2 Kongebok 23

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

And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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 into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears 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 by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood 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 Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and 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 put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, 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 brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof on the graves of the children of the people.

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

And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings 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 brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and broke down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at 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.

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brothers.

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 children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

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 that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned 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 on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and broke them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

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.

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

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

And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of 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 that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned 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 Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them on the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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.»

Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against 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 they let his bones alone, 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.

And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and 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 on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem.

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

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, 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.

Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

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

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.

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 workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house 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.

And like to him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there 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.

Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him with.

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 Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, 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 Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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 Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, 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 in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and 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.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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

And he did that which was evil in the sight of 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 Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an 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 Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and 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 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaohnechoh.

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.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.