Anden Kongebog 21

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

Twelve years old was Menasseh when he became king, and fifty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Chephzi-bah.

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

And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the children of Israel.

3 Han byggede atter de Offerhøje, som hans Fader Ezekias havde ødelagt, rejste Altre for Ba'al, lavede en Asjerastøtte, ligesom Kong Akab af Israel havde gjort, og tilbad og dyrkede hele Himmelens Hær.

And he built up again the high-places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Ba'al, and made a grove, as Achab the king of Israel had done; and he bowed down to all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 Og han byggede Altre i HERRENS Hus, om hvilket HERREN havde sagt: »I Jerusalem vil jeg stedfæste mit Navn.«

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

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

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

6 Han lod sin Søn gaa igennem Ilden, drev Trolddom og tog Varsler og ansatte Dødemanere og Sandsigere; han gjorde meget, som var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og krænkede ham.

And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much that is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

7 Den Asjerastøtte, han lod lave, opstillede han i det Hus, om hvilket HERREN 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 set a hewn image of the Asherah that he had made in the house, of which the Lord had said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

8 og jeg vil ikke mere lade Israel vandre bort fra det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre, dog kun paa det Vilkaar, at de omhyggeligt overholder alt, hvad jeg har paalagt dem, hele den Lov, min Tjener Moses gav dem.«

And I will not cause any more the foot of Israel to move out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to act in accordance with all that I have commanded them, and in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

9 Men de vilde ikke høre, og Manasse forførte dem til at handle værre end de Folkeslag, HERREN havde udryddet foran Israeliterne.

But they hearkened not: and Menasseh seduced them to do what is evil more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 Da talede HERREN ved sine Tjenere Profeterne saaledes:

And the Lord spoke by means of his servants the prophets, saying,

11 »Efterdi Kong Manasse af Juda har øvet disse Vederstyggeligheder, ja øvet Ting, som er værre end alt, hvad Amoriterne, der var før ham, øvede, og tillige ved sine Afgudsbilleder har forledt Juda til Synd,

Forasmuch as Menasseh the king of Judah hath done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all that the Emorites had done, who were before him, and hath induced Judah also to sin with his idols:

12 derfor, saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Se, jeg bringer Ulykke over Jerusalem og Juda, saa det skal ringe for Ørene paa enhver, der hører derom!

Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

13 Jeg vil trække samme Maalesnor over Jerusalem som over Samaria og bruge samme Lod som ved Akabs Hus; jeg vil afviske Jerusalem, som man afvisker et Fad og vender det om;

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measure-line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Achab: and I will wipe off Jerusalem as one wipeth off a dish, wiping it, and turning it on its face.

14 jeg forstøder, hvad der er tilbage af min Ejendom, og giver dem i deres Fjenders Haand, og de skal blive til Rov og Bytte for alle deres Fjender,

And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and give them up into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

15 fordi de gjorde, hvad der var ondt i mine Øjne, og krænkede mig, lige fra den Dag deres Fædre drog ud af Ægypten og indtil i Dag!«

Forasmuch as they have done what is evil in my eyes, and have been provoking me to anger, from the day that their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even until this day.

16 Desuden udgød Manasse uskyldigt Blod i store Maader, saa han fyldte Jerusalem dermed til Randen, for ikke at tale om den Synd; han begik ved at forlede Juda til Synd, saa de gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne.

And also innocent blood did Menasseh shed in very great abundance, till he had filled [therewith] Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he induced Judah to sin, to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

17 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Manasse, alt, hvad han udførte, og den Synd, han begik, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Menasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he committed, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

18 Saa lagde Manasse sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre og blev jordet i Haven ved sit Hus, i Uzzas Have; og hans Søn Amon blev Konge i hans Sted.

And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of 'Uzza: and Amon his son became king in his stead.

19 Amon var to og tyve Aar gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede to Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Mesjullemet og var en Datter af Haruz fra Jotba.

Twenty and two years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charuz of Yotbah.

20 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, ligesom hans Fader Manasse;

And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Menasseh had done.

21 han vandrede nøje i sin Faders Spor og dyrkede Afgudsbillederne, som hans Fader havde dyrket, og tilbad dem;

And he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and bowed himself down to them;

22 han forlod HERREN, sine Fædres Gud, og vandrede ikke paa HERRENS Vej.

And he forsook the Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

23 Amons Folk sammensvor sig imod ham og dræbte Kongen i hans Hus;

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

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

And the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

25 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Amon, og hvad han udførte, staar jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

26 Man jordede ham i hans Faders Grav i Uzzas Have; og hans Søn Josias blev Konge i hans Sted.

And they buried him in his sepulchre in the garden of 'Uzza: and Josiah his son became king in his stead.