2 Kongebok 10
1 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:
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
2 «- - 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,
Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armor;
3 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!»
Look even out the best and meet of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
4 Men dei vart reint livrædde. «Når ikkje dei tvo kongarne stod seg mot honom, » sagde dei, «kor kann då me?»
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
5 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!»
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all that you shall bid us; we will not make any king: do you that which is good in your eyes.
6 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.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be mine, and if you will listen to my voice, take you the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
7 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.
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
8 Då han fekk bod at dei var komne med hovudi av kongssønerne, sagde han: «Legg dei i tvo dungar attmed byporten til i morgon!»
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
9 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?
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
10 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.»
Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.
11 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.
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
12 So tok han ut og for av stad til Samaria. På vegen dit attmed Gjætar-Bet-Eked
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
13 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.»
Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
14 «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.
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
15 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.
And when he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
16 «Køyr med meg, » sagde han, «so skal du sjå kor brennhuga eg er for Herren!» So fekk han køyra med honom i vogni.
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
17 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.
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.
18 So stemnde Jehu saman alt folket og tala til deim: «Ahab dyrka Ba’al lite, Jehu vil dyrka honom mykje.
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
19 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.
Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
20 Jehu baud: «Lys ut ei stor samlingshøgtid for Ba’al!» Dei lyste henne ut.
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
21 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.
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
22 So baud han tilsynsmannen yver klædebui: «Tak fram bunader åt alle Ba’als-dyrkararne!» Og han tok fram bunader åt deim.
And he said to him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
23 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.
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
24 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!»
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
25 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,
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
26 og kasta ut stolparne i Ba’als-templet og brende deim upp.
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
27 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.
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house to this day.
28 So øydde Jehu Ba’al ut or Israel.
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 Men han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam Nebatsson, som han hadde forført Israel til: gullkalvarne i Betel og Dan.
However, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
30 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.»
And the LORD said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
31 Men Jehu heldt seg ikkje heilt etter Herrens, Israels Guds, lov; han gav ikkje upp synderne hans Jerobeam, som han hadde forført Israel til.
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
32 Ved denne tid tok Herren til å skjera stykke or Israel. Hazael slo deim langs heile Israels landskil;
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
33 på austsida av Jordan tok han heile Gileadlandet, Gads-ætti, Rubens-ætti, Manasse-ætti, frå Aroer ved Arnonåi, heile Gilead og Basan.
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
34 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.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
35 Jehu lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine og vart gravlagd i Samaria. Joahaz, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36 Den tidi Jehu var konge yver Israel i Samaria, var åtte og tjuge år.
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
