1 Manasse ble konge da han var tolv år gammel; han regjerte i Jerusalem i femtifem år, og hans mor het Hefzibah.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

2 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, slik som de avskyelige gjerningene til de nasjonene som Herren hadde utryddet foran Israels barn.

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

3 Han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned; han reiste altere for Ba'al og laget en Asjera, slik som Akab, kongen av Israel, hadde gjort; han tilba og tjente alle himmelens hærskarer.

He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

4 Han reiste altere i Herrens tempel, som Herren hadde sagt: I Jerusalem vil jeg sette mitt navn.

And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

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

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

6 Han lot sin sønn gå gjennom ilden, og han drev med trolldom og spådom; han innsatte dem som hadde kontroll over ånder og undre; han gjorde mye ondt i Herrens øyne og vakte hans harme.

And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he 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 Han satte det 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, byen som jeg har valgt ut blant alle Israels stammer, vil jeg sette mitt navn for alltid.

He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord 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, I will put my name for ever.

8 Og jeg vil aldri igjen la Israel vandre bort fra det landet som jeg ga deres fedre, hvis de bare tar vare på å gjøre alle mine befalinger, og holder hele den loven som min tjener Moses ga dem.

And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.

9 Men de hørte ikke, og Manasse fikk dem til å gjøre mer ondt enn de folkene som Herren utslettet for Israels barn.

But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

10 Og Herren talte gjennom sine tjenere profetene,

And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets,

11 Fordi Manasse, kongen av Juda, har gjort disse avskyelige tingene, og gjort mer ondt enn alle amorittene før ham, og fått Juda til å synde med sine avguder,

Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amorites before him, and making Judah do evil with his false gods,

12 derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg vil sende en slik ulykke over Jerusalem og Juda at det vil svi i ørene på alle som hører om det.

For this cause, says the Lord, the God of Israel, I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all to whom the news comes will be burning.

13 Og over Jerusalem vil jeg strekke Samarias målesnor og stadens lodd, huset til Akab; og jeg vil tørke Jerusalem foret, og snu den opp ned som et fat.

And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.

14 Og jeg vil kaste bort resten av min arv og gi dem i hendene på deres fiender, som vil ta eiendommene deres og herligheten deres.

And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;

15 Fordi de har gjort ondt i mine øyne og vaket min harme fra den dagen deres fedre gikk ut av Egypt til denne dag.

Because they have done evil in my eyes, moving me to wrath, from the day when their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.

16 I tillegg til dette, utøste Manasse mye uskyldig blod, slik at Jerusalem var full av blodsutgytelse fra den ene enden til den andre, i tillegg til å få Juda til å synde i Herrens øyne.

More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

17 Er ikke resten av Manasses gjerninger, alt det han gjorde, og hans synder, skrevet i boken om Judas kongers historie?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

18 Manasse sovnet med sine fedre, og ble gravlagt i hagen til sitt hus, i Uzzas hage; og Amon, hans sønn, ble konge etter ham.

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

19 Amon var tjue-to år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte to år i Jerusalem. Hans mor het Mesjullemet, datteren til Harus fra Jotba.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

21 Han vandret i alle sin fars veier og tjente de avgudene hans far hadde tjent og tilbad dem.

He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;

22 Han vendte seg bort fra Herren, sine fedres Gud, og gikk ikke i hans veier.

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

23 Og Amons tjenere sammensverget seg mot ham, og drepte kongen i hans hus.

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

24 Men folket i landet drepte alle dem som hadde sammensverget seg mot kongen, og Josjia, hans sønn, ble konge etter ham.

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

25 Er ikke resten av Amons gjerninger skrevet i boken om Judas kongers historie?

Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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

He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.