Kerajaan yang Terbagi

1Raja-raja 1-6; 11-12

The Divided Kingdom

1Raja-raja 1-6; 11-12

1. Setelah Daud meninggal, putranya Salomo mulai memerintah. Allah berbicara kepada Salomo dan bertanya apa yang paling diinginkannya. Ketika Salomo meminta hikmat, Allah berkenan dan membuatnya menjadi orang paling bijaksana di dunia. Allah juga membuatnya sangat kaya.

1. After many years, David died, and his son Solomon began to rule over Israel. God spoke to Solomon and asked him what he wanted most. When Solomon asked for wisdom, God was pleased and made him the wisest man in the world. Solomon learned many things and was a very wise judge. God also made him very wealthy.

Pertanyaan 1: Apa yang diminta Salomo kepada Allah?

Jawaban 1: Hikmat. [18-01]

Question 1: What did Solomon ask God to give him?

Answer 1: Wisdom. [18-01]

2. Di Yerusalem, Sulaiman membangun Bait yang ayahnya Daud telah merencanakan dan mengumpulkan bahan-bahan. Orang sekarang menyembah Allah dan mempersembahkan korban kepada-Nya di Bait Allah, bukan di Kemah Pertemuan. Allah datang dan hadir di Bait Allah, dan Dia tinggal di sana bersama umat-Nya.

2. In Jerusalem, Solomon built the Temple for which his father David had planned and gathered materials. People now worshiped God and offered sacrifices to him at the Temple instead of at the Tent of Meeting. God came and was present in the Temple, and he lived there with his people.

Pertanyaan 2: Apa tujuan Bait Allah yang dibangun oleh Salomo?

Jawaban 2: Itu adalah tempat bagi umat untuk menyembah Allah dan memberikan korban persembahan. [18-02]

Question 2: What was the purpose of the Temple that Solomon built?

Answer 2: It was a place for the people to worship God and offer sacrifices. [18-02]

3. Tapi Salomo mencintai wanita dari negara lain. Dia tidak menaati Allah dengan menikahi banyak wanita, hampir 1.000 wanita yang dinikahinya! Banyak dari perempuan ini berasal dari negara-negara asing dan membawa dewa-dewa mereka dan menyembah mereka. Ketika Salomo sudah tua, dia menyembah dewa-dewa mereka.

3. But Solomon loved women from other countries. He disobeyed God by marrying many women, almost 1,000 of them! Many of these women came from foreign countries and brought their gods with them and continued to worship them. When Solomon was old, he also worshiped their gods.

Pertanyaan 3: Dosa serius apa yang dilakukan Salomo?

Jawaban 3: Dia menikahi banyak wanita bangsa asing dan menyembah dewa-dewa mereka di usia tuanya. [18-03]

Question 3: What serious sins did Solomon commit?

Answer 3: He married many foreign women and worshiped their gods in his old age. [18-03]

4. Allah marah kepada Salomo dan, sebagai hukuman atas ketidaksetiaan Salomo, Dia mengatakan akan membagi kerajaan Israel menjadi dua setelah kematian Salomo.

4. God was angry with Solomon and, as a punishment for Solomon’s unfaithfulness, he promised to divide the nation of Israel into two kingdoms after Solomon’s death.

Pertanyaan 4: Bagaimana Allah menghukum dosa Salomo?

Jawaban 4: Allah mengatakan akan memecah bangsa Israel menjadi dua kerajaan setelah Salomo meninggal. [18-04]

Question 4: How did God punish Solomon’s sins?

Answer 4: God promised to divide the nation of Israel into two kingdoms after Solomon’s death. [18-04]

5. Setelah Salomo meninggal, putranya, Rehabeam menjadi raja. Rehabeam adalah orang bodoh. Semua orang Israel berkumpul untuk mengakui dia sebagai raja. Mereka juga mengeluh bahwa Salomo telah memaksa mereka bekerja keras dan membayar pajak yang besar.

5. After Solomon died, his son, Rehoboam, became king. Rehoboam was a foolish man. All the people of the nation of Israel came together to confirm him as king. They complained to Rehoboam that Solomon had made them do a lot of hard work and pay a lot of taxes.

6. Rehabeam menjawab dengan bodoh dan mengatakan kepada mereka, "Kamu pikir ayahku Salomo memaksa kamu bekerja keras, tetapi aku akan membuat kamu bekerja lebih keras daripada yang dilakukannya, dan aku akan menghukum kamu lebih buruk daripada yang dilakukannya."

6. Rehoboam foolishly answered them, “You thought my father Solomon made you work hard, but I will make you work harder than he did, and I will punish you more harshly than he did.”

Pertanyaan 5: Jawaban bodoh apa yang diberikan Rehabeam kepada rakyat?

Jawaban 5: Aku akan membuatmu bekerja lebih keras dan menghukum engkau lebih daripada ayahku Salomo. [18-06]

Question 5: What foolish answer did Rehoboam give to the people?

