2 Kungaboken 23

1 Och Konungen sände bort, och till honom församlades alle de äldste i Juda och Jerusalem.

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Och Konungen gick upp i Herrans hus, och hvar man af Juda, och alle Jerusalems inbyggare med honom, Prester och Propheter, och allt folket, både små och store; och man las för deras öron all förbundsens boks ord, hvilken i Herrans hus funnen var.

And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great: and he read before their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.

3 Och Konungen gick in till en stod, och gjorde ett förbund för Herranom, att de skulle vandra efter Herranom, och hålla hans bud, vittnesbörd och rätter, af allt hjerta, och af allo själ, att de skulle upprätta detta förbunds ord, som skrifne stodo uti desso bok; och allt folket trädde uti förbundet.

And the king stood upon the stand, and he made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to maintain the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

4 Och Konungen böd öfversta Prestenom Hilkia, och Prestenom af det andra skiftet, och dörravaktaromen, att de skulle utkasta af Herrans tempel allahanda tyg, som till Baal och lunden, och all himmelens här gjordt var; och de brände det upp utanför Jerusalem i Kidrons dal, och stoftet deraf vardt buret till BethEl.

And the king commanded Chilkiyahu the high-priest, and the priests of the second order, and the door-keepers, to carry forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Ba'al, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and they burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes unto Beth-el.

5 Och han afsatte de Camarim, hvilka Juda Konungar stiktat hade, till att röka på höjderna uti Juda städer, och omkring Jerusalem; desslikes Baals, solenes, månans, planeternas och all himmelens härs rökare;

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed that they might burn incense on the high-places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also that burnt incense unto Ba'al, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Och lät föra lunden utu Herrans hus, ut för Jerusalem, i Kidrons bäck; och brände honom upp i Kidrons bäck, och gjorde honom till stoft, och kastade stoftet uppå det meniga folks grifter.

And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and ground it small to powder, and cast its powder upon the graves of the children of the people.

7 Och han bröt bort de roffarehus, som voro vid Herrans hus, der qvinnor uti vofvo tapeter till lunden.

And he pulled down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

8 Och han lät församla alla Presterna utu Juda städer, och orenade de höjder, der Presterna rökte, ifrå Geba allt intill BerSeba; och han bröt bort portaltaren, som voro uti ingångenom i Josua stadsfogdans port, hvilken voro på venstra sidone, der man går till stadsporten.

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high-places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba' to Beer-Sheba', and he pulled down the high-places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left at the gate of the city.

9 Dock offrade icke höjdernas Prester någon tid på Herrans altare i Jerusalem, utan åto af de osyrade brödena, ibland sina bröder.

Nevertheless the priests of the high-places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they ate unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren.

10 Han orenade ock Tophet, uti Hinnoms barnas dal, att ingen skulle låta gå sin son eller sina dotter genom eld för Molech;

And he defiled the Thopheth, which was in the valley Ben-hinnom, so that no man should cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

11 Och tog bort de hästar, hvilka Juda Konungar solene uppsatt hade, i ingångenom åt Herrans hus, till NethanMelechs åminnelse, kamererarens, som i Parvarim var; och solenes vagnar brände han upp i eld;

And he put down the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, from the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nethan-melech the chamberlain, who was over the suburbs; and the chariots of the sun he burnt with fire.

12 Så ock altaren på taken i Ahas sal, den Juda Konungar gjort hade; och de altare, som Manasse gjort hade uti de två gårdar åt Herrans hus, bröt Konungen bort, och lopp dädan, och kastade deras stoft i Kidrons bäck.

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper-chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Menasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down, and tore them away from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

13 Och de höjder, som för Jerusalem voro, på högra sidone, vid berget Mashith, som Salomo Israels Konung byggt hade till Astoreth, Zidons styggelse, och Chemos, Moabs styggelse, och Milcom, Ammons barnas styggelse, orenade Konungen;

And the high-places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of destruction, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for 'Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Kemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of 'Ammon, did the king defile.

14 Och slog sönder stoderna, och utrotade lundarna, och uppfyllde deras rum med menniskoben;

And he broke in pieces the standing images, and cut down the Asherah-groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Sammalunda ock det altaret i BethEl, höjden, som Jerobeam, Nebats son, gjort hade, den Israel hade kommit till att synda; det samma altaret bröt han neder, och höjdena, och brände upp höjdena, och gjorde henne till stoft, och brände upp lunden.

So also the altar that was at Beth-el, the high-place which Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, had made, —also that altar and the high-place did he pull down; and he burnt the high-place, ground it small to powder, and burnt then the Asherah.

16 Och Josia vände sig om, och fick se de grifter, som voro på bergena, och sände bort, och lät hemta benen utu grifterna, och uppbrände dem på altarena, och orenade det, efter Herrans ord, som Guds mannen utropat hade, den detta så föresagt hade,

And Josiah turned about, and beheld the graves that were there in the mount, and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who had proclaimed these events.

