Anden Kongebog 23

1 Da sendte Kongen Bud og lod alle Judas og Jerusalems Ældste kalde sammen hos sig.

And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

2 Derpaa gik Kongen op i HERRENS Hus, fulgt af alle Judas Mænd og alle Jerusalems Indbyggere, Præsterne, Profeterne og hele Folket, smaa og store, og han forelæste dem alt, hvad der stod i Pagtsbogen, som var fundet i HERRENS Hus.

And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

3 Saa tog Kongen Plads ved Søjlen og sluttede Pagt for HERRENS Aasyn om, at de skulde holde sig til HERREN og holde hans Bud, Vidnesbyrd og Anordninger af hele deres Hjerte og hele deres Sjæl, for at han kunde opfylde denne Pagts Ord, saaledes som de var skrevet i denne Bog. Og alt Folket indgik Pagten.

And the king stood on the dais, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [his] heart, and with all [his] soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

4 Derpaa bød Kongen Ypperstepræsten Hilkija og Andenpræsten og Dørvogterne at bringe alle de Ting, der var lavet til Ba'al, Asjera og hele Himmelens Hær, ud af HERRENS Helligdom, og han lod dem opbrænde uden for Jerusalem paa Markerne ved Kedron, og Asken lod han bringe til Betel.

And the king commanded Hilkijah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

5 Og han afsatte Afgudspræsterne, som Judas Konger havde indsat, og som havde tændt Offerild paa Højene i Judas Byer og Jerusalems Omegn, ligeledes dem, som havde tændt Offerild for Ba'al og for Solen, Maanen, Stjernebillederne og hele Himmelens Hær.

And he abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem; and them that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Og han lod Asjerastøtten bringe fra HERRENS Hus uden for Jerusalem til Kedrons Dal og opbrænde der, og han lod den knuse til Støv og Støvet kaste hen, hvor Smaafolk havde deres Grave.

And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the torrent of Kidron, and burned it at the torrent of Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder upon the graves of the children of the people.

7 Han lod Mandsskøgernes Kamre i HERRENS Hus rive ned, dem i hvilke Kvinderne vævede Kjortler til Asjera.

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.

8 Han lod alle Præsterne hente fra Judas Byer og vanhelligede Offerhøjene, hvor Præsterne havde tændt Offerild, fra Geba til Be'ersjeba. Og han lod Portofferhøjen rive ned, som var ved Indgangen til Byøversten Jehosjuas Port til venstre, naar man gaar ind ad Byporten.

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba even to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates, those at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, [and] those on the left hand of any [going in] at the gate of the city.

9 Dog fik Præsterne ved Højene ikke Adgang til HERRENS Alter i Jerusalem, men de maatte spise usyret Brød blandt deres Brødre.

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 Han vanhelligede Ildstedet i Hinnoms Søns Dal, saa at ingen mere kunde lade sin Søn eller Datter gaa igennem Ilden for Molok.

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

11 Han fjernede de Heste, Judas Konger havde opstillet for Solen ved Indgangen til HERRENS Hus hen imod Hofmanden Netan-Meleks Kammer i Parvarim, og Solens Vogne lod han opbrænde.

And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.

12 Altrene, som Judas Konger havde rejst paa Taget (Akaz's Tagbygning), og Altrene, som Manasse havde rejst i begge Forgaardene til HERRENS Hus, lod Kongen nedbryde og knuse paa Stedet, og Støvet lod han kaste hen i Kedrons Dal.

And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, [removing them] from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.

13 Og Offerhøjene østen for Jerusalem paa Sydsiden af Fordærvelsens Bjerg, som Kong Salomo af Israel havde bygget for Astarte; Zidoniernes væmmelige Gud, Kemosj, Moabiternes væmmelige Gud, og Milkom, Ammoniternes vederstyggelige Gud, vanhelligede Kongen.

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

14 Han lod Stenstøtterne nedbryde og Asjerastøtterne omhugge og Pladsen fylde med Menneskeknogler.

And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.

15 Ogsaa Alteret i Betel, den Offerhøj, som Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, havde rejst, han, der forledte Israel til Synd, ogsaa det Alter tillige med Offerhøjen lod han nedbryde; Stenene lod han nedrive og knuse til Støv, og Asjerastøtten lod han opbrænde.

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.

