2 Samuel 19

1 Lalu diberitahukanlah kepada Yoab: "Ketahuilah, raja menangis dan berkabung karena Absalom."

Someone told Joab that the king was crying and mourning because Absalom had died.

2 Pada hari itulah kemenangan menjadi perkabungan bagi seluruh tentara, sebab pada hari itu tentara itu mendengar orang berkata: "Raja bersusah hati karena anaknya."

All of David’s soldiers became sad. Instead of rejoicing about defeating [the soldiers who had fought with Absalom], they were sad because they heard that the king was mourning because Absalom [was dead].

3 Sebab itu tentara itu masuk kota dengan diam-diam pada hari itu, seperti tentara yang kena malu kembali dengan diam-diam karena melarikan diri dari pertempuran.

The soldiers returned to the city quietly, like [SIM] soldiers do when they are ashamed because they ran away from battle.

4 Raja menyelubungi mukanya, dan dengan suara nyaring merataplah raja: "Anakku Absalom, Absalom, anakku, anakku!"

The king covered his face [with his hands] and kept crying loudly, “O, my son Absalom! O, Absalom, my son! My son!”

5 Lalu masuklah Yoab menghadap raja di kediamannya serta berkata: "Pada hari ini engkau mempermalukan semua hambamu, yang telah menyelamatkan nyawamu pada hari ini dan nyawa anak-anakmu laki-laki dan perempuan dan nyawa isteri-isterimu dan nyawa gundik-gundikmu,

Then Joab entered the room where the king was, and said to the king, “Today you have caused your soldiers to be ashamed! You have humiliated the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and your ordinary wives and your slave wives!

6 dengan mencintai orang-orang yang benci kepadamu, dan dengan membenci orang-orang yang cinta kepadamu! Karena pada hari ini engkau menunjukkan bahwa panglima-panglima dan anak buah tidak berarti apa-apa bagimu. Bahkan aku mengerti pada hari ini, bahwa seandainya Absalom masih hidup dan kami semua mati pada hari ini, maka hal itu kaupandang baik.

[It seems that] you love those who hate you and [that] you hate those who love you. You have caused it to be clear today that your commanders and your officers are not at all important to you. I think that if Absalom were still alive and we were all dead today, you would be happy.

7 Oleh sebab itu, bangunlah, pergilah ke luar dan berbicaralah menenangkan hati orang-orangmu. Sebab aku bersumpah demi TUHAN, apabila engkau tidak keluar, maka seorangpun tidak akan ada yang tinggal bersama-sama dengan engkau pada malam ini; dan hal ini berarti celaka bagimu melebihi segala celaka yang telah kaualami sejak kecilmu sampai sekarang."

So, now go and thank your soldiers [for what they did]. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning and that would be worse [for you] than all the disasters/troubles that you have experienced since you were a boy.”

8 Lalu bangunlah raja dan duduk di pintu gerbang. Maka diberitahukanlah kepada seluruh rakyat, demikian: "Ketahuilah, raja duduk di pintu gerbang." Kemudian datanglah seluruh rakyat itu menghadap raja. Adapun orang Israel sudah melarikan diri, masing-masing ke kemahnya.

So the king got up and went and sat near the city gate. And all the people were told, “Hey, the king is sitting at the gate!” So they all came and gathered around him. Meanwhile, all the Israeli troops [who had been with Absalom] had returned to their homes.

9 Seluruh rakyat dari semua suku Israel berbantah-bantah, katanya: "Raja telah melepaskan kita dari tangan musuh kita, dialah yang telah menyelamatkan kita dari tangan orang Filistin. Dan sekarang ia sudah melarikan diri dari dalam negeri karena Absalom;

Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, “King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel!

10 tetapi Absalom yang telah kita urapi untuk memerintah kita, sudah mati dalam pertempuran. Maka sekarang, mengapa kamu berdiam diri dengan tidak membawa raja kembali?"

We appointed [MTY] Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle [against David’s soldiers]. So (why does someone not try to bring King David back?/surely someone should try to bring King David back.)” [RHQ]

11 Raja Daud telah menyuruh orang kepada Zadok dan Abyatar, imam-imam itu, dengan pesan: "Berbicaralah kepada para tua-tua Yehuda, demikian: Mengapa kamu menjadi yang terakhir untuk membawa raja kembali ke istananya?" Sebab perkataan seluruh Israel telah sampai kepada raja.

