal ini engkau telah berlaku bodoh, oleh sebab itu mulai sekarang ini engkau akan mengalami peperangan."
For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
10 Maka sakit hatilah Asa karena perkataan pelihat itu, sehingga ia memasukkannya ke dalam penjara, sebab memang ia sangat marah terhadap dia karena perkara itu. Pada waktu itu Asa menganiaya juga beberapa orang dari rakyat.
And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
11 Sesungguhnya riwayat Asa dari awal sampai akhir tertulis dalam kitab raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel.
But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Pada tahun ketiga puluh sembilan pemerintahannya Asa menderita sakit pada kakinya yang kemudian menjadi semakin parah. Namun dalam kesakitannya itu ia tidak mencari pertolongan TUHAN, tetapi pertolongan tabib-tabib.
And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
13 Kemudian Asa mendapat perhentian bersama-sama nenek moyangnya. Ia mati pada tahun keempat puluh satu pemerintahannya,
And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 dan dikuburkan di kuburan yang telah digali baginya di kota Daud. Mereka membaringkannya di atas petiduran yang penuh dengan rempah-rempah dan segala macam rempah-rempah campuran yang dicampur menurut cara pencampur rempah-rempah, lalu menyalakan api yang sangat besar untuk menghormatinya.
And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.
