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 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at 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 had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, 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 the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people assembled themselves at Jerusalem.
4 Og den Sag syntes ret for Kongens Øjne og for den ganske Forsamlings Øjne.
And the thing pleased the king and all 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.
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in the manner] as it was written.
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.
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped from the hand of the kings 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 ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, [who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye 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.
Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers [were], [but] yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away 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 if ye turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children [will find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they will return into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye 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 passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even to Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11 Dog nogle af Aser og Manasse og af Sebulon ydmygede sig og kom til Jerusalem.
Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
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.
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment 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 there assembled at Jerusalem many people 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 the altars for incense they took away, and cast [them] into the brook Kidron.
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 were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the 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 in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] 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 [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify [them] 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 a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one,
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!
[That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he is] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
20 Og Herren bønhørte Ezekias og lægede Folket.
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, 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 [that were] present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, [singing] with loud 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 Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making confession 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 whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] 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 Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
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 of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
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.
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was] not the like 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 arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer ascended to his holy dwelling-place, [even] to heaven.
