2 Kings 16

1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah: Ahaz, the son of Jotham, reigned as king of Judah.

I Pekahs, Remaljas sønns syttende år blev Akas, sønn av Judas konge Jotam, konge.

2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as his father David did.

Akas var tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikke hvad rett var i Herrens, hans Guds øine som hans far David,

3 Instead, he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he even consecrated his son, making him pass through fire, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.

men vandret på Israels kongers vei, ja, han lot endog sin sønn gå gjennem ilden efter de vederstyggelige skikker hos de folk som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn,

4 Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

og han ofret og brente røkelse på haugene og bakkene og under hvert grønt tre.

5 Then Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, ascended to do battle against Jerusalem. And they besieged Ahaz, but they were not able to overcome him.

På den tid drog kongen i Syria Resin og Israels konge Pekah, Remaljas sønn, op for å angripe Jerusalem; og de kringsatte Akas, men de kunde ikke komme til å gjøre noget angrep

6 At that time, Rezin, the king of Syria, restored Elath to Syria, and he expelled the Judeans from Elath. And the Idumeans went into Elath, and they have lived there, even to this day.

På den tid la kongen i Syria Resin Elat til Syria; han drev jødene bort fra Elat, og syrerne kom til Elat og bosatte sig der og bor der den dag idag.

7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians, saying: “I am your servant, and I am your son. Ascend and accomplish my salvation from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up together against me.”

Da sendte Akas bud til kongen i Assyria Tiglat-Pileser og lot si: Jeg er din tjener og din sønn; kom og frels mig fra Syrias konge og Israels konge, som har overfalt mig!

8 And when he had collected the silver and the gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king, he sent it as a gift to the king of the Assyrians.

Og Akas tok det sølv og gull som fantes i Herrens hus og i skattkammerne i kongens hus, og sendte det som gave til kongen i Assyria.

9 And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.

Og kongen i Assyria gjorde som han bad; han drog op og inntok Damaskus og bortførte innbyggerne til Kir og drepte Resin.

10 And king Ahaz traveled to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians. And when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Ahaz sent to Uriah, the priest, its pattern and likeness, according to all of its work.

Da drog kong Akas til Damaskus for å møte kongen i Assyria Tiglat-Pileser, og da han så alteret i Damaskus, sendte han en tegning av alteret og et billede av det til presten Uria, aldeles som det var gjort.

11 And Uriah, the priest, constructed an altar in accord with all that king Ahaz had commanded from Damascus. Uriah, the priest, did so, until king Ahaz arrived from Damascus.

Og presten Uria bygget alteret; aldeles efter det billede som kong Akas hadde sendt fra Damaskus, gjorde presten Uria alteret, innen kong Akas kom tilbake fra Damaskus.

12 And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.

Da kongen kom tilbake fra Damaskus og så alteret, gikk han frem til det og ofret på det.

13 And he offered libations, and he poured out the blood of the peace offerings, which he had offered, upon the altar.

Og han brente sitt brennoffer og sitt matoffer og helte ut sitt drikkoffer, og han sprengte blodet av sitt takkoffer på alteret.

14 But the altar of brass, which was before the Lord, he took away from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord. And he positioned it at the side of the altar, toward the north.

Men kobberalteret, som stod for Herrens åsyn, flyttet han bort fra huset, fra dets sted mellem det nye alter og Herrens hus, og satte det på nordsiden av det nye alter.

15 Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”

Og kong Akas bød presten Uria: På det store alter skal du brenne morgen-brennofferet og aften-matofferet og kongens brennoffer og hans matoffer og brennofferet for alt folket i landet og deres matoffer og deres drikkoffer, og alt blodet av brennofferne og av slaktofferne skal du sprenge på det; men kobberalteret vil jeg ha til å holde bønn ved.

16 And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.

Og presten Uria gjorde aldeles som kong Akas hadde befalt.

17 Then king Ahaz took away the engraved bases, and the basin that was upon them. And he took down the sea from the bronze oxen, which were holding it up. And he positioned it upon a layer of pavement stone.

Kong Akas skar også fyllingene ut av fotstykkene og tok karene ned av dem, og han tok havet ned av kobberoksene som stod under det, og satte det på et underlag av sten.

18 Also, the canopy for the Sabbath, which he had built in the temple, and the exterior entrance of the king, he converted into the temple of the Lord, because of the king of the Assyrians.

Og den dekkede sabbatsgang som de hadde bygget ved huset, og kongens ytre inngang la han inn i Herrens hus for den assyriske konges skyld.

19 Now the rest of the words of Ahaz that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Akas, om det han gjorde, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike.

20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.

Og Akas la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet hos sine fedre i Davids stad, og hans sønn Esekias blev konge i hans sted.