Anden Kongebog 12

1 I Jehus syvende Regeringsår blev Joas Konge, og han herskede fyrretyveÅr i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Zibja og var fra Be'ersjeba.

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash reigned. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebiah from Beersheba.

2 Joas gjorde hele sit Liv, hvad der var ret i HERRENs Øjne, idet Præsten Jojada vejledede ham.

And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord, during all the days that Jehoiada, the priest, taught him.

3 Hun forsvandt Offerhøjene ikke, men Folket blev ved med at ofre og tænde Offerild på Højene.

Yet still he did not take away the high places. For the people were still immolating, and burning incense, in the high places.

4 Joas sagde til Præsterne: "Alle Penge, der indkommer i HERRENs Hus som Helliggaver, de Penge, det pålægges at udrede efter Vurdering - de Penge, Personer vurderes til - og alle Penge, man efter Hjertets Tilskyndelse bringer til HERRENs Hus,

And Jehoash said to the priests: “All of the money for the holy things, which has been brought into the temple of the Lord from those who pass by, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which they bring into the temple of the Lord willingly, from their own free heart:

5 skal Præsterne tage imod, hver af sine Kendinge, og for dem skal de istandsætte de brøstfældige Steder på Templet, alle brøstfældige Steder, som findes."

let the priests, according to their ranks, take and use it in order to repair the surfaces of the house, wherever they see anything in need of repair.”

6 Men i Kong Joas's tre og tyvende Regeringsår havde Præsterne endnu ikke istandsat de brøstfældige Steder på Templet.

And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple.

7 Da lod Kong Joas Præsten Jojada og de andre Præster kalde og sagde til dem: "Hvorfor istandsætter I ikke de brøstfældige Steder på Templet? Nu må I ikke mere tage mod Penge af eders Kendinge, men I skal afgive Pengene til Istandsættelse af de brøstfældige Steder på Templet!"

And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: “Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired.”

8 Og Præsterne gik ind på ikke mere at modtage Penge af Folket, mod at de blev fri for at istandsætte de brøstfældige Steder på Templet.

And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house.

9 Præsten Jojada tog så en Kiste, borede Hul i Låget og satte den ved Stenstøtten til højre for Indgangen til HERRENs Hus, og der lagde Præsterne, der holdt Vagt ved Dørtærskelen, alle de Penge, der indkom i HERRENs Hus.

And the high priest, Jehoiada, took a certain chest, and he opened a hole in the top, and he placed it beside the altar, to the right of those who were entering the house of the Lord. And the priests who kept the doors put all the money in it which was being brought into the temple of the Lord.

10 Og når de så, at der var mange Penge i Kisten, kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræsten op og bandt Pengene, som fandtes i HERRENs Hus, sammen og talte dem.

And when they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, the scribe of the king and the high priest went up and poured it out. And they counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

11 Derpå gav man de afvejede Penge til dem, der stod for Arbejdet, dem, der havde Tilsyn med HERRENs Hus, og de udbetalte dem til Tømrerne og Bygningsmændene, der arbejdede på HERRENs Hus,

And they gave it out, by number and measure, to the hands of those who were over the masons of the house of the Lord. And they weighed it out to the carpenters and masons, to those who were working in the house of the Lord

12 til Murerne og Stenhuggerne, eller brugte dem til Indkøb af Træ og tilhugne Sten til Istandsættelse af de brøstfældige Steder på HERRENs Hus og til at dække alle Udgifter ved Templets Istandsættelse.

and restoring the surfaces, and to those who were cutting stones, and buying timber and stones to be cut, so that the repairs to the house of the Lord might be finished: for all that was needed toward the expenses in order to strengthen the house.

13 Derimod blev der for de Penge, der indkom i HERRENs Hus, hverken lavet Sølvfade eller Knive, Skåle, Trompeter eller nogen som helst anden Ting af Sølv eller Guld til HERRENs Hus;

Yet truly, from the same money, they did not make for the temple of the Lord water pitchers, or small hooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold or silver, from the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.

14 men Pengene blev givet til dem, der stod for Arbejdet, og de brugte dem til Istandsættelsen af HERRENs Hus.

For it was given to those who were doing the work, so that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

15 Og man holdt ikke Regnskab med de Mænd, hvem Pengene overlodes til Udbetaling til Arbejderne, men de handlede på Tro og Love.

And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith.

16 Men Skyldoffer- og Syndofferpengene blev ikke bragt til HERRENs Hus; de tilfaldt Præsterne.

Yet truly, the money for offenses and the money for sins, they did not bring into the temple of the Lord, since it was for the priests.

17 På den Tid drog Kong Hazael af Aram op og belejrede og indtog Gat. Da han truede med at drage mod Jerusalem,

Then Hazael, the king of Syria, ascended and fought against Gath, and he captured it. And he directed his face, so that he might ascend against Jerusalem.

18 tog Kong Joas af Juda alle de Helliggaver, som hans Fædre, Judas Konger Josafat, Joram og Ahazja havde helliget, sine egne Helliggaver og alt det Guld, der fandtes i Skatkamrene i HERRENs Hus og Kongens Palads, og sendte det til Kong Hazael af Aram. Så opgav han Angrebet på Jerusalem og drog bort.

For this reason, Jehoash, the king of Judah, took all the sanctified things, which Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had consecrated and which he himself had offered, and all the silver that could be found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and in the palace of the king, and he sent it to Hazael, the king of Syria. And so he withdrew from Jerusalem.

19 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Joas, alt, hvad han udførte, står optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

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

20 Men Joas's Hoffolk rejste sig og stiftede en Sammensværgelse og dræbte ham, engang han gik ned til Millos Hus.

Then his servants rose up and conspired among themselves. And they struck down Jehoash, at the house of Millo, on the descent of Silla.

21 Det var hans Hoffolk Jozakar, Sjimats Søn, og Jozabad, Sjomers Søn, der slog ham ibjel. Og man jordede ham hos hans Fædre i Davidsbyen; og hans Søn Amazjablev Konge i hans Sted.

For Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah, his son, reigned in his place.