2 Krönikeboken 34
1 Åtta åra gammal var Josia, då han Konung varat, och regerade ett och tretio år i Jerusalem;
Josiah was eight years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years.
2 Och gjorde det godt var för Herranom, och vandrade uti sins faders Davids vägom, och vek hvarken på den högra eller venstra sidona.
He did things that were pleasing to Yahweh and conducted his life like his ancestor King David had done. He fully obeyed [IDM] all the laws of God.
3 Ty i åttonde årena af sitt rike, medan han ännu en dräng var, begynte han att söka sins faders Davids Gud. Och i tolfte årena begynte han till att rensa Juda och Jerusalem af höjder, och lundar, och afgudar, och gjuten beläte;
When he had been ruling for almost eight years, while he was still a young man, he began to worship God like his ancestor [King] David had done. Four years later, he began to get rid of all the pagan shrines on hilltops in Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah, and the poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah, and the carved idols and statues of gods.
4 Och lät afbryta för sig Baalims altare; och beläten deruppå högg han neder; och de lundar, och afgudar, och beläte, slog han sönder, och gjorde dem till stoft, och strödde dem på deras grifter, som för dem offrat hade;
While he directed them, his workers tore down the altars where people worshiped Baal. They smashed the altars that were near those altars, where people burned incense. They smashed the poles [honor the goddess] Asherah and the idols and statues. They smashed them to bits and scattered the bits over the graves of those who had offered sacrifices to them.
5 Och brände upp Presternas ben på altaren, och rensade alltså Juda och Jerusalem.
They burned the bones of the priests [who had offered sacrifices]; they burned them on their own altars. In that way Josiah caused Jerusalem and other places in Judah to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh again.
6 Sammalunda i Manasse städer, Ephraim, Simeon, och allt intill Naphthali, uti deras ökner, allt omkring.
In the towns in [the tribes of] Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far [north] as [the tribe of] Naphtali and in the ruins around all those towns,
7 Och då han hade afbrutit altaren och lundarna, och afgudarna sönderkrossat, och all beläte sönderslagit i hela Israels land, drog han åter till Jerusalem.
Josiah’s [workers] tore down the pagan altars and the poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah, and crushed the idols to powder. They also smashed to pieces all the altars for burning incense throughout Israel. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem.
8 Uti adertonde årena sins rikes, då han landet och huset renat hade, sände han Saphan, Azalia son, och Maaseja stadsfogdan, och Joah. Joahas son, cancelleren, till att förbättra Herrans sins Guds hus.
When Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, he [did something else to] cause the land and the temple to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh. He sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the governor of the city and Joah the son of Joahaz, who wrote on a scroll what happened in the city, to repair the temple of Yahweh.
9 Och de kommo till den öfversta Presten Hilkia, och man fick dem de penningar, som till Guds hus införde voro, hvilka Leviterna, som dörrarna vaktade, församlat hade, af Manasse, Ephraim, och af allom igenlefdom i Israel, och af hela Juda och BenJamin, och af dem som i Jerusalem bodde.
They went to Hilkiah the Supreme Priest and gave him the money that had been brought to the temple. That was the money that the descendants of Levi who guarded the doors of the temple had collected from the people of [the tribes of] Manasseh and Ephraim and [other places in northern] Israel, and also from all the people in Jerusalem and other places in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
10 Och de gåfvo dem uti arbetarenas händer, som beställde voro till Herrans hus; och de gåfvo dem som arbetade på Herrans hus, der det förfallet var, att de skulle förbättra huset.
Then Hilkiah gave some of the money to the men who had been appointed to supervise the work of repairing the temple. The supervisors paid the men who did the repair work.
11 De samme gåfvo dem sedan timbermannom och byggningsmannom, till att köpa huggen sten, och höfladt trä till bjelkar, på de hus, som Juda Konungar förderfvat hade.
