2 Kongebok 16

1 I det syttande styringsåret åt Pekah Remaljason vart Ahaz Jotamsson konge i Juda.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.

2 Tjuge år gamall var Ahaz då han vart konge, og sekstan år rådde han i Jerusalem. Han gjorde ikkje det som rett var for Herren, hans Gud, som David, far hans.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

3 Han gjekk i fotefari til Israels-kongarne, ja, han vigde jamvel son sin i elden, likt med dei avstyggjelege skikkarne hjå dei folki Herren hadde rudt ut for Israels-sønerne.

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

4 Han ofra slagtoffer, brende røykjelse på haugarne og på bakkarne, og under kvart grønt tre.

And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

5 På den tid drog syrarkongen Resin og Israels-kongen Pekah Remaljason upp og vilde hertaka Jerusalem. Dei kringsette Ahaz, men vann ikkje taka byen.

Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

6 Samstundes vann syrarkongen Resin Elat attende til Syria. Då han hadde kasta Juda-folki ut or Elat, kom syrarfolk kom og busette seg der, og der bur dei den dag i dag.

At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

7 Ahaz sende bod til assyrarkongen Tiglat-Pileser med dei ordi: «Eg er din træl og din son. Kom upp, og frels meg frå syrarkongen og Israels-kongen, som hev teke på meg!»

So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

8 Ahaz tok det sylvet og gullet som fanst i Herrens hus og skattkammeret i kongsgarden og sende det til gåva åt assyrarkongen.

And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.

9 Assyrarkongen lydde honom, og assyrarkongen drog upp mot Damaskus, hertok byen og førde folket burt til Kir; og Resin slo han i hel.

And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

10 Kong Ahaz for til Damaskus til møtes med assyrarkongen Tiglat-Pileser. Då han fekk sjå altaret i Damaskus, sende kong Ahaz bilæte av altaret og eit fullkome mynster av det til presten Uria.

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.

11 Og presten Uria bygde altaret; heilt etter den fyreskrift kong Ahaz hadde sendt frå Damaskus, soleis gjorde presten Uria det ferdigt, til dess kong Ahaz kom heim.

And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.

12 Då kongen kom heim frå Damaskus og fekk sjå altaret, gjekk han innåt, steig upp på det,

And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.

13 brende brennofferet og grjonofferet sitt, helte ut drykkofferet sitt og skvette blodet av takkofferi sine på altaret.

He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar.

14 Men koparaltaret som stod framfor Herrens åsyn, flutte han frå staden sin framfyre huset, millom Herrens hus og det nye altaret, og sette det på nordsida av dette altaret.

And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.

15 Kong Ahaz baud presten Uria: «På storaltaret skal du brenna brennofferet um morgonen og grjonofferet um kvelden, kongens brennoffer og grjonoffer, og brennofferet for heile landslyden og grjonofferet deira og drykkofferet deira; alt blod av brennoffer og alt blod av slagtoffer skal du hella ut der. Kva eg vil gjera med koparaltaret, skal eg tenkja næmare etter.»

And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord.

16 Presten Uria gjorde plent som kong Ahaz baud.

So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said

17 Kong Ahaz braut laus listerne på fotstykki og tok baljorne ned derifrå; havet lyfte han ned frå koparuksarne som stod under, og sette det på eit steingolv.

And King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the brass oxen which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.

18 Kviledags-svalgangen som dei hadde bygt i huset, og den ytre konge-inngangen lagde han inn i Herrens hus for assyrarkongen skuld.

the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.

19 Det som elles er å fortelja um Ahaz, det han gjorde, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt Juda-kongarne.

Now the rest of the things which Ahaz did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

20 Ahaz lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine og vart gravlagd hjå federne sine i Davidsbyen. Og Hizkia, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.

And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.