Anden Krønikebog 30
1 Derpå 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 Påsken for HERREN, Israels Gud.
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel, and Iudah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Ierusalem, to keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord God of Israel.
2 Og Kongen, hans Øverster og hele Forsamlingen i Jerusalem rådslog om at fejre Påsken i den anden Måned;
And the King and his princes and all the Congregation had taken counsel in Ierusalem to keepe the Passeouer in the second moneth.
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 keepe it at this time, because there were not Priests enow sanctified, neither was the people gathered to Ierusalem.
4 Kongen og hele Forsamlingen fandt det rigtigt;
And the thing pleased the King, and all the Congregation.
5 derfor vedtog de at lade et Opråb udgå i hele Israel fra Be'ersjeba til Dan om at komme og fejre Påsken i Jerusalem for HERREN, Israels Gud, thi man havde ikke fejret den så fuldtalligt som foreskrevet.
And they decreed to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beersheba euen to Dan, that they should come to keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord God of Israel at Ierusalem: for they had not done it of a great time, as it was written.
6 Så gik Ilbudene ud i hele Israel og Juda med Breve fra Kongens og hans Øversters Hånd og sagde efter Kongens Befaling: "Israeliter! Vend tilbage til HERREN, Abrahams, Isaks og Israels Gud, at han må vende sig til den Levnin: af eder, der er undsluppet Assyrerkongernes Hånd.
So the postes went with letters by the commission of the King, and his princes, thorowout all Israel and Iudah, and with the commandement of the King, saying, Ye children of Israel, turne againe vnto the Lord God of Abraham, Izhak, and Israel, and he will returne to the remnant that are escaped of you, out of ye hands of the Kings of Asshur.
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.
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers: and therfore he made them desolate, as ye see.
8 Vær nu ikke halsstarrige som eders Fædre, men ræk HERREN Hånden og kom til hans Helligdom, som han har helliget til evig Tid, og tjen HERREN eders Gud, at hans glødende Vrede må vende sig fra eder.
Be not ye now stiffenecked like your fathers, but giue the hand to the Lord, and come into his sanctuarie, which he hath sanctified for euer, and serue the Lord your God, and the fiercenesse of his wrath shall turne away from you.
9 Thi når 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 nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sit Åsyn fra eder, når l omvender eder til ham!"
For if ye returne vnto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall finde mercy before them that led them captiues, and they shall returne vnto this lande: for the Lord your God is gracious and mercifull, and will not turne away his face from you, if ye conuert vnto him.
10 Og Ilbudene gik fra By til By i Efraims og Manasses Land og lige til Zebulon, men man lo dem ud og hånede dem.
So the postes went from citie to citie thorow the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, euen vnto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorne, and mocked them.
11 Dog var der nogle i Aser, Manasse og Zebulon, der ydmygede sig og kom til Jerusalem;
Neuerthelesse diuers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of Zebulun submitted themselues, and came to Ierusalem.
12 også i Juda virkede Guds Hånd, så at han gav dem et endrægtigt Hjerte til at udføre, hvad Kongen og Øversterne havde påbudt i Kraft af HERRENs Ord.
And the hand of God was in Iudah, so that he gaue them one heart to doe the commandement of the King, and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lord.
13 Så samlede der sig i Jerusalem en Mængde Mennesker for at fejre de usyrede Brøds Højtid i den anden Måned, en vældig Forsamling.
And there assembled to Ierusalem much people, to keepe the feast of ye vnleauened bread in the second moneth, a very great assemblie.
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 tooke away the altars that were in Ierusalem: and all those for incense tooke they away, and cast them into the brooke Kidron.
15 Derpå slagtede de Påskelammet på den fjortende Dag i den anden Måned. Præsterne og Leviterne skammede sig og helligede sig og bragte Brændofre til HERRENs Hus;
Afterwarde they slewe the Passeouer the fourteenth day of the seconde moneth: and the Priestes and Leuites were ashamed, and sanctified themselues, and brought the burnt offrings into the house of the Lord.
16 og de stillede sig på deres Plads, som deres Pligt var efter den Guds Mand Moses's Lov; Præsterne sprængte Blodet, som de modtog af Leviterne.
And they stoode in their place after their maner, according to the Lawe of Moses the man of God: and the Priestes sprinkled the blood, receiued of the handes of the Leuites.
17 Thi mange i Forsamlingen havde ikke helliget sig; derfor slagtede Leviterne Påskelammene for alle dem, der ikke var rene, for således at hellige HERREN dem.
Because there were many in the Congregation that were not sanctified, therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of ye Passeouer for all that were not cleane, to sanctifie it to the Lord.
18 Thi de flesfe af Folket, især mange fra Efraim, Manasse, Issakar og Zebulon, havde ikke renset sig, men spiste Påskelammet anderledes end foreskrevet. Men Ezekias giki Forbøn for dem og sagde: "HERREN, den gode, tilgive
For a multitude of the people, euen a multitude of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not cleansed themselues, yet did eate the Passeouer, but not as it was written: wherefore Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord be mercifull toward him,
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!"
That prepareth his whole heart to seeke the Lord God, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed, according to the purification of the Sanctuarie.
20 Og HERREN bønhørte Ezekias og lod Folket uskadt.
And the Lord heard Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21 Så 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 present at Ierusalem, kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes with great ioye, and the Leuites, and the Priestes praysed the Lord, day by day, singing with loude instruments vnto the Lord.
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 Pædres Gud.
And Hezekiah spake comfortably vnto all the Leuites that had good knowledge to sing vnto the Lord: and they did eate in that feast seuen dayes, and offred peace offrings, and praysed the Lord God of their fathers.
23 Men derefter vedtog hele Forsamlingen at holde Højtid syv Dage til, og det gjorde de så med Glæde,
And the whole assembly tooke counsel to keepe it other seuen dayes. So they kept it seuen dayes with ioy.
24 thi Kong Ezekias af Juda gav Forsamlingen en Ydelse af 1.000 Tyre og 7.000 Stykker Småkvæg, og Øversterne gav Forsamlingen 1.000 Tyre og 10.000 Stykker Småkvæg; og en Mængde Præster helligede sig.
For Hezekiah King of Iudah had giuen to the Congregation a thousande bullockes, and seuen thousand sheepe. And the princes had giuen to the Congregation a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheepe: and many Priests were 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 Congregation of Iudah reioyced with the Priestes and the Leuites, and all the Congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Iudah.
26 og der var stor Glæde i Jerusalem, thi siden Davids Søns, Kong Salomo af Israels, Dage var sligt ikke sket i Jerusalem;
So there was great ioye in Ierusalem: for since the time of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel there was not the like thing in Ierusalem.
27 og Præsterne og Leviterne stod op og velsignede Folket, og deres Røst hørtes, og deres Bøn nåede Himmelen, hans hellige Bolig.
Then the Priests and the Leuites arose, and blessed the people, and their voyce was heard, and their prayer came vp vnto heauen, to his holy habitation.
