Manasseh King of Judah
1Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 55 years. 2Manasseh did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He followed the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. The Lord had driven out those nations to make room for the Israelites. 3Manasseh rebuilt the high places. His father Hezekiah had destroyed them. Manasseh also set up altars to the gods that were named Baal. He made poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. He even bowed down to all the stars and worshiped them. 4He built altars in the Lord’s temple. The Lord had said about his temple, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple Manasseh built altars to honor all the stars in the sky. 6He sacrificed his children in the fire to other gods. He did it in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. He practiced all kinds of evil magic. He took part in worshiping evil powers. He got messages from people who had died. He talked to the spirits of people who have died. He did many things that were evil in the eyes of the Lord. Manasseh made the Lord very angry.
7Manasseh had carved a statue of a god. He put it in God’s temple. God had spoken to David and his son Solomon about the temple. He had said, “My Name will be in this temple and in Jerusalem forever. Out of all the cities in the tribes of Israel I have chosen Jerusalem. 8I gave this land to your people who lived long ago. I will not make the Israelites leave it again. But they must be careful to do everything I commanded them. They must follow all the laws, directions, and rules I gave them through Moses.” 9But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray. They did more evil things than the nations the Lord had destroyed to make room for the Israelites.
10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people. But they didn’t pay any attention to him. 11So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon. 12When Manasseh was in trouble, he asked the Lord his God to help him. He made himself very humble in the sight of the God of his people. 13Manasseh prayed to him. When he did, the Lord felt sorry for him. He answered his prayer. The Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.
14After that, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David. It was west of the Gihon spring in the valley. It reached all the way to the entrance of the Fish Gate. It went around the entire hill of Ophel. Manasseh also made the wall much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the cities in Judah that had high walls around them.
15Manasseh got rid of the false gods. He removed the statue of one of those gods from the Lord’s temple. He also removed all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem. He threw them out of the city. 16Then he made the Lord’s altar look like new again. He sacrificed friendship offerings and thank offerings on it. He told the people of Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. 17The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places. But they offered them only to the Lord their God.
18The other events of Manasseh’s rule are written down in the official records of the kings of Judah. These records include his prayer to his God. They also include the words the prophets spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 19Everything about Manasseh is written in the records of the prophets. That includes his prayer and the fact that God felt sorry for him. It includes everything he did before he made himself humble in the Lord’s sight. It includes all his sins and the fact that he wasn’t faithful to the Lord. It includes the locations where he built high places. It includes the places where he set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. And it includes the places where he set up statues of other gods. 20Manasseh joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his palace. Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king after him.
Amon King of Judah
21Amon was 22 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for two years. 22Amon did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the statues of gods that Manasseh had made. 23He didn’t make himself humble in the Lord’s sight as his father Manasseh had done. So Amon became even more guilty.
24Amon’s officials made plans against him. They murdered him in his palace. 25Then the people of the land killed all those who had made plans against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.
Manase Mũthamaki wa Juda
1Manase aarĩ wa mĩaka ikũmi na ĩĩrĩ rĩrĩa aatuĩkire mũthamaki, nake agĩthamaka arĩ Jerusalemu mĩaka mĩrongo ĩtano na ĩtano. 233:2 Gũcook 18:9Nake agĩĩka maũndũ marĩa mataagĩrĩire maitho-inĩ ma Jehova na ũndũ wa kũrũmĩrĩra maũndũ maarĩ magigi marĩa meekagwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria Jehova aaingatĩte ciehere mbere ya andũ a Isiraeli. 3Agĩaka rĩngĩ kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru kũrĩa ithe Hezekia aamomorete; ningĩ agĩakĩra Baali igongona na agĩthondeka itugĩ cia Ashera. Ningĩ akĩinamĩrĩra na akĩhooya mĩhianano yothe ya mbũtũ cia njata cia igũrũ na agĩcitungatĩra. 433:4 2Maũ 7:16Manase nĩaakire igongona thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ya Jehova, o ĩrĩa Jehova oigĩte ũhoro wayo atĩrĩ, “Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa rĩgaatũũra Jerusalemu nginya tene.” 5Nĩakĩire mĩhianano yothe ya mbũtũ cia njata cia igũrũ igongona kũu nja cierĩ cia hekarũ ya Jehova. 633:6 Alaw 18:21; 1Sam 28:13Nĩaarutire ariũ ake matuĩke igongona, magĩcinĩrwo Gĩtuamba-inĩ kĩa Beni-Hinomu, na nĩaragũraga na agatuĩria nyoni, na akarogana, na agathiiaga kũrĩ andũ arĩa maarĩ na maroho ma kũragũra, o na agatuĩria ũhoro kuuma kũrĩ maroho mooru. Nĩekire maũndũ maingĩ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, akĩmũrakaria.
