2 Kings 12
1 In the seventh year of Jehu Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.
I Jehus syvende Aar blev Joas Konge og regerede fyrretyve Aar i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Zibja fra Beersaba.
2 And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him.
Og Joas gjorde det, som ret var for Herrens Øjne, alle sine Dage, i hvilke Jojada, Præsten, vejledede ham.
3 But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Dog bleve Højene ikke borttagne; Folket ofrede og gjorde Røgelse endnu paa Højene.
4 And Joas said to the priests: O All the money of the sanctified things, which is brought into the temple of the Lord by those that pass, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which of their own accord, and of their own free heart they bring into the temple of the Lord:
Og Joas sagde til Præsterne: Alle Penge for de Ting, som helliges, som bringes til Herrens Hus, nemlig Penge for hver, som gaar over i Mandtallet, Penge, som de give for Personer, hver efter sin Vurdering, alle Penge, som hver Mand ofrer af et frivilligt Hjerte for at bringe dem til Herrens Hus,
5 Let the priests take it according to their order, and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see any thing that wanteth repairing.
dem skulle Præsterne modtage, hver af sin Kynding, og de skulle istandsætte Husets Brøst, nemlig alt det, som findes der brøstfældigt.
6 Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas, the priests did not make the repairs of the temple.
Men i Kong Joas's tre og tyvende Aar havde Præsterne endnu ikke istandsat det, som var brøstfældigt i Huset.
7 And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more according to your order, but restore it for the repairing of the temple.
Da kaldte Kong Joas ad Jojada, Præsten, og de andre Præster og sagde til dem: Hvi istandsætte I ikke det, som er brøstfældigt i Huset? nu vel, modtager ikke Penge af eders Kyndinger, men afgiver dem til det, som er brøstfældigt i Huset.
8 And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.
Og Præsterne samtykkede deri, saa at de ikke modtoge Penge af Folket og ikke istandsatte det, som var brøstfældigt i Huset.
9 And Joiada the high priest took a chest and bored a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the doors put therein all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord.
Men Jojada, Præsten, tog en Kiste og borede et Hul i Laaget derpaa og satte den ved den højre Side af Alteret, hvor man gaar ind i Herrens Hus, og Præsterne, som toge Vare paa Dørtærskelen, lagde deri alle Penge, som bleve bragte til Herrens Hus.
10 And when they saw that there was very much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and poured it out, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord:
Og det skete, naar de saa, at der var mange Penge i Kisten, da kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræsten op, og de sammenbandt og talte Pengene, som fandtes i Herrens Hus.
11 And they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters, and the masons that wrought in the house of the Lord,
Og de gave Pengene, som vare aftalte, i deres Hænder, som havde med Gerningen at gøre, og som vare beskikkede over Herrens Hus; og de gave dem ud til Tømmermændene og til Bygningsmændene, som arbejdede paa Herrens Hus,
12 And made the repairs: and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones, to be hewed, that the repairs of the house of the Lord might be completely finished, and wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house.
og til Murmestere og Stenhuggere og til at købe Træ og hugne Sten til at istandsætte det, som var brøstfældigt paa Herrens Hus, ja til alt det, som gik med til Husets Istandsættelse.
13 But there were not made of the same money for the temple of the Lord, bowls, or fleshhooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold and silver, of the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.
Dog blev der ikke gjort Sølvbækkener, Knive, Skaaler, Basuner eller noget Kar af Guld eller Kar af Sølv til Herrens Hus for de Penge, som bragtes til Herrens Hus.
14 For it was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.
Men de gave dem til dem, som havde med Gerningen at gøre, og de istandsatte Herrens Hus for dem.
15 And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.
Og de holdt ikke Regnskab med Mændene, i hvis Haand de overgave Pengene, for at give dem til dem, som gjorde Gerningen; thi de handlede med Troskab.
16 But the money for trespass, and the money for sins, they brought not into the temple of the Lord, because it was for the priests.
Men Pengene for Skyldofferet og Pengene for Syndofferet bleve ikke bragte til Herrens Hus, de hørte Præsterne til.
17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Geth, and took it and set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Da drog Hasael, Kongen af Syrien, op og stred imod Gath og indtog den, og Hasael rettede sit Ansigt til at drage op imod Jerusalem.
18 Wherefore Joas king of Juda took all the sanctified things, which Josaphat, and Joram, and Ochozias his fathers the kings of Juda had dedicated to holy uses, and which he himself had offered: and all the silver that could be found in the treasures of the temple of the Lord, and in the king’s palace: and sent it to Hazael king of Syria, and he went off from Jerusalem.
Da tog Joas, Judas Konge, alle de hellige Ting, som Josafat og Joram og Ahasia, hans Fædre, Judas Konger, havde helliget, og hvad han selv havde helliget, dertil alt det Guld, som man fandt i Herrens Hus's og i Kongens Hus's Skatkamre, og sendte det til Hasael, Kongen af Syrien; og denne drog da bort fra Jerusalem.
19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
Men det øvrige af Joas's Handeler, og alt det, som han gjorde, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?
20 And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the descent of Sella.
Og hans Tjenere rejste sig og indgik et Forbund, og de ihjelsloge Joas i Millos Hus, hvor man gaar ned til Silla:
21 For Josachar the son of Semaath, and Jozabad the son of Somer his servant struck him, and he died: and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
Nemlig Josakar, Simeaths Søn, og Josabad, Somers Søn, hans Tjenere, sloge ham ihjel, og han døde; og de begravede ham hos hans Fædre i Davids Stad, og Amazia, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.
