1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2But 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.
3¶ 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.33.3 he built…: Heb. he returned and built 4Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6And 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. 7And 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: 8Neither 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. 9So 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. 10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11¶ 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.33.11 of the king: Heb. which were the king’s33.11 fetters: or, chains 12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13And 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. 14Now 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.33.14 Ophel: or, the tower 15And 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. 16And 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. 17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
18¶ 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. 19His 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.33.19 the seers: or, Hosai
20¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21¶ Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22But 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; 23And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.33.23 trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass 24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25¶ 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.
የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ምናሴ
33፥1-10 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 21፥1-10
33፥18-20 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 21፥17-18
1ምናሴ በነገሠ ጊዜ፣ ዕድሜው ዐሥራ ሁለት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም አምሳ አምስት ዓመት ገዛ። 2እግዚአብሔር ከእስራኤላውያን ፊት አሳድዶ ያስወጣቸውን ሕዝቦች አስጸያፊ ልማድ በመከተልም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ድርጊት ፈጸመ። 3አባቱ ሕዝቅያስ ያጠፋቸውን የኰረብታ መስገጃ ስፍራዎች መልሶ ሠራ፤ ለበኣሊም መሠዊያዎችን አቆመ፤ የአሼራንም ዐምዶች ሠራ፤ ለሰማይ ከዋክብት ሰራዊትም ሰገደ፤ አመለካቸውም። 4እግዚአብሔር፣ “ስሜ ለዘላለም በኢየሩሳሌም ይኖራል” ባለበት በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቀደስ መሠዊያዎችን ሠራ። 5በሁለቱም የእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ አደባባዮች ላይ፣ ለሁሉም የሰማይ ከዋክብት ሰራዊት መሠዊያዎችን ሠራ። 6በሄኖም ልጅ ሸለቆ ወንዶች ልጆቹን በእሳት ሠዋ33፥6 ወይም ወንዶች ልጅቹን ገደለ፤ አስማት፣ መተትና ጥንቈላ አደረገ፤ ሙታን ጠሪዎችንና መናፍስት ሳቢዎችን ጠየቀ። ለቍጣ ያነሣሣው ዘንድ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እጅግ ክፉ ነገር አደረገ።
