2 Kings 22
1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
Åtte år gamall var Josia då han vart konge; eitt og tretti år rådde i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Jedida Adajadotter, frå Boskat.
2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.
Han gjorde det som rett for Herren, og fylgde i alt fotefari til David, far sin. Han tok ikkje or leidi, anten til høgre eller vinstre.
3 Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,
I attande styringsåret åt kong Josia sende kongen riksskrivaren Safan, son åt Asalja Mesullamsson, upp til Herrens hus og sagde:
4 Go up to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and let him give out the money which is taken into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have got together from the people;
«Gakk upp til øvstepresten Hilkia, og bed honom rekna i hop dei pengarne som er innkomne i Herrens hus, som dørstokkvakti hev samla inn hjå folket;
5 And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;
og fli deim åt tilsynsmennerne for arbeidarane ved Herrens hus, so dei som arbeider i Herrens hus må få deim til å bøta bresterne i huset:
6 To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.
timbremennerne, byggsmeistrarne og murarane, til innkjøp av trevyrke og hoggen stein til å setja huset i stand.
7 They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.
Dei skal ikkje krevja rekneskap av deim for pengarne dei tek imot; dei skal få gjera det på tru og æra.»
8 Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan;
Då sagde øvstepresten Hilkia til riksskrivaren Safan: «Eg hev funne lovboki i Herrens hus.» Og Hilkia gav boki til Safan, og han las henne.
9 Then, after reading it, Shaphan the scribe went in to the king and gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants have given out the money which was in the house, and have given it to the overseers of the work of the house of the Lord.
So gjekk Safan, riksskrivaren, til kongen og gav kongen melding og sagde: «Tenarane dine hev tømt ut alle pengarne som fanst i huset, og gjeve demi til tilsynmennerne for arbeidet i Herrens hus.»
10 Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.
Og so fortalde riksskrivaren Safan kongen: «Presten Hilkia gav meg ei bok.» Og Safan las henne upp for kongen.
11 And the king, hearing the words of the book of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief;
Då kongen fekk høyra ordi i lovboki, reiv han sund klædi sine.
12 And he gave orders to Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
Og kongen baud presten Hilkia og Ahikam Safansson og Akbor Mikajason og riksskrivaren Safan og kongstenaren Asaja:
13 Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.
«Gakk og spør Herren for meg og folket og heile Juda um det som stend i denne boki som er funni! Stor er Herrens harm, som hev loga upp mot oss, av di federne ikkje hev vore lyduge mot ordi i denne boki og ikkje hev gjort etter alt det som er fyreskrive.»
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam and Achbor and Shaphan and Asaiah, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the robes, (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town; ) and they had talk with her.
So gjekk presten Hilkia og Ahikam og Akbor og Safan og Asaja og spurde profetkvinna Hukda, kona åt klædevaktaren Sallum, son åt Tikva Harhasson; ho budde i nybyen i Jerusalem.
15 And she said to them, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Say to the man who sent you to me,
Ho svara deim: «So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: «Seg med honom som sende dykk til meg:
16 These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even everything which the king of Judah has been reading in the book;
So segjer Herren: Sjå, eg sender ulukka yver denne staden og yver folket her, alt det som stend i boki som Juda-kongen las,
17 Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.
til straff for at dei hev vendt seg frå meg og brent røykjelse for andre gudar og harma meg med alle sine verk; harmen min logar mot denne staden og sloknar ikkje.
18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,
Men med Juda-kongen, som sende dykk til å spyrja Herren, skal de segja so: So segjer Herren, Israels Gud, um dei ordi du høyrde:
19 Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.
Av di hjarta ditt vart mjukt, og du bøygde deg for Herrens åsyn då du høyrde det eg hev tala mot denne staden og folket her, at dei skal verta til rædsla og forbanning, av di du reiv sund klædi dine og gret for mi åsyn, so hev eg og høyrt, segjer Herren.
20 For this cause I will let you go to your fathers and be put in your last resting-place in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will send on this place. So they took this news back to the king.
Difor let eg deg samlast til federne dine og koma i fred i gravi di, og augo dine skal sleppa å sjå all den ulukka eg sender yver denne staden.»» Og dei kom att til kongen med dette svaret.
