Kongen sendte bud, og de samlet seg hos ham, alle de eldste av Juda og Jerusalem.

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

Og kongen gikk opp til Herrens hus, fulgt av alle mennene i Juda og alle innbyggerne i Jerusalem, samt prestene, profetene og hele folket, både små og store. Han leste for dem alle ordene i paktsboken som var funnet i Herrens hus.

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, 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 the LORD.

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

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

Kongen befalte ypperstepresten Hilkia og prestene av neste rang, samt dørvaktene, å bringe ut av Herrens tempel alle karene som var laget for Baal, Asjera og hele himmelens hær. Han brente dem utenfor Jerusalem på markene i Kedron-dalen, og asken brakte han til Betel.

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

Han avsatte avgudsprestene, som Judas konger hadde innsatt for å brenne røkelse på offerhaugene i byene i Juda og rundt omkring Jerusalem, også de som brente røkelse til Baal, solen, månen, planetene 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.

Han førte Asjera-statuen ut av Herrens hus til Kedron-bekken utenfor Jerusalem og brente den der. Han knuste den til fint pulver og strødde det utover folkets graver.

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

Han rev ned husene til de kultiske tempelprostituertene som var ved Herrens hus, der kvinnene vevde tepper til Asjera.

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

Han førte alle prestene fra Juda ut av byene og vanhelliget de høye offerstedene hvor prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Beer-Sheba. Han rev ned offerhaugene ved portene som lå ved inngangen til porten til Josva, byens guvernør, som lå på venstre side ved 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 brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

Men prestene for offerhaugene kom ikke opp til Herrens alter i Jerusalem, men de spiste usyret brød blant brødrene sine.

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

Han vanhelliget Tofet, som ligger i Hinnom-dalen, slik at ingen kunne føre sin sønn eller datter gjennom ilden for å ofre 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.

Han fjernet hestene som Judas konger hadde dedikert til solen, ved inngangen til Herrens hus, ved kammeret til hoffmannen Natan-Melek i forstedene, og han brente vognene som var dedikert til solen.

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

Altrene på taket av øvre rom til Akas, som Judas konger hadde laget, og altrene som Manasse hadde laget i de to forgårdene til Herrens hus, rev kongen ned og kastet støvet av dem i Kedron-bekken.

And the altars that were on the top 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 the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Offerstedene foran Jerusalem, til høyre for Ødeleggelsens fjell, som Salomo, Israels konge, hadde bygd for Astarte, Sidonernes styggedom, for Kemosj, moabittenes styggedom, og for Milkom, ammonittenes styggedom, 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 Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Han knuste steinbildene, hogde ned de hellige lundene og fylte stedene deres med menneskebein.

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

Han ødela også alteret i Betel og offerstedet som Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hadde laget, for å få Israel til å synde. Både alteret og offerstedet rev han ned, brente offerstedet, knuste det til støv og brente Asjera-statuen.

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, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

Da Josjia vendte seg om, så han gravene på fjellet. Han sendte og hentet knoklene fra gravene, brente dem på alteret og vanhelliget det, i samsvar med Herrens ord, som Guds mann hadde proklamert, han som hadde talt disse ordene.

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

Så sa han: «Hva er dette gravmerket jeg ser?» Mennene fra byen fortalte ham: «Det er graven til Guds mann som kom fra Juda og profeterte om det du har gjort med alteret i Betel.»

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

Han sa: «La ham hvile; ingen må røre hans bein.» Så lot de hans bein være i fred, sammen med beinet til profeten som kom fra Samaria.

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

Josjia fjernet også alle templene ved de høye offerstedene i Samarias byer, som Israels konger hadde bygd for å vekke Herrens vrede, og han gjorde med 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 the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

Han drepte alle prestene for de høye offerstedene som var der, på altarene, og brente menneskebein på dem før han vendte 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 returned to Jerusalem.

Kongen befalte hele folket og sa: «Hold påsken for Herren deres Gud, slik det står skrevet i denne paktsboken.»

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

Det har ikke vært holdt en slik påske siden dommerne dømte Israel, verken i Israels kongers eller i Judas kongers dager.

Surely there was not holden 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;

Men i det attende året av kong Josjia ble denne påsken holdt for Herren i Jerusalem.

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Josjia fjernet også dem som drev med åndemaning og magi, avgudene, de støpte bildene og alle de avskyelige tingene som dukket opp i Judas land og i Jerusalem, for å oppfylle ordene i lovboken som presten Hilkia hadde funnet i Herrens hus.

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

Det fantes ingen konge før ham som vendte seg til Herren av hele sitt hjerte, hele sin sjel og hele sin kraft, slik det står i Moseloven, og det kom heller ingen konge som ham etter ham.

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD 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.

Men Herren vendte ikke bort sin store, brennende vrede som hadde flammet opp mot Juda på grunn av alt det som Manasse hadde utfordret ham med.

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

Herren sa: «Også Juda vil jeg fjerne fra mitt åsyn, som jeg har fjernet Israel, og jeg vil forkaste denne byen Jerusalem som jeg har valgt, og det huset som jeg sa 'Mitt navn skal være der'.»

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

Resten av Josjias gjerninger, alt han gjorde, står skrevet i krønikene til Judas konger.

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?

I hans dager dro farao Neko, kongen av Egypt, opp mot Assyrias konge ved Eufrat-elven. Kong Josjia gikk ut imot ham, og han ble drept i Megiddo da han møtte ham.

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

Josjias tjenere førte hans døde kropp i en vogn fra Megiddo til Jerusalem og begravde ham i hans egen grav. Folket i landet tok Josjas sønn Joahas og salvet ham og innsatte ham som konge etter hans far.

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.

Joahas var 23 år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i tre måneder. Hans mors navn var Hamutal, 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.

Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, i samsvar med alt det hans fedre hadde gjort.

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

Farao Neko satte ham i lenker i Ribla i landet Hamat så han ikke kunne regjere i Jerusalem, og han la landet under en skatt på hundre talenter sølv og en talent gull.

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

Farao Neko satte Josjas sønn Eljakim som konge i sin far Josjas sted, endret navnet hans til Jojakim, og tok Joahas med seg til Egypt hvor han døde.

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

Jojakim ga sølvet og gullet til farao, men han skattla landet for å gi pengene etter faraos befaling. Han krevde sølv og gull fra folket i landet, hver etter sin skatt, 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-nechoh.

Jojakim var 25 år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i elleve år. Hans mors navn var Zebuda, 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 Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, på samme måte som hans forfedre hadde gjort.

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