2 Kings 21

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hephzibah.

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

2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.

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

3 And he turned away. And he built up the high places that his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. And he erected altars to Baal, and he made sacred groves, just as Ahab, the king of Israel, had done. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them.

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.

4 And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord said: “In Jerusalem, I will place my name.”

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

5 And he constructed altars, for the entire army of heaven, within the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

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

6 And he led his son through fire. And he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed soothsayers, and multiplied diviners, so that he did evil before the Lord, and provoked him.

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.

7 Also, he set up an idol, of the sacred grove that he had made, in the temple of the Lord, about which the Lord said to David, and to his son Solomon: “In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever.

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;

8 And I will no longer cause the feet of Israel to be moved from the land that I gave to their fathers: if only they will take care to do all that I have instructed them, and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded to them.”

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.

9 Yet truly, they did not listen. Instead, they were seduced by Manasseh, so that they did evil, more so than the nations that the Lord crushed before the face of the sons of Israel.

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

10 And so the Lord spoke, by the hand of his servants, the prophets, saying:

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

11 “Since Manasseh, the king of Judah, has committed these wicked abominations, beyond all that the Amorites before him have done, and also has caused Judah to sin by his defilements,

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:

12 because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will lead evils over Jerusalem and over Judah, such that, whoever will hear of these things, both his ears will ring.

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.

13 And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem, with the scale of the house of Ahab. And I will erase Jerusalem, just as writing tablets are usually erased. And after erasing, I will turn it and repeatedly drag a stylus over its surface.

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.

14 And truly, I will send away the remnants of my inheritance, and I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will be devastated and plundered by all their adversaries.

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,

15 For they have done evil before me, and they have persevered in provoking me, from the day when their fathers departed from Egypt, even to this day.

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.

16 Moreover, Manasseh also has shed an exceedingly great amount of innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem even to the mouth, aside from his sins by which he caused Judah to sin, so that they did evil before the Lord.”

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.

17 Now the rest of the words of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

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?

18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And Amon, his son, reigned in his place.

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.

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

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.

20 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father, Manasseh, had done.

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

21 And he walked in all the ways in which his father had walked. And he served the unclean things that his father had served, and he adored them.

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.

22 And he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

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

23 And his servants undertook treachery against him. And they killed the king in his own house.

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

24 But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against king Amon. And they appointed for themselves Josiah, his son, as king in his place.

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.

25 But the rest of the words of Amon, which he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

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

26 And they buried him in his sepulcher, in the garden of Uzza. And his son, Josiah, reigned in his place.

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