Anden Krønikebog 30

1 Derpå sendte Ezekias Bud til hele Israel og Juda og skrev desuden Breve til Efraim og Manasse om at komme til HERRENs Hus i Jerusalem for at fejre Påsken for HERREN, Israels Gud.

And Ezekias sent to all Israel and Juda, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel.

2 Og Kongen, hans Øverster og hele Forsamlingen i Jerusalem rådslog om at fejre Påsken i den anden Måned;

For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the passover in the second month.

3 thi de kunde ikke fejre den med det samme, da Præsterne ikke havde helliget sig i tilstrækkeligt Tal, og Folket ikke var samlet i Jerusalem.

For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priest had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem.

4 Kongen og hele Forsamlingen fandt det rigtigt;

And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.

5 derfor vedtog de at lade et Opråb udgå i hele Israel fra Be'ersjeba til Dan om at komme og fejre Påsken i Jerusalem for HERREN, Israels Gud, thi man havde ikke fejret den så fuldtalligt som foreskrevet.

And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Bersabee to Dan, that they should come and keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for the multitude had not done it lately according to the scripture.

6 Så gik Ilbudene ud i hele Israel og Juda med Breve fra Kongens og hans Øversters Hånd og sagde efter Kongens Befaling: "Israeliter! Vend tilbage til HERREN, Abrahams, Isaks og Israels Gud, at han må vende sig til den Levnin: af eder, der er undsluppet Assyrerkongernes Hånd.

And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Juda, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped [even] those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria.

7 Vær ikke som eders Fædre og Brødre, der var troløse mod HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, hvorfor han gjorde dem til Rædsel, som I selv kan se.

And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

8 Vær nu ikke halsstarrige som eders Fædre, men ræk HERREN Hånden og kom til hans Helligdom, som han har helliget til evig Tid, og tjen HERREN eders Gud, at hans glødende Vrede må vende sig fra eder.

And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers [did]: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away [his] fierce anger from you.

9 Thi når I omvender eder til HERREN, skal eders Brødre og Sønner finde Barmhjertighed hos dem, der førte dem bort, og vende tilbage til dette Land. Thi HERREN eders Gud er nådig og barmhjertig og vil ikke vende sit Åsyn fra eder, når l omvender eder til ham!"

For when ye turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore [you] to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.

10 Og Ilbudene gik fra By til By i Efraims og Manasses Land og lige til Zebulon, men man lo dem ud og hånede dem.

So the posts went through from city to city in mount Ephraim, and Manasse, and as far as Zabulon: and they as it were laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

11 Dog var der nogle i Aser, Manasse og Zebulon, der ydmygede sig og kom til Jerusalem;

But the men of Aser, and [some] of Manasses and of Zabulon, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Juda.

12 også i Juda virkede Guds Hånd, så at han gav dem et endrægtigt Hjerte til at udføre, hvad Kongen og Øversterne havde påbudt i Kraft af HERRENs Ord.

And the hand of the Lord was [present] to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

13 Så samlede der sig i Jerusalem en Mængde Mennesker for at fejre de usyrede Brøds Højtid i den anden Måned, en vældig Forsamling.

And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

14 De gav sig til at fjerne de Altre, der var i Jerusalem; ligeledes fjernede de alle Røgelsekarrene og kastede dem ned i Kedrons Dal.

And they arose, and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all on which they burnt incense to false [gods] they tore down and cast into the brook Kedron.

15 Derpå slagtede de Påskelammet på den fjortende Dag i den anden Måned. Præsterne og Leviterne skammede sig og helligede sig og bragte Brændofre til HERRENs Hus;

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified [themselves], and brought whole-burnt-offerings into the house of the Lord.

16 og de stillede sig på deres Plads, som deres Pligt var efter den Guds Mand Moses's Lov; Præsterne sprængte Blodet, som de modtog af Leviterne.

And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.

17 Thi mange i Forsamlingen havde ikke helliget sig; derfor slagtede Leviterne Påskelammene for alle dem, der ikke var rene, for således at hellige HERREN dem.

For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were [ready] to kill the passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the Lord.

18 Thi de flesfe af Folket, især mange fra Efraim, Manasse, Issakar og Zebulon, havde ikke renset sig, men spiste Påskelammet anderledes end foreskrevet. Men Ezekias giki Forbøn for dem og sagde: "HERREN, den gode, tilgive

For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasse, and Issachar, and Zabulon, had not purified [themselves], but ate the passover contrary to the scripture. On this account also Ezekias prayed concerning them, saying,

19 enhver, som har vendt sit Hjerte til at søge Gud HERREN, hans Fædres Gud, selv om han ikke er ren, som Helligdommen kræver det!"

The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and [is] not [purified] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

20 Og HERREN bønhørte Ezekias og lod Folket uskadt.

And the Lord hearkened to Ezekias, and healed the people.

21 Så fejrede de Israeliter, der var til Stede i Jerusalem, de usyrede Brøds Højtid med stor Glæde i syv Dage; og Leviterne og Præsterne sang af alle Kræfter dagligt Lovsange for HERREN.

And the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites [played] on instruments to the Lord.

22 Og Ezekias talte venlige Ord til alle de Leviter, der havde udvist særlig Dygtighed i HERRENs Tjeneste; og de fejrede Højtiden til Ende de syv Dage, idet de ofrede Takofre og lovpriste HERREN, deres Pædres Gud.

And Ezekias encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding of the Lord: and they completely kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, offering peace-offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers.

23 Men derefter vedtog hele Forsamlingen at holde Højtid syv Dage til, og det gjorde de så med Glæde,

And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.

24 thi Kong Ezekias af Juda gav Forsamlingen en Ydelse af 1.000 Tyre og 7.000 Stykker Småkvæg, og Øversterne gav Forsamlingen 1.000 Tyre og 10.000 Stykker Småkvæg; og en Mængde Præster helligede sig.

For Ezekias set apart for Juda, [even] for the congregation, a thousand calves and seven thousand sheep; and the princes set apart for the people a thousand calves and ten thousand sheep: and the holy things of the priests abundantly.

25 Da frydede hele Judas Forsamling sig, ligeledes Præsterne og Leviterne og hele den Forsamling, der var kommet fra Israel, og de fremmede, der var kommet fra Israels Land eller boede i Juda;

And all the congregation, the priests and the Levites, rejoiced, and all the congregation of Juda, and they that were present of Jerusalem, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Juda.

26 og der var stor Glæde i Jerusalem, thi siden Davids Søns, Kong Salomo af Israels, Dage var sligt ikke sket i Jerusalem;

And there was great joy in Jerusalem: from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not such a feast in Jerusalem.

27 og Præsterne og Leviterne stod op og velsignede Folket, og deres Røst hørtes, og deres Bøn nåede Himmelen, hans hellige Bolig.

Then the priests the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling-place, [even] into heaven.