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Abimelech’s Conspiracy
1Adapun Abimelekh bin Yerubaal pergi ke Sikhem kepada saudara-saudara ibunya dan berkata kepada mereka dan kepada seluruh kaum dari pihak keluarga ibunya: 2"Tolong katakan kepada seluruh warga kota Sikhem: Manakah yang lebih baik bagimu: tujuh puluh orang memerintah kamu, yaitu semua anak Yerubaal, atau satu orang ? Dan ingat juga, bahwa aku darah dagingmu." 3Lalu saudara-saudara ibunya mengatakan hal ihwalnya kepada seluruh warga kota Sikhem, maka condonglah hati orang-orang itu untuk mengikuti Abimelekh, sebab kata mereka: "Memang ia saudara kita." 4Sesudah itu mereka memberikan kepadanya tujuh puluh uang perak dari kuil Baal-Berit, lalu Abimelekh memberi perak itu sebagai upah kepada petualang-petualang dan orang-orang nekat supaya mengikuti dia. 5Ia pergi ke rumah ayahnya di Ofra, lalu membunuh saudara-saudaranya, anak-anak Yerubaal, tujuh puluh orang, di atas satu batu. Tetapi Yotam, anak bungsu Yerubaal tinggal hidup, karena ia menyembunyikan diri. 6Kemudian berkumpullah seluruh warga kota Sikhem dan seluruh Bet-Milo; mereka pergi menobatkan Abimelekh menjadi raja dekat pohon tarbantin di tugu peringatan yang di Sikhem.
1Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s relatives, and spoke to them and to the entire family of the household of his mother’s father, saying, 2“Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: for seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, to rule over you, or for one man to rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.” 3So his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem; and they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our relative.” 4And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, and they followed him. 5Then he went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself. 6All the leaders of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the memorial stone which was in Shechem.
7Setelah hal itu dikabarkan kepada Yotam, pergilah ia ke gunung Gerizim dan berdiri di atasnya, lalu berserulah ia dengan suara nyaring kepada mereka: "Dengarkanlah aku, kamu warga kota Sikhem, maka Allah akan mendengarkan kamu juga. 8Sekali peristiwa pohon-pohon pergi mengurapi yang akan menjadi raja atas mereka. Kata mereka kepada pohon zaitun: Jadilah raja atas kami! 9Tetapi jawab pohon zaitun itu kepada mereka: Masakan aku meninggalkan minyakku yang dipakai untuk menghormati Allah dan manusia, dan pergi melayang di atas pohon-pohon ? 10Lalu kata pohon-pohon itu kepada pohon ara: Marilah, jadilah raja atas kami! 11Tetapi jawab pohon ara itu kepada mereka: Masakan aku meninggalkan manisanku dan buah-buahku yang baik, dan pergi melayang di atas pohon-pohon ? 12Lalu kata pohon-pohon itu kepada pohon anggur: Marilah, jadilah raja atas kami! 13Tetapi jawab pohon anggur itu kepada mereka: Masakan aku meninggalkan air buah anggurku, yang menyukakan hati Allah dan manusia, dan pergi melayang di atas pohon-pohon ? 14Lalu kata segala pohon itu kepada semak duri: Marilah, jadilah raja atas kami! 15Jawab semak duri itu kepada pohon-pohon itu: Jika kamu sungguh-sungguh mau mengurapi aku menjadi raja atas kamu, datanglah berlindung di bawah naunganku; tetapi jika tidak, biarlah api keluar dari semak duri dan memakan habis pohon-pohon aras yang di gunung Libanon.
7Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and raised his voice and called out. And he said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. 8“Once the trees went to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ 9“But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my fatness with which God and mankind are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’ 10“Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You, come, reign over us!’ 11“But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’ 12“Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You, come, reign over us!’ 13“But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I give up my new wine, which cheers God and mankind, and go to wave over the trees?’ 14“Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You, come, reign over us!’ 15“And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out of the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
16Maka sekarang, jika kamu berlaku setia dan tulus ikhlas dengan membuat Abimelekh menjadi raja, dan jika kamu berbuat yang baik kepada Yerubaal dan kepada keturunannya dan jika kamu membalaskan kepadanya seimbang dengan jasanya -- 17bukankah ayahku telah berperang membela kamu dan menyabung nyawanya, dan telah melepaskan kamu dari tangan orang Midian, 18padahal kamu sekarang memberontak terhadap keturunan ayahku dan membunuh anak-anaknya, tujuh puluh orang banyaknya, di atas satu batu, serta membuat Abimelekh anak seorang budaknya perempuan menjadi raja atas warga kota Sikhem, karena ia saudaramu -- 19jadi jika kamu pada hari ini berlaku setia dan tulus ikhlas kepada Yerubaal dan keturunannya, maka silakanlah kamu bersukacita atas Abimelekh dan silakanlah ia bersukacita atas kamu. 20Tetapi jika tidak demikian, maka biarlah api keluar dari pada Abimelekh dan memakan habis warga kota Sikhem dan juga Bet-Milo, dan biarlah api keluar dari pada warga kota Sikhem dan juga dari Bet-Milo dan memakan habis Abimelekh." 21Kemudian larilah Yotam; ia melarikan diri ke Beer, dan tinggal di sana karena takut kepada Abimelekh, saudaranya itu.
