2 Koenige 21

1 Manasse war zwölf Jahre alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte fünfundfünfzig Jahre zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Chephsiba.

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

2 Er tat, was dem Herrn mißfiel, ähnlich 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 of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].

3 Er baute wieder die Höhen auf, die sein Vater Ezechias zerstört hatte, errichtete dem Baal Altäre und machte eine Aschera, wie Israels König Achab getan. Auch betete er das ganze Himmelsheer an und diente ihm.

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 Auch hatte er Altäre im Hause des Herrn gebaut, von dem der Herr gesagt: "Jerusalem mache ich zum Sitze meines Namens."

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 Er baute aber auch dem ganzen Himmelsheere Altäre in beiden Vorhöfen im Hause des Herrn.

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

6 Ferner führte er seinen Sohn durch's Feuer, trieb Zauberei und Wahrsagerei und befaßte sich mit Totenbeschwörern und Zeichendeutern. So tat er vieles, was dem Herrn mißfiel, um ihn zu kränken.

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 Er stellte der Aschera Bild, das er gemacht, in das Haus, von dem der Herr zu David und seinem Sohne Salomo gesprochen: "Dies Haus und dies Jerusalem, das ich aus allen Stämmen Israels erwählt, das mache ich zum Sitze meines Namens ewiglich.

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 Ich lasse niemals Israels Füße flüchtig gehen vom Boden, den ich ihren Vätern einst gegeben, wenn sie bedacht sind, so zu tun, wie ich es ihnen anbefohlen, ganz nach dem Gesetze, das ihnen einst mein Diener Moses gegeben hat."

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 Doch sie gehorchten nicht. Manasse verführte sie dazu, Schlimmes zu tun, Schlimmeres als die Heiden, die der Herr vor den Israeliten vertilgt hatte.

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 Da sprach der Herr durch seine Diener, die Propheten, also:

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

11 "Manasse, Judas König, der tut diese Greuel. Er tut noch Schlimmeres, als all das war, was die Amoriter einst getan, die vor ihm dagewesen, verführte er doch Juda, daß es sündigte mit seinen Götzen.

“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 Darum spricht der Herr, Gott Israels: 'Ich bringe Unheil über Juda und Jerusalem, daß allen, die es hören, beide Ohren gellen.

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 Ich bringe an Jerusalem Samarias Meßschnur und des Achabhauses Waage und wische dann Jerusalem so aus, gleichwie man eine Schüssel wischt und sie dann umstürzt.

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 Und so verstoße ich dann den Rest meines Eigentums und gebe sie in ihrer Feinde Hand, daß sie zum Raube und zur Beute allen ihren Feinden werden.

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 Sie tun, was mir mißfällt. Sie reizten mich zum Zorn von dem Tage an, da ihre Väter aus Ägypten zogen, bis auf diesen Tag.'"

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 Dazu vergoß Manasse sehr viel unschuldiges Blut, bis er damit Jerusalem von einer Ecke bis zur anderen erfüllte, außer seiner Missetat, daß er Juda verführte, zu tun, was dem Herrn mißfiel.

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 Ist nicht der Rest der Geschichte des Manasse und alles, was er sonst getan, und sein Frevel, den er tat, im Buche der Geschichte der Könige Judas aufgezeichnet?

[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 Als sich Manasse zu seinen Vätern legte, wurde er im Garten seines Hauses, in Uzzas Garten, begraben. Sein Sohn Amon ward an seiner Statt König.

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 Amon war zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt, als er König wurde, und zwei Jahre regierte er zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Mesullemet und war des Charus Tochter aus 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 Er tat, was dem Herrn mißfiel, wie sein Vater Manasse getan.

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

21 Er wandelte ganz auf dem Weg, den sein Vater gewandelt, und diente den Götzen, denen sein Vater gedient hatte, und betete sie an.

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

22 Er verließ den Herrn, den Gott seiner Väter, und wandelte nicht auf des Herrn Weg.

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

23 Da verschworen sich des Amon Diener gegen ihn und töteten den König in seinem Hause.

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

24 Der eingesessene Volksteil aber erschlug alle, die sich gegen den Amon verschworen hatten. Dann machte der eingesessene Volksteil seinen Sohn Josias an seiner Statt zum König.

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 Ist nicht der Rest der Geschichte Amons, und was er sonst getan, im Buche der Geschichte der Könige Judas aufgeschrieben?

[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 Man begrub ihn in seinem Begräbnis in Uzzas Garten, und sein Sohn Josias ward an seiner Statt König.

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