2 Kings 17
1 Elah’s son Hoshea began to rule Israel after King Ahaz had ruled Judah for twelve years. Hoshea ruled in Samaria for nine years.
Uti tolfte årena Ahas, Juda Konungs, vardt Hosea, Ela son, Konung öfver Israel i Samarien, i nio år;
2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as many evil things as the previous kings of Israel had done.
Och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, dock icke såsom de Israels Konungar, som för honom voro.
3 [The army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated [the army of] King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year.
Emot honom drog upp Salmanasser, Konungen i Assyrien och Hosea vardt honom undergifven, så att han gaf honom skänker.
4 But several years later, Hoshea secretly planned to rebel against the rulers of Assyria. He sent messengers to So/Osorkon, the king of Egypt, [asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria]. Hoshea also stopped paying the tribute/taxes that he had been paying to Assyria every year. But the king of Assyria found out about those things, so he told his officers to put Hoshea in prison.
Då Konungen i Assyrien fick veta, att Hosea hade ett förbund för händer, och hade sändt båd till So, Konungen i Egypten, och icke utgifva ville årliga skänkerna Konungenom i Assyrien; belade han honom, och kastade honom i fängelse.
5 Then he [brought the army of] Assyria to Israel, and they attacked everywhere in that land. His army surrounded Samaria [city] for three years.
Och Konungen i Assyrien drog in i hela landet, och till Samarien, och belade det i tre år.
6 Finally, after King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for nine years, the army of Assyria [MTY] [forcefully entered] the city [and] captured [the people]. They took the Israeli people to Assyria and forced some of them to live in Halah [town]. They forced others to live near the Habor River in Gozan district. They forced others to live in the towns where the Mede people-group lived.
Och uti nionde årena Hosea vann Konungen i Assyrien Samarien, och förde Israel bort i Assyrien, och satte dem i Halah, och i Habor vid den älfven Gosan, och uti de Meders städer.
7 Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their [ancestors] from the power [MTY] of the king of Egypt and brought them [safely] out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods.
Ty då Israels barn syndade emot Herran deras Gud, den dem utur Egypti land fört hade, utu Pharaos hand, Konungens i Egypten, och fruktade andra gudar;
8 They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel (introduced/showed to them).
Och vandrade efter Hedningarnas seder, hvilka Herren för Israels barn fördrifvit hade, och såsom Israels Konungar gjort hade;
9 The Israeli people also secretly did many things that were not pleasing to Yahweh their God. They built shrines [to worship idols] in all their cities, including small towns and big cities with walls around them.
Och skickade sig icke tillbörliga för Herranom sinom Gud; och byggde sig höjder i alla städer, både på slott och i fasta städer;
10 They set up stone pillars [to honor gods], and poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah at the top of every high hill and under every [big] tree.
Och uppreste stodar och lundar på alla backar, och under all grön trä;
11 The Israelis burned incense in every place where they worshiped those gods, just like the people-groups who lived there previously had done—the groups that Yahweh had expelled from the land. The Israelis did many wicked things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
Och rökte der på alla höjder, lika såsom Hedningarna, hvilka Herren för dem fördrifvit hade; och bedrefvo slem stycke, dermed de förtörnade Herran;
12 Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway.
Och tjente afgudar, om hvilka Herren dem sagt hade: Detta skolen I icke göra.
13 Yahweh frequently sent his prophets and (seers/those who saw visions from Yahweh) to warn the people of Israel and the people of Judah. The message that Yahweh gave them was, “Turn away from all your evil behavior. Obey my commands and my laws, the laws that I told your ancestors [to obey] and which I told the prophets who served me to tell to you [again].”
Och då Herren betygade i Israel och Juda, genom alla Propheter och Siare, och lät säga dem: Vänder om utaf edra onda vägar, och håller min bud och rätter, efter all de lag som jag edra fäder budit hafver, och jag genom mina tjenare Propheterna till eder sändt hafver.
14 But the Israeli people would not pay attention. They were stubborn [IDM] just like their ancestors were. Just like their ancestors did, they refused to believe in Yahweh their God.
