2 Chronicles 28
1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what is right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David did.
Tjuge år gamall var Ahaz då han vart konge, og sekstan styrde han i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikkje det som rett var i Herrens augo, soleis som David, far hans;
2 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he also cast statues for the Baals.
men han gjekk på vegen åt Israels-kongarne, og han laga jamvel støypte bilæte for Ba’als-gudarne.
3 It is he who burned incense in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. And he purified his sons by fire, in accord with the ritual of the nations that the Lord put to death at the advent of the sons of Israel.
Han kveikte offereld i Hinnomssonsdalen og vigde sønerne sine i elden etter den avstyggjelege seden åt dei folki som Herren hadde drive burt for Israels-borni.
4 Also, he was sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.
Han slagta og kveikte offereld på offerhaugarne og bakkarne og under kvart grønt tre.
5 And so the Lord, his God, delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who struck him and took great plunder from his kingdom. And he carried it away to Damascus. Also, he was delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, and he struck him with great affliction.
Difor gav Herren, hans Gud, honom i henderne på syrarkongen, og dei vann siger yver honom og tok av folket hans ei stor mengd til fangar, som dei førde til Damaskus. Sameleis vart han gjeven i handi på Israels-kongen og leid ein stor usiger.
6 And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, killed, on one day, one hundred twenty thousand, all of them men of war from Judah, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Pekah, son åt Remalja, drap hundrad og tjuge tusund mann på ein dag i Juda, og det berre stridsføre folk, av di dei hadde svike Herren, sin fedregud.
7 In the same time, Zichri, a powerful man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king, and Azrikam, the governor of his house, and also Elkanah, who was second to the king.
Og Zikri, ein djerv kar frå Efraim, drap kongssonen Ma’aseja, drottseten Azrikam, og Elkana, den andre næst etter kongen.
8 And the sons of Israel seized, from their brothers, two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and immense plunder. And they took it away to Samaria.
Israels-sønerne førde burt med seg tvo hundrad tusund fangar, konor, søner og døtter åt landsmennerne sine, og tok ifrå deim eit stort herfang, som dei førde til Samaria.
9 At that time, there was a prophet of the Lord there, named Oded. And going out to meet the army arriving in Samaria, he said to them: “Behold, the Lord, the God of your fathers, having become angry against Judah, has delivered them into your hands. But you have killed them by atrocities, so that your cruelty has reached up to heaven.
Men ein av Herrens profetar som heitte Oded, og som livde der, han gjekk ut imot heren då han kom til Samaria og sagde til deim: «I harmen sin yver Juda hev Herren, dykkar fedregud, gjeve deim i dykkar vald; men de hev drepe deim med eit sinne som når til himmelen.
10 Moreover, you wanted to subjugate the sons of Judah and Jerusalem as your men and women servants, which is a work that should never be done. And so you sinned in this matter against the Lord your God.
Og no tenkjer de på å kua ned under dykk folki ifrå Juda og Jerusalem og gjera deim til trælarne og trælkvinnorne dykkar. Hev de ikkje sjølve skuld nok fyrr imot Herren dykkar Gud?
11 But listen to my counsel, and release the captives, whom you have brought from your brothers. For a great fury of the Lord is hanging over you.”
Høyr difor på meg og send attende dei fangarne de hev teke ifrå brørne dykkar! for Herrens brennande harm er yver dykk.»
12 And so, some of the leaders of the sons of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa, the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were arriving from the battle.
Då stod nokre av hovdingarne for Efraims-ætti, det var Azarja Johanansson, Berekja Mesillemotsson og Hizkia Sallumsson og Amasa Hadlaison, dei stod fram for deim som kom attende frå herferdi,
13 And they said to them: “You shall not lead back captives to here, lest we sin against the Lord. Why are you willing to add to our sins, and to build upon our old offenses? For indeed, the sin is great, and the furious anger of the Lord is hanging over Israel.”
og sagde til deim: «De må ikkje føra fangarne hit; for de tenkjer på å auka synderne og misgjerdi vår og føra skuld frå Herren yver oss, for me hev ei stor syndeskuld, og det er brennande harm yver Israel.»
