Kings IV 10
1 And Achaab [had] seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of [the children of] Achaab, saying.
Ahab hadde sytti søner i Samaria. Jehu skreiv brev og sende til Samaria, til dei øvste i Jizre’el, til styresmennerne og til dei fosterfeder Ahab hadde sett inn, og der sagde han:
2 Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas [there are] with you the sons of your master, and with you chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms,
«- - Og når de no fær dette brevet, de som hev hjå dykk sønerne åt herren dykkar, de som råder yver vognerne og hestarne, og hev festning og våpn,
3 do you accordingly look out the best and fit among your master's sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master.
so kåra ut den hævaste og likaste av sønerne åt herren dykkar, og set honom upp på kongsstolen åt far hans, og strid so for ætti åt herren dykkar!»
4 And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand?
Men dei vart reint livrædde. «Når ikkje dei tvo kongarne stod seg mot honom, » sagde dei, «kor kann då me?»
5 So they that were over the house, and they that were over the city, and the elders and the guardians, sent to Ju, saying, We also [are] your servants, and whatever you shall say to us we will do; we will not make [any] man king: we will do that which is right in your eyes.
Drottseten og byhovdingen og dei øvste og fosterfederne sende det svaret til Jehu: «Dine tenarar er me; alt det du byd oss, gjer me; ingen vil me kåra til konge. Gjer du som du tykkjer sjølv!»
6 And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If you [are] for me, and listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and bring [them] to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up.
Då skreiv han eit nytt brev til deim: «Er so det held med meg og lyder mine bod, so hogg hovudi av kongssønerne, og kom til meg i morgon dette bil, til Jizrael!» Dei sytti kongssønerne budde hjå stormennerne i byen, dei som fostra deim.
7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, [even] seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael.
Då dei fekk brevet, tok dei kongssønerne og drap deim, alle sytti, lagde so hovudi i korger og sende deim til honom i Jizre’el.
8 And a messenger came and told [him], saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them [in] two heaps by the door of the gate until the morning.
Då han fekk bod at dei var komne med hovudi av kongssønerne, sagde han: «Legg dei i tvo dungar attmed byporten til i morgon!»
9 And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him: but who killed all these?
Morgonen etter for han dit ut, steig fram og tala for folket: «De er skuldlause. Det var eg som fekk i stand samansverjingi mot herren min; det var eg som drap honom; men kven hev slege i hel alle desse?
10 See now that there shall not fall to the ground anything of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke against the house of Achaab: for the Lord has performed all that he spoke of by the hand of his servant Eliu.
Skyna då at ikkje eitt av Herrens ord hev vorte til inkjes, av det Herren tala mot Ahabs hus. Herren hev gjort so som han tala ved Elia, tenaren sin.»
11 And Ju struck all that were left of the house of Achaab in Jezrael, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, so as not to leave him [any] remnant.
Jehu slo i hel alle som var att av Ahabs hus i Jizre’el, like eins alle stormennerne hans og venerne hans og prestarne hans, so ingen vart att eller slapp undan.
12 And he arose and went to Samaria, [and] he [was] in the house of sheep-shearing in the way.
So tok han ut og for av stad til Samaria. På vegen dit attmed Gjætar-Bet-Eked
13 And Ju found the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and said, Who [are] you? And they said, We [are] the brethren of Ochozias, and we have come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.
råka han på brørne til Ahazja, kongen i Juda. «Kven er de?» spurde han. Dei svara: «Brørne til Ahazja er me; me er på veg og vil helsa på kongssønerne og sønerne åt kongsmori.»
14 And he said, Take them alive. And they killed them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them.
«Fanga deim livande!» ropa han. Dei so gjorde. Og han drap deim og kasta deim i brunnen i Bet-Eked, tvo og fyrti i talet; ikkje ein av deim vart spard.
15 And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him; and he saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is your heart right with my heart, as my heart [is] with your heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
På vegen derifrå møtte han på Jonadab Rekabsson. Han helsa og spurde: «Er du likso ærleg i hugen mot meg, som eg er mot deg?» «Ja, » svara Jonadab. «Er du det so gjev meg handi!» Han so gjorde, og dermed drog han honom upp til seg i vogni.
16 And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot.
«Køyr med meg, » sagde han, «so skal du sjå kor brennhuga eg er for Herren!» So fekk han køyra med honom i vogni.
