Anden Kongebog 16
1 Idet syttende Pekas, Remalias Søns, Aar blev Akas, en Søn af Judas Konge Jotham, Konge.
Ahaz, son of Jotham, became king of Judah in the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah, son of Remaliah.
2 Akas var tyve Aar gammel, der han blev Konge, og regerede i seksten Aar i Jerusalem, og han gjorde ikke det, som var ret for Herrens, hans Guds, Øjne, som David, hans Fader,
Ahaz was twenty when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. But unlike David his forefather, he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God.
3 men han vandrede i Israels Kongers Vej; tilmed lod han sin Søn gaa igennem Ilden efter de Hedningers Vederstyggeligheder, hvilke Herren havde fordrevet for Israels Børns Ansigt.
He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even sacrificed his son in the fire, participating in the disgusting practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
4 Han ofrede ogsaa og gjorde Røgelse paa de høje Steder og paa Højene og under alle grønne Træer.
He sacrificed and presented burnt offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
5 Da drog Rezin, Kongen af Syrien, og Peka, Remalias Søn, Kongen i Israel, op imod Jerusalem til Krig og belejrede Akas, men de kunde ikke komme til at stride.
Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came and attacked Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but couldn't defeat him.
6 Paa den samme Tid bragte Rezin, Kongen af Syrien, Elath igen til Syrien og fordrev Jøderne af Elath, og Syrerne kom til Elath og boede der indtil denne Dag.
This was when Rezin, king of Aram, recovered Elath for Edom. He expelled the people of Judah, and sent Edomites to Elath, where they still live to this day.
7 Saa sendte Akas Bud til Thiglath-Pileser, Kongen af Assyrien, og lod sige: Jeg er din Tjener og din Søn, kom op og frels mig af Syriens Konges Haand, og af Israels Konges Haand, hvilke have oprejst sig imod mig.
Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, “I'm your servant, and your son. Please come and rescue me from the kings of Aram and Israel who are attacking me.”
8 Og Akas tog det Sølv og det Guld, som fandtes i Herrens Hus og i Kongens Hus's Skatkammer og sendte Kongen af Assyrien det til Skænk.
Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Lord's Temple and from the treasuries of the king's palace, and he sent it to the king of Assyria as a gift.
9 Og Kongen af Assyrien adlød ham, og Kongen af Assyrien drog op til Damaskus og indtog den og førte dem bort til Kir, og han dræbte Rezin.
The king of Assyria responded positively to him. He went and attacked Damascus, and captured it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and executed Rezin.
10 Da drog Kong Akas hen til Damaskus at møde Thiglath-Pileser, Kongen af Assyrien, og han saa det Alter, som var i Damaskus; da sendte Kong Akas en Afbildning af Alteret og en Lignelse af det, efter alt dets Arbejde, til Præsten Uria.
King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. During his visit he saw an altar in Damascus, and he sent Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar, along with instructions how to build it.
11 Og Præsten Uria byggede et Alter; efter alt som Kong Akas sendte fra Damaskus, saa gjorde Præsten Uria, indtil Kong Akas kom fra Damaskus.
So Uriah the priest built an altar following all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, completing it before King Ahaz returned.
12 Og der Kongen kom fra Damaskus, da saa Kongen Alteret, og Kongen nærmede sig Alteret og ofrede paa det.
When the king came back from Damascus he saw the altar. He went over to it and made offerings on it.
13 Og han gjorde Røgofre af sit Brændoffer og sit Madoffer og udøste sit Drikoffer, og han stænkede Takofrenes Blod, som han havde, paa Alteret.
He presented his burnt offering and his grain offering, he poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his friendship offerings on it.
14 Men Kobberalteret, som stod for Herrens Ansigt, flyttede han længere bort fra Huset, at det ikke skulde staa imellem Alteret og imellem Herrens Hus; og han satte det op ved Siden af Alteret imod Norden.
He also moved the bronze altar that stood before the Lord from the front of the Temple, between the new altar and the Lord's Temple, and he placed it to the north of the new altar.
15 Og Kong Akas bød Præsten Uria og sagde: Gør Røgoffer paa det store Alter af Brændofferet om Morgenen og Madofferet om Aftenen og af Kongens Brændoffer og hans Madoffer og af alt Folkets Brændoffer i Landet og deres Madoffer og deres Drikofre, og alt Brændofferets Blod og alt Slagtofferets Blod skal du stænke derpaa; men Kobberalteret skal være mig til at adspørge ved.
Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest: “Use this new important altar to offer the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people, and their grain offerings and their drink offerings. Sprinkle on this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. The old bronze altar I'll use for divination.”
16 Og Præsten Uria gjorde efter alt det, som Kong Akas befalede.
Uriah the priest followed King Ahaz's orders.
17 Og Kong Akas afbrød Fyldingerne af Stolene og borttog Kedelen af dem, og Havet tog han ned af de Kobberøksne, som vare derunder, og han satte det paa et Stengulv,
King Ahaz also removed the frames of the movable carts, and also took out the bronze basin from each of them. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls it rested on and placed it on a stone pedestal.
18 og den bedækkede Sabbatsgang, som de havde hygget ved Huset, og den ydre Opgang for Kongen vendte han indad imod Herrens Hus, for Kongen af Assyriens Skyld.
He took down the Sabbath canopy they had built in the Temple, as well as the king's outer entrance to the Lord's Temple. He did this to please the king of Assyria.
19 Men det øvrige af Akas's Handeler, og hvad han gjorde, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?
The rest of what happened in Ahaz's reign and all he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
20 Og Akas laa med sine Fædre og blev begraven hos sine Fædre i Davids Stad, og Ezekias, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.
Ahaz died and was buried with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Hezekiah succeeded him as king.
