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1 Og Josafat la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet hos sine fedre i Davids stad; og hans sønn Joram blev konge i hans sted.
Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
2 Han hadde flere brødre - sønner av Josafat - de hette Asarja og Jehiel og Sakarja og Asarja og Mikael og Sefatja; alle disse var sønner av Israels konge Josafat.
His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 Deres far gav dem mange gaver av sølv og gull og kostbare ting og dessuten faste byer i Juda; men kongedømmet gav han til Joram; for han var den førstefødte.
Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
4 Men da Joram hadde tiltrådt kongedømmet efter sin far og trygget sin makt, drepte han alle sine brødre med sverdet og likeledes nogen av Israels høvdinger.
After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
5 Joram var to og tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte åtte år i Jerusalem.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
6 Han vandret på Israels kongers vei, likesom Akabs hus hadde gjort, for han hadde en datter av Akab til hustru; og han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine.
But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
7 Men Herren vilde ikke ødelegge Davids hus for den pakts skyld som han hadde gjort med David, og fordi han hadde sagt at han vilde la en lampe brenne for ham og hans sønner gjennem alle tider.
However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
8 I hans dager falt Edom fra Juda og tok sig en konge.
While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
9 Da drog Joram dit med sine høvdinger og med alle sine stridsvogner; han brøt op om natten og slo edomittene, som hadde omringet ham, og høvedsmennene over deres vogner.
So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
10 Således falt Edom fra Juda og har vært skilt fra dem til den dag idag; på samme tid falt også Libna fra ham, fordi han hadde forlatt Herren, sine fedres Gud.
But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
11 Han opførte også offerhauger på Juda-fjellene og lokket Jerusalems innbyggere til utukt og forførte Juda.
On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
12 Da kom det et brev til ham fra profeten Elias, og i det stod det: Så sier Herren, din far Davids Gud: Fordi du ikke har vandret på din far Josafats veier og på Judas konge Asas veier,
One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
13 men har vandret på Israels kongers vei og lokket Juda og Jerusalems innbyggere til utukt, likesom Akabs hus lokket til utukt, og endog har drept dine brødre, din egen fars sønner, som var bedre enn du,
Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
14 så vil Herren la et hårdt slag ramme ditt folk og dine sønner og dine hustruer og alt det du eier.
So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
15 Og selv skal du rammes av en svær sykdom, en sykdom i dine innvoller, så dine innvoller efter år og dag skal falle ut på grunn av sykdommen.
And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
16 Så opegget Herren filistrene og de arabere som bor ved siden av etioperne, så de blev vrede på Joram,
Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
17 og de drog op mot Juda og brøt inn i landet og førte bort alt gods som fantes i kongens hus, og dessuten hans sønner og hustruer, så han ikke hadde igjen nogen av sine sønner uten sin yngste sønn Joakas.
Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
18 Og efter alt dette rammet Herren ham med en ulægelig sykdom i hans innvoller.
After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
19 Og efter år og dag, da to år var gått til ende, falt hans innvoller ut på grunn av sykdommen, og han døde under hårde lidelser. Hans folk tendte ikke noget bål for ham, som de hadde gjort for hans fedre.
About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
20 Han var to og tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte åtte år i Jerusalem. Han gikk bort, og ingen savnet ham, og de begravde ham i Davids stad, men ikke i konge gravene.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
