1 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 was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, og fulgte de motbydelige veiene til de folkene som Herren hadde fordrevet fra landet foran Israels barn.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

3 Han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned, og han laget altere for Baalene, og trestolper, og tilba og tjente alle himmelens hærskarer.

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

4 Han laget altere i Herrens hus, om hvilket Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem skal mitt navn være for alltid.

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

5 Og han laget altere for alle himmelens hærskarer i de to forgårdene til Herrens hus.

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

6 Han lot også sine barn gå gjennom ilden i Hinnoms sønnedalen, drev med spådom og tegntyderi, og ga posisjoner til dem som hadde kontroll over ånder og undringsmenn; han gjorde mye ondt i Herrens øyne og vekte hans vrede.

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

7 Og han satte det bildet han hadde laget i Guds hus, huset som Gud hadde sagt til David og til hans sønn Salomo: I dette huset og i Jerusalem, byen som jeg har valgt ut av alle stammene i Israel, skal jeg sette mitt navn for alltid.

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

8 Og aldri mer vil jeg la Israels føtter bli rykket opp fra landet jeg har gitt deres fedre, bare hvis de tar seg i vare for å gjøre etter alle mine befalinger, inkludert hele loven, budene og forskriftene gitt dem av Moses.

And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

9 Men Manasse fikk Juda og folkene i Jerusalem til å fare vill, slik at de gjorde mer ondt enn de nasjonene som Herren hadde utryddet foran Israels barn.

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

10 Herrens ord kom til Manasse og hans folk, men de ga ingen oppmerksomhet.

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

11 Derfor sendte Herren mot dem kommandantene for den assyriske hæren, som tok Manasse til fange og førte ham bort i lenker til Babylon.

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

12 Og i sin nød ropte han til Herren sin Gud, og ydmyket seg for sine fedres Gud.

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

13 Han bad til Gud, og i svar på hans bønn lot Gud ham vende tilbake til Jerusalem og til sitt rike. Da forstod Manasse at Herren var Gud.

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

14 Etter dette bygde han en ytre mur for Davids by, på vestlige siden av Gihon i dalen, så langt som veien til fiskeporten; og han satte en meget høy mur rundt Ofel, og satte hærførere i alle de befestede byene i Juda.

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

15 Han fjernet de fremmede gudene og bildet ut av Herrens hus, og alle de alterene han hadde satt opp på haugen av Herrens hus og i Jerusalem, og kastet dem ut av byen.

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

16 Han satte Herrens alter i stand, ofret fredsofre og takkeofre på det, og befalte at hele Juda skulle tjene Herren, Israels Gud.

And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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

However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

18 Resten av Manasses gjerninger, og hans bønn til sin Gud, og ordene som seerne talte til ham i navnet til Herren, Israels Gud, er skrevet i Israels kongers krønike.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel.

19 Og den bønnen som han bad til Gud, og hvordan Gud svarte ham, og alle hans synder og misgjerninger, og stedene hvor han hadde bygd offerhauger og satt opp trestolper og bilder før han ydmyket seg, er skrevet i seernes krønike.

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

20 Så sov Manasse sammen med sine fedre, og de la ham til hvile i sitt hus, og Amon, hans sønn, ble konge i hans sted.

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

21 Amon var tjue-to år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i to år i Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

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

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

23 Han ydmyket seg ikke for Herren, slik hans far Manasse hadde gjort, men fortsatte å synde mer og mer.

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

24 Og hans tjenere la en hemmelig plan mot ham og drepte ham i hans hus.

And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.

25 Men folket i landet drepte alle dem som hadde deltatt i planen mot kong Amon, og gjorde hans sønn Josjia til konge i hans sted.

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.