They also gave some of the money to the carpenters and builders to buy the cut stones and the timber for the joists and the beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to decay.
12 Och männerna arbetade på verket på sina tro; och öfver dem voro skickade Jahath, och Obadja, Leviter, utaf Merari barn; Sacharia och Mesullam, utaf de Kehathiters barn, till att drifva arbetet; och voro alle Leviter, som på strängaspel kunde.
The workers did their work faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah, who were descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, who were descendants of [Levi’s son] Kohath. All the other descendants of Levi, those who played musical instruments well,
13 Men öfver dragare, och dem som drefvo till allahanda arbete i all ämbeten, voro utaf Leviterna, skrifvare, ämbetsmän och dörravaktare.
supervised all the workers as they did their various jobs. Some of the descendants of Levi were secretaries and some kept records and some guarded the gates [of the temple].
14 Och då de togo ut penningarna, som i Herrans hus inlagde voro, fann Hilkia Presten lagbokena, som Herren genom Mose gifvit hade.
While they were giving to the supervisors the money that had been taken to the temple, Hilkiah the [Supreme] Priest found a scroll on which were written the laws that Yahweh had told Moses to give to the people.
15 Och Hilkia svarade, och sade till Saphan skrifvaren: Jag hafver funnit lagbokena i Herrans hus. Och Hilkia fick Saphan bokena.
So Hilkiah said to Shaphan, “I have found in the temple a scroll on which are written the laws [that God gave to Moses]!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.
16 Och Saphan bar henne till Konungen, och gaf Konungenom svar igen, och sade: Allt det i dina tjenares händer befaldt är, det göra de.
Shaphan [took the scroll] to the king and said to him, “Your officials are doing everything that you told them to do.
17 Och de penningar, som i Herrans hus funne äro, hafva de lagt ihop, och fått dem föreståndarenom och arbetaromen.
They have taken the money that was in the temple, and they have given it to the men who will supervise the workers who will repair the temple.”
18 Och Saphan skrifvaren underviste Konungen, och sade: Hilkia Presten hafver fått mig ena bok. Och Saphan las deruti för Konungenom.
Then Shaphan said to the king, “[I have brought to you] a scroll [that] Hilkiah gave to me.” And Shaphan started to read it to the king.
19 Och då Konungen hörde lagsens ord, ref han sin kläder sönder.
When the king heard the laws [that were written in the scroll], he tore his clothes [because he was very dismayed/worried].
20 Och Konungen böd Hilkia, och Ahikam, Saphans son, och Abdon, Micha son, och Saphan skrifvarenom, och Asaja, Konungens tjenare, och sade:
Then he gave these instructions to Hilkiah, to Shaphan’s son Ahikam, to Micah’s son Abdon, to Shaphan, and to Asaiah the king’s special advisor:
21 Går bort, och fråger Herran för mig, och för dem som qvare äro i Israel, och för Juda, om bokens ord, som funnen är; förty Herrans grymhet är stor, som öfver oss upptänd är, att våre fäder icke hållit hafva Herrans ord, att de måtte gjort såsom i desso bok skrifvet står.
“Go and ask Yahweh for me, and for all his people who are still alive in Judah and Israel, about what is written in this scroll that has been found. Because [it is clear that] Yahweh is very angry with us because our ancestors disobeyed what Yahweh said; they did not obey the laws that are written on this scroll.”
22 Då gick Hilkia, samt med de andra, som af Konungenom sände voro, bort till den Prophetissan Hulda, Sallums hustru, Thakehaths sons, Hasra sons, klädevaktarens, som i Jerusalem bodde, uti den andra delenom, och talade detta med henne.
So Hilkiah and the others went to talk with a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum who was the son of Tikvah, took care of the robes that were worn [in the temple].