16 Da Josias vendte sig om og fik Øje paa Gravene paa Bjerget, sendte han Folk hen og lod dem tage Benene ud af Gravene og opbrænde dem paa Alteret for at vanhellige det efter HERRENS Ord, som den Guds Mand udraabte, da han kundgjorde disse Ting,

And Josiah turned himself, and saw the sepulchres that were there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah, that the man of God had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

17 Saa sagde han: »Hvad er det for et Gravmæle, jeg ser der?« Byens Folk svarede ham: »Det er den Guds Mands Grav, der kom fra Juda og kundgjorde det, du nu har gjort med Alteret i Betel.«

Then he said, What tombstone is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

18 Da sagde han: »Lad ham ligge i Ro, ingen maa flytte hans Ben!« Saa lod de baade hans og Profeten fra Samarias Ben i fred.

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. And they saved his bones, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Ogsaa alle Offerhusene paa Højene i Samarias Byer, som Israels Konger havde opført for at krænke HERREN, lod Josias fjerne, og han handlede med dem ganske som han havde gjort i Betel;

And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Jehovah] to anger, Josiah removed, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

20 og han lod alle Højenes Præster, som var der ved Altrene, dræbe, og han opbrændte Menneskeknogler paa Altrene. Saa vendte han tilbage til Jerusalem.

And he sacrificed upon the altars all the priests of the high places that were there, and burned men's bones upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Derefter gav Kongen alt Folket den Befaling: »Hold Paaske for HERREN eders Gud, som der er foreskrevet her i Pagtsbogen!«

And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

22 Thi slig en Paaske var ikke nogen Sinde blevet holdt i Israels og Judas Kongers Tid, ikke siden Dommerne dømte Israel;

For there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

23 men først i Kong Josias's attende Regeringsaar blev en saadan Paaske fejret for HERREN i Jerusalem.

but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

24 Ogsaa Dødemanerne og Sandsigerne, Husguderne, Afgudsbillederne og alle de væmmelige Guder, der var at se i Judas Land og Jerusalem, udryddede Josias for at opfylde Lovens Ord, der stod skrevet i den Bog, Præsten Hilkija havde fundet i HERRENS Hus.

Moreover the necromancers and the soothsayers, and the teraphim and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah took away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkijah the priest had found in the house of Jehovah.

25 Der havde ikke før været nogen Konge, der som han af hele sit Hjerte og hele sin Sjæl og al sin Kraft omvendte sig til HERREN og fulgte hele Mose Lov; og heller ikke efter ham opstod hans Lige.

And before him there had been no king like him that turned to Jehovah with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there his like.

26 Alligevel lagde HERRENS mægtige Vredesglød sig ikke, thi hans Vrede var blusset op mod Juda over alle de Krænkelser, Manasse havde tilføjet ham.

But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.

27 Og HERREN sagde: »Ogsaa Juda vil jeg fjerne fra mit Aasyn, ligesom jeg fjernede Israel, og jeg vil forkaste Jerusalem, denne min udvalgte By, og det Hus, om hvilket jeg har sagt: Mit Navn skal være der!«

And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

28 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Josias, alt, hvad han udførte, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

29 I hans Dage drog Ægypterkongen Farao Neko op til Eufratfloden imod Assyrerkongen. Kong Josias rykkede imod ham, men Neko fældede ham ved Megiddo, straks han saa ham.

In his days Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; but [Nechoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

30 Og hans Folk førte ham død bort fra Megiddo, bragte ham til Jerusalem og jordede ham i hans Grav. Men Folket fra Landet tog Joahaz, Josias's Søn, og salvede og hyldede ham til Konge i hans Faders Sted.

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

31 Joahaz var tre og tyve Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede tre Maaneder i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Hamutal og var en Datter af Jirmeja fra Libna.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

32 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, ganske som hans Fædre.

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 Men Farao Neko lod ham fængsle i Ribla i Hamats Land og gjorde dermed Ende paa hans Herredømme i Jerusalem og lagde en Skat af hundrede Talenter Sølv og ti Talenter Guld paa Landet.

And Pharaoh-Nechoh had him bound at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and laid a tribute upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

34 Derpaa gjorde Farao Neko Eljakim, Josias's Søn, til Konge i hans Fader Josias's Sted, og han ændrede hans Navn til Jojakim; Joahaz derimod tog han med til Ægypten, og der døde han.

And Pharaoh-Nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And he took Jehoahaz; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

35 Sølvet og Guldet udredede Jojakim til Farao; men for at kunne udrede Pengene efter Faraos Befaling satte han Landet i Skat; efter som hver især var sat i Skat, inddrev han Sølvet og Guldet for at give Farao Neko det.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he laid a proportional tax on the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his estimation, to give it to Pharaoh-Nechoh.

36 Jojakim var fem og tyve Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede elleve Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Zebida og var en Datter af Pedaja fra Ruma.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebuddah, daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

37 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, ganske som hans Fædre.

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.