2 Raja-raja 6

¹Pada suatu hari berkatalah rombongan nabi kepada Elisa: "Cobalah lihat, tempat tinggal kami di dekatmu ini adalah terlalu sesak bagi kami.

¹Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.

²Baiklah kami pergi ke sungai Yordan dan masing-masing mengambil satu balok dari sana, supaya kami membuat tempat tinggal untuk kami." Jawab Elisa: "Pergilah!"

²Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go."

³Lalu berkatalah seorang: "Silakan, ikutlah dengan hamba-hambamu ini." Jawabnya: "Baik aku akan ikut."

³Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."

⁴Maka ikutlah ia dengan mereka. Setelah mereka sampai di sungai Yordan, merekapun menebang pohon-pohon.

⁴So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

⁵Dan terjadilah, ketika seorang sedang menumbangkan sebatang pohon, jatuhlah mata kapaknya ke dalam air. Lalu berteriak-teriaklah ia: "Wahai tuanku! Itu barang pinjaman!"

⁵But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed."

⁶Tetapi berkatalah abdi Allah: "Ke mana jatuhnya?" Lalu orang itu menunjukkan tempat itu kepadanya. Kemudian Elisa memotong sepotong kayu, lalu dilemparkannya ke sana, maka timbullah mata kapak itu dibuatnya.

⁶Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float.

⁷Lalu katanya: "Ambillah." Orang itu mengulurkan tangannya dan mengambilnya.

⁷And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.

⁸Raja negeri Aram sedang berperang melawan Israel. Ia berunding dengan pegawai-pegawainya, lalu katanya: "Ke tempat ini dan itu haruslah kamu turun menghadang."

⁸Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, "At such and such a place shall be my camp."

⁹Tetapi abdi Allah menyuruh orang kepada raja Israel mengatakan: "Awas, jangan lewat dari tempat itu, sebab orang Aram sudah turun menghadang ke sana."

⁹But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there."

¹⁰Sebab itu raja Israel menyuruh orang-orang ke tempat yang disebutkan abdi Allah kepadanya. Demikianlah Elisa memperingatkan kepadanya, supaya berawas-awas di sana, bukan sekali dua kali saja.

¹⁰And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.

¹¹Lalu mengamuklah hati raja Aram tentang hal itu, maka dipanggilnyalah pegawai-pegawainya, katanya kepada mereka: "Tidakkah dapat kamu memberitahukan kepadaku siapa dari kita memihak kepada raja Israel?"

¹¹And the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled because of this thing, and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me who of us is for the king of Israel?"

¹²Tetapi berkatalah salah seorang pegawainya: "Tidak tuanku raja, melainkan Elisa, nabi yang di Israel, dialah yang memberitahukan kepada raja Israel tentang perkataan yang diucapkan oleh tuanku di kamar tidurmu."

¹²And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."

¹³Berkatalah raja: "Pergilah melihat, di mana dia, supaya aku menyuruh orang menangkap dia." Lalu diberitahukanlah kepadanya: "Dia ada di Dotan."

¹³And he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him." It was told him, "Behold, he is in Dothan."

¹⁴Maka dikirimnyalah ke sana kuda serta kereta dan tentara yang besar. Sampailah mereka pada waktu malam, lalu mengepung kota itu.

¹⁴So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

¹⁵Ketika pelayan abdi Allah bangun pagi-pagi dan pergi ke luar, maka tampaklah suatu tentara dengan kuda dan kereta ada di sekeliling kota itu. Lalu berkatalah bujangnya itu kepadanya: "Celaka tuanku! Apakah yang akan kita perbuat?"

¹⁵When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"

¹⁶Jawabnya: "Jangan takut, sebab lebih banyak yang menyertai kita dari pada yang menyertai mereka."

¹⁶He said, "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

¹⁷Lalu berdoalah Elisa: "Ya TUHAN: Bukalah kiranya matanya, supaya ia melihat." Maka TUHAN membuka mata bujang itu, sehingga ia melihat. Tampaklah gunung itu penuh dengan kuda dan kereta berapi sekeliling Elisa.

¹⁷Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see." So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

¹⁸Ketika orang-orang Aram itu turun mendatangi dia, berdoalah Elisa kepada TUHAN: "Butakanlah kiranya mata orang-orang ini." Maka dibutakan-Nyalah mata mereka, sesuai dengan doa Elisa.

¹⁸And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people with blindness." So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.

