2 Tawarikh 20

¹Setelah itu bani Moab dan bani Amon datang berperang melawan Yosafat bersama-sama sepasukan orang Meunim.

¹After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.

²Datanglah orang memberitahukan Yosafat: "Suatu laskar yang besar datang dari seberang Laut Asin, dari Edom, menyerang tuanku. Sekarang mereka di Hazezon-Tamar," yakni En-Gedi.

²Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar" (that is, Engedi).

³Yosafat menjadi takut, lalu mengambil keputusan untuk mencari TUHAN. Ia menyerukan kepada seluruh Yehuda supaya berpuasa.

³Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

⁴Dan Yehuda berkumpul untuk meminta pertolongan dari pada TUHAN. Mereka datang dari semua kota di Yehuda untuk mencari TUHAN.

⁴And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

⁵Lalu Yosafat berdiri di tengah-tengah jemaah Yehuda dan Yerusalem di rumah TUHAN, di muka pelataran yang baru

⁵And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

⁶dan berkata: "Ya TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang kami, bukankah Engkau Allah di dalam sorga? Bukankah Engkau memerintah atas segenap kerajaan bangsa? Kuasa dan keperkasaan ada di dalam tangan-Mu, sehingga tidak ada orang yang dapat bertahan melawan Engkau.

⁶and said, "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

⁷Bukankah Engkau Allah kami yang menghalau penduduk tanah ini dari depan umat-Mu Israel, dan memberikannya kepada keturunan Abraham, sahabat-Mu itu, untuk selama-lamanya?

⁷Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

⁸Lalu mereka mendiami tanah itu, dan mendirikan bagi-Mu tempat kudus untuk nama-Mu. Kata mereka:

⁸And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

⁹Bila sesuatu malapetaka menimpa kami, yakni pedang, penghukuman, penyakit sampar atau kelaparan, kami akan berdiri di muka rumah ini, di hadapan-Mu, karena nama-Mu tinggal di dalam rumah ini. Dan kami akan berseru kepada-Mu di dalam kesesakan kami, sampai Engkau mendengar dan menyelamatkan kami.

⁹'If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you--for your name is in this house--and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.'

¹⁰Sekarang, lihatlah, bani Amon dan Moab, dan orang-orang dari pegunungan Seir ini! Ketika orang Israel datang dari tanah Mesir, Engkau melarang mereka memasuki negerinya. Oleh sebab itu mereka menjauhinya dan tidak memusnahkannya.

¹⁰And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy--

¹¹Lihatlah, sebagai pembalasan mereka datang mengusir kami dari tanah milik yang telah Engkau wariskan kepada kami.

¹¹behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

¹²Ya Allah kami, tidakkah Engkau akan menghukum mereka? Karena kami tidak mempunyai kekuatan untuk menghadapi laskar yang besar ini, yang datang menyerang kami. Kami tidak tahu apa yang harus kami lakukan, tetapi mata kami tertuju kepada-Mu."

¹²O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you."

¹³Sementara itu seluruh Yehuda berdiri di hadapan TUHAN, juga segenap keluarga mereka dengan isteri dan anak-anak mereka.

¹³Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

¹⁴Lalu Yahaziel bin Zakharia bin Benaya bin Matanya, seorang Lewi dari bani Asaf, dihinggapi Roh TUHAN di tengah-tengah jemaah,

¹⁴And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.

¹⁵dan berseru: "Camkanlah, hai seluruh Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem dan tuanku raja Yosafat, beginilah firman TUHAN kepadamu: Janganlah kamu takut dan terkejut karena laskar yang besar ini, sebab bukan kamu yang akan berperang melainkan Allah.

¹⁵And he said, "Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God's.

¹⁶Besok haruslah kamu turun menyerang mereka. Mereka akan mendaki pendakian Zis, dan kamu akan mendapati mereka di ujung lembah, di muka padang gurun Yeruel.

¹⁶Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.

¹⁷Dalam peperangan ini tidak usah kamu bertempur. Hai Yehuda dan Yerusalem, tinggallah berdiri di tempatmu, dan lihatlah bagaimana TUHAN memberikan kemenangan kepadamu. Janganlah kamu takut dan terkejut. Majulah besok menghadapi mereka, TUHAN akan menyertai kamu."

¹⁷You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you."

¹⁸Lalu berlututlah Yosafat dengan mukanya ke tanah. Seluruh Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalempun sujud di hadapan TUHAN dan menyembah kepada-Nya.

¹⁸Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

¹⁹Kemudian orang Lewi dari bani Kehat dan bani Korah bangkit berdiri untuk menyanyikan puji-pujian bagi TUHAN, Allah Israel, dengan suara yang sangat nyaring.

