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

The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Kongen gikk opp til Herrens hus, og med ham fulgte 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 paktens bok som var funnet i Herrens hus.

The king went up to the house of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh.

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

The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, 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.

Kongen befalte Hilkia, ypperstepresten, prestene av den andre rang og dørvokterne å bringe ut av Herrens tempel alle karene som var laget for Baal, Asjera og hele himmelens hær, og han brente dem utenfor Jerusalem på Kidrons marker og førte asken til Betel.

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 Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

Han avsatte avgudsprestene som Judas konger hadde innsatt for å brenne røkelse på offerhaugene i Judas byer og områdene rundt Jerusalem, og også de som brente røkelse for Baal, solen, månen, planetene og hele himmelens hær.

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; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the sky.

Han brakte ut Asjera fra Herrens hus, utenfor Jerusalem til bekken Kidron, og brente den der, slo den til støv og kastet støvet på graven til folket.

He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust of it on the graves of the common people.

Han rev ned husene til tempelprostituerte som var i Herrens hus, der kvinnene vevde klær for Asjera.

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Han førte alle prestene ut av Judas byer og vanhelliget de offerhaugene der prestene hadde brent røkelse, fra Geba til Beersheba, og han rev ned offerhaugene ved portene, ved inngangen til Josvas byport, som var til venstre når man gikk inn i byporten.

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 Beersheba; and he broke 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.

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

Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn't come up to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

Han vanhelliget Tofet, som var i Hinnoms barns dal, slik at ingen skulle la sin sønn eller datter gå gjennom ilden til Molok.

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 tok bort hestene som Judas konger hadde gitt til solen ved inngangen til Herrens hus, i nærheten av rommet til hoffmannen Natan-Melek i forgårdene, og han brente solens vogner.

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

Han rev ned de altrene som var på taket av Ahas' øvre kammer, som Judas konger hadde laget, og altrene som Manasse hadde laget i de to forgårdene til Herrens hus. Han knuste dem der, og kastet støvet i bekken Kidron.

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 Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

Offerplassene foran Jerusalem, på høyre side av Ødeleggelsens berg, som Salomo Israels konge hadde bygget for Astarte, sidoniernes styggedom, Kamon, moabittenes styggedom, og Milkom, ammonittenes styggedom, gjorde han urene.

The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built 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.

Han knuste steinstøttene og hogde ned Astartene og fylte stedene deres med menneskeben.

He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

Alteren ved Betel og offerhaugen som Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hadde laget, han som forledet Israel til synd, rev han ned. Han brente offerhaugen, malte den til støv og brente Astarte.

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, 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 broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Da Josjia snudde seg, så han gravene der på fjellet. Han sendte folk til å ta ut benene fra gravene og brente dem på alteret, og gjorde det urent, slik Herrens ord som Guds mann hadde forkynt, ble oppfylt.

As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

Så sa han: Hva er det for et minnesmerke jeg ser? Mennene i byen svarte: Det er graven til Guds mann, som kom fra Juda og forkynte det du har gjort med alteret i Betel.

Then he said, What monument is that which I see? The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.

Og han sa: La ham være; ingen må flytte knoklene hans. Så lot de hans knokler være, sammen med knoklene til profeten som hadde kommet fra Samaria.

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

Også alle husene på høydedragene i Samarias byer, som Israels konger hadde gjort for å vekke Herrens vrede, fjernet Josjia og behandlet dem som han hadde behandlet Betel.

All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Yahweh] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

Han drepte alle prestene på høydedragene der, på altrene, og brente menneskeben på dem. Så vendte han tilbake til Jerusalem.

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

Kongen befalte hele folket og sa: Feir påske for Herren deres Gud, som det står skrevet i denne paktsboken.

The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

En slik påske hadde ikke blitt feiret siden dommerne ledet Israel, eller i alle kongenes tid i Israel og Juda.

Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who 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 feiret for Herren i Jerusalem.

but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.

Dessuten fjernet Josjia de som praktiserte spådomskunst, de som hadde husguder, avguder og alle de avskyelige tingene som ble sett i Judas land og Jerusalem, så han kunne oppfylle lovens ord som var skrevet i boken som presten Hilkia fant i Herrens hus.

Moreover those who 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 Yahweh.

Det var ingen konge før ham som vendte seg til Herren med hele sitt hjerte, hele sin sjel og hele sin kraft, i samsvar med hele Mose lov; og etter ham var det heller ingen som ham.

Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh 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.

Likevel vendte ikke Herren seg bort fra sin store vrede, som hans harme var flammet opp for mot Juda, på grunn av det Manasse hadde gjort for å vekke hans vrede.

Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.

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

Yahweh 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.

Resten av Josjias gjerninger, alt han gjorde, er de ikke nedtegnet i boken om Judas konger?

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

I hans tid dro farao Nekho, kongen av Egypt, opp mot kongen av Assyria til elven Eufrat; og kong Josjia dro mot ham og ble drept 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] killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

Hans tjenere førte ham død i vogn fra Megiddo, og brakte ham til Jerusalem og begravde ham i hans egen grav. Folket i landet tok Josjias sønn Joahas og salvet ham til konge i hans fars sted.

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

Joahas var tyve tre år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte tre måneder i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Hamutal, Jeremias datter fra Libna.

Jehoahaz was twenty-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, etter alt det hans fedre hadde gjort.

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

Farao Nekho fengslet ham i Ribla, i landet Hamat, så han ikke lenger kunne styre i Jerusalem. Og han påla landet en skatt på hundre talenter sølv og en talent gull.

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 one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

Farao Nekho gjorde Josjias sønn Eljakim til konge i hans fars, Josjias, sted, og skiftet navn til Jojakim. Men Joahas tok han med seg til Egypt, hvor han døde.

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.

Jojakim ga sølv og gull til farao, men han skattla landet for å betale disse penger til farao, hver enkelt ble beskattet i henhold til sin vurdering, for å gi det til farao Nekho.

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 everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

Jojakim var tjuefem år da han ble konge, og han regjerte elleve år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Zebida, Pedaija datter fra Ruma.

Jehoiakim was twenty-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.

Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, lik hans fedre hadde gjort.

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.