2 Kroniška 19
1 Judov kralj Józafat pa se je v miru vrnil k svoji hiši v Jeruzalem.
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
2 Hananíjev sin Jehú, videc, je odšel ven, da ga sreča in kralju Józafatu rekel: »Ali naj bi pomagal brezbožnikom in ljubil tiste, ki sovražijo Gospoda? Zato je izpred Gospoda na tebi bes.
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath is on you from before the LORD.
3 Kljub temu so v tebi najdene dobre stvari v tem, da si iz dežele odvzel ašere in si svoje srce pripravil, da išče Boga.
Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."
4 Józafat je prebival v Jeruzalemu. In odšel je ponovno ven skozi ljudstvo od Beeršébe do gore Efrájim in jih vodil nazaj h Gospodu, Bogu njihovih očetov.
Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
5 Postavil je sodnike vsepovsod po deželi, po vseh utrjenih Judovih mestih, mestu za mestom
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
6 in sodnikom rekel: »Pazite, kaj počnete, kajti ne sodite za človeka, temveč za Gospoda, ki je z vami v sodbi.
and said to the judges, "Consider what you do: for you do not judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment.
7 Zatorej naj bo sedaj nad vami Gospodov strah. Pazite in to storite, kajti z Gospodom, svojim Bogom, ni krivičnosti, niti oziranja na osebe, niti sprejemanja darov.
Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be on you. Take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes."
8 Poleg tega je v Jeruzalemu Józafat postavil od Lévijevcev in od duhovnikov in od vodij Izraelovih očetov za Gospodovo sodbo in za oporekanja, ko so se vrnili v Jeruzalem.
Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites and priests, and of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.
9 Zadolžil jih je, rekoč: »To boste delali v Gospodovem strahu, zvesto in s popolnim srcem.
He commanded them, saying, "Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
10 Kakršnakoli zadeva bo prišla k vam od vaših bratov, ki prebivajo v svojih mestih, med krvjo in krvjo, med postavo in zapovedjo, zakoni in sodbami, jih boste torej opozorili, da ne prestopajo zoper Gospoda in tako [ne] pride bes nad vas in nad vaše brate. To delajte in se ne boste pregrešili.
Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards the LORD, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers. Do this, and you shall not be guilty.
11 Glejte, véliki duhovnik Amarjá je nad vami v vseh Gospodovih zadevah in Jišmaélov sin Zebadjá, vladar Judove hiše, za vse kraljeve zadeve. Prav tako bodo Lévijevci častniki pred vami. Postopajte pogumno in Gospod bo z dobrim.«
Look, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the good."