23 Och hon sade till dem: Detta säger Herren Israels Gud: Säger dem mannenom, som eder till mig sändt hafver:
[When they told her what the king had said, ] she said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Go back and tell the king who sent you
24 Detta säger Herren: Si jag skall låta komma olycko öfver detta rum, och dess inbyggare, nämliga all de förbannelse, som i bokene skrifven stå, som för Juda Konung läsen är;
that this is what Yahweh says: “Listen to this carefully. I am going to cause a disaster to strike Jerusalem and all the people who live here. I will cause them to experience the curses that were written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah.
25 Derföre, att de hafva öfvergifvit mig, och rökt androm gudom, så att de hafva rett mig med allt deras händers verk; och min grymhet skall upptänd varda öfver detta rum, och icke utsläckt varda.
I will do that because they have rejected me, and they burn incense to [honor] other gods. They have caused me to become very angry because of all the idols that they have made (OR, because of all the wicked things that they have done), [and my anger is like] a fire that will not be extinguished.
26 Och Juda Konunge, som eder utsändt hafver till att fråga Herran, skolen I så säga: Detta säger Herren Israels Gud, om de ord, som du hörde:
The king of Judah sent you to ask what I, Yahweh, want. Go and tell him that this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis worship, say about what you read:
27 Derföre, att ditt hjerta hafver bevekt sig, och du hafver ödmjukat dig för Gudi, då du hans ord hörde emot detta rum, och emot dess inbyggare, och hafver ödmjukat dig för mig, och rifvit din kläder, och gråtit för mig; så hafver jag ock hört dig, säger Herren.
“Because you heeded [what was written in the scroll], and you humbled yourself when you heard what I said to warn [about what would happen to] this city and the people who live here, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you.
28 Si, jag vill samka dig till dina fader, att du uti dina graf med frid samkad varder, att din ögon icke skola se all denna olyckon, som jag öfver detta rum och dess inbyggare skall komma låta. Och de sade Konungenom detta igen.
So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to strike this place and the people who live here, but you will not [be alive to] see it.”’” So they reported her reply to the king.
29 Då sände Konungen bort, och lät tillhopakomma alla de äldsta i Juda och Jerusalem.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea.
30 Och Konungen gick upp i Herrans hus, och hvar man i Juda, och inbyggarena i Jerusalem, Presterna, Leviterna, och allt folket, både små och store; och vordo för deras öron läsen all ord i förbundsens bok, som i Herrans hus funnen var.
They went up together to the temple with the leaders of Judah and many other people of Jerusalem and the priests and other descendants of Levi, from the least important to the most important ones. And while they listened, the king read to them everything that was in the scroll containing God’s laws that had been found in the temple.
31 Och Konungen gick i sitt rum, och gjorde ett förbund för Herranom, att man skulle vandra efter Herranom, till att hålla hans bud, vittnesbörd och rätter, af allt hjerta, och af allo själ, till att göra efter all förbundsens ord, som skrifne stodo i desso bok.
Then the king stood next to the pillar [at the entrance to the temple, where kings stood when they announced something important], and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to very sincerely and completely obey Yahweh and all his commands and regulations and decrees that were written on the scroll.
32 Och stodo der alle de, som i Jerusalem och i BenJamin för handene voro. Och Jerusalems inbyggare gjorde efter Guds förbund, deras fäders Guds.
Then the king said that everyone who lived in Jerusalem and from [the tribe of] Benjamin should promise that they also would obey those laws. And they did that, agreeing that they would keep the agreement that God, whom their ancestors had worshiped, had made with them.
33 Och Josia hof bort all styggelse utur all land, som Israels barnas voro, och skaffade att alle de, som i Israel funne vordo, tjente Herranom deras Gud. Så länge Josia lefde, veko de intet ifrå Herranom deras fäders Gud.
Josiah [instructed his workers to] remove all the detestable idols from everywhere in the land of the Israeli people, and he commanded that all the people from Israel who were there should worship [only] Yahweh their God. And as long as Josiah was alive, the people did what was pleasing to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