¹⁹Kemudian berkatalah Elisa kepada mereka: "Bukan ini jalannya dan bukan ini kotanya. Ikutlah aku, maka aku akan mengantarkan kamu kepada orang yang kamu cari." Lalu diantarkannya mereka ke Samaria.

¹⁹And Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And he led them to Samaria.

²⁰Segera sesudah mereka sampai ke Samaria berkatalah Elisa: "Ya TUHAN, bukalah mata orang-orang ini, supaya mereka melihat." Lalu TUHAN membuka mata mereka, sehingga mereka melihat, dan heran, mereka ada di tengah-tengah Samaria.

²⁰As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

²¹Lalu bertanyalah raja Israel kepada Elisa, tatkala melihat mereka: "Kubunuhkah mereka, bapak?"

²¹As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?"

²²Tetapi jawabnya: "Jangan! Biasakah kaubunuh yang kautawan dengan pedangmu dan dengan panahmu? Tetapi hidangkanlah makanan dan minuman di depan mereka, supaya mereka makan dan minum, lalu pulang kepada tuan mereka."

²²He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master."

²³Disediakannyalah bagi mereka jamuan yang besar, maka makan dan minumlah mereka. Sesudah itu dibiarkannyalah mereka pulang kepada tuan mereka. Sejak itu tidak ada lagi gerombolan-gerombolan Aram memasuki negeri Israel.

²³So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.

²⁴Sesudah itu Benhadad, raja Aram, menghimpunkan seluruh tentaranya, lalu maju mengepung Samaria.

²⁴Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria.

²⁵Maka terjadilah kelaparan hebat di Samaria selama mereka mengepungnya, sehingga sebuah kepala keledai berharga delapan puluh syikal perak dan seperempat kab tahi merpati berharga lima syikal perak.

²⁵And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver.

²⁶Suatu kali ketika raja Israel berjalan di atas tembok, datanglah seorang perempuan mengadukan halnya kepada raja, sambil berseru: "Tolonglah, ya tuanku raja!"

²⁶Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"

²⁷Jawabnya: "Jika TUHAN tidak menolong engkau, dengan apakah aku dapat menolong engkau? Dengan hasil pengirikankah atau hasil pemerasan anggur?"

²⁷And he said, "If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"

²⁸Kemudian bertanyalah raja kepadanya: "Ada apa?" Jawab perempuan itu: "Perempuan ini berkata kepadaku: Berilah anakmu laki-laki, supaya kita makan dia pada hari ini, dan besok akan kita makan anakku laki-laki.

²⁸And the king asked her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

²⁹Jadi kami memasak anakku dan memakan dia. Tetapi ketika aku berkata kepadanya pada hari berikutnya: Berilah anakmu, supaya kita makan dia, maka perempuan ini menyembunyikan anaknya."

²⁹So we boiled my son and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, 'Give your son, that we may eat him.' But she has hidden her son."

³⁰Tatkala raja mendengar perkataan perempuan itu, dikoyakkannyalah pakaiannya; dan sedang ia berjalan di atas tembok, kelihatanlah kepada orang banyak, bahwa ia memakai kain kabung pada kulit tubuhnya.

³⁰When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes--now he was passing by on the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body--

³¹Lalu berkatalah raja: "Beginilah kiranya Allah menghukum aku, bahkan lebih dari pada itu, jika masih tinggal kepala Elisa bin Safat di atas tubuhnya pada hari ini."

³¹and he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today."

³²Adapun Elisa, duduk-duduk di rumahnya, dan para tua-tua duduk bersama-sama dia. Raja menyuruh seorang berjalan mendahuluinya, tetapi sebelum suruhan itu sampai kepada Elisa, Elisa sudah berkata kepada para tua-tua itu: "Tahukah kamu, bahwa si pembunuh itu menyuruh orang untuk memenggal kepalaku? Awas-awaslah, apabila suruhan itu datang, segeralah tutup pintu dan tahanlah dia supaya orang itu jangan masuk. Bukankah sudah kedengaran bunyi langkah tuannya di belakangnya?"

³²Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"

³³Selagi ia berbicara dengan mereka, datanglah raja mendapatkan dia. Berkatalah raja kepadanya: "Sesungguhnya, malapetaka ini adalah dari pada TUHAN. Mengapakah aku berharap kepada TUHAN lagi?"

³³And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, "This trouble is from the LORD! Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?"