2 Chronicles 29

1 Hezekiah began to reigne, when he was fiue and twentie yeere olde, and reigned nine and twentie yeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Abiiah the daughter of Zechariah.

Ezekias var fem og tyve Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede ni og tyve Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Abija og var en Datter af Zekarja.

2 And hee did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Dauid his father had done.

Han gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENS Øjne, ganske som hans Fader David.

3 He opened the doores of the house of the Lord in the first yeere, and in the first moneth of his reigne, and repared them.

I sit første Regeringsaars første Maaned lod han HERRENS Hus's Porte aabne og sætte i Stand.

4 And he brought in the Priests and the Leuites, and gathered them into the East streete,

Derpaa lod han Præsterne og Leviterne komme, samlede dem paa den aabne Plads mod Øst

5 And said vnto them, Heare me, ye Leuites: sanctifie nowe your selues, and sanctifie the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cary forth the filthinesse out of the Sanctuarie.

og sagde til dem: »Hør mig, Leviter! Helliger nu eder selv og helliger HERRENS, eders Fædres Guds, Hus og faa det urene ud af Helligdommen.

6 For our fathers haue trespassed, and done euill in the eyes of the Lord our God, and haue forsaken him, and turned away their faces from the Tabernacle of the Lord, and turned their backes.

Thi vore Fædre var troløse og gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERREN vor Guds Øjne, de forlod ham, idet de vendte Ansigtet bort fra HERRENS Bolig og vendte den Ryggen;

7 They haue also shut the doores of ye porch, and quenched the lampes, and haue neither burnt incense, nor offred burnt offrings in the Sanctuarie vnto the God of Israel.

de lukkede endog Forhallens Porte, slukkede Lamperne, brændte ikke Røgelse og bragte ikke Israels Gud Brændofre i Helligdommen.

8 Wherfore the wrath of the Lord hath bin on Iudah and Ierusalem: and he hath made them a scattering, a desolation, and an hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

Derfor kom HERRENS Vrede over Juda og Jerusalem, og han gjorde dem til Rædsel, Forfærdelse og Skændsel, som I kan se med egne Øjne.

9 For lo, our fathers are fallen by the sword, and our sonnes, and our daughters, and our wiues are in captiuitie for the same cause.

Se, vore Fædre er faldet for Sværdet, vore Sønner, Døtre og Hustruer ført i Fangenskab for den Sags Skyld.

10 Now I purpose to make a couenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turne away his fierce wrath from vs.

Men nu har jeg i Sinde at slutte en Pagt med HERREN, Israels Gud, for at hans glødende Vrede maa vende sig fra os.

11 Now my sonnes, be not deceiued: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serue him, and to be his ministers, and to burne incense.

Saa lad det nu, mine Sønner, ikke skorte paa Iver, thi eder har HERREN udvalgt til at staa for hans Aasyn og tjene ham og til at være hans Tjenere og tænde Offerild for ham!«

12 Then the Leuites arose, Mahath ye sonne of Amashai, and Ioel the sonne of Azariah of the sonnes of the Kohathites: and of the sonnes of Merari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, and Azariah the sonne of Iehalelel: and of the Gershonites, Ioah the sonne of Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of Ioah:

Da rejste følgende Leviter sig: Mahat, Amasajs Søn, og Joel, Azarjas Søn, af Kehatiternes Sønner; af Merariterne Kisj, Abdis Søn, og Azarja, Jehallel'els Søn; af Gersoniterne Joa, Zimmas Søn, og Eden, Joas Søn;

13 And of the sonnes of Elizaphan, Shimri, and Iehiel: and of the sonnes of Asaph, Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

af Elizafans Sønner Sjimri og Je'uel; af Asafs Sønner Zekarja og Mattanja;

14 And of the sonnes of Heman, Iehiel, and Shimei: and of the sonnes of Ieduthun, Shemaiah and Vzziel.

af Hemans Sønner Jehiel og Sjim'i; og af Jedutuns Sønner Sjemaja og Uzziel;

15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselues and came according to the commandement of the King, and by the words of the Lord, for to clense the house of the Lord.

og de samlede deres Brødre, og de helligede sig og skred saa efter Kongens Befaling til at rense HERRENS Hus i Henhold til HERRENS Forskrifter.

