2 Tawarikh 25
1 Amazia menjadi raja ketika berumur 25 tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 29 tahun lamanya. Ibunya ialah Yoadan dari Yerusalem.
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
2 Amazia melakukan yang menyenangkan hati TUHAN, tetapi dengan setengah hati.
He did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
3 Segera setelah kuat kedudukannya, ia menghukum mati pegawai-pegawai yang membunuh ayahnya.
Now it happened, when the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.
4 Tetapi anak-anak pegawai-pegawai itu tidak dibunuhnya karena ia menuruti perintah TUHAN dalam Buku Musa yang berbunyi, "Jangan menghukum mati orang tua karena kejahatan yang dilakukan oleh anak-anak mereka, dan jangan menghukum mati anak-anak karena kejahatan yang dilakukan oleh orang tua mereka. Setiap orang hanya boleh dihukum mati karena kejahatan yang dilakukannya sendiri."
But he did not put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the scroll of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin."
5 Raja Amazia mengumpulkan semua orang suku Yehuda dan Benyamin lalu menyuruh mereka berdiri menurut kaum masing-masing, dipimpin oleh komandan pasukan seribu dan komandan pasukan seratus. Kemudian ia memilih orang-orang yang berumur 20 tahun ke atas yang mampu bertempur dan pandai menggunakan tombak dan perisai. Jumlah mereka ada 300.000 orang.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
6 Selain itu ia menyewa 100.000 prajurit dari Israel dengan bayaran kira-kira 3.400 kilogram perak.
He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
7 Tetapi seorang nabi datang kepada raja dan berkata, "Jangan pakai prajurit-prajurit Israel itu, sebab TUHAN tidak menolong umat Israel yang dari Kerajaan Utara itu.
A man of God came to him, saying, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for Jehovah is not with Israel, with all the people of Ephraim.
8 Tetapi kalau Baginda memakai mereka juga, Allah akan membiarkan Baginda dikalahkan oleh musuh meskipun tentara Baginda kuat dan berani. Sebab hanya Allah saja berkuasa memberi kemenangan atau kekalahan."
But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow."
9 "Tapi bagaimana dengan semua perak yang telah kuberikan kepada mereka?" tanya Amazia. Nabi itu menjawab, "TUHAN bisa mengembalikan kepada Baginda lebih dari itu!"
Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?" The man of God answered, "Jehovah is able to give you much more than this."
10 Karena itu Amazia membebaskan prajurit-prajurit sewaan itu dan menyuruh mereka pulang ke negerinya. Mereka pun pulang, tetapi dengan marah sekali.
Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
11 Amazia memberanikan diri dan membawa tentaranya ke Lembah Asin. Di sana mereka bertempur serta menewaskan 10.000 prajurit Edom.
Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the people of Seir.
12 Sepuluh ribu yang lain ditawan. Mereka dibawa ke puncak gunung batu di kota Sela lalu dilemparkan ke bawah sehingga mati.
The people of Judah carry away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
13 Sementara itu prajurit-prajurit Israel yang telah disuruh pulang oleh Amazia, dan tidak diizinkan turut bertempur, telah menyerang kota-kota Yehuda antara Samaria dan Bet-Horon. Mereka membunuh 3.000 orang serta merampas banyak barang.
But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
14 Setelah mengalahkan tentara Edom, Amazia pulang membawa patung-patung berhala orang Edom dan menempatkannya di Yehuda. Lalu ia membakar dupa untuk patung-patung itu dan menyembahnya.
Now it happened, after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
15 Perbuatannya itu membuat TUHAN menjadi marah. Ia mengutus seorang nabi kepada Amazia. Nabi itu berkata, "Mengapa Baginda menyembah dewa bangsa lain yang tidak dapat menyelamatkan bangsanya sendiri dari kekuasaan Baginda?"
Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, "Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?"
16 "Diam," kata Amazia, "Kalau tidak, kami bunuh kau! Tidak pernah kami mengangkat kau menjadi penasihat raja!" Maka diamlah nabi itu, tetapi sebelumnya ia sempat berkata, "Sekarang saya tahu bahwa Allah sudah memutuskan untuk membinasakan Baginda karena perbuatan Baginda itu, dan karena Baginda tidak menghiraukan nasihat saya."
It happened, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, "Have we made you one of the king's counselors? Stop. Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped, and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel."
17 Amazia raja Yehuda dengan para penasihatnya berkomplot melawan Israel. Ia mengirim utusan kepada Yoas raja Israel, anak Yoahas, cucu Yehu, untuk menantang dia berperang.
Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."
18 Tetapi Raja Yoas mengirim jawaban ini, "Suatu waktu semak berduri di pegunungan Libanon mengirim tuntutan ini kepada pohon cemara, 'Hai pohon cemara, berikanlah anak gadismu kepada anakku untuk menjadi istrinya.' Tetapi kemudian lewatlah di situ seekor binatang hutan yang menginjak-injak semak berduri itu.
Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son as his wife; then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.
19 Engkau, Amazia, membual bahwa kau telah mengalahkan orang Edom, tapi lebih baik kau tinggal saja di rumah. Untuk apa mencari-cari persoalan yang hanya akan mencelakakan dirimu dan rakyatmu?"
You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?'"
20 Tetapi Amazia, raja Yehuda tidak menghiraukan kata-kata Yoas raja Israel. Dan Allah memang menghendaki supaya Amazia dikalahkan karena ia telah menyembah patung berhala orang Edom.
But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
21 Karena itu Yoas berangkat dengan anak buahnya ke Bet-Semes dan berperang dengan Amazia di sana.
So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
22 Tentara Yehuda dikalahkan dan semua prajuritnya lari pulang ke rumahnya masing-masing.
Judah was defeated by Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
23 Yoas menangkap Amazia dan membawanya ke Yerusalem, lalu meruntuhkan tembok kota itu sepanjang kurang lebih 200 meter, mulai dari Pintu Gerbang Efraim sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut.
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, six hundred eighty-nine feet.
24 Semua emas dan perak serta semua perkakas yang ditemukannya di Rumah TUHAN dan yang berada di bawah pengawasan Obed-Edom, juga semua harta benda istana, bersama beberapa orang sandera diangkut oleh Yoas ke Samaria.
He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God's house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25 Setelah Yoas raja Israel meninggal, Amazia raja Yehuda masih hidup 15 tahun lagi.
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26 Sejak Amazia meninggalkan TUHAN, orang berkomplot melawan dia di Yerusalem. Karena itu, ia lari ke kota Lakhis, tetapi musuh-musuhnya mengejar dia ke sana dan membunuhnya. Jenazahnya diangkut dengan kuda ke Yerusalem, lalu dikuburkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud. Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Amazia dari mula sampai akhir pemerintahannya dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, look, aren't they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Jehovah, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
They brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the City of David.
