2 Kungaboken 13
1 Uti tredje och tjugonde årena Joas, Ahasia sons, Juda Konungs, vardt Joahas, Jehu son, Konung öfver Israel i Samarien, sjutton år.
After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.
2 Och han gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, och vandrade efter Jerobeams synder, Nebats sons, hvilken Israel kom till att synda; och öfvergaf det icke.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.
3 Och Herrans vrede förgrymmade sig öfver Israel, och gaf dem under Hasaels hand, Konungens i Syrien, och i Benhadads, Hasaels sons, hand, i deras lifsdagar.
So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.
4 Men Joahas bad Herrans ansigte, och Herren hörde honom; ty han såg på Israels jämmer, som Konungen i Syrien dem gjorde.
Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.
5 Och Herren gaf Israel en frälsare, som dem förde utu de Syrers våld; så att Israels barn bodde uti sina hyddor, såsom tillförene.
Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.
6 Dock öfvergåfvo de icke Jerobeams hus synder, hvilken Israel kom till att synda, utan vandrade derutinnan; och den lunden i Samarien blef ståndandes.
But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
7 Förty af Joahas folk var icke mer qvart blifvet, än femtio resenärer, tio vagnar, och tiotusend fotfolk; ty Konungen i Syrien hade slagit dem ihjäl, och gjort dem såsom tröskestoft.
Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.
8 Hvad nu mer af Joahas sägandes är, och allt det han gjort hafver, och hans magt, si, det är skrifvet i Israels Konungars Chrönico.
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
9 Och Joahas afsomnade med sina fäder, och man begrof honom i Samarien; och hans son Joas vardt Konung i hans stad.
Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
10 Uti sjunde och tretionde årena Joas, Juda Konungs, vardt Joas, Joahas son, Konung öfver Israel i Samarien, sexton år;
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.
11 Och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, och öfvergaf icke alla Jerobeams, Nebats sons, synder, den Israel kom till att synda; utan vandrade derutinnan.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.
12 Hvad nu mer af Joas sägandes är, och hvad han gjort hafver, och hans magt, huru han med Amazia, Juda Konung, stridt hafver, si, det är skrifvet uti Israels Konungars Chrönico.
The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.
13 Och Joas afsomnade med sina fader; och Jerobeam satt på hans stol. Men Joas vardt begrafven i Samarien när de Israels Konungar.
When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
14 Då vardt Elisa krank, der han ock af död blef; och Joas, Israels Konung, kom ned till honom, och gret för honom, och sade: Min fader, min fader, Israels vagn, och hans resenärer.
Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”
15 Elisa sade till honom: Tag bågan och pilarna. Och då han tog bågan och pilarna,
Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
16 Sade han till Israels Konung: Bänd bågan med dine hand. Och han bände med sine hand. Och Elisa lade sina hand på Konungens hand;
Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.
17 Och sade: Låt upp fenstret österut; och han lät det upp. Och Elisa sade: Skjut; och han sköt. Han sade: En salighetspil af Herranom, en salighetspil emot de Syrer; och du skall slå de Syrer i Aphek, tilldess de blifva ändade.
Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”
18 Och han sade: Tag pilarna. Och då han tog dem, sade han till Israels Konung: Slå på jordena. Och han slog tre gånger, och höll upp.
Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.
19 Då vardt Guds mannen vred på honom, och sade: Hade du slagit fem eller sex gånger, så skulle du hafva slagit de Syrer, tilldess du hade gjort en ända på dem; men nu skall du slå dem tre gånger.
But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”
20 Då nu Elisa var död, och man hade begrafvit honom, föllo de Moabiters krigsfolk in uti landet på samma året.
Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).
21 Och det begaf sig, att de begrofvo en man; och som de fingo se krigsfolket, kastade de mannen uti Elisa graf; och då han kom vid Elisa ben, vardt han lefvandes, och stod upp på sina fötter.
One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!
22 Alltså tvingade nu Hasael, Konungen i Syrien, Israel, så länge Joahas lefde.
King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
23 Men Herren gjorde nåd med dem, och förbarmade sig öfver dem, och vände sig till dem för sitt förbunds skull med Abraham, Isaac och Jacob, och ville, icke förderfva dem; och förkastade dem icke heller ifrå sitt ansigte allt härtill.
But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.
24 Och Hasael, Konungen i Syrien, blef död; och hans son Benhadad vardt Konung i hans stad.
When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
25 Men Joas vände om, och tog de städer igen utu Benhadads, Hasaels sons, hand, som han utu hans faders Joahas hand med strid tagit hade. Tre gånger slog Joas honom, och fick Israels städer igen.
[The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.
