¹Selama dua tahun lebih tidak ada perang antara Israel dan Siria.

¹And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

²Tetapi pada tahun ketiga, Yosafat raja Yehuda pergi mengunjungi Ahab raja Israel.

²And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

³Sebelum itu Ahab sudah berkata kepada para perwiranya, "Kalian mengetahui bahwa kota Ramot di Gilead itu milik kita! Mengapa kita tidak merebutnya kembali dari raja Siria?"

³And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

⁴Maka ketika Yosafat datang, Ahab bertanya, "Maukah Anda pergi bersama aku menyerang Ramot?" Yosafat menjawab, "Baik! Kita pergi bersama-sama. Tentara dan pasukan berkudaku akan bergabung dengan tentara dan pasukan berkuda Anda.

⁴And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

⁵Tetapi sebaiknya kita tanyakan dulu kepada TUHAN."

⁵And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray thee, for the word of Jehovah.

⁶Maka Ahab mengumpulkan kira-kira 400 nabi lalu bertanya kepada mereka, "Bolehkah aku pergi menyerang Ramot atau tidak?" "Boleh!" jawab mereka. "TUHAN akan menyerahkan kota itu kepada Baginda."

⁶Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

⁷Tetapi Yosafat bertanya lagi, "Apakah di sini tidak ada nabi lain yang dapat bertanya kepada TUHAN untuk kita?"

⁷But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?

⁸Ahab menjawab, "Masih ada satu, Mikha anak Yimla. Tapi aku benci kepadanya, sebab tidak pernah ia meramalkan sesuatu yang baik untuk aku; selalu yang tidak baik." "Ah, jangan berkata begitu!" sahut Yosafat.

⁸And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

⁹Maka Ahab memanggil seorang pegawai istana lalu menyuruh dia segera pergi menjemput Mikha.

⁹Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

¹⁰Pada waktu itu Ahab dan Yosafat, dengan pakaian kebesaran, duduk di kursi kerajaan di tempat pengirikan gandum depan pintu gerbang Samaria, sementara para nabi datang menghadap dan menyampaikan ramalan mereka.

¹⁰Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

¹¹Salah seorang dari nabi-nabi itu, yang bernama Zedekia anak Kenaana, membuat tanduk-tanduk besi lalu berkata kepada Ahab, "Inilah yang dikatakan TUHAN, 'Dengan tanduk-tanduk seperti ini Baginda akan menghantam Siria dan menghancurkan mereka.'"

¹¹And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.

¹²Semua nabi yang lain setuju dan berkata, "Serbulah Ramot, Baginda akan berhasil. TUHAN akan memberi kemenangan kepada Baginda."

¹²And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.

¹³Sementara itu utusan yang menjemput Mikha, berkata kepada Mikha, "Semua nabi yang lain meramalkan kemenangan untuk raja. Kiranya Bapak juga meramalkan yang baik seperti mereka."

¹³And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.

¹⁴Tetapi Mikha menjawab, "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, aku hanya akan mengatakan apa yang dikatakan TUHAN kepadaku!"

¹⁴And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.

¹⁵Setelah Mikha tiba di depan Raja Ahab, raja bertanya, "Bolehkah aku dan Raja Yosafat pergi menyerang Ramot, atau tidak?" "Seranglah!" sahut Mikha. "Tentu Baginda akan berhasil. TUHAN akan memberi kemenangan kepada Baginda."

¹⁵And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up and prosper; and Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.

¹⁶Ahab menjawab, "Kalau kau berbicara kepadaku demi nama TUHAN, katakanlah yang benar. Berapa kali engkau harus kuperingatkan tentang hal itu?"

¹⁶And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

¹⁷Mikha membalas, "Aku melihat tentara Israel kucar-kacir di gunung-gunung. Mereka seperti domba tanpa gembala, dan TUHAN berkata tentang mereka, 'Orang-orang ini tidak mempunyai pemimpin. Biarlah mereka pulang dengan selamat.'"

¹⁷And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

¹⁸Lalu kata Ahab kepada Yosafat, "Benar kataku, bukan? Tidak pernah ia meramalkan yang baik untuk aku! Selalu yang jelek saja!"

¹⁸And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

¹⁹Mikha berkata lagi, "Sekarang dengarkan apa yang dikatakan TUHAN! Aku melihat TUHAN duduk di tahta-Nya di surga, dan semua malaikat-Nya berdiri di dekat-Nya.

¹⁹And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

²⁰TUHAN bertanya, 'Siapa akan membujuk Ahab supaya ia mau pergi berperang dan tewas di Ramot di Gilead?' Jawaban malaikat-malaikat itu berbeda-beda.

²⁰And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.

²¹Akhirnya tampillah suatu roh. Ia mendekati TUHAN dan berkata, 'Akulah yang akan membujuk dia.'

²¹And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

²²'Bagaimana caranya?' tanya TUHAN. Roh itu menjawab, 'Aku akan pergi dan membuat semua nabi Ahab membohong.' TUHAN berkata, 'Baik, lakukanlah itu, engkau akan berhasil membujuk dia.'"

²²And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

²³Selanjutnya Mikha berkata, "Nah, itulah yang terjadi! TUHAN telah membuat nabi-nabi Baginda berdusta kepada Baginda sebab TUHAN sudah menentukan untuk menimpakan bencana kepada Baginda!"

²³Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee.

²⁴Maka majulah Nabi Zedekia mendekati Mikha lalu menampar mukanya dan berkata, "Mana mungkin Roh TUHAN meninggalkan aku dan berbicara kepadamu?"

²⁴Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?

²⁵Mikha menjawab, "Nanti kaulihat buktinya pada waktu engkau masuk ke sebuah kamar untuk bersembunyi."

