1 Herrens ord kom til Jehu, sønn av Hanani, med en beskjed mot Baasha og sa,

And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying,

2 Fordi jeg løftet deg opp fra støvet og gjorde deg til hersker over mitt folk Israel, og du har fulgt Jeroboams veier og fått mitt folk Israel til å synde, så du har vakt min vrede med deres synder,

Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;

3 Derfor vil jeg utslette Baasha og hele hans slekt; jeg vil gjøre ditt hus som huset til Jeroboam, sønn av Nebat.

Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

4 Enhver av Baashas familie som dør i byen, skal hundene spise, og den som dør på marken, skal fuglene i himmelen spise.

Anyone of the family of Baasha who comes to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and he to whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air.

5 Resten av Baashas gjerninger, hva han gjorde og hans makt, står de ikke skrevet i Israels kongers krønike?

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

6 Baasha sov med sine fedre og ble begravet i Tirsa, og hans sønn Ela ble konge etter ham.

And Baasha went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.

7 Herren sendte sitt ord mot Baasha og hans slekt ved profeten Jehu, sønn av Hanani, på grunn av all ondskapen han gjorde i Herrens øyne og vakte hans vrede med handlingene sine, fordi han var lik Jeroboams hus, og også fordi han utryddet det.

And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.

8 I det tjuesjette året Asa var konge over Juda, ble Ela, sønn av Baasha, konge over Israel i Tirsa, og han regjerte i to år.

In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years.

9 Hans tjener Simri, leder for halvparten av krigsvognene, planla i hemmelighet mot ham. Nå var han i Tirsa og drakk seg full i huset til Arsa, som hadde ansvar for kongens hus i Tirsa.

And his servant Zimri, captain of half his war-carriages, made secret designs against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking hard in the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah.

10 Simri gikk inn og slo ham i hjel i det tjuesyvende året Asa var konge over Juda, og ble konge i hans sted.

And Zimri went in and made an attack on him and put him to death, in the twenty-seventh year that Asa was king of Judah, and made himself king in his place.

11 Så snart han ble konge og satt seg på tronen, drepte han hele Baashas familie; ikke en eneste mannlig slektning eller venn lot han leve.

And straight away when he became king and took his place on the seat of the kingdom, he put to death all the family of Baasha: not one male child of his relations or his friends kept his life.

12 Simri utryddet hele Baashas slekt, i samsvar med ordet som Herren hadde talt mot ham ved profeten Jehu,

So Zimri put to death all the family of Baasha, so that the word which the Lord said against him by the mouth of Jehu the prophet came about;

13 på grunn av alle Baashas synder og hans sønn Elas synder, som de begikk og fikk Israel til å begå, så de vakte Herrens, Israels Guds, vrede med sitt dårskap.

Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.

14 Resten av Elas gjerninger og alt han gjorde, står de ikke skrevet i Israels kongers krønike?

Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

15 I det tjuesyvende året Asa var konge over Juda, regjerte Simri i syv dager i Tirsa. Mens folket angrep Gibbeton, som tilhørte filisterne,

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were attacking Gibbethon in the land of the Philistines.

16 kom nyheten til hæren i leiren om at Simri hadde konspirert og drept kongen. Så gjorde hele Israel Omri, hærføreren, til konge samme dag i leiren.

And news came to the people in the tents that Zimri had made a secret design and had put the king to death: so all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king that day in the tents.

17 Omri dro opp fra Gibbeton, sammen med hele Israels hær, og de beleiret Tirsa på alle kanter.

Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, shutting in the town on every side.

18 Da Simri så at byen var tatt, gikk han inn i det innerste rommet i kongens hus, og han satte fyr på huset over hodet sitt og døde,

And when Zimri saw that the town was taken, he went into the inner room of the king's house, and burning the house over his head, came to his end,

19 på grunn av sin synd i å gjøre det som er ondt i Herrens øyne, ved å følge Jeroboams vei og den synd han fikk Israel til å gjøre.

Because of his sin in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, in going in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel do.

20 Resten av Simris gjerninger og planene han smidde, står de ikke skrevet i Israels kongers krønike?

Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

21 Det ble en splittelse blant folket i Israel; halve folket ønsket å gjøre Tibni, sønn av Ginat, til konge, mens den andre halvparten støttet Omri.

Then there was a division among the people of Israel; half the people were for making Tibni, son of Ginath, king, and half were supporting Omri.

22 Men Omris tilhengere fikk overtaket over dem som støttet Tibni, sønn av Ginat; Tibni døde, og Omri ble konge.

But the supporters of Omri overcame those who were on the side of Tibni, the son of Ginath; and death came to Tibni and to his brother Joram at that time: and Omri became king in the place of Tibni.

23 I det trettiførste året Asa var konge over Juda, ble Omri konge over Israel, og han regjerte i tolv år; han regjerte i seks år i Tirsa.

In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.

24 Han kjøpte fjellet Samaria av Semer for to talenter sølv, bygde en by på fjellet og kalte den Samaria etter Semer, som hadde eid fjellet.

He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.

25 Omri gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, verre enn alle dem som hadde vært før ham.

And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,

26 Han fulgte i alle Jeroboams synder, Nebats sønn, som han hadde fått Israel til å begå, så de vakte Herrens, Israels Guds, vrede med sine dårlige veier.

Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

27 Resten av Omris gjerninger og den makten han viste, står de ikke skrevet i Israels kongers krønike?

Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

28 Omri sov med sine fedre og ble begravet i Samaria, og hans sønn Akab ble konge etter ham.

So Omri went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.

29 I det trettiåttende året Asa var konge over Juda, ble Akab, sønn av Omri, konge over Israel. Akab regjerte i Samaria i tjueto år.

In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

30 Akab, sønn av Omri, gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, verre enn alle dem som hadde vært før ham.

And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.

31 Det var som om det var en ringe sak for ham å følge Jeroboams, Nebats sønns, synder, så han tok til kone Jesabel, datter av Etbaal, kongen av Sidon, og begynte å tjene og tilbe Baal.

And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

32 Han satte opp et alter for Baal i Baals hus som han hadde bygd i Samaria.

And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.

33 Akab laget også en Asjera-støtte og gjorde mer for å vekke Herrens, Israels Guds, vrede enn alle Israels konger før ham.

And Ahab made an image of Asherah and did more than all the kings of Israel before him to make the Lord, the God of Israel, angry.

34 I hans dager bygde Hiel Jeriko; han la grunnvollen med sin eldste sønn Abirams liv, og satte opp portene med sin yngste sønn Segubs liv, slik Herren hadde sagt ved Josva, Nuns sønn.

In his days Hiel made Jericho; he put its base in position at the price of Abiram, his oldest son, and he put its doors in place at the price of his youngest son Segub; even as the Lord had said by Joshua, the son of Nun.