2 Kings 16

1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.

Uti sjuttonde årena Pekah, Remalia sons, vardt Ahas Konung, Jothams, Juda Konungs, son.

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.

Tjugu åra gammal var Ahas, då han vardt Konung, och regerade sexton år i Jerusalem, och gjorde intet det Herranom hans Gud behagade, såsom hans fader 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.

Ty han vandrade på Israels Konungars väg; dertill lät han sin son gå igenom eld, efter de Hedningars styggelse, hvilka Herren för Israels barn fördrifvit hade.

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].

Och han gjorde offer, och rökte på höjderna, och på alla backar, och under all grön trä.

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 tiden drog Rezin, Konungen i Syrien, och Pekah, Remalia son, Israels Konung, upp till Jerusalem till att strida, och belade Ahas; men de kunde icke vinna det.

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 samma tiden fick Rezin, Konungen i Syrien, Elath igen till Syrien, och dref Judarna utur Elath. Och de Syrier kommo, och bodde deruti, allt intill denna 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.”

Men Ahas sände båd till Thiglath Pileser, Konungen i Assyrien, och lät säga honom: Jag är din tjenare, och din son. Kom hitupp, och hjelp mig utu Konungens hand i Syrien, och Israels Konungs, hvilka sig emot mig upprest hafva.

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.

Och Ahas tog det silfver och guld, som i Herrans huse och uti Konungshusens fatebur funnet vardt, och sände Konungenom i Assyrien skänker.

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.

Och Konungen i Assyrien hörde honom; och drog upp till Damascon, och vann det; och förde dem bort till Kir, och drap Rezin.

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.

Och Konung Ahas drog emot ThiglathPileser, Konungen i Assyrien, till Damascon. Och då han såg ett altare, som i Damascon var, sände Konung Ahas ett mönster och en efterliknelse till Presten Uria, såsom det gjordt var.

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.

Och Uria Presten byggde ett altare, och gjorde det efter det, som Konung Ahas honom sändt hade ifrå Damascon, tilldess Konung Ahas kom ifrå Damascon.

12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it

Och då Konungen kom ifrå Damascon och såg altaret, offrade han deruppå;

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.

Och upptände deruppå sitt bränneoffer, och spisoffer, och göt deruppå sitt drickoffer; och blodet af tackoffrena, som han offrade, lät han stänka 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 det kopparaltaret, som för Herranom stod, tog han bort, så att det icke skulle stå emellan altaret och Herrans hus; utan satte det utmed sidona vid altaret norrut.

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.”

Och Konung Ahas böd Prestenom Uria, och sade: På det stora altaret skall du upptända bränneoffer om morgonen, och spisoffer om aftonen, och Konungens bränneoffer, och hans spisoffer, och allt folkens bränneoffer i landena, samt med deras spisoffer, och drickoffer; och allt blodet af bränneoffret, och af allo andro offer skall du stänka deruppå; men om kopparaltaret vill jag vara förtänkt hvad jag göra skall.

16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.

Presten Uria gjorde allt det Konung Ahas befallde honom.

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.

Och Konung Ahas bröt bort sidorna af stolarna, och hof bort kettlarna deraf, och hafvet hof han utaf de kopparoxar, som voro derunder, och satte det uppå stengolfvet;

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.

Dertill Sabbathspredikostolen, den de i husena byggt hade. Och Konungsgången utantill vände han i Herrans hus, för Konungens skull i Assyrien.

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 nu mer af Ahas sägandes är? hvad han gjort hafver, si, det är skrifvet i Juda Konungars Chrönico.

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.

Och Ahas afsomnade med sina fäder, och vardt begrafven när sina fäder uti Davids stad; och Hiskia hans son vardt Konung i hans stad.