Anden Kongebog 23

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

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.

The king went up to 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 scroll of the covenant which was 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.

The king stood by the pillar, 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 all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this scroll; 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.

The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of Jehovah's temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes 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.

He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, 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.

He brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside of Jerusalem, to the Kidron Valley, and burned it in the Kidron Valley, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

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

He broke down the living quarters of the temple prostitutes, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove coverings 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.

He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand 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 did not come up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

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

He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, that no man might make 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.

He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he 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.

The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the Kidron Valley.

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.

The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.

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

He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places 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, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, 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 as Josiah turned himself, he saw the tombs that were there in the mountain. And he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast. And he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God 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 monument is that which I see?" The men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have 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.

He said, "Let him be. Let no man move his bones." So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who 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;

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 took away, 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.

He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones on 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!«

The king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this scroll 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;

Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who 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 kept 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 Josiah removed the mediums, and spiritists, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest 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.

Like him was there no king before him, who 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 any like him.

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

Notwithstanding, Jehovah did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation 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!«

Jehovah said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, 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.

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they 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 Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Perath: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh Necoh killed 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.

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

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 the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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

He did that which was 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.

Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one 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.

Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; 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.

Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

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 Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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

He did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.