1 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-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, etter de avskyelige handlingene til de folkeslagene som Herren hadde drevet bort for Israels barn.

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

3 For han bygde opp igjen offerhaugene som Hiskia, hans far, hadde revet ned; og han reiste altere for Ba'alene, og laget Asjera-staver, og tilba hele 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 Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.

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

He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

5 Han bygde altere for hele himmelens hær i de to forgårdene til Herrens hus.

He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

6 Han lot også sine barn gå gjennom ilden i Hinnoms dal og drev med spådomskunster og magi, og brukte trollmenn og åndemanere: 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 practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

7 Han plasserte det utskårne bildet, avguden han hadde laget, i Guds hus, om hvilket Gud hadde sagt til David og Salomo, hans sønn: I dette huset, og i Jerusalem, som jeg har utvalgt blant alle Israels stammer, vil jeg sette mitt navn for alltid.

He set the engraved 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 forever:

8 Og jeg vil ikke mer la Israels fot forlates fra det landet jeg har gitt deres fedre, hvis de bare holder seg til å gjøre alt jeg har befalt dem, selv hele loven, statuttene og forskriftene gitt av 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.

9 Manasse forførte Juda og innbyggerne i Jerusalem, slik at de gjorde mer ondt enn de nasjonene som Herren hadde ødelagt foran Israels barn.

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

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

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

11 Derfor lot Herren Assyrias konges hærførere komme over dem, som fanget Manasse med kroker, lenket ham med kjettinger og førte ham til Babylon.

Therefore Yahweh brought on 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.

12 Da han var i nød, bønnfalt han Herren, sin Gud, og ydmyket seg stort for sine fedres Gud.

When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

13 Han bad til ham; og Gud ble beveget av hans bønn og hørte hans inntrengende bønn, og førte ham tilbake til Jerusalem og hans kongedømme. Da innså Manasse at Herren er Gud.

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

14 Etter dette bygde han en yttervegg til Davids by, på vestsiden av Gihon i dalen, ved inngangen til fiskeporten, og omringet Ofel med den, og hevet den til stor høyde. Han satte også tapre høvedsmenn i alle de befestede byene i Juda.

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.

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

He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

16 Han gjenoppbygde Herrens alter og ofret takksigelsesoffer og fredsoffer på det, og befalte Juda å tjene Herren, Israels Gud.

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

17 Likevel ofret folket fremdeles på offerhaugene, men bare til Herren deres Gud.

Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.

18 Resten av Manasses gjerninger og hans bønn til sin 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 to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.

19 Hans bønn også, og hvordan Gud ble beveget av ham, og all hans synd og overtredelse, og stedene hvor han bygde offerhaugene, og satte opp Asjerastaver 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 in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

20 Så hvilte Manasse med sine fedre, og de gravla ham i hans eget hus; og Amon, hans sønn, 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 place.

21 Amon var tjue år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i to år i Jerusalem.

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

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

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

23 Han ydmyket seg ikke for Herren, som Manasse, hans far, hadde gjort; men denne samme Amon syndet mer og mer.

He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

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

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

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

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.