Anden Kongebog 22

1 Josias var otte Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede een og tredive Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Jedida og var en Datter af Adaja fra Bozkat.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

2 Han gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENS Øjne, og vandrede nøje i sin Fader Davids Spor uden at vige til højre eller venstre.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

3 I Kong Josias's attende Regeringsaar sendte Kongen Statsskriveren Sjafan, en Søn af Mesjullams Søn Azalja, til HERRENS Hus og sagde:

Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,

4 »Gaa op til Ypperstepræsten Hilkija og lad ham tage de Penge frem, der er indkommet i HERRENS Hus, og som Dørvogterne har samlet ind hos Folket,

Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;

5 for at man kan give Pengene til dem, der staar for Arbejdet, dem, der har Tilsyn med HERRENS Hus; de skal saa give dem til Arbejderne i HERRENS Hus til Istandsættelse af de brøstfældige Steder paa Templet,

And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

6 til Tømrerne, Bygningsmændene og Murerne, og til Indkøb af Træ og tilhugne Sten til Templets Istandsættelse.

To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

7 Dog skal der ikke holdes Regnskab med dem over de Penge, der overlades dem, men de skal handle paa Tro og Love.«

They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.

8 Da sagde Ypperstepræsten Hilkija til Statsskriveren Sjafan: »Jeg har fundet Lovbogen i HERRENS Hus!« Og Hilkija gav Sjafan Bogen, og han læste den.

Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan;

9 Derpaa begav Statsskriveren Sjafan sig til Kongen og aflagde Beretning for ham og sagde: »Dine Trælle har taget de Penge frem, der fandtes i Templet, og givet dem til dem, der staar for Arbejdet, dem, der har Tilsyn med HERRENS Hus.«

Then, after reading it, Shaphan the scribe went in to the king and gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants have given out the money which was in the house, and have given it to the overseers of the work of the house of the Lord.

10 Derpaa gav Statsskriveren Sjafan Kongen den Meddelelse: »Præsten Hilkija gav mig en Bog!« Og Sjafan læste den for Kongen.

Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.

11 Men da Kongen hørte, hvad der stod i Lovbogen, sønderrev han sine Klæder;

And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;

12 og Kongen bød Præsten Hilkija, Ahikam, Sjafans Søn, Akbor, Mikas Søn, Statsskriveren Sjafan og Kongens Tjener Asaja:

And he gave orders to Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,

13 »Gaa hen og raadspørg paa mine og Folkets og hele Judas Vegne HERREN om Indholdet af denne Bog, der er fundet; thi stor er Vreden, der er blusset op hos HERREN imod os, fordi vore Fædre ikke har adlydt Ordene i denne Bog og ikke har handlet nøje efter, hvad der staar skrevet deri.«

Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.

14 Præsten Hilkija, Ahikam, Akbor, Sjafan og Asaja gik da hen og talte med Profetinden Hulda, som var gift med Sjallum, Opsynsmanden over Tøjet, en Søn af Harhas's Søn Tikva, og som boede i Jerusalem i den nye Bydel.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town; ) and they had talk with her.

15 Hun sagde til dem: »Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Sig til den Mand, der sendte eder til mig:

And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me,

16 Saa siger HERREN: Se, jeg vil bringe Ulykke over dette Sted og dets Indbyggere, alt, hvad der staar i den Bog, Judas Konge har læst,

These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book;

17 til Straf for at de har forladt mig og tændt Offerild for andre Guder, saa at de krænkede mig med alt deres Hænders Værk, og min Vrede vil blusse op mod dette Sted uden at slukkes!

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.

18 Men til Judas Konge, der sendte eder for at raadspørge HERREN, skal I sige saaledes: Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: De Ord, du har hørt, staar fast;

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,

19 men efterdi dit Hjerte bøjede sig og du ydmygede dig for HERREN, da du hørte, hvad jeg har talet mod dette Sted og dets Indbyggere, at de skal blive til Rædsel og Forbandelse, og efterdi du sønderrev dine Klæder og græd for mit Aasyn, saa har ogsaa jeg hørt dig, lyder det fra HERREN!

Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.

20 Og jeg vil lade dig samles til dine Fædre, og du skal samles til dem i Fred i din Grav, uden at dine Øjne faar al den Ulykke at se, som jeg vil bringe over dette Sted.« Det Svar bragte de Kongen.

For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.