14 And the warriors released the spoils and all that they had seized, in the sight of the leaders and the entire multitude.
Då slepte herfolki ifrå seg fangarne og herfanget framfor hovdingarne og heile lyden.
15 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives. All those who were naked, they clothed from the spoils. And when they had clothed them, and had given them shoes, and had refreshed them with food and drink, and had anointed them because of the hardship, and had cared for them, whoever was not able to walk and whoever was feeble in body, they set them upon beasts of burden, and they led them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers, and they themselves returned to Samaria.
Og dei mennerne som er nemnde, tok fangarne, klædde deim som var nakne ibland deim med det dei hadde til herfang, gav deim klæde og skor, gav deim mat og drikka, salva deim og sette deim som var utarma uppå asen og førde deim til Palmebyen, Jeriko, til brørne deira; og deretter snudde dei attende til Samaria.
16 In that time, king Ahaz sent to the king of the Assyrians, requesting assistance.
På den tid sende kong Ahaz bod til assyrarkongen um hjelp.
17 And the Edomites arrived and struck down many of Judah, and they seized great plunder.
For attåt alt anna kom edomitarne og slo Juda og førde burt krigsfangar.
18 Also, the Philistines spread out among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Judah. And they seized Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and also Soco, and Timnah, and Gimzo, with their villages, and they lived in them.
Og filistarane fall inn i byarne i låglandet og i Sudlandet i Juda og tok Bet-Semes og Ajjalon og Gederot og Soko og bygderne kringum og Timna og bygderne kringum og Gimzo og bygderne kringum, og dei busette seg der.
19 For the Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz, the king of Judah, since he had stripped it of help, and had shown contempt for the Lord.
For Herren vilde gjera Juda mjukt for Ahaz skuld, Israels-kongen, av di han gjorde Juda agelaust og var utru imot Herren.
20 And he led against him Tilgath-pilneser, the king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him and laid waste to him, without resistance.
Men assyrarkongen, Tilgat-Pilneser, drog imot honom og for fiendsleg fram imot honom i staden for å hjelpa honom.
21 And so Ahaz, despoiling the house of the Lord, and the house of the kings and the leaders, gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians, and yet it profited him nothing.
For Ahaz plyndra Herrens hus og huset åt kongen og hovdingarne og gav det til assyrarkongen, men det hjelpte honom ingen ting.
22 Moreover, in the time of his anguish, he also added to his contempt against the Lord. King Ahaz himself, by himself,
Og den tid han var i naud, heldt han, kong Ahaz, fram med å vera utru imot Herren.
23 immolated victims to the gods of Damascus, those who had struck him. And he said: “The gods of the kings of Syria assist them, and so I will please them with victims, and they will help me.” But to the contrary, they had been the ruin of him and of all Israel.
Han ofra til gudarne i Damaskus, som hadde sigra yver honom, og sagde: «Gudarne åt syrarkongarne hev då hjelpt deim; til deim vil eg ofra, so dei kann hjelpa meg.» Men dei vart til fall for honom sjølv og for heile Israel.
24 And so, Ahaz, having despoiled and broken apart all the vessels of the house of God, closed up the doors of the temple of God, and made for himself altars in all the corners of Jerusalem.
Ahaz samla dei tingi som fanst i Guds hus og slo deim sund; han stengde dørerne til Herrens hus og bygde seg altar ved kvart hyrna i Jerusalem.
25 Also, he constructed altars in all the cities of Judah, in order to burn frankincense, and so he provoked the Lord, the God of his fathers, to wrath.
Og i kvar einaste by i Juda bygde han upp offerhaugar til å kveikja offereld på for framande gudar, og soleis harma han Herren, sin fedregud.
26 But the rest of his words, and all his works, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Det som elles er å fortelja um honom og heile hans ferd frå fyrst til sist, det er uppskrive i Judas og Israels kongebok.
27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the city of Jerusalem. And they did not allow him to be in the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. And his son, Hezekiah, reigned in his place.
Og Ahaz lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og dei gravla honom i byen, i Jerusalem; for dei vilde ikkje gravleggja honom i graverne åt Israels-kongarne. Og Hizkia, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
