2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan, from Jerusalem.
Amazia berumur dua puluh lima tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan dua puluh sembilan tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem; nama ibunya ialah Yoadan, dari Yerusalem.
2 And he accomplished good in the sight of the Lord. Yet truly, not with a perfect heart.
Ia melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN, hanya tidak dengan segenap hati.
3 And when he saw himself to be strengthened in his rule, he cut the throats of the servants who had killed his father, the king.
Segera sesudah kuasa kerajaan itu kokoh di tangannya, dibunuhnyalah pegawai-pegawainya yang telah membunuh raja, yaitu ayahnya.
4 But he did not put to death their sons, just as it was written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord instructed, saying: “The fathers shall not be slain because of the sons, nor the sons because of their fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin.”
Tetapi anak-anak mereka tidak dihukum mati olehnya, melainkan ia bertindak sesuai dengan apa yang tertulis dalam Taurat, yakni kitab Musa, di mana TUHAN telah memberi perintah: "Janganlah ayah mati karena anaknya, janganlah juga anak mati karena ayahnya, melainkan setiap orang harus mati karena dosanya sendiri."
5 And then Amaziah gathered together Judah, and he organized them by families, and tribunes, and centurions, throughout all of Judah and Benjamin. And he numbered them from twenty years old and upward. And he found three hundred thousand young men, who could go forth to battle, and who could hold spear and shield.
Lalu Amazia mengumpulkan orang Yehuda dan menyuruh mereka, yakni seluruh orang Yehuda dan Benyamin, berdiri menurut puak-puaknya di bawah kepala-kepala pasukan seribu dan kepala-kepala pasukan seratus. Ketika ia menghitung mereka yang berumur dua puluh tahun ke atas, didapatinya tiga ratus ribu teruna yang sanggup keluar berperang dengan tombak dan perisai.
6 Also, he hired for pay from Israel one hundred thousand experienced men, for one hundred talents of silver.
Selain itu ia menyewa seratus ribu pahlawan yang gagah perkasa dari Israel dengan bayaran seratus talenta perak.
7 Then a man of God came to him, and he said: “O king, let not the army of Israel go forth with you. For the Lord is not with Israel, nor with all the sons of Ephraim.
Tetapi seorang abdi Allah datang kepadanya dan berkata: "Ya raja, janganlah tentara Israel dibiarkan bergabung kepada tuanku, karena TUHAN tidak menyertai Israel, yakni semua bani Efraim ini.
8 But if you think that a war stands by the strength of the army, God will cause you to be overwhelmed by the enemies. For indeed, it belongs to God to assist, and to put to flight.”
Dan jikalau mereka bergabung juga, bagaimanapun juga perbuatan dan kekuatanmu di dalam perang, Allah akan menggelincirkan engkau di depan musuh, sebab Allah mempunyai kuasa untuk menolong dan menggelincirkan!"
9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, “Then what will become of the one hundred talents, which I gave to the soldiers of Israel?” And the man of God responded to him, “The Lord has that from which he is able to give much more than this to you.”
Lalu kata Amazia kepada abdi Allah itu: "Bagaimana dengan seratus talenta yang telah kuberikan kepada pasukan-pasukan Israel itu?" Jawab abdi Allah itu: "TUHAN dapat memberikan lebih dari pada itu kepadamu!"
10 And so, Amaziah separated the army, which had come to him from Ephraim, so that they would return to their place. But having become very angry against Judah, they returned to their own region.
Kemudian Amazia memisahkan pasukan yang datang bergabung kepadanya dari Efraim, supaya mereka kembali ke tempat tinggalnya. Maka sangat marahlah mereka terhadap Yehuda. Mereka kembali ke tempat tinggalnya dengan marah yang menyala-nyala.
11 Then Amaziah confidently led forth his people. And he went away to the Valley of the Salt Pits, and he struck down ten thousand of the sons of Seir.
Amazia mendapat keberanian lalu memimpin rakyatnya ke Lembah Asin dan memukul kalah sepuluh ribu orang dari bani Seir.
12 And the sons of Judah captured another ten thousand of the men. And they led them to the precipice of a certain rock. And they threw them from the summit, and they were all broken apart.
Selain itu sepuluh ribu orang ditawan hidup-hidup oleh bani Yehuda dan dibawa ke suatu puncak bukit batu, lalu mereka dicampakkan dari puncak bukit batu itu, sehingga hancurlah mereka semua.
13 But the army that Amaziah had sent away, so that they would not go with him into battle, spread out among the cities of Judah, from Samaria as far as Beth-horon. And having killed three thousand, they took away much plunder.
Tetapi orang-orang dari pasukan yang dipulangkan Amazia, dan yang tidak diperbolehkan ikut berperang dengan dia, menyerbu kota-kota di Yehuda dari jurusan Samaria sampai ke Bet-Horon, dan menewaskan tiga ribu orang penduduknya dan merampas banyak jarahan.
14 Truly, after the slaughter of the Edomites, and when the gods of the sons of Seir were brought, Amaziah chose them as gods for himself. And he was adoring them, and burning incense to them.
Ketika Amazia kembali, setelah mengalahkan orang-orang Edom itu, ia mendirikan para allah bani Seir, yang dibawanya pulang, sebagai allahnya. Ia sujud menyembah kepada allah-allah itu dan membakar korban untuk mereka.
