2 Chronik 33

1 Manasse war zwölf Jahre alt, als er König wurde, und regierte fünfundzwanzig Jahre zu Jerusalem.

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.

2 Er tat, was dem Herrn mißfiel, nach den Greueln der Heiden, die der Herr vor den Israeliten vertrieben hatte.

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

3 Er baute die Höhen wieder, die sein Vater Ezechias zertrümmert hatte, errichtete Altäre für die Baale und machte Ascheren. Auch betete er das ganze Himmelsheer an und diente ihm.

He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.

4 Ferner baute er Altäre in des Herrn Haus, von denen der Herr gesagt hatte: "Mein Name wird allzeit in Jerusalem sein."

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

5 Dann baute er Altäre für das ganze Himmelsheer in beiden Vorhöfen im Hause des Herrn.

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

6 Derselbe führte seine Söhne im Hinnomssohntale durchs Feuer, trieb Zauberei, Wahrsagerei und sonstige geheime Künste und bestellte Totenbeschwörer und Zeichendeuter. So tat er vieles, was dem Herrn mißfiel, um ihn zu kränken.

He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

7 Das Schnitzbild, das er machte, stellte er im Gotteshause auf, von dem Gott zu David und seinem Sohn Salomo gesprochen: "In dieses Haus und in Jerusalem, das ich aus allen Stämmen Israels erwählt, will ich für ewig meinen Namen setzen.

Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.

8 Und ich versetze nicht mehr Israels Fuß vom Boden, auf den ich eure Väter hingestellt, vorausgesetzt, daß sie sich auch bemühen, all das, was ich ihnen geboten, zu tun, gemäß der ganzen Lehre Mosis und seinen Satzungen und Rechten."

If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

9 Doch Manasse verführte Juda und Jerusalems Einwohner, daß sie Böses taten, mehr als die Heiden, die der Herr vor den Israeliten vertilgt hatte.

But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].

10 Und der Herr redete zu Manasse und seinem Volk. Aber sie achteten nicht darauf.

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.

11 Da brachte der Herr über sie die Heerführer des Assyrerkönigs. Diese fingen Manasse mit Haken, legten ihn in Ketten und führten ihn nach Babel.

So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.

12 Als er in Not gekommen war, suchte er den Herrn, seinen Gott, zu begütigen, und so demütigte er sich tief vor dem Gott seiner Väter.

There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.

13 Er betete zu ihm. Da ließ er sich erbitten. Und er erhörte sein Flehen und brachte ihn wieder nach Jerusalem zurück in sein Reich. Da erkannte Manasse, daß der Herr Gott sei.

When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] God.

14 Danach baute er eine äußere Mauer an der Davidsstadt westlich vom Gichon im Tale und bis da, wo man ins Fischtor geht, und rings um den Ophel. Er machte sie sehr hoch. Auch legte er Heeresoberste in alle festen Städte Judas.

Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.

15 Dann beseitigte er die fremden Götter und das Standbild aus dem Hause des Herrn, ebenso alle Altäre, die er auf dem Berge des Hauses des Herrn und in Jerusalem erbaut hatte. Er warf sie zur Stadt hinaus.

Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.

16 Den Altar des Herrn aber richtete er wieder auf und opferte auf ihm Mahl- und Lobopfer. Er befahl Juda, dem Herrn, Israels Gott, zu dienen.

Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.

17 Doch das Volk opferte noch auf den Höhen, wiewohl nur dem Herrn, ihrem Gott.

The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.

18 Der Rest der Geschichte Manasses und sein Gebet zu seinem Gott, wie die Worte der Seher, die zu ihm im Namen des Herrn, des Gottes Israels, gesprochen, stehen in der Geschichte der Könige Israels.

The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

19 Sein Gebet und seine Erhörung, all seine Sünde und Untreue, und die Orte, wo er Höhen gebaut und die Ascheren mit Schnitzbildern aufgestellt, bevor er sich demütigte, sind aufgezeichnet in der Geschichte seiner Seher.

What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.

20 Und Manasse legte sich zu seinen Vätern. Man begrub ihn in seinem Hause, und sein Sohn Amon wurde König an seiner Statt.

Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].

21 Amon war zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt, als er König wurde, und regierte in Jerusalem zwei Jahre.

Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.

22 Er tat, was dem Herrn mißfiel, wie sein Vater Manasse getan. Amon opferte allen Schnitzbildern, die sein Vater gemacht, und diente ihnen.

He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.

23 Aber er demütigte sich nicht vor dem Herrn, wie sich sein Vater Manasse verdemütigt hatte, sondern dieser Amon machte die Schuld noch größer.

But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.

24 Da verschworen sich seine Diener gegen ihn und töteten ihn in seinem Hause.

Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.

25 Doch das Landvolk erschlug alle, die sich gegen den König Amon verschworen hatten. Dann machte das Landvolk seinen Sohn Josias zum König an seiner Statt.

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