2 Krönikeboken 21

1 Och Josaphat af somnade med sina fäder, och vardt begrafven när sina fader uti Davids stad; och hans son Joram vardt Konung i hans stad.

And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.

2 Och han hade bröder, Josaphats söner, Asaria, Jehiel, Zacharia, Asaria, Michael, och SephatJa; desse voro alle Josaphats, Juda Konungs, barn.

And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.

3 Och deras fader gaf dem myckna gåfvor i silfver, guld och klenodier, med fasta städer i Juda; men riket gaf han Joram; ty han var den förstfödde.

And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.

4 Då nu Joram uppkom öfver sins faders rike, och vardt dess mägtig, drap han alla sina bröder med svärd, dertill ock somliga af de öfverstar i Israel.

So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.

5 Tu och tretio år gammal var Joram, då han vardt Konung; och regerade åtta år i Jerusalem.

Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

6 Och vandrade uti Israels Konungars väg, såsom Achabs hus gjort hade; förty Achabs dotter var hans hustru; och han gjorde hvad Herranom illa behagade.

And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

7 Men Herren ville icke förderfva Davids hus, för det förbunds skull, som han med David gjort hade, såsom han sagt hade, att gifva honom ena lykto, och hans barnom i alla dagar.

But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.

8 I hans tid föllo de Edomeer af ifrå Juda, och gjorde öfver sig en Konung.

In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.

9 Förty Joram var ditöfver dragen med sina öfverstar, och alla vagnarna med honom; och hade varit uppe om nattena, och slagit de Edomeer allt omkring sig, och öfverstarna för vagnarna.

And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.

10 Derföre föllo de Edomeer af ifrå Juda, allt intill denna dag. På samma tiden föll ock Libna ifrå honom; ty han öfvergaf Herran sina fäders Gud.

However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:

11 Gjorde han ock höjder på bergen i Juda, och kom dem i Jerusalem till horeri, och förförde Juda.

Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.

12 Men en skrifvelse kom till honom ifrå den Propheten Elia, så lydandes: Detta säger Herren dins faders Davids Gud: Derföre, att du icke vandrat hafver uti dins faders Josaphats vägar, icke heller i Asa, Juda Konungs, vägar;

And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,

13 Utan du vandrar uti Israels Konungars väg, och kommer Juda och dem i Jerusalem till horeri, efter Achabs hus horeri; och hafver dertill dräpit dina bröder af dins faders hus, som bättre voro än du;

But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,

14 Si, Herren skall slå dig med en stor plågo på ditt folk, på din barn, på dina hustrur, och uppå alla dina ägodelar.

Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.

15 Och du skall få mycken sjukdom uti dina inelfver, tilldess att dina inelfver skola för sjukdoms skull utgå dag frå dag.

And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.

16 Alltså uppväckte Herren emot Joram de Philisteers anda, och de Arabers, som ligga vid Ethiopien.

And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.

17 Och de drogo upp till Juda, och förstörde det, och förde bort alla håfvor, som för handene voro i Konungshusena; dertill hans söner och hans hustrur, så att honom blef ingen son qvar, förutan Joahas, hans yngste son.

And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.

18 Och efter allt detta plågade Herren honom i hans inelfver med en sådana sjukdom, som icke stod till botandes.

And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels.

19 Och som det nu varade dag frå dag, och då tu års tid förgången var, gingo hans inelfver ut af honom med hans sjukdom; och han blef död af ondom sjukdom; och de gjorde intet brännande öfver honom, såsom de hans fäder gjort hade.

And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.

20 Tu och tretio år gammal var han, då han vardt Konung, och regerade i åtta år i Jerusalem, och vandrade så, att det icke mycket dogde; och de begrofvo honom i Davids stad; dock icke ibland Konungsgrifterna.

He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchres of the kings.