Anden Kongebog 17
1 I Kong Akaz af Judas tolvte Regeringsår blev Hosea, Elas Søn, Konge i Samaria over Israel, og han herskede ni År.
Hoshea, son of Elah, became king of Israel, in the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahaz of Judah. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.
2 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, dog ikke som de Konger i Israel, der var før ham.
He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, but not in the same way the kings of Israel who were before him.
3 Mod ham drog Assyrerkongen Salmanassar op, og Hosea underkastede sig og svarede ham Skat.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribute.
4 Men siden opdagede Assyrerkongen, at Hosea var ved at stifte en Sammensværgelse, idet han sendte Sendebud til Kong So af Ægypten og ikke mere svarede Assyrerkongen den årlige Skat. Så berøvede Assyrerkongen ham Friheden og lod ham kaste i Fængsel.
But then the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was being disloyal. Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for help, and he also had stopped sending annual tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done previously. So the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
5 Assyrerkongen drog op og besatte hele Landet; han rykkede frem mod Samaria og belejrede det i tre År;
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole country, and attacked Samaria, besieging it for three years.
6 og i Hoseas niende Regeringsår indtog Assyrerkongen Samaria, bortførte Israel til Assyrien og lod dem bosætte sig i Hala, ved Habor, Gozans Flod, og i Mediens Byer.
In the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes.
7 Således gik det, fordi Israeliterne syndede mod HERREN deres Gud, der havde ført dem op fra Ægypten og udfriet dem af Ægypterkongen Faraos Hånd, og fordi de frygtede andre Guder;
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, the one who had led them out of Egypt, saving them from the power of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods,
8 de fulgte de Folkeslags Skikke, som HERREN havde drevet bort foran Israeliterne, og de Kongers Skik, som Israel havde indsat;
adopting the ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, and the pagan practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
9 og Israeliterne udtænkte utilbørlige Ting mod HERREN deres Gud og byggede sig Offerhøje i alle deres Byer, lige fra Vagttårnene til de befæstede Byer;
Secretly the Israelites did things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns, from watchtowers to fortified cities.
10 de rejste sig Stenstøtter og Asjerastøtter på alle høje Steder og under alle grønne Træer
They set up pagan stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 og tændte Offerild der på alle Høje ligesom de Folkeslag, HERREN havde ført bort foran dem, og øvede onde Ting, så at de krænkede HERREN;
They offered sacrifices on all the high places, just like the nations the Lord drove out before them. They did evil things, angering the Lord.
12 de dyrkede Afgudsbillederne, skønt HERREN havde sagt: "Det må I ikke gøre!"
They worshiped idols, even though the Lord had told them, “You are not to do this.”
13 Og HERREN advarede Israel og Juda ved alle sine Profeter, alle Seerne, og sagde: "Vend om fra eders onde Færd og hold mine Bud og Anordninger i nøje Overensstemmelse med den Lov, jeg pålagde eders Fædre og kundgjorde eder ved mine Tjenere Profeterne!"
Yet the Lord had warned Israel and Judah repeatedly through all his prophets and seers, saying, “Leave your wicked ways and keep my commandments and instructions. Follow the whole law that I ordered your forefathers to obey, and gave to you through my servants the prophets.”
14 Men de vilde ikke høre; de gjorde sig halsstarrige som deres Fædre, der ikke stolede på HERREN deres Gud;
But they refused listen, and they were as stubborn as their forefathers who did not trust the Lord their God.
15 de lod hånt om hans Anordninger og den Pagt, han havde sluttet med deres Fædre, og om de Vidnesbyrd, han havde givet dem, og de holdt sig til Tomhed, så de blev til Tomhed, og efterlignede Folkeslagene rundt om dem, skønt HERREN havde pålagt dem ikke at gøre som de;
They gave up on his regulations and the covenant he had made with their forefathers, as well as the decrees he had given them. They followed pointless idols and they became pointless themselves, copying the nations around them that the Lord ordered them not to copy.
16 de sagde sig løs fra HERREN deres Guds Bud og lavede sig støbte Billeder, to Tyrekalve; de lavede sig også Asjerastøtter, tilbad hele Himmelens Hær og dyrkede Ba'al:
They ignored all the commandments of the Lord their God, and they made themselves two metal idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down in worship to the sun, moon, and stars and served Baal.
17 de lod deres Sønner og Døtre gå igennem Ilden, drev Spådomskunster og Sandsigeri og solgte sig til at gøre, hvad der er ondt i HERRENs Øjne, så de krænkede ham.
They sacrificed their sons and daughters as pagan burnt offerings, and practiced fortune-telling and witchcraft. They gave themselves over to doing what was evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.
18 Derfor blev HERREN såre fortørnet på Israel og drev dem bort fra sit Åsyn, så der ikke blev andet end Judas Stamme tilbage.
So the Lord was extremely angry with Israel, and he banished them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left,
19 Men heller ikke Juda holdt HERREN deres Guds Bud, men fulgte de Skikke, Israel havde indført.
but even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but followed the idolatry that Israel had introduced.
20 Derfor forkastede HERREN bele Israels Slægt, ydmygede dem, ga dem til Pris for Røvere og stødte dem til sidst bort fra sit Åsyn.
The Lord gave up on all the descendants of Israel. He punished them and handed them over to their enemies, until he had banished them from his presence.
21 Thi da Israel havde revet sig løs fra Davids Hus og gjort Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, til Konge, drog denne Israel bort fra HERREN og forledte dem til en stor Synd;
When the Lord ripped Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam, son of Nebat, their king. Jeroboam led Israel away from the Lord and made them commit terrible sins.
