٢ أخبار 33

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

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.

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

He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced [though the land].

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

He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.

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

He directed his workers to build altars [for foreign gods] in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.”

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

He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.

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

He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

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.

Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.

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».

If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

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

But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].

١٠ 10 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مَنَسَّى وَشَعْبَهُ فَلَمْ يُصْغُوا.

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.

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

So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.

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

There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.

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

When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] 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.

Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.

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

Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.

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

Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.

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

The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to 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.

The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History 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.

What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.

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

Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].

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

Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.

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

He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.

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

But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.

٢٤ 24 وَفَتَنَ عَلَيْهِ عَبِيدُهُ وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ.

Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.

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

But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.