2 Krønikebok 25
1 Fem og tjuge år gamall var Amasja då han vart konge, og ni og tjuge år styrde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Joaddan og var ifrå Jerusalem.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 Han gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo, endå det ikkje var med eit heilt hjarta.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 Då han hadde vorte grunnfest i kongedømet, let han drepe dei hirdmennerne som hadde slege i hel kongen, far hans.
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 Men borni deira let han ikkje drepa, men heldt seg til det som stend skrive i lovi i Moseboki, der Herren hev bode soleis: «Foreldri skal ikkje døy for det borni deira hev gjort, og borni ikkje for det foreldri hev gjort, men kvar og ein skal døy for si eigi synd.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 So stemnde Amasja Juda-mennerne saman og skipa deim etter ættgreinerne under tusund- og hundradhovdingarne for heile Juda og Benjamin; han mynstra deim ifrå tjugeårsalderen og uppetter, og på den måten fekk han det til tri hundrad tusund utvalde stridsføre hermenner som bar skjold og spjot.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 Han leigde so hundrad tusund djerve stridsmenner i Israel for hundrad sylvtalent.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Men gudsmannen kom til honom og sagde: «Israels-heren må ikkje draga med deg, konge, for Herren er ikkje med Israel, ikkje med nokon av alle Efraims-borni.
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 Men drag du av stad, gjer det, ver hugheil til striden! Elles vil Gud føra deg til fall for fienden, for Gud hev kraft til å hjelpa og til å fella.»
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Amasja spurde gudsmannen: «Men kva vert det då av dei hundrad sylvtalenti som eg hev gjeve til flokken ifrå Israel?» Men gudsmannen svara: «Herren er god til å gjeva deg meir enn det.»
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 Då skilde Amasja ut den flokken som hadde kome til honom ifrå Efraim, og let dei fara heim. Men yver dette vart dei brennende harme på Juda og snudde heim i storsinne.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 Amasja tok mod til seg og førde herfolket sitt til Saltdalen, og der hogg han ned ti tusund utav Se’irs-borni.
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 Dessutan tok Juda-mennerne ti tusund krigsfanger og førde deim upp på ein bergtopp og støytte deim ned derifrå, so dei vart knasa alle saman.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 Men folket av den flokken som Amasja hadde sendt heim, so dei ikkje drog i krigen med honom, dei gjorde innfall i Juda-byarne ifrå Samaria til Bet-Horon, hogg ned tri tusund menneskje og gjorde stort herfang.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 Då Amasja var komen att ifrå sigeren yver edomitarne, tok han med seg gudarne åt Se’irs-borni og stelte deim upp til guder åt seg; han kasta seg ned for deim og kveikte offereld for deim.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 Då vart Herren brennande harm på Amasja, og han sende ein profet imot honom, som sagde til honom: «Kvifor held du deg til gudarne åt dette folket, dei som ikkje hev fria ut sitt eige folk or di hand?»
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 Men då han tala soleis til honom, sagde han til honom: «Hev me gjort deg til rådgjevar for kongen? Haldt upp, so dei ikkje skal slå deg i hel!» Då heldt profeten upp og sagde: «Eg veit det er Guds råd at han vil ødeleggja deg, av di du hev gjort dette og ikkje høyrt på mi råd.»
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 Juda-kongen Amasja heldt råd, og so sende han bod til Israels-kongen Joas, son åt Joahaz, son åt Jehu, og sagde: «Kom, lat oss røyna kvarandre!»
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 Men Israels-kongen Joas sende dette svaret til Juda-kongen Amasja: «Tistelen på Libanon sende bod til cederen på Libanon og sagde: «Gjev dotter di til kona åt son min!» Men då flaug villdyri på Libanon yver tistelen og trakka honom ned.
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 Du tenkjer: Eg hev vunne siger yver Edom!» Og det hev gjort deg ovmodig; vert roleg heime! Kvifor vil du leika med ulukka, til fall for deg sjølv og for Juda?»
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 Men Amasja vilde ikkje høyra; for Gud laga det soleis, av di han vilde gjeva deim i fiendehand for di dei hadde søkt Edom-gudarne.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 Då for Joas, Israels-kongen, upp, og dei fekk røyna kvarandre, han og Amasja, Juda-kongen, ved Bet-Semes, som ligg i Juda.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Og Juda-folket tapte for Israels-folket og rømde, kvar til sitt.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 Joas, Israels-kongen, tok Amasja, Juda-kongen, son åt Joas, son åt Joahaz, til fange ved Bet-Semes og førde honom til Jerusalem. Deretter reiv han ned eit stykke av muren kring Jerusalem frå Efraimsporten til Hyrneporten, so mykje som fire hundrad alner.
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 Og han tok alt gullet og sylvet og alle dei kjerald som fanst i Guds hus hjå Obed-Edom og i skattkamri i kongsgarden, og gislarne, og so snudde han heim att til Samaria.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 Juda-kongen Amasja Joasson livde femtan år etter Israels-kongen Joas Joahazson var dåen.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 Det som elles er å fortelja um Amasja frå fyrst til sist, det er uppskrive i Judas og Israels kongebok.
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Men frå den tid då Amasja sveik Herren, skipa dei ei samansverjing imot honom i Jerusalem, og då han rømde til Lakis, sende dei folk etter honom dit, og dei drap honom der.
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 Dei lyfte honom upp på hesteryggen og gravlagde honom hjå federne i Judabyen.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
