2 Kongebok 23

1 Da sendte kongen bud efter alle Judas og Jerusalems eldste, og de samledes hos ham.

And they reported to the king what she had said. And he sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.

2 Og kongen gikk op til Herrens hus, og hver mann av Juda og alle Jerusalems innbyggere fulgte ham - prestene og profetene og alt folket, både store og små; og han leste op for dem alt det som stod skrevet i paktens bok, den som var funnet i Herrens hus.

And the king ascended to the temple of the Lord. And with him were all the men of Judah and all who were living in Jerusalem: the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great. And in the hearing of everyone, he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

3 Og kongen stod på forhøiningen og gjorde den pakt for Herrens åsyn at de skulde følge Herren og holde hans bud og hans vidnesbyrd og hans forskrifter av alt sitt hjerte og av all sin sjel - at de skulde holde denne pakts ord, de som var skrevet i denne bok. Og alt folket trådte inn i pakten.

And the king stood upon the step. And he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that they would walk after the Lord, and keep his precepts and testimonies and ceremonies, with all their heart and with all their soul, and so that they would carry out the words of this covenant, which had been written in that book. And the people agreed to the covenant.

4 Så bød kongen ypperstepresten Hilkias og prestene av annen rang og vokterne ved dørtreskelen å føre ut av Herrens tempel alle de redskaper som var gjort til Ba'al og Astarte og til hele himmelens hær; og han brente dem op utenfor Jerusalem på Kidron-markene og lot støvet av dem føre til Betel.

And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.

5 Han avsatte de prester som Judas konger hadde innsatt, og som brente røkelse på haugene i Judas byer og rundt omkring Jerusalem, og dem som brente røkelse for Ba'al, for solen og månen og dyrekretsens stjernebilleder og hele himmelens hær.

And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice in the high places throughout the cities of Judah, and all around Jerusalem, along with those who were burning incense to Baal, and to the Sun, and to the Moon, and to the twelve signs, and to the entire army of heaven.

6 Han tok Astarte-billedet ut av Herrens hus og lot det føre utenfor Jerusalem til Kidron-dalen og brenne op i Kidron-dalen og knuse til støv; og han kastet støvet av det på de ringe folks graver.

And he caused the sacred grove to be carried away from the house of the Lord, outside of Jerusalem, to the steep valley of Kidron. And he burned it there, and reduced it to dust. And he cast the dust over the graves of the common people.

7 Han rev ned tempel-bolernes huser, som lå like ved Herrens hus, hvor kvinnene vevde småtelt for Astarte.

Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.

8 Han lot alle prestene komme fra Judas byer og gjorde de hauger urene hvor prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Be'erseba, og han brøt ned haugene ved portene, både den som lå ved inngangen til byhøvedsmannen Josvas port, og den som lå til venstre ved byporten.

And he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah. And he defiled the high places, where the priests were sacrificing, from Geba as far as Beersheba. And he tore down the altars of the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the leader of the city, which was to the left of the gate of the city.

9 Dog fikk haugenes prester ikke ofre på Herrens alter i Jerusalem, men de åt usyret brød blandt sine brødre.

Yet truly, the priests of the high places did not ascend to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem. For they would only eat from the unleavened bread in the midst of their brothers.

10 Han gjorde også Tofet i Hinnoms barns dal urent, så ikke nogen skulde la sin sønn eller datter gå gjennem ilden for Molok.

Also, he defiled Topheth, which is in the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no one would consecrate his son or his daughter, through fire, to Molech.

11 Han hadde bort de hester som Judas konger hadde innvidd til solen, tett ved inngangen til Herrens hus, ved hoffmannen Netan-Meleks kammer i Parvarim; og solens vogner brente han op med ild.

Also, he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the Sun, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, beside the hallway of Nathan-melech, the eunuch, who was in Pharurim. And he burned the chariots of the Sun with fire.

12 Alterne på taket over Akas' sal, som Judas konger hadde gjort, og de alter som Manasse hadde gjort i begge forgårdene til Herrens hus, rev kongen ned; og han smuldret dem og hadde dem bort derfra og kastet støvet av dem i Kidrons bekk.

Also, the altars which were upon 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 temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.

13 De offerhauger som lå midt imot Jerusalem på høire side av Ødeleggelsens berg, og som Israels konge Salomo hadde bygget for Astarte, sidoniernes vederstyggelighet, og for Kamos, Moabs vederstyggelighet, og for Milkom, Ammons barns vederstyggelighet, dem gjorde kongen urene.

Also, the high places which were in Jerusalem, to the right side of the Mount of Offense, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built to Ashtoreth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, the offense of Moab, and to Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

14 Han slo billedstøttene i stykker og hugg ned Astarte-billedene og fylte det sted hvor de hadde stått, med menneskeben.

And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.

15 Også alteret i Betel, den offerhaug som Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hadde gjort, han som fikk Israel til å synde, også det alter og den offerhaug rev han ned; og han brente op haugen og knuste den til støv; likeså brente han op Astarte-billedet.

Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.

16 Da Josias vendte sig om og så gravene som var der på fjellet, sendte han folk dit og lot benene ta ut av gravene og brenne op på alteret og gjorde det urent efter Herrens ord, det som den Guds mann hadde utropt, han som ropte ut at dette skulde skje.

And in that place Josiah, turning, saw the sepulchers which were on the mount. And he sent and took the bones from the sepulchers. And he burned them upon the altar, and he defiled it in accord with the word of the Lord, which was spoken by the man of God, who had predicted these events.

