1 Kongen sendte bud og samlet alle de eldste i Juda og Jerusalem hos seg.

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

2 Kongen gikk opp til Herrens hus, og alle mennene i Juda og alle innbyggerne i Jerusalem var med ham, så vel som prestene, profetene og hele folket, både små og store. Han leste for dem alle ordene i paktens bok som var funnet i Herrens hus.

And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.

3 Kongen sto ved søylen og inngikk en pakt for Herrens åsyn om å følge Herren, og om å holde hans bud, vitnesbyrd og forskrifter av hele sitt hjerte og hele sin sjel, for å stadfeste ordene i denne pakten som var skrevet i denne boken. Hele folket sluttet seg til pakten.

And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all `his' heart, and all `his' soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

4 Kongen ga befaling til Hilkia, ypperstepresten, prestene av den andre orden og dørvokterne om å ta ut av Herrens tempel alle karene som var laget for Baal, Ashera og hele himmelens hær, og han brente dem utenfor Jerusalem på markene ved Kidron, og han brakte asken til Betel.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

5 Han fjernet de avgudsprestene som Judas konger hadde utpekt til å brenne røkelse på offerhaugene i Judas byer og i nærheten av Jerusalem, også de som brente røkelse for Baal, solen, månen, stjernetegnene og hele himmelens hær.

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Han førte Ashera ut fra Herrens hus, utenfor Jerusalem, til bekken Kidron, og brente den ved bekken Kidron, og slo den til støv, og kastet støvet på graven til vanlige folk.

And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people.

7 Han rev ned husene for de tempelprostituerte som var i Herrens hus, der kvinnene vevde telt til Ashera.

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

8 Han førte alle prestene ut av Judas byer og gjorde de høydene ubrukelige hvor prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Beer-Seba. Han rev ned høydene ved portene som var ved inngangen til Josvas port, styresmannen av byen, til venstre for byporten.

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

9 Men prestene på høydene kom ikke opp til Herrens alter i Jerusalem, men de spiste usyret brød blant sine brødre.

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 Han vanhelliget Tofet, som er i Hinnoms barnes dal, så ingen skulle få sin sønn eller datter til å gå gjennom ilden til Molok.

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

11 Han fjernet hestene som Judas konger hadde gitt til solen ved inngangen til Herrens hus, ved kammeret til hoffmannen Netan-Melek, og han brente solens vogner med ild.

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 Altrene på taket av Ahaz’ øvre kammer, som Judas konger hadde laget, og altrene som Manasse hadde laget i de to forgårdene i Herrens hus, rev kongen ned og kastet støvet i bekken Kidron.

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat `them' down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

13 Høydene øst for Jerusalem, til høyre for Ødeleggelsesfjellet, som Salomo, Israels konge, hadde bygget for Astarte, Sidoenernes styggedom, og for Kamosj, Moabs styggedom, og for Milkom, Ammonittenes avskyelighet, vanhelliget kongen.

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

14 Han slo i stykker støttene, hogget ned Asheraene og fylte deres steder med menneskebein.

And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 I tillegg, alteret i Betel, og høyden som Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, som fikk Israel til å synde, hadde laget, det alteret og høyden rev han ned; han brente høyden og slo den til støv, og brente Asheraen.

Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

16 Da Josjia vendte seg, fikk han øye på gravene der på fjellet, og han sendte og tok beinene ut av gravene og brente dem på alteret og vanhelliget det, etter Herrens ord som Guds mann hadde uttalt, han som hadde forutsagt dette.

And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

17 Da sa han: Hva er dette monumentet jeg ser? Og mennene i byen svarte ham: Det er graven til Guds mann som kom fra Juda og forutsa det du har gjort mot alteret i Betel.

Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

18 Han sa: La ham være; la ingen flytte hans bein. Så de lot hans bein ligge urørt, sammen med profetens bein som kom fra Samaria.

And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Også alle husene på høydene i Samaria, som Israels konger hadde gjort for å vekke Herrens vrede, fjernet Josjia, og gjorde mot dem som han hadde gjort i Betel.

And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke `Jehovah' to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

20 Han drepte alle prestene på høydene der, på altrene, og brente menneskebein på dem; så vendte han tilbake til Jerusalem.

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Kongen befalte hele folket og sa: Hold Herrens påske, som det er skrevet i denne paktens bok.

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

22 Sannelig, en slik påske hadde ikke blitt holdt fra dommernes dager, som dømte Israel, heller ikke i alle Israels kongers dager, eller Judas kongers dager.

Surely there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

23 Men i Josjias attende år ble denne påsken holdt for Herren i Jerusalem.

but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

24 Josjia fjernet også de som hadde åndemaning, trollmenn, terafimstøtter, avguder og alle avskyeligheter som var å se i Judas land og i Jerusalem, for å stadfeste lovens ord som var skrevet i boken som prest Hilkia hadde funnet i Herrens hus.

Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah.

25 Før ham var det ingen konge som vendte seg til Herren av hele sitt hjerte, hele sin sjel og hele sin kraft, i samsvar med hele Moseloven, og det sto ingen opp etter ham lik ham.

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

26 Likevel vendte Herren ikke bort fra den store vrede som glødet mot Juda, på grunn av alle de overtredelser som Manasse hadde fremprovosert.

Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.

27 Herren sa: Også Juda vil jeg fjerne fra mitt ansikt slik jeg fjernet Israel, og jeg vil forkaste denne byen som jeg valgte, Jerusalem, og huset hvor jeg sa: Mitt navn skal være der.

And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

28 Resten av Josjas gjerninger, alt han gjorde, er de ikke skrevet i boken om Judas kongers krøniker?

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

29 I hans dager dro Farao Neko, kongen av Egypt, opp mot kongen av Assyria til Eufrat-elven. Kong Josjia dro mot ham, men Farao Neko drepte ham i Megiddo da han møtte ham.

In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and `Pharaoh-necoh' slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

30 Hans tjenere førte hans døde kropp i en vogn fra Megiddo og brakte ham til Jerusalem og begravde ham i hans eget gravkammer. Folket i landet tok Josjias sønn Joahas og salvet ham, og gjorde ham til konge i hans fars sted.

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

31 Joahas var tjuetre år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte tre måneder i Jerusalem; hans mor het Hamutal og var datter av Jeremia fra Libna.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

32 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, slik alle hans fedre hadde gjort.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 Farao Neko satte ham i lenker i Ribla, i landet Hamat, for at han ikke skulle kunne regjere i Jerusalem; han la landet under en skatt av hundre talenter sølv og en talent gull.

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 Farao Neko gjorde Josjias sønn Eljakim til konge i stedet for Josjia, hans far, og forandret hans navn til Jojakim. Men Joahas tok han med seg til Egypt, hvor han døde.

And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

35 Jojakim ga sølvet og gullet til Farao, men han la en skatt over landet for å kunne gi beløpet til Farao etter hans befaling. Han krevde inn sølvet og gullet fra folk i landet, fra hver etter deres andel, for å gi det til Farao Neko.

And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh.

36 Jojakim var tjuefem år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte elleve år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Sebida og var datter av Pedaja fra Ruma.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

37 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, slik alle hans fedre hadde gjort.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.