17 And he entered into Samaria, and struck all that were left of Achaab in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Eliu.
Då han kom til Samaria, slo han i hel alle som var att av Ahabs hus der i byen; han tynte deim alle, soleis som Herren hadde sagt til Elia.
18 And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.
So stemnde Jehu saman alt folket og tala til deim: «Ahab dyrka Ba’al lite, Jehu vil dyrka honom mykje.
19 Now then do all [you] the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be lacking: for I have a great sacrifice [to offer] to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.
Stemn no i hop til meg alle Ba’als-profetarne, alle dyrkarne hans, og alle prestarne hans, ikkje ein må vanta! for eg etlar halda ein stor offerveitsla for Ba’al; og kvar som vantar, skal bøta med livet.» Jehu gjorde det på svik, av di han vilde rydja ut Ba’als-dyrkararne.
20 And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation.
Jehu baud: «Lys ut ei stor samlingshøgtid for Ba’al!» Dei lyste henne ut.
21 And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all [Baal's] servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets [come], let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
Jehu sende bod kring i heile Israel, og alle Ba’als-dyrkararne kom; det var ikkje ein som ikkje møtte. Dei gjekk inn i Ba’als-templet, og Ba’als-templet vart fullt frå ende til annan.
22 And he said to the man who was over the house of the wardrobe, Bring forth a robe for all the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them.
So baud han tilsynsmannen yver klædebui: «Tak fram bunader åt alle Ba’als-dyrkararne!» Og han tok fram bunader åt deim.
23 And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is among you any of the servants of the Lord, or only the servants of Baal, by themselves.
So gjekk Jehu og Jonadab Rekabsson inn i Ba’als-templet. Han bad Ba’als-dyrkararne agta på og sjå etter at det ikkje fanst nokon av Herrens tenarar millom deim, anna einast Ba’als-dyrkarar.
24 And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole burnt offerings; and Ju set for himself eighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the life of him [that spares him] shall go for his life.
So gjekk dei inn og ofra slagtoffer og brennoffer. Jehu hadde sett åtteti mann utanfor og sagt: «Slepp det undan ein einaste av deim eg gjev i dykkar hende, skal de bøta liv for liv!»
25 And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Ju said to the footmen and to the officers, Go you in and kill them; let not a man of them escape. So they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers cast [the bodies] forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
Då han so var ferdig med å ofra brennofferet, baud Jehu livvakti og kjemporne: «Inn og slå deim i hel! Slepp ingen ut!» Dei hogg deim ned, og kasta ut liki. So trengde livvakti og kjemporne seg inn i det inste av Ba’als-templet,
26 And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it.
og kasta ut stolparne i Ba’als-templet og brende deim upp.
27 And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until this day.
Dei reiv ned Ba’als-sula, og dei reiv ned heile Ba’als-templet, og laga det um til naudturftstad, som finst den dag i dag.
28 So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel.
So øydde Jehu Ba’al ut or Israel.
29 Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: [these were] the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan.
Men han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam Nebatsson, som han hadde forført Israel til: gullkalvarne i Betel og Dan.
30 And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all your deeds wherein you have acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which you have done to the house of Achaab [as they were] in my heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.
Herren tala til Jehu: «Av di du gjorde til gagns det som eg tykkjer er rett, med di du gjorde alt det eg hadde etla Ahabs-ætti, so skal barnebarns-borni dine sitja på Israels kongsstol.»
31 But Ju took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.
Men Jehu heldt seg ikkje heilt etter Herrens, Israels Guds, lov; han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam, som han hadde forført Israel til.
32 In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Azael struck them in every coast of Israel;
Ved denne tid tok Herren til å skjera stykke or Israel. Hazael slo deim langs heile Israels landskil;
33 from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and that of Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan.
på austsida av Jordan tok han heile Gileadlandet, Gads-ætti, Rubens-ætti, Manasse-ætti, frå Aroer ved Arnonåi, heile Gilead og Basan.
34 And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Det som elles er å fortelja um Jehu, um alt det han gjorde og alle hans storverk, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Israels-kongarne.
35 And Ju slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz his son reigned in his stead.
Jehu lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine og vart gravlagd i Samaria. Joahaz, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
36 And the days which Ju reigned over Israel [were] twenty-eight years in Samaria.
Den tidi Jehu var konge yver Israel i Samaria, var åtte og tjuge år.
