1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he began his fifty-five-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

كانَ مَنَسَّى فِي الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعتَلَى عَرِشَ يَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ خَمْسَةً وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَفْصِيبَةَ.

2 H e did evil in the sight of the Lord, after the practices of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites.

وَفَعَلَ مَنَسَّى الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَتَبَنَّى المُمارَساتِ البَشِعَةَ لِلشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أخَذَها بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ.

3 F or he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the hosts of the heavens and served them!

وَأعادَ مَنَسَّى بِناءَ المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي كانَ قَدْ هَدَمَها أبُوهُ حَزَقِيّا. وَأعادَ بِناءَ مَذابِحَ لِلبَعلِ وَأقامَ عَمُودَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، كَما فَعَلَ أخآبُ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ. وَعَبَدَ مَنَسَّى نُجُومَ السَّماءِ وَخَدَمَها.

4 A nd he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put My Name.

وَبَنَى مَذابِحَ لِلآلِهَةِ الزّائِفَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي قالَ عَنهُ اللهُ: «سَأضَعُ اسْمِي إلَى الأبَدِ فِي القُدسِ.»

5 A nd he built altars for all the hosts of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the Lord!

وَبَنَى مَنَسَّى مَذابِحَ لِنُجُومِ السَّماءِ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ.

6 A nd he made his son pass through the fire and burned him as an offering; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and wizards! He did much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

وَأحرَقَ أيْضاً أبناءَهُ كَقَرابِينَ. وَاسْتَعانَ بِالسِّحْرِ وَالعِرافَةِ لِمُحاوَلَةِ مَعرِفَةِ المُستَقبَلِ. وَاسْتَخدَمَ وُسَطاءَ رُوحانِيِّينَ وَمُشَعوِذِينَ. وَأكثَرَ مَنَسَّى مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّرِّ أمامَ اللهِ. فَغَضِبَ اللهُ غَضَباً شَدِيداً.

7 H e made a graven image of Asherah and set it 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 the tribes of Israel, will I put My Name forever;

وَصَنَعَ مَنَسَّى تِمثالاً مَنحُوتاً لِعَشْتَرُوتَ، وَوَضَعَهُ فِي الهَيكَلِ. وَهُوَ الهَيكَلُ الَّذِي كانَ اللهُ قَدْ قالَ لِداوُدَ وَابْنِهِ سُلَيْمانَ عَنْهُ: «اختَرْتُ القُدْسَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ. سَأضَعُ اسْمِي فِي الهَيكَلِ فِي القُدْسِ إلَى الأبَدِ.

8 A nd I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only 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.

وَلَنْ أدَعَهُمْ يُطرَدُونَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ. بَلْ سَأدَعُهُمْ يَبقُونَ فِي أرْضِهِمْ، إذا أطاعُوا كُلَّ وَصايايَ وَكُلَّ التَّعالِيمِ الَّتِي أعطاها لَهُمْ عَبدِي مُوسَى.»

9 B ut they would not listen; and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations did whom the Lord destroyed before the Israelites!

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسمَعُوا، بَلْ جَرَّهُمْ مَنَسَّى إلَى عَمَلِ شُرُورٍ أقبَحَ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي مارَسَتْها الشُّعُوبُ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ مِنْ كَنْعانَ قَبلَ دُخُولِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَيها.

10 A nd the Lord said through His servants the prophets:

وَقالَ اللهُ عَلَى لِسانِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ:

11 B ecause Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols,

«عَمِلَ مَنَسَّى كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأشياءِ البَغِيضَةِ. وَزادَتْ شُرُورُهُ عَلَى شُرُورِ الأمُّورِيِّينَ مِنْ قَبلِهِ، وَجَرَّ يَهُوذا إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ بِسَبَبِ أوْثانِهِ.

12 T herefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle!

لِهَذا يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹ها إنِّي جالِبٌ ضِيقاً كَثِيراً عَلَى القُدْسِ وَعَلَى يَهُوذا سَيُصْدَمُ كُلُّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِهِ.

13 A nd I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

وَما عَمِلْتُهُ بِالسّامِرَةِ وَبَيتِ أخآبَ سَأعْمَلُهُ بِالقُدْسِ. وَكَما يُمْسَحُ صَحْنٌ وَيُقلَبُ إلَى الأسْفَلِ، كَذَلِكَ سَأفعَلُ بِالقُدْسِ.

14 A nd I will cast off the rest of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies,

وَسَأتْرُكُ ما يَتَبَقَّى مِنْ شَعبِي. وَسَأنْصُرُ أعداءَهُمْ عَلَيهِم، فَيَسْبِيهِمْ أعداؤهُمْ كَأنَّهُمْ غَنائِمُ حَرْبٍ،

15 F or they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger since their fathers came out of Egypt to this day.

لِأنَّهُمْ عَمِلُوا ما لا يُرْضِينِي. أغضَبُونِي مُنْذُ يَوْمِ خُرُوجِ آبائِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَحَتَّى اليَوْمِ.

16 M oreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, filling Jerusalem from one end to another—besides his sin in making Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the Lord!

وَقَتَلَ مَنَسَّى أبْرِياءَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَأغرَقَ القُدْسَ بِدَمِهِمْ. تُضافُ هَذِهِ الخَطايا كُلُّها إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ الَّتِي جَرَّ بِها يَهُوذا لِلخَطِيَّةِ، حَتَّى فَعَلُوا الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ.›»

17 T he rest of the acts of Manasseh, all that he did, and his sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ مَنَسَّى وَخَطاياهُ الَّتِي ارتَكَبَها، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

18 M anasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son reigned in his stead.

وَماتَ مَنَسَّى وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. دُفِنَ فِي بُسْتانِ بَيتِهِ الَّذِي دُعِيَ «بُسْتانَ عُزّا.» وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ آمُونُ. آمُونُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

19 A mon was twenty-two years old when he began his two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

كانَ آمُونُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعتَلَى العَرْشَ. وَحَكَمَ سَنَتَينِ فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ مَشُلَّمَةَ بِنْتَ حارُوصَ، مِنْ يَطْبَةَ.

20 h e also did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

وَفَعَلَ آمُونُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَأبِيهِ مَنَسَّى.

21 H e walked in all the ways of his father; and he served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

وَعاشَ آمُونُ عَلَى نَهْجِ أبِيهِ. فَعَبَدَ وَخَدَمَ الأوثان الَّتِي عَبَدَها وَخَدَمَها أبُوهُ.

22 H e forsook the Lord, the God of his, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

وَهَكَذا تَجاهَلَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِ، وَلَمْ يَعِشْ كَما يُرْضِي اللهَ.

23 T he servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

وَتَآمَرَ خُدّامُ آمُونَ عَلَيهِ وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

24 B ut the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and made Josiah his son king in his stead.

فَقامَ شَعبُ البَلَدِ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ الَّذِينَ تَآمَرُوا عَلَى آمُونَ وَقَتَلُوهُمْ. ثُمَّ نَصَّبُوا ابْنَهُ يُوشِيّا مَلِكاً بَعْدَهُ.

25 T he rest of the acts of Amon, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ آمُونَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

26 H e was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Josiah his son succeeded him.

وَدُفِنَ آمُونُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فِي بُسْتانِ عُزّا. وَخَلَفَهُ فِي الحُكْمِ ابْنُهُ يُوشِيّا.