2 Tawarikh 21
1 Yosafat meninggal dan dimakamkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud. Yehoram putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Yehoram putra Yosafat, raja Yehuda, mempunyai enam saudara laki-laki: Azarya, Yehiel, Zakharia, Azariahu, Mikhail, dan Sefaca.
And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.
3 Mereka mendapat banyak emas, perak dan barang-barang berharga lain dari ayah mereka, dan masing-masing diberi juga satu kota berbenteng di Yehuda. Tetapi karena Yehoram putra yang sulung, dialah yang ditentukan oleh Yosafat untuk menjadi raja.
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.
4 Ketika Yehoram merasa kedudukannya sebagai raja sudah kuat, ia menyuruh membunuh semua saudara-saudaranya, dan juga beberapa pejabat tinggi.
So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
5 Yehoram menjadi raja pada usia 32 tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem selama 8 tahun.
Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 Ia mengikuti cara hidup Raja Ahab dan raja-raja Israel lainnya, karena ia kawin dengan salah seorang anak perempuan Ahab. Ia berdosa kepada TUHAN,
And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
7 tetapi TUHAN tidak mau membinasakan raja dari keturunan Daud karena Ia sudah berjanji bahwa keturunan Daud akan tetap memerintah.
But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.
8 Dalam pemerintahan Yehoram, Edom memberontak terhadap Yehuda dan membentuk kerajaan sendiri.
In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.
9 Karena itu Yehoram dan para panglimanya keluar dengan kereta-kereta perangnya lalu menyerang Edom. Ia dikepung pasukan Edom, tapi malamnya mereka menerobos kepungan musuh dan melarikan diri.
And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.
10 Sejak itu Edom tidak tunduk lagi kepada Yehuda. Pada masa itu juga kota Libna pun memberontak. Semua itu terjadi karena Yehoram telah meninggalkan TUHAN, Allah yang disembah leluhurnya.
However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:
11 Ia bahkan mendirikan tempat-tempat penyembahan berhala di daerah pegunungan Yehuda, dan menyebabkan rakyat Yehuda dan Yerusalem berdosa kepada TUHAN.
Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.
12 Lalu Yehoram mendapat sepucuk surat yang ditulis oleh Nabi Elia ketika ia masih hidup. Begini bunyi surat itu, "TUHAN, Allah yang disembah Daud, menghukum Baginda sebab Baginda tidak mengikuti jejak ayah dan kakek Baginda.
And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,
13 Sebaliknya, Baginda hidup seperti raja-raja Israel, dan menyebabkan rakyat Yehuda dan Yerusalem tidak setia kepada Allah. Baginda berbuat seperti Raja Ahab dan pengganti-penggantinya. Baginda bahkan membunuh saudara-saudara Baginda, padahal mereka lebih baik dari Baginda.
But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,
14 Hukuman yang berat dari TUHAN akan menimpa rakyat, anak-anak serta istri-istri Baginda, dan membinasakan semua harta milik Baginda.
Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.
15 Baginda sendiri pun akan menderita penyakit usus yang makin hari makin parah!"
And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.
16 Pada waktu itu ada orang Filistin dan orang Arab yang tinggal di dekat pemukiman orang Sudan di daerah pantai. TUHAN menggerakkan hati orang-orang itu untuk memerangi Yehoram.
And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.
17 Mereka menyerang Yehuda, menjarahi istana raja, lalu membawa pergi semua anak istri Yehoram sebagai tawanan, kecuali Ahazia putranya yang bungsu.
And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
18 Setelah semua kejadian itu, TUHAN menghukum Yehoram dengan penyakit usus yang tak dapat sembuh.
And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels.
19 Selama hampir dua tahun penyakit itu semakin parah sampai akhirnya dengan sangat menderita ia meninggal. Rakyatnya tidak menyalakan api unggun sebagai pernyataan belasungkawa seperti yang mereka lakukan untuk nenek moyangnya.
And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
20 Tidak seorang pun menyesali kematiannya. Ia dikuburkan di Kota Daud, tetapi tidak di dalam makam raja-raja. Ketika menjadi raja, Yehoram berumur 32 tahun, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 8 tahun lamanya.
He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
