Anden Kongebog 23

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

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

2 Derpå gik Kongen op i HERRENs Hus, fulgt af alle Judas Mænd og alle Jerusalems Indbyggere, Præsterne, Profeterne og hele Folket, små og store, og han forelæste dem alt, hvad der stod i Pagtsbogen, som var fundet i HERRENs Hus.

And the king went up to the house of the LORD, 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 book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

3 Så tog Kongen Plads ved Søjlen og sluttede Pagt for HERRENs Åsyn 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, således som de var skrevet i denne Bog. Og alt Folket indgik Pagten.

And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, 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 book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

4 Derpå 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 på Markerne ved Hedron, og Asken lod han bringe til Betel.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

5 Og han afsatte Afgudspræsterne, som Judas Konger havde indsat, og som havde tændt Offerild på Højene i Judas Byer og Jerusalems Omegn, ligeledes dem, som havde tændt Offerild for Ba'al og for Solen, Månen, Stjernebillederne og hele Himmelens Hær.

And 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 round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto 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 Småfolk havde deres Grave.

And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the common people.

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

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

8 Han lod alle Præsterne hente fra Judas Byer og vanhelligede Offer: højene, hvor Præsterne havde tændt offerild, fra Geba til Be'er-sjeba. Og han lod Portofferhøjen rive ned, som var ved Indgangen til Byøversten Jehosjuas Port til venstre, når man går ind ad Byporten.

And 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 Beer-sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entering in 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 måtte spise usyret Brød blandt deres Brødre.

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

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

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of 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 Me'leks Kammer i Parvarim, og Solens Vogne lod han opbrænde.

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 Altrene, som Judas Konger havde rejst på Taget (Akaz's Tagbygning), og Altrene, som Manasse havde rejst i begge Forgårdene til HERRENs Hus, lod Kongen nebdryde og knuse på Stedet, og Støvet lod han kaste, hen i Kedrons Dal.

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

13 Og Offerhøjene østen for Jerusalem på 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.

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

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

And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Også Alteret i Betel, den Offerhøj, som Jeroboam, Nebats Søn havde rejst han der forledte Israel til Synd, også 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 Beth-el, 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 brake down; and he burned the high place and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.

16 Da Josias vendte sig om og fik Øje på Gravene på Bjerget, sendte han Folk hen og lod dem tage Benene ud af Gravene og opbrænde dem på Alteret for, at vanhellige det efter HERRENs Ord, som den Guds Mand udråbte, da han kundgjorde disse Ting,

And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

17 Så 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? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

18 Da sagde han: "Lad ham ligge i Ro, ingen må flytte hans Ben!" Så lod de både hans og Profeten fra Samarias Ben fred.

And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Også alle Offerhusene på 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;

And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

20 og han lod alle Højenes Præster, som var der ved Altrene, dræbe, og han opbrændte Menneskeknogler på Altrene. Så vendte han tilbage til Jerusalem.

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Derefter gav Kongen alt Folket, den Befaling: "Hold Påske for HERREN eders Gud, som der er foreskrevet her i Pagtsbogen!"

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

22 Thi slig en Påske 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 that 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 Regeringsår blev en sådan Påske fejret for HERREN i Jerusalem.

but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.

24 Også 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 them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

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.

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD 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 the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

27 Og HERREN sagde: "Også Juda vil jeg fjerne fra mit Åsyn, 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!"

And the LORD 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, står jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

29 I hans Dage drog Ægypterkongen Parao Neko op til Eufratfloden imod Assyrerkongen. Kong Josias rykkede imod ham, men Neko fældede ham ved Megiddo, straks han så ham.

In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew 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 Bonge i hans Faders Sted.

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

31 Joahaz var tre og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede tre Måneder i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Hamutal og var en Datter af Jirmeja fra, Libna.

Jehoahaz was twenty and 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.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 Men Farao Neko lod ham fængsle i Ribla i Hamats Land og gjorde dermed Ende på hans Herredømme i Jerusalem og lagde en Skat af hundrede Talenter Sølv og ti Talenter Guld på Landet.

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 Derpå 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.

And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room 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 Pengeneefter 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.

And 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 unto Pharaoh-necoh.

36 Jojakim var fem og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede elleve År i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Zebida og var en Datter af Pedaja fra Ruma.

Jehoiakim was twenty and 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.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.