Answer 5: I will make you work harder and punish you more than my father Solomon did. [18-06]

7. Sepuluh suku Israel memberontak terhadap Rehabeam. Hanya dua suku yang tetap setia kepadanya. Kedua suku itu disebut kerajaan Yehuda.

7. Ten of the tribes of the nation of Israel rebelled against Rehoboam. Only two tribes remained faithful to him. These two tribes became the kingdom of Judah.

Pertanyaan 6: Apa nama kerajaan yang didirikan oleh dua suku di Selatan yang tetap tinggal bersama Rehabeam?

Jawaban 6: Kerajaan Yehuda. [18-07]

Question 6: What was the name of the kingdom founded by the two southern tribes who remained with Rehoboam?

Answer 6: The kingdom of Judah. [18-07]

8. Sepuluh suku lain yang memberontak terhadap Rehabeam menjadikan seorang yang bernama Yerobeam raja mereka. Mereka disebut kerajaan Israel.

8. The other ten tribes of the nation of Israel that rebelled against Rehoboam appointed a man named Jeroboam to be their king. They set up their kingdom in the northern part of the land and were called the kingdom of Israel.

Pertanyaan 7: Berapa suku yang memberontak terhadap Rehabeam dan membentuk kerajaan Utara?

Jawaban 7: Sepuluh suku bergabung dengan kerajaan Israel. [18-08]

Question 7: How many of the tribes rebelled against Rehoboam and formed the northern kingdom?

Answer 7: Ten tribes joined the kingdom of Israel. [18-08]

9. Yerobeam memberontak terhadap Allah dan menyebabkan orang berbuat dosa. Dia membangun dua berhala untuk disembah oleh orang-orang, bukannya menyembah Allah di Bait Allah di kerajaan Yehuda.

9. Jeroboam rebelled against God and caused the people to sin. He built two idols for his people to worship instead of worshiping God at the Temple in the kingdom of Judah.

Pertanyaan 8: Apa yang dilakukan Yerobeam untuk mencegah orang-orangnya pergi ke Yehuda untuk beribadah di Bait Allah?

Jawaban 8: Dia membuat dua berhala untuk disembah mereka. [18-09]

Question 8: What did Jeroboam do to keep his people from going to Judah to worship at the Temple?

Answer 8: He built two idols for the people to worship. [18-09]

10. Kerajaan Yehuda dan Israel menjadi musuh dan sering berperang melawan satu sama lain.

10. The kingdoms of Judah and Israel became enemies and often fought against each other.

11. Di kerajaan Israel, semua rajanya jahat. Banyak dari raja-raja ini yang dibunuh oleh orang Israel lainnya yang ingin menjadi raja menggantikan mereka.

11. In the new kingdom of Israel, all the kings were evil. Many of these kings were killed by other Israelites who wanted to become king in their place.

Pertanyaan 9: Berapa banyak raja Israel yang setia kepada Allah?

Jawaban 9: Tidak ada. [18-11]

Question 9: How many of the kings of Israel were faithful to God?

Answer 9: None. [18-11]

12. Semua raja Israel dan sebagian besar orang menyembah berhala yang sering diikuti dengan perzinahan dan kadang-kadang bahkan mengurbankan anak mereka.

12. All of the kings and most of the people of the kingdom of Israel worshiped idols. Their idol worship often included sexual immorality and sometimes even child sacrifice.

Pertanyaan 10: Perbuatan jahat apa yang sering termasuk dalam menyembah berhala?

Jawaban 10: Perbuatan asusila dan mengorbankan anak. [18-12]

Question 10: What were some of the evil practices that were often included in the worship of idols?

Answer 10: Sexual immorality and child sacrifice. [18-12]

13. Raja-raja Yehuda adalah keturunan Daud. Beberapa raja-raja ini adalah orang-orang baik yang memerintah dengan adil dan menyembah Tuhan. Tetapi sebagian besar raja Yehuda jahat, korup, dan penyembah berhala. Beberapa raja bahkan mengorbankan anak-anak mereka untuk dewa-dewa palsu. Orang-orang Yehuda juga memberontak terhadap Allah dan menyembah dewa-dewa lainnya.

13. The kings of Judah were descendants of David. Some of these kings were good men who ruled justly and worshiped God. But most of Judah’s kings were evil and corrupt, and they worshiped idols. Some of the kings even sacrificed their children to false gods. Most of the people of Judah also rebelled against God and worshiped other gods.

Pertanyaan 11: Siapa nenek moyang raja-raja Yehuda?
Pertanyaan 12: Adakah raja-raja Yehuda yang setia kepada Allah?

Jawaban 11: Raja Daud. [18-13]
Jawaban 12: Ya, beberapa setia, tetapi sebagian besar jahat. [18-13]

Question 11: Who was the ancestor of the kings of Judah?
Question 12: Were any kings of Judah faithful to God?

Answer 11: King David. [18-13]
Answer 12: Yes, some were faithful, but most were evil. [18-13]