2 Raja-raja 16
1 Dalam tahun ketujuh belas zaman Pekah bin Remalya, Ahas anak Yotam raja Yehuda menjadi raja.
When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
2 Ahas berumur dua puluh tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan enam belas tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Ia tidak melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN, Allahnya, seperti Daud, bapa leluhurnya,
He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.
3 tetapi ia hidup menurut kelakuan raja-raja Israel, bahkan dia mempersembahkan anaknya sebagai korban dalam api, sesuai dengan perbuatan keji bangsa-bangsa yang telah dihalau TUHAN dari depan orang Israel.
Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.
4 Ia mempersembahkan dan membakar korban di bukit-bukit pengorbanan dan di atas tempat-tempat yang tinggi dan di bawah setiap pohon yang rimbun.
Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].
5 Pada waktu itu majulah Rezin, raja Aram, dan Pekah bin Remalya, raja Israel, untuk memerangi Yerusalem. Dan mereka mengepung Ahas, tetapi mereka tidak dapat mengalahkan dia.
While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.
6 Pada masa itu Rezin, raja Aram, mengembalikan Elat kepada Edom, lalu ia mengusir orang-orang Yehuda dari Elat. Datanglah orang-orang Edom ke Elat dan diam di sana sampai hari ini.
At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.
7 Ahas menyuruh utusan-utusan kepada Tiglat-Pileser, raja Asyur, mengatakan: "Aku ini hambamu dan anakmu. Majulah dan selamatkanlah aku dari tangan raja Aram dan dari tangan raja Israel, yang telah bangkit menyerang aku."
King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”
8 Ahas mengambil perak dan emas yang terdapat dalam rumah TUHAN dan dalam perbendaharaan istana raja, dan mengirimnya kepada raja Asyur sebagai persembahan.
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.
9 Maka raja Asyur mendengarkan permintaannya dan maju melawan Damsyik, merebutnya dan mengangkut penduduknya tertawan ke Kir, tetapi Rezin dibunuhnya.
So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.
10 Sesudah itu pergilah raja Ahas menemui Tiglat-Pileser, raja Asyur, ke Damsyik. Setelah raja Ahas melihat mezbah yang ada di Damsyik, dikirimnyalah kepada imam Uria ukuran dan bagan mezbah itu, menurut buatannya yang tepat.
When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.
11 Lalu imam Uria mendirikan mezbah; tepat seperti keterangan yang dikirimkan raja Ahas dari Damsyik, demikianlah dibuat imam Uria menjelang datangnya raja Ahas dari Damsyik.
So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.
12 Setelah raja pulang dari Damsyik, maka raja melihat mezbah itu. Lalu mendekatlah raja kepada mezbah itu, naik ke atasnya,
When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
13 membakar korban bakarannya dan korban sajiannya, mencurahkan korban curahannya di atas mezbah itu, dan menyiramkan darah korban keselamatannya kepadanya.
and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.
14 Tetapi ia menyuruh menggeser mezbah tembaga yang ada di hadapan TUHAN dari depan rumah TUHAN, dari antara mezbah baru dengan rumah itu, dan menaruhnya di sebelah utara mezbah baru itu.
The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].
15 Kemudian raja Ahas memerintahkan kepada imam Uria: "Bakarlah di atas mezbah besar itu korban bakaran pagi dan korban sajian petang, juga korban bakaran dan korban sajian raja, lagi korban bakaran dan korban sajian dan korban-korban curahan seluruh rakyat negeri; dan siramkanlah kepadanya segenap darah korban bakaran dan segenap darah korban sembelihan; tetapi mezbah tembaga itu adalah urusanku."
Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”
16 Lalu imam Uria melakukan tepat seperti yang diperintahkan raja Ahas.
So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
17 Sesudah itu raja Ahas memotong papan penutup kereta penopang dan menyingkirkan bejana pembasuhan dari atasnya, juga "laut" itu diturunkannya dari atas lembu tembaga yang mendukungnya dan ditaruhnya di atas alas batu.
King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.
18 Selanjutnya, demi raja Asyur, disingkirkannya dari rumah TUHAN serambi tertutup untuk hari Sabat yang telah didirikan pada rumah TUHAN, juga pintu masuk untuk raja yang di sebelah luar.
Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.
19 Selebihnya dari riwayat Ahas dan apa yang dilakukannya, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab sejarah raja-raja Yehuda?
[If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
20 Kemudian Ahas mendapat perhentian bersama-sama dengan nenek moyangnya, dan ia dikuburkan di samping nenek moyangnya di kota Daud. Maka Hizkia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
