2 Kongebok 16

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

In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.

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.

Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father [had done].

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.

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

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

And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every shady 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 went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail [against 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 Raasson king of Syria recovered Aelath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Aelath, and the Idumeans came to Aelath, and dwelt there until 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!»

And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up 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 Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king.

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 the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.

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.

And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

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 Urias the priest built the altar, according to all [the directions] which king Achaz sent from Damascus.

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

And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,

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

and offered his whole-burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.

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 he brought forward [the one] before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northwards.

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 Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of [any other] sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.

16 Presten Uria gjorde plent som kong Ahaz baud.

And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.

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 Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base 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.

And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.

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

And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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 Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.