2 Koenige 21

1 Zwölf Jahre war Menascheh alt, da er König ward, und regierte in Jerusalem fünfundfünfzig Jahre, und der Name seiner Mutter war Chephzi-Bah.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.

2 Und er tat, was böse war in den Augen Jehovahs, nach den Greueln der Völkerschaften, die Jehovah vor den Söhnen Israels ausgetrieben hatte.

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

3 Und er baute wiederum die Opferhöhen, die sein Vater Chiskijahu zerstört hatte, und richtete Altäre dem Baal auf und machte eine Aschere, wie Achab, der König von Israel, getan, und betete all das Heer der Himmel an und diente demselben.

He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.

4 Und er baute Altäre im Hause Jehovahs, von denen Jehovah gesprochen hatte: In Jerusalem will Ich Meinen Namen setzen.

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

5 Und er baute Altäre all dem Heere der Himmel in den beiden Höfen des Hauses Jehovahs.

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

6 Und er ließ seinen Sohn durch das Feuer hindurchgehen, und ließ sich aus Wolken und Schlangen wahrsagen, und trieb Geisterbannerei und Zeichendeuterei, und tat vieles, das böse war in den Augen Jehovahs, womit er Ihn reizte.

He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

7 Und er stellte auch das Schnitzbild der Aschere, die er hatte machen lassen, in das Haus, von dem Jehovah zu David und zu Salomoh, seinem Sohne, gesprochen: In dieses Haus und in Jerusalem, das Ich aus allen Stämmen Israels auserwählt habe, will Ich Meinen Namen setzen in Ewigkeit.

He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.

8 Und will den Fuß Israels nicht wiederum umherschweifen lassen von dem Boden, den Ich ihren Vätern gegeben habe, so jedoch, daß sie halten, zu tun nach allem, was Ich ihnen geboten, und nach allem Gesetze, das ihnen Mein Knecht Mose geboten hat.

And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

9 Aber sie hörten nicht darauf, und Menascheh führte sie irre, daß sie Böses taten, mehr denn die Völkerschaften, die Jehovah vor den Söhnen Israels vernichtet hatte.

But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.

10 Und Jehovah redete durch die Hand seiner Knechte, der Propheten, und sprach:

[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:

11 Weil Menascheh, König von Judah, diese Greuel getan, die ärger sind denn alles, was die Amoriter vor ihm taten, und auch Judah durch seine Götzen sündigen machte,

“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.

12 Darum - so spricht Jehovah, der Gott Israels: - Siehe, Ich bringe Böses über Jerusalem und Judah, daß allen, die es hören, ihre beiden Ohren gellen sollen;

Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].

13 Und recke aus über Jerusalem die Meß-schnur Samarias, und das Senkblei des Hauses Achab, und wische Jerusalem aus, wie man die Schale auswischt, sie auswischt und umkehrt auf ihr Angesicht.

I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].

14 Und Ich gebe hin den Überrest Meines Erbes, und gebe sie in die Hand ihrer Feinde, auf daß sie allen ihren Feinden zum Raub und zur Plünderung werden.

And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.

15 Weil sie taten, was böse ist in Meinen Augen, und Mich reizten seit dem Tage, da ihre Väter auszogen aus Ägypten, und bis auf diesen Tag.

I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”

16 Und Menascheh vergoß auch sehr viel unschuldig Blut, bis daß er Jerusalem von Ende zu Ende damit füllte, außer seiner Sünde, die er Judah sündigen machte, zu tun, was böse ist in Jehovahs Augen.

Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].

17 Und die übrige Geschichte Menaschehs, und alles, was er tat, und die Sünde, die er sündigte, sind sie nicht geschrieben im Buche der Tagesgeschichte der Könige Judahs?

[If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

18 Und Menascheh entschlief zu seinen Vätern, und ward begraben im Garten seines Hauses, im Garten Ussas, und Amon, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Stelle.

Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.

19 Amon war zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt, da er König ward, und regierte zwei Jahre in Jerusalem, und der Name seiner Mutter war Meschullemeth, eine Tochter des Charuz aus Jotbah.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.

20 Und er tat, was böse war in den Augen Jehovahs, wie Menascheh, sein Vater, getan hatte.

Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.

21 Und er wandelte in all dem Wege, den sein Vater gewandelt, und diente den Götzen, denen sein Vater gedient, und betete sie an;

He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].

22 Und verließ Jehovah, den Gott seiner Väter, und wandelte nicht im Wege Jehovahs.

He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.

23 Und es verschworen sich die Knechte Amons wider ihn, und töteten den König in seinem Hause.

Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.

24 Und das Volk des Landes schlug alle, die sich wider den König Amon verschworen hatten, und das Volk das Landes machte Joschijahu, seinen Sohn, an seiner Stelle zum König.

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

25 Und die übrige Geschichte Amons, was er tat, ist es nicht geschrieben im Buch der Tagesgeschichte der Könige Judahs?

[If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

26 Und man begrub ihn in seinem Begräbnis im Garten Ussas, und Joschijahu, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Stelle.

Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.