2 Kings 16
1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
I Pekahs, Remaljas sønns syttende år blev Akas, sønn av Judas konge Jotam, konge.
2 He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.
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 was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.
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 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].
og han ofret og brente røkelse på haugene og bakkene og under hvert grønt tre.
5 While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.
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 the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.
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 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”
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 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.
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 So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.
Og kongen i Assyria gjorde som han bad; han drog op og inntok Damaskus og bortførte innbyggerne til Kir og drepte Resin.
10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.
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 So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] 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 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
Da kongen kom tilbake fra Damaskus og så alteret, gikk han frem til det og ofret på det.
13 and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.
Og han brente sitt brennoffer og sitt matoffer og helte ut sitt drikkoffer, og han sprengte blodet av sitt takkoffer på alteret.
14 The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].
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 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”
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 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
Og presten Uria gjorde aldeles som kong Akas hadde befalt.
17 King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.
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 Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.
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 [If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History 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 Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
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.
