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 Ezechias sent to all Israel and Juda: and he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasses, that they should come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel.
2 Og Kongen, hans Øverster og hele Forsamlingen i Jerusalem raadslog om at fejre Paasken i den anden Maaned;
For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase 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 in its time; because there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Jerusalem.
4 Kongen og hele Forsamlingen fandt det rigtigt;
And the thing pleased the king, and all the people.
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.
And they decreed to send messengers to all Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, that they should come, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel in Jerusalem: for many had not kept it as it is prescribed by the law.
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 posts went with letters by commandment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming according to the king’s orders: Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel: and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
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.
Be not like your fathers, and brethren, who departed from the Lord the God of their fathers, and he hath given them up to destruction, as you 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.
Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: serve the Lord the God of your fathers, and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned 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 you turn again to the Lord: your brethren, and children shall find mercy before their masters, that have led them away captive, and they shall return into this land: for the Lord your God is merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you 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.
So the posts went speedily from city to city, through the land of Ephraim, and of Manasses, even to Zabulon, whilst they laughed at them and mocked them.
11 Dog var der nogle i Aser, Manasse og Zebulon, der ydmygede sig og kom til Jerusalem;
Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, 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.
But the hand of God was in Juda, to give them one heart to do the word of the Lord, according to the commandment of the king, and of the princes.
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 much people were assembled to Jerusalem to celebrate the solemnity of the unleavened bread in the second month:
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 arose and destroyed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and took sway all things in which incense was burnt to idols, and cast them into the torrent Cedron.
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 immolated the phase on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites being at length sanctified offered holocausts in the house of the Lord.
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 order according to the disposition, and law of Moses the man of God: but the priests received the blood which was to be poured out, from the hands 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.
Because a great number was not sanctified: and therefore the Levites immolated the phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to the Lord.
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 great part of the people from Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had not been sanctified, ate the phase otherwise than it is written: and Ezechias prayed for them, saying: The Lord who is good will shew mercy,
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!«
To all them, who with their whole heart, seek the Lord the God of their fathers: and will not impute it to them that they are not sanctified.
20 Og HERREN bønhørte Ezekias og lod Folket uskadt.
And the Lord heard him, and was merciful to 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 found at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy, praising the Lord every day: the Levites also, and the priests, with instruments that agreed to their office.
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 Ezechias spoke to the heart of all the Levites, that had good understanding concerning the Lord: and they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord 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 it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days: which they did with great joy.
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 Ezechias the king of Juda had given to the multitude a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep: and the princes had given the people a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests was sanctified.
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 all the multitude of Juda with the priests and Levites, and all the assembly, that came out of Israel; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Juda were full of joy.
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 a great solemnity in Jerusalem, such as had not been in that city since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel.
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 and the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard: and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven.