16 And the Priests went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord, to clense it, and brought out all the vncleannesse that they founde in the Temple of the Lord, into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Leuites tooke it, to cary it out vnto the brooke Kidron.

Og Præsterne gik ind i det indre af HERRENS Hus for at rense det, og alt det urene, de fandt i HERRENS Tempel, bragte de ud i HERRENS Hus's Forgaard, hvor Leviterne tog imod det for at bringe det ud i Kedrons Dal.

17 They began the first day of the first moneth to sanctifie it, and the eight day of the moneth came they to the porche of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight dayes, and in the sixeteenth day of the first moneth they made an ende.

Paa den første Dag i den første Maaned begyndte de at hellige, og paa den ottende Dag i Maaneden var de kommet til HERRENS Forhal; saa helligede de HERRENS Hus i otte Dage, og paa den sekstende Dag i den første Maaned var de færdige.

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah ye King, and sayde, We haue clensed all the house of the Lord and the altar of burnt offring, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof:

Derpaa gik de ind til Kong Ezekias og sagde: »Vi har nu renset hele HERRENS Hus, Brændofferalteret med alt, hvad der hører dertil, og Skuebrødsbordet med alt, hvad der hører dertil;

19 And all the vessels which King Ahaz had cast aside when he reigned, and transgressed, haue we prepared and sanctified: and beholde, they are before the altar of the Lord.

og alle de Kar, som Kong Akaz i sin Troløshed vanhelligede, da han var Konge, dem har vi bragt paa Plads og helliget; se, de staar nu foran HERRENS Alter!«

20 And Hezekiah the King rose early, and gathered the princes of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lord.

Næste Morgen tidlig samlede Kong Ezekias Byens Øverster og gik op til HERRENS Hus.

21 And they brought seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and seuen lambes, and seuen hee goates, for a sinne offring for the kingdome, and for the sanctuarie, and for Iudah. And he commanded the Priests the sonnes of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

Derpaa bragte man syv Tyre, syv Vædre, syv Lam og syv Gedebukke til Syndoffer for Riget, Helligdommen og Juda; og han bød Arons Sønner Præsterne ofre dem paa HERRENS Alter.

22 So they slewe the bullockes, and the Priests receiued the blood, and sprinkled it vpon the altar: they slew also the rammes and sprinkled the blood vpon the altar, and they slew the lambes, and they sprinkled the blood vpon the altar.

De slagtede saa Tyrene, og Præsterne tog imod Blodet og sprængte det paa Alteret; saa slagtede de Vædrene og sprængte Blodet paa Alteret; saa slagtede de Lammene og sprængte Blodet paa Alteret;

23 Then they brought the hee goates for the sinne offring before the King and the Congregation, and they layde their hands vpon them.

endelig bragte de Syndofferbukkene frem for Kongen og Forsamlingen, og de lagde Hænderne paa dem;

24 And the Priests slewe them, and with the blood of them they clensed the altar to reconcile all Israel: for the King had commanded for all Israel the burnt offring and the sinne offring.

saa slagtede Præsterne dem og bragte Blodet paa Alteret som Syndoffer for at skaffe hele Israel Soning; thi Kongen havde sagt, at Brændofferet og Syndofferet skulde være for hele Israel.

25 He appointed also the Leuites in the house of the Lord with cymbales, with violes, and with harpes, according to the commandement of Dauid, and Gad the Kings Seer, and Nathan the Prophet: for the commandement was by the hande of the Lord, and by the hande of his Prophets.

