¹Pada tahun kedelapan belas pemerintahan Raja Yerobeam atas Israel, Abiam menjadi raja Yehuda

¹Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

²dan memerintah selama tiga tahun di Yerusalem. Ibunya ialah Maakha, anak Abisalom.

²He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

³Abiam melakukan dosa-dosa seperti ayahnya. Ia tidak sepenuh hati setia kepada TUHAN Allahnya, berlainan dengan Daud, kakek buyutnya.

³He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

⁴Tetapi, demi Raja Daud, maka TUHAN, Allah yang disembah oleh Daud, telah memberikan kepada Abiam seorang anak untuk menggantikan dia memerintah di Yerusalem dan mempertahankan kota itu.

⁴Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

⁵TUHAN melakukan hal itu oleh sebab Daud telah menyenangkan hati-Nya. Daud tidak pernah mengabaikan perintah-perintah TUHAN, kecuali dalam perkara Uria orang Het itu.

⁵because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn’t turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

⁶Perang antara Rehabeam dan Yerobeam yang dimulai pada masa Rehabeam masih berlangsung selama pemerintahan Abiam.

⁶Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

⁷Kisah lainnya mengenai Abiam sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.

⁷The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

⁸Abiam pun meninggal dan dimakamkan di Kota Daud. Asa anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

⁸Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.

⁹Pada tahun kedua puluh pemerintahan Raja Yerobeam atas Israel, Asa menjadi raja Yehuda.

⁹In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

¹⁰Ia memerintah empat puluh satu tahun lamanya di Yerusalem. Neneknya ialah Maakha, anak Abisalom.

¹⁰He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

¹¹Seperti Daud, nenek moyangnya, Asa menyenangkan hati TUHAN.

¹¹Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.

¹²Semua pelacur yang bertugas di tempat-tempat penyembahan dewa disingkirkannya, dan semua berhala yang didirikan oleh raja-raja yang memerintah sebelum dia dihapuskannya dari seluruh negeri.

¹²He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

¹³Neneknya, Maakha, dipecatnya dari kedudukannya sebagai Ibu suri, sebab ia telah membuat patung berhala yang cabul untuk Asyera, dewi kesuburan. Asa merobohkan berhala itu dan membakarnya di Lembah Kidron.

¹³Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

¹⁴Meskipun tidak semua tempat penyembahan berhala dihancurkan oleh Asa, namun ia tetap setia kepada TUHAN sepanjang hidupnya.

¹⁴But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.

¹⁵Semua emas dan perak yang telah dipersembahkan ayahnya kepada TUHAN, dibawanya ke Rumah TUHAN, begitu juga emas dan perak, persembahannya sendiri.

¹⁵He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁶Semasa pemerintahan Raja Asa dari Yehuda dan Raja Baesa dari Israel selalu ada perang antara kedua raja itu.

¹⁶There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

¹⁷Baesa menyerang Yehuda dan memperkuat kota Rama untuk menutup jalan keluar masuk Yehuda.

¹⁷Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

¹⁸Karena itu Raja Asa mengambil semua emas dan perak yang masih ada di Rumah TUHAN dan istana raja lalu mengirimnya ke Damsyik kepada Benhadad raja Siria, anak Tabrimon, yaitu cucu Hezion. Barang-barang itu dikirim dengan perantaraan beberapa pejabat istana, disertai pesan berikut ini,

¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

¹⁹"Marilah kita mengikat persahabatan seperti yang sudah dilakukan oleh orang tua kita. Bersama ini saya mengirim emas dan perak sebagai hadiah, dan mengajak tuan memutuskan hubungan dengan Baesa raja Israel, supaya ia menarik kembali pasukannya dari wilayah saya."

¹⁹“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

²⁰Benhadad setuju dengan tawaran itu lalu menyuruh perwira-perwiranya bersama pasukan mereka menyerang kota-kota Israel. Mereka mengalahkan Iyon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maakha dan Kinerot di dekat Danau Galilea serta seluruh wilayah Naftali.

²⁰Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

²¹Ketika Baesa mendengar hal itu, ia berhenti memperkuat Rama. Ia pergi ke Tirza dan untuk sementara waktu tidak berperang.

²¹It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

²²Setelah itu, semua orang di seluruh Yehuda tanpa kecuali diperintahkan oleh Raja Asa untuk mengangkut batu dan kayu yang dipakai Baesa di Rama untuk memperkuat kota itu. Bahan-bahan itu dipakai Asa untuk memperkuat kota Mizpa dan Geba, sebuah kota di wilayah Benyamin.

²²Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

²³Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Asa, yaitu kepahlawanannya dan kota-kota yang diperkuatnya, sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda. Pada masa tuanya Asa menderita penyakit pada kedua kakinya.

²³Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

²⁴Ia meninggal dan dikubur di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud. Yosafat, putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

²⁴Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

²⁵Pada tahun kedua pemerintahan Raja Asa atas Yehuda, Nadab anak Yerobeam menjadi raja di Israel dan memerintah dua tahun lamanya.

²⁵Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

²⁶Sama seperti ayahnya yang memerintah sebelumnya, ia pun melakukan yang jahat pada pemandangan TUHAN sehingga menyebabkan orang Israel berbuat dosa.

²⁶He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

²⁷Baesa, anak Ahia, dari suku Isakhar berkomplot melawan Nadab, lalu membunuh dia. Pada waktu itu Nadab dengan pasukannya sedang mengepung kota Gibeton di wilayah Filistin.

²⁷Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

²⁸Itu terjadi dalam tahun ketiga pemerintahan Raja Asa atas Yehuda. Demikianlah Baesa menjadi raja Israel menggantikan Nadab.

²⁸Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.

²⁹Segera setelah Baesa menjadi raja, ia membunuh seluruh keluarga Yerobeam. Sesuai dengan apa yang telah dikatakan TUHAN melalui hamba-Nya, Nabi Ahia dari Silo, maka seluruh keluarga Yerobeam terbunuh, tidak seorang pun yang luput.

²⁹It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

³⁰Yerobeam berdosa dan menyebabkan orang Israel pun berdosa. Dengan demikian Yerobeam membangkitkan kemarahan TUHAN, Allah yang disembah orang Israel.

³⁰for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.

³¹Kisah lainnya mengenai Nadab sudah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Israel.

³¹Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³²Selama masa pemerintahan Raja Baesa dari Israel, perang selalu terjadi antara Baesa dan Raja Asa dari Yehuda.

³²There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

³³Pada tahun ketiga pemerintahan Raja Asa atas Yehuda, Baesa anak Ahia menjadi raja atas seluruh Israel. Ia memerintah di Tirza dua puluh empat tahun lamanya.

³³In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.

³⁴Sama seperti Raja Yerobeam yang memerintah sebelumnya, Raja Baesa pun berdosa kepada TUHAN dan menyebabkan orang Israel juga berbuat dosa.

³⁴He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.