2 Krønikebok 28
1 Tjuge år gamall var Ahaz då han vart konge, og sekstan styrde han i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikkje det som rett var i Herrens augo, soleis som David, far hans;
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:
2 men han gjekk på vegen åt Israels-kongarne, og han laga jamvel støypte bilæte for Ba’als-gudarne.
But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.
3 Han kveikte offereld i Hinnomssonsdalen og vigde sønerne sine i elden etter den avstyggjelege seden åt dei folki som Herren hadde drive burt for Israels-borni.
More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
4 Han slagta og kveikte offereld på offerhaugarne og bakkarne og under kvart grønt tre.
And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
5 Difor gav Herren, hans Gud, honom i henderne på syrarkongen, og dei vann siger yver honom og tok av folket hans ei stor mengd til fangar, som dei førde til Damaskus. Sameleis vart han gjeven i handi på Israels-kongen og leid ein stor usiger.
So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.
6 Pekah, son åt Remalja, drap hundrad og tjuge tusund mann på ein dag i Juda, og det berre stridsføre folk, av di dei hadde svike Herren, sin fedregud.
For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, in one day put to death a hundred and twenty thousand men of Judah, all of them good fighting-men; because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers.
7 Og Zikri, ein djerv kar frå Efraim, drap kongssonen Ma’aseja, drottseten Azrikam, og Elkana, den andre næst etter kongen.
And Zichri, a great fighting-man of Ephraim, put to death Maaseiah, the king's son, and Azrikam, the controller of his house, and Elkanah, who was second in authority to the king.
8 Israels-sønerne førde burt med seg tvo hundrad tusund fangar, konor, søner og døtter åt landsmennerne sine, og tok ifrå deim eit stort herfang, som dei førde til Samaria.
And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.
9 Men ein av Herrens profetar som heitte Oded, og som livde der, han gjekk ut imot heren då han kom til Samaria og sagde til deim: «I harmen sin yver Juda hev Herren, dykkar fedregud, gjeve deim i dykkar vald; men de hev drepe deim med eit sinne som når til himmelen.
But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was coming into Samaria and said to them, Truly, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them up into your hands, and you have put them to death in an outburst of wrath stretching up to heaven.
10 Og no tenkjer de på å kua ned under dykk folki ifrå Juda og Jerusalem og gjera deim til trælarne og trælkvinnorne dykkar. Hev de ikkje sjølve skuld nok fyrr imot Herren dykkar Gud?
And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?
11 Høyr difor på meg og send attende dei fangarne de hev teke ifrå brørne dykkar! for Herrens brennande harm er yver dykk.»
And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.
12 Då stod nokre av hovdingarne for Efraims-ætti, det var Azarja Johanansson, Berekja Mesillemotsson og Hizkia Sallumsson og Amasa Hadlaison, dei stod fram for deim som kom attende frå herferdi,
Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war,
13 og sagde til deim: «De må ikkje føra fangarne hit; for de tenkjer på å auka synderne og misgjerdi vår og føra skuld frå Herren yver oss, for me hev ei stor syndeskuld, og det er brennande harm yver Israel.»
And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.
14 Då slepte herfolki ifrå seg fangarne og herfanget framfor hovdingarne og heile lyden.
So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.
15 Og dei mennerne som er nemnde, tok fangarne, klædde deim som var nakne ibland deim med det dei hadde til herfang, gav deim klæde og skor, gav deim mat og drikka, salva deim og sette deim som var utarma uppå asen og førde deim til Palmebyen, Jeriko, til brørne deira; og deretter snudde dei attende til Samaria.
And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.
16 På den tid sende kong Ahaz bod til assyrarkongen um hjelp.
At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.
17 For attåt alt anna kom edomitarne og slo Juda og førde burt krigsfangar.
For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.
18 Og filistarane fall inn i byarne i låglandet og i Sudlandet i Juda og tok Bet-Semes og Ajjalon og Gederot og Soko og bygderne kringum og Timna og bygderne kringum og Gimzo og bygderne kringum, og dei busette seg der.
And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.
19 For Herren vilde gjera Juda mjukt for Ahaz skuld, Israels-kongen, av di han gjorde Juda agelaust og var utru imot Herren.
For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.
20 Men assyrarkongen, Tilgat-Pilneser, drog imot honom og for fiendsleg fram imot honom i staden for å hjelpa honom.
Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.
21 For Ahaz plyndra Herrens hus og huset åt kongen og hovdingarne og gav det til assyrarkongen, men det hjelpte honom ingen ting.
For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.
22 Og den tid han var i naud, heldt han, kong Ahaz, fram med å vera utru imot Herren.
And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.
23 Han ofra til gudarne i Damaskus, som hadde sigra yver honom, og sagde: «Gudarne åt syrarkongarne hev då hjelpt deim; til deim vil eg ofra, so dei kann hjelpa meg.» Men dei vart til fall for honom sjølv og for heile Israel.
For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of the kings of Aram are giving them help, I will make offerings to them so that they may give me help. But they were the cause of his downfall, and of that of all Israel.
24 Ahaz samla dei tingi som fanst i Guds hus og slo deim sund; han stengde dørerne til Herrens hus og bygde seg altar ved kvart hyrna i Jerusalem.
And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.
25 Og i kvar einaste by i Juda bygde han upp offerhaugar til å kveikja offereld på for framande gudar, og soleis harma han Herren, sin fedregud.
And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.
26 Det som elles er å fortelja um honom og heile hans ferd frå fyrst til sist, det er uppskrive i Judas og Israels kongebok.
Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
27 Og Ahaz lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og dei gravla honom i byen, i Jerusalem; for dei vilde ikkje gravleggja honom i graverne åt Israels-kongarne. Og Hizkia, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the earth in Jerusalem; but they did not put him in the resting-place of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.
