Anden Krønikebog 33

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

Manasseh is a son of twelve years in his reigning, and he has reigned 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.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, like the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons 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.

and he turns and builds the high places that his father Hezekiah has broken down, and raises altars for Ba‘alim, and makes Asherim, and bows himself to all the host of the heavens, and serves them.

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

And he has built altars in the house of YHWH of which YHWH had said, “My Name is in Jerusalem for all time.”

5 Og han byggede Altre for hele Himmelens Hær i begge HERRENs Hus's Forgårde.

And he builds altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of YHWH.

6 Han lod sine Sønner gå 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.

And he has caused his sons to pass over through fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and observed clouds and used enchantments and witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and a wizard; he has multiplied to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to provoke him to anger.

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 places the carved image of the idol that he made in the house of God, of which God said to David, and to his son Solomon, “In this house, and in Jerusalem that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My Name for all time,

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

and I do not add to turn aside the foot of Israel from off the ground that I appointed to your fathers, only, if they watch to do all that I have commanded them—to all the Law, and the statutes, and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”

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

And Manasseh causes Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, to do evil above the nations that YHWH destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

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

And YHWH speaks to Manasseh and to his people, and they have not attended,

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

and YHWH brings in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur has, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with bronze chains, and cause him to go to Babylon.

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

And when he is in distress he has appeased the face of his God YHWH, and is exceedingly humbled 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 indså Manasse, at HERREN er Gud.

and prays to Him, and He accepts his plea, and hears his supplication, and brings him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knows that He, YHWH, [is] God.

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

And after this he has built an outer wall for the City of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the Fish Gate, and it has gone around to the tower, and he makes it exceedingly high, and he puts heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.

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

And he turns aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of YHWH, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of YHWH and in Jerusalem, and casts [them] to the outside of the city.

16 Og han istandsatte HERRENs Alter og ofrede Tak- og Lovprisningsofre derpå; og han bød Juda at dyrke HERREN, Israels Gud.

And he builds the altar of YHWH, and sacrifices on it sacrifices of peace-offerings and thank-offering, and commands to Judah to serve YHWH, God of Israel;

17 Men Folket vedblev at ofre på Offerhøjene, dog kun til HERREN deres Gutd.

but still the people are sacrificing in high places, only—to their God YHWH.

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, står jo optegnet i Israels Kongers Krønike;

And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the matters of the seers, those speaking to him in the Name of YHWH, God of Israel, behold, they are [on the scroll of] the matters 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, står jo optegnet i Seernes Krønike.

and his prayer, and his plea, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the Asherim and the carved images before his being humbled, behold, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.

20 Så 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.

And Manasseh lies with his fathers, and they bury him in his own house, and his son Amon reigns in his stead.

21 Amon var to og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han hersltede to År i Jerusalem.

Amon [is] a son of twenty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned 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.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did, and Amon has sacrificed to all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made, and serves them,

23 Han ydmygede sig ikke for HERRENs Åsyn, som hans Fader Manasse havde gjort, men Amon dyngede Skyld på Skyld.

and has not been humbled before YHWH, like the humbling of his father Manasseh, for Amon himself has multiplied guilt.

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

And his servants conspire against him and put him to death in his own 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.

and the people of the land strike all those conspiring against King Amon, and the people of the land cause his son Josiah to reign in his stead.