King David [found out what the people were saying. So he] sent the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, to say to the leaders of Judah, “The king says that he has heard that all the Israeli people [want him to be king again]. And he says, ‘(Why should you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace?/It is not right that you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace.) [RHQ]

12 "Kamulah saudara-saudaraku, kamulah darah dagingku; mengapa kamu menjadi yang terakhir untuk membawa raja kembali?

You are my relatives; we have the same ancestor [IDM]. So (why should you be the last ones to bring me back?/you should certainly not be the last ones to bring me back.) [RHQ]’”

13 Dan kepada Amasa haruslah kamu katakan: Bukankah engkau darah dagingku? Beginilah kiranya Allah menghukum aku, bahkan lebih lagi dari pada itu, jika engkau tidak tetap menjadi panglimaku menggantikan Yoab."

And say to Amasa, “You are one of my relatives. I hope/desire that God strike me dead [IDM] if I do not appoint you to be, from now on, the commander of my army instead of Joab.”

14 Demikianlah dibelokkannya hati semua orang Yehuda secara serentak, sehingga mereka menyuruh menyampaikan kepada raja pesan ini: "Kembalilah, tuanku dan semua anak buahmu."

[By sending that message to them, ] David convinced all the people of Judah [IDM] [that they should (be loyal to him/accept him as their king]). So they sent a message to the king, saying “We want you and all your officials to return here.”

15 Lalu berangkatlah raja pulang dan sampailah ia ke tepi sungai Yordan. Sementara itu orang Yehuda telah sampai ke Gilgal untuk menyongsong raja dan untuk membawa raja menyeberang sungai Yordan.

So the king [and his officials started back toward Jerusalem]. When they reached the Jordan [River], the people of Judah came there to Gilgal to meet the king, and to bring him across the river.

16 Juga Simei bin Gera, orang Benyamin yang dari Bahurim itu, cepat-cepat datang bersama-sama dengan orang-orang Yehuda untuk menyongsong raja Daud.

Shimei, the man from the tribe of Benjamin, also came down quickly [to the river] with the people of Judah to meet King David.

17 Juga ada seribu orang dari daerah Benyamin bersama-sama dengan dia. Dan Ziba, hamba keluarga Saul, dan kelima belas anaknya laki-laki dan kedua puluh hambanya bersama-sama dengan dia datang tergesa-gesa ke sungai Yordan mendahului raja,

There were 1,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who came with him. And Ziba, who had been the servant of Saul, also hurried down to the Jordan [River], bringing 20 of his servants with him. They all came to the king,

18 lalu menyeberang dari tempat penyeberangan untuk menyeberangkan keluarga raja dan untuk melakukan apa yang dipandangnya baik. Maka Simei bin Gera sujud di depan raja, ketika raja hendak menyeberangi sungai Yordan,

and then they all [prepared to] take the king and all his family across the river, at the place where they could walk across it. They wanted to do whatever the king wanted them to do. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei came to him and prostrated himself in front of the king.

19 dan berkata kepada raja: "Janganlah kiranya tuanku tetap memandang aku bersalah, dan janganlah kiranya tuanku mengingat kesalahan yang dilakukan hambamu ini pada hari tuanku raja keluar dari Yerusalem; janganlah kiranya raja memperhatikannya lagi.

He said to the king, “Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please do not keep thinking about the terrible thing that I did on the day that you left Jerusalem. Do not think about it any more.

20 Sebab hambamu ini tahu bahwa hamba telah berbuat dosa; dan lihatlah, pada hari ini akulah yang pertama-tama datang dari seluruh keturunan Yusuf untuk menyongsong tuanku raja."

Because I know that I have sinned. Look, I have come today, the first one from the northern tribes to come here to greet you today, Your Majesty.”

21 Lalu berbicaralah Abisai, anak Zeruya, katanya: "Bukankah Simei patut dihukum mati karena ia telah mengutuki orang yang diurapi TUHAN?"

