1 Manasse var tolv år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i femtifem år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Hefziba.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.

2 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, etter nasjonenes avskyeligheter, dem som Herren hadde drevet ut foran 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.

3 Han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde ødelagt. Han reiste også altere for Baal, og laget en Asjera, slik Akab, Israels konge, hadde gjort. Han tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente dem.

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 Han bygde altere i Herrens hus, om hvilket Herren hadde sagt: 'I Jerusalem vil jeg legge mitt navn.'

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

5 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.

6 Han lot sin sønn gå gjennom ilden, praktiserte spådomskunst, drev med trolldom, og hadde omgang med dødningemanere og trollmenn. Han gjorde mye ondt i Herrens øyne og vakte hans vrede.

And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, 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.

7 Han satte det utskårne bildet av Asjera, som han hadde laget, i det huset som Herren hadde sagt til David og hans sønn Salomo: 'I dette huset og i Jerusalem, som jeg har utvalgt blant alle Israels stammer, vil jeg legge mitt navn for evig.'

And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah 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;

8 Jeg vil heller ikke la Israels føtter flytte seg igjen fra landet jeg ga deres fedre, hvis de bare vil holde alle de bud jeg har befalt dem, og hele loven som min tjener Moses gav dem.

neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

9 Men de hørte ikke; og Manasse forførte dem til å gjøre mer ondt enn de nasjonene Herren hadde ødelagt for Israels barn.

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 Herren talte ved sine tjenere, profetene, og sa:

And Jehovah spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

11 Fordi Manasse, kongen av Juda, har gjort disse avskyelighetene og har syndet mer enn amorittene før ham, og har fått Juda til å synde med sine avguder,

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;

12 derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil føre slik ulykke over Jerusalem og Juda, at enhver som hører det, vil få begge ører til å krible.

therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

13 Jeg vil strekke over Jerusalem målesnoren for Samaria og loddsnoren for Akab-huset; og jeg vil tørke ut Jerusalem som en mann tørker et fat, og snu det opp-ned.

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

14 Jeg vil forlate resten av min arv og overgi dem i fiendens hånd. De skal bli til bytte og plyndring for alle sine fiender;

And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

15 fordi de har gjort det som er ondt i mine øyne og har vekket min vrede, fra den dagen deres fedre dro ut av Egypt, til denne dag.

because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

16 Manasse utøste også mye uskyldig blod, til han hadde fylt Jerusalem fra den ene enden til den andre, i tillegg til den synd som han drev Juda til å begå, å gjøre det som var ondt i Herrens øyne.

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

17 Nå, resten av Manasses historie, alt det han gjorde, og hans synder som han syndet, er de ikke skrevet i Juda kongers krønikebok?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

18 Manasse la seg til hvile hos sine fedre, og ble begravet i sin egen hages hage, i Ussas hage, og Amon, hans sønn, ble konge etter ham.

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

19 Amon var tjueto år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i to år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Mesjullemet, Harus' datter, fra Jotba.

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, som Manasse, hans far, hadde gjort.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.

21 Han fulgte i alle de veier som hans far hadde gått, og tjente avgudene som hans far hadde tjent, og tilba dem.

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

22 Han forlot Herren, sin fedres Gud, og vandret ikke i Herrens veier.

and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

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

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

24 Men folket i landet drepte alle dem som hadde sammensverget seg mot kong Amon, og folket i landet gjorde Josjia, hans sønn, til konge etter ham.

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.

25 Nå, resten av Amons gjerninger, det han gjorde, er de ikke skrevet i Juda kongers krønikebok?

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

26 Han ble begravet i sin grav i Ussas hage, og Josjia, hans sønn, ble konge etter ham.

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.