2 Raja-raja 5

1 Naaman, panglima raja Aram, adalah seorang terpandang di hadapan tuannya dan sangat disayangi, sebab oleh dia TUHAN telah memberikan kemenangan kepada orang Aram. Tetapi orang itu, seorang pahlawan tentara, sakit kusta.

Naaman, the leader of the military of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man with his lord. For through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria. And he was a strong and rich man, but a leper.

2 Orang Aram pernah keluar bergerombolan dan membawa tertawan seorang anak perempuan dari negeri Israel. Ia menjadi pelayan pada isteri Naaman.

Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.

3 Berkatalah gadis itu kepada nyonyanya: "Sekiranya tuanku menghadap nabi yang di Samaria itu, maka tentulah nabi itu akan menyembuhkan dia dari penyakitnya."

And she said to her lady: “I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly, he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”

4 Lalu pergilah Naaman memberitahukan kepada tuannya, katanya: "Begini-beginilah dikatakan oleh gadis yang dari negeri Israel itu."

And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: “The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”

5 Maka jawab raja Aram: "Baik, pergilah dan aku akan mengirim surat kepada raja Israel." Lalu pergilah Naaman dan membawa sebagai persembahan sepuluh talenta perak dan enam ribu syikal emas dan sepuluh potong pakaian.

And the king of Syria said to him, “Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” And when he had set out, he had taken with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand gold coins, and ten changes of fine clothing.

6 Ia menyampaikan surat itu kepada raja Israel, yang berbunyi: "Sesampainya surat ini kepadamu, maklumlah kiranya, bahwa aku menyuruh kepadamu Naaman, pegawaiku, supaya engkau menyembuhkan dia dari penyakit kustanya."

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: “When you will receive this letter, know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman, so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”

7 Segera sesudah raja Israel membaca surat itu, dikoyakkannyalah pakaiannya serta berkata: "Allahkah aku ini yang dapat mematikan dan menghidupkan, sehingga orang ini mengirim pesan kepadaku, supaya kusembuhkan seorang dari penyakit kustanya? Tetapi sesungguhnya, perhatikanlah dan lihatlah, ia mencari gara-gara terhadap aku."

And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”

8 Segera sesudah didengar Elisa, abdi Allah itu, bahwa raja Israel mengoyakkan pakaiannya, dikirimnyalah pesan kepada raja, bunyinya: "Mengapa engkau mengoyakkan pakaianmu? Biarlah ia datang kepadaku, supaya ia tahu bahwa ada seorang nabi di Israel."

And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this, specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to him, saying: “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

9 Kemudian datanglah Naaman dengan kudanya dan keretanya, lalu berhenti di depan pintu rumah Elisa.

Therefore, Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10 Elisa menyuruh seorang suruhan kepadanya mengatakan: "Pergilah mandi tujuh kali dalam sungai Yordan, maka tubuhmu akan pulih kembali, sehingga engkau menjadi tahir."

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”

11 Tetapi pergilah Naaman dengan gusar sambil berkata: "Aku sangka bahwa setidak-tidaknya ia datang ke luar dan berdiri memanggil nama TUHAN, Allahnya, lalu menggerak-gerakkan tangannya di atas tempat penyakit itu dan dengan demikian menyembuhkan penyakit kustaku!

And becoming angry, Naaman went away, saying: “I thought that he would have come out to me, and, standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God, and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand, and so have healed me.

12 Bukankah Abana dan Parpar, sungai-sungai Damsyik, lebih baik dari segala sungai di Israel? Bukankah aku dapat mandi di sana dan menjadi tahir?" Kemudian berpalinglah ia dan pergi dengan panas hati.

Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?” But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,

13 Tetapi pegawai-pegawainya datang mendekat serta berkata kepadanya: "Bapak, seandainya nabi itu menyuruh perkara yang sukar kepadamu, bukankah bapak akan melakukannya? Apalagi sekarang, ia hanya berkata kepadamu: Mandilah dan engkau akan menjadi tahir."

his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’”

14 Maka turunlah ia membenamkan dirinya tujuh kali dalam sungai Yordan, sesuai dengan perkataan abdi Allah itu. Lalu pulihlah tubuhnya kembali seperti tubuh seorang anak dan ia menjadi tahir.

