Manasse var tolv år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i femtifem år i Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-five years.

Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, etter de avskyelige skikkene til folkene som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israelittene.

He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Han gjenoppbygde offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned, reiste altere for Baalene, laget Asjera-påler og tilba hele himmelens hærskare og dyrket dem.

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, set up altars to the Baals, made Asherah poles, and worshipped all the stars of the sky and served them.

Han bygget også altere i Herrens hus, der Herren hadde sagt at hans navn skulle være til evig tid.

He built altars in the temple of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.'

Han bygget altere for hele himmelens hærskare i begge forgårdene til Herrens hus.

He built altars to all the stars of the sky in both courtyards of the temple of the LORD.

Han lot sine sønner gå gjennom ilden i Hinnoms dal, drev med spådomskunster, trollmannskunster, og satte opp spåmenn og åndemanere. Han gjorde mye ondt i Herrens øyne og vakte hans vrede.

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination, sought omens, practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

Han plasserte det skårne bildet av avguden han hadde laget i Guds hus, der Gud hadde sagt til David og hans sønn Salomo: I dette huset og i Jerusalem, som jeg har valgt blant alle Israels stammer, skal jeg legge mitt navn til evig tid.

Manasseh took a carved idol that he had made and placed it in the temple of God, of which God had 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 put my Name forever.'

Jeg vil ikke lenger drive Israel bort fra det landet jeg har gitt deres fedre, dersom de bare holder alt jeg har befalt dem, etter hele loven og forordningene og dommene gitt av Moses.

I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave to their ancestors, if they are careful to do everything I commanded them concerning the whole Law, the statutes, and the judgments given through Moses.

Men Manasse forførte Juda og Jerusalems innbyggere til å gjøre mer ondt enn de folkene som Herren hadde utryddet for Israels barn.

But Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

Herren talte til Manasse og hans folk, men de ville ikke høre.

The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

Derfor førte Herren over dem kongen av Assyrias hærførere, som tok Manasse med kroker og bandt ham med bronse-lenker og førte ham til Babylon.

So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

I sin nød ba han til Herren sin Gud og ydmyket seg dypt for sine fedres Gud.

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

Han ba til ham, og Gud lot seg bevege av ham, hørte hans bønn og lot ham vende tilbake til sitt rike i Jerusalem. Da forsto Manasse at Herren var den sanne Gud.

He prayed to Him, and the LORD was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. He brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

Etter dette bygde han en ytre mur for Davids by vest for Gihon i dalen, og han styrket den svært, og plasserte offiserer i alle de befestede byene i Juda.

Afterward, he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and surrounding the Ophel. He made it much higher. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Han fjernet de fremmede gudene og avgudsbilder fra Herrens hus, og alle den alterene han hadde bygget på Herrens hus høyde og i Jerusalem. Han kastet dem utenfor byen.

He removed the foreign gods and the image from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

Han satte opp Herrens alter, ofret fredsoffer og lovoffer på det, og befalte Juda å tjene Herren, Israels Gud.

Then he restored the altar of the LORD and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and thanksgiving. And he commanded Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

Men folket fortsatte å ofre på haugene, men bare til Herren deres Gud.

However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

Det som ellers er å si om Manasse og hans bønn til Gud, og ordene til profetene som talte til ham i Herrens, Israels Guds navn, står skrevet i Israels kongers krønike.

The rest of the acts of Manasseh, including his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are recorded in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Hans bønn og hvordan Gud svarte ham, alle hans synder og overtredelser, og de stedene hvor han bygde offerhauger og reiste Asjera-påler og bilder før han ydmyket seg, se, de er skrevet i seernes bøker.

His prayer and how God was moved by his plea, all his sins and unfaithfulness, the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.

Manasse døde og ble gravlagt i sitt eget hus, og hans sønn Amon ble konge i hans sted.

Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his house. And his son Amon became king in his place.

Amon var tjueto år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte to år i Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, som hans far Manasse hadde gjort. Amon ofret til alle de bildene som Manasse hans far hadde laget, og dyrket dem.

He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshipped and served all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made.

Men han ydmyket seg ikke for Herren, som Manasse hans far hadde gjort, men Amon økte sin skyld enda mer.

But he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

Hans tjenere sammensvor seg mot ham og drepte ham i hans eget hus.

Then his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house.

Men landets folk slo alle dem som hadde konspirert mot kong Amon, og landets folk gjorde hans sønn Josjia til konge i hans sted.

But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.