2 Kings 10
1 Now Ahab had seventy descendants in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, including the elders and the guardians of Ahab's descendants, saying,
Ahab hadde sytti søner i Samaria. Jehu skreiv brev og sende til Samaria, til dei øvste i Jizre’el, til styresmennerne og til dei fosterfeder Ahab hadde sett inn, og der sagde han:
2 “Your master's descendants are with you, and you also have chariots and horses and a fortified city and armor. So then, as soon as this letter comes to you,
«- - Og når de no fær dette brevet, de som hev hjå dykk sønerne åt herren dykkar, de som råder yver vognerne og hestarne, og hev festning og våpn,
3 select the best and most deserving of your master's descendants and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's royal line.”
so kåra ut den hævaste og likaste av sønerne åt herren dykkar, og set honom upp på kongsstolen åt far hans, og strid so for ætti åt herren dykkar!»
4 But they were terrified and said among themselves, “See, the two kings could not stand before Jehu. So how can we stand?”
Men dei vart reint livrædde. «Når ikkje dei tvo kongarne stod seg mot honom, » sagde dei, «kor kann då me?»
5 Then the man who was in charge of the palace, and the man who was over the city, and the elders also, and they who raised the children, sent word back to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants. We will do everything that you command us. We will not make any man king. Do what is good in your eyes.”
Drottseten og byhovdingen og dei øvste og fosterfederne sende det svaret til Jehu: «Dine tenarar er me; alt det du byd oss, gjer me; ingen vil me kåra til konge. Gjer du som du tykkjer sjølv!»
6 Then Jehu wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, you must take the heads of the men of your master's descendants, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time.” Now the king's descendants, seventy in number, were with the important men of the city, who were bringing them up.
Då skreiv han eit nytt brev til deim: «Er so det held med meg og lyder mine bod, so hogg hovudi av kongssønerne, og kom til meg i morgon dette bil, til Jizrael!» Dei sytti kongssønerne budde hjå stormennerne i byen, dei som fostra deim.
7 So when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and killed them, seventy persons, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
Då dei fekk brevet, tok dei kongssønerne og drap deim, alle sytti, lagde so hovudi i korger og sende deim til honom i Jizre’el.
8 A messenger came to Jehu, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king's sons.” So he said, “Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”
Då han fekk bod at dei var komne med hovudi av kongssønerne, sagde han: «Legg dei i tvo dungar attmed byporten til i morgon!»
9 In the morning Jehu went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are innocent. See, I plotted against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
Morgonen etter for han dit ut, steig fram og tala for folket: «De er skuldlause. Det var eg som fekk i stand samansverjingi mot herren min; det var eg som drap honom; men kven hev slege i hel alle desse?
10 Now you should certainly realize that no part of Yahweh's word, the word that he spoke concerning the family of Ahab, will fall to the ground, for Yahweh has done what he spoke about through his servant Elijah.”
Skyna då at ikkje eitt av Herrens ord hev vorte til inkjes, av det Herren tala mot Ahabs hus. Herren hev gjort so som han tala ved Elia, tenaren sin.»
11 So Jehu killed all who remained in the family of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his important men, his close friends, and his priests, until none of them remained.
Jehu slo i hel alle som var att av Ahabs hus i Jizre’el, like eins alle stormennerne hans og venerne hans og prestarne hans, so ingen vart att eller slapp undan.
12 Then Jehu arose and left; he went to Samaria. As he was arriving at Beth Eked of the shepherd,
So tok han ut og for av stad til Samaria. På vegen dit attmed Gjætar-Bet-Eked
13 he met brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah. Jehu said to them, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are brothers of Ahaziah, and we are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of Queen Jezebel.”
råka han på brørne til Ahazja, kongen i Juda. «Kven er de?» spurde han. Dei svara: «Brørne til Ahazja er me; me er på veg og vil helsa på kongssønerne og sønerne åt kongsmori.»
14 Jehu said to his own men, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and killed them at the well of Beth Eked, all forty-two men. He did not leave any of them alive.
«Fanga deim livande!» ropa han. Dei so gjorde. Og han drap deim og kasta deim i brunnen i Bet-Eked, tvo og fyrti i talet; ikkje ein av deim vart spard.
15 When Jehu had left there, he met Jehonadab son of Recab coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart with me, as my heart is with yours?” Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave Jehu his hand, and Jehu took Jehonadab up with him into the chariot.
På vegen derifrå møtte han på Jonadab Rekabsson. Han helsa og spurde: «Er du likso ærleg i hugen mot meg, som eg er mot deg?» «Ja, » svara Jonadab. «Er du det so gjev meg handi!» Han so gjorde, og dermed drog han honom upp til seg i vogni.
16 Jehu said, “Come with me and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So he had Jonadab ride along with him in his chariot.
«Køyr med meg, » sagde han, «so skal du sjå kor brennhuga eg er for Herren!» So fekk han køyra med honom i vogni.