17 Så sa han: Hvad er det for en stenstøtte jeg ser der borte? Byens menn svarte: Det er gravstedet til den Guds mann som kom fra Juda og ropte ut over alteret i Betel at det skulde skje som du nu har gjort.

And he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the citizens of that city responded to him: “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and who predicted these events, which you have carried out concerning the altar of Bethel.”

18 Da sa han: La ham hvile i fred, ingen må flytte hans ben! Så lot de hans ben være i fred og likeså benene av den profet som var kommet fra Samaria.

And he said: “Permit him. Let no one move his bones.” And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived from Samaria.

19 Også alle offerhaug-husene i Samarias byer som Israels konger hadde gjort for å vekke Herrens harme, fikk Josias bort og gjorde med dem aldeles som han hadde gjort i Betel.

Then too, all the shrines of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josiah took away. And he acted toward them according to all the works that he had done in Bethel.

20 Og alle offerhaug-prestene som var der, lot han drepe på alterne og brente menneskeben på dem. Så vendte han tilbake til Jerusalem.

And all the priests of the high places, who were in that place, he killed upon the altars. And he burned the bones of the men upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Og kongen bød alt folket: Hold påske for Herren eders Gud, således som skrevet er i denne paktens bok!

And he instructed all the people, saying: “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, according to what has been written in the book of this covenant.”

22 For en påske som denne var ikke blitt holdt fra den tid da dommerne dømte Israel, heller ikke i hele den tid det hadde vært konger i Israel og Juda.

Now no similar Passover was kept, from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, and from all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah,

23 Det var først i kong Josias' attende år at en sådan påske blev holdt for Herren i Jerusalem.

as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah.

24 Også dødningemanerne og sannsigerne og husgudene og de motbydelige avguder og alle de vederstyggeligheter som hadde vært å se i Juda land og i Jerusalem, utryddet Josias for å holde lovens ord som var skrevet i den bok presten Hilkias hadde funnet i Herrens hus.

Then too, Josiah took away those who divined by spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images of the idols, and the defilements, and the abominations, which had been in the land of Judah and Jerusalem, so that he might establish the words of the law, which were written in the book, which Hilkiah, the priest, found in the temple of the Lord.

25 Det hadde aldri før vært nogen konge som han, nogen som således hadde omvendt sig til Herren av alt sitt hjerte og av all sin sjel og av all sin styrke efter hele Mose lov, og efter ham opstod det ingen som han.

There was no king before him similar to him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses. And after him, there rose up no one similar to him.

26 Dog vendte Herren ikke om fra sin store, brennende vrede, som var optendt mot Juda for alle de harmelige synder hvormed Manasse hadde vakt hans harme.

Yet truly, the Lord did not turn away from the wrath of his great fury, his fury which was enraged against Judah because of the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.

27 Og Herren sa: Også Juda vil jeg støte bort fra mitt åsyn, likesom jeg støtte Israel bort, og jeg vil forkaste denne stad som jeg har utvalgt, Jerusalem, og det hus hvorom jeg sa: Mitt navn skal bo der.

And so the Lord said: “And now I will remove Judah from my face, just as I removed Israel. And I will cast aside this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house, about which I said: My name shall be there.”

28 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Josias og om alt det han gjorde, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike.

Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

29 I hans tid drog kongen i Egypten Farao Neko op mot kongen i Assyria til Frat-elven, og kong Josias drog imot ham; men Neko drepte ham ved Megiddo, så snart han fikk se ham.

During his days, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates. And king Josiah went out to meet him. And when he had seen him, he was killed at Megiddo.

30 Hans tjenere kjørte ham død fra Megiddo og førte ham til Jerusalem og begravde ham i hans grav; og landets folk tok og salvet Joakas, Josias' sønn, og gjorde ham til konge i hans fars sted.

And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo. And they took him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah. And they anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

31 Joakas var tre og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte tre måneder i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Hamutal; hun var datter av Jirmeja og var fra Libna.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

32 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, aldeles som hans fedre hadde gjort.

And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 Farao Neko la ham i lenker i Ribla i Hamat-landet, efterat han var blitt konge i Jerusalem, og påla landet i bøter hundre talenter sølv og én talent gull.

And Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem. And he imposed a penalty on the land: one hundred talents of silver, and one talent of gold.

34 Så gjorde Farao Neko Eljakim, Josias' sønn, til konge i hans far Josias' sted og forandret hans navn til Jojakim; men Joakas tok han med sig til Egypten, og der døde han.

And Pharaoh Neco appointed Eliakim, the son of Josiah, as king in place of Josiah his father. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz away, and he brought him into Egypt, and there he died.

35 Jojakim betalte sølvet og gullet til Farao; men han måtte utligne en skatt på landet for å kunne betale den sum som Farao hadde krevd; han inndrev sølvet og gullet av landets folk efter som enhver var lignet, og betalte det så til Farao Neko.

Now Jehoiakim gave silver and gold to Pharaoh, when he had taxed the land, according to each one who would contribute by the command of Pharaoh. And he exacted both silver and gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his ability, so that he would give to Pharaoh Neco.

36 Jojakim var fem og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte elleve år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Sebida; hun var datter av Pedaja og var fra Ruma.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

37 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, aldeles som hans fedre hadde gjort.

And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his fathers had done.