Anden Kongebog 23

1 Og Kongen sendte hen, og alle de Ældste i Juda og Jerusalem samlede sig om ham.

So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.

2 Og Kongen gik op i Herrens Hus, og alle Judas Mænd og alle Jerusalems Indbyggere med ham og Præsterne og Profeterne og alt Folket, baade smaa og store, og han læste for deres Øren alle Ordene i Pagtens Bog, som var funden i Herrens Hus.

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and every man of Juda and all who lived in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.

3 Og Kongen stod paa Forhøjningen og gjorde Pagten for Herrens Ansigt, at de skulde vandre efter Herren og holde hans Bud og hans Vidnesbyrd og hans Skikke af ganske Hjerte og af ganske Sjæl for at hævde denne Pagts Ord, som vare skrevne i denne Bog; og alt Folket indgik Pagten.

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; [even] the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

4 Og Kongen bød Hilkia, Ypperstepræsten, og Præsterne af anden Rang og Dørvogterne, at de skulde udføre af Herrens Tempel alle de Redskaber, som vare gjorte til Baal og til Astarte og til al Himmelens Hær; og de opbrændte dem uden for Jerusalem paa Kedrons Marker, og Støvet af dem lod han bringe til Bethel.

And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kedron, and took the ashes of them to Baethel.

5 Og han afsatte de afgudiske Præster, som Judas Konger havde indsat, og som havde gjort Røgelse paa Højene i Judas Stæder og i dem, som laa omkring Jerusalem, samt dem, som gjorde Røgelse for Baal, for Solen og for Maanen og for Himmeltegnene og for al Himmelens Hær.

And he burnt the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda [had] appointed, (and they burnt incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places around about Jerusalem); and them that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Og han lod Astartebilledet føre ud af Herrens Hus uden for Jerusalem til Kedrons Bæk og opbrændte det ved Kedrons Bæk og stødte det smaat til Støv, og han kastede dets Støv paa Folkets Børns Grave.

And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burnt it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people.

7 Og han nedbrød de Skørlevneres Huse, som vare ved Herrens Hus, i hvilke Kvinderne vævede Telte for Astarte.

And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.

8 Og han lod alle Præsterne komme fra Judas Stæder og vanhelligede Højene, hvor Præsterne havde gjort Røgelse, fra Geba indtil Beersaba; og han nedbrød Højene ved Portene, den, som var ved Indgangen til Josvas, Stadsfyrstens, Port, og den, som var til venstre, naar man gaar ind ad Stadens Port.

And he brought up all the priest from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burnt incense, from Gaebal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

9 Dog ofrede ikke Højenes Præster paa Herrens Alter i Jerusalem, endskønt de aad usyrede Brød midt iblandt deres Brødre.

Only the priests of the high places went not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, for they only ate leavened bread in the midst of their brethren.

10 Og han vanhelligede Tofet, som var i Hinnoms Børns Dal, for at ikke nogen skulde lade sin Søn eller sin Datter gaa igennem Ilden til Molek.

And he defiled Taphes which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, [constructed] for a man to cause his son or his daughter to pass through fire to Moloch.

11 Og han afskaffede de Heste, som Judas Konger havde indviet til Solen, foran Indgangen til Herrens Hus, ved Hofbetjenten Nethan-Meleks Kammer, hvilket var paa Parvarim, og han opbrændte Solens Vogne med Ild.

And he burnt the horses which the king of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king's eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burnt the chariot of the sun with fire.

12 Og de Altre, som vare paa Akas's Sals Tag, og som Judas Konger havde opført, og de Altre, som Manasse havde opført i de to Herrens Huses Forgaarde, nedbrød Kongen, og han skyndte sig derfra og lod deres Støv kaste i Kedrons Bæk.

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kedron.

13 Og de Høje, som vare lige for Jerusalem, som vare paa den højre Haand af Mashiths Bjerg, hvilke Salomo, Israels Konge, havde bygget for Astarte, Zidoniernes Vederstyggelighed, og for Kamos, Moabiternes Vederstyggelighed, og for Milkom, Ammons Børns Vederstyggelighed, vanhelligede Kongen.

And the king defiled the house that was before Jerusalem, on the right hand of the mount of Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel built to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the abomination of Moab, and to Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon.

14 Og han sønderslog Støtterne og udryddede Astartebillederne og opfyldte deres Sted med Menneskeben.

And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Ja ogsaa det Alter, som var i Bethel, og Højen, som Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, som kom Israel til at synde, havde gjort, ja det Alter og Højen nedbrød han, og han opbrændte Højen og gjorde den til fint Støv og opbrændte Astartebilledet.

Also the high altar in Baethel, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that high altar he tore down, and broke in pieces the stones of it, and reduced it to powder, and burnt the grove.

16 Og Josias vendte sig og saa de Grave, som vare der paa Bjerget, og han sendte hen og lod tage Benene af Gravene og opbrændte dem paa Alteret og vanhelligede det efter Herrens Ord, som den Guds Mand havde udraabt, han som udraabte disse Ord.

And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words.

17 Og han sagde: Hvad er det for et Gravmæle, som jeg ser? og Mændene i Staden sagde til ham: Det er den Guds Mands Grav, som kom fra Juda og raabte disse Ting, som du har gjort imod Alteret i Bethel.

