Anden Krønikebog 31
1 Da alt det var til ende, drog alle de Israeliter, som var til stede, ud til Judas Byer, og de sønderbrød Stenstøtterne, omhuggede Asjerastøtterne og nedrev Offerhøjene og Altrene i hele Juda og Benjamin og i Efraim og Manasse, så der ikke blev Spor tilhage; så vendte alle Israeliterne hjem, hver til sin Ejendom i deres Byer.
After the festival ended, the Israelis who were there went to all the towns in Judah and smashed the stones/pillars [for worshiping idols], and cut down the poles [for worshiping the goddess] Asherah. They destroyed the shrines on the hilltops and the altars [of Baal] throughout the areas where the tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived, and also in the areas of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. After destroying all of them, they returned to their own towns.
2 Så ordnede Ezekias Præsternes og Leviternes Skifter, Skifte for Skifte, så at hver enkelt Præst og Levit fik sin særlige Gerning med at ofre Brændofre og Takofre og med af gøre Tjeneste og love og prise i HERRENs Lejrs Porte.
Hezekiah divided the priests and [other] descendants of Levi into groups. He appointed some of the groups to offer sacrifices that would be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]. He appointed some groups to do other work at the temple: some to lead the people in their worship, some to thank Yahweh, and some to sing songs to praise to Yahweh at the gates of the temple.
3 Hvad Kongen gav af sit Gods, var til Brændofrene, Morgen- og Aftenbrændofrene og Brændofrene på Sabbaterne, Nymånerne og Højtiderne, som det er foreskrevet i HERRENs Lov.
The king contributed some of his own funds to buy animals that would be sacrificed in the morning and in the evening of each day, and on the Sabbath days, to celebrate the new moons, and during the other feasts, according to what was written in the laws [that Yahweh gave to Moses].
4 Og han bød Folket, dem, der boede i Jerusalem, at afgive, hvad der tilkom Præsterne og Leviterne, for at de kunde holde fast ved HERRENs Lov.
Hezekiah told the people living in Jerusalem to give to the priests and the other descendants of Levi the portions [of meat] that should be given to them, in order that they could devote all their time to obeying the laws of Yahweh.
5 Så snart det Bud kom ud, bragte Israeliterne i rigelig Mængde Førstegrøde af Korn, Most, Olie og Honning og al Markens Afgrøde, og de gav Tiende af alt i rigeligt Mål;
As soon as he told that to the people, they generously gave the first part of their harvest of grain, and the first part of the new wine [that they produced], and [olive] oil and honey, and of the crops that grew in their fields. They brought [to the temple] a tenth of all their crops.
6 også de Israeliter, der boede i Judas Byer, gav Tiende af Hornkvæg og Småkvæg, og de bragte Helliggaverne, der var belliget HERREN deres Gud, og lagde dem Bunke for Bunke.
The men of Israel and Judah who were living in various towns in Judah also brought a tenth of their cattle and sheep and goats, and a tenth of other things that they had dedicated to Yahweh their God, and they piled all those things in heaps.
7 I den tredje Måned begyndte de at ophobe Bunkerne, og i den syvende Måned var de færdige.
They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
8 Ezekias og Øversterne kom så og synede Bunkerne, og de priste HERREN og hans Folk Israel.
When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
9 Da Ezekias spurgfe sig for hos Præsterne og Leviterne om Bunkerne,
But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
10 svarede Ypperstepræsten Azarja af Zadoks Hus: "Siden man begyndte at bringe Offerydelsen til HERRENs Hus, har vi spist os mætte og fået rigelig tilovers, thi HERREN har velsignet sit Folk, så at vi har fået al den Rigdom her tilovers!"
Then Azariah the [Supreme] Priest, a descendant of Zadok, replied, “Since the time that the people started to bring their offerings to the temple, we have had even more food than we need. This has happened because Yahweh has greatly blessed our fellow Israelis, with the result that all this is left over [after we priests and other descendants of Levi took all that we need]!”
