Anden Kongebog 10

1 Der var i Samaria halvfjerdsindstyve Sønner af Akab. Jehu skrev nu Breve og sendte dem til Samaria til Byens Øverster, deÆldste og Akabs Sønners Fosterfædre. Deri stod:

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

2 "I har jo eders Herres Sønner hos eder og råder over Stridsvognene og Hestene, Fæstningerne og Våbenforrådene. Når nu dette Brev kommer eder i Hænde,

Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;

3 udvælg så den bedste og dygtigste af eders Herres Sønner, sæt ham på hans Faders Trone og kæmp for eders Herres Hus!"

Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.

4 Men de grebes af stor Forfærdelse og sagde: "Se, de to Konger kunde ikke stå sig imod ham, hvor skal vi så kunne det?"

But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?

5 Derfor sendte Paladsets og Byens øverste Befalingsmænd, de Ældste og Fosterfædrene det Bud til Jehu: "Vi er dine Trælle, og alt, hvad du kræver af os, vil vi gøre. Vi vil ikke gøre nogen til Konge; gør, hvad du finder for godt!"

So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.

6 Da skrev han et nyt Brev til dem, og der stod: "Dersom I holder med mig og vil høre mig, tag så eders Herres Sønners Hoveder og kom i Morgen ved denne Tid til mig i Jizre'el!" Kongesønnerne, halvfjerdsindstyve Mænd, var nemlig hos Byens Stormænd, som var deres Fosterfædre.

Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.

7 Da Brevet kom til dem, tog de Kongesønnerne og dræbte dem, halvfjerdsindstyve Mænd, lagde deres Hoveder i Kurve og sendte dem til Jehu i Jizre'el.

And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

8 Da Budet kom og meldte: "Kongesønnernes Hoveder er bragt hid!" sagde han: "Læg dem i to Bunker foran Porten til i Morgen!"

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.

9 Næste Morgen gik han ud, trådte frem og sagde til alt Folket: "I er uden Skyld; det er mig, der har stiftet en Sammensværgelse mod min Herre og dræbt ham - men hvem har dræbt alle disse?

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?

10 Kend nu, at intet af det Ord, HERREN talede mod Akabs Hus, var faldet til Jorden, men HERREN har gjort, hvad han talede ved sin Tjener Elias!"

You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.

11 Derpå lod Jehu alle dem, der var tilbage af Akabs Hus i Jizre'el, dræbe, alle hans Stormænd, Venner og Præster, så at ikke en eneste blev tilbage og slap bort.

So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

12 Så brød han op og drog ad Samaria til. Da han kom til Bet Eked-Haro'im ved Vejen,

Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,

13 mødte han Kong Ahazja af Judas Brødre. Han spurgte dem: "Hvem er I?" De svarede: "Vi er Ahazjas Brødre, og vi drager herned for at hilse på Kongens og Kongemoderens Sønner."

When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.

14 Da sagde han: "Grib dem levende!" Så greb de dem levende, og han lod dem dræbe ved Bet Ekeds Brønd, to og fyrretyve Mænd; ikke een lod han blive tilbage.

And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

15 Da han drog videre, traf han Jonadab, Rekabs Søn, der kom ham i Møde, og han hilste på ham og spurgte: "Er du af Hjertet oprigtig mod mig som jeg mod dig?" Jonadab svarede: "Ja, jeg er!" Da sagde Jehu: "Så giv mig din Hånd!" Han gav ham da Hånden, og Jehu tog ham op til sig i Vognen

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.

16 og sagde: "Følg mig og se min Nidkærhed for HERREN!" Og han tog ham med i Vognen,

And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

17 Så drog han til Samaria og lod alle, der var tilbage af Akabs Slægt i Samaria, dræbe, så at den blev fuldstændig udryddet efter det Ord, HERREN havde talet til Elias.

And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.

18 Derefter kaldte Jebu hele Folket sammen og sagde til dem: "Akab dyrkede Ba'al lidt, Jehu vil dyrke ham mere!

Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

19 Kald derfor alle Ba'als Profeter, alle, der dyrker ham, og alle hans Præster hid til mig, ikke een må udeblive, thi jeg har et stort Slagtoffer for til Ære for Ba'al; enhver, der udebliver, skal bøde med Livet!" Men det var en Fælde, Jehu stillede, for at udrydde Ba'alsdyrkerne.

Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.

20 Derpå sagde Jehu: "Helliger en festlig Samling til Ære for Ba'al!" Og de udråbte en festlig Samling.

And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.

21 Og Jehu sendte Bud rundt i hele Israel, og alle Ba'alsdyrkerne uden Undtagelse indfandt sig; de begav sig til Ba'als Hus, og det blev fuldt fra Ende til anden.

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

22 Så sagde han til Opsynsman den over Klædekammeret: "Tag en Klædning frem til hver af Ba'als dyrkerne!" Og han tog Klædningerne frem til dem.

And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.

23 Så gik Jehu og Jonadab, Rekabs Søn, ind i Ba'als Hus; og han sagde til Ba'alsdyrkeme: "Se nu godt efter; at der ikke her iblandt eder findes nogen, som dyrker HERREN, men kun Ba'alsdyrkere!"

And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

24 Derpå gik han ind for at ofre Slagtofre og Brændofre. Men Jehu havde opstillet firsindstyve Mand udenfor og sagt: "Den, der lader nogen af de Mænd undslippe, som jeg overgiver i eders Hænder, skal bøde Liv for Liv!"

Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.

25 Da han så var færdig med at ofre Brændofferet, sagde han til Livvagten og Høvedsmændene: "Gå nu ind og hug dem ned! Ikke een må slippe bort!" Og de huggede dem ned med Sværdet, og Livvagten og Høvedsmændene slængte dem bort; så gik de ind i Ba'alshusets inderste Rum,

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.

26 bragte Ba'alshusets Asjerastøtte ud og opbrændte den;

And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

27 og de nedbrød Ba'als Stenstøtte, rev Ba'als Hus ned og gjorde det til Nødtørftssteder, og, de er der den Dag i Dag.

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

28 Således udryddede Jehu Ba'al af Israel.

So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.

29 Men fra de Synder, Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, havde forledt Israel til, Guldkalvene i Betel og Dan, veg Jehu ikke.

But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.

30 Og HERREN sagde til Jehu: "Fordi du har handlet vel og gjort, hvad der er ret i mine Øjne, og handlet med Akabs Hus ganske efter mit Sind, skal dine Sønner sidde på IsraelsTrone indtil fjerde Led!"

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.

31 Men Jehu tog ikke Vare på at følge HERRENs, Israels Guds, Lov af bele sit Hjerte; han veg ikke fra de Synder, Jeroboam havde forledt Israel til.

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.

32 På den Tid begyndte HERREN at rive Stykker fra Israel, og Hazael slog Israel i alle dets Grænseegne,

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

33 Øst for Jordan, hele Gilead, Gaditernes, Rubeniternes og Manassiternes Land fra Aroer ved Amonflodens Bred, både Gilead og Basan.

East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

34 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Jehu, alt, hvad han gjorde, og alle hans Heltegerninger, står jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

35 Så lagde Jehu sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre, og man jordede ham i Samaria; og hans Søn Joahaz blev Konge i hans Sted.

And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.

36 Den Tid, Jehu herskede over Israel, udgjorde otte og tyve År.

And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.