Men de lydde intet, utan gjorde sig hårdnackade, såsom ock deras fäder gjort hade, hvilke icke trodde på Herran deras Gud.
15 They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.
Dertill föraktade de hans bud, och hans förbund som han med deras fäder gjort hade, och hans vittnesbörd som han ibland dem gjort hade, och vandrade efter deras fåfängelighet, och vordo fåfängelige såsom Hedningarna, som omkring dem voro, om hvilka Herren dem budit hade, att de icke skulle göra såsom de.
16 The Israeli people disobeyed all of Yahweh’s commands. They made two metal calves [to worship]. They set up two poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah, and they worshiped [the god] Baal, and the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Men de öfvergåfvo all Herrans deras Guds bud, och gjorde sig två gjutna kalfvar, och lundar; och tillbådo allan himmelens här, och tjente Baal;
17 They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices [to those gods]. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose [MET] to do [all kinds of] evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
Och läto sina söner och döttrar gå igenom eld, och foro med spådom och trolldom; och gåfvo sig till att göra det ondt var för Herranom, till att förtörna honom.
18 So, because Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people, he allowed [their enemies] to take them away [from their country]. Only the people of the tribe of Judah were left [in the land].
Så vardt Herren ganska vred på Israel, och kastade dem bort ifrå sitt ansigte; så att intet blef qvart, utan Juda slägt allena.
19 But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of Yahweh their God. They imitated the evil customs that the Israelis had introduced.
Dertill höll icke heller Juda Herrans sins Guds bud, utan vandrade efter Israels seder, som de gjort hade.
20 So Yahweh rejected all the people of Israel and of Judah. He punished them by allowing the armies of other nations to defeat them [and take them away]. He got rid of all of them.
Derföre förkastade Herren all Israels säd, och plågade dem; och gaf dem i röfvarehänder, tilldess han kastade dem ifrå sitt ansigte.
21 Earlier, when Yahweh allowed the people of Israel to separate/break away from the area [MTY] that King David [had estabished], they chose Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, to be their king. Then Jeroboam enticed the people of Israel to stop worshiping Yahweh [and to worship idols instead]. He led them to commit great sins.
Förty Israel vardt söndrad ifrå Davids hus, och hade gjort sig Jerobeam, Nebats son, till Konung. Han vände Israel ifrå Herranom, och gjorde det så, att de svårliga syndade.
22 And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins,
Alltså vandrade Israels barn uti alla Jerobeams synder, som han hade åstadkommit, och icke återvände deraf;
23 until finally Yahweh got rid of them. That was just what his prophets had warned would happen. The Israeli people were taken away to the land of Assyria, and they still remain there.
Intilldess Herren kastade Israel ifrå sitt ansigte, såsom han igenom alla sina tjenare Propheterna sagt hade. Så vardt då Israel bortförd utu sitt land in uti Assyrien, allt intill denna dag.
24 The king of Assyria [ordered his soldiers to] take [groups of] people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim [cities] to [the] Samaria [region], and to resettle them in the towns there, to take the place of the Israelis [who lived there previously]. Those people took control over [the whole] Samaria [region] and lived in the towns there.
Och Konungen af Assyrien lät komma folk af Babel, af Cutha, af Ava, af Hamath och Sepharvaim, och besatte de städer i Samarien uti Israels barnas stad; och de togo Samarien in, och bodde uti dess städer.
25 But those people [who came from other countries] did not worship Yahweh when they first arrived in Samaria. So Yahweh sent lions to kill some of them.
Men som de då begynte att bo der, och fruktade intet Herran, sände Herren lejon ibland dem, som slogo dem ihjäl.
26 Then those people sent a message to the king of Assyria. They wrote, “We people who have resettled in the towns in Samaria do not know how to worship the God [that the Israelis worshiped] in this land. So he has sent lions among us to kill us, because we have not worshiped him correctly.”
Och de läto säga Konungenom i Assyrien: De Hedningar, som du hafver låtit komma hit, och besatt med de städer i Samarien, veta intet af landsens Guds seder; derföre hafver han sändt lejon ibland dem, och si, de dräpa dem, efter de icke veta utaf landsens Guds seder.
