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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.
Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David; 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.
Jehoram had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, 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.
Their father had given them large gifts of silver, gold, and other precious things, and also fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram.
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 risen up over his father's kingdom and had firmly established himself as king, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also various other leaders 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 began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
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 walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab was doing, for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife, and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
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.
However, Yahweh did not wish to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David; he had promised that he would always give life to him and his descendants.
8 I hans tid reiv edomitarne seg laus ifrå Juda og kåra seg ein konge.
In Jehoram's days, Edom revolted from the control of Judah, and they set a king over 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 crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots. It was night when he rose up and fought against the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders.
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 has been in rebellion from the control of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time from his control, because Jehoram had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
11 Han og bygde upp offerhaugar i Judafjelli og forførde Jerusalems-buarne til utukt og Juda til fråfall.
In addition, Jehoram had also built high places in the mountains of Judah and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to live like prostitutes, and he led Judah astray.
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,
A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, “This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in 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 walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute, as the house of Ahab did—and because you have also killed your brothers in your father's family, men 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.
see, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions.
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.»»
You yourself will have much sickness because of a disease in your intestines, until your intestines fall out because of the sickness, day after day.”
16 Herren øste då upp filistarane imot Joram, og dei arabarane som budde attmed med ætioparne,
Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and of the Arabians who were near the Cushites.
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.
They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the wealth that was found in the king's house. They also carried away his sons and his wives. No son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.
18 Og etter alt dette slo Herren honom med ein ulækjeleg sjukdom i innvolarne hans.
After all this, Yahweh struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.
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.
It came about in due time, at the end of two years, that his intestines fell out because of his sickness, and that he died of severe disease. His people made no fire in his honor as they had done for his ancestors.
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 had begun to reign when he was thirty-two years old; he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years, and when he departed no one mourned him. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the royal tombs.
