2 Kongebok 23

1 Då sende kongen bod og stemnde saman til seg alle dei øvste i Juda og Jerusalem.

And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him.

2 Og kongen gjekk upp til Herrens hus, og alle Juda-mennerne og alt Jerusalems folk fylgde honom, og prestarne, og profetarne og heile folket, unge og gamle. Han las upp for deim alt det som stod i paktboki som dei hadde funne i Herrens hus.

And the king went up to the temple of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests and the prophets, and all the people both little and great: and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

3 Kongen steig fram på tramen og gjorde den pakti for Herrens åsyn, at dei skulde fylgja Herren og halda hans bod og fyresegner og lover av alt sitt hjarta og all sin hug, og setja i verk dei paktordi som var skrivne i denne boki. Heile folket gjekk med på pakti.

And the king stood upon the step: and made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant.

4 Sidan baud kongen øvstepresten Hilkia og dei næst-øvste prestarne og dørstokkvakti å få ut or Herrens tempel alle dei gognerne som var laga åt Ba’al og Astarte og heile himmelheren; og dei vart uppbrende utanfor Jerusalem på Kidrons-vollarne, og oska vart bori til Betel.

And the king commanded Helcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

5 Avgudsprestarne som Juda-kongarne hadde sett inn, fekk avskil, dei som hadde brent røykjelse på haugarne i Juda-byarne og ikring Jerusalem, og dei som hadde brent røykjelse for Ba’al, for soli og månen og stjernorne i dyreringen og for heile himmelheren.

And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of Juda, and round about Jerusalem: them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve signs, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Astarte-bilætet fekk han ut or Herrens hus, til Kidronsdalen utanfor Jerusalem, og brende det der i Kidronsdalen, mol det til dust, og dusti kasta han på den ålmenne gravstaden.

And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the valley of Cedron, and he burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people.

7 Han reiv ned utukt-husi i Herrens hus, der som kvende vov tjeld til Astarte.

He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.

8 Han flutte alle prestarne inn frå byarne i Juda; og frå Geba til Be’erseba vanhelga han offerhaugarne der prestarne hadde brent røykjelse. Han reiv ned offerhaugarne ved portarne, den som var utanfor porten åt byhovdingen Josva, og den som var på vinstre sida når ein gjekk inn byporten.

And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda: and he defiled the high places, where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to Bersabee: and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue governor of tile city, which was on the left hand of the gate of the city.

9 Men hauga-prestarne fekk ikkje stiga upp til Herrens altar i Jerusalem; dei fekk berre vera med når brørne deira åt søtebrød.

However the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem: but only ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 Han vanhelga Tofet i Hinnomssons-dalen, so ingen skulde vigja son eller dotter i elden, til Molok.

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom: that no man should consecrate there his son or his daughter through fire to Moloch.

11 Han fekk burt dei hestarne som Juda-kongarne hadde sett upp til æra for soli ved inngangen til Herrens hus, ved kammerset til hirdmannen Netan-Melek i Parvarim; og solvognerne brende han upp.

And he took away the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun, at the entering in of the temple of the Lord, near the chamber of Nathanmelech the eunuch, who was in Pharurim: and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 Altari på taket ved høgeloftet til Ahaz, dei som Juda-kongarne hadde sett upp, og altari som Manasse hadde bygt upp i båe tuni kring Herrens hus, reiv kongen ned, og han smuldra deim og førde deim burt og kasta dusti i Kidronsdalen.

And the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king broke down: and he ran from thence, and cast the ashes of them into the torrent Cedron.

13 Og kongen vanhelga offerhaugarne aust for Jerusalem på sørsida av Tyningsbjerget, og som Salomo, Israels konge, hadde bygt åt Astarte, styggedomen frå Sidon, og åt Kamos, Moabs styggedom, og åt Milkom, den avstyggjelege guden åt ammonitarne.

The high places also that were at Jerusalem on the right side of the Mount of Offence, O which Solomon king of Israel had built to Astaroth the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the scandal of Moab, and to Melchom the abomination of the children of Ammon, the king defiled.

14 Han braut og sund minnesteinarne og hogg ned Astarte-bilæti, og fyllte tufti deira med mannebein.

And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.

15 Sameleis altaret i Betel, offerhaugen Jerobeam Nebatsson hadde bygt upp, der som han forførde Israel til å synda - ogso det altaret og den haugen reiv han ned; og han brende upp haugen og mol honom til dust, og han brende upp Astarte-bilætet.

Moreover the altar also that was at Bethel, and the high place, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made: both the altar, and the high place he broke down and burnt, and reduced to powder, and burnt the grove.

16 Då Josia såg seg um og gådde graverne der på fjellet, sende han folk som tok beini ut or graverne, og brende deim upp på altaret, og vanhelga det soleis, etter Herrens ord, som han gudsmannen hadde ropa ut, som ropa at dette skulde henda.

And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things.

17 «Kva er det for ein gravstein eg ser her?» spurde han. Bymennene svara honom: «Det er gravi åt den gudsmannen som kom frå Juda og ropa ut yver altaret i Betel at det skulde henda som du no hev sett i verk.»