7ያበጀውን የተጠረበ ምስል ወስዶም በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ አኖረ፤ ስለዚህም ቤተ መቅደስ እግዚአብሔር ለዳዊትና ለልጁ ለሰሎሞን እንዲህ ብሎ ነበር፤ “በዚህ ቤተ መቅደስና ከእስራኤል ነገድ ሁሉ በመረጥኋት በኢየሩሳሌም ስሜን ለዘላለም አኖራለሁ፤ 8በሙሴ አማካይነት ያዘዝኋቸውን ሕግጋቴን፣ ደንቦቼንና ሥርዐቶቼን ሁሉ በጥንቃቄ ይፈጽሙ እንጂ፣ ለቀድሞ አባቶቻችሁ ከሰጠኋቸው ምድር የእስራኤላውያን እግር ከእንግዲህ ለቅቆ እንዲወጣ አላደርግም።” 9ምናሴ ግን እግዚአብሔር በእስራኤላውያን ፊት ካጠፋቸው አሕዛብ የባሰ ክፉ ድርጊት ይፈጽሙ ዘንድ፣ የይሁዳንና የኢየሩሳሌምን ሕዝብ አሳተ።
10እግዚአብሔር ለምናሴና ለሕዝቡ ተናገረ፤ እነርሱ ግን መስማት አልፈለጉም። 11ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር የአሦርን ንጉሥ ሰራዊት አዛዦች አመጣባቸው፤ እነርሱም በምናሴ አፍንጫ መንጠቆ አገቡበት፤ በናስ ሰንሰለት አስረውም ወደ ባቢሎን ወሰዱት። 12በተጨነቀም ጊዜ የአምላኩን የእግዚአብሔርን በጎነት ፈለገ፤ በአባቶቹም አምላክ ፊት ራሱን እጅግ አዋረደ። 13ወደ እርሱም በጸለየ ጊዜ፣ በጭንቀት ልመናው ራርቶለት እግዚአብሔር ጸሎቱን ሰማው። ስለዚህ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም፣ ወደ መንግሥቱም መለሰው፤ ምናሴም እግዚአብሔር አምላክ መሆኑን ዐወቀ።
14ከዚህ በኋላ በሸለቆው ውስጥ ከሚገኘው ከግዮን ምንጭ ምዕራብ አንሥቶ እስከ ዓሣ በር መግቢያ ድረስ ያለውን የዳዊትን ከተማ የውጭውን ቅጥር፣ የዖፊልን ኰረብታ እንዲከብብ በማድረግ፣ ይበልጥ ከፍ አድርጎ እንደ ገና ሠራው። በተመሸጉትም የይሁዳ ከተሞች ሁሉ የጦር አዛዦችን አኖረ።
15እንግዶች አማልክትንና ጣዖታቱን ከእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ አስወገደ፤ በቤተ መቅደሱ ኰረብታና በኢየሩሳሌም የሠራቸውንም መሠዊያዎች ሁሉ አራቀ፤ ከከተማዪቱም ውጭ ጣላቸው። 16ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔርን መሠዊያ ዐደሰ፤ በላዩም የኅብረት መሥዋዕትና የምስጋና መሥዋዕት አቀረበ፤ ይሁዳም የእስራኤልን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን እንዲያገለግሉ አዘዘ። 17ሕዝቡ ግን በኰረብታ መስገጃ ስፍራዎች መሠዋቱን ቢቀጥልም፣ የሚሠዋው ግን ለአንዱ አምላክ ለእግዚአብሔር ብቻ ነበር።
18በምናሴ ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ተግባር፣ ወደ አምላኩ ያቀረበው ጸሎቱና ባለ ራእዮች በእስራኤል አምላክ በእግዚአብሔር ስም የነገሩት ቃል በእስራኤል33፥18 በዜና መዋዕሉ መጽሐፍ ተደጋግሞ እንደ ተጠቀሰው ይህ ይሁዳ ነው። ነገሥታት ታሪክ ተጽፏል። 19ጸሎቱና እግዚአብሔር ራርቶ ልመናውን እንዴት እንደ ተቀበለው፣ ኀጢአቱ ሁሉና ታማኝነቱን ማጕደሉ፣ እንደዚሁም ራሱን ከማዋረዱ በፊት ያሠራቸው የኰረብታ መስገጃ ስፍራዎች፣ ያቆማቸው የአሼራ ምስል ዐምዶችና ጣዖታት ሁሉ በባለ ራእዮች መዛግብት ተጽፈዋል። 20ምናሴም እንደ አባቶቹ ሁሉ አንቀላፋ፤ በቤተ መንግሥቱም ተቀበረ። ልጁም አሞን በእርሱ ፈንታ ነገሠ።
የይሁዳ ንጉሥ አሞን
33፥21-25 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 21፥19-20
21አሞን በነገሠ ጊዜ ዕድሜው ሃያ ሁለት ዓመት ነበር፤ እርሱም በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦ ሁለት ዓመት ገዛ። 22አባቱ ምናሴ እንዳደረገው ሁሉ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ድርጊት ፈጸመ፤ አሞንም ምናሴ ያሠራቸውን ጣዖታት ሁሉ አመለከ፤ መሥዋዕትም አቀረበላቸው። 23አሞን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ራሱን እንዳዋረደ እንደ አባቱ እንደ ምናሴ ራሱን አላዋረደም፤ ነገር ግን በበደል ላይ በደል እየጨመረ ሄደ።
24የአሞን ሹማምት በእርሱ ላይ አሢረው በቤተ መንግሥቱ ውስጥ ገደሉት። 25ከዚያም ያገሩ ሕዝብ በንጉሡ አሞን ላይ ያሤሩትን ሁሉ ገደሉ፤ ልጁን ኢዮስያስንም በእርሱ ፈንታ አነገሡት።
