Anden Krønikebog 24

1 Joas var syv Aar gammel da han blev Konge og han herskede i fyrretyve Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Zibja og var fra Be'ersjeba.

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.

2 Joas gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENS Øjne, saa længe Præsten Jojada levede.

Joash did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

3 Jojada tog ham to Hustruer, og han avlede Sønner og Døtre.

Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

4 Siden kom Joas i Tanker om at udbedre HERRENS Hus.

After this, Joash intended to restore the LORD’s house.

5 Han samlede derfor Præsterne og Leviterne og sagde til dem: »Drag ud til Judas Byer og saml Penge ind i hele Israel til at istandsætte eders Guds Hus Aar efter Aar; men I maa skynde eder!« Leviterne skyndte sig dog ikke.

He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.

6 Saa lod Kongen Ypperstepræsten Jojada kalde og sagde til ham: »Hvorfor har du ikke holdt Øje med, at Leviterne i Juda og Jerusalem indsamler den Afgift, HERRENS Tjener Moses paalagde Israels Forsamling til Vidnesbyrdets Telt?

The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?”

7 Thi den ugudelige Atalja og hendes Sønner har ødelagt Guds Hus og oven i Købet brugt Helliggaverne i HERRENS Hus til Ba'alerne.«

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the LORD’s house to the Baals.

8 Paa Kongens Bud lavede man saa en Kiste og satte den uden for Porten til HERRENS Hus;

So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the LORD’s house.

9 og det kundgjordes i Juda og Jerusalem, at den Afgift, Moses havde paalagt Israeliterne i Ørkenen, skulde udredes til HERREN.

They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

10 Alle Øversterne og hele Folket bragte da Afgiften med Glæde og lagde den i Kisten, til den var fuld;

All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had filled it.

11 og hver Gang Kisten af Leviterne blev bragt til de kongelige Tilsynsmænd, naar de saa, at der var mange Penge, kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræstens Tilsynsmand og tømte Kisten; og saa tog de og satte den paa Plads igen. Saaledes gjorde de Gang paa Gang, og de samlede en Mængde Penge.

Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

12 Og Kongen og Jojada gav Pengene til dem, der stod for Arbejdet ved HERRENS Hus, og de lejede Stenhuggere og Tømmermænd til at udbedre HERRENS Hus og derhos Jern og Kobbersmede til at istandsætte HERRENS Hus.

The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the LORD’s house. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the LORD’s house, and also those who worked iron and bronze to repair the LORD’s house.

13 Og de, der stod for Arbejdet, tog fat, og Istandsættelsesarbejdet skred frem under deres Hænder, og de byggede Guds Hus op efter de opgivne Maal og satte det i god Stand.

So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.

14 Da de var færdige, bragte de Resten af Pengene til Kongen og Jojada, og for dem lod han lave Redskaber til HERRENS Hus, Redskaber til Tjenesten og Ofrene, Kander og Kar af Guld og Sølv. Og de ofrede stadig Brændofre i HERRENS Hus, saa længe Jojada levede.

When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for the LORD’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the LORD’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.

15 Men Jojada blev gammel og mæt af Dage og døde; han var ved sin Død 130 Aar gammel.

But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he died.

16 Man jordede ham i Davidsbyen hos Kongerne, fordi han havde gjort sig fortjent af Israel og over for Gud og hans Hus.

They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

17 Men efter Jojadas Død kom Judas Øverster og kastede sig ned for Kongen. Da hørte Kongen dem villig,

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.

18 Og de forlod HERREN, deres Fædres Guds Hus og dyrkede Asjererne og Gudebillederne. Og der kom Vrede over Juda og Jerusalem for denne deres Synds Skyld.

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

19 Saa sendte han Profeter iblandt dem for at omvende dem til HERREN, og de advarede dem, men de hørte ikke.

Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to the LORD, and they testified against them; but they would not listen.

20 Men Guds Aand iførte sig Zekarja, Præsten Jojadas Søn, og han traadte frem for Folket og sagde til dem: »Saa siger Gud: Hvorfor overtræder I HERRENS Bud saa Lykken viger fra eder? Fordi I har forladt HERREN, har han forladt eder!«

The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you disobey the LORD’s commandments, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.’”

21 Men de sammensvor sig imod ham og stenede ham paa Kongens Bud i Forgaarden til HERRENS Hus;

They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the LORD’s house.

22 Kong Joas kom ikke den Kærlighed i Hu, hans Fader Jojada havde vist ham, men lod Sønnen dræbe, Men da han døde, raabte han: »HERREN ser og straffer!«

Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May the LORD look at it, and repay it.”

23 Ved Jævndøgnstide drog Aramæernes Hær imod Kongen, og de trængte ind i Juda og Jerusalem og udryddede alle Øverster af Folket og sendte alt Byttet, de tog fra dem, til Kongen af Darmaskus.

At the end of the year, the army of the Syrians came up against him. They came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus.

24 Skønt Aramæernes Hær kom i et ringe Tal, gav HERREN en saare stor Hær i deres Haand, fordi de havde forladt HERREN, deres Fædres Gud; saaledes fuldbyrdede de Dommen over Joas.

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.

25 Og da de drog bort fra ham — de forlod ham nemlig i haarde Lidelser — stiftede hans Folk en Sammensværgelse imod ham til Straf for Mordet paa Præsten Jojadas Søn og dræbte ham i hans Seng. Saaledes døde han, og man jordede ham i Davidsbyen, dog ikke i Kongegravene.

When they had departed from him (for they left him seriously wounded), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.

26 De sammensvorne var Zakar, en Søn af Ammoniterkvinden Sjim'at, og Jozabad, en Søn af Moabiterkvinden Sjimrit.

These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

27 Hans Sønners Navne, de mange profetiske Udsagn imod ham og hans grundige Udbedring af Guds, Hus staar jo optegnet i Udlægningen til Kongernes Bog. Hans Søn Amazja blev Konge i hans Sted.

Now concerning his sons, the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God’s house, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.