2 Kings 23

1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Då sende kongen bod og stemnde saman til seg alle dei øvste i Juda og Jerusalem.

2 The king went up to the LORD’s house, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him—with the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the LORD’s house.

Og kongen gjekk upp til Herrens hus, og alle Juda-mennerne og alt Jerusalems folk fylgde honom, og prestarne, og profetarne og heile folket, unge og gamle. Han las upp for deim alt det som stod i paktboki som dei hadde funne i Herrens hus.

3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.

Kongen steig fram på tramen og gjorde den pakti for Herrens åsyn, at dei skulde fylgja Herren og halda hans bod og fyresegner og lover av alt sitt hjarta og all sin hug, og setja i verk dei paktordi som var skrivne i denne boki. Heile folket gjekk med på pakti.

4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the LORD’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burnt them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Sidan baud kongen øvstepresten Hilkia og dei næst-øvste prestarne og dørstokkvakti å få ut or Herrens tempel alle dei gognerne som var laga åt Ba’al og Astarte og heile himmelheren; og dei vart uppbrende utanfor Jerusalem på Kidrons-vollarne, og oska vart bori til Betel.

5 He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burnt incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

Avgudsprestarne som Juda-kongarne hadde sett inn, fekk avskil, dei som hadde brent røykjelse på haugarne i Juda-byarne og ikring Jerusalem, og dei som hadde brent røykjelse for Ba’al, for soli og månen og stjernorne i dyreringen og for heile himmelheren.

6 He brought out the Asherah from the LORD’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

Astarte-bilætet fekk han ut or Herrens hus, til Kidronsdalen utanfor Jerusalem, og brende det der i Kidronsdalen, mol det til dust, og dusti kasta han på den ålmenne gravstaden.

7 He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Han reiv ned utukt-husi i Herrens hus, der som kvende vov tjeld til Astarte.

8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

Han flutte alle prestarne inn frå byarne i Juda; og frå Geba til Be’erseba vanhelga han offerhaugarne der prestarne hadde brent røykjelse. Han reiv ned offerhaugarne ved portarne, den som var utanfor porten åt byhovdingen Josva, og den som var på vinstre sida når ein gjekk inn byporten.

9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to the LORD’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread amongst their brothers.

Men hauga-prestarne fekk ikkje stiga upp til Herrens altar i Jerusalem; dei fekk berre vera med når brørne deira åt søtebrød.

10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

Han vanhelga Tofet i Hinnomssons-dalen, so ingen skulde vigja son eller dotter i elden, til Molok.

11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire.

Han fekk burt dei hestarne som Juda-kongarne hadde sett upp til æra for soli ved inngangen til Herrens hus, ved kammerset til hirdmannen Netan-Melek i Parvarim; og solvognerne brende han upp.

12 The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the LORD’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

Altari på taket ved høgeloftet til Ahaz, dei som Juda-kongarne hadde sett upp, og altari som Manasse hadde bygt upp i båe tuni kring Herrens hus, reiv kongen ned, og han smuldra deim og førde deim burt og kasta dusti i Kidronsdalen.

13 The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Og kongen vanhelga offerhaugarne aust for Jerusalem på sørsida av Tyningsbjerget, og som Salomo, Israels konge, hadde bygt åt Astarte, styggedomen frå Sidon, og åt Kamos, Moabs styggedom, og åt Milkom, den avstyggjelege guden åt ammonitarne.

14 He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.

Han braut og sund minnesteinarne og hogg ned Astarte-bilæti, og fyllte tufti deira med mannebein.

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burnt the high place and beat it to dust, and burnt the Asherah.

Sameleis altaret i Betel, offerhaugen Jerobeam Nebatsson hadde bygt upp, der som han forførde Israel til å synda - ogso det altaret og den haugen reiv han ned; og han brende upp haugen og mol honom til dust, og han brende upp Astarte-bilætet.

