2 Kungaboken 8
1 Elisa talade med den qvinnone, hvilkens son han hade lefvande gjort, och sade: Statt upp och gack dina färde med ditt hus, och var främmande hvar du kan; ty Herren varder kallandes en hunger, och han skall komma öfver landet i sju år.
After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
2 Qvinnan stod upp, och gjorde såsom Guds mannen sade: och drog åstad med sitt hus, och var främmande uti de Philisteers land i sju år.
So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.
3 Då de sju åren förlidne voro, kom qvinnan åter utu de Philisteers land; och hon gick ut till att ropa till Konungen om sitt hus och åker.
After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.
4 Då talade Konungen med Gehasi, den Guds mansens tjenare, och sade: Förtälj mig all de stora ting, som Elisa gjort hafver.
When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
5 Och som han förtäljde Konungenom, huru han hade gjort en dödan lefvande, si, i det samma kom qvinnan dertill, hvilkens son han hade lefvande gjort, och ropade till Konungen om sitt hus och åker. Då sade Gehasi: Min herre Konung, detta är qvinnan, och detta är hennes son, som Elisa hafver lefvande gjort.
While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”
6 Och Konungen frågade qvinnona, och hon förtäljde honom det. Då fick Konungen henne en kamererare, och sade: Fly henne igen allt det hennes är; dertill allt afgället af åkrenom, ifrå den tid hon öfvergaf landet intill nu.
When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].
7 Och Elisa kom till Damascon; då låg Benhadad, Konungen i Syrien, krank; och honom vardt bådadt och sagdt: Den Guds mannen är kommen här.
Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,
8 Då sade Konungen till Hasael: Tag skänker med dig, och gack emot den Guds mannen, och fråga genom honom Herran, och säg: Månn jag vederfås af denna krankheten?
the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”
9 Hasael gick emot honom, och tog skänker med sig, och allahanda ägodelar i Damascon, fyratio camelers bördor. Och då han kom, gick han fram för honom, och sade: Din son Benhadad, Konungen i Syrien, hafver sändt mig till dig, och låter säga dig: Kan jag ock vederfås af denna krankheten?
So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”
10 Elisa sade till honom: Gack bort, och säg honom: Du skall vederfås; men Herren hafver undervist mig, att han skall döden dö.
Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”
11 Och Guds mannen begynte se skarpt ut, och hade sig ömkeliga, och gret.
Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.
12 Då sade Hasael: Hvi gråter min herre? Han sade: Jag vet hvad ondt du skall göra Israels barnom; du skall uppbränna deras fasta städer med eld, och deras unga män dräpa med svärd, och döda deras unga barn, och deras hafvande qvinnor sönderrifva.
Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”
13 Hasael sade: Hvad är din tjenare, den hunden, att han sådana stor ting göra skall? Elisa sade: Herren hafver tett mig, att, du skall varda Konung i Syrien.
Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”
14 Och han gick sin väg ifrån Elisa, och kom till sin herra. Han sade till honom: Hvad sade dig Elisa? Han svarade: Han sade mig: Du skall vederfås.
Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”
15 Men på den andra dagen tog han täckenet, och stack det i vatten, och bredde öfver sig; då blef han död. Och Hasael vardt Konung i hans stad.
But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.
16 Uti femte årena Jorams, Achabs sons, Israels Konungs, i Josaphats, Juda Konungs, tid, vardt Joram, Josaphats son, regerande i Juda.
After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.
17 Tu och tretio år gammal var han, då han vardt Konung, och regerade åtta år i Jerusalem;
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Och vandrade på Israels Konungars väg, såsom Achabs hus gjorde; ty Achabs dotter var hans hustru; och han gjorde det ondt var för Herranom.
His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.
19 Men Herren ville icke förderfva Juda, för sin tjenare Davids skull, såsom han honom sagt hade, att gifva honom en lykto ibland hans barn i evig tid.
But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.
20 Uti hans tid föllo de Edomeer af ifrå Juda, och gjorde en Konung öfver sig.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Förty Joram var dragen genom Zair, och alla vagnarna med honom, och hade ståndit upp om nattena, och slagit de Edomeer, som omkring honom voro; dertill ock de öfversta öfver vagnarna, så att folket flydde i sina hyddor.
So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.
22 Derföre föllo de Edomeer af ifrå Juda, allt intill denna dag. Föll ock desslikes Libna af på samma tid.
So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.
23 Hvad nu mer af Joram sägandes är, och allt det han gjort hafver, si, det är skrifvet i Juda Konungars Chrönico.
[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
24 Och Joram afsomnade med sina fäder, och vardt begrafven med sina fäder uti Davids stad; och Ahasia hans son vardt Konung i hans stad.
Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.
25 Uti tolfte årena Jorams, Achabs sons, Israels Konungs, vardt Ahasia, Jorams son, Konung i Juda.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 Tu och tjugu år gammal var Ahasia, då han Konung vardt, och regerade ett år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Athalja, Amri dotter, Israels Konungs.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27 Och han vandrade på Achabs hus väg, och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, såsom Achabs hus; ty han var Achabs hus svåger.
King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.
28 Och han drog med Joram, Achabs son, i strid emot Hasael, Konungen i Syrien, till Ramoth i Gilead; men de Syrer slogo Joram.
Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.
29 Då vände Konung Joram tillbaka, att låta läka sig i Jisreel, för de sårs skull, som de Syrer honom slagit hade i Rama, då han stridde med Hasael, Konungenom i Syrien. Och Ahasia, Jorams son, Juda Konung, kom neder till att bese Joram, Achabs son i Jisreel; ty han låg krank.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
