1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
10¶ And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 12Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.21.13 wiping…: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof 14And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 15Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.21.16 from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth
17¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. 21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
23¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24And 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. 25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.21.26 Josiah: Gr. Josias
瑪拿西做猶大王
1瑪拿西十二歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政五十五年。他母親叫謝西芭。 2他做耶和華視為惡的事，效法耶和華在以色列人面前趕走的外族人的可憎行徑。 3他重建他父親希西迦拆毀的邱壇，效法以色列王亞哈為巴力築造祭壇，製造亞舍拉神像，並且祭拜和供奉天上的萬象。 4耶和華曾指著祂的殿說：「我的名必在耶路撒冷」，而他卻在耶和華的殿內建造異教的祭壇。 5他在耶和華殿的兩個院子裡建造祭拜天上萬象的祭壇； 6他燒死自己的兒子，獻作祭物；他行邪術，占卜，求問靈媒和巫師，做了許多耶和華視為惡的事，惹耶和華發怒。 7他雕刻亞舍拉神像，放在耶和華的殿中。關於這殿，耶和華曾對大衛和他兒子所羅門說：「我從以色列各支派中選擇了耶路撒冷和這殿，我的名要在這裡永遠受尊崇。 8只要以色列人謹遵我對他們的一切吩咐和我僕人摩西交給他們的律法，我就不再把他們從我賜給他們祖先的土地上趕走。」 9可是以色列人不肯聽從。瑪拿西誘使他們作惡，比耶和華在以色列人面前所毀滅的各族更嚴重。 10於是，耶和華藉著祂的僕人——眾先知宣告： 11「瑪拿西王做的這些可憎之事，比以前住在這裡的亞摩利人更嚴重，使猶大人祭拜偶像，陷入罪中。 12所以，以色列的上帝耶和華要在耶路撒冷和猶大降下大災難，凡聽見這事的人都必耳鳴。 13我要像懲罰撒瑪利亞和亞哈家一樣懲罰耶路撒冷。我要潔淨耶路撒冷，就像人擦淨盤子後倒扣過來。 14我要撇棄我殘存的子民，把他們交給敵人，任其擄掠。 15因為從他們祖先離開埃及那天起直到今天，他們一直做我視為惡的事，惹我發怒。」 16瑪拿西不僅使猶大人犯罪，做耶和華視為惡的事，還濫殺無辜，使耶路撒冷血流遍地。 17瑪拿西其他的事及其一切所作所為都記在猶大的列王史上。 18他與祖先同眠後，葬在他王宮的花園。即烏撒花園，他兒子亞們繼位。
亞們做猶大王
19亞們二十二歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政兩年。他母親叫米舒利密，是約提巴人哈魯斯的女兒。 20他效法他父親瑪拿西做耶和華視為惡的事， 21步他父親的後塵，祭拜和供奉同樣的偶像。 22他背棄他祖先的上帝耶和華，沒有遵行耶和華的教導。 23他的臣僕謀反，在王宮裡殺了他。 24民眾殺死那些背叛亞們王的人，立他兒子約西亞為王。 25亞們其他的事及其一切所作所為都記在猶大的列王史上。 26他死後，葬在烏撒花園內他的墳墓裡，他兒子約西亞繼位。
