Manasse var tolv år gammel da han begynte å regjere; og han regjerte femtifem år i Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.

Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, etter de avskyelige skikker fra de nasjonene som Herren hadde drevet ut for Israels barn.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

For han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned; og han reiste altere for Baalene, lagde Ashera-stolper, tilba himmelens hær, og tjente dem.

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Han bygde altere i Herrens hus, hvor Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem skal mitt navn være for alltid.

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Og han bygde altere for hele himmelens hær i de to forgårdene i Herrens hus.

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

Han lot også sine barn gå gjennom ilden i Hinnoms dal; han drev med spådomskunster, trolldom og magi, og fikk tak i åndemanere og trollmenn; han gjorde mye ondt i Herrens øyne for å vekke hans vrede.

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

Han satte det utskårne bildet av avguden som han hadde laget, i Guds hus, hvor Gud hadde sagt til David og til hans sønn Salomo: I dette hus og i Jerusalem, som jeg har utvalgt blant alle Israels stammer, skal jeg sette mitt navn for alltid.

And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God 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:

Og jeg vil ikke flytte Israel bort fra det landet jeg hadde fastsatt for deres fedre, hvis de bare ville holde seg til å gjøre alt jeg har befalt dem, hele loven og alle budene gitt ved Moses.

neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances `given' by Moses.

Men Manasse forførte Judea og innbyggerne i Jerusalem til å gjøre verre enn de nasjonene som Herren hadde ødelagt for Israels barn.

And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

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

And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

Derfor førte Herren over dem hærførerne til kongen av Assyria, som fanget Manasse i lenker, bandt ham med kjettinger, og førte ham til Babylon.

Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

Da han var i nød, ba han Herren sin Gud om nåde og ydmyket seg dypt for sine fedres Gud.

And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

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

And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.

Etter dette bygde han en ytre mur til Davids by, på vestsiden av Gihon i dalen, helt fram til inngangen ved fiskerporten; og han omsluttet Ofel med muren og gjorde den svært høy; og han satte dyktige offiserer i alle de befestede byene i Judea.

Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about `with it', and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Han fjernet de fremmede gudene og avgudsbildet fra Herrens hus, og alle de altrene som han hadde bygget på Herrens tempelhøyde og i Jerusalem, og kastet dem ut av byen.

And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

Han gjenoppbygde Herrens alter og ofret fredsofre og takkofre der, og befalte Judea å tjene Herren, Israels Gud.

And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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

Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.

Resten av Manasses gjerninger, hans bønn til Gud, og seernes ord som talte til ham i Herrens, Israels Guds navn, se, de er skrevet blant Israels kongers gjerninger.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.

Hans bønn og hvordan Gud lot seg overtale av ham, og alle hans synder og misgjerninger, og stedene hvor han bygde høye offerhaugene og satte opp Ashera-stolpene og de utskårne bildene, før han ydmyket seg, se, de er skrevet i Hozais krønike.

His prayer also, and how `God' was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

Så sov Manasse med sine fedre, og de begravde ham i hans eget hus; og hans sønn Amon regjerte i hans sted.

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

Amon var tjueto år gammel da han begynte å regjere; og han regjerte to år i Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

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

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

Men han ydmyket seg ikke for Herren, slik Manasse, hans far, hadde gjort; men denne Amon syndet mer og mer.

And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

Og hans tjenere sammensverget seg mot ham og drepte ham i hans eget hus.

And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

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

But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.