٢ أخبار 33

١ 1 كَانَ مَنَسَّى ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ خَمْسًا وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Twelve years old, was Manasseh when he began to reign, —and, fifty-five years, reigned he in Jerusalem.

٢ 2 وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ رَجَاسَاتِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, -according to the abominable ways of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

٣ 3 وَعَادَ فَبَنَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي هَدَمَهَا حَزَقِيَّا أَبُوهُ، وَأَقَامَ مَذَابِحَ لِلْبَعْلِيمِ، وَعَمِلَ سَوَارِيَ وَسَجَدَ لِكُلِّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَعَبَدَهَا.

And he again built the high places, which Hezekiah his father had thrown down, —and set up altars to the Baalim, and made Sacred Stems, and bowed in prostration unto all the army of the heavens, and served them;

٤ 4 وَبَنَى مَذَابِحَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ عَنْهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَكُونُ ٱسْمِي إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ».

and built altars in the house of Yahweh, —as to which Yahweh had said, In Jerusalem, shall be my Name, unto times age-abiding.

٥ 5 وَبَنَى مَذَابِحَ لِكُلِّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِي دَارَيْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Yea he built altars unto all the army of the heavens, —in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

٦ 6 وَعَبَّرَ بَنِيهِ فِي ٱلنَّارِ فِي وَادِي ٱبْنِ هِنُّومَ، وَعَافَ وَتَفَاءَلَ وَسَحَرَ، وَٱسْتَخْدَمَ جَانًّا وَتَابِعَةً، وَأَكْثَرَ عَمَلَ ٱلشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِإِغَاظَتِهِ.

And, he, caused his sons to pass through the fire, in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and practised hidden arts and used divination, and practised sorcery, and appointed a necromancer, and a wizard, —he exceeded in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger;

٧ 7 وَوَضَعَ تِمْثَالَ ٱلشَّكْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ فِي بَيْتِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ ٱللهُ عَنْهُ لِدَاوُدَ وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ ٱبْنِهِ: «فِي هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَضَعُ ٱسْمِي إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

and he set a resemblance-image which he had made, —in the house of God, as to which God had said unto David, and unto 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, unto times age-abiding.

٨ 8 وَلَا أَعُودُ أُزَحْزِحُ رِجْلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي عَيَّنْتُ لِآبَائِهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ إِذَا حَفِظُوا وَعَمِلُوا كُلَّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ بِهِ، كُلَّ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ وَٱلْفَرَائِضِ وَٱلْأَحْكَامِ عَنْ يَدِ مُوسَى».

So will I not again remove the foot of Israel away from the soil which I appointed for their fathers. Only they must observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the regulations, by the hand of Moses.

٩ 9 وَلَكِنْ مَنَسَّى أَضَلَّ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَعْمَلُوا أَشَرَّ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And so Manasseh led astray Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, —to commit wickedness beyond the nations which Yahweh had destroyed from before the sons of Israel.

١٠ 10 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَنَسَّى وَشَعْبَهُ فَلَمْ يُصْغُوا.

And Yahweh spake unto Manasseh and unto his people, but they did not give ear.

١١ 11 فَجَلَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ رُؤَسَاءَ الجُنْدِ ٱلَّذِينَ لِمَلِكِ أَشُّورَ، فَأَخَذُوا مَنَسَّى بِخِزَامَةٍ وَقَيَّدُوهُ بِسَلَاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ وَذَهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

So Yahweh brought in upon them, the captains of the army that belonged to the king of Assyria, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, —and bound him captive with a pair of bronze fetters, and took him away to Babylon.

١٢ 12 وَلَمَّا تَضَايَقَ طَلَبَ وَجْهَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَتَوَاضَعَ جِدًّا أَمَامَ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِ،

But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God, —and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;

١٣ 13 وَصَلَّى إِلَيْهِ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُ وَسَمِعَ تَضَرُّعَهُ، وَرَدَّهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى مَمْلَكَتِهِ. فَعَلِمَ مَنَسَّى أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ هُوَ ٱللهُ.

and, when he prayed unto him, then was he entreated of him, and hearkened unto his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, unto his own kingdom, and so Manasseh came to know, that, Yahweh, is God.