And he said: What is that monument which I see? And the men of that city answered: It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Juda, and foretold these things which thou hast done upon the altar of Bethel.

18 Då sagde han: «Lat honom kvila i fred! Ingen skal røra beini hans.» Soleis berga dei hans bein, og sameleis beini til profeten som kom frå Samaria.

And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Dessutan rudde Josia burt alle hauga-husi i Samaria-byarne, som Israels-kongarne hadde bygt til harm for Herren; og han for med deim i alle måtar sameleis som i Betel.

Moreover all the temples of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josias took away: and he did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

20 Og han drap ned alle hauga-prestarne der ved altari, og brende mannebein på deim. So snudde han heim att til Jerusalem.

And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars: and he burnt men’s bones upon them: and returned to Jerusalem.

21 Kongen gav heile folket det bodet: «Haldt påske for Herren, dykkar Gud, etter fyreskrifterne i denne paktboki!»

And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.

22 Sovori påskehelg hadde dei ikkje halde frå den tid då domarane styrde Israel, og ut gjenom heile kongetidi i Israel og Juda.

Now there was no such a phase kept from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda,

23 Fyrst i attande styringsåret åt kong Josia heldt dei sovori påskehelg for Herren i Jerusalem.

As was this phase that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias.

24 Josia øydde og ut alle som mana draugar og spåvette, og husgudarne og steingudarne og all styggedomen som hadde synt seg i Judalandet og i Jerusalem. Soleis sette han i verk lov-ordi som var skrivne i den boki presten Hilkia fann i Herrens hus.

Moreover the diviners by spirits, and soothsayers, and the figures of idols, and the uncleannesses, and the abominations, that had been in the land of Juda, and Jerusalem, Josias took away: that he might perform the words of the law, that were written in the book which Helcias the priest had found in the temple of the Lord.

25 Maken til konge hadde ikkje vore fyre honom; det var ingen som soleis hadde vendt seg til Herren av alt sitt hjarta og all sin hug og all sin styrke etter heile Moselovi; og maken hans kom aldri meir.

There was no king before him like unto him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with ail his strength, according to all the law of Moses: neither after him did there arise any like him.

26 Like vel gav ikkje Herren upp den store brennande harmen som hadde loga upp mot Juda for alle dei harmelege synder Manasse hadde harma honom med.

But yet the Lord turned not away from the wrath of his great indignation, wherewith his anger was kindled against Juda: because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses had provoked him.

27 Herren sagde: «Ogso Juda støyter eg burt frå meg, liksom eg støyte Israel burt. Ja, eg vandar denne byen som eg valde ut, Jerusalem og huset som eg sagde um: «Mitt namn skal vera der.»»

And the Lord said: I will remove Juda also from before my face, as I have removed Israel: and I will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the house, of which I said: My name shall be there.

28 Det som elles er å fortelja um Josia og alt det han gjorde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.

Now the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

29 I hans tid drog egyptarkongen Farao Neko upp til elvi Frat mot assyrarkongen. Kong Josia drog imot honom, men han drap honom ved Megiddo, so snart han fekk sjå honom.

In his days Pharao Nechao king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josias went to meet him: and was slain at Mageddo, when he had seen him.

30 Folket hans køyrde liket frå Megiddo til Jerusalem og gravlagde honom i hans eigi grav. Og folket i landet tok Joahaz Josiason og salva honom til konge i staden for faren.

And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in Iris own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias: and they anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

31 Tri og tjuge år gamall var Joahaz då han vart konge, og tri månader rådde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Hamutal Jeremiadotter, frå Libna.

Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

32 Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, plent som federne hans.

And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 Farao Neko fengsla honom i Ribla i Hamatlandet, og gjorde soleis ende på styringi hans i Jerusalem. Han lagde skatt på landet: tvo hundrad og femti våger sylv og tvo og ein halv våg gull.

And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which is in the land of Emath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem: and he set a fine upon the land, of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 Farao Neko gjorde Eljakim Josiason til konge i staden for Josia, far hans, og brigda namnet hans til Jojakim. Men Joahaz tok han med seg til Egyptarland, og der døydde han.

And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son of Josias king in the room of Josias his father: and turned his name to Joakim. And he took Joachaz away and carried him into Egypt, and he died there.

35 Jojakim reidde ut sylvet og gullet til Farao. Men han laut leggja skatt på landet for å reida ut dei pengarne Farao kravde. Etter so som kvar var likna, dreiv han inn sylvet og gullet av landsfolket og reidde det ut til Farao Neko.

And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao, after he had taxed the land for every man, to contribute according to the commandment of Pharao: and he exacted both the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every man according to his ability: to give to Pharao Nechao.

36 Fem og tjuge år gamall var Jojakim då han vart konge, og han elleve år rådde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Zebida Pedajadotter, frå Ruma.

Joakim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Zebida the daughter of Phadaia of Ruma.

37 Han gjorde det som vondt var i Herrens augo, plent som federne hans.

And he did evil before the Lord according to all that his fathers had done.