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 det syttande styringsåret åt Pekah Remaljason vart Ahaz Jotamsson konge i Juda.
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.
Tjuge år gamall var Ahaz då han vart konge, og sekstan år rådde han i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikkje det som rett var for Herren, hans Gud, som David, far hans.
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.
Han gjekk i fotefari til Israels-kongarne, ja, han vigde jamvel son sin i elden, likt med dei avstyggjelege skikkarne hjå dei folki Herren hadde rudt ut for Israels-sønerne.
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].
Han ofra slagtoffer, brende røykjelse på haugarne og på bakkarne, og under kvart 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 syrarkongen Resin og Israels-kongen Pekah Remaljason upp og vilde hertaka Jerusalem. Dei kringsette Ahaz, men vann ikkje taka byen.
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.
Samstundes vann syrarkongen Resin Elat attende til Syria. Då han hadde kasta Juda-folki ut or Elat, kom syrarfolk kom og busette seg der, og der bur dei den dag i dag.
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.”
Ahaz sende bod til assyrarkongen Tiglat-Pileser med dei ordi: «Eg er din træl og din son. Kom upp, og frels meg frå syrarkongen og Israels-kongen, som hev teke på meg!»
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.
Ahaz tok det sylvet og gullet som fanst i Herrens hus og skattkammeret i kongsgarden og sende det til gåva åt assyrarkongen.
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.
Assyrarkongen lydde honom, og assyrarkongen drog upp mot Damaskus, hertok byen og førde folket burt til Kir; og Resin slo han i hel.
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.
Kong Ahaz for til Damaskus til møtes med assyrarkongen Tiglat-Pileser. Då han fekk sjå altaret i Damaskus, sende kong Ahaz bilæte av altaret og eit fullkome mynster av det til presten Uria.
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 bygde altaret; heilt etter den fyreskrift kong Ahaz hadde sendt frå Damaskus, soleis gjorde presten Uria det ferdigt, til dess kong Ahaz kom heim.
12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
Då kongen kom heim frå Damaskus og fekk sjå altaret, gjekk han innåt, steig upp 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.
brende brennofferet og grjonofferet sitt, helte ut drykkofferet sitt og skvette blodet av takkofferi sine på altaret.
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 koparaltaret som stod framfor Herrens åsyn, flutte han frå staden sin framfyre huset, millom Herrens hus og det nye altaret, og sette det på nordsida av dette altaret.
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.”
Kong Ahaz baud presten Uria: «På storaltaret skal du brenna brennofferet um morgonen og grjonofferet um kvelden, kongens brennoffer og grjonoffer, og brennofferet for heile landslyden og grjonofferet deira og drykkofferet deira; alt blod av brennoffer og alt blod av slagtoffer skal du hella ut der. Kva eg vil gjera med koparaltaret, skal eg tenkja næmare etter.»
16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
Presten Uria gjorde plent som kong Ahaz baud.
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 Ahaz braut laus listerne på fotstykki og tok baljorne ned derifrå; havet lyfte han ned frå koparuksarne som stod under, og sette det på eit steingolv.
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.
Kviledags-svalgangen som dei hadde bygt i huset, og den ytre konge-inngangen lagde han inn i Herrens hus for assyrarkongen skuld.
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’.
Det som elles er å fortelja um Ahaz, det han gjorde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.
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.
Ahaz lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine og vart gravlagd hjå federne sine i Davidsbyen. Og Hizkia, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
