2 Kongebok 14
1 I Israels konge Joas', Joakas' sønns annet år blev Amasja konge; han var sønn av Judas konge Joas.
After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
2 Han var fem og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte ni og tyve år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Joaddan og var fra Jerusalem.
He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3 Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, men ikke som hans stamfar David; han gjorde aldeles som sin far Joas.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done.
4 Dog blev offerhaugene ikke nedlagt; folket blev ved å ofre og brenne røkelse på haugene.
But, [like his father, ] he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense [to honor Yahweh] on those hills [instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed].
5 Så snart han hadde fått kongedømmet fast i sin hånd, slo han ihjel dem av sine tjenere som hadde slått ihjel hans far kongen.
As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
6 Men mordernes barn drepte han ikke, efter det som er skrevet i Mose lovbok, hvor Herren har gitt dette bud: Foreldre skal ikke lide døden for sine barns skyld, og barn ikke lide døden for sine foreldres skyld; men enhver skal dø for sin egen synd.
But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for [the crimes/sins committed by] their children, and children must not be executed for [crimes/sins committed by] their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves [have committed].”
7 Han slo Edom i Saltdalen, ti tusen mann, og inntok Sela og kalte det Jokte'el, som det heter den dag idag.
Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [south of the Dead Sea], and they captured Sela [city] and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name.
8 På den tid sendte Amasja bud til Israels konge Joas, sønn av Joakas, Jehus sønn, og lot si: Kom, la oss prøve styrke med hverandre!
Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”
9 Men Israels konge Joas sendte bud til Judas konge Amasja og svarte: Tornebusken på Libanon sendte bud til sederen på Libanon og lot si: La min sønn få din datter til hustru! Men de ville dyr på Libanon fór frem og trådte tornebusken ned.
But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it.
10 Du har slått Edom, og derfor er du blitt overmodig; la dig nøie med den ære og bli hjemme! Hvorfor vil du kalle ulykken ned over dig, så du går til grunne, både du og Juda med dig?
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble [by fighting against] us, you will surely [RHQ] cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.”
11 Men Amasja hørte ikke på ham. Da drog Israels konge Joas op, og han og Judas konge Amasja prøvde styrke med hverandre ved Bet-Semes, som hører til Juda.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
12 Og Judas menn blev slått av Israels menn, og de flyktet hver til sitt hjem;
The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
13 men Judas konge Amasja, sønn av Joas, Akasjas sønn, blev tatt til fange av Israels konge Joas ved Bet-Semes. Og da de kom til Jerusalem, rev han ned et stykke av Jerusalems mur, fra Efra'im-porten til Hjørneporten, fire hundre alen.
Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about (200 yards/180 meters) long.
14 Og han tok alt det gull og sølv og alle de kar som fantes i Herrens hus og i skattkammerne i kongens hus, og dessuten gislene; sa vendte han tilbake til Samaria.
Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
15 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Joas, om det han gjorde, og om hans store gjerninger og hans krig med Judas konge Amasja, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he [and his army] fought against [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
16 Og Joas la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i Samaria hos Israels konger, og hans sønn Jeroboam blev konge i hans sted.
Jehoash died [EUP], and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king.
17 Judas konge Amasja, Joas' sønn, levde femten år efterat Israels konge Joas, Joakas' sønn, var død.
Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.
18 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Amasja, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike.
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Amaziah did, it is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
19 De gjorde en sammensvergelse mot ham i Jerusalem, og han flyktet til Lakis; men de sendte folk efter ham til Lakis og drepte ham der.
Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.
20 Så kjørte de ham derfra med hester, og han blev begravet i Jerusalem hos sine fedre i Davids stad.
They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’.
21 Og alt Judas folk tok og gjorde Asarja, som da var seksten år gammel, til konge i hans far Amasjas sted.
Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king
22 Han gjorde Elat til en fast by og vant det tilbake for Juda, efterat kongen hadde lagt sig til hvile hos sine fedre.
After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.
23 I Judas konge Amasjas, Joas' sønns femtende år blev Jeroboam, sønn av Israels konge Joas, konge i Samaria, og han regjerte i en og firti år.
When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 41 years.
24 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine; han vek ikke fra nogen av de synder som Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hadde gjort og fått Israel til å gjøre.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.
25 Han vant tilbake Israels landemerker fra der hvor veien går til Hamat, og like til Ødemarks-havet, efter det ord som Herren, Israels Gud, hadde talt ved sin tjener profeten Jonas, Amittais sønn, fra Gat-Hefer.
His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath [city] in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher [town], would happen.
26 For Herren hadde sett at Israel var stedt i bitter nød, og det var ute både med store og små, og Israel hadde ingen hjelper.
That happened because Yahweh saw that [the Israelis’ enemies were causing] the Israelis [to] suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.
27 Og Herren hadde ikke sagt at han vilde utslette Israels navn under himmelen; derfor frelste han dem ved Jeroboam, Joas' sønn.
But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.
28 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Jeroboam, om alt det han gjorde, og om hans store gjerninger, hvilke kriger han førte, og hvorledes han vant tilbake til Israel den del av Damaskus og Hamat som før hadde tilhørt Juda, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Jeroboam did, [about] his fighting courageously in battles, and [about] his [enabling the Israelis to] capture again Damascus and Hamath [cities], they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
29 Og Jeroboam la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, hos Israels konger, og hans sønn Sakarja blev konge i hans sted.
Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.