11 Ezekias gav da Befaling til at indrette Kamre i HERRENs Hus; og det gjorde man.
Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
12 Så bragte man samvittighedsfuldt Offerydelsen, Tienden og Helliggaverne derind. Den øverste Opsynsmand derover var Leviten Konanja, den næstøverste hans Broder Sjim'i;
Then they brought into the storerooms all the tithes and offerings and the things dedicated to Yahweh [which the people had brought]. One of the descendants of Levi whose name was Conaniah was in charge of those things, and his [younger] brother Shimei was his assistant.
13 og Jehiel, Azarja, Nahat, Asa'el Jerimot, Jazabad, Eliel, Jismakjahu, Mahat og Benaja var Opsynsmænd underKonanja oghans Broder Sjim'i efter den Ordning, som var truffet af Ezekias og Azarja, Øversten i Guds Hus.
Those two men supervised Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah while they did the work. They were appointed by King Hezekiah; Azariah was in charge of [everything that was done in] the temple.
14 Leviten Kore, Jimnas Søn, der var Dørvogter på Østsiden, havde Tilsyn med de frivillige Gaver til Gud og skulde uddele HERRENs Offerydelse og de højhellige Gaver;
Kore the son of Imnah, another descendant of Levi, who guarded the east gate of the temple, was in charge of the offerings to God that were made voluntarily. He distributed to the priests and [other] descendants of Levi the offerings and other things that were dedicated to Yahweh.
15 under ham sattes Eden, Minjamin, Jesua, Sjemaja, Amarja og Sjekanja i Præstebyerne til samvittighedsfuldt attorestå Uddelingen til deres Brødre i Skitterne, både store og små,
Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in the towns where the priests lived. They distributed those things to the groups of their fellow priests; they distributed them to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.
16 dem af Mandkøn, der var indført i Fortegnelserne fra Treårsalderen og opefter. Undtaget var alle, der kom til HERRENs Hus for efter de enkelte Dages Krav at udføre deres Embedsgerning efter deres Skifter.
They also distributed things to the males who were at least 30 years old, those whose names were written on the scrolls where lists of family names were written. They were males who [were allowed to] enter the temple to perform their tasks/work each day, the tasks that each group had been assigned to do.
17 Præsterne indførtes i Fortegnelserne efter deres Fædrenehuse, Leviterne fra Tyveårsalderen og opefter efter deres Embedspligter, efter deres Skifter,
The names of the priests were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written. They also distributed things to groups of [other] descendants of Levi, those who were at least 20 years old.
18 Og de indførtes i Fortegnelserne med hele deres Familie, deres Hustruer, Sønner og Døtre, hele Standen, thi de tog sig samvittighedsfuldt af det hellige.
They included all their little children and wives and other sons and daughters whose names were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written, because they also faithfully had dedicated themselves to Yahweh.
19 Arons Sønner, Præsterne, som boede på Græsmarkerne omkring deres Byer, havde i hver By nogle navngivne Mænd til at uddele, hvad der tilkom alle af Mandkøn blandt Præsterne og de i Fortegnelserne indførte Leviter.
[Hezekiah] also appointed other men to distribute portions of those offerings to the priests and other descendants of Levi who were living in the pasturelands around the towns in Judah. But they gave things only to those who were descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest], whose names were on the scrolls containing the names of their clans.
20 Således gik Ezekias frem i hele Juda, og han gjorde, hvad der var godt, ret og sandt for HERREN hans Guds Åsyn.
That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
21 Alt, hvad han tog fat på vedrørende Tjenesten i Guds Hus eller Loven eller Budet for således at søge sin Gud, det gjorde han af hele sit Hjerte, og det lykkedes for ham.
In everything that he did for the worship in the temple, and as he obeyed God’s laws and commands, he tried to find out what his God wanted, and he worked energetically. So he was successful.
