2 Krönikeboken 21

1 Och Josaphat af somnade med sina fäder, och vardt begrafven när sina fader uti Davids stad; och hans son Joram vardt Konung i hans stad.

Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of David; Jehoram, his son, became king in his place.

2 Och han hade bröder, Josaphats söner, Asaria, Jehiel, Zacharia, Asaria, Michael, och SephatJa; desse voro alle Josaphats, Juda Konungs, barn.

Jehoram had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

3 Och deras fader gaf dem myckna gåfvor i silfver, guld och klenodier, med fasta städer i Juda; men riket gaf han Joram; ty han var den förstfödde.

Their father had given them large gifts of silver, gold, and other precious things, and also fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram.

4 Då nu Joram uppkom öfver sins faders rike, och vardt dess mägtig, drap han alla sina bröder med svärd, dertill ock somliga af de öfverstar i Israel.

Now when Jehoram had risen up over his father's kingdom and had firmly established himself as king, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also various other leaders of Israel.

5 Tu och tretio år gammal var Joram, då han vardt Konung; och regerade åtta år i Jerusalem.

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

6 Och vandrade uti Israels Konungars väg, såsom Achabs hus gjort hade; förty Achabs dotter var hans hustru; och han gjorde hvad Herranom illa behagade.

He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab was doing, for he had Ahab's daughter as his wife, and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

7 Men Herren ville icke förderfva Davids hus, för det förbunds skull, som han med David gjort hade, såsom han sagt hade, att gifva honom ena lykto, och hans barnom i alla dagar.

However, Yahweh did not wish to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David; he had promised that he would always give life to him and his descendants.

8 I hans tid föllo de Edomeer af ifrå Juda, och gjorde öfver sig en Konung.

In Jehoram's days, Edom revolted from the control of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.

9 Förty Joram var ditöfver dragen med sina öfverstar, och alla vagnarna med honom; och hade varit uppe om nattena, och slagit de Edomeer allt omkring sig, och öfverstarna för vagnarna.

Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots. It was night when he rose up and fought against the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders.

10 Derföre föllo de Edomeer af ifrå Juda, allt intill denna dag. På samma tiden föll ock Libna ifrå honom; ty han öfvergaf Herran sina fäders Gud.

So Edom has been in rebellion from the control of Judah to this present day. Libnah also revolted at the same time from his control, because Jehoram had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.

11 Gjorde han ock höjder på bergen i Juda, och kom dem i Jerusalem till horeri, och förförde Juda.

In addition, Jehoram had also built high places in the mountains of Judah and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to live like prostitutes, and he led Judah astray.

12 Men en skrifvelse kom till honom ifrå den Propheten Elia, så lydandes: Detta säger Herren dins faders Davids Gud: Derföre, att du icke vandrat hafver uti dins faders Josaphats vägar, icke heller i Asa, Juda Konungs, vägar;

A letter from the prophet Elijah came to Jehoram. It said, “This is what Yahweh, the God of David, your ancestor, says: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

13 Utan du vandrar uti Israels Konungars väg, och kommer Juda och dem i Jerusalem till horeri, efter Achabs hus horeri; och hafver dertill dräpit dina bröder af dins faders hus, som bättre voro än du;

but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to act like a prostitute, as the house of Ahab did—and because you have also killed your brothers in your father's family, men who were better than yourself—

14 Si, Herren skall slå dig med en stor plågo på ditt folk, på din barn, på dina hustrur, och uppå alla dina ägodelar.

see, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions.

15 Och du skall få mycken sjukdom uti dina inelfver, tilldess att dina inelfver skola för sjukdoms skull utgå dag frå dag.

You yourself will have much sickness because of a disease in your intestines, until your intestines fall out because of the sickness, day after day.”

16 Alltså uppväckte Herren emot Joram de Philisteers anda, och de Arabers, som ligga vid Ethiopien.

Yahweh stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and of the Arabians who were near the Cushites.

17 Och de drogo upp till Juda, och förstörde det, och förde bort alla håfvor, som för handene voro i Konungshusena; dertill hans söner och hans hustrur, så att honom blef ingen son qvar, förutan Joahas, hans yngste son.

They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the wealth that was found in the king's house. They also carried away his sons and his wives. No son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

18 Och efter allt detta plågade Herren honom i hans inelfver med en sådana sjukdom, som icke stod till botandes.

After all this, Yahweh struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

19 Och som det nu varade dag frå dag, och då tu års tid förgången var, gingo hans inelfver ut af honom med hans sjukdom; och han blef död af ondom sjukdom; och de gjorde intet brännande öfver honom, såsom de hans fäder gjort hade.

It came about in due time, at the end of two years, that his intestines fell out because of his sickness, and that he died of severe disease. His people made no fire in his honor as they had done for his ancestors.

20 Tu och tretio år gammal var han, då han vardt Konung, och regerade i åtta år i Jerusalem, och vandrade så, att det icke mycket dogde; och de begrofvo honom i Davids stad; dock icke ibland Konungsgrifterna.

He had begun to reign when he was thirty-two years old; he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years, and when he departed no one mourned him. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the royal tombs.