Manasseh King of Judah
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. 2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 3He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 4He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5In both courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
7He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever. 8I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and regulations given through Moses.” 9But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. 12In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.
14Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
15He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the Lord, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city. 16Then he restored the altar of the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. 17The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
18The other events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.33:18 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles 19His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.33:19 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts of Hozai 20Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
Amon King of Judah
21Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. 22He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made. 23But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.
24Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. 25Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
Manase ọba Juda
133.1-9: 2Ọb 21.1-9.Manase jẹ́ ọmọ ọdún méjìlá nígbà tí ó di ọba. Ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún márùn-dínlọ́gọ́ta. 2Ó sì ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa. Nípa títẹ̀lé ọ̀nà iṣẹ́ ìríra ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa ti lé jáde níwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli rìn. 3Ó tún kọ́ àwọn ibi gíga tí baba rẹ̀ Hesekiah ti fọ́ túútúú. Ó sì gbé àwọn pẹpẹ dìde fún àwọn Baali ó sì ṣe àwọn ère Aṣerah. Ó foríbalẹ̀ fún gbogbo àwọn ogun ọ̀run ó sì sìn wọ́n. 4Ó kọ́ àwọn pẹpẹ sínú ilé Olúwa ní èyí tí Olúwa ti wí pé “Orúkọ mi yóò wà ní Jerusalẹmu títí láé.” 5Nínú ààfin méjèèje ti ilé Olúwa, ó kọ́ àwọn pẹpẹ fún gbogbo àwọn ogun ọ̀run 6Ó sì mú kí àwọn ọmọ ara rẹ̀ kí ó kọjá láàrín iná ní Àfonífojì Beni-Hinnomu, ó ń ṣe àkíyèsí àfọ̀ṣẹ, ó sì ń lo àlúpàyídà, ó sì ń bá àwọn òku àti oṣó lò. Ó ṣe ọ̀pọ̀ ohun búburú ní ojú Olúwa láti mú un bínú.
7Ó mú ère gbígbẹ́ tí ó ti gbẹ́ ó sì gbé e sínú ilé Olúwa, ní èyí tí Ọlọ́run ti sọ fún Dafidi àti sí ọmọ rẹ̀ Solomoni, “Nínú ilé Olúwa yìí àti ní Jerusalẹmu, tí mo ti yàn kúrò nínú gbogbo àwọn ẹ̀yà Israẹli, èmi yóò fi orúkọ mi síbẹ̀ títí láé. 8Èmi kì yóò ṣí ẹsẹ̀ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli kúrò mọ́ ní ilẹ̀ náà tí èmi ti yàn fún àwọn baba ńlá yín, níwọ̀n bí wọ́n bá ṣe pẹ̀lẹ́ láti ṣe gbogbo ohun tí mo paláṣẹ fún wọn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo òfin, àṣẹ àti àwọn ìlànà tí a fún yín láti ọwọ́ Mose wá.” 9Ṣùgbọ́n Manase mú kí Juda àti àwọn tí ń gbé Jerusalẹmu yapa, àti láti ṣe búburú ju àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè lọ, àwọn tí Olúwa ti parun níwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
10Ọlọ́run bá Manase sọ̀rọ̀ àti àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò kọbi ara sí i 11Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa mú àwọn alákòóso ọmọ-ogun ọba Asiria láti dojúkọ wọ́n, tí ó mú Manase nígbèkùn, ó fi ìwọ̀ mú un ní imú rẹ̀, ó dè é pẹ̀lú ṣẹkẹ́ṣẹkẹ̀ idẹ ó sì mú un lọ sí Babeli. 12Nínú ìpọ́njú rẹ̀, ó wá ojúrere Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀. Ó sì rẹ ara rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ gidigidi níwájú Ọlọ́run àwọn baba rẹ̀. 13Nígbà tí ó sì gbàdúrà sí i, inú Olúwa dùn sí àdúrà rẹ̀, ó sì tẹ́tí sí ẹ̀bẹ̀ rẹ̀; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó mú un padà wá sí Jerusalẹmu àti sí ìjọba rẹ̀. Nígbà náà Manase mọ̀ wí pé Olúwa ni Ọlọ́run.
14Ǹjẹ́ lẹ́yìn èyí, ó mọ odi kan lẹ́yìn ìlú Dafidi, ní ìhà ìwọ̀-oòrùn Gihoni, ní àfonífojì, àní ní àtiwọ ẹnu ibodè ẹja, ó sì yí orí òkè Ofeli ká; ó sì mọ ọ́n ga sókè gidigidi, ó sì fi balógun sínú gbogbo ìlú olódi Juda wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
15Ó pa gbogbo àwọn Ọlọ́run àjèjì run. Ó sì hú gbogbo àwọn ère kúrò nínú ilé Olúwa, pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn pẹpẹ tí ó ti kọ́ ní òkè ilé Olúwa àti ní Jerusalẹmu; ó sì kó wọn jáde kúrò nínú ìlú. 16Nígbà náà ni ó mú àwọn pẹpẹ padà bọ̀ sípò. Ó sì rú ọrẹ ìdàpọ̀ àti ọrẹ-ọpẹ́ lórí rẹ̀. Ó sì sọ fún Juda láti sin Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli. 17Àwọn ènìyàn, ko tẹ̀síwájú láti máa rú ẹbọ ní àwọn ibi gíga. Ṣùgbọ́n sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn nìkan.
18Àwọn iṣẹ́ yòókù ti ìjọba Manase pẹ̀lú àdúrà rẹ̀ sí Ọlọ́run rẹ̀ àti àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ tí àwọn aríran sọ sí i wà nínú ìwé ìtàn ayé àwọn ọba Israẹli. 19Àdúrà rẹ̀ àti bí inú Ọlọ́run ṣe dùn sí àdúrà rẹ̀ àti gbogbo àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ àti àìṣòótọ́, àti àwọn òpó níbi tí ó kọ́ àwọn ibi gíga sí, ó sì gbé àwọn ère Aṣerah àti àwọn òrìṣà kí ó tó rẹ ara rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, gbogbo rẹ̀ ni a kọ sínú ìwé ìrántí àwọn aríran. 2033.20: 2Ọb 21.18.Manase sinmi pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀, a sì sin ín sínú ààfin rẹ̀. Amoni ọmọ rẹ̀ sì rọ́pò rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọba.
Amoni ọba Juda
2133.21-25: 2Ọb 21.19-24.Amoni jẹ́ ẹni ọdún méjìlélógún nígbà tí ó di ọba. Ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún méjì. 22Ó ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí baba rẹ̀ Manase ti ṣe. Amoni rú ẹbọ sí gbogbo àwọn òrìṣà tí Manase baba rẹ̀ ti ṣe, ó sì sìn wọ́n. 23Ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe bí i baba rẹ̀ Manase. Kò rẹ ara rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ níwájú Olúwa: ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ Amoni sì ń pọ̀ sì í.
24Àwọn oníṣẹ́ Amoni dìtẹ̀ sí i. Wọ́n sì pa á ní ààfin rẹ̀. 25Nígbà náà, gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà pa gbogbo àwọn tí wọ́n ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí ọba Amoni, wọ́n sì mú Josiah ọmọ rẹ̀ jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