So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with 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 Kemudian kembalilah ia dengan seluruh pasukannya kepada abdi Allah itu. Setelah sampai, tampillah ia ke depan Elisa dan berkata: "Sekarang aku tahu, bahwa di seluruh bumi tidak ada Allah kecuali di Israel. Karena itu terimalah kiranya suatu pemberian dari hambamu ini!"

And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”

16 Tetapi Elisa menjawab: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, yang di hadapan-Nya aku menjadi pelayan, sesungguhnya aku tidak akan menerima apa-apa." Dan walaupun Naaman mendesaknya supaya menerima sesuatu, ia tetap menolak.

But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.

17 Akhirnya berkatalah Naaman: "Jikalau demikian, biarlah diberikan kepada hambamu ini tanah sebanyak muatan sepasang bagal, sebab hambamu ini tidak lagi akan mempersembahkan korban bakaran atau korban sembelihan kepada allah lain kecuali kepada TUHAN.

And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.

18 Dan kiranya TUHAN mengampuni hambamu ini dalam perkara yang berikut: Apabila tuanku masuk ke kuil Rimon untuk sujud menyembah di sana, dan aku menjadi pengapitnya, sehingga aku harus ikut sujud menyembah dalam kuil Rimon itu, kiranya TUHAN mengampuni hambamu ini dalam hal itu."

But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”

19 Maka berkatalah Elisa kepadanya: "Pergilah dengan selamat!" Setelah Naaman berjalan tidak berapa jauh dari padanya,

And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.

20 berpikirlah Gehazi, bujang Elisa, abdi Allah: "Sesungguhnya tuanku terlalu menyegani Naaman, orang Aram ini, dengan tidak menerima persembahan yang dibawanya. Demi TUHAN yang hidup, sesungguhnya aku akan berlari mengejar dia dan akan menerima sesuatu dari padanya."

And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

21 Lalu Gehazi mengejar Naaman dari belakang. Ketika Naaman melihat ada orang berlari-lari mengejarnya, turunlah ia dengan segera dari atas kereta untuk mendapatkan dia dan berkata: "Selamat!"

And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman. And when he had seen him running toward him, he leaped down from his chariot to meet him, and he said, “Is all well?”

22 Jawabnya: "Selamat! Tuanku Elisa menyuruh aku mengatakan: Baru saja datang kepadaku dua orang muda dari pegunungan Efraim dari antara rombongan nabi. Baiklah berikan kepada mereka setalenta perak dan dua potong pakaian."

And he said: “It is well. My lord has sent me to you, saying: ‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim. Give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.’”

23 Naaman berkata: "Silakan, ambillah dua talenta." Naaman mendesak dia, dan membungkus dua talenta perak dalam dua pundi-pundi dan dua potong pakaian, lalu memberikannya kepada dua bujangnya; mereka ini mengangkut semuanya di depan Gehazi.

And Naaman said, “It is better that you accept two talents.” And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him.

24 Setelah mereka sampai ke bukit, disambutnyalah dari tangan mereka, disimpannya di rumah, dan disuruhnya kedua orang itu pergi, maka pergilah mereka.

And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.

25 Baru saja Gehazi masuk dan tampil ke depan tuannya, berkatalah Elisa kepadanya: "Dari mana, Gehazi?" Jawabnya: "Hambamu ini tidak pergi ke mana-mana!"

Then, having entered, he stood before his lord. And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from, Gehazi?” He responded, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”

26 Tetapi kata Elisa kepadanya: "Bukankah hatiku ikut pergi, ketika orang itu turun dari atas keretanya mendapatkan engkau? Maka sekarang, engkau telah menerima perak dan dengan itu dapat memperoleh kebun-kebun, kebun zaitun, kebun anggur, kambing domba, lembu sapi, budak laki-laki dan budak perempuan,

But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.

27 tetapi penyakit kusta Naaman akan melekat kepadamu dan kepada anak cucumu untuk selama-lamanya." Maka keluarlah Gehazi dari depannya dengan kena kusta, putih seperti salju.

So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.