16“Now then, if you have acted with honesty and integrity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have dealt with him as he deserved— 17for my father fought for you, and risked his life and saved you from the hand of Midian; 18but in fact you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative— 19so if you have acted with honesty and integrity toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, be joyful about Abimelech, and may he also be joyful about you. 20“But if not, may fire come out of Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out of the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo, and consume Abimelech.” 21Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer; and he stayed there because of his brother Abimelech.
Shechem and Abimelech Fall
22Setelah tiga tahun lamanya Abimelekh memerintah atas orang Israel, 23maka Allah membangkitkan semangat jahat di antara Abimelekh dan warga kota Sikhem, sehingga warga kota Sikhem itu menjadi tidak setia kepada Abimelekh, 24supaya kekerasan terhadap ketujuh puluh anak Yerubaal dibalaskan dan darah mereka ditimpakan kepada Abimelekh, saudara mereka yang telah membunuh mereka dan kepada warga kota Sikhem yang membantu dia membunuh saudara-saudaranya itu. 25Sebab warga kota Sikhem itu menempatkan orang untuk menghadang dia di puncak gunung dan merampas setiap orang yang melewati mereka melalui jalan itu. Hal itu dikabarkan kepada Abimelekh.
22Now Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years. 23Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem; and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, 24so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal would come, and the responsibility for their blood would be placed on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who encouraged him to kill his brothers. 25The leaders of Shechem set up men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who would pass by them on the road; and it was reported to Abimelech.
26Sementara itu Gaal bin Ebed beserta saudara-saudaranya telah datang dan pindah ke kota Sikhem. Warga kota Sikhem percaya kepadanya, 27jadi pergilah mereka ke ladang; mereka mengumpulkan hasil kebun anggur mereka, dan mengirik memerasnya, lalu mengadakan perayaan. Mereka masuk ke kuil allah mereka dan makan minum sambil mengutuki Abimelekh. 28Berkatalah Gaal bin Ebed: "Siapa itu Abimelekh dan siapa kita orang Sikhem, maka kita menjadi hambanya ? Bukankah anak Yerubaal dan Zebul, wakilnya, menjadi hamba orang-orang Hemor, ayah Sikhem, jadi mengapakah kita menjadi hambanya ? 29Sekiranya orang-orang kota ini ada di dalam tanganku, maka tentulah aku mengenyahkan Abimelekh." Lalu berkatalah ia ke arah Abimelekh: "Perkuatlah tentaramu dan majulah !"
26Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his relatives, and crossed over into Shechem; and the leaders of Shechem trusted him. 27So they went out to the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trampled them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. 28Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his governor? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him? 29“If only this people were under my authority! Then I would do away with Abimelech.” And he said to Abimelech, “Enlarge your army and come out!”
30Ketika Zebul, penguasa kota itu mendengar perkataan Gaal bin Ebed, bangkitlah amarahnya. 31Ia mengirim utusan kepada Abimelekh di Aruma dengan pesan: "Gaal bin Ebed dan saudara-saudaranya telah datang ke Sikhem dan ketahuilah mereka menghasut kota itu melawan engkau. 32Oleh sebab itu, berangkatlah pada waktu malam, engkau dan rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan engkau itu, dan adakanlah penghadangan di padang. 33Esoknya pagi-pagi, pada waktu matahari terbit, haruslah engkau menyerbu kota itu. Dan jika ia dan orang-orangnya keluar melawan engkau, maka engkau dapat berbuat kepadanya sesuai dengan keadaan yang kaudapati."
30When Zebul the leader of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger burned. 31So using deception, he successfully sent messengers to Abimelech, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his relatives have come to Shechem; and behold, they are stirring up the city against you. 32“So now, arise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field. 33“Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and attack the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to them whatever you can.”
34Sebab itu berangkatlah Abimelekh pada waktu malam beserta segala rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan dia, lalu mereka mengadakan penghadangan dalam empat pasukan untuk melawan Sikhem. 35Ketika Gaal bin Ebed pergi ke luar dan berdiri di depan pintu gerbang kota itu, Abimelekh kebetulan bangun dari tempat penghadangannya beserta rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan dia. 36Ketika Gaal melihat rakyat itu, berkatalah ia kepada Zebul: "Lihat, ada orang banyak turun dari puncak gunung." Jawab Zebul kepadanya: "Itu bayang-bayang gunung, yang kausangka manusia." 37Kata Gaal sekali lagi: "Lihat, ada orang banyak turun dari gunung Pusat Tanah dan satu kelompok datang dari jalan Pohon Tarbantin Peramal." 38Jawab Zebul kepadanya: "Di manakah mulutmu itu yang mengatakan: Siapa itu Abimelekh, maka kita menjadi hambanya ? Bukankah ini orang-orang yang telah kauhina itu? Majulah sekarang untuk memerangi mereka." 39Maka majulah Gaal dengan dipandangi oleh warga kota Sikhem, lalu berperang melawan Abimelekh. 40Tetapi Abimelekh mengejar dia, dan ia melarikan diri dari depannya, dan banyaklah orang tewas sampai di depan pintu gerbang. 41Adapun Abimelekh tinggal di Aruma, tetapi Zebul mengusir Gaal dan saudara-saudaranya, sehingga mereka ini tidak dapat tinggal di Sikhem.
