Første Kongebog 16

1 Men til Jehu, Hananis Søn, kom HERRENS Ord mod Ba'sja saaledes:

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

2 »Jeg ophøjede dig af Støvet og gjorde dig til Fyrste over mit Folk Israel, dog har du vandret i Jeroboams Spor og forledt mit Folk Israel til Synd, saa de krænker mig ved deres Synder;

“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.

3 se, derfor vil jeg nu feje Ba'sja og hans Hus bort og gøre det samme ved dit Hus, som jeg gjorde ved Jeroboams, Nebats Søns, Hus;

So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

4 den af Ba'sjas Slægt, som dør i Byen, skal Hundene æde, og den, som dør paa Marken, skal Himmelens Fugle æde!«

Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

5 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Ba'sja, hvad han gjorde, og hans Heltegerninger, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.

As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

6 Saa lagde Ba'sja sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre og blev jordet i Tirza; og hans Søn Ela blev Konge i hans Sted.

And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

7 Desuden kom HERRENS Ord ved Profeten Jehu, Hananis Søn, mod Ba'sja og hans Hus baade paa Grund af alt det, han havde gjort, som var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, idet han krænkede ham ved sine Hænders Værk og efterlignede Jeroboams Hus, og tillige fordi han lod dette nedhugge.

Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

8 I Kong Asa af Judas seks og tyvende Regeringsaar blev Ela, Ba'sjas Søn, Konge over Israel, og han herskede to Aar i Tirza.

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

9 Saa stiftede en af hans Mænd, Zimri, der var Fører for den ene Halvdel af Stridsvognene, en Sammensværgelse imod ham; og engang, da han i Tirza var beruset ved et Drikkelag i sin Paladsøverste Arzas Hus,

However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

10 trængte Zimri ind og slog ham ihjel — i Kong Asa af Judas syv og tyvende Regeringsaar — og blev Konge i hans Sted.

So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

11 Da han var blevet Konge og havde besteget Tronen, lod han hele Ba'sjas Hus dræbe uden at levne et mandligt Væsen og tillige hans nærmeste Slægtninge og Venner;

As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

12 saaledes udryddede Zimri hele Ba'sjas Hus efter det Ord, HERREN havde talet til Ba'sja ved Profeten Jehu,

So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

13 for alle de Synders Skyld, som Ba'sja og hans Søn Ela havde begaaet og forledt Israel til, saa at de krænkede HERREN, Israels Gud, ved deres Afguder.

This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

14 Hvad der ellers er af fortælle om Ela, alt, hvad han gjorde, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.

As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

15 I Kong Asa af Judas syv og tyvende Regeringsaar blev Zimri Konge, og han herskede syv Dage i Tirza. Hæren var paa det Tidspunkt ved at belejre Gibbeton, som tilhørte Filisterne;

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

16 og da nu Hæren under Belejringen hørte, at Zimri havde stiftet en Sammensværgelse mod Kongen og endda dræbt ham, udraabte hele Israel samme Dag i Lejren Omri, Israels Hærfører, til Konge.

and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had not only conspired but had also struck down the king. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.

17 Derpaa brød Omri op med hele Israel fra Gibbeton og begyndte at belejre Tirza;

Then Omri and all the Israelites marched up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

18 og da Zimri saa at Byen var taget, begav han sig ind i Kongens Palads og stak det i Brand over sig; saaledes døde han

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

19 for de Synders Skyld, han havde begaaet, idet han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og vandrede i Jeroboams Spor og i de Synder, han havde begaaet, da han forledte Israel til at synde.

because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

20 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Zimri og den Sammensværgelse, han stiftede, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.

As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

21 Ved den Tid delte Israels Folk sig, idet den ene Halvdel sluttede sig til Tibni, Ginats Søn, og udraabte ham til Konge, medens den anden sluttede sig til Omri.

At that time the people of Israel were divided: Half of the people supported Tibni son of Ginath as king, and half supported Omri.

22 Men den Del af Folket, der sluttede sig til Omri, fik Overtaget over dem, der sluttede sig til Tibni, Ginats Søn, og da Tibni døde ved den Tid, blev Omri Konge.

But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

23 I Kong Asa af Judas een og tredivte Regeringsaar blev Omri Konge over Israel, og han herskede tolv Aar. Først herskede han seks Aar i Tirza;

In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

24 men siden købte han Samarias Bjerg af Semer for to Talenter Sølv og byggede paa Bjerget en By, som han efter Semer, Bjergets Ejer, kaldte Samaria.

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

25 Omri gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og handlede endnu værre end alle hans Forgængere;

But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

26 han vandrede helt i Jeroboams, Nebats Søns, Spor og i de Synder, han havde forledt Israel til, saa at de krænkede HERREN, Israels Gud, ved deres Afguder.

For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

27 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Omri, alt, hvad han gjorde, og de Heltegerninger, han udførte, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.

As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

28 Saa lagde Omri sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre og blev jordet i Samaria; og hans Søn Akab blev Konge i hans Sted.

And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

29 Akab, Omris Søn, blev Konge over Israel i Kong Asa af Judas otte og tredivte Regeringsaar, og Akab, Omris Søn, herskede to og tyve Aar over Israel i Samaria.

In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

30 Akab, Omris Søn, gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, i højere Grad end alle hans Forgængere.

However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.

31 Og som om det ikke var nok med, at han vandrede i Jeroboams, Nebats Søns, Synder, ægtede han oven i Købet Jesabel, en Datter af Zidoniernes Konge Etba'al, og gik hen og dyrkede Ba'al og tilbad ham.

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

32 Han rejste Ba'al et Alter i Ba'alstemplet, som han lod bygge i Samaria.

First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

33 Og Akab lavede Asjerastøtten og gjorde endnu flere Ting, hvorved han krænkede HERREN, Israels Gud, værre end de Konger, der havde hersket før ham i Israel.

Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

34 I hans Dage genopbyggede Beteliten Hiel Jeriko; efter det Ord, HERREN havde talet ved Josua, Nuns Søn, kostede det ham hans førstefødte Abiram at lægge Grunden og hans yngste Søn Segub at sætte dens Portfløje ind.

In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.