¹⁹And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

²⁰Keesokan harinya pagi-pagi mereka maju menuju padang gurun Tekoa. Ketika mereka hendak berangkat, berdirilah Yosafat, dan berkata: "Dengar, hai Yehuda dan penduduk Yerusalem! Percayalah kepada TUHAN, Allahmu, dan kamu akan tetap teguh! Percayalah kepada nabi-nabi-Nya, dan kamu akan berhasil!"

²⁰And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed."

²¹Setelah ia berunding dengan rakyat, ia mengangkat orang-orang yang akan menyanyi nyanyian untuk TUHAN dan memuji TUHAN dalam pakaian kudus yang semarak pada waktu mereka keluar di muka orang-orang bersenjata, sambil berkata: "Nyanyikanlah nyanyian syukur bagi TUHAN, bahwasanya untuk selama-lamanya kasih setia-Nya!"

²¹And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say, "Give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever."

²²Ketika mereka mulai bersorak-sorai dan menyanyikan nyanyian pujian, dibuat Tuhanlah penghadangan terhadap bani Amon dan Moab, dan orang-orang dari pegunungan Seir, yang hendak menyerang Yehuda, sehingga mereka terpukul kalah.

²²And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.

²³Lalu bani Amon dan Moab berdiri menentang penduduk pegunungan Seir hendak menumpas dan memunahkan mereka. Segera sesudah mereka membinasakan penduduk Seir, mereka saling bunuh-membunuh.

²³For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.

²⁴Ketika orang Yehuda tiba di tempat peninjauan di padang gurun, mereka menengok ke tempat laskar itu. Tampaklah semua telah menjadi bangkai berhantaran di tanah, tidak ada yang terluput.

²⁴When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.

²⁵Lalu Yosafat dan orang-orangnya turun untuk menjarah barang-barang mereka. Mereka menemukan banyak ternak, harta milik, pakaian dan barang-barang berharga. Yang mereka rampas itu lebih banyak dari pada yang dapat dibawa. Tiga hari lamanya mereka menjarah barang-barang itu, karena begitu banyaknya.

²⁵When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

²⁶Pada hari keempat mereka berkumpul di Lembah Pujian. Di sanalah mereka memuji TUHAN, dan itulah sebabnya orang menamakan tempat itu Lembah Pujian hingga sekarang.

²⁶On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

²⁷Lalu pulanglah sekalian orang Yehuda dan Yerusalem dengan Yosafat di depan. Mereka kembali ke Yerusalem dengan sukacita, karena TUHAN telah membuat mereka bersukacita karena kekalahan musuh mereka.

²⁷Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

²⁸Mereka masuk ke Yerusalem dengan gambus dan kecapi dan nafiri, lalu menuju rumah TUHAN.

²⁸They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.

²⁹Ketakutan yang dari Allah menghinggapi semua kerajaan negeri-negeri lain, ketika mereka mendengar, bahwa TUHAN yang berperang melawan musuh-musuh Israel.

²⁹And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.

³⁰Dan kerajaan Yosafat amanlah, karena Allahnya mengaruniakan keamanan kepadanya di segala penjuru.

³⁰So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

³¹Yosafat memerintah atas Yehuda. Ia berumur tiga puluh lima tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan dua puluh lima tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Nama ibunya ialah Azuba, anak Silhi.

³¹Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

³²Ia hidup mengikuti jejak Asa, ayahnya; ia tidak menyimpang dari padanya, dan melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN.

³²He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.

³³Hanya bukit-bukit pengorbanan tidak dijauhkan. Bangsa itu belum mengarahkan hatinya kepada Allah nenek moyang mereka.

³³The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers.

³⁴Selebihnya dari riwayat Yosafat, dari awal sampai akhir, sesungguhnya semuanya itu tertulis di dalam riwayat Yehu bin Hanani, yang tercantum di dalam kitab raja-raja Israel.

³⁴Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

³⁵Kemudian Yosafat, raja Yehuda, bersekutu dengan Ahazia, raja Israel, yang fasik perbuatannya.

³⁵After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

³⁶Ia bersekutu dengan Ahazia untuk membuat kapal-kapal yang dapat berlayar ke Tarsis. Kapal-kapal itu dibuat mereka di Ezion-Geber.

³⁶He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, and they built the ships in Ezion-geber.

³⁷Tetapi Eliezer bin Dodawa dari Maresa bernubuat terhadap Yosafat, katanya: "Karena engkau bersekutu dengan Ahazia, maka TUHAN akan merobohkan pekerjaanmu." Lalu kapal-kapal itu pecah, dan tak dapat berlayar ke Tarsis.

³⁷Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made." And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.