34So Abimelech and all the people who were with him got up at night, and lay in wait against Shechem, in four units. 35Now Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush. 36When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were people.” 37And Gaal spoke yet again and said, “Look, people are coming down from the highest part of the land, and one unit is coming by way of the diviners’ oak.” 38Then Zebul said to him, “Where then is your boasting with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go out now and fight them!” 39So Gaal went out in the sight of the leaders of Shechem and fought Abimelech. 40But Abimelech chased him, and he fled from him; and many fell wounded up to the entrance of the gate. 41Then Abimelech stayed in Arumah, but Zebul drove out Gaal and his relatives so that they could not stay in Shechem.
42Keesokan harinya orang-orang kota itu pergi ke ladang. Setelah hal ini dikabarkan kepada Abimelekh, 43dibawanyalah rakyatnya, dibaginya dalam tiga pasukan, lalu mereka mengadakan penghadangan di padang. Ketika dilihatnya, bahwa orang-orang kota itu keluar dari dalam kota, bangunlah ia menyerang mereka serta menewaskan mereka. 44Abimelekh dan pasukan yang bersama-sama dengan dia menyerbu dan menduduki pintu gerbang kota, sedang kedua pasukan lain itu menyerbu dan menewaskan semua orang yang ada di padang. 45Sehari-harian itu Abimelekh berperang melawan kota itu; ia merebut kota itu dan membunuh orang-orang yang di dalamnya; kemudian dirobohkannya kota itu dan ditaburinya dengan garam.
42Now it came about the next day, that the people went out to the field, and it was reported to Abimelech. 43So he took his people and divided them into three units, and lay in wait in the field; when he looked and saw the people coming out from the city, he attacked them and killed them. 44Then Abimelech and the company who was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the city gate; the other two companies then attacked all who were in the field and killed them. 45Abimelech fought against the city that whole day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.
46Mendengar itu masuklah seluruh warga kota Menara-Sikhem ke dalam liang di bawah kuil El-Berit. 47Dikabarkanlah kepada Abimelekh, bahwa seluruh warga kota Menara-Sikhem telah berhimpun di sana. 48Lalu Abimelekh dan seluruh rakyat yang bersama-sama dengan dia naik ke gunung Zalmon. Abimelekh mengambil kapak, lalu memotong dahan-dahan kayu, mengangkatnya dan meletakkannya ke atas bahunya sambil berkata kepada rakyatnya yang bersama-sama dengan dia: "Turutilah dengan segera perbuatanku yang kamu lihat ini." 49Kemudian rakyat itu juga masing-masing memotong dahan-dahan, lalu mengikuti Abimelekh, meletakkan dahan-dahan itu di atas liang dan membakar liang itu di atas kepala orang-orang itu. Demikianlah semua penduduk kota Menara-Sikhem juga mati, kira-kira seribu orang laki-laki dan perempuan.
46When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard about it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. 47And it was reported to Abimelech that all the leaders of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48So Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees, and lifted it and put it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you saw me do, hurry and do likewise.” 49So all the people also cut down, each one, his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on top of the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
50Selanjutnya Abimelekh pergi ke Tebes; ia mengepung Tebes, lalu merebutnya. 51Tetapi ada sebuah menara yang kuat di tengah-tengah kota, dan semua laki-laki dan perempuan, seluruh warga kota itu, melarikan diri ke situ; mereka menutup pintu di belakangnya dan naik ke atas sotoh menara itu. 52Lalu sampailah Abimelekh ke menara itu, menyerangnya, dan dapat menerobos sampai ke pintu menara itu untuk membakarnya. 53Tetapi seorang perempuan menimpakan sebuah batu kilangan kepada kepala Abimelekh dan memecahkan batu kepalanya. 54Dengan segera dipanggilnya bujang pembawa senjatanya dan berkata kepadanya: "Hunuslah pedangmu dan bunuhlah aku, supaya jangan orang berkata tentang aku: Seorang perempuan membunuh dia." Lalu bujangnya itu menikam dia, sehingga mati. 55Setelah dilihat oleh orang Israel, bahwa Abimelekh telah mati, pergilah mereka, masing-masing ke tempat kediamannya. 56Demikianlah Allah membalaskan kejahatan yang dilakukan oleh Abimelekh kepada ayahnya, yaitu pembunuhan atas ketujuh puluh saudaranya; 57juga segala kejahatan orang-orang Sikhem ditimpakan kembali oleh Allah kepada kepala mereka sendiri. Demikianlah kutuk Yotam bin Yerubaal mengenai mereka.
50Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he camped against Thebez and captured it. 51But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the leaders of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower. 52So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it down with fire. 53But a woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull. 54Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that it will not be said of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man pierced him through, and he died. 55Now when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each left for his home. 56So God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. 57God also returned all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
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