Anden Krønikebog 30
1 Siden sendte Ezekias til al Israel og Juda og skrev ogsaa Breve til Efraim og Manasse, at de skulde komme til Herrens Hus i Jerusalem, at holde Herren, Israels Gud, Paaske.
And Ezekias sent to all Israel and Juda, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel.
2 Thi Kongen havde holdt et Raad med sine Fyrster og hele Forsamlingen i Jerusalem, at de vilde holde Paaske i den anden Maaned.
For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the passover in the second month.
3 Thi de kunde ikke holde den til den rette Tid; thi Præsterne havde ikke helliget sig i tilstrækkeligt Antal, og Folket var ikke samlet til Jerusalem.
For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priest had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem.
4 Og den Sag syntes ret for Kongens Øjne og for den ganske Forsamlings Øjne.
And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.
5 Og de toge den Bestemmelse, at de vilde lade udraabe igennem al Israel fra Beersaba og indtil Dan, at de skulde komme og holde Herren, Israels Gud, Paaske i Jerusalem; thi de havde ikke holdt den i noget stort Antal, som det var foreskrevet.
And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Bersabee to Dan, that they should come and keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for the multitude had not done it lately according to the scripture.
6 Og Løberne gik med Breve fra Kongens og hans Øversters Haand igennem al Israel og Juda og efter Kongens Befaling og sagde: I Israels Børn! vender om til Herren, Abrahams, Isaks og Israels Gud, saa skal han vende sig om til de undkomne, som ere blevne tilovers for eder fra Assyriens Kongers Haand.
And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Juda, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped [even] those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria.
7 Og værer ikke som eders Fædre og som eders Brødre, der forgrebe sig imod Herren, deres Fædres Gud; derfor gav han dem hen til en Ødelæggelse, saaledes som I se.
And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
8 Nu, forhærder ikke eders Nakke som eders Fædre, giver Herren Haanden og kommer til hans Helligdom, som han har helliget evindelig, og tjener Herren eders Gud, saa skal hans strenge Vrede vende sig fra eder.
And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers [did]: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away [his] fierce anger from you.
9 Thi naar I omvende eder til Herren, skulle eders Brødre og eders Børn finde Barmhjertighed for deres Ansigt, som holde dem fangne, saa at de skulle komme tilbage til dette Land; thi Herren eders Gud er naadig og barmhjertig og skal ikke lade sit Ansigt vige fra eder, dersom I omvende eder til ham.
For when you turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore [you] to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.
10 Og Løberne gik fra den ene Stad til den anden i Efraims og Manasses Land og indtil Sebulon; men man lo ad dem og bespottede dem.
So the posts went through from city to city in mount Ephraim, and Manasse, and as far as Zabulon: and they as it were laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11 Dog nogle af Aser og Manasse og af Sebulon ydmygede sig og kom til Jerusalem.
But the men of Aser, and [some] of Manasses and of Zabulon, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Juda.
12 Guds Haand var og over Juda, saa at han gav dem et Hjerte til at gøre efter Kongens og de Øverstes Bud, efter Herrens Ord.
And the hand of the Lord was [present] to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
13 Og der samledes meget Folk til Jerusalem for at holde de usyrede Brøds Højtid i den anden Maaned, en saare stor Forsamling.
And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
14 Og de gjorde sig rede og borttoge Altrene, som vare i Jerusalem, og de borttoge alle Røgelsekar og kastede dem i Kedrons Bæk.
And they arose, and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all on which they burnt incense to false [gods] they tore down and cast into the brook Kedron.
15 Og de slagtede Paaskelammet den fjortende Dag i den anden Maaned; og Præsterne og Leviterne bleve skamfulde, og de helligede sig og førte Brændofre til Herrens Hus.
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified [themselves], and brought whole burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
16 Og de stode paa deres Sted, efter deres Skik, efter Moses, den Guds Mands Lov; Præsterne stænkede Blodet, hvilket de modtoge af Leviternes Haand.
And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.
17 Thi der var mange i Forsamlingen, som ikke havde helliget sig, derfor slagtede Leviterne Paaskelammene for alle dem, som ikke vare rene, for at hellige dem for Herren.
For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were [ready] to kill the passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the Lord.
18 Thi der var meget Folk, meget af Efraim og Manasse, Isaskar og Sebulon, som ikke vare rensede, men dog aade Paaskelam, ikke som det var foreskrevet; men Ezekias bad for dem og sagde: Herren, som er god, gøre Forligelse
For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasse, and Issachar, and Zabulon, had not purified [themselves], but ate the passover contrary to the scripture. On this account also Ezekias prayed concerning them, saying,
19 for hver den, som har beredet sit Hjerte til at søge Gud Herren, sine Fædres Gud, om det end ikke er efter Helligdommens Renhed!
The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and [is] not [purified] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
20 Og Herren bønhørte Ezekias og lægede Folket.
And the Lord listened to Ezekias, and healed the people.
21 Saa holdt Israels Børn, som fandtes i Jerusalem, de usyrede Brøds Højtid syv Dage med stor Glæde; og Præsterne og Leviterne lovede Herren Dag for Dag med stærkt lydende Instrumenter for Herren.
And the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites [played] on instruments to the Lord.
22 Og Ezekias talte kærligt til alle de Leviter, som viste god Forstand paa, hvad der vedkom Herren; og de aade Højtidsofre syv Dage og ofrede Takofre og takkede Herren, deres Fædres Gud.
And Ezekias encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding of the Lord: and they completely kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, offering peace-offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers.
23 Da den ganske Forsamling havde holdt Raad om at holde andre syv Dage, saa holdt de endnu syv Dage med Glæde.
And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.
24 Thi Ezekias, Judas Konge, gav til Forsamlingen tusinde Okser og syv Tusinde Faar, og de Øverste gave til Forsamlingen tusinde Okser og ti Tusinde Faar; saa helligede mange Præster sig.
For Ezekias set apart for Juda, [even] for the congregation, a thousand calves and seven thousand sheep; and the princes set apart for the people a thousand calves and ten thousand sheep: and the holy things of the priests abundantly.
25 Og hele Forsamlingen af Juda glædede sig og Præsterne og Leviterne og den hele Forsamling, som var kommen fra Israel, og de fremmede, som vare komne fra Israels Land, og de som boede i Juda.
And all the congregation, the priests and the Levites, rejoiced, and all the congregation of Juda, and they that were present of Jerusalem, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Juda.
26 Og der var en stor Glæde i Jerusalem; thi fra Salomos, Davids Søns, Israels Konges, Dage af var ikke sket noget saadant i Jerusalem.
And there was great joy in Jerusalem: from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not such a feast in Jerusalem.
27 Da stode Præsterne, Leviterne, op og velsignede Folket, og deres Røst blev hørt; thi deres Bøn kom til hans hellige Bolig i Himmelen.
Then the priests the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling-place, [even] into heaven.
