2 Chronicles 33

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

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

2 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

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

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

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.

4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."

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

5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

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

6 He also made his children to pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums, and spiritists: he worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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.

7 He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God's house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:

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,

8 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by Moses."

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.

9 Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel did.

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

10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

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

11 Therefore the LORD brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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.

12 When he was in distress, he begged the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

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

13 He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his petition, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.

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.

14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the City of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the Fish Gate; and he encircled Ophel with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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.

15 He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

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.

16 He built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.

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

17 Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

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

18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, look, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.

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.

19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself, look, they are written in the Record of the Seers.

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.

20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden of his own house. And Amon his son reigned in his place.

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.

21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

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

22 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

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.

23 He did not humble himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

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

24 His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

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

25 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

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.