Anden Kongebog 21
1 Manasse var tolv År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede fem og halvtredsindstyve År i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Hefziba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
2 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, og efterlignede de Folkeslags Vederstyggeligheder, som HERREN havde drevet bort foran Israeliterne.
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
3 Han byggede atter de Offerhøje, som hans Fader Ezekias havde ødelagt, rejste Altre for Ba'al, lavede en Asjerastøtte, ligesom Kong Akab af Israel havde gjort, og tilbad og dyrkede hele Himmelens Hær.
And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Og han byggede Altre i HERRENs Hus, om hvilket HERREN havde sagt: "I Jerusalem vil jeg stedfæste mit Navn."
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5 Og han byggede Altre for hele Himmelens Hær i begge HERRENs Hus's Forgårde.
And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
6 Han lod sin Søn gå igennem Ilden, drev Trolddom og tog Varsler og ansatte Dødemanere og Sandsigere; han gjorde meget, som var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, og krænkede ham.
And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
7 Den Asjerastøtte, han lod lave, opstillede han i det Hus, om bvilket HERREN havde sagt til David og hans Søn Salomo: "I dette Hus og i Jerusalem, som jeg har udvalgt af alle Israels Stammer, vil jeg stedfæste mit Navn til evig Tid;
And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had 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 for ever;
8 og jeg vil ikke mere lade Israel vandre bort fra det Land, jeg gav deres Fædre, dog kun på det Vilkår, at de omhyggeligt overholder alt, hvad jeg har pålagt dem, hele den Lov, min Tjener Moses gav dem."
neither will I any more cause the foot of Israel to wander away from the land that I gave their fathers; if they will only take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
9 Men de vilde ikke høre, og Manasse forførte dem til at handle værre end de Folkeslag, HERREN havde udryddet foran Israeliterne.
But they would not hearken, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel.
10 Da talede HERREN ved sine Tjenere Profeterne således:
And Jehovah spoke by his servants the prophets saying,
11 "Efterdi Kong Manasse af Juda har øvet disse Vederstyggeligheder, ja øvet Ting, som er værre end alt, hvad Amoriterne, der var før ham. øvede, og tillige ved sine Afgudsbilleder har forledt Juda til Synd,
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;
12 derfor, så siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Se, jeg bringer Ulykke over Jerusalem og Juda, så det skal ringe for Ørene på enhver, der hører derom!
therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
13 Jeg vil trække samme Målesnor over Jerusalem som over Samaria og bruge samme Lod som ved Akabs Hus; jeg vil afviske Jerusalem, som man afvisker et Fad og vender det om;
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipeth a pan, wiping it and turning it upside down.
14 jeg forstøder, hvad der er tilbage af min Ejendom, oggiver dem i deres Fjenders Hånd, og de skal blive til Rov og Bytte for alle deres Fjender,
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
15 fordi de gjorde, hvad der var ondt i mine Øjne, og krænkede mig, lige fra den Dag deres Fædre drog ud af Ægypten og indtil i Dag!"
because they have done evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even to this day.
16 Desuden udgød Manasse uskyldigt Blod i store Måder, så han fyldte Jerusalem dermed til Randen, for ikke at tale om den Synd; han begik ved at forlede Juda til Synd, så de gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne.
And Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem [with it] from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah.
17 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Manasse, alt, hvad han udførte, og den Synd, han begik, står jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.
And the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin which he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18 Så lagde Manasse sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre og blev jordet i Haven ved sit Hus, i Uzzas Have; og hans Søn Amon blev Konge i hans Sted.
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon var to og tyve År gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede to År i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Mesjullemet og var en Datter af Haruz fra Jotba.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, ligesom hans Fader Manasse;
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done;
21 han vandrede nøje i sin Faders Spor og dyrkede Afgudsbillederne, som hans Fader havde dyrket, og tilbad dem;
and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them;
22 han forlod HERREN, sine Fædres Gud, og vandrede ikke på HERRENs Vej.
and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
23 Amons Folk sammensvor sig imod ham og dræbte Kongen i hans
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
24 men Folket fra Landet dræbte alle dem, der havde sammensvoret sig imod Kong Amon, og gjorde hans Søn Josias til Konge i hans Sted.
But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
25 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Amon, og hvad han udførte, står jo optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.
And the rest of the acts of Amon, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26 Man jordede ham i hans Faders Grav i Uzzas Have; og hans Søn Josias blev Konge i hans Sted.
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
