1 Kongebok 16
1 Og Herrens ord kom til Jehu, Hananis sønn, om Baesa, og det lød således:
During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:
2 Fordi jeg har ophøiet dig av støvet og satt dig til fyrste over mitt folk Israel, men du har vandret på Jeroboams vei og fått mitt folk Israel til å synde, så de vekker min harme ved sine synder,
“You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
3 så vil jeg nu feie efter Baesa og hans hus og gjøre med ditt hus som med Jeroboams, Nebats sønns hus.
So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
4 Den av Baesas ætt som dør i byen, skal hundene fortære, og den av hans ætt som dør på marken, skal himmelens fugler fortære.
[The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
5 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Baesa, om det han gjorde, og om hans store gjerninger, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
6 Og Baesa la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i Tirsa, og hans sønn Ela blev konge i hans sted.
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.
7 Men Herrens ord var ved profeten Jehu, Hananis sønn, kommet til Baesa og hans hus, ikke alene for alt det onde han hadde gjort for Herrens øine, idet han vakte hans harme ved sine henders verk, så han var lik Jeroboams ætt, men også fordi han hadde slått denne ætt ihjel.
Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.
8 I Judas konge Asas seks og tyvende år blev Ela, Baesas sønn, konge over Israel i Tirsa, og han var konge i to år.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.
9 Hans tjener Simri, som var høvedsmann for den ene halvdel av stridsvognene, fikk i stand en sammensvergelse mot ham. Og da han engang var i Tirsa og drakk sig drukken hos Arsa, slottshøvdingen i Tirsa,
[A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.
10 kom Simri og slo ham ihjel - det var i Judas konge Asas syv og tyvende år - og så blev han selv konge i hans sted.
Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.
11 Og da han var blitt konge og satt på sin trone, slo han hele Baesas hus ihjel; han lot ikke en eneste mann av hans ætt bli i live, hverken hans nærmeste frender eller hans venner.
As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.
12 Således utryddet Simri hele Baesas hus efter det ord som Herren hadde talt til Baesa ved profeten Jehu,
That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
13 for alle de synders skyld som Baesa og hans sønn Ela hadde gjort, og som de hadde fått Israel til å gjøre, så de vakte Herrens, Israels Guds harme ved sine tomme guder.
Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.
14 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Ela og om alt det han gjorde, er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
15 I Judas konge Asas syv og tyvende år blev Simri konge og regjerte i syv dager i Tirsa, mens folket lå i leir omkring Gibbeton, som tilhørte filistrene.
So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.
16 Da folket som lå i leir, fikk høre at Simri hadde fått i stand en sammensvergelse og slått kongen ihjel, gjorde hele Israel samme dag i leiren hærføreren Omri til konge over Israel.
The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
17 Så drog Omri med hele Israel op fra Gibbeton, og de kringsatte Tirsa.
The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
18 Men da Simri så at byen var inntatt, gikk han inn i borgen i kongens hus og brente kongens hus av over sitt hode og døde,
When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].
19 for de synders skyld som han hadde gjort, idet han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, og vandret på Jeroboams vei og i den synd som Jeroboam hadde gjort, så han fikk Israel til å synde.
He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
20 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Simri og om den sammensvergelse han fikk i stand, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
21 Da delte folket - Israel - sig i to deler; den ene halvdel av folket holdt med Tibni, Ginats sønn, og gjorde ham til konge, men den andre halvdel holdt med Omri.
After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].
22 Men de som holdt med Omri, fikk overhånd over dem som holdt med Tibni, Ginats sønn; og Tibni døde, og Omri blev konge.
Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
23 I Asas, Judas konges en og trettiende år blev Omri konge over Israel, og han var konge i tolv år. I Tirsa regjerte han i seks år.
Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
24 Han kjøpte Samaria-fjellet av Semer for to talenter sølv; og han bygget en by på fjellet og kalte den Samaria efter Semer, som hadde eid fjellet.
Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
25 Men Omri gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine; han bar sig endog verre at enn nogen av dem som hadde vært før ham.
But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
26 Han vandret på alle Jeroboams, Nebats sønns veier og i hans synder, dem som han hadde fått Israel til å gjøre, så de vakte Herrens, Israels Guds harme ved sine tomme guder.
[When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
27 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Omri, om det han gjorde, og om de store gjerninger han utførte, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
28 Og Omri la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i Samaria, og hans sønn Akab blev konge i hans sted.
After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
29 Akab, Omris sønn, blev konge over Israel i Asas, Judas konges åtte og trettiende år; og Akab, Omris sønn, regjerte over Israel i Samaria i to og tyve år.
Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.
30 Akab, Omris sønn, gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, mere enn nogen av dem som hadde vært før ham.
Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
31 Og som om det var for lite at han vandret i Jeroboams, Nebats sønns synder, tok han Jesabel, datter av sidoniernes konge Etba'al, til hustru og gav sig til å dyrke Ba'al og tilbede ham.
He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].
32 Han opreiste et alter for Ba'al i det Ba'als-tempel han hadde bygget i Samaria.
He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.
33 Akab gjorde også et Astarte-billede, og han gjorde ennu mere til å vekke Herrens, Israels Guds harme; han bar sig verre at enn nogen av de konger i Israel som hadde vært før ham.
He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
34 I hans dager bygget Hiel fra Betel Jeriko op igjen; da han la dets grunnvoll, kostet det ham hans førstefødte sønn Abiram, og da han satte op dets porter, kostet det ham hans yngste sønn Segub - efter det ord som Herren hadde talt ved Josva, Nuns sønn.
During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].
