2 Kongebok 17
1 I det tolvte styringsåret åt Ahaz, kongen i Juda, vart Hosea Elason konge yver Israel, og han rådde i ni år.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, the reign of Hoshea son of Elah began. He ruled in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
2 Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, då ikkje so ille som Israels-kongarne fyre honom.
He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
3 Mot honom drog assyrarkongen Salmanassar upp. Hosea vart lydkonge under honom og laut leggja skatt åt honom.
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute.
4 Men då assyrarkongen vart vis med at Hosea for med svik, med di han sende bod til egyptarkongen So, og slutta greida ut den årvisse skatten til assyrarkongen, tok assyrarkongen honom til fange og kasta honom i fengsel.
Then the king of Assyria realized that Hoshea had been plotting against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So king of Egypt; also, he offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. So the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
5 Og assyrarkongen drog upp mot heile landet, og drog upp og kringsette Samaria i tri år.
Then the king of Assyria attacked throughout all the land, and attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years.
6 I niande styringsåret åt Hosea tok han Samaria og førde Israel burt til Assyria og busette deim i Halah, ved Gozanåi Habor, og i byarne i Media.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He put them in Halah, at the Habor River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 Soleis gjekk det, av di Israels-borni synda mot Herren, sin Gud, han som hadde ført deim upp frå Egyptarlandet og fria deim ut or handi åt Farao, egyptarkongen; dei ottast andre gudar,
This captivity happened because the people of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. The people had been worshiping other gods
8 og for etter sed og skikk hjå dei folki Herren hadde drive ut for Israels-borni, og etter dei skikkarne som Israels-kongarne hadde skipa.
and walking in the practices of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel, and in the practices of the kings of Israel that they had done.
9 Ja, Israels-borni gjorde mangt uhøvelegt mot Herren, sin Gud; dei bygde seg offerhaugar i alle byarne sine, frå det minste vakttårn til fastaste borgi;
The people of Israel did secretly—against Yahweh their God—things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.
10 dei reiste upp minnesteinar og Astarte-stolpar på kvar ein høg haug og under kvart grønt tre.
They also set up stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 På alle haugarne brende dei røykjelse, liksom dei folki Herren hadde drive burt for deim, og dei harma Herren med si illferd.
There they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations had done, those whom Yahweh had carried away before them. The Israelites performed wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
12 Dei tente steingudarne, det som Herren hadde sagt dei ikkje måtte gjera.
they worshiped idols, about which Yahweh had said to them, “You will not do this thing.”
13 Herren vara både Israel og Juda ved alle profetarne og sjåarane sine: «Vend um frå dei vonde vegarne dykkar og haldt mine bod og mine fyreskrifter etter heile den lovi som eg baud federne dykkar, og som eg sende til dykk ved tenarane mine, profetarne!»
Yet Yahweh had testified to Israel and to Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, and be careful to keep all the law I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
14 Men dei lydde ikkje. Dei var likso hardnakka som federne sine, som ikkje trudde på Herren, sin Gud.
But they would not listen; instead they were very stubborn like their fathers who did not trust in Yahweh their God.
15 Dei vanda lovarne hans, brydde seg ikkje um den pakti han hadde skipa med federne deira, og dei fyresegnerne han hadde gjeve deim. Dei gjekk etter fåfengde avgudar og for med det som fåfengt er, liksom grannefolki, endå Herren hadde bode deim at dei skulde ikkje fara soleis åt.
They rejected his statutes and the covenant that he had made with their ancestors, and the covenant decrees that he had given to them. They followed useless practices and they themselves became useless. They followed the pagan nations who were around them, those that Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate.
16 Dei vende seg frå alle bodi som Herren, deira Gud, hadde gjeve, og laga seg støypte gudebilæte, tvo kalvar. Dei laga Astarte-stolpar, dei bøygde kne for himmelheren og tente Ba’al.
They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the stars of the heavens and Baal.
17 Attåt dette vigde dei sønerne og døtterne sine i elden, og for med spådomskunster og trollkunster. Dei selde seg til å gjera det som vondt var i Herrens augo, so dei harma honom.
They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire, they used divination and enchantments, they sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to anger.
18 Difor vart Herren ovleg harm på Israel og støytte deim frå seg. Det vart inkje att einast Juda-ætti.
Therefore Yahweh was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. There was no one left but the tribe of Judah alone.
19 Ikkje heller Juda heldt Herrens, sin Guds bod, men for etter Israels skikkar, som dei hadde skipa seg.
Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they followed the practices that Israel had done.
20 Då støytte Herren frå seg heile Israels-ætti, og tukta deim og gav deim i henderne på røvarar, til dess han kasta deim burt frå si åsyn.
So Yahweh rejected all the descendants of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hand of those who would take the possession as spoil, until he had cast them out of his sight.
21 Han hadde rive Israel laus frå Davids hus; dei tok Jerobeam Nebatsson til konge; og Jeroboam fekk Israel til å falle frå Herren og forførde deim til stor synd;
He tore Israel from the royal line of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following Yahweh and made them commit a great sin.
22 og israelitarne dreiv på med alle dei synderne Jerobeam gjorde; dei gav deim ikkje upp.