22 og Israeliterne vandrede i alle de Synder, Jeroboam havde begået, og veg ikke derfra,
The Israelites continued to practice all the sins that Jeroboam committed. They did not stop doing them,
23 så at HERREN til sidst drev Israel bort fra sit Åsyn, som han havde sagt ved alle sine Tjenere Profeterne; og Israel måtte vandre bort fra sit Land til Assyrien, hvor det er den Dag i Dag.
so the Lord eventually expelled them from his presence, just as he had said he would through all his servants, the prophets. So the Israelites were deported from their land and taken to Assyria, where they are to this day.
24 Derefter lod Assyrerkongen Folk fra Babel, Kuta, Avva, Hamat og Sefarvajim komme og bosætte sig i Samarias Byer i Stedet for Israeliterne; og de tog Samaria i Besiddelse og bosatte sig i Byerne.
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria instead of the Israelites. They took over ownership of Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 Men den første Tid de boede der, frygtede de ikke HERREN; derfor sendte HERREN Løver iblandt dem, som dræbte dem.
When they first started living there they did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions there among them, killing some of them.
26 Da sendte de Assyrerkongen det Bud: "De Folk, du førte bort fra deres Hjem og lod bosætte sig i Samarias Byer, ved ikke, hvorledes Landets Gud skal dyrkes; derfor har han sendt Løver imod dem, og de dræber dem, fordi de ikke ved, hvorledes Landets Gud skal dyrkes!"
The king of Assyria was told, “The peoples that you brought and settled in the towns of Samaria they don't not know the rules of the God of the land. As a result, he has sent lions among them, which are killing them off because they don't know what the God of the land requires.”
27 Og Assyrerkongen bød: "Lad en af de Præster, jeg førte bort derfra, drage derhen, lad ham drage hen og bosætte sig der og lære dem, hvorledes Landets Gud skal dyrkes!"
The king of Assyria gave the order: “Send back one of the priests you deported from Samaria, and let him go back and live there and teach the rules of the God of the land.”
28 Så kom en af de Præster, de havde ført bort fra Samaria, og bosatte sig i Betel, og han lærte dem, hvorledes de skulde frygte HERREN.
So one of the priests who had been deported from Samaria returned to live in Bethel, and taught them how to worship the Lord.
29 Men hvert Folk gav sig til at lave sig sin egen Gud og stillede ham op i Offerhusene på Højene, som Samaritanerne havde opførf, hvert Folk i sin By, hvor de havde bosat sig;
But the people of the different nations went on making their own gods in the towns where they had settled, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.
30 Folkene fra Babel lavede Sukkot-Benot, Folkene fra Kuta Nergal, Folkene fra Hamat Asjima,
Those from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima.
31 Avvijiterne Nibhaz og Tartak, og Sefarviterne brændte deres Børn til Ære for Adrammelek og Anammelek, Sefarvajims Guder.
The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Men de frygtede også HERREN og indsatte Folk at deres egen Midte til Præstr ved Offerhøjene, og disse ofrede for dem i Offerhusene på Højene.
While they worshiped the Lord, they also appointed priests from all kinds of their own people to offer sacrifices for them in the shrines of the high places.
33 De frygte de HERREN, men dyrkede også deres egne Guder på de Folkeslags Vis, de var ført bort fra.
So even though they worshiped the Lord, they also worshiped their own gods following the practices of the nations they had come from.
34 Endnu den Dag i Dag følger de deres gamle Skikke. De frygtede ikke HERREN og handlede ikke efter de Anordninger og Lovbud, de havde fået, eller efter den Lov og det Bud, HERREN havde givet Jakobs Sønner, han, hvem han gav Navnet Israel.
Even to this day they are still following their former practices. None of them truly worship the Lord or observe the regulations, requirements, laws, and commandments that the Lord gave to the descendants of Jacob, the one he named Israel.
35 Og HERREN havde sluttet en Pagt med dem og givet dem det Bud: "I må ikke frygte andre Guder eller tilbede dem, ikke dyrke dem eller ofre til dem;
For the Lord had made an agreement with the Israelites, ordering them, “Don't worship other gods or bow down to them; don't serve them or offer sacrifices to them.
36 men HERREN, som førte eder ud af Ægypten med vældig Kraft og udstrakt Arm, ham skal I frygte, ham skal I tilbede, og til ham skal I ofre!
You must worship only the Lord, who led you out of Egypt, helping you with his great power and strong arm. Only bow down to him; only offer sacrifices to him.
37 De Anordninger og Lovbud, den Lov og det Bud, han har opskrevet for eder, skal I omhyggeligt holde til alle Tider, og I må ikke frygte andre Guder!
Always pay attention to observe the regulations, requirements, laws, and commandments he gave you in writing, and don't worship other gods.
38 Den Pagt, han har sluttet med eder, må I ikke glemme, og I må ikke frygte andre Guder;
Don't forget the agreement I have made with you, and don't worship other gods.
39 men HERREN eders Gud skal I frygte, så vil han fri eder af alle eders Fjenders Hånd!"
You must worship only the Lord your God, and he will save you from all your enemies.”
40 Dog vilde de ikke høre, men blev ved at handle som før.
But they refused to listen, and continued their former idolatrous practices.
41 Således frygtede disse Folkeslag HERREN, men dyrkede tillige deres udskårne Billeder; og deres Børn og Børnebørn gør endnu den Dag i Dag som deres Fædre.
Even while these people from different nations were worshiping the Lord, they were actually worshiping their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue to do as their forefathers did to this day.
