2 Krönikeboken 28
1 Ahas var tjugu åra gammal, då han Konung vardt, och regerade i sexton år i Jerusalem; och gjorde icke det Herranom väl behagade, såsom hans fader David;
Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
2 Utan han vandrade i Israels Konungars vägar, dertill gjorde han gjuten beläte till Baalim;
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
3 Och rökte i Hinnoms barnas dal, och brände sina söner upp med eld, efter Hedningarnas styggelse, hvilka Herren för Israels barn fördrifvit hade;
He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
4 Och offrade, och rökte på höjder, på backar, och under all grön trä.
Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
5 Derföre gaf Herren hans Gud honom i Konungens hand af Syrien, så att de slogo honom, och förde bort en stor hop af hans fångna, och läto komma till Damascon. Vardt han ock gifven under Israels Konungs hand, så att han gjorde en stor slagtning på honom.
Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
6 Ty Pekah, Remalia son, slog af Juda hundrade och tjugu tusend på en dag, som alle dugelige män voro; derföre, att de öfvergåfvo Herran deras fäders Gud.
In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
7 Och Sichri, en väldig af Ephraim, drap Maaseja, Konungens son, Asrikam husförstan, och Elkana den yppersta näst Konungenom.
Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
8 Och Israels barn förde bort fångna af deras bröder tuhundradtusend qvinnor, söner och döttrar; och togo dertill stort rof af dem, och förde rofvet till Samarien.
The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
9 Och var sammastäds en Herrans Prophet, som het Obed. Han gick ut emot hären, som till Samarien kom, och sade till dem: Si, efter Herren edra fäders Gud är vred på Juda, hafver han gifvit dem i edra händer; men I hafven så grufveliga slagit dem ihjäl, att det räcker upp till himmelen.
But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
10 Nu menen I undertrycka eder Juda barn, och Jerusalem till trälar och trälinnor; är det nu icke skuld när eder emot Herran edar Gud?
And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
11 Så hörer mig nu och förer fångarna dit igen, dem I bortfört hafven af edra bröder; ty Herrans vrede förgrymmar sig öfver eder.
So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
12 Då hofvo sig upp någre de myndigaste af Ephraims barn, Asaria, Johanans son, Berisha, Mesillemoths son, Jehiskia, Sallums son, och Amasa, Handlat son, emot dem som utu hären kommo;
Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
13 Och sade till dem: I skolen icke hafva dessa fångar hitin; ty I kommen intet annat än skuld på oss för Herranom, på det I skolen desto flera göra våra synder och skulder; här är skuld nog tillförene, och vrede förgrymmar sig öfver Israel.
They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
14 Då läto de väpnade fångarna och rofvet, inför öfverstarna, och inför hela menighetena.
So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
15 Då stodo de män upp, som nu vid namn nämnde voro, och togo fångarna, och alle de, som ibland dem nakne voro, klädde de, af det röfvadt var. Och då de hade klädt dem, drogo de skor uppå dem, och gåfvo dem mat och dryck, och smorde dem, och förde på åsnar alla dem, som svage voro, och läto komma dem till Jericho palmstaden, till deras bröder; och kommo igen till Samarien.
The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
16 På samma tiden sände Konung Ahas till Konungarna af Assur, att de skulle hjelpa honom.
About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
17 Och de Edomeer kommo åter pånytt, och slogo Juda, och förde somliga bort.
[He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
18 Och de Philisteer lade sig neder i de städer på hedene, och sunnan på Juda, och vunno BethSemes, Ajalon, Gederoth och Socho, med dess döttrar, Thimna med dess döttrar, och Gimso med dess döttrar; och bodde deruti.
At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
19 Ty Herren plågade Juda för Ahas skull, Israels Konungs, derföre, att han hade blottat Juda, och förtog sig emot Herran.
Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
20 Och emot honom kom ThiglathPilneser, Konungen af Assur; han belade honom; men han kunde icke vinna honom.
Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
21 Och Ahas tog en del i Herrans hus, och i Konungshusena, och i de öfverstas, det han gaf Konungenom i Assur; men det halp honom intet.
Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
22 Yttermera, i hans nöd förtog Konung Ahas sig ännu mer emot Herran;
While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
23 Och offrade gudomen i Damasco, som honom slagit hade, och sade: Konungens gudar af Syrien hjelpa honom; derföre vill jag offra dem, att de måga ock hjelpa mig; ändock de voro honom och helo Israel till fall.
He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
24 Och Ahas lade tillhopa de tyg i Guds hus, och slog dem sönder, och lyckte igen dörrarna af Herrans hus, och gjorde sig altare i hvarjo vrå i Jerusalem.
Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
25 Och i Juda städer, både här och der, gjorde han höjder till att röka androm gudom, och rette Herran sina fäders Gud.
In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
26 Hvad nu mer af honom sägande är, och alla hans vägar, både första och sista, si, det är skrifvet i Juda och Israels Konungars bok.
A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Och Ahas afsomnade med sina fäder, och de begrofvo honom i stadenom i Jerusalem; ty de lade honom icke ibland Israels Konungars grifter. Och hans son Jehiskia vardt Konung i hans stad.
Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
