2 Kungaboken 14
1 Uti andro årena Joas, Joahas sons, Israels Konungs, vardt Amazia Konung, Joas, Juda. Konungs, son.
After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
2 Fem och tjugu åra gammal var han, då han vardt Konung; och regerade nio och tjugu år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Joaddan af Jerusalem.
He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3 Och han gjorde det Herranom väl behagade; dock icke såsom hans fader David, utan såsom hans fader Joas gjort hade, så gjorde han ock.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done.
4 Ty höjderna vordo icke aflagda; utan folket offrade och rökte ännu på höjderna.
But, [like his father, ] he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense [to honor Yahweh] on those hills [instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed].
5 Då han nu var mägtig vorden i riket, slog han sina tjenare, som Konungen hans fader dräpit hade.
As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
6 Men dråparenas barn drap han icke; såsom ock skrifvet är i Mose lagbok, der Herren budit hade, och sagt: Fäderna skola icke dö för barnens skull, och barnen skola icke dö för fädernas skull; utan hvar och en skall dö för sina synd.
But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for [the crimes/sins committed by] their children, and children must not be executed for [crimes/sins committed by] their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves [have committed].”
7 Han slog desslikes de Edomeer i saltdalenom, tiotusend, och vann den staden Sela med strid; och kallade honom Joktheel, allt intill denna dag.
Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [south of the Dead Sea], and they captured Sela [city] and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name.
8 Då sände Amazia båd till Joas, Joahas son, Jehu sons, Israels Konung, och lät säga honom: Kom hit, och låt oss se hvarannan.
Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”
9 Men Joas, Israels Konung, sände till Amazia, Juda Konung, och lät säga honom: Törnebusken, som i Libanon är, sände till cedreträt i Libanon, och sade: Gif dina dotter minom son till hustru; men vilddjuret på markene i Libanon lopp öfver törnebuskan, och förtrampade honom,
But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it.
10 Du hafver slagit de Edomeer, deraf förhäfver sig ditt hjerta; behåll den prisen, och blif hemma; hvi söker du efter olycko, att du må falla, och Juda med dig?
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble [by fighting against] us, you will surely [RHQ] cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.”
11 Men Amazia hörde honom intet. Så drog Joas, Israels Konung, upp; och de besågo hvarannan, han och Amazia, Juda Konung, i BethSemes, som i Juda ligger.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
12 Men Juda vardt slagen för Israel, så att hvar och en flydde i sina hyddo.
The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
13 Och Joas, Israels Konung, grep Amazia, Juda Konung, Joas son, Ahasia sons, i BethSemes; och kom till Jerusalem, och ref omkull, murarna i, Jerusalem, ifrån Ephraims port, allt intill hörnporten, fyrahundrad alnar långt.
Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about (200 yards/180 meters) long.
14 Och tog allt det guld och silfver, och tyg, som funnet vardt i Herrans hus, och i Konungshusens fatebur, dertill barnen, till pant; och drog åter till Samarien.
Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
15 Hvad nu mer af Joas sägande är, det han gjort hafver, och hans magt, och huru han med Amazia, Juda Konung, stridde, si, det är skrifvet uti Israels Konungars Chrönico.
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he [and his army] fought against [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
16 Och Joas afsomnade med sina fader, och vardt begrafven i Samarien ibland Israels Konungar; och hans son Jerobeam vardt Konung i hans stad.
Jehoash died [EUP], and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king.
17 Men Amazia. Joas son, Juda Konungs, lefde efter Joas död, Joahas sons, Israels Konungs, i femton år.
Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.
18 Hvad nu mer af Amazia sägandes är, det är skrifvet uti Juda Konungars Chrönico.
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Amaziah did, it is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
19 Och de gjorde ett förbund emot honom i Jerusalem; men han flydde till Lachis. Och de sände efter honom till Lachis, och dråpo honom der.
Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.
20 Och de förde honom dädan på hästar; och han vardt begrafven i Jerusalem, när sina fäder uti Davids stad.
They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’.
21 Och hela Juda folk togo Asaria, uti lians sextonde äre, och gjorde honom till Konung i hans faders Amazia stad.
Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king
22 Han byggde Elath, och fick det igen under Juda, sedan Konungen med hans fäder afsomnad var.
After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.
23 Uti femtonde årena Amazia, Joas sons, Juda Konungs, vardt Jerobeam, Joas son, Konung öfver Israel i Samarien, ett och fyratio år,
When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 41 years.
24 Och gjorde det ondt varför Herranom, och öfvergaf icke alla Jerobeams, Nebats sons, synder, den Israel kom till att synda.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.
25 Men han tog igen Israels gränsor, ifrå Hamath allt intill hafvet, som ligger i hedmarkene, efter Herrans Israels Guds ord, som han sagt hade genom, sin tjenare Propheten Jona, Amitthai son, som var af GathHepher.
His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath [city] in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher [town], would happen.
26 Ty Herren såg till Israels svåra jämmer, så att ock de innelyckte och igenlefde förgingos; och ingen hjelpare var i Israel.
That happened because Yahweh saw that [the Israelis’ enemies were causing] the Israelis [to] suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.
27 Och Herren hade icke sagt, att han ville utskrapa Israels namn under himmelen; utan halp dem genom Jerobeam, Joas son.
But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.
28 Hvad nu mer af Jerobeam sägandes är, och allt det han gjort hafver, och hans magt, huru han stridt hafver, och huru han igenfick Damascon och Hamath till Juda i Israel, si, det är skrifvet i Israels Konungars Chrönico.
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Jeroboam did, [about] his fighting courageously in battles, and [about] his [enabling the Israelis to] capture again Damascus and Hamath [cities], they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
29 Och Jerobeam afsomnade med sina fäder, Israels Konungar; och hans son Zacharia vardt Konung i hans stad.
Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.