27 [When] the king of Assyria [read this letter, he] commanded [his officers], “You brought many priests here from Samaria. Send one of them back there. Tell him to teach the people who are now living there how to worship correctly the God whom the Israelis worshiped in that land.”
Konungen i Assyrien böd, och sade: Förer dit en af Presterna, som dädan bortförde äro; han fare dit, och bo der; och han läre dem landsens Guds seder.
28 So [the officers did that]. They sent one of the Israeli priests back to Samaria. That priest went to live in Bethel [city], and he taught the people there how to worship Yahweh.
Så kom en af Presterna, som af Samarien bortförde voro, och satte sig i BethEl, och lärde dem, huru de skulle frukta Herran.
29 But the people [who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and] continued to make their own idols. They placed them in the shrines that the Israelis had built there. The people of each people-group made idols in the cities in which they were living.
Men hvart och ett folk gjorde sig sin gud, och satte dem uti de höjders hus, som de Samariter gjorde, hvart och ett folk uti sina städer, der de bodde.
30 The people from Babylon made idols to represent their god Succoth-Benoth. The people from Cuthah made idols to represent their god Nergal. The people from Hamath made idols to represent their god Ashima.
De af Babel gjorde SuccothBenoth; de af Cuth gjorde Nergal; de af Hamath gjorde Asima;
31 The people of Avva made idols to represent their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their own children. They completely burned them [in pits where hot fires were kept burning, ] as offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
De af Ava gjorde Nibhas och Thartak; de af Sepharvaim brände upp sina söner Adrammelech och Anammelech, Sepharvaims gudom.
32 But those people also worshiped Yahweh, and they appointed from among their own groups many people to be priests at the shrines on the tops of the hills, in order that those priests could offer sacrifices for them there.
Och efter de ock fruktade Herran, gjorde de honom Prester på höjderna utaf de ringesta ibland dem, och satte dem i höjdernas hus.
33 So they revered Yahweh, but they also worshiped their own gods, just as the people living in the countries from which they had been taken to Samaria did.
Alltså fruktade de Herran, och tjente likväl af gudomen, efter hvars folkens sed, dädan de förde voro.
34 They still keep their old customs. They really do not worship Yahweh, and they do not obey all the laws and commands that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, to whom he gave the new name Israel.
Och intill denna dag göra de efter det gamla sättet, att de hvarken frukta Herran, eller göra hans seder och rätter, efter de lag och bud, som Herren Jacobs barn budit hafver, hvilkom han det namnet Israel gaf.
35 Yahweh had previously made an agreement with their ancestors, commanding them not to worship other gods or bow down to honor them or do other things to please them or offer sacrifices to them.
Och gjorde Herren ett förbund med dem, och böd dem, och sade: Frukter inga andra gudar, och tillbeder dem icke, och tjener dem icke, och offrer dem icke;
36 He had said to them, “You must have an awesome respect for me, Yahweh, the one who brought you out of Egypt with my very great power [DOU]. I am the one whom you must bow down to honor, and I am the one to whom you must offer sacrifices.
Utan Herranom, som eder utur Egypti land fört hafver, med stora magt och uträcktom arm, honom frukter, honom tillbeder, och offrer honom;
37 You must always obey the laws and commands that I [told Moses to] write for you. You must not worship other gods.
Och håller de seder, rätter, lag och bud, som han eder hafver skrifva låtit; att I alltid gören derefter, och icke frukten andra gudar;
38 And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods.
Och förgäter icke det förbund, som han med eder gjort hafver, att I icke frukten andra gudar;
39 Instead, you must revere me, Yahweh, your God. If you do that, I will rescue you from the power [MTY] of all your enemies.”
Utan frukter Herran edar Gud; han varder eder hjelpandes ifrån alla edra fiendar.
40 But the people [from those foreign nations] would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs.
Men desse lydde icke, utan gjorde efter sin förra sed.
41 So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing.
Alltså fruktade desse Hedningarna Herran, och tjente likväl sina gudar. Sammalunda gjorde ock deras barn och barnabarn, såsom deras fäder gjort hade, allt intill denna dag.
