Anden Krønikebog 33

1 Manasse var tolv Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede fem og halvtredsindstyve Aar i Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og efterlignede de Folkeslags Vederstyggeligheder, som HERREN havde drevet bort foran Israeliterne.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

3 Han byggede atter de Offerhøje, som hans Fader Ezekias havde nedrevet, rejste Altre for Ba'alerne, lavede Asjerastøtter og tilbad hele Himmelens Hær og dyrkede dem.

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

4 Og han byggede Altre i HERRENS Hus, om hvilket HERREN havde sagt: »I Jerusalem skal mit Navn være til evig Tid.«

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

5 Og han byggede Altre for hele Himmelens Hær i begge HERRENS Hus's Forgaarde.

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

6 Han lod sine Sønner gaa igennem Ilden i Hinnoms Søns Dal, drev Trolddom og tog Varsler, drev hemmelige Kunster og ansatte Dødemanere og Sandsigere; han gjorde meget, som var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og krænkede ham.

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

7 Det Gudebillede, han lod lave, opstillede han i Guds Hus, om hvilket Gud havde sagt til David og hans Søn Salomo: »I dette Hus og i Jerusalem, som jeg har udvalgt af alle Israels Stammer, vil jeg stedfæste mit Navn til evig Tid;

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

8 og jeg vil ikke mere fjerne Israels Fod fra det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre, dog kun paa det Vilkaar, at de omhyggeligt overholder alt, hvad jeg har paalagt dem, hele Loven, Anordningerne og Lovbudene, som de fik ved Moses, «

And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

9 Men Manasse forførte Juda og Jerusalems Indbyggere til at handle værre end de Folkeslag, HERREN havde udryddet for Israeliterne.

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

10 Da talede HERREN Manasse og hans Folk til, men de ænsede det ikke.

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

11 Saa førte HERREN Assyrerkongens Hærførere mod dem, og de fangede Manasse med Kroge, lagde ham i Kobberlænker og førte ham til Babel.

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

12 Men da han var i Nød, bad han HERREN sin Gud om Naade og ydmygede sig dybt for sine Fædres Gud.

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

13 Og da han bad til ham, bønhørte han ham; han hørte hans Bøn og bragte ham tilbage til Jerusalem til hans Kongedømme; da indsaa Manasse, at HERREN er Gud.

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

14 Senere byggede han en ydre Mur ved Davidsbyen vesten for Gihon i Dalen og hen imod Fiskeporten, saa at den omsluttede Ofel; og han byggede den meget høj. I alle de befæstede Byer i Juda ansatte han Hærførere.

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

15 Han fjernede de fremmede Guder og Gudebilledet fra HERRENS Hus og alle de Altre, han havde bygget paa Tempelbjerget og i Jerusalem, og kastede dem uden for Byen.

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

16 Og han istandsatte HERRENS Alter og ofrede Tak— og Lovprisningsofre derpaa; og han bød Juda at dyrke HERREN, Israels Gud.

And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

17 Men Folket vedblev at ofre paa Offerhøjene, dog kun til HERREN deres Gud.

However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

18 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Manasse, hans Bøn til sin Gud og de Seeres Ord, som talte til ham i HERRENS, Israels Guds, Navn, staar jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike;

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel.

19 hans Bøn og Bønhørelse, al hans Synd og Troløshed og de Steder, hvor han opførte Offerhøje og opstillede Asjerastøtter og Gudebilleder, før han ydmygede sig, staar jo optegnet i Seernes Krønike.

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

20 Saa lagde Manasse sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre, og man jordede ham i Haven ved hans Hus; og hans Søn Amon blev Konge i hans Sted.

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

21 Amon var to og tyve Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede to Aar i Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

22 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, ligesom hans Fader Manasse, og Amon ofrede til alle de Gudebilleder, hans Fader Manasse havde ladet lave, og dyrkede dem.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

23 Han ydmygede sig ikke for HERRENS Aasyn, som hans Fader Manasse havde gjort, men Amon dyngede Skyld paa Skyld.

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

24 Hans Tjenere sammensvor sig imod ham og dræbte ham i hans Hus;

And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.

25 men Folket fra Landet dræbte alle dem, der havde sammensvoret sig imod Kong Amon, og gjorde hans Søn Josias til Konge i hans Sted.

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.