2 Krönikeboken 25
1 Fem och tjugu åra gammal var Amazia, då han Konung vardt, och regerade nio och tjugu år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Joaddan af Jerusalem.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 Och han gjorde det Herranom väl behagade, dock icke af allt hjerta.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 Då nu hans rike stadfäst var, drap han sina tjenare, som hans fader Konungen slagit hade;
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 Men deras barn drap han intet; förty det står så skrifvet i lagen i Mose bok, der Herren bjuder och säger: Fäderna skola icke dö för barnen, och icke barnen för fäderna; utan hvar och en skall för sina synd dö.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 Och Amazia församlade Juda, och satte dem efter fädershusen, efter öfverstarna öfver tusende och öfver hundrade, i hela Juda och BenJamin; och talde dem allt ifrå tjugu år, och derutöfver, och fann dem trehundradtusend utvalda, som i här draga kunde, som spjut och sköld föra kunde.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 Dertill besoldade han utaf Israel hundradtusend starka krigsmän, för hundrade centener silfver.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Men en Guds man kom till honom, och sade: Konung, låt icke Israels här komma med dig; förty Herren är icke med Israel, eller med all Ephraims barn.
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 Ty om du kommer till att bevisa dina dristighet i stridene, så låter Gud dig falla för dina fiendar; förty när Gudi står magten till att hjelpa, och till att stjelpa.
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Amazia sade till Guds mannen: Hvad skall man då göra med de hundrade centener, som jag hafver gifvit de krigsmän af Israel? Guds mannen sade: Herren hafver väl mer än det är, som han dig gifva kan.
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 Då skiljde Amazia de krigsmän ifrå, som till honom af Ephraim komne voro, så att de gingo till deras rum igen. Då förgrymmade deras vrede sig svårliga emot Juda, och drogo hem igen illa tillfrids.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 Men Amazia var tröst, och förde sitt folk ut, och drog ut i saltdalen, och slog af Seirs barn tiotusend.
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 Och Juda barn fångade af dem tiotusend lefvande; dem förde de uppå en bergsklint, och störte dem utför bergsklinten, att de alle sönderkrossades.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 Men de krigsmän, som Amazia hade ifrå sig sändt, så att de icke drogo med hans folk till stridena, lade sig neder i Juda städer, allt ifrå Samarien intill BethHoron, och slogo af dem tretusend, och togo mycket rof.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 Och då Amazia igenkom af de Edomeers slagtning, hade han med sig Seirs barnas afgudar, och satte dem sig till gudar, och tillbad dem, och rökte för dem.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 Då förgrymmade sig Herrans vrede öfver Amazia, och sände en Prophet till honom. Han sade till honom: Hvi söker du dess folks gudar, som sitt folk intet undsätta kunde ifrå dine hand?
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 Och då han talade med honom, sade han till honom: Hafver man gjort dig till Konungens råd? Vänd igen; hvi vill du varda slagen? Då vände Propheten igen, och sade: Jag förmärker väl, att Gud hafver i sinnet förderfva dig, efter du detta gjort hafver, och hörer intet mitt råd.
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 Och Amazia, Juda Konung, var till råds, och sände bort till Joas, Joahas son, Jehu sons, Israels Konung, och lät säga honom: Kom, låt oss bese hvarannan.
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 Men Joas, Israels Konung, sände till Amazia, Juda Konung, och lät säga honom: Törnebusken i Libanon sände till cedreträt i Libanon, och lät säga honom: Gif dina dotter minom son till hustru; men vilddjuren i Libanon lupo öfver törnebuskan, och trampade honom neder.
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 Du menar: Si, jag hafver slagit de Edomeer, der förhäfver sig ditt hjerta utaf, och berömmer sig. Nu sitt hemma; hvi söker du efter olycko, att du må falla, och Juda med dig?
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 Men Amazia hörde det intet; förty det skedde af Gudi, på det att de skulle varda gifne i fiendahand; derföre, att de de Edomeers gudar sökt hade.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 Då drog Joas, Israels Konung, upp, och de besågo hvarannan, han och Amazia, Juda Konung, i BethSemes, som i Juda ligger.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Men Juda vardt slagen för Israel, och flydde, hvar och en i sina hyddor.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 Och Joas, Israels Konung, grep Amazia, Joas son, Joahas sons, Juda Konung, i BethSemes, och förde honom till Jerusalem, och bröt muren neder i Jerusalem, allt ifrån Ephraims port intill hörnporten, fyrahundrade alnar långt.
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 Och allt det guld och silfver, och all käril, som för handene voro i Guds hus när ObedEdom, och i fataburenom i Konungshusena, och barnen, tog han till pant med sig till Samarien.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 Och Amazia, Joas son, Juda Konung, lefde efter Joas, Joahas sons, Israels Konungs, död i femton år.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 Hvad nu mer af Amazia sägande är, både det första och det sista, si, det är skrifvet uti Juda och Israels Konungars bok.
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Och ifrå den tiden, att Amazia trädde ifrå Herranom, gjorde de ett förbund emot honom i Jerusalem; men han flydde till Lachis. Då sände de efter honom till Lachis, och dråpo honom der;
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 Och förde honom med hästar, och begrofvo honom när sina fäder uti Juda stad.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
