2 Kongebok 21
1 Manasse var tolv år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte fem og femti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Hefsiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hephzibah.
2 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, efter de vederstyggelige skikker hos de hedningefolk Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.
3 Han bygget op igjen de offerhauger som hans far Esekias hadde ødelagt, og reiste altere for Ba'al og gjorde et Astarte-billede, likesom Israels konge Akab hadde gjort, og han tilbad hele himmelens hær og dyrket den.
And he turned away. And he built up the high places that his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. And he erected altars to Baal, and he made sacred groves, just as Ahab, the king of Israel, had done. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them.
4 Og han bygget altere i Herrens hus, enda Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem vil jeg la mitt navn bo.
And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord said: “In Jerusalem, I will place my name.”
5 For hele himmelens hær bygget han altere i begge forgårdene til Herrens hus.
And he constructed altars, for the entire army of heaven, within the two courts of the temple of the Lord.
6 Han lot sin sønn gå gjennem ilden og gav sig av med å spå av skyene og å tyde varsler og fikk sig dødningemanere og sannsigere; han gjorde meget som var ondt i Herrens øine, så han vakte hans harme.
And he led his son through fire. And he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed soothsayers, and multiplied diviners, so that he did evil before the Lord, and provoked him.
7 Og han satte det Astarte-billede han hadde gjort, i det hus hvorom Herren 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,
Also, he set up an idol, of the sacred grove that he had made, in the temple of the Lord, about which the Lord said to David, and to his son Solomon: “In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever.
8 og jeg vil ikke mere la Israel vandre hjemløs bort fra det land jeg gav deres fedre, så sant de bare gir akt på å gjøre alt det jeg har pålagt dem, efter hele den lov min tjener Moses gav dem.
And I will no longer cause the feet of Israel to be moved from the land that I gave to their fathers: if only they will take care to do all that I have instructed them, and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded to them.”
9 Men de vilde ikke høre, og Manasse forførte dem, så de gjorde ennu mere ondt enn de hedningefolk som Herren hadde utryddet for Israels barn.
Yet truly, they did not listen. Instead, they were seduced by Manasseh, so that they did evil, more so than the nations that the Lord crushed before the face of the sons of Israel.
10 Da talte Herren ved sine tjenere profetene og sa:
And so the Lord spoke, by the hand of his servants, the prophets, saying:
11 Fordi Judas konge Manasse har gjort disse vederstyggelige ting - gjort det som er verre enn alt det amorittene som var før ham gjorde, og tilmed har forført Juda til synd med sine motbydelige avguder,
“Since Manasseh, the king of Judah, has committed these wicked abominations, beyond all that the Amorites before him have done, and also has caused Judah to sin by his defilements,
12 derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg fører ulykke over Jerusalem og Juda, så det skal ringe for begge ørene på hver den som hører om det.
because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will lead evils over Jerusalem and over Judah, such that, whoever will hear of these things, both his ears will ring.
13 Jeg vil utstrekke samme målesnor over Jerusalem som over Samaria og bruke samme vektlodd som mot Akabs hus, og jeg vil tørke bort Jerusalem, likesom en tørker av et fat og når det er avtørket, snur op ned på det.
And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem, with the scale of the house of Ahab. And I will erase Jerusalem, just as writing tablets are usually erased. And after erasing, I will turn it and repeatedly drag a stylus over its surface.
14 Og jeg vil støte fra mig levningen av min arv og overgi dem i deres fienders hånd, og de skal bli til bytte og rov for alle sine fiender,
And truly, I will send away the remnants of my inheritance, and I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will be devastated and plundered by all their adversaries.
15 fordi de har gjort hvad ondt er i mine øine, og egget mig til vrede fra den dag deres fedre gikk ut av Egypten og like til denne dag.
For they have done evil before me, and they have persevered in provoking me, from the day when their fathers departed from Egypt, even to this day.
16 Manasse utøste også uskyldig blod i så stor mengde at han fylte Jerusalem dermed fra ende til ende, foruten den synd at han forførte Juda til å synde og gjøre hvad ondt var i Herrens øine.
Moreover, Manasseh also has shed an exceedingly great amount of innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem even to the mouth, aside from his sins by which he caused Judah to sin, so that they did evil before the Lord.”
17 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Manasse og om alt det han gjorde, og om den synd som han gjorde, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike.
Now the rest of the words of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
18 Og Manasse la sig til hvile hos sine fedre og blev begravet i haven til sitt hus, i Ussas have, og hans sønn Amon blev konge i hans sted.
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And Amon, his son, reigned in his place.
19 Amon var to og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte to år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Mesullemet; hun var datter av Harus og var fra Jotba.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.
20 Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, likesom hans far Manasse hadde gjort.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father, Manasseh, had done.
21 Han vandret i alle deler på den vei hans far hadde vandret, og dyrket de motbydelige avguder hans far hadde dyrket, og tilbad dem.
And he walked in all the ways in which his father had walked. And he served the unclean things that his father had served, and he adored them.
22 Han forlot Herren, sine fedres Gud, og vandret ikke på Herrens vei.
And he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.
23 Og Amons tjenere sammensvor sig mot ham og drepte kongen i hans hus.
And his servants undertook treachery against him. And they killed the king in his own house.
24 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.
But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against king Amon. And they appointed for themselves Josiah, his son, as king in his place.
25 Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Amon, om det han gjorde, det er opskrevet i Judas kongers krønike.
But the rest of the words of Amon, which he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
26 Han blev begravet i sin grav i Ussas have, og hans sønn Josias blev konge i hans sted.
And they buried him in his sepulcher, in the garden of Uzza. And his son, Josiah, reigned in his place.
