Anden Krønikebog 24

1 Joas var syv År gammel da han blev konge og han herskede i fyrretyve År i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Zibja og var fra Be'ersjeba.

Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

2 Joas gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENs Øjne, så længe Præsten Jojada levede.

And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.

3 Jojada tog ham to Hustruer, og han avlede Sønner og Døtre.

And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.

4 Siden kom Joas i Tanker om at udbedre HERRENs Hus.

After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord.

5 Han samlede derfor Præsterne og Leviterne og sagde til dem: "Drag ud til Judas Byer og saml Penge ind i hele Israel til at istandsætte eders Guds Hus År efter År; men I må skynde eder!" Leviterne skyndte sig dog ikke.

And he assembled the priests, and the Levites, and said to them: Go out to the cities of Juda, and gather of all Israel money to repair the temple of your God, from year to year: and do this with speed: but the Levites were negligent.

6 Så lod Kongen Ypperstepræsten Jojada kalde og sagde til ham: "Hvorfor har du ikke holdt Øje med, at Leviterne i Juda og Jerusalem indsamler den Afgift, HERRENs Tjener Moses pålagde Israels Forsamling til Vidnesbyrdets Telt?

And the king called Joiada the chief, and said to him: Why hast thou not taken care to oblige the Levites to bring in out of Juda and Jerusalem the money that was appointed by Moses the servant of the Lord for all the multitude of Israel to bring into the tabernacle of the testimony?

7 Thi den ugudelige Atalja og hendes Sønner har ødelagt Guds Hus og oven i Købet brugt Helliggaverne i HERRENs Hus til Ba'alerne."

For that wicked woman Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God, and adorned the temple of Baal with all the things that had been dedicated in the temple of the Lord.

8 På Kongens Bud lavede man så en Kiste og satte den uden for Porten til HERRENs Hus;

And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.

9 og det kundgjordes i Juda ogJerusalem, at den Afgift, Moses havde pålagt Israeliterne i Ørkenen, skulde udredes til HERREN.

And they made a proclamation in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the money which Moses the servant of God appointed for all Israel, in the desert.

10 Alle Øversterne og hele Folket bragte da Afgiften med Glæde og lagde den i Kisten, til den var fuld;

And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced: and going In they contributed and cast so much into the chest of the Lord, that it was filled.

11 og hver Gang kisten af Leviterne blev bragt til de kongelige Tilsynsmænd, når de så, at der var mange Penge, kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræstens Tilsynsmand og tømte Kisten; og så tog de og satte den på Plads igen. Således gjorde de Gang på Gang, og de samlede en Mængde Penge.

And when it was time to bring the chest before the king by the hands of the Levites, (for they saw there was much money, ) the king’s scribe, and he whom the high priest had appointed went in: and they poured out the money that was in the chest: and they carried back the chest to its place: and thus they did from day to day, and there was gathered an immense sum of money.

12 Og Kongen og Jojada gav Pengene til dem, der stod for Arbejdet ved HERRENs Hus, og de lejede Stenhuggere og Tømmermænd til at udbedre HERRENs Hus og derhos Jern og Kobbersmede til at istandsætte HERRENs Hus.

And the king and Joiada gave it to those who were over the works of the house of the Lord: but they hired with it stonecutters, and artificers of every kind of work to repair the house of the Lord: and such as wrought in iron and brass, to uphold what began to be falling.

13 Og de, der stod for Arbejdet, tog fat, og Istandsættelsesarbejdet skred frem under deres Hænder, og de bygggede Guds Hus op efter de opgivne Mål og satte det i god Stand.

And the workmen were diligent, and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands, and they set up the house of the Lord in its former state, and made it stand firm.

14 Da de var færdige, bragte de Resten af Pengene til Kongen og Jojada, og for dem lod han lave Redskaber til HERRENs Hus, Redskaber til Tjenesten og Ofrene, Kander og Kar af Guld og Sølv. Og de ufrede stadig Brændofre i HERRENs Hus, så længe Jojada levede.

And when they had finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and bowls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and holocausts were offered in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Joiada.

15 Men Jojada blev gammel og mæt af Dage og døde; han var ved sin Død 130 År gammel.

But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old.

16 Man jordede ham i Davidsbyen hos Kongerne, fordi han havde gjort sig fortjent af Israel og over for Gud og hans Hus.

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to his house.

17 Men efter Jojadas Død kom Judas Øverster og kastede sig ned for Kongen. Da hørte Kongen dem villig,

And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them.

18 Og de forlod HERREN, deres Fædres Guds Hus og dyrkede Asjererne og Gudebillederne. Og der kom Vrede over Juda og Jerusalem for denne deres Synds Skyld.

And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for this sin.

19 Så sendte han Profeter iblandt dem for at omvende dem til HERREN, og de advarede dem, men de hørte ikke.

And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them.

20 Men Guds Ånd iførte sig Zekarja, Præsten Jojadas Søn, og han trådte frem for Folket og sagde til dem: "Så siger Gud: Hvorfor overtræder I HERRENs Bud så Lykken viger fra eder? Fordi I har forladt HERREN, har han forladt eder!"

The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you?

21 Men de sammensvor sig imod ham og stenede ham på Kongens Bud i Forgården til HERRENs Hus;

And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.

22 Kong Joas kom ikke den Kærlighed i Hu, hans Fader Jojada havde vist ham, men lod Sønnen dræbe, Men da han døde, råbte han: "HERREN ser og straffer!"

And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said: The Lord see, and require it.

23 Ved Jævndøgnstide drog Aramæernes Hær imod Kongen, og de trængte ind i Juda og Jerusalem og udryddede alle Øverster af Folket og sendte alt Byttet, de tog fra dem. til Kongen af Darmaskus.

And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Juda and Jerusalem, and killed all the princes of the people, and they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.

24 Skønt Aramæernes Hær kom i et ringe Tal, gav HERREN en såre stor Hær i deres Hånd, fordi de havde forladt HERREN, deres Fædres Gud; således fuldbyrdede de Dommen over Joas.

And whereas there came a very small number of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments.

25 Og da de drog bortfra ham - de forlod ham nemlig i hårde Lidelser - stiftede hans Folk en Sammensærgelse imod ham til Straf for Mordet på Præsten Jojadas Søn og dræbte ham i hans Seng. Således døde han, og man jordede ham i Davidsbyen, dog ikke i Kongegravene.

And departing they left him in diseases: and his servants rose up him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest, and they slew him in his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

26 De sammensvorne var Zakar, en Søn af Ammoniterkvinden Sjim'at. og Jozahad, en Søn af Moabiterkvinden Sjimrit.

Now the men that conspired against him were Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, and Jozabad the son of Semarith a Moabitess.

27 Hans Sønners Navne, de mange profetiske Udsagn imod ham og hans grundige Udbedring af Guds, Hus står jo optegnet i Udlægningen til Kongernes Bog. Hans Søn Amazja blev Konge i hans Sted.

And concerning his sons, and the sum of money which was gathered under him, and the repairing the house of God; they are written more diligently in the book of kings: and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.