7Nĩooire mũhianano mũicũhie ũrĩa aathondekete na akĩũiga thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ya Ngai, ĩrĩa Ngai eerĩte Daudi na mũriũ Solomoni ũhoro wayo atĩrĩ, “Thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ĩno na thĩinĩ wa Jerusalemu, o kũrĩa ndĩthuurĩire kuuma mĩhĩrĩga-inĩ yothe ya Isiraeli, nĩkuo ngũtũũria Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nginya tene. 833:8 2Sam 7:10Ndigatũma magũrũ ma andũ a Isiraeli macooke kũũrũũra moime bũrũri ũyũ ndaheire maithe manyu ma tene, korwo no metĩkĩre kũmenyerera maũndũ mothe marĩa ndĩmaathĩte makonainie na mawatho mothe na kĩrĩra gĩakwa gĩa kũrũmĩrĩrwo na matuĩro marĩa maaheirwo na kanua ka Musa ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo.” 933:9 Jer 15:4; Ezek 5:7No rĩrĩ, Manase akĩhĩtithia andũ a Juda na andũ a Jerusalemu, nginya magĩĩka maũndũ mooru o na gũkĩra ndũrĩrĩ iria Jehova aaniinĩte ciehere mbere ya andũ a Isiraeli.
10Jehova akĩarĩria Manase na andũ ake, no matiigana kũmũigua. 1133:11 Gũcook 28:36; Amos 4:2Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai akĩmarehithĩria anene a mbũtũ cia ita cia mũthamaki wa Ashuri, nao makĩnyiita Manase, makĩmwĩkĩra kĩbini iniũrũ, makĩmuoha na mĩnyororo ya gĩcango, na makĩmũtwara Babuloni. 1233:12 2Maũ 6:37Hĩndĩ ĩyo aarĩ mũhinyĩrĩrĩku ngoro-rĩ, akĩrongooria ũtugi wa Jehova Ngai wake, na akĩĩnyiihia mũno mbere ya Ngai wa maithe mao. 13Na rĩrĩa aamũhooire, Jehova akĩigua ihooya rĩake na akĩigua gũthaithana gwake; nĩ ũndũ ũcio, akĩmũcookia Jerusalemu na akĩmũcookeria ũthamaki wake. Hĩndĩ ĩyo Manase akĩmenya atĩ Jehova nĩwe Ngai.
1433:14 1Ath 1:33; Neh 3:26Thuutha-inĩ-rĩ, agĩaka rĩngĩ rũthingo rwa nja rwa Itũũra Inene rĩa Daudi mwena wa ithũĩro wa gĩthima kĩa Gihoni kũu gĩtuamba-inĩ, o nginya itoonyero-inĩ rĩa Kĩhingo gĩa Thamaki, na gũthiũrũrũkĩria karĩma ka Ofeli; o na ningĩ akĩrũraihia na igũrũ. Nĩaigire anene a thigari matũũra-inĩ mothe ma Juda marĩa maarĩ mairigĩre na thingo cia hinya.
1533:15 2Ath 23:2Akĩeheria ngai cia kũngĩ, o na akĩeheria mũhianano ũrĩa warĩ thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ya Jehova, o na igongona ciothe iria aakĩte karĩma-inĩ ka hekarũ na kũu Jerusalemu, na agĩcite na kũu nja ya itũũra inene. 1633:16 Alaw 7:11-18Ningĩ agĩcookereria kĩgongona kĩa Jehova, na akĩrutĩra igũrũ rĩakĩo maruta ma ũiguano na ma gũcookia ngaatho, na akĩĩra andũ a Juda matungatĩre Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli. 17No rĩrĩ, andũ magĩthiĩ o na mbere kũrutĩra magongona kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru, no mamarutagĩra Jehova Ngai wao o we wiki.
18Maũndũ marĩa mangĩ makoniĩ wathani wa Manase, o hamwe na ũrĩa aahooire Ngai wake, o na ciugo iria ooni-maũndũ maamwarĩirie thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli-rĩ, nĩmandĩke maandĩko-inĩ ma mahinda ma athamaki a Isiraeli. 1933:19 2Maũ 6:37; 2Ath 21:17Ihooya rĩake, na ũrĩa Ngai aahutirio nĩ gũthaithana gwake, o na ningĩ mehia make mothe, na kwaga kwĩhokeka gwake, o na kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru kũrĩa aakire mahooero ma Baali, na akĩhaanda itugĩ cia Ashera na mĩhianano mbere ya atanenyiihĩria Jehova-rĩ, mothe nĩmandĩkĩtwo maandĩko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa ooni-maũndũ. 2033:20 2Ath 21:18; 2Maũ 21:20Manase akĩhurũka hamwe na maithe make na agĩthikwo nyũmba-inĩ yake ya ũthamaki. Nake mũriũ Amoni agĩtuĩka mũthamaki ithenya rĩake.
Amoni Mũthamaki wa Juda
2133:21 1Maũ 3:14Amoni aarĩ wa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na ĩĩrĩ rĩrĩa aatuĩkire mũthamaki, nake agĩthamaka arĩ Jerusalemu mĩaka ĩĩrĩ. 22Nake agĩĩka maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, o ta ũrĩa ithe Manase eekĩte. Amoni nĩahooire na akĩrutĩra mĩhianano yothe magongona ĩrĩa Manase aathondekithĩtie. 2333:23 Thaam 10:3; Thab 18:27; 147:6Nowe ndeekire ta ithe Manase tondũ ndaigana kwĩnyiihĩria Jehova; Amoni nĩaingĩhirie mahĩtia make.
24Anene a Amoni makĩmũciirĩrĩra, na makĩmũũragĩra o kũu nyũmba-inĩ yake ya ũthamaki. 2533:25 2Maũ 22:1Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ a bũrũri ũcio makĩũraga andũ arĩa othe maaciirĩire kũũraga Mũthamaki Amoni; nao magĩtua mũriũ Josia mũthamaki ithenya rĩake.