16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

Då Josia såg seg um og gådde graverne der på fjellet, sende han folk som tok beini ut or graverne, og brende deim upp på altaret, og vanhelga det soleis, etter Herrens ord, som han gudsmannen hadde ropa ut, som ropa at dette skulde henda.

17 Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

«Kva er det for ein gravstein eg ser her?» spurde han. Bymennene svara honom: «Det er gravi åt den gudsmannen som kom frå Juda og ropa ut yver altaret i Betel at det skulde henda som du no hev sett i verk.»

18 He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

Då sagde han: «Lat honom kvila i fred! Ingen skal røra beini hans.» Soleis berga dei hans bein, og sameleis beini til profeten som kom frå Samaria.

19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

Dessutan rudde Josia burt alle hauga-husi i Samaria-byarne, som Israels-kongarne hadde bygt til harm for Herren; og han for med deim i alle måtar sameleis som i Betel.

20 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burnt men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

Og han drap ned alle hauga-prestarne der ved altari, og brende mannebein på deim. So snudde han heim att til Jerusalem.

21 The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”

Kongen gav heile folket det bodet: «Haldt påske for Herren, dykkar Gud, etter fyreskrifterne i denne paktboki!»

22 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Sovori påskehelg hadde dei ikkje halde frå den tid då domarane styrde Israel, og ut gjenom heile kongetidi i Israel og Juda.

23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Fyrst i attande styringsåret åt kong Josia heldt dei sovori påskehelg for Herren i Jerusalem.

24 Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the LORD’s house.

Josia øydde og ut alle som mana draugar og spåvette, og husgudarne og steingudarne og all styggedomen som hadde synt seg i Judalandet og i Jerusalem. Soleis sette han i verk lov-ordi som var skrivne i den boki presten Hilkia fann i Herrens hus.

25 There was no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Torah of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.

Maken til konge hadde ikkje vore fyre honom; det var ingen som soleis hadde vendt seg til Herren av alt sitt hjarta og all sin hug og all sin styrke etter heile Moselovi; og maken hans kom aldri meir.

26 Notwithstanding, the LORD didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burnt against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.

Like vel gav ikkje Herren upp den store brennande harmen som hadde loga upp mot Juda for alle dei harmelege synder Manasse hadde harma honom med.

27 The LORD said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

Herren sagde: «Ogso Juda støyter eg burt frå meg, liksom eg støyte Israel burt. Ja, eg vandar denne byen som eg valde ut, Jerusalem og huset som eg sagde um: «Mitt namn skal vera der.»»

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Det som elles er å fortelja um Josia og alt det han gjorde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.

29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

I hans tid drog egyptarkongen Farao Neko upp til elvi Frat mot assyrarkongen. Kong Josia drog imot honom, men han drap honom ved Megiddo, so snart han fekk sjå honom.

30 His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

Folket hans køyrde liket frå Megiddo til Jerusalem og gravlagde honom i hans eigi grav. Og folket i landet tok Joahaz Josiason og salva honom til konge i staden for faren.

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Tri og tjuge år gamall var Joahaz då han vart konge, og tri månader rådde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Hamutal Jeremiadotter, frå Libna.

32 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, plent som federne hans.

33 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Farao Neko fengsla honom i Ribla i Hamatlandet, og gjorde soleis ende på styringi hans i Jerusalem. Han lagde skatt på landet: tvo hundrad og femti våger sylv og tvo og ein halv våg gull.

34 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.

Farao Neko gjorde Eljakim Josiason til konge i staden for Josia, far hans, og brigda namnet hans til Jojakim. Men Joahaz tok han med seg til Egyptarland, og der døydde han.

35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

Jojakim reidde ut sylvet og gullet til Farao. Men han laut leggja skatt på landet for å reida ut dei pengarne Farao kravde. Etter so som kvar var likna, dreiv han inn sylvet og gullet av landsfolket og reidde det ut til Farao Neko.

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Fem og tjuge år gamall var Jojakim då han vart konge, og han elleve år rådde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Zebida Pedajadotter, frå Ruma.

37 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, plent som federne hans.