2 Kings 23

1 And they reported to the king what she had said. And he sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.

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

2 And the king ascended to the temple of the Lord. And with him were all the men of Judah and all who were living in Jerusalem: the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great. And in the hearing of everyone, he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

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.

3 And the king stood upon the step. And he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that they would walk after the Lord, and keep his precepts and testimonies and ceremonies, with all their heart and with all their soul, and so that they would carry out the words of this covenant, which had been written in that book. And the people agreed to the covenant.

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.

4 And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.

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.

5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice in the high places throughout the cities of Judah, and all around Jerusalem, along with those who were burning incense to Baal, and to the Sun, and to the Moon, and to the twelve signs, and to the entire army of heaven.

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;

6 And he caused the sacred grove to be carried away from the house of the Lord, outside of Jerusalem, to the steep valley of Kidron. And he burned it there, and reduced it to dust. And he cast the dust over the graves of the common people.

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.

7 Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.

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

8 And he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah. And he defiled the high places, where the priests were sacrificing, from Geba as far as Beersheba. And he tore down the altars of the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the leader of the city, which was to the left of the gate of the city.

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.

9 Yet truly, the priests of the high places did not ascend to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem. For they would only eat from the unleavened bread in the midst of their brothers.

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

10 Also, he defiled Topheth, which is in the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no one would consecrate his son or his daughter, through fire, to Molech.

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

11 Also, he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the Sun, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, beside the hallway of Nathan-melech, the eunuch, who was in Pharurim. And he burned the chariots of the Sun with fire.

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;

12 Also, the altars which were upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.

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.

13 Also, the high places which were in Jerusalem, to the right side of the Mount of Offense, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built to Ashtoreth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, the offense of Moab, and to Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

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;

14 And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.

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

15 Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.

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.

16 And in that place Josiah, turning, saw the sepulchers which were on the mount. And he sent and took the bones from the sepulchers. And he burned them upon the altar, and he defiled it in accord with the word of the Lord, which was spoken by the man of God, who had predicted these events.

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,

17 And he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the citizens of that city responded to him: “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and who predicted these events, which you have carried out concerning the altar of Bethel.”

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.

18 And he said: “Permit him. Let no one move his bones.” And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived from Samaria.

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

19 Then too, all the shrines of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josiah took away. And he acted toward them according to all the works that he had done in Bethel.

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.

20 And all the priests of the high places, who were in that place, he killed upon the altars. And he burned the bones of the men upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.

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

21 And he instructed all the people, saying: “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, according to what has been written in the book of this covenant.”

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

22 Now no similar Passover was kept, from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, and from all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah,

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

23 as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah.

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

24 Then too, Josiah took away those who divined by spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images of the idols, and the defilements, and the abominations, which had been in the land of Judah and Jerusalem, so that he might establish the words of the law, which were written in the book, which Hilkiah, the priest, found in the temple of the Lord.

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.

25 There was no king before him similar to him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses. And after him, there rose up no one similar to him.

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.

26 Yet truly, the Lord did not turn away from the wrath of his great fury, his fury which was enraged against Judah because of the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.

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.

27 And so the Lord said: “And now I will remove Judah from my face, just as I removed Israel. And I will cast aside this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house, about which I said: My name shall be there.”

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.

28 Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

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

29 During his days, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates. And king Josiah went out to meet him. And when he had seen him, he was killed at Megiddo.

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.

30 And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo. And they took him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah. And they anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

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.

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

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.

32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

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

33 And Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem. And he imposed a penalty on the land: one hundred talents of silver, and one talent of gold.

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.

34 And Pharaoh Neco appointed Eliakim, the son of Josiah, as king in place of Josiah his father. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz away, and he brought him into Egypt, and there he died.

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.

35 Now Jehoiakim gave silver and gold to Pharaoh, when he had taxed the land, according to each one who would contribute by the command of Pharaoh. And he exacted both silver and gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his ability, so that he would give to Pharaoh Neco.

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.

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

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.

37 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his fathers had done.

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