²⁵And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

²⁶"Tangkap dia!" perintah Raja Ahab, "dan bawa dia kepada Amon, wali kota, dan kepada Pangeran Yoas.

²⁶And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

²⁷Suruh mereka memasukkan dia ke dalam penjara, dan memberi dia makan dan minum sedikit saja sampai aku kembali dengan selamat."

²⁷and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

²⁸Kata Mikha, "Kalau Baginda kembali dengan selamat, berarti TUHAN tidak berbicara melalui saya! Semua yang hadir di sini menjadi saksi."

²⁸And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

²⁹Kemudian Ahab raja Israel, dan Yosafat raja Yehuda pergi menyerang kota Ramot di Gilead.

²⁹So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

³⁰Ahab berkata kepada Yosafat, "Aku akan menyamar dan ikut bertempur, tetapi Anda hendaklah memakai pakaian kebesaranmu." Demikianlah raja Israel menyamar ketika pergi bertempur.

³⁰And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

³¹Pada waktu itu ketiga puluh dua panglima pasukan kereta perang Siria telah diperintahkan oleh rajanya untuk menyerang hanya raja Israel.

³¹Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

³²Jadi, ketika mereka melihat Raja Yosafat, mereka semua menyangka ia raja Israel. Karena itu mereka menyerang dia. Tetapi Yosafat berteriak,

³²And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

³³maka mereka pun menyadari bahwa ia bukan raja Israel. Lalu mereka berhenti menyerang dia.

³³And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

³⁴Secara kebetulan seorang prajurit Siria melepaskan anak panahnya, tanpa mengarahkannya ke sasaran tertentu. Tetapi anak panah itu mengenai Ahab dan menembus baju perangnya pada bagian sambungannya. "Aku kena!" seru Ahab kepada pengemudi keretanya. "Putar dan bawalah aku keluar dari pertempuran!"

³⁴And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.

³⁵Tapi karena pertempuran masih berkobar, Raja Ahab tetap berdiri sambil ditopang dalam keretanya menghadap tentara Siria. Darahnya mengalir dari lukanya, menggenangi lantai kereta. Petang harinya ia meninggal.

³⁵And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

³⁶Menjelang matahari terbenam seluruh pasukan Israel diperintahkan untuk pulang ke kota dan ke daerahnya masing-masing,

³⁶And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.

³⁷karena raja sudah meninggal. Lalu pulanglah mereka dan menguburkan jenazah Ahab di Samaria.

³⁷So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

³⁸Ketika keretanya dibersihkan di kolam Samaria, wanita-wanita pelacur sedang mandi di situ, dan anjing menjilat darah di kereta itu, tepat seperti yang telah dikatakan TUHAN.

³⁸And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots washed themselves [there]); according unto the word of Jehovah which he spake.

³⁹Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Ahab, mengenai istana gading dan semua kota yang didirikannya, sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Israel.

³⁹Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

⁴⁰Setelah Ahab meninggal, Ahazia anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

⁴⁰So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

⁴¹Pada tahun keempat pemerintahan Ahab raja Israel, Yosafat anak Asa menjadi raja atas Yehuda.

⁴¹And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

⁴²Pada waktu itu ia berumur tiga puluh lima tahun. Ia memerintah di Yerusalem dua puluh lima tahun lamanya. Ibunya ialah Azuba anak Silhi.

⁴²Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

⁴³(22-51) Seperti Asa, ayahnya, Yosafat melakukan apa yang baik pada pemandangan TUHAN. Ia melenyapkan dari kerajaannya semua pelacur laki-laki dan perempuan yang bertugas di tempat-tempat penyembahan berhala yang masih tertinggal dari zaman Asa, ayahnya. Tapi tempat-tempat penyembahan itu sendiri tidak dihancurkannya. Rakyat masih saja mempersembahkan kurban dan kemenyan di sana. Yosafat membuat kapal-kapal Tarsis untuk mengambil emas dari Ofir, tetapi kapal-kapal itu tidak jadi berlayar karena rusak di Ezion-Geber. Raja Ahazia dari Israel menawarkan supaya awak kapalnya berlayar bersama-sama dengan awak kapal Yosafat, tetapi Yosafat menolak meskipun ia mempunyai hubungan yang baik dengan raja Israel. Kemudian Yosafat meninggal dan dimakamkan di pekuburan raja-raja di kota Daud. Yoram anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia. Kisah lainnya mengenai Yosafat, mengenai kepahlawanannya dan pertempuran-pertempurannya dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda. Pada zaman itu negeri Edom tidak mempunyai raja. Yang memerintah di sana adalah seorang kepala daerah.

⁴³And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

⁴⁴(22:43)

⁴⁴And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

⁴⁵(22:43)

⁴⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

⁴⁶(22:43)

⁴⁶And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

⁴⁷(22:43)

⁴⁷And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

⁴⁸(22:43)

⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

⁴⁹(22:43)

⁴⁹Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

⁵⁰(22:43)

⁵⁰And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

⁵¹(22-52) Pada tahun ketujuh belas pemerintahan Raja Yosafat dari Yehuda, Ahazia anak Ahab menjadi raja Israel lalu memerintah Israel selama dua tahun di Samaria.

⁵¹Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.

⁵²(22-53) Ia berdosa kepada TUHAN dengan menuruti jejak ayahnya dan ibunya serta jejak Raja Yerobeam yang menyebabkan orang Israel berbuat dosa.

⁵²And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherein he made Israel to sin.

⁵³(22-54) Ia menyembah Baal dan mengabdi kepadanya. Dan seperti ayahnya yang memerintah sebelumnya, ia pun membangkitkan kemarahan TUHAN, Allah yang disembah oleh orang Israel.

⁵³And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.