2 Raja-raja 1
1 Sesudah Ahab mati, maka memberontaklah Moab terhadap Israel.
After King Ahab died, [the country of] Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Pada suatu hari jatuhlah Ahazia dari kisi-kisi kamar atasnya yang ada di Samaria, lalu menjadi sakit. Kemudian dikirimnyalah utusan-utusan dengan pesan: "Pergilah, mintalah petunjuk kepada Baal-Zebub, allah di Ekron, apakah aku akan sembuh dari penyakit ini."
One day, Ahaziah, [the new king of Israel, ] fell through the wooden slats/boards around the edge of the flat roof [of his palace] in Samaria. He was badly injured, so he summoned some messengers and told them, “Go to Ekron [city in Philistia], and ask their god Baalzebub whether I will (recover/become well).”
3 Tetapi berfirmanlah Malaikat TUHAN kepada Elia, orang Tisbe itu: "Bangunlah, berangkatlah menemui utusan-utusan raja Samaria dan katakan kepada mereka: Apakah tidak ada Allah di Israel, sehingga kamu ini pergi untuk meminta petunjuk kepada Baal-Zebub, allah di Ekron?
But an angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe [town], “The king of Samaria [is sending] some messengers [to Ekron]. Go and meet them and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, the god of those people, [whether you will recover]?
4 Sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN: Engkau tidak akan bangun lagi dari tempat tidur, di mana engkau berbaring, sebab engkau pasti akan mati." Lalu pergilah Elia.
Yahweh says [that you should tell King Ahaziah] that he will not recover from his being injured; he will surely die.’”
5 Sesudah utusan-utusan itu kembali kepada raja, berkatalah ia kepada mereka: "Mengapa kamu kembali?"
[So Elijah went to meet] the messengers [and told that to them, and they] returned to the king [instead of going to Ekron]. The king asked them, “Why did you return [so soon]?”
6 Jawab mereka kepadanya: "Ada seorang datang menemui kami dan berkata kepada kami: Pergilah, kembalilah kepada raja yang telah menyuruh kamu, dan katakanlah kepadanya: Beginilah firman TUHAN: Apakah tidak ada Allah di Israel, sehingga engkau menyuruh meminta petunjuk kepada Baal-Zebub, allah di Ekron? Sebab itu engkau tidak akan bangun lagi dari tempat tidur di mana engkau berbaring, sebab engkau pasti akan mati."
They replied, “A man came to meet us, and said to us, ‘Return to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, “(Is it because there no God in Israel that you are sending [messengers] to Ekron to consult Baalzebub, their god?/You seem to think there is no God in Israel, with the result that you are sending [messengers] to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, [whether you will recover].) [RHQ] [Go tell the king that] he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die.”’”
7 Lalu bertanyalah ia kepada mereka: "Bagaimanakah rupa orang yang telah datang menemui kamu itu dan yang mengatakan perkataan ini kepadamu?"
The king said to them, “The man who came to meet you and told that to you, what did he look like?”
8 Jawab mereka kepadanya: "Seorang yang memakai pakaian bulu, dan ikat pinggang kulit terikat pada pinggangnya." Maka berkatalah ia: "Itu Elia, orang Tisbe!"
They replied, “He was a hairy man and he had a [wide] leather belt around his waist.” The king exclaimed, “That was Elijah!”
9 Sesudah itu disuruhnyalah kepada Elia seorang perwira dengan kelima puluh anak buahnya. Orang itu naik menjumpai Elia yang sedang duduk di atas puncak bukit. Berkatalah orang itu kepadanya: "Hai abdi Allah, raja bertitah: Turunlah!"
Then the king sent an officer with 50 soldiers to seize Elijah. They found Elijah sitting on the top of a hill. The officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down here!”
10 Tetapi Elia menjawab, katanya kepada perwira itu: "Kalau benar aku abdi Allah, biarlah turun api dari langit memakan engkau habis dengan kelima puluh anak buahmu." Maka turunlah api dari langit memakan dia habis dengan kelima puluh anak buahnya.
But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; so, I command that fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your 50 soldiers!” Immediately, fire came down from the sky and completely burned up the officer and his 50 [soldiers].
11 Kemudian raja menyuruh pula kepadanya seorang perwira yang lain dengan kelima puluh anak buahnya. Lalu orang itu berkata kepada Elia: "Hai abdi Allah, beginilah titah raja: Segeralah turun!"
[When the king found out about that, ] he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. They went [to where Elijah was], and the officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down immediately!”
12 Tetapi Elia menjawab mereka: "Kalau benar aku abdi Allah, biarlah turun api dari langit memakan engkau habis dengan kelima puluh anak buahmu!" Maka turunlah api Allah dari langit memakan dia habis dengan kelima puluh anak buahnya.
But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; [to prove that, ] I command that fire come down from the sky and kill you and your soldiers!” Then a fire from God came down from the sky and killed the officer and his soldiers.
13 Kemudian raja menyuruh pula seorang perwira yang ketiga dengan kelima puluh anak buahnya. Lalu naiklah perwira yang ketiga itu dan sesudah sampai, berlututlah ia di depan Elia, serta memohon belas kasihan kepadanya, katanya: "Ya abdi Allah, biarlah kiranya nyawaku dan nyawa kelima puluh orang hamba-hambamu ini berharga di matamu.
[When the king heard about that] he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. [They went to where Elijah was], and the officer prostrated himself in front of Elijah, and said to him, “Prophet, I plead with you, be kind to me and my 50 soldiers, and (do not kill us/allow us to remain alive)!
14 Bukankah api sudah turun dari langit memakan habis kedua perwira yang dahulu dengan kelima puluh anak buah mereka? Tetapi sekarang biarlah nyawaku berharga di matamu."
[We know that] two times fire came down from the sky and killed officers and the 50 soldiers who were with them. So now, please be kind to me!”
15 Maka berfirmanlah Malaikat TUHAN kepada Elia: "Turunlah bersama-sama dia, janganlah takut kepadanya!" Lalu bangunlah Elia dan turun bersama-sama dia menghadap raja.
Then the angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down [and go] with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah went with them to the king.
16 Berkatalah Elia kepada raja: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Oleh karena engkau telah mengirim utusan-utusan untuk meminta petunjuk kepada Baal-Zebub, allah di Ekron, seolah-olah tidak ada Allah di Israel untuk ditanyakan firman-Nya, maka sebab itu engkau tidak akan bangun lagi dari tempat tidur, di mana engkau berbaring, sebab engkau pasti akan mati."
[When Elijah arrived, ] he said to the king, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, [whether you would recover]. You acted as though [RHQ] there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!’”
17 Maka matilah raja sesuai dengan firman TUHAN yang dikatakan oleh Elia. Maka Yoram menjadi raja menggantikan dia dalam tahun kedua zaman Yoram bin Yosafat, raja Yehuda, sebab Ahazia tidak mempunyai anak laki-laki.
So Ahaziah died, which is what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. Ahaziah’s [younger] brother Joram became the new king, when Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, had been ruling Judah for almost two years. Ahaziah’s brother became the king because Ahaziah had no son [to become the king].
18 Selebihnya dari riwayat Ahazia, apa yang dilakukannya, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab sejarah raja-raja Israel?
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Ahaziah did, they are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
