2 Tawarikh 32
1 Setelah Raja Hizkia melakukan hal-hal yang menunjukkan kesetiaannya kepada TUHAN, Sanherib raja Asyur menyerang Yehuda. Ia mengepung kota-kota berbenteng dan memerintahkan pasukannya supaya merebutnya.
And after these things and this faithful dealing, came Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, and he came to Juda, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to take them for himself.
2 Ketika Hizkia mengetahui bahwa Sanherib berniat menyerbu Yerusalem,
And Ezekias saw that Sennacherim was come, and [that] his face [was set] to fight against Jerusalem.
3 ia bersama para pegawai dan perwira-perwiranya memutuskan untuk menutup tempat-tempat air di luar kota dengan maksud supaya orang-orang Asyur tidak mendapat air apabila mereka sampai di dekat Yerusalem. Banyak sekali orang yang dikerahkan untuk menutup semua sumber air yang mengalir ke luar kota.
And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty [men] to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him.
And he collected many people, and stopped the wells of water, and the river that flowed through the city, saying, Lest the king of Assyria come, and find much water, and strengthen [himself].
5 Lalu raja memperkuat pertahanan kota dengan memperbaiki temboknya, mendirikan menara-menara di atasnya dan membangun tembok lain di luar. Selain itu ia memperbaiki benteng yang didirikan di atas tanah timbunan di sebelah timur bagian lama kota Yerusalem. Ia juga menyuruh membuat banyak sekali tombak dan perisai.
And Ezekias strengthened [himself], and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance.
6 Ia mengangkat perwira-perwira untuk mengepalai semua orang laki-laki dalam kota, dan menyuruh mereka berkumpul di lapangan depan pintu gerbang kota. Lalu ia berkata kepada mereka,
And he appointed captains of war over the people, and they were gathered to [meet] him to the open place of the gate of the valley, and he encouraged them, saying,
7 "Tabahlah dan yakinlah; janganlah takut kepada raja Asyur atau kepada pasukannya. Kekuatan di pihak kita lebih besar daripada yang di pihak dia.
Be strong and courageous, and fear not, neither be dismayed before the King of Assyria, and before all the nation that [is] with him: for [there are] more with us than with him.
8 Ia mempunyai kekuatan manusia, tetapi kita mempunyai TUHAN Allah kita untuk membantu dan bertempur bagi kita." Mendengar kata-kata raja mereka itu, rakyat menjadi berani.
With him [are] arms of flesh; but with us [is] the Lord our God to save [us], and to fight our battle. And the people were encouraged at the words of Ezekias king of Juda.
9 Beberapa waktu kemudian ketika Sanherib bersama pasukannya masih di Lakhis, ia mengirim utusan kepada Hizkia dan rakyat Yehuda di Yerusalem untuk menyampaikan pesan ini,
And afterward Sennacherim king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem; and [he went] himself against Lachis, and all his army with him, and sent to Ezekias king of Juda, and to all Juda that [was] in Jerusalem, saying,
10 "Aku Sanherib raja Asyur, ingin bertanya apa sebabnya kamu begitu berani untuk tetap tinggal di Yerusalem yang sedang dikepung itu.
Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do you trust, that you will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?
11 Apakah Hizkia berkata bahwa TUHAN Allahmu akan melepaskan kamu dari kekuasaan kami? Jangan percaya, sebab ia hanya menipu kamu. Ia akan membiarkan kamu mati kelaparan dan kehausan.
Does not Ezekias deceive you, to deliver you to death and famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
12 Dialah yang menghancurkan tempat-tempat ibadat dan mezbah-mezbah untuk TUHAN, lalu menyuruh orang Yehuda dan Yerusalem beribadat serta membakar dupa di satu mezbah saja.
Is not this Ezekias who has taken down his altars and his high places and has spoken to Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before this altar and burn incense upon it?
13 Apakah kamu tidak tahu apa yang telah dilakukan oleh aku dan leluhurku terhadap bangsa-bangsa lain? Belum pernah dewa-dewa bangsa lain melepaskan bangsanya dari kekuasaan raja Asyur!
Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the countries? Could the gods of the nations of all the earth at all rescue their people out of my hand?
14 Siapa dari mereka pernah melakukan hal itu? Tak mungkin dewamu dapat menyelamatkan kamu!
Who is there among all the gods of those nations whom my fathers utterly destroyed, [worthy of trust]? Could they deliver their people out of my hand, that your God should deliver you out of my hand?
15 Jangan biarkan rajamu itu menipu dan membodohi kamu! Jangan percaya kepadanya! Sebab tidak pernah dewa bangsa mana pun sanggup melepaskan bangsanya dari kekuasaan raja Asyur. Pastilah dewamu itu juga tak akan dapat melepaskan kamu!"
Now then, let not Ezekias deceive you, and let him not make you thus confident, and believe him not: for no god of any kingdom or nation is at all able to deliver his people out of my hand, or the hand of my fathers: therefore your God shall not deliver you out of my hand.
16 Masih banyak kata-kata lain yang diucapkan oleh utusan-utusan Asyur itu untuk menghina TUHAN Allah dan Hizkia, hamba TUHAN itu.
And his servants continued to speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias.
