2 Књига дневника 33

1 Дванаест година беше Манасији кад поче царовати, и царова педесет и пет година у Јерусалиму.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 А чињаше што је зло пред Господом по гадним делима оних народа које одагна Господ испред синова Израиљевих.

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

3 Јер опет погради висине, које беше раскопао Језекија отац његов, и подиже олтаре Валима, и начини лугове, и клањаше се свој војсци небеској и служаше јој.

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

4 Начини олтаре и у дому Господњем, за који беше рекао Господ: У Јерусалиму ће бити име моје довека.

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

5 Начини олтаре свој војсци небеској у два трема дома Господњег.

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

6 И проводи синове своје кроз огањ у долини сина Еномовог, и гледаше на времена и гаташе и врачаше, и уреди оне што се договарају с духовима и врачаре, и чињаше врло много шта је зло пред Господом гневећи Га.

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and 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 И постави лик резан који начини у дому Божјем, за који беше рекао Бог Давиду и Соломуну сину његовом: У овом дому и у Јерусалиму, који изабрах између свих племена Израиљевих, наместићу име своје довека.

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God 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, will I put my name for ever:

8 И нећу више кренути ноге синовима Израиљевим из земље коју сам одредио оцима вашим, ако само уздрже и устворе све што сам им заповедио преко Мојсија, сав закон и уредбе и судове.

And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.

9 Али Манасија заведе Јуду и Јерусалим, те чинише горе него народи које истреби Господ испред синова Израиљевих.

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

10 И Господ говораше Манасији и народу његовом, али не хтеше слушати.

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

11 Зато доведе Господ на њих главаре од војске цара асирског, и ухватише Манасију у трњу, и свезавши га у двоје вериге бронзане одведоше га у Вавилон.

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

12 И кад беше у невољи, мољаше се Господу Богу свом, и понизи се веома пред Богом отаца својих.

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

13 И молећи се умоли Му се, те услиши молитву његову и поврати га у Јерусалим на царство његово. Тада позна Манасија да је Господ Бог.

And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.

14 А после тога озида зид иза града Давидовог са запада Гиону, од самог потока па до рибљих врата и око Офила, и изведе га врло високо; и постави војводе по свим тврдим градовима Јудиним.

After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

15 И изнесе из дома Господњег богове туђе и лик и све олтаре које беше начинио на гори дома Господњег и у Јерусалиму, и баци иза града.

He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.

16 Па оправи олтар Господњи и принесе на њему жртве захвалне и у славу, и заповеди Јудејцима да служе Господу Богу Израиљевом.

And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

17 Али народ још приношаше жртве на висинама, али само Господу Богу свом.

However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

18 А остала дела Манасијина и молитва његова Богу његовом и речи које му говорише видеоци у име Господа Бога Израиљевог, то је све у књизи о царевима Израиљевим.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel.

19 А молитва његова и како се умолио, и сви греси његови и преступи, и места где је поградио висине и подигао лугове и ликове резане пре него се понизи, то је све записано у књигама пророчким.

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

20 И почину Манасија код отаца својих, и погребоше га у дому његовом. А на његово се место зацари Амон, син његов.

So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

21 Двадесет и две године имаше Амон кад поче царовати, и царова две године у Јерусалиму.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

22 И чињаше што је зло пред Господом као што је чинио Манасија, отац му; јер свим ликовима резаним, које начини Манасија, отац његов, приношаше Амон жртве и служаше им.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

23 Али се не понизи пред Господом, као што се понизи Манасија отац његов; него исти Амон још више грешаше.

He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

24 И побунише се на њ слуге његове, и убише га у кући његовој.

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

25 Тада поби народ земаљски све који се беху побунили на цара Амона, и зацари народ земаљски Јосију, сина његовог на његово место.

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