Anden Kongebog 21

1 Manasse var tolv Aar gammel, der han blev Konge, og regerede fem og halvtredsindstyve Aar i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Hefziba.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

2 Og han gjorde det, som var ondt for Herrens Øjne, efter de Hedningers Vederstyggeligheder, hvilke Herren havde fordrevet fra Israels Børns Ansigt.

He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.

3 Og han byggede igen de Høje, som Ezekias, hans Fader, havde ødelagt, og oprejste Altre for Baal og gjorde et Astartebillede, ligesom Akab, Israels Konge, havde gjort, og tilbad al Himmelens Hær og tjente dem.

For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he built altars for Baal, made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he bowed down to all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.

4 Og han byggede Altre i Herrens Hus, om hvilket Herren havde sagt: Jeg vil sætte mit Navn i Jerusalem.

Manasseh built altars in the house of Yahweh, although Yahweh had commanded, “It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever.”

5 Og han byggede Altre til Himmelens hele Hær i begge Forgaardene til Herrens Hus.

He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh.

6 Og han lod sin Søn gaa igennem Ilden og var en Dagvælger og agtede paa Fugleskrig og beskikkede Spaamænd og Tegnsudlæggere; han gjorde meget ondt for Herrens Øjne til at opirre ham.

He caused his son to pass through the fire, he performed sorcery and divination and consulted with those who talked with the dead and with those who talked with spirits. He did much evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking him to anger.

7 Og han satte det Astartebillede, som han havde gjort, i det Hus, om hvilket Herren havde sagt til David og til hans Søn Salomo: I dette Hus og i Jerusalem, som jeg udvalgte af alle Israels Stammer, vil jeg sætte mit Navn evindeligt;

The carved figure of Asherah that he had made, he placed it in the house of Yahweh. It was about this house that Yahweh had spoken to David and Solomon his son; he had said: “It is in this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, that I will put my name forever.

8 og jeg vil ikke ydermere lade Israels Fødder vandre bort fra Landet, som jeg gav deres Fædre, naar de kun holde ved at gøre efter alt det, som jeg har budet dem, og efter hele Loven, som Mose, min Tjener, bød dem.

I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land that I gave to their ancestors, if they will only be careful to obey all that I have commanded them, and to follow all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”

9 Men de adløde ikke; og Manasse forførte dem til at handle værre end Hedningerne, hvilke Herren havde ødelagt for Israels Børns Ansigt.

But the people did not listen, and Manasseh led them to do evil even more than the nations that Yahweh had destroyed before the people of Israel.

10 Da talte Herren ved sine Tjenere, Profeterne, og sagde:

So Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

11 Fordi Manasse, Judas Konge, har gjort disse Vederstyggeligheder, saa han har gjort noget værre end alt det, som Amoriterne gjorde, som vare for ham, og fordi han kom ogsaa Juda til at synde med sine stygge Afguder:

“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these disgusting things, and has acted wickedly more than all that the Amorites who were before him did, and has also made Judah sin with his idols,

12 Derfor saa sagde Herren Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil føre Ulykke over Jerusalem og Juda, at hvo det hører, for ham skulle begge hans Øren klinge.

therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: Look, I am about to bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

13 Og jeg vil udstrække Samarias Maalesnor over Jerusalem, samt veje den med Akabs Hus's Vægt, og jeg vil afviske Jerusalem, som den, der afvisker et Fad, afvisker og vender det helt om.

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria, and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem clean, as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

14 Og jeg vil bortstøde det overblevne af min Arv og give dem i deres Fjenders Haand, saa at de skulle blive til Bytte og til Rov for alle deres Fjender,

I will throw off the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies. They will become victims and plunder for all their enemies,

15 fordi de gjorde det, som er ondt for mine Øjne, og opirrede mig fra den Dag, da deres Fædre droge ud af Ægypten, og indtil denne Dag.

because they have done what is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their ancestors came out of Egypt, to this day.”

16 Tilmed udøste Manasse ogsaa saare meget uskyldigt Blod, indtil han fyldte Jerusalem fra den ene Ende til den anden; foruden hans Synd, med hvilken han kom Juda til at synde, til at gøre det onde for Herrens Øjne.

Moreover, Manasseh shed much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another with death. This was in addition to the sin by which he made Judah to sin, when they did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

17 Men det øvrige af Manasses Handeler og alt det, han har gjort, og hans Synd, som han syndede, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?

As for the other matters concerning Manasseh, all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?

18 Og Manasse laa med sine Fædre og blev begraven i sit Hus's Have, som var i Ussas Have, og Amon, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.

Manasseh slept with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son became king in his place.

19 Amon var to og tyve Aar gammel, der han blev Konge, og regerede to Aar i Jerusalem; og hans Moders Navn var Mesullemeth, Haruz's Datter fra Jotba.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth; she was the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20 Og han gjorde det onde for Herrens Øjne, ligesom Manasse, Hans Fader, havde gjort.

He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had done.

21 Og han vandrede i al den Vej, som hans Fader havde vandret, og tjente de stygge Afguder, som hans Fader havde tjent, og tilbad dem.

Amon followed in all the way that his father had walked in and worshiped the idols that his father worshiped, and bowed down to them.

22 Og han forlod Herren, sine Fædres Gud, og vandrede ikke i Herrens Vej.

He abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.

23 Og Amons Tjenere forbandt sig imod ham, og de dræbte Kongen i hans Hus.

The servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his own house.

24 Og Folket i Landet ihjelslog alle dem, som havde forbundet sig imod Kong Amon; og Folket i Landet gjorde Josias, hans Søn, til Konge i hans Sted.

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.

25 Men det øvrige af Amons Handeler, hvad han har gjort, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?

As for the other matters concerning Amon that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?

26 Og man begrov ham i hans Grav, udi Ussas Have, og Josias, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.

The people buried him in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.