١٤ 14 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بَنَى سُورًا خَارِجَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ غَرْبًا إِلَى جِيحُونَ فِي ٱلْوَادِي، وَإِلَى مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلسَّمَكِ، وَحَوَّطَ ٱلْأَكَمَةَ بِسُورٍ وَعَلَّاهُ جِدًّا. وَوَضَعَ رُؤَسَاءَ جُيُوشٍ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ فِي يَهُوذَا.

And, after this, he built an outer wall to the city of David on the west of the Gihon in the ravine, even to the entering in through the fish-gate, and went round to Ophel, and carried it up very high, —and put captains of valour in all the fortified cities, throughout Judah.

١٥ 15 وَأَزَالَ ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةَ وَٱلْأَشْبَاهَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَجَمِيعَ ٱلْمَذَابِحِ ٱلَّتِي بَنَاهَا فِي جَبَلِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَطَرَحَهَا خَارِجَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

And he removed the gods of the foreigner and the image, 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 he cast them forth outside the city.

١٦ 16 وَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَذَبَحَ عَلَيْهِ ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ وَشُكْرٍ، وَأَمَرَ يَهُوذَا أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he built the altar of Yahweh, and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings, and thanksgiving sacrifices, -and gave word to Judah to serve Yahweh, God of Israel.

١٧ 17 إِلَّا أَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ كَانُوا بَعْدُ يَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، إِنَّمَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ.

Howbeit, still were, the people, sacrificing in the high places, —only unto Yahweh their God.

١٨ 18 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ مَنَسَّى وَصَلَاتُهُ إِلَى إِلَهِهِ، وَكَلَامُ ٱلرَّائِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَلَّمُوهُ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَا هِيَ فِي أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But, the rest of the story of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the story of the seers who spake unto him in the name of Yahweh God of Israel, there they are, in the story of the kings of Israel:

١٩ 19 وَصَلَاتُهُ وَالِٱسْتِجَابَةُ لَهُ، وَكُلُّ خَطَايَاهُ وَخِيَانَتُهُ وَٱلْأَمَاكِنُ ٱلَّتِي بَنَى فِيهَا مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ وَأَقَامَ سَوَارِيَ وَتَمَاثِيلَ قَبْلَ تَوَاضُعِهِ، هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي أَخْبَارِ ٱلرَّائِينَ.

both his prayer and how [God] was entreated of him—and all his sin and his treacherous act, and the sites whereon he built high places, and set up the Sacred Stems and the images, before he humbled himself, there they are, written in the story of the seers.

٢٠ 20 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ مَنَسَّى مَعَ آبَائِهِ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَمَلَكَ آمُونُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden off his own house, —and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

٢١ 21 كَانَ آمُونُ ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ سَنَتَيْنِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

٢٢ 22 وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَمَا عَمِلَ مَنَسَّى أَبُوهُ، وَذَبَحَ آمُونُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ مَنَسَّى أَبُوهُ وَعَبَدَهَا.

And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had done, —and, unto all the images which Manasseh his father had made, Amon offered sacrifice, and did serve them.

٢٣ 23 وَلَمْ يَتَوَاضَعْ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَمَا تَوَاضَعَ مَنَسَّى أَبُوهُ، بَلِ ٱزْدَادَ آمُونُ إِثْمًا.

But he did not humble himself before Yahweh as Manasseh his father humbled himself, —for, he, Amon, made guilt abound.

٢٤ 24 وَفَتَنَ عَلَيْهِ عَبِيدُهُ وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ.

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

٢٥ 25 وَقَتَلَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعَ ٱلْفَاتِنِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ آمُونَ، وَمَلَّكَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ يُوشِيَّا ٱبْنَهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

But the people of the land smote all the conspirators against King Amon, —and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.