2 Chronicles 28
1 Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
Tjuge år gamall var Ahaz då han vart konge, og sekstan styrde han i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikkje det som rett var i Herrens augo, soleis som David, far hans;
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
men han gjekk på vegen åt Israels-kongarne, og han laga jamvel støypte bilæte for Ba’als-gudarne.
3 He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
Han kveikte offereld i Hinnomssonsdalen og vigde sønerne sine i elden etter den avstyggjelege seden åt dei folki som Herren hadde drive burt for Israels-borni.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
Han slagta og kveikte offereld på offerhaugarne og bakkarne og under kvart grønt tre.
5 Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
Difor gav Herren, hans Gud, honom i henderne på syrarkongen, og dei vann siger yver honom og tok av folket hans ei stor mengd til fangar, som dei førde til Damaskus. Sameleis vart han gjeven i handi på Israels-kongen og leid ein stor usiger.
6 In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
Pekah, son åt Remalja, drap hundrad og tjuge tusund mann på ein dag i Juda, og det berre stridsføre folk, av di dei hadde svike Herren, sin fedregud.
7 Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
Og Zikri, ein djerv kar frå Efraim, drap kongssonen Ma’aseja, drottseten Azrikam, og Elkana, den andre næst etter kongen.
8 The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
Israels-sønerne førde burt med seg tvo hundrad tusund fangar, konor, søner og døtter åt landsmennerne sine, og tok ifrå deim eit stort herfang, som dei førde til Samaria.
9 But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
Men ein av Herrens profetar som heitte Oded, og som livde der, han gjekk ut imot heren då han kom til Samaria og sagde til deim: «I harmen sin yver Juda hev Herren, dykkar fedregud, gjeve deim i dykkar vald; men de hev drepe deim med eit sinne som når til himmelen.
10 And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
Og no tenkjer de på å kua ned under dykk folki ifrå Juda og Jerusalem og gjera deim til trælarne og trælkvinnorne dykkar. Hev de ikkje sjølve skuld nok fyrr imot Herren dykkar Gud?
11 So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
Høyr difor på meg og send attende dei fangarne de hev teke ifrå brørne dykkar! for Herrens brennande harm er yver dykk.»
12 Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
Då stod nokre av hovdingarne for Efraims-ætti, det var Azarja Johanansson, Berekja Mesillemotsson og Hizkia Sallumsson og Amasa Hadlaison, dei stod fram for deim som kom attende frå herferdi,
13 They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
og sagde til deim: «De må ikkje føra fangarne hit; for de tenkjer på å auka synderne og misgjerdi vår og føra skuld frå Herren yver oss, for me hev ei stor syndeskuld, og det er brennande harm yver Israel.»
14 So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
Då slepte herfolki ifrå seg fangarne og herfanget framfor hovdingarne og heile lyden.
15 The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
Og dei mennerne som er nemnde, tok fangarne, klædde deim som var nakne ibland deim med det dei hadde til herfang, gav deim klæde og skor, gav deim mat og drikka, salva deim og sette deim som var utarma uppå asen og førde deim til Palmebyen, Jeriko, til brørne deira; og deretter snudde dei attende til Samaria.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
På den tid sende kong Ahaz bod til assyrarkongen um hjelp.
17 [He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
For attåt alt anna kom edomitarne og slo Juda og førde burt krigsfangar.
18 At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
Og filistarane fall inn i byarne i låglandet og i Sudlandet i Juda og tok Bet-Semes og Ajjalon og Gederot og Soko og bygderne kringum og Timna og bygderne kringum og Gimzo og bygderne kringum, og dei busette seg der.
19 Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
For Herren vilde gjera Juda mjukt for Ahaz skuld, Israels-kongen, av di han gjorde Juda agelaust og var utru imot Herren.
20 Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
Men assyrarkongen, Tilgat-Pilneser, drog imot honom og for fiendsleg fram imot honom i staden for å hjelpa honom.
21 Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
For Ahaz plyndra Herrens hus og huset åt kongen og hovdingarne og gav det til assyrarkongen, men det hjelpte honom ingen ting.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Og den tid han var i naud, heldt han, kong Ahaz, fram med å vera utru imot Herren.
23 He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
Han ofra til gudarne i Damaskus, som hadde sigra yver honom, og sagde: «Gudarne åt syrarkongarne hev då hjelpt deim; til deim vil eg ofra, so dei kann hjelpa meg.» Men dei vart til fall for honom sjølv og for heile Israel.
24 Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
Ahaz samla dei tingi som fanst i Guds hus og slo deim sund; han stengde dørerne til Herrens hus og bygde seg altar ved kvart hyrna i Jerusalem.
25 In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
Og i kvar einaste by i Juda bygde han upp offerhaugar til å kveikja offereld på for framande gudar, og soleis harma han Herren, sin fedregud.
26 A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Det som elles er å fortelja um honom og heile hans ferd frå fyrst til sist, det er uppskrive i Judas og Israels kongebok.
27 Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
Og Ahaz lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og dei gravla honom i byen, i Jerusalem; for dei vilde ikkje gravleggja honom i graverne åt Israels-kongarne. Og Hizkia, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
