Anden Krønikebog 30
1 Derpaa sendte Ezekias Bud til hele Israel og Juda og skrev desuden Breve til Efraim og Manasse om at komme til HERRENS Hus i Jerusalem for at fejre Paasken for HERREN, Israels Gud.
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel.
2 Og Kongen, hans Øverster og hele Forsamlingen i Jerusalem raadslog om at fejre Paasken i den anden Maaned;
And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.
3 thi de kunde ikke fejre den med det samme, da Præsterne ikke havde helliget sig i tilstrækkeligt Tal, og Folket ikke var samlet i Jerusalem.
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not hallowed themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people been gathered together to Jerusalem.
4 Kongen og hele Forsamlingen fandt det rigtigt;
And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.
5 derfor vedtog de at lade et Opraab udgaa i hele Israel fra Be'ersjeba til Dan om at komme og fejre Paasken i Jerusalem for HERREN, Israels Gud, thi man havde ikke fejret den saa fuldtalligt som foreskrevet.
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; because they had not held it for a long time as it was written.
6 Saa gik Ilbudene ud i hele Israel og Juda med Breve fra Kongens og hans Øversters Haand og sagde efter Kongens Befaling: »Israeliter! Vend tilbage til HERREN, Abrahams, Isaks og Israels Gud, at han maa vende sig til den Levning af eder, der er undsluppet Assyrerkongernes Haand.
And the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, return to Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
7 Vær ikke som eders Fædre og Brødre, der var troløse mod HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, hvorfor han gjorde dem til Rædsel, som I selv kan se.
And be not like your fathers and like your brethren, who transgressed against Jehovah the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
8 Vær nu ikke halsstarrige som eders Fædre, men ræk HERREN Haanden og kom til hans Helligdom, som han har helliget til evig Tid, og tjen HERREN eders Gud, at hans glødende Vrede maa vende sig fra eder.
Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you.
9 Thi naar I omvender eder til HERREN, skal eders Brødre og Sønner finde Barmhjertighed hos dem, der førte dem bort, og vende tilbage til dette Land. Thi HERREN eders Gud er naadig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sit Aasyn fra eder, naar I omvender eder til ham!«
For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.
10 Og Ilbudene gik fra By til By i Efraims og Manasses Land og lige til Zebulon, men man lo dem ud og haanede dem.
And the couriers 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 var der nogle i Aser, Manasse og Zebulon, der ydmygede sig og kom til Jerusalem;
Nevertheless certain of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
12 ogsaa i Juda virkede Guds Haand, saa at han gav dem et endrægtigt Hjerte til at udføre, hvad Kongen og Øversterne havde paabudt i Kraft af HERRENS Ord.
The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.
13 Saa samlede der sig i Jerusalem en Mængde Mennesker for at fejre de usyrede Brøds Højtid i den anden Maaned, en vældig Forsamling.
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to hold the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
14 De gav sig til at fjerne de Altre, der var i Jerusalem; ligeledes fjernede de alle Røgelsekarrene og kastede dem ned i Kedrons Dal.
And they rose up and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem; and they took away all the incense-altars, and cast them into the torrent Kidron.
15 Derpaa slagtede de Paaskelammet paa den fjortende Dag i den anden Maaned. Præsterne og Leviterne skammede sig og helligede sig og bragte Brændofre til HERRENS Hus;
And they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the second month; and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and hallowed themselves; and they brought the burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.
16 og de stillede sig paa deres Plads, som deres Pligt var efter den Guds Mand Moses's Lov; Præsterne sprængte Blodet, som de modtog af Leviterne.
And they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [receiving it] from the hand of the Levites.
17 Thi mange i Forsamlingen havde ikke helliget sig; derfor slagtede Leviterne Paaskelammene for alle dem, der ikke var rene, for saaledes at hellige HERREN dem.
For there were many in the congregation that were not hallowed; therefore the Levites had the charge of the slaughtering of the passover-lambs for every one not clean, to hallow them unto Jehovah.
18 Thi de fleste af Folket, især mange fra Efraim, Manasse, Issakar og Zebulon, havde ikke renset sig, men spiste Paaskelammet anderledes end foreskrevet. Men Ezekias gik i Forbøn for dem og sagde: »HERREN, den gode, tilgive
For a multitude of the people, many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them saying, Jehovah, who is good, forgive every one
19 enhver, som har vendt sit Hjerte til at søge Gud HERREN, hans Fædres Gud, selv om han ikke er ren, som Helligdommen kræver det!«
that has directed his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, although not according to the purification of the sanctuary.
20 Og HERREN bønhørte Ezekias og lod Folket uskadt.
And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21 Saa fejrede de Israeliter, der var til Stede i Jerusalem, de usyrede Brøds Højtid med stor Glæde i syv Dage; og Leviterne og Præsterne sang af alle Kræfter dagligt Lovsange for HERREN.
And the children of Israel, that were present at Jerusalem, held the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, with the instruments of praise to Jehovah.
22 Og Ezekias talte venlige Ord til alle de Leviter, der havde udvist særlig Dygtighed i HERRENS Tjeneste; og de fejrede Højtiden til Ende de syv Dage, idet de ofrede Takofre og lovpriste HERREN, deres Fædres Gud.
And Hezekiah spoke consolingly to all the Levites that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.
23 Men derefter vedtog hele Forsamlingen at holde Højtid syv Dage til, og det gjorde de saa med Glæde,
And the whole congregation took counsel to observe other seven days; and they observed the seven days with gladness.
24 thi Kong Ezekias af Juda gav Forsamlingen en Ydelse af 1000 Tyre og 7000 Stykker Smaakvæg, og Øversterne gav Forsamlingen 1000 Tyre og 10 000 Stykker Smaakvæg; og en Mængde Præster helligede sig.
For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation as heave-offering: 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 hallowed themselves.
25 Da frydede hele Judas Forsamling sig, ligeledes Præsterne og Leviterne og hele den Forsamling, der var kommet fra Israel, og de fremmede, der var kommet fra Israels Land eller boede i Juda;
And the whole congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 og der var stor Glæde i Jerusalem, thi siden Davids Søns, Kong Salomo af Israels, Dage var sligt ikke sket i Jerusalem;
And there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem.
27 og Præsterne og Leviterne stod op og velsignede Folket, og deres Røst hørtes, og deres Bøn naaede Himmelen, hans hellige Bolig.
And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.