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, “He cursed the one that Yahweh appointed [MTY] to be the king! So (should he not be executed for doing that?/he certainly should be executed for doing that.)” [RHQ]

22 Tetapi Daud berkata: "Apakah urusanku dengan kamu, hai anak-anak Zeruya, sehingga kamu pada hari ini menjadi lawanku? Masakan pada hari ini seorang dihukum mati di Israel! Sebab bukankah aku tahu, bahwa aku pada hari ini adalah raja atas Israel?"

But David said, “You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide [what to do to him]). [It is as though] you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, [so I say that] certainly no one [RHQ] in Israel should be executed today.”

23 Kemudian berkatalah raja kepada Simei: "Engkau tidak akan mati." Lalu raja bersumpah kepadanya.

Then the king said to Shimei, “I solemnly promise that I will not execute you.”

24 Juga Mefiboset bin Saul menyongsong raja. Ia tidak membersihkan kakinya dan tidak memelihara janggutnya dan pakaiannya tidak dicucinya sejak raja pergi sampai hari ia pulang dengan selamat.

Then Miphibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down [to the river] to greet the king. He had not washed his feet or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes, from the time that the king left Jerusalem until the day that he returned.

25 Ketika ia dari Yerusalem menyongsong raja, bertanyalah raja kepadanya: "Mengapa engkau tidak pergi bersama-sama dengan aku, Mefiboset?"

When he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king, the king said to him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”

26 Jawabnya: "Ya tuanku raja, aku ditipu hambaku. Sebab hambamu ini berkata kepadanya: Pelanailah keledai bagiku, supaya aku menungganginya dan pergi bersama-sama dengan raja! --sebab hambamu ini timpang.

He replied, “Your Majesty, [you know that] I am crippled. [When I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, ] I said to my servant [Ziba], ‘Put a saddle on my donkey in order that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me [and left without me].

27 Ia telah memfitnahkan hambamu ini kepada tuanku raja. Tetapi tuanku raja adalah seperti malaikat Allah; sebab itu perbuatlah apa yang tuanku pandang baik.

And he lied to you about me. But, Your Majesty, you are [as wise] as God’s angel. So do whatever seems right to you.

28 Walaupun seluruh kaum keluargaku tidak lain dari orang-orang yang patut dihukum mati oleh tuanku raja, tuanku telah mengangkat hambamu ini di antara orang-orang yang menerima rezeki dari istanamu. Apakah hakku lagi dan untuk apa aku mengadakan tuntutan lagi kepada raja?"

All of my grandfather’s family expected/deserved that we would be executed. But [you did not execute me; ] you allowed me to eat food with you at your table! So I certainly do not have [RHQ] the right to request you for anything more.”

29 Tetapi raja berkata kepadanya: "Apa gunanya engkau berkata-kata lagi tentang halmu? Aku telah memutuskan: Engkau dan Ziba harus berbagi ladang itu."

The king replied, “You certainly do not need to say any more. I have decided that you and Ziba will divide [equally] the land [that belonged to your grandfather Saul].”

30 Lalu berkatalah Mefiboset kepada raja: "Biarlah ia mengambil semuanya, sebab tuanku raja sudah pulang dengan selamat."

Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Your Majesty, [I am content that] you have returned safely. So allow him to take all the land.”

31 Juga Barzilai, orang Gilead itu, telah datang dari Ragelim dan ikut bersama-sama raja ke sungai Yordan untuk mengantarkannya sampai di sana.

Barzillai, the man from [the] Gilead [region], had come down to the Jordan [River] from [his town of] Rogelim, to escort the king across the river.

32 Barzilai itu sudah sangat tua, delapan puluh tahun umurnya. Ia menyediakan makanan bagi raja selama ia tinggal di Mahanaim, sebab ia seorang yang sangat kaya.

Barzillai was a very old man, 80 years old. He was a very wealthy man, and he had provided food for the king [and his soldiers] while they were at Mahanaim.

33 Berkatalah raja kepada Barzilai: "Ikutlah aku, aku akan memelihara engkau di tempatku di Yerusalem."

The king said to Barzillai, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.”

34 Tetapi Barzilai menjawab raja: "Berapa tahun lagikah aku hidup, sehingga aku harus pergi bersama-sama dengan raja ke Yerusalem?