17 Raja Asyur juga menulis surat yang menentang TUHAN, Allah yang disembah oleh orang Israel. Begini bunyi surat itu, "Dewa-dewa segala bangsa lain tidak dapat melepaskan bangsanya dari kekuasaanku, begitu juga dewa Hizkia itu tidak dapat melepaskan bangsanya dari kekuasaanku."
And he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke concerning him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their people out of my hand, so the God of Ezekias shall by no means deliver his people out of my hand.
18 Utusan-utusan Asyur itu meneriakkan semuanya itu dalam bahasa Ibrani untuk menakut-nakuti dan mematahkan semangat orang-orang Yerusalem yang berada di atas tembok kota, supaya mereka dapat merebut kota itu dengan mudah.
And he cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, [calling them] to assist them, and pull down [the walls], that they might take the city.
19 Mereka berbicara tentang Allah yang disembah di Yerusalem sama seperti tentang dewa-dewa bangsa lain, yaitu patung-patung buatan manusia.
And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, even as against the gods of the nations of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
20 Maka berdoalah Raja Hizkia dan Nabi Yesaya anak Amos. Mereka berseru minta pertolongan kepada Allah.
And king Ezekias and Esaias the prophet the son of Amos prayed concerning these things, and they cried to heaven.
21 Lalu TUHAN mengirim seorang malaikat yang membunuh prajurit-prajurit dan perwira-perwira Asyur itu. Dengan sangat malu kembalilah raja Asyur ke negerinya. Pada suatu hari ketika ia sedang di dalam rumah dewanya, beberapa dari anak-anaknya sendiri datang membunuh dia dengan pedang.
And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and [some] of them that came out of his bowels killed him with the sword.
22 Demikianlah caranya TUHAN melepaskan Raja Hizkia dan penduduk Yerusalem dari kekuasaan Sanherib raja Asyur, dan dari musuh-musuh mereka yang lain. TUHAN memberikan kepada mereka kehidupan yang aman tanpa gangguan dari negara-negara tetangga mereka.
So the Lord delivered Ezekias and the dwellers in Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherim King of Assyria, and out of the hand of all [his enemies], and gave them rest round about.
23 Banyak orang datang ke Yerusalem membawa persembahan untuk TUHAN dan hadiah-hadiah untuk Hizkia, sehingga sejak itu ia dihormati oleh segala bangsa.
And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezekias king of Juda; and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after these things.
24 Sekitar waktu itu Raja Hizkia jatuh sakit. Penyakitnya itu begitu parah sehingga ia hampir meninggal. Ia berdoa, lalu TUHAN memberikan tanda kepadanya bahwa ia akan sembuh.
In those days Ezekias was sick even to death, and prayed to the Lord: and he listened to him, and gave him a sign.
25 Tetapi karena ia sombong, ia tidak berterima kasih atas kesembuhan yang diberikan TUHAN kepadanya. Oleh karena itu TUHAN marah kepada Yehuda dan Yerusalem.
But Ezekias did not recompense the Lord according to the return which he made him, but his heart was lifted up: and wrath came upon him, and upon Juda and Jerusalem.
26 Tetapi akhirnya Hizkia dan orang-orang Yerusalem merendahkan diri, maka selama Hizkia masih hidup hukuman itu tidak dijalankan.
And Ezekias humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the dwellers in Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Ezekias.
27 Raja Hizkia menjadi sangat kaya, dan dihormati semua orang. Ia membuat kamar-kamar untuk menyimpan hartanya yaitu: emas, perak, batu-batu permata, rempah-rempah, perisai dan barang-barang berharga lainnya.
And Ezekias had wealth and very great glory: and he made for himself treasuries of gold, and silver, and precious stones, also for spices, and stores for arms, and for precious vessels;
28 Ia mempunyai gudang-gudang untuk barang-barang hasil buminya seperti: gandum, anggur, dan minyak zaitun; juga kandang-kandang untuk sapi-sapi dan domba-dombanya yang sangat banyak.
and cities for the produce of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls and mangers for every [kind of] cattle, and folds for flocks;
29 Selain itu ia mendirikan juga banyak kota. Kekayaan yang diberikan Allah kepadanya berlimpah-limpah.
and cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store.
30 Raja Hizkia itulah yang membendung aliran mata air Gihon, dan mengalirkan airnya melalui saluran di bawah tanah ke dalam kota Yerusalem. Segala yang dilakukan Hizkia berhasil.
The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.
31 Dan pada waktu utusan-utusan dari Babel datang untuk menanyakan kepadanya tentang kesembuhannya yang ajaib, TUHAN membiarkan Hizkia bertindak sendiri, supaya dapat menguji hatinya.
Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to enquire of him [concerning] the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.
32 Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Hizkia, dan mengenai cintanya kepada TUHAN dicatat di dalam buku Wahyu dari Allah Kepada Nabi Yesaya Anak Amos, dan di dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda dan Israel.
And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and his kindness, behold, they are written in the prophecy of Esaias the son of Amos the prophet, and in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
33 Hizkia meninggal, lalu dimakamkan pada bagian tanjakan di tanah pekuburan raja-raja. Seluruh rakyat Yehuda dan Yerusalem memberikan penghormatan yang besar kepadanya pada waktu ia meninggal. Manasye putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
And Ezekias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a high place among the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem gave him glory and honor at his death. And Manasses his son reigned in his stead.