And he said, What [is] that mound which I see? And the men of the city said to him, [It is the grave of] the man of God that came out of Juda, and uttered these imprecations which he imprecated upon the altar of Baethel.

18 Og han sagde: Lader ham hvile, ingen flytte hans Ben; og de reddede hans Ben tillige med den Profets Ben, som kom fra Samaria.

And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Ja ogsaa alle Højenes Huse, som vare i Samarias Stæder, og som Israels Konger havde opført til at opirre Gud, borttog Josias og gjorde ved dem ganske paa samme Maade, som han havde gjort i Bethel.

Moreover Josias removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Baethel.

20 Og han slagtede alle Højenes Præster, som der vare, paa Altrene, og opbrændte Menneskeben paa dem; og han kom tilbage til Jerusalem.

And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

21 Og Kongen bød alt Folket og sagde: Holder Paaske for Herren eders Gud, saaledes som der er skrevet i denne Pagts Bog.

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

22 Thi der var ikke holdt en Paaske som denne fra Dommernes Dage af, som dømte Israel, og gennem alle Israels Kongers og Judas Kongers Dage.

For a passover [such as] this had not been kept from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda.

23 Men i Kong Josias's attende Aar blev denne Paaske holdt for Herren i Jerusalem.

But in the eighteenth year of king Josias, was the passover kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 Men ogsaa Spaakvinderne og Tegnsudlæggerne og Husguderne og de stygge Afguder og alle de Vederstyggeligheder, som bleve sete i Judas Land og i Jerusalem, borttog Josias, for at holde Lovens Ord, som vare skrevne i Bogen, som Hilkia, Præsten, havde fundet i Herrens Hus.

Moreover Josias removed the sorcerers, and the wizards, and the theraphin, and the idols, and all the abominations that had been set up in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might keep the words of the law that were written in the book, which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord.

25 Og der var ingen Konge som han før ham, der omvendte sig til Herren af sit ganske Hjerte og af sin ganske Sjæl og af al sin Formue efter al Moses Lov, og der opstod ej nogen efter ham som han.

There was no king like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there rose not one like him.

26 Dog vendte Herren ikke om fra sin store Vredes Ild, hvormed hans Vrede var optændt imod Juda, for alle de Opirrelser, som Manasse havde opirret ham med.

Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was angry in his anger against Juda, because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses provoked him.

27 Og Herren sagde: Jeg vil ogsaa bortkaste Juda fra mit Ansigt, ligesom jeg bortkastede Israel, og jeg vil forkaste denne Stad, som jeg udvalgte, Jerusalem, og det Hus, om hvilket jeg sagde: Mit Navn skal være der.

And the Lord said, I will also remove Juda from my presence, as I removed Israel, and will reject this city which I have chosen [even] Jerusalem, and the house [of] which I said, My name shall be there.

28 Men det øvrige af Josias's Handeler og alt, hvad han gjorde, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?

And the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

29 I hans Dage drog Farao Neko, Kongen af Ægypten, op imod Kongen af Assyrien til Floden Frat, og Kong Josias drog imod ham; men denne dræbte ham i Megiddo, der han havde set ham.

And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao killed him in Mageddo when he saw him.

30 Og hans Tjenere førte ham død fra Megiddo og førte ham til Jerusalem og begravede ham i hans Grav; og Folket i Landet tog Joakas, Josias's Søn, og salvede ham og gjorde ham til Konge i hans Faders Sted.

And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre: and the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king in the room of his father.

31 Joakas var tre og tyve Aar gammel, der han blev Konge, og regerede tre Maaneder i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Hamutal, Jeremias's Datter fra Libna.

Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

32 Og han gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, efter alt det, som hans Fædre gjorde.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did.

33 Og Farao Neko lod ham lægge i Lænker i Ribla udi Hamaths Land, at han ikke skulde regere i Jerusalem, og han lagde en Straf paa Landet, hundrede Centner Sølv og et Centner Guld.

And Pharao Nechao removed him to Rablaam in the land of Emath, so that he should not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred talents of gold.

34 Og Farao Neko gjorde Eliakim, Josias's Søn, til Konge i hans Faders, Josias's Sted, og omvendte hans Navn til Jojakim; men Joakas tog han med, og denne kom til Ægypten og døde der.

And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim son of Josias king of Juda king over them in the place of his father Josias, and he changed his name [to] Joakim, and he took Joachaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

35 Og Jojakim gav Farao Sølvet og Guldet, men han lignede en Skat paa Landet for at kunne give Pengene efter Faraos Befaling; eftersom Skatten var lignet paa hver især, inddrev han Sølvet og Guldet af Folket i Landet for at give det til Farao Neko.

And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao; but he assessed the land to give the money at the command of Pharao: they gave the silver and the gold [each] man according to his assessment together with the people of the land to give to Pharao Nechao.

36 Jojakim var fem og tyve Aar gammel, der han blev Konge, og regerede elleve Aar i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Sebuda, Pedajas Datter fra Ruma.

Twenty-five years old [was] Joakim when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jeldaph, daughter of Phadail of Ruma.

37 Og han gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, efter alt det, som hans Fædre havde gjort.

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the lord, according to all that his fathers had done.