2 Kongebok 10

1 Ahab hadde sytti søner i Samaria. Jehu skreiv brev og sende til Samaria, til dei øvste i Jizre’el, til styresmennerne og til dei fosterfeder Ahab hadde sett inn, og der sagde han:

Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

2 «- - Og når de no fær dette brevet, de som hev hjå dykk sønerne åt herren dykkar, de som råder yver vognerne og hestarne, og hev festning og våpn,

Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;

3 so kåra ut den hævaste og likaste av sønerne åt herren dykkar, og set honom upp på kongsstolen åt far hans, og strid so for ætti åt herren dykkar!»

Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.

4 Men dei vart reint livrædde. «Når ikkje dei tvo kongarne stod seg mot honom, » sagde dei, «kor kann då me?»

But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?

5 Drottseten og byhovdingen og dei øvste og fosterfederne sende det svaret til Jehu: «Dine tenarar er me; alt det du byd oss, gjer me; ingen vil me kåra til konge. Gjer du som du tykkjer sjølv!»

So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.

6 Då skreiv han eit nytt brev til deim: «Er so det held med meg og lyder mine bod, so hogg hovudi av kongssønerne, og kom til meg i morgon dette bil, til Jizrael!» Dei sytti kongssønerne budde hjå stormennerne i byen, dei som fostra deim.

Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.

7 Då dei fekk brevet, tok dei kongssønerne og drap deim, alle sytti, lagde so hovudi i korger og sende deim til honom i Jizre’el.

And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

8 Då han fekk bod at dei var komne med hovudi av kongssønerne, sagde han: «Legg dei i tvo dungar attmed byporten til i morgon!»

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.

9 Morgonen etter for han dit ut, steig fram og tala for folket: «De er skuldlause. Det var eg som fekk i stand samansverjingi mot herren min; det var eg som drap honom; men kven hev slege i hel alle desse?

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?

10 Skyna då at ikkje eitt av Herrens ord hev vorte til inkjes, av det Herren tala mot Ahabs hus. Herren hev gjort so som han tala ved Elia, tenaren sin.»

You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.

11 Jehu slo i hel alle som var att av Ahabs hus i Jizre’el, like eins alle stormennerne hans og venerne hans og prestarne hans, so ingen vart att eller slapp undan.

So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

12 So tok han ut og for av stad til Samaria. På vegen dit attmed Gjætar-Bet-Eked

Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,

13 råka han på brørne til Ahazja, kongen i Juda. «Kven er de?» spurde han. Dei svara: «Brørne til Ahazja er me; me er på veg og vil helsa på kongssønerne og sønerne åt kongsmori.»

When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.

14 «Fanga deim livande!» ropa han. Dei so gjorde. Og han drap deim og kasta deim i brunnen i Bet-Eked, tvo og fyrti i talet; ikkje ein av deim vart spard.

And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

15 På vegen derifrå møtte han på Jonadab Rekabsson. Han helsa og spurde: «Er du likso ærleg i hugen mot meg, som eg er mot deg?» «Ja, » svara Jonadab. «Er du det so gjev meg handi!» Han so gjorde, og dermed drog han honom upp til seg i vogni.

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.

16 «Køyr med meg, » sagde han, «so skal du sjå kor brennhuga eg er for Herren!» So fekk han køyra med honom i vogni.

And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

17 Då han kom til Samaria, slo han i hel alle som var att av Ahabs hus der i byen; han tynte deim alle, soleis som Herren hadde sagt til Elia.

And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.

18 So stemnde Jehu saman alt folket og tala til deim: «Ahab dyrka Ba’al lite, Jehu vil dyrka honom mykje.

Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

19 Stemn no i hop til meg alle Ba’als-profetarne, alle dyrkarne hans, og alle prestarne hans, ikkje ein må vanta! for eg etlar halda ein stor offerveitsla for Ba’al; og kvar som vantar, skal bøta med livet.» Jehu gjorde det på svik, av di han vilde rydja ut Ba’als-dyrkararne.

Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.

20 Jehu baud: «Lys ut ei stor samlingshøgtid for Ba’al!» Dei lyste henne ut.

And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.

21 Jehu sende bod kring i heile Israel, og alle Ba’als-dyrkararne kom; det var ikkje ein som ikkje møtte. Dei gjekk inn i Ba’als-templet, og Ba’als-templet vart fullt frå ende til annan.

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

22 So baud han tilsynsmannen yver klædebui: «Tak fram bunader åt alle Ba’als-dyrkararne!» Og han tok fram bunader åt deim.

And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.

23 So gjekk Jehu og Jonadab Rekabsson inn i Ba’als-templet. Han bad Ba’als-dyrkararne agta på og sjå etter at det ikkje fanst nokon av Herrens tenarar millom deim, anna einast Ba’als-dyrkarar.

And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

24 So gjekk dei inn og ofra slagtoffer og brennoffer. Jehu hadde sett åtteti mann utanfor og sagt: «Slepp det undan ein einaste av deim eg gjev i dykkar hende, skal de bøta liv for liv!»

Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.

25 Då han so var ferdig med å ofra brennofferet, baud Jehu livvakti og kjemporne: «Inn og slå deim i hel! Slepp ingen ut!» Dei hogg deim ned, og kasta ut liki. So trengde livvakti og kjemporne seg inn i det inste av Ba’als-templet,

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.

26 og kasta ut stolparne i Ba’als-templet og brende deim upp.

And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

27 Dei reiv ned Ba’als-sula, og dei reiv ned heile Ba’als-templet, og laga det um til naudturftstad, som finst den dag i dag.

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

28 So øydde Jehu Ba’al ut or Israel.

So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.

29 Men han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam Nebatsson, som han hadde forført Israel til: gullkalvarne i Betel og Dan.

But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.

30 Herren tala til Jehu: «Av di du gjorde til gagns det som eg tykkjer er rett, med di du gjorde alt det eg hadde etla Ahabs-ætti, so skal barnebarns-borni dine sitja på Israels kongsstol.»

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.

31 Men Jehu heldt seg ikkje heilt etter Herrens, Israels Guds, lov; han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam, som han hadde forført Israel til.

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.

32 Ved denne tid tok Herren til å skjera stykke or Israel. Hazael slo deim langs heile Israels landskil;

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

33 på austsida av Jordan tok han heile Gileadlandet, Gads-ætti, Rubens-ætti, Manasse-ætti, frå Aroer ved Arnonåi, heile Gilead og Basan.

East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

34 Det som elles er å fortelja um Jehu, um alt det han gjorde og alle hans storverk, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Israels-kongarne.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

35 Jehu lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine og vart gravlagd i Samaria. Joahaz, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.

And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.

36 Den tidi Jehu var konge yver Israel i Samaria, var åtte og tjuge år.

And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.