Og han opstillede Leviterne ved HERRENS Hus med Cymbler, Harper og Citre efter Davids, Kongens Seer Gads og Profeten Natans Bud, thi Budet var givet af HERREN gennem hans Profeter.

26 And the Leuites stood with the instruments of Dauid, and the Priests with the trumpets.

Og Leviterne stod med Davids Instrumenter og Præsterne med Trompeterne.

27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offring vpon the altar: and when the burnt offring began, the song of the Lord beganne with the trumpets, and the instruments of Dauid King of Israel.

Derpaa bød Ezekias, at Brændofferet skulde ofres paa Alteret, og samtidig med Ofringen begyndte ogsaa HERRENS Sang og Trompeterne, ledsaget af Kong David af Israels Instrumenter.

28 And al the Congregation worshipped, singing a song, and they blew the trumpets: all this continued vntill the burnt offring was finished.

Da kastede hele Forsamlingen sig til Jorden, medens Sangen lød og Trompeterne Klang, og alt dette varede, til man var færdig med Brændofferet.

29 And when they had made an ende of offring, the King and all that were present with him, bowed themselues, and worshipped.

Saa snart man var færdig med Brændofferet, knælede Kongen og alle, der var hos ham, ned og tilbad.

30 Then Hezekiah the King and the princes commanded the Leuites to prayse the Lord with the wordes of Dauid, and of Asaph the Seer. so they praysed with ioy, and they bowed themselues, and worshipped.

Derpaa bød Kong Ezekias og Øversterne Leviterne at lovsynge HERREN med Davids og Seeren Asafs Ord; og de sang Lovsangen med Jubel og bøjede sig og tilbad.

31 And Hezekiah spake, and sayde, Now ye haue consecrate your selues to the Lord: come neere and bring the sacrifices and offerings of prayse into the house of the Lord. And the Congregation brought sacrifices; and offrings of prayses, and euery man that was willing in heart, offred burnt offrings.

Ezekias tog da til Orde og sagde: »I har nu indviet eder til HERREN; saa træd da frem og bring Slagtofre og Lovprisningsofre til HERRENS Hus!« Saa bragte Forsamlingen Slagtofre og Lovprisningsofre, og enhver, hvis Hjerte tilskyndede ham dertil, bragte Brændofre.

32 And the nomber of the burnt offrings, which the Congregation brought, was seuentie bullockes, an hundreth rammes, and two hundreth lambes: all these were for a burnt offring to the Lord:

De Brændofre, Forsamlingen bragte, udgjorde 70 Stykker Hornkvæg, 100 Vædre og 200 Lam, alt som Brændofre til HERREN;

33 And for sanctification sixe hundreth bullockes, and three thousand sheepe.

og Helligofrene udgjorde 600 Stykker Hornkvæg og 3000 Stykker Smaakvæg.

34 But the Priests were too few, and were not able to flay all the burnt offrings: therefore their brethren the Leuites did helpe them, til they had ended the worke, and vntill other Priests were sanctified: for the Leuites were more vpright in heart to sanctifie themselues, then the Priests.

Dog var Præsterne for faa til at flaa Huden af alle Brændofrene, derfor hjalp deres Brødre Leviterne dem, indtil Arbejdet var fuldført og Præsterne havde helliget sig; thi Leviterne viste redeligere Vilje til at hellige sig end Præsterne.

35 And also the burnt offerings were many with the fat of the peace offrings and the drinke offrings for the burnt offring. so the seruice of the house of the Lord was set in order.

Desuden var der en Mængde Brændofre, hvortil kom Fedtstykkerne af Takofrene og Drikofrene til Brændofrene. Saaledes bragtes Tjenesten i HERRENS Hus i Orden.

36 Then Hezekiah reioyced and all the people, that God had made the people so ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

Og Ezekias og alt Folket glædede sig over, hvad Gud havde beredt Folket, thi det hele var sket saa hurtigt.