15 For this reason, the Lord became angry against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who would say to him, “Why have you adored gods who did not free their own people from your hand?”
Maka bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap Amazia; Ia menyuruh seorang nabi kepadanya yang berkata: "Mengapa engkau mencari allah sesuatu bangsa yang tidak dapat melepaskan bangsanya sendiri dari tanganmu?"
16 And after he spoke these things, he responded to him: “Are you the counselor of the king? Be quiet! Otherwise I will put you to death.” And departing, the prophet said, “I know that God has decided to kill you, because you have done this evil, and also because you have not agreed to my counsel.”
Waktu nabi sedang berbicara, berkatalah Amazia kepadanya: "Apakah kami telah mengangkat engkau menjadi penasihat raja? Diamlah! Apakah engkau mau dibunuh?" Lalu diamlah nabi itu setelah berkata: "Sekarang aku tahu, bahwa Allah telah menentukan akan membinasakan engkau, karena engkau telah berbuat hal ini, dan tidak mendengarkan nasihatku!"
17 And so Amaziah, the king of Judah, undertaking a very wicked counsel, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying: “Come, let us see one another.”
Kemudian Amazia, raja Yehuda, mengadakan perundingan, lalu menyuruh orang kepada Yoas bin Yoahas bin Yehu, raja Israel, mengatakan: "Mari kita mengadu tenaga!"
18 But he sent back messengers, saying: “The thistle which is in Lebanon sent to the cedar of Lebanon, saying: ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ And behold, the beasts that were in the forest of Lebanon passed through, and they trampled the thistle.
Tetapi Yoas, raja Israel, menyuruh orang kepada Amazia, raja Yehuda, mengatakan: "Onak yang di gunung Libanon mengirim pesan kepada pohon aras yang di gunung Libanon, bunyinya: Berikanlah anakmu perempuan kepada anakku laki-laki menjadi isterinya. Tetapi binatang-binatang hutan yang ada di gunung Libanon itu berjalan lewat dari sana, lalu menginjak onak itu.
19 You said, ‘I struck down Edom.’ And for this reason, your heart is lifted up with pride. Settle in your own house. Why do you provoke evil against yourself, so that you may fall, and then Judah with you?”
Pikirmu, engkau sudah mengalahkan Edom, sebab itu hatimu mengangkat-angkat dirimu untuk mendapat kehormatan. Sekarang, tinggal saja di rumah. Untuk apa engkau menantang malapetaka, sehingga engkau jatuh dan Yehuda bersama-sama engkau?"
20 Amaziah was not willing to listen to him, because it was the will of the Lord that he be delivered into the hands of the enemies, because of the gods of Edom.
Tetapi Amazia tidak mau mendengarkan; sebab hal itu telah ditetapkan Allah yang hendak menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tangan Yoas, karena mereka telah mencari allah orang Edom.
21 And so Joash, the king of Israel, ascended, and they presented themselves within the sight of one another. Now Amaziah, the king of Judah, was in Beth-shemesh of Judah.
Sebab itu majulah Yoas, raja Israel, lalu mengadu tenagalah mereka, ia dan Amazia, raja Yehuda, di Bet-Semes yang termasuk wilayah Yehuda.
22 And Judah fell before Israel. And each one fled to his own tent.
Yehuda terpukul kalah oleh Israel, sehingga masing-masing lari ke kemahnya.
23 Then Joash, the king of Israel, captured Amaziah, the king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and he led him to Jerusalem. And he destroyed its walls, from the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.
Yoas, raja Israel, menangkap Amazia, raja Yehuda, anak Yoas bin Yoahas, di Bet-Semes. Lalu Yoas membawa dia ke Yerusalem. Ia membongkar tembok Yerusalem dari Pintu Gerbang Efraim sampai ke Pintu Gerbang Sudut, empat ratus hasta panjangnya.
24 Also, he brought back to Samaria all the gold and silver, and all the vessels, which he had found in the house of God, and with Obededom in the treasuries of the king’s house, as well as sons for hostages.
Sesudah itu ia mengambil segala emas dan perak dan segala perkakas yang terdapat dalam rumah Allah dan yang berada di bawah pengawasan keluarga Obed-Edom, juga perbendaharaan istana raja dan orang-orang sandera, kemudian pulanglah ia ke Samaria.
25 Then Amaziah, the son of Joash, the king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the king of Israel.
Amazia bin Yoas, raja Yehuda, masih hidup lima belas tahun lamanya sesudah Yoas bin Yoahas, raja Israel, mati.
26 Now the rest of the words of Amaziah, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Selebihnya dari riwayat Amazia, dari awal sampai akhir, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel?
27 And after he withdrew from the Lord, they set up an ambush against him in Jerusalem. But since he had fled into Lachish, they sent and killed him in that place.
Sejak Amazia menjauhi TUHAN, orang mengadakan persepakatan melawan dia di Yerusalem, sebab itu larilah ia ke Lakhis. Tetapi mereka menyuruh mengejar dia ke Lakhis, lalu dibunuhlah ia di sana.
28 And having carried him back upon horses, they buried him with his fathers in the City of David.
Ia diangkut dengan kuda, lalu dikuburkan di samping nenek moyangnya di kota Daud.
