¹Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

¹Ezekias var fem og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede ni og tyve År i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Abija og var en Datter af Zekarja.

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

²Han gjorde, hvad der var ret i HERRENs Øjne, ganske som hans Fader David.

³He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.

³I sit første Regeringsårs første Måned lod han HERRENs Hus's Porte åbne og sætte i Stand.

⁴He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

⁴Derpå lod han Præsterne og Leviterne komme, samlede dem på den åbne Plads mod Øst

⁵and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness out of the holy place.

⁵og sagde til dem: "Hør mig, Leviter! Helliger nu eder selv og helliger HERRENs, eders Fædres Guds, Hus og få det urene ud af Helligdommen.

⁶For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.

⁶Thi vore Fædre var troløse og gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERREN vor Guds Øjne, de forlod ham, idet de vendte Ansigtet bort fra HERRENs Bolig og vendte den Ryggen;

⁷Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

⁷de lukkede endog Forhallens Porte, slukkede Lamperne, brændte ikke Røgelse og bragte ikke Israels Gud Brændofre i Helligdommen.

⁸Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.

⁸Derfor kom HERRENs Vrede over Juda og Jerusalem, og han gjorde dem til Rædsel, Forfærdelse og Skændsel, som I kan se med egne Øjne.

⁹For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

⁹Se, vore Fædre er faldet for Sværdet, vore Sønner, Døtre og Hustruer ført i Fangenskab for den Sags Skyld.

¹⁰Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

¹⁰Men nu har jeg i Sinde at slutte en Pagt med HERREN, Israels Gud, for at hans glødende Vrede må vende sig fra os.

¹¹My sons, don’t be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense.”

¹¹Så lad det nu, mine Sønner, ikke skorte på Iver, thi eder har HERREN udvalgt til at stå for hans Åsyn og tjene ham og til at være hans Tjenere og tænde Offerild for ham!"

¹²Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

¹²Da rejste følgende Leviter sig: Mahat, Amasajs Søn, og Joel, Azarjas Søn, af Kehatiternes Sønner; af Merariterne Kisj, Abdis Søn, og Azarja, Jehallel'els Søn; af Gersoniterne Joa, Zimmas Søn, og Eden, Joas Søn;

¹³and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹³af Elizafans Sønner Sjimri og Je'uel; af Asafs Sønner Zekarja og Mattanja;

¹⁴and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁴af Hemans Sønner Jehiel og Sjim'i; og af Jedutuns Sønner Sjemaja og Uzziel;

¹⁵They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.

¹⁵og de samlede deres Brødre, og de helligede sig og skred så efter Kongens Befaling til at rense HERRENs Hus i Henhold til HERRENs Forskrifter.

¹⁶The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in Yahweh’s temple into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

¹⁶Og Præsterne gik ind i det indre af HERRENS Hus for at rense det, og alt det urene, de fandt i HERRENs Tempel, bragte de ud i HERRENs Hus's Forgård, hvor Leviterne tog imod det for at bringe det ud i Kedrons Dal.

¹⁷Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

¹⁷På den første Dag i den første Måned begyndte de at hellige, og på den ottende Dag i Måneden var de kommet til HERRENs Forhal; så helligede de HERRENs Hus i otte Dage, og på den sekstende Dag i den første Måned var de færdige.

¹⁸Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, “We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and the table of show bread, with all its vessels.

¹⁸Derpå gik de ind til Kong Ezekias og sagde: "Vi har nu renset hele HERRENs Hus, Brændofferalteret med alt, hvad der hører dertil, og Skuebrødsbordet med alt, hvad der hører dertil;

¹⁹Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign threw away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.”

¹⁹og alle de Kar, som Kong Akaz i sin Troløshed vanhelligede, da han var Konge, dem har vi bragt på Plads og helliget; se, de står nu foran HERRENs Alter!"

²⁰Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.

²⁰Næste Morgen tidlig samlede Kong Ezekias Byens Øverster og gik op til HERRENs Hus.

²¹They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.

²¹Derpå bragte man syv Tyre, syv Vædre, syv Lam og syv Gedebukke til Syndoffer for Riget, Helligdommen og Juda; og han bød Arons Sønner Præsterne ofre dem på HERRENs Alter.

²²So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

²²De slagtede så Tyrene, og Præsterne tog imod Blodet og sprængte det på Alteret; så slagtede de Vædrene og sprængte Blodet på Alteret; så slagtede de Lammene og sprængte Blodet på Alteret;

²³They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:

²³endelig bragte de Syndofferbukkene frem for Kongen og Forsamlingen, og de lagde Hænderne på dem;

²⁴and the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

²⁴så slagtede Præsterne dem og bragte Blodet på Alteret som Syndoffer for at skaffe hele Israel Soning; thi Kongen havde sagt, at Brændofferet og Syndofferet skulde være for hele Israel.

²⁵He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.

²⁵Og han opstillede Leviterne ved HERRENs Hus med Cymbler, Harper og Citre efter Davids, Kongens Seer Gads og Profeten Natans Bud, thi Budet var givet af HERREN gennem hans Profeter.

²⁶The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁶Og Leviterne stod med Davids Instrumenter og Præsterne med Trompeterne.

²⁷Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁷Derpå bød Ezekias, at Brændofferet skulde ofres på Alteret, og samtidig med Ofringen begyndte også HERRENs Sang og Trompeterne, ledsaget af Kong David af Israels Instrumenter.

²⁸All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

²⁸Da kastede hele Forsamlingen sig til Jorden, medens Sangen lød og Trompeterne klang, og alt dette varede, til man var færdig med Brændofferet.

²⁹When they had made an end of offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

²⁹Så snart man var færdig med Brændofferet, knælede Kongen og alle, der var hos ham, ned og tilbad.

³⁰Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

³⁰Derpå bød Kong Ezekias og Øversterne Leviterne at lovsynge HERREN med Davids og Seeren Asafs Ord; og de sang Lovsangen med Jubel og bøjede sig og tilbad.

³¹Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of Yahweh.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

³¹Ezekias tog da til Orde og sagde: "I har nu indviet eder til HERREN; så træd da frem og bring Slagtofre og Lovprisningsofre til HERRENs Hus!" Så bragte Forsamlingen Slagtofre og Lovprisningsofre, og enhver, hvis Hje1te tilskyndede ham dertil, bragte Brændofre.

³²The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

³²De Brændofre, Forsamlingen bragte, udgjorde 70 Stykker Hornkvæg, 100 Vædre og 200 Lam, alt som Brændofre til HERREN;

³³The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep.

³³og Helligofrene udgjorde 600 Stykker Hornkvæg og 3000 Stykker Småkvæg.

³⁴But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁴Dog var Præsterne for få til at flå Huden af alle Brændofrene, derfor hjalp deres Brødre Leviterne dem, indtil Arbejdet var fuldført og Præsterne havde helliget sig; thi Leviterne viste redeligere Vilje til at hellige sig end Præsterne.

³⁵Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of Yahweh was set in order.

³⁵Desuden var der en Mængde Brændofre, hvortil kom Fedtstykkerne af Takofrene og Drikofrene til Brændofrene. Således bragtes Tjenesten i HERRENs Hus i Orden.

³⁶Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

³⁶Og Ezekias og alt Folket glædede sig over, hvad Gud havde beredt Folkel, thi det hele var sket så hurtigt.