2 Chronicles 33

1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.

Manasse var tolf åra gammal, då han Konung vardt, och regerade fem och femtio år i Jerusalem;

2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced [though the land].

Och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, efter Hedningarnas styggelse, som Herren för Israels barn fördrifvit hade.

3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.

Och han afvände sig, och uppbyggde höjder, som hans fader Jehiskia nederslagit hade, och stiktade altare till Baalim, och gjorde lundar, och tillbad allan himmelens är, och tjente dem.

4 He directed his workers to build altars [for foreign gods] in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.”

Han byggde ock altare i Herrans hus, om hvilket Herren sagt hade: I Jerusalem skall mitt Namn vara i evig tid.

5 He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.

Och han byggde altare till allan himmelens här, i båda gårdarna åt Herrans hus.

6 He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

Och han lät sina söner gå genom eld uti Hinnoms sons dal, och utvalde dagar, och aktade på foglarop, och brukade trolldom, och stiktade spåmän och tecknatydare, och gjorde mycket det Herranom illa behagade, till att reta honom.

7 Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.

Han satte desslikes beläte och afgudar, som han i Guds hus göra lät, der Gud om sagt hade till David, och hans son Salomo: Uti detta hus, i Jerusalem, som jag utvalt hafver för alla Israels slägter, vill jag sätta mitt Namn i evig tid;

8 If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

Och skall icke mer låta Israels fot vika ifrå landena, som jag deras fäder beställt hafver; så framt de hålla sig, så att de göra allt det jag dem budit hafver, i all lag, bud och rätter, igenom Mose.

9 But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].

Men Manasse förförde Juda och dem i Jerusalem, så att de gjorde värre än Hedningarna, som Herren för Israels barn förgjort hade.

10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.

Och när Herren lät tala till Manasse och hans folk, aktade de det intet.

11 So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.

Derföre lät Herren komma öfver dem de öfverstar öfver Konungens här i Assur; de togo Manasse fången i fjettrar, och bundo honom med kedjor, och förde honom till Babel.

12 There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.

Och som han var i ångest, bad han Herran sin Gud, och ödmjukade sig storliga för sina fäders Gud;

13 When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] God.

Och bad honom innerliga. Då hörde han hans bön, och lät honom komma till Jerusalem igen till sitt rike. Och besinnade då Manasse, att Herren är Gud.

14 Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.

Derefter byggde han de yttersta murarna till Davids stad, vestantill vid Gihon i bäckenom, och der man ingår genom fiskaporten, och allt omkring intill Ophel, och gjorde dem ganska höga; och satte höfvitsmän uti Juda fasta städer;

15 Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.

Och kastade bort de främmande gudar och afgudar utu Herrans hus, och all altare, som han byggt hade på Herrans hus berg, och i Jerusalem, och kastade dem ut för staden;

16 Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.

Och uppfärdade Herrans altare, och offrade deruppå tackoffer och lofoffer, och befallde Juda, att de skulle tjena Herranom Israels Gud.

17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.

Likväl offrade folket ännu på höjderna; dock Herranom deras Gud.

18 The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

Hvad nu mera af Manasse sägande är, och om hans bön till sin Gud, och om de ord, som Siarena med honom talade i Herrans Israels Guds Namn, si, det är ibland Israels Konungars gerningar;

19 What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.

Och om hans bön, och huru han bönhörd vardt, och alla hans synder och missgerningar, och rummet, der han höjder uppå byggde, och lundar och afgudar stiktade, förr än han ödmjukad vardt, si, det är allt skrifvet ibland Siarenas gerningar.

20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].

Och Manasse afsomnade med sina fäder, och de begrofvo honom i hans hus; och hans son Amon vardt Konung i hans stad.

21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.

Tu och tjugu år gammal var Amon, då han Konung vardt, och regerade tu år i Jerusalem;

22 He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.

Och gjorde det ondt var för Herranom, såsom hans fader Manasse gjort hade; och Amon offrade allom afgudom, som hans fader Manasse gjort hade, och tjente dem.

23 But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.

Men han ödmjukade sig intet för Herranom, såsom hans fader Manasse sig ödmjukat hade; ty denne Amon förökade skuldena.

24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.

Och hans tjenare gjorde ett förbund emot honom, och dråpo honom i hans hus.

25 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

Då slog folket i landena alla dem som förbundet emot Konung Amon gjort hade; och folket i landena gjorde hans son Josia till Konung i hans stad.