But Barzillai replied, “I certainly do not have [RHQ] many more years to live. So (why should I go with you to Jerusalem?/there is certainly no reason for me to go with you to Jerusalem.) [RHQ]

35 Sekarang ini aku telah berumur delapan puluh tahun; masakan aku masih dapat membedakan antara yang baik dan yang tidak baik? Atau masih dapatkah hambamu ini merasai apa yang hamba makan atau apa yang hamba minum? Atau masih dapatkah aku mendengarkan suara penyanyi laki-laki dan penyanyi perempuan? Apa gunanya hambamu ini lagi menjadi beban bagi tuanku raja?

I am now 80 years old. I do not [RHQ] know what is enjoyable and what is not enjoyable. I cannot [RHQ] enjoy what I eat and what I drink. I cannot [RHQ] hear the voices of men and women as they sing. So (why should I be another burden to you?/I do not want to be another burden to you.) [RHQ]

36 Sepotong jalan saja hambamu ini berjalan ke seberang sungai Yordan bersama-sama dengan raja. Mengapa raja memberikan ganjaran yang sedemikian kepadaku?

I will cross the Jordan [River] with you and go a little further, and that will be all the reward that I need [for helping you].

37 Biarkanlah hambamu ini pulang, sehingga aku dapat mati di kotaku sendiri, dekat kubur ayahku dan ibuku. Tetapi inilah hambamu Kimham, ia boleh ikut dengan tuanku raja; perbuatlah kepadanya apa yang tuanku pandang baik."

Then please allow me to return to my home, because that is where I want to die, near my parents’ grave. But here is [my son] Chimham. Your Majesty, allow him to go with you [and serve you], and do for him whatever seems good to you!”

38 Lalu berbicaralah raja: "Baiklah Kimham ikut dengan aku; aku akan berbuat kepadanya apa yang kaupandang baik, dan segala yang kaukehendaki dari padaku akan kulakukan untukmu."

The king replied, “Okay, he will cross [the river] with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you. And I will do for you whatever you want me to do.”

39 Kemudian seluruh rakyat menyeberangi sungai Yordan. Juga raja menyeberang, setelah berpamitan dengan Barzilai dengan ciuman. Lalu orang inipun pulanglah ke tempat kediamannya.

Then King David and all the others crossed the Jordan [River]. He kissed Barzillai and [asked God to] bless him. Then Barzillai returned to his home.

40 Sesudah itu berjalanlah raja terus ke Gilgal, dan Kimham ikut dengan dia. Seluruh rakyat Yehuda bersama-sama setengah dari rakyat Israel telah mengantarkan raja.

[After they crossed the river, ] Chimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israeli tribes escorted/accompanied the king to Gilgal.

41 Tetapi seluruh orang Israel datang menghadap raja dan berkata kepada raja: "Mengapa saudara-saudara kami, orang-orang Yehuda itu, menculik raja dan membawa dia menyeberangi sungai Yordan dengan keluarganya dan semua orang Daud yang menyertai dia?"

Then all the soldiers from the other Israeli tribes came to the king and said, “(Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men?/It is not right that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men.) [RHQ] [Why did you not request us to do that]?” [RHQ]

42 Lalu semua orang Yehuda menjawab orang-orang Israel itu: "Oleh karena raja kerabat kami. Mengapa kamu menjadi marah karena hal ini? Apakah kami makan apa-apa atas biaya raja? Apakah kami mendapat keuntungan?"

The soldiers from Judah replied, “We did it because the king is from Judah. So (why are you angry about that?/you should not be angry about that.) [RHQ] The king has never paid for our food, and he has never given us any gifts.”

43 Tetapi orang-orang Israel itu menjawab orang-orang Yehuda: "Kami sepuluh kali lebih berhak atas raja. Sebagai anak sulung kami melebihi kamu. Mengapa kamu memandang kami rendah? Bukankah kami yang pertama-tama harus membawa raja kami kembali?" Tetapi perkataan orang-orang Yehuda itu lebih pedas dari pada perkataan orang-orang Israel.

The men of the other Israeli tribes replied, “[There are ten tribes in Israel, and only one in Judah. So] it is ten times more right for us to say that David [is our king] than it is for you to say that. So why are you despising us [RHQ]? We were certainly [RHQ] the first ones to talk about bringing David back [to Jerusalem to be our king again].” But the men of Judah spoke more harshly than the men from the other tribes of Israel did.