2 Krönikeboken 35
1 Och Josia höll Herranom Passah i Jerusalem; och slagtade Passah på fjortonde dagenom i första månaden.
Josiah [commanded that the people should] celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover [Festival] at the end of March.
2 Och han ställde Presterna uti deras vakt, och styrkte dem till deras ämbete i Herrans hus;
Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well.
3 Och sade till Leviterna, som hela Israel lärde, och Herranom helgade voro: Låter den helga arken uti huset, som Salomo, Davids son, Israels Konung, byggt hafver; I skolen icke bära honom på axlarna; så tjener nu Herranom edrom Gud, och hans folke Israel;
The [other] descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that [the workers of] David’s son [King] Solomon of Israel built. But [carry it on poles; ] do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people.
4 Och skicker edra fäders hus, i edor skifte, såsom de beskrifne äro af David, Israels Konung, och hans son Salomo.
Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
5 Och står i helgedomenom efter fädernas hus skifte ibland edra bröder af folket, och desslikes fädernas hus skifte ibland Leviterna.
Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people [when they bring their offerings to the temple].
6 Och slagter Passah, och helger eder, och skicker edra bröder, att de göra efter Herrans ord genom Mose.
Slaughter the lambs for the Passover [Festival]. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.”
7 Och Josia gaf till häfoffer för den meniga man lamb och kid, alltsammans till Passah, för alla dem som vid handena voro, på talet tretiotusend, och tretusend nöt; alltsammans af Konungens ägodelar.
Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
8 Hans Förstar gåfvo till häfoffer friviljoge för folket, och för Presterna och Leviterna; nämliga Hilkia, Sacharia och Jehiel, Förstarna i Guds hus, ibland Presterna till Passah, tutusend och sexhundrad ( lamb och kid ), dertill trehundrad nöt.
His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover.
9 Men Chanania, Semaja, Nethaneel, och hans bröder, Hasabia, Jejel och Josabad öfverstar för Leviterna, gåfvo Levitomen häfoffer till Passah, femtusend ( lamb och kid ), och dertill femhundrad nöt.
And Conaniah along with his [younger] brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the [other] descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover.
10 Alltså vardt Gudstjenst beskickad, och Presterna stodo i sitt rum, och Leviterna i sin ordning, efter Konungens bud.
Everything [for the Passover] was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded.
11 Och de slagtade Passah, och Presterna togo af deras händer och stänkte, och Leviterna drogo thy hudena af;
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood [from the bowls] that were handed to them, while the [other] descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals.
12 Och gjorde bränneoffer deraf, att de skulle dela det ut ibland fädershusen uti deras meniga hop, till att offrat Herranom, såsom skrifvet står i Mose bok; sammaledes gjorde de ock med oxarna.
They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle.
13 Och de kokade Passah vid eld, såsom det sig borde; men hvad som helgadt var, kokade de i grytor, kettlar och pannor, och de gjorde det med hast för meniga hopen.
Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the [meat of the] sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people [who were there].
14 Derefter redde de ock för sig, och för Presterna; förty Presterna, Aarons söner, hade att skaffa med bränneoffret, och med det feta, allt intill nattena; derföre måste Leviterna tillreda för sig och för Presterna, Aarons söner.
After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the [other] descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, [the first Supreme Priest].
15 Och sångarena, Assaphs barn, stodo i sitt rum, efter Davids bud, och Assaphs, och Hemans, och Jeduthuns, Konungens Siares; och dörravaktarena vid alla dörrarna, och de veko intet ifrå sitt ämbete; ty Leviterna, deras bröder, redde till för dem.
The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates [of the temple] did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat.
16 Alltså vardt beskickad all Herrans tjenst på den dagen, så att man höll Passah, och bränneoffer gjorde på Herrans altare, efter Konung Josia bud.
So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover [Festival], and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded.
17 Alltså höllo Israels barn, som vid handen voro, Passah i den tiden, och osyrade bröds högtid i sju dagar.
The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover [Festival] on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread.
18 Intet Passah var i Israel hållet, såsom detta, allt ifrå den Propheten Samuels tid; och ingen Israels Konung hade sådant Passah hållit, såsom Josia Passah höll, och Presterna, Leviterna, hela Juda och det af Israel för handen var, och Jerusalems inbyggare.
The Passover [Festival] had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all [the other people of] Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem.
19 Uti adertonde årena af Josia rike vardt detta Passah hållet.
They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
20 Derefter, när Josia huset tillredt hade, drog Necho, Konungen i Egypten, upp, till att strida emot Carchemis vid Phrath; och Josia drog ut emot honom.
After Josiah had done all those things to [restore the worship at] the temple, King Neco of Egypt went [with his army] to attack Carchemish [city] alongside the Euphrates [River], and Josiah marched [with his army] to fight against them.
21 Men han sände båd till honom, och lät säga honom: Hvad hafver jag med dig göra, Juda Konung? Jag kommer icke nu emot dig, utan jag strider emot ett ( annat ) hus; och Gud hafver sagt, att jag skulle skynda mig; håll upp att göra emot Gud, som med mig är, att han icke förderfvar dig.
Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, [the army of Babylonia]. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.”
22 Men Josia vände icke sitt ansigte ifrå honom, utan ställde sig till att strida emot honom; och lydde intet Necho ord utaf Guds mun, och kom till att strida med honom på den slättene vid Megiddo.
But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack [the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him]. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he [and his army] went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo.
23 Och skyttorna sköto Konung Josia. Och Konungen sade till sina tjenare: Förer mig hädan; ty jag är illa sår.
Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
24 Och hans tjenare togo honom af vagnen, och lade honom på hans andra vagn, och förde honom till Jerusalem. Och han blef död, och vardt begrafven ibland sina fäders grifter; och hele Juda och Jerusalem sörjde för Josia skull.
So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors [had been buried], and all [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah mourned for him.
25 Och Jeremia jämrade sig öfver Josia; och alle sångare och sångerskor höllo deras klagovisor öfver Josia, allt intill denna dag, och gjorde en sedvänjo deraf i Israel; si, det är skrifvet uti de klagovisor.
[The prophet] Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs.
26 Hvad nu mer af Josia sägande är, och om hans barmhertighet, efter skriftene i Herrans lag,
A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
27 Och hans gerningar, både de första och de sista, si, det är skrifvet uti Israels och Juda Konungars bok.
