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

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

Men han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, lik de avskyelighetene til de hedningene som Herren hadde drevet ut for Israels barn.

But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

For han bygde opp igjen de offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned, og han reiste altere for Ba'alene, og lagde lundene, og tilba alle stjernehærenes himmelske hær, og tjente dem.

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

Han bygde også altere i Herrens hus, der som Herren hadde sagt: «I Jerusalem skal mitt navn vare evig.»

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Og han bygde altere for alle stjernehærenes himmelske 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 the LORD.

Han lot også sine barn gå gjennom ilden i dalen til Hinnoms sønn, han praktiserte spådomskunst og trolldom og åndemaning, og han rådspurte ånder og trollmenn. Han gjorde mye ondt i Herrens øyne, og vakte Hans harme.

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Han satte en utskåret billedstøtte, den avguden han hadde laget, i Guds hus, om hvilket Gud hadde sagt til David og til hans sønn Salomo: «I dette hus og i Jerusalem, som jeg har valgt blant alle Israels stammer, vil jeg sette mitt navn for evig.»

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Og jeg vil ikke mer la Israel vanke om fra landet jeg har bestemt for deres fedre, dersom de fortsatt vil følge og gjøre alt det jeg har befalt dem, etter hele loven og forskriftene og ordningene som ble gitt gjennom Moses.

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

Men Manasse forledet Juda og innbyggerne i Jerusalem til å fare vill, og å gjøre verre enn de hedningene som Herren hadde utryddet for Israels barn.

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

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

And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

Derfor lot Herren dem møte hærenes ledere fra Assyrias konge, som fanget Manasse blant tornebuskene, bandt ham med lenker, og førte ham til Babel.

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Han ba til Herren, og Gud lot seg bevege av hans bønn, hørte hans bønn og førte ham tilbake til Jerusalem til sitt rike. Da forstod Manasse at Herren virkelig er Gud.

And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

Etter dette bygde han en mur utenfor Davids by, på vestsiden av Gihon, i dalen, og fram til Fiskerporten; og han omsluttet Ofel med en meget høy mur og satte kommandanter i alle de befestede byene i Juda.

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

Han fjernet de fremmede gudene og avgudene fra Herrens hus, og alle de alterne han hadde bygget på fjellet i Herrens hus og i Jerusalem, og kastet dem ut av byen.

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

Han gjenoppreiste Herrens alter, ofret fredsoffer og takkoffer derpå, og befalte Juda å tjene Herren, Israels Gud.

And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

Men folket fortsatte å ofre på de høye stedene, men bare til Herren deres Gud.

Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

Det som ellers er å fortelle om Manasse, hans bønn til sin Gud, og ordene fra seerne som talte til ham i Herrens, Israels Guds, navn, de er nedskrevet i Israels kongers bok.

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 the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

Hans bønn og hvordan Gud hørte ham, hans synd og hans overtramp, og stedene hvor han bygget de høye stedene og satte opp lunder og utskårne bilder før han ydmyket seg, de er skrevet i seernes skrifter.

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

Manasse sovnet inn med sine fedre, og de begravde ham i hans eget hus. Og hans sønn Amon ble konge etter ham.

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

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

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

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

But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

Men han ydmyket seg ikke for Herren, slik Manasse, hans far, hadde gjort, men Amon økte i synd.

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

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

And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

Men folket i landet drepte alle som hadde sammensverget seg mot kong Amon, og folket utnevnte 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.