17 When he came to Samaria, Jehu killed all who remained from Ahab's descendants in Samaria, until he had destroyed Ahab's royal line, just as was told them before by the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken to Elijah.
Då han kom til Samaria, slo han i hel alle som var att av Ahabs hus der i byen; han tynte deim alle, soleis som Herren hadde sagt til Elia.
18 Then Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
So stemnde Jehu saman alt folket og tala til deim: «Ahab dyrka Ba’al lite, Jehu vil dyrka honom mykje.
19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let no one be left out, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever does not come will not live.” But Jehu did this deceitfully, with the intent to kill the worshipers of Baal.
Stemn no i hop til meg alle Ba’als-profetarne, alle dyrkarne hans, og alle prestarne hans, ikkje ein må vanta! for eg etlar halda ein stor offerveitsla for Ba’al; og kvar som vantar, skal bøta med livet.» Jehu gjorde det på svik, av di han vilde rydja ut Ba’als-dyrkararne.
20 Jehu said, “Set a time to have an assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
Jehu baud: «Lys ut ei stor samlingshøgtid for Ba’al!» Dei lyste henne ut.
21 Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. They came into the temple of Baal, and it was filled from one end to another.
Jehu sende bod kring i heile Israel, og alle Ba’als-dyrkararne kom; det var ikkje ein som ikkje møtte. Dei gjekk inn i Ba’als-templet, og Ba’als-templet vart fullt frå ende til annan.
22 Jehu said to the man who kept the priest's wardrobe, “Bring out robes for all the worshipers of Baal.” So the man brought out robes to them.
So baud han tilsynsmannen yver klædebui: «Tak fram bunader åt alle Ba’als-dyrkararne!» Og han tok fram bunader åt deim.
23 So Jehu went with Jehonadab son of Recab into the house of Baal, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and make sure that there is no one here with you from the servants of Yahweh, but the worshipers of Baal alone.”
So gjekk Jehu og Jonadab Rekabsson inn i Ba’als-templet. Han bad Ba’als-dyrkararne agta på og sjå etter at det ikkje fanst nokon av Herrens tenarar millom deim, anna einast Ba’als-dyrkarar.
24 Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had chosen eighty men who were standing outside, and he told them, “If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escapes, whoever lets that man escape, his life will be taken for the life of the one who escaped.”
So gjekk dei inn og ofra slagtoffer og brennoffer. Jehu hadde sett åtteti mann utanfor og sagt: «Slepp det undan ein einaste av deim eg gjev i dykkar hende, skal de bøta liv for liv!»
25 So then as soon as Jehu finished offering the burnt offering, he said to the guard and to the captains, “Go in and kill them. Let no one come out.” So they killed them with the edge of the sword, and the guard and the captains threw them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal.
Då han so var ferdig med å ofra brennofferet, baud Jehu livvakti og kjemporne: «Inn og slå deim i hel! Slepp ingen ut!» Dei hogg deim ned, og kasta ut liki. So trengde livvakti og kjemporne seg inn i det inste av Ba’als-templet,
26 They dragged out the stone pillars that were in the house of Baal, and they burned them.
og kasta ut stolparne i Ba’als-templet og brende deim upp.
27 Then they broke down the pillar of Baal, and destroyed the house of Baal and made it a latrine, which it is to this day.
Dei reiv ned Ba’als-sula, og dei reiv ned heile Ba’als-templet, og laga det um til naudturftstad, som finst den dag i dag.
28 That is how Jehu destroyed Baal worship from Israel.
So øydde Jehu Ba’al ut or Israel.
29 But Jehu did not leave the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin—that is, the worship of the golden calves in Bethel and Dan.
Men han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam Nebatsson, som han hadde forført Israel til: gullkalvarne i Betel og Dan.
30 So Yahweh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing what was right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”
Herren tala til Jehu: «Av di du gjorde til gagns det som eg tykkjer er rett, med di du gjorde alt det eg hadde etla Ahabs-ætti, so skal barnebarns-borni dine sitja på Israels kongsstol.»
31 But Jehu took no care to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, by which he made Israel sin.
Men Jehu heldt seg ikkje heilt etter Herrens, Israels Guds, lov; han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam, som han hadde forført Israel til.
32 In those days Yahweh began to cut off regions from Israel, and Hazael defeated the Israelites at the borders of Israel,
Ved denne tid tok Herren til å skjera stykke or Israel. Hazael slo deim langs heile Israels landskil;
33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the Valley of the Arnon, through Gilead to Bashan.
på austsida av Jordan tok han heile Gileadlandet, Gads-ætti, Rubens-ætti, Manasse-ætti, frå Aroer ved Arnonåi, heile Gilead og Basan.
34 As for the other matters concerning Jehu, and all that he did, and all his power, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel?
Det som elles er å fortelja um Jehu, um alt det han gjorde og alle hans storverk, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Israels-kongarne.
35 Jehu slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.
Jehu lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine og vart gravlagd i Samaria. Joahaz, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
Den tidi Jehu var konge yver Israel i Samaria, var åtte og tjuge år.