17 Och han sade: Hvad är detta för en vård, som jag här ser? Och folket i stadenom sade till honom: Det är den Guds mansens grift, som af Juda kom, och detta utropade, som du gjort hafver med altarena i BethEl.

Then said he, What kind of monument is that which I see? And the men of the city said to him, It is the grave of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

18 Och han sade: Låt honom ligga; ingen röre hans ben. Alltså vordo hans ben friade, med den Prophetens ben, som utaf Samarien kommen var.

And he said, Let him rest: no man shall disturb his bones. So they saved his bones, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Han kastade ock bort all höjders hus uti Samarie städer, som Israels Konungar gjort hade, till att förtörna ( Herran ), och gjorde med dem alldeles såsom han i BethEl gjort hade.

And also all the houses of the high-places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made as provocations to anger, did Josiah remove, and did to them in accordance with all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

20 Och han offrade alla höjdernas Prester, som der voro, på altaren, och brände så menniskoben deruppå, och kom igen till Jerusalem.

And he slaughtered all the priests of the high-places that were there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned [then] to Jerusalem.

21 Och Konungen böd folkena, och sade: Håller Herranom edrom Gud Passah, såsom skrifvet är i denna förbunds bok.

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

22 Ty intet Passah var så hållet som detta, ifrå de domares tid, som Israel dömde, och i alla Israels Konungars och Juda Konungars tid;

For there had not been holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel; nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

23 Utan i adertonde årena Konungs Josia vardt detta Passah hållet Herranom i Jerusalem.

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 Desslikes rensade Josia ut alla spåmän, tecknatydare, beläte och afgudar, och all styggelse, som i Juda land och i Jerusalem sedde vordo; på det han skulle upprätta lagsens ord, som skrifne stodo i bokene, som Presten Hilkia fann i Herrans hus.

And also the men of familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were to be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah clear away; in order that he might accomplish the words of the law which were written in the book that Chilkiyahu the priest had found in the house of the Lord.

25 Hans like hade ingen Konung varit för honom, den så af allt hjerta, af allo själ, och alla krafter sig till Herran vände, efter all Mose lag; och efter honom kom ej heller hans like upp.

And like unto him there was no king before him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there arose none like him.

26 Dock vände icke Herren sig ifrå sine stora vredes grymhet, der han med öfver Juda förtörnad var, för all de retelses skull, dermed Manasse honom rett hade.

Notwithstanding this the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, since his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provokings wherewith Menasseh had provoked him to anger.

27 Och Herren sade: Jag vill ock kasta Juda ifrå mitt ansigte, såsom jag Israel bortkastat hafver; och skall förkasta denna staden, som jag utvalt hafver, nämliga Jerusalem, och det hus, der jag om sagt hafver: Mitt Namn skall vara der.

And the Lord said, Also Judah will I remove out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

28 Hvad nu mer af Josia sägandes är, och allt det han gjort hafver, si, det är skrifvet uti Juda Konungars Chrönico.

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

29 Uti hans tid drog Pharao Necho, Konungen i Egypten, upp emot Konungen af Assyrien, vid den älfvena Phrat; men Konung Josia drog emot honom, och blef död i Megiddo, då han hade sett honom.

In his days went up Pharaoh-nechoh the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him.

30 Och hans tjenare förde honom dödan ifrå Megiddo, och hade honom till Jerusalem, och begrofvo honom i hans graf; och folket i landena togo Joahas, Josia son, och smorde honom, och gjorde honom till Konung i hans faders stad.

And his servants carried him dying in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

31 Tre och tjugu åra gammal var Joahas, då han vardt Konung, och regerade tre månader i Jerusalem; hans moder het Hamutal, Jeremia dotter af Libna.

Twenty and three years old was Jehoachaz when he became king; and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Chamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

32 Och han gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, såsom hans fäder gjort hade.

And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.

33 Men PharaoNecho grep honom i Riblath i Hamaths land, att han icke regera skulle i Jerusalem; och lade en beskattning på landet, hundrade centener silfver, och en centener guld.

And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in fetters at Riblah in the land of Chamath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 Och PharaoNecho gjorde Eliakim, Josia son, till Konung uti hans faders Josia stad, och vände hans namn Jojakim. Men Joahas tog han, och förde in uti Egypten; der blef han död.

And Pharaoh-nechoh made Elyakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoyakim, and took Jehoachaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

35 Och Jojakim gaf Pharao silfret och guldet; dock beskattade han landet, att han sådant silfver gifva kunde efter Pharaos befallning; hvar och en, efter sina förmågo, beskattade han till silfver och guld ibland folket i landena, att han det PharaoNecho gifva skulle.

And Jehoyakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money by the order of Pharaoh: from every one according to his estimation did he exact the silver and gold from the people of the land, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.

36 Fem och tjugu åra gammal var Jojakim, då han vardt Konung, och regerade ellofva år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Zebuda, Pedaja dotter af Ruma.

Twenty and five years old was Jehoyakim when he became king; and eleven years did be reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedayah of Rumah.

37 Och han gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, såsom hans fäder gjort hade.

And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.