The people of Israel followed all the sins of Jeroboam and they did not depart from them,
23 På resten støytte Herren Israel frå seg, som han hadde sagt ved alle tenarane sine, profetarne. Israel laut fara burt frå landet sitt til Assyria. Der er dei den dag i dag.
so Yahweh removed Israel from his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets that he would. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, and it is this way to this present day.
24 Assyrarkongen flutte folk frå Babel og Kuta og Avva og Hamat og Sefarvajim, og busette deim i Samaria-byarne i staden for Israels-borni. Dei tok då Samaria i eige og sette bu i byarne der.
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon and from Kuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in place of the people of Israel. They took over Samaria and lived in its cities.
25 Og det hende seg, at i fyrstningi dei budde der, hadde dei ingen age for Herren. Herren sende då løvor som herja millom deim.
It happened at the beginning of their residence there that they did not honor Yahweh. So Yahweh sent lions among them which killed some of them.
26 Det vart meldt åt assyrarkongen: «Dei folki som du flutte burt og busette i Samaria-byarne, dei kjenner ikkje rette måten å dyrka landsens gud; difor hev han sendt løvor millom deim; og dei drep folket ned, av di dei ikkje kjenner rette måten å dyrka landsens gud.»
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations that you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the practices required by the god of the land. So he has sent lions among them, and, see, the lions are killing people there because they do not know the practices required by the god of the land.”
27 Assyrarkongen gav då det bodet: «Lat ein av dei burtførde prestarne fara dit heim att og busetja seg der og læra folket å dyrka landsens gud på rette måten!»
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Take one of the priests there whom you brought from there, and let him go and live there, and let him teach them the practices required by the god of the land.”
28 Ein av prestarne som var burtførde frå Samaria, kom då og sette bu i Betel. Han lærde deim korleis dei skulde ottast Herren.
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel; he taught them how they should honor Yahweh.
29 Det var nok so at kvart folk laga seg sin gud og sette upp på haugarne i dei husi som Samaria-folki hadde bygt, kvart folk i sin by, der dei hadde busett seg;
Every ethnic group made gods of their own, and put them in the high places that the Samaritans had made—every ethnic group in the cities where they lived.
30 folk frå Babel laga seg ein Sukkot-Benot, folk frå Kut ein Nergal, folk frå Hamat ein Asima,
The people of Babylon made Succoth Benoth; the people of Kuthah made Nergal; the people of Hamath made Ashima;
31 avvitarne laga seg ein Nibhaz og ein Tartak, og sefarvitarne brende borni sine i eld for Adrammelek og Anammelek, Sefarvajim-gudarne.
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelek and Anammelek, the gods of the Sepharvites.
32 Men dei bar og age for Herren. Dei valde seg ut offerhaug-prestar kvar or sin flokk, og dei ofra for deim i husi på haugarne.
They also honored Yahweh, and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the temples at the high places.
33 Dei bar age for Herren; men dei tente samstundes sine eigne gudar, etter skikken hjå dei folki som dei var burtførde frå.
They honored Yahweh and also worshiped their own gods, in the customs of the nations from among whom they had been taken away.
34 Den dag i dag fer dei etter dei same gamle skikkarne sine; dei ber ikkje age for Herren, so dei fer etter sine fyreskrifter og rettar, og etter den lov og det bod som Herren gav borni åt Jakob, han som fekk namnet Israel.
To this day they persist in their old customs. They neither honor Yahweh, nor do they follow the statutes, decrees, the law, or the commandments that Yahweh gave to the people of Jacob—whom he named Israel—
35 Herren gjorde ei pakt og gav deim sovore bod: «Andre gudar skal det ikkje hava age for, og ikkje bøygja kne for deim eller tena deim eller ofra til deim.
and with whom Yahweh had made a covenant and commanded them, “You will not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor worship them, nor sacrifice to them.
36 Men Herren, som førde dykk upp frå Egyptarlandet med stor kraft og med strak arm, honom skal de bera age for, honom skal de bøygja kne for, honom skal de ofra til.
But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and a raised arm, is the one you must honor; it is to him that you will prostrate yourselves, and it is to him that you will sacrifice.
37 Og dei fyreskrifter og rettar, og den lov og det bod som han let skriva for dykk - deim skal de taka vare på og halda alle dagar; men de skal ikkje bera age for andre gudar.
The statutes and the decrees, the law and the commandments that he wrote for you, you will keep them forever. So you must not fear other gods,
38 Den pakti eg gjorde med dykk, må de ikkje gløyma. De må ikkje bera age for andre gudar.
and the covenant that I have made with you, you will not forget; neither will you honor other gods.
39 Nei, ber age for Herren, dykkar Gud, so skal han fria dykk frå alle dykkar fiendar.»
But Yahweh your God is who you will honor. He will rescue you from the might of your enemies.”
40 Men dei vilde ikkje høyra, men for fram på same vis som fyrr.
They would not listen, because they continued to do what they had done in the past.
41 So bar desse folki age for Herren, men tente samstundes gudebilæti sine. Og borni og barneborni deira gjer den dag i dag so som federne deira gjorde.
So these nations feared Yahweh and they also worshiped their carved figures, and their children did the same—as did their children's children. They continue to do what their ancestors did, up to this day.
