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1 So lagde Josafat seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og han vart gravlagd hjå federne sine i Davidsbyen. Og Joram, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.
2 Han hadde nokre brør, sønerne åt Josafat; det var Azarja og Jehiel og Zakarja og Azarja og Mikael og Sefatja, som alle var søner åt kong Josafat, Israels-kongen i Israel.
And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.
3 Far deira hadde gjeve deim store gåvor utav sylv, gull og kostnadting og faste byar i Juda, men kongedømet gav han til Joram, for han var den eldste.
And their father gave them much silver and gold and things of great value, as well as walled towns in Judah; but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the oldest.
4 Men då Joram hadde fenge under seg riket åt far sin og hadde styrkt magti si, då let han alle brørne sine drepe med sverdet, og nokre av Israels-hovdingarne ogso.
Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.
5 Tvo og tretti år gamall var Joram då han vart konge, og åtte år rådde han i Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.
6 Han gjekk på same vegarne som Israels-kongarne, og soleis som Ahabs hus hadde gjort; for han var gift med ei dotter til Ahab, og han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo.
He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
7 Like vel vilde Herren ikkje tyna Davids hus for den pakti skuld som han hadde gjort med David, og etter det som han hadde lova, at det alltid skulde lysa ei lampa for honom og sønerne hans.
But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.
8 I hans tid reiv edomitarne seg laus ifrå Juda og kåra seg ein konge.
In his time Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.
9 Då drog Joram ut med hovdingarne sine og alle stridsvognerne sine, og han tok ut um natti og slo edomitarne, som kringsette honom, og hovudsmennerne yver vognheren.
Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.
10 Soleis kom Edom seg laus ifrå Juda, og er fri den dag i dag. Den gongen reiv Libna seg laus ifrå honom, for di han hadde svike Herren, sin fedregud.
So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.
11 Han og bygde upp offerhaugar i Judafjelli og forførde Jerusalems-buarne til utukt og Juda til fråfall.
And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.
12 Då kom det eit brev til honom frå profeten Elia, og der stod det: «So segjer Herren, Gud åt far din, David: «For di du ikkje hev gjenge på vegarne åt Josafat, far din, eller åt Juda-kongen Asa,
And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,
13 men hev gjenge på vegarne åt Israels-kongarne, og hev forført Juda og Jerusalems-buarne til utukt, sameleis som Ahabs hus forførde til det, og endå til hev drepe brørne dine, frendarne dine, som var betre enn du er sjølv,
But have gone in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go after false gods, as the family of Ahab did: and because you have put to death your father's sons, your brothers, who were better than yourself:
14 so vil Herren no lata eit veldugt slag råma folket ditt, sønerne dine, konorne dine og alt det som du eig.
Now, truly, the Lord will send a great destruction on your people and your children and your wives and everything which is yours:
15 Og sjølv skal du få ein fæl sjukdom i innvolarne dine, so at um år og dag skal innvolarne dine falla ut for skuld sjukdomen.»»
And you yourself will undergo the cruel pains of a disease in your stomach, so that day by day your inside will be falling out because of the disease.
16 Herren øste då upp filistarane imot Joram, og dei arabarane som budde attmed med ætioparne,
Then the Philistines and the Arabians, who are by Ethiopia, were moved by the Lord to make war on Jehoram;
17 so dei drog upp imot Juda, trengde seg inn i det og rana alt det som fanst i huset åt kongen, og dertil sønerne og konorne hans, so han hadde ikkje att nokon son so nær som den yngste av sønerne, Joahaz.
And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.
18 Og etter alt dette slo Herren honom med ein ulækjeleg sjukdom i innvolarne hans.
And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.
19 Etter år og dag, då tvo år var lidne, fall innvolarne hans fram for skuld sjukdomen hans, og han døydde med harde lidingar. Folket hans kveikte ikkje noko bål for honom, soleis som for federne hans.
And time went on, and after two years, his inside falling out because of the disease, he came to his death in cruel pain. And his people made no burning for him like the burning made for his fathers.
20 Tvo og tretti år gamall var han då han vart konge; i åtte år rådde han i Jerusalem. Dei gravlagde honom i Davidsbyen, men ikkje i kongegraverne.
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years: and at his death he was not regretted; they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.
