2 Krønikebok 33

1 Manasse var tolv år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte fem og femti år i Jerusalem.

Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

2 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, efter de vederstyggelige skikker hos de hedningefolk som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn.

But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

3 Han bygget op igjen de offerhauger som hans far Esekias hadde revet ned, og reiste altere for Ba'alene og gjorde Astarte-billeder, og han tilbad hele himmelens hær og dyrket den.

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 Og han bygget altere i Herrens hus, enda Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem skal mitt navn bo til evig tid.

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

5 For hele himmelens hær bygget han altere i begge forgårdene til Herrens hus.

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

6 Han lot sine sønner gå gjennem ilden i Hinnoms sønns dal og gav sig av med å spå av skyene og tyde varsler og drive trolldom, og han fikk sig dødningemanere og sannsigere; han gjorde meget som var ondt i Herrens øine, så han vakte hans harme.

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

7 Og han satte det utskårne billede han hadde gjort, i Guds hus, hvorom Gud hadde sagt til David og hans sønn Salomo: I dette hus og i Jerusalem, som jeg har utvalgt blandt alle Israels stammer, vil jeg la mitt navn bo til evig tid,

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

8 og jeg vil ikke mere la Israel vandre hjemløs bort fra det land jeg bestemte for deres fedre, så sant de bare gir akt på å gjøre alt det jeg har pålagt dem, efter hele den lov, de bud og de forskrifter de fikk gjennem Moses.

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers; provided they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

9 Men Manasse forførte Juda og Jerusalems innbyggere, så de gjorde ennu mere ondt enn de hedningefolk Herren hadde utryddet for Israels barn.

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, [and] to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 Og Herren talte til Manasse og hans folk, men de aktet ikke på det.

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

11 Derfor lot Herren assyrerkongens hærførere komme over dem, og de fanget Manasse med kroker og bandt ham med to kobberlenker og førte ham til Babel.

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

12 Men da han var stedt i nød, bønnfalt han Herren sin Gud og ydmyket sig dypt for sine fedres Guds åsyn.

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

13 Og da han bad til Herren, bønnhørte han ham; han hørte hans ydmyke begjæring og førte ham tilbake til Jerusalem, så han fikk sitt rike igjen. Da sannet Manasse at Herren er Gud.

And prayed to him: and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [is] God.

14 Siden bygget han en ytre mur for Davids stad vestenfor Gihon i dalen og til inngangen gjennem Fiske-porten og lot den gå rundt omkring Ofel, og han gjorde den meget høi. Og i alle de faste byer i Juda innsatte han krigshøvedsmenn.

Now after this, he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great highth, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.

15 Han tok bort de fremmede guder og avgudsbilledet fra Herrens hus og alle de alter han hadde bygget på det berg hvor Herrens hus stod, og i Jerusalem, og kastet dem utenfor byen.

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast [them] out of the city.

16 Så satte han Herrens alter i stand og ofret takkoffere og lovoffere på det; og han bad Juda å tjene Herren, Israels Gud.

And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed on it peace-offerings and thank-offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

17 Dog ofret folket ennu på haugene, men bare til Herren sin Gud.

Nevertheless, the people sacrificed still in the high places, [yet] to the LORD their God only.

18 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Manasse og om hans bønn til sin Gud og om de ord som seerne talte til ham i Herrens, Israels Guds navn, det er opskrevet i Israels kongers krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kings of Israel.

19 Og hans bønn og bønnhørelse og all hans synd og troløshet og de steder hvor han bygget offerhauger og satte op Astarte-billedene og de utskårne billeder, før han ydmyket sig, derom er det skrevet i Hosais krønike.

His prayer also, and [how God] was entreated by him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.

20 Og Manasse la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og de begravde ham i hans hus; og hans sønn Amon blev konge i hans sted.

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

21 Amon var to og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte to år i Jerusalem.

Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

22 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, likesom hans far Manasse hadde gjort; alle de utskårne billeder som hans far Manasse hadde gjort, dem ofret Amon til og dyrket dem.

But he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

23 Men han ydmyket sig ikke for Herrens åsyn, som hans far Manasse hadde gjort; han - Amon - dynget skyld på skyld.

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

24 Hans tjenere sammensvor sig mot ham og drepte ham i hans hus.

And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

25 Men landets folk slo ihjel alle dem som hadde sammensvoret sig mot kong Amon, og så gjorde de hans sønn Josias til konge i hans sted.

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