2 Kungaboken 21

1 Manasse var tolf åra gammal, då han vardt Konung, och regerade fem och femtio år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Hephziba.

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

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

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 Och han afvände sig, och uppbyggde de höjder, som hans fader Hiskia nederbrutit hade, och uppsatte Baals altare, och gjorde lundar, såsom Achab, Israels Konung, gjort hade; och tillbad all himmelens här, och tjente dem;

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 Och byggde altare i Herrans hus, der Herren om sagt hade: Jag skall sätta mitt Namn i Jerusalem.

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 Och han byggde allom himmelens här altare, uti båda gårdarna till Herrans hus;

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

6 Och lät sin son gå igenom eld, och aktade på foglarop och tecken, och höll spåmän och tecknatydare, och gjorde mycket det ondt var för Herranom, der han honom med förtörnade.

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 Han satte ock en lundagud, den han gjort hade, i huset, om hvilket Herren till David och hans son Salomo sagt hade: Uti detta hus, och i Jerusalem, det jag utvalt hafver utur alla Israels slägter, vill jag sätta mitt Namn i evig tid.

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 Och skall icke låta Israels fot mer röra sig ifrå det land, som jag deras fader gifvit hafver dock så, om de hålla och göra efter allt det jag budit hafver, och efter all de lag, som min tjenare Mose dem budit hafver.

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 Men de lydde intet; utan Manasse förförde dem, så att de gjorde värre än Hedningarna, som Herren för Israels barn fördrifvit hade.

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 Då talade Herren genom sina tjenare Propheterna, och sade:

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

11 Derföre, att Manasse, Juda Konung, hafver denna styggelsen gjort, som värre är än all den styggelse som de Amoreer gjort hafva, som för honom voro; och hafver desslikes kommit Juda till att synda med sina afgudar;

“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 Derföre säger Herren Israels Gud alltså: Si, jag skall låta komma olycka öfver Jerusalem och Juda, så att hvilken som helst det får höra, honom skall det gälla i båda hans Öron.

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 Och jag skall utsträcka öfver Jerusalem Samarie snöre, och Achabs hus vigt; och skall utskölja Jerusalem, såsom man utsköljer diskar, och skall omstörta det.

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 Och jag skall låta några af minom arfvedel blifva qvara, och gifva dem uti deras fiendars händer, att de skola varda till ett rof och sköfvel allom deras fiendom;

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 Derföre, att de gjort hafva det mig illa behagar, och hafva förtörnat mig, ifrå den dag, då deras fäder foro utur Egypten, allt intill denna dag.

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 Och utgöt Manasse ganska mycket oskyldigt blod, in tilldess Jerusalem på alla sidor fullt vardt; förutan de synder, der han med kom Juda till att synda, att de gjorde det ondt var för Herranom.

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 Hvad nu mer af Manasse sägandes är, och allt det han gjort hafver, och om hans synder, som han bedref, si, det är skrifvet uti Juda Konungars Chrönico.

[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 Och Manasse afsomnade med sina fäder, och vardt begrafven i trägårdenom vid lians hus, nämliga i Ussa trägård; och hans son Amon vardt Konung i hans stad.

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 Tu och tjugu åra gammal var Amon, då han vardt Konung, och han regerade i tu år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Mesullemeth, Haruz dotter, af Jotba.

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 Och han gjorde det Herranom illa behagade, såsom hans fader Manasse gjort hade;

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

21 Och vandrade i allan den väg, som hans fader vandrat hade, och tjente de afgudar, som hans fader tjent hade, och tillbad dem;

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

22 Och öfvergaf Herran sina fäders Gud, och vandrade icke på Herrans väg.

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

23 Och hans tjenare gjorde ett förbund emot Amon, och dråpo Konungen i hans hus.

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

24 Men folket i landena slog alla dem, som förbundet emot Konung Amon gjort hade. Och folket i landena gjorde Josia, hans son, till Konung i hans stad.

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 Hvad Amon nu mer gjort hafver, si, det är skrifvet i Juda Konungars Chrönico.

[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 Och man begrof honom i hans graf, i Ussa trägärd; och hans son Josia vardt Konung i hans stad.

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