2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
Fünfundzwanzig Jahre alt war Amazia, da er König ward, und regierete neunundzwanzig Jahre zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Joadan von Jerusalem.
2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
Und er tat, was dem HERRN wohlgefiel, doch nicht von ganzem Herzen.
3 As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
Da nun sein Königreich bekräftiget war, erwürgete er seine Knechte, die den König, seinen Vater, geschlagen hatten.
4 But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
Aber ihre Kinder tötete er nicht. Denn also stehet es geschrieben im Gesetz, im Buch Moses, da der HERR gebeut und spricht: Die Väter sollen nicht sterben für die Kinder, noch die Kinder für die Väter, sondern ein jeglicher, soll um seiner Sünde willen sterben.
5 Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
Und Amazia brachte zuhauf Juda und stellete sie nach der Väter Häusern, nach den Obersten über tausend und über hundert, unter ganz Juda und Benjamin; und zählete sie von zwanzig Jahren und drüber und fand ihrer dreihunderttausend auserlesen, die ins Heer ziehen mochten und Spieß und Schild führen konnten.
6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
Dazu nahm er an aus Israel hunderttausend starke Kriegsleute um hundert Zentner Silbers.
7 But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
Es kam aber ein Mann Gottes zu ihm und sprach: König, laß nicht das Heer Israels mit dir kommen; denn der HERR ist nicht mit Israel noch mit allen Kindern Ephraim.
8 Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
Denn so du kommst, daß du eine Kühnheit beweisest im Streit, wird Gott dich fallen lassen, vor deinen Feinden. Denn bei Gott stehet die Kraft, zu helfen und fallen zu lassen.
9 Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
Amazia sprach zu dem Mann Gottes. Was soll man denn tun mit den hundert Zentnern, die ich den Kriegsknechten von Israel gegeben habe? Der Mann Gottes sprach: Der HERR hat noch mehr, denn des ist, das er dir geben kann.
10 So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
Da sonderte Amazia die Kriegsknechte ab, die zu ihm aus Ephraim kommen waren, daß sie an ihren Ort hingingen. Da ergrimmete ihr Zorn wider Juda sehr, und zogen wieder an ihren Ort mit grimmigem Zorn.
11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
Und ward getrost und führete sein Volk aus und zog aus ins Salztal und schlug der Kinder von Seir zehntausend.
12 The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
Und die Kinder Juda fingen ihrer zehntausend lebendig; die führeten sie auf die Spitze eines Felsen und stürzten sie von der Spitze des Felsen, daß sie alle zerborsten.
13 While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
Aber die Kriegsknechte, die Amazia hatte wiederum lassen ziehen, daß sie nicht mit seinem Volk zum Streit zögen, taten sich nieder in den Städten Judas, von Samaria an bis gen Beth-Horon, und schlugen ihrer dreitausend und nahmen viel Raubes.
14 When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
Und da Amazia wiederkam von der Edomiter Schlacht, brachte er die Götter der Kinder von Seir und stellete sie ihm zu Göttern; und betete an vor ihnen und räucherte ihnen.
15 Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
Da ergrimmete der Zorn des HERRN über Amazia und sandte einen Propheten zu ihm, der sprach zu ihm: Warum suchest du die Götter des Volks, die ihr Volk nicht konnten erretten von deiner Hand?
16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
Und da er mit ihm redete, sprach er zu ihm: Hat man dich zu des Königs Rat gemacht? Höre auf, warum willst du geschlagen sein? Da hörete der Prophet auf und sprach: Ich merke wohl, daß Gott sich beraten hat, dich zu verderben, daß du solches getan hast und gehorchest meinem Rat nicht.
17 Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
Und Amazia, der König Judas, ward Rats und sandte hin zu Joas, dem Sohn Joahas, des Sohns Jehus, dem Könige Israels, und ließ ihm sagen: Komm, laß uns miteinander besehen.
18 But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
Aber Joas, der König Israels, sandte zu Amazia, dem Könige Judas, und ließ ihm sagen: Der Dornstrauch im Libanon sandte zu der Zeder im Libanon und ließ ihr sagen: Gib deine Tochter meinem Sohn zum Weibe; aber das Wild im Libanon lief über den Dornstrauch und zertrat ihn.
19 [The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
Du gedenkest: Siehe, ich habe die Edomiter geschlagen; des erhebet sich dein Herz und suchest Ruhm. Nun bleibe daheim! Warum ringest du nach Unglück, daß du fallest und Juda mit dir?
20 But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
Aber Amazia gehorchte nicht; denn es geschah von Gott, daß sie gegeben würden in die Hand, darum daß sie die Götter der Edomiter gesucht hatten.
21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
Da zog Joas, der König Israels, herauf, und besahen sich miteinander, er und Amazia, der König Judas, zu Beth-Semes, die in Juda liegt.
22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
Aber Juda ward geschlagen vor Israel, und flohen ein jeglicher in seine Hütte.
23 King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
Aber Amazia, den König Judas, den Sohn Joas, griff Joas, der Sohn Joahas, der König Israels, zu Beth-Semes und brachte ihn gen Jerusalem und riß ein die Mauern zu Jerusalem vom Tor Ephraim an bis an das Ecktor, vierhundert Ellen lang.
24 His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
Und alles Gold und Silber und alle Gefäße, die vorhanden waren im Hause Gottes bei Obed-Edom und in dem Schatz im Hause des Königs, und die Kinder zu Pfande nahm er mit sich gen Samaria.
25 King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
Und Amazia, der Sohn Joas, der König Judas, lebte nach dem Tode Joas, des Sohns Joahas, des Königs Israels, fünfzehn Jahre.
26 An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Was aber mehr von Amazia zu sagen ist, beide das Erste und das Letzte, siehe, das ist geschrieben im Buch der Könige Judas und Israels.
27 From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
Und von der Zeit an, da Amazia von dem HERRN abwich, machten sie einen Bund wider ihn zu Jerusalem; er aber floh gen Lachis. Da sandten sie ihm nach gen Lachis und töteten ihn daselbst.
28 They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
Und sie brachten ihn auf Rossen und begruben ihn bei seinen Vätern in der Stadt Judas.
