1 ك انَ مَنَسَّى فِي الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعْتَلَى عَرْشَ يَهُوذا. وَحَكَمَ خَمْسَةً وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

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

But 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 و َأعادَ مَنَسَّى بِناءَ المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي كانَ قَدْ هَدَمَها أبُوهُ حَزَقِيّا، وَأعادَ بِناءَ مَذابِحَ لِلبَعلِ وَنَصَبَ أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ. وَعَبَدَ نُجُومَ السَّماءِ وَخَدَمَها.

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.

4 و َبَنَى مَذابِحَ لِلآلِهَةِ الزّائِفَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي قالَ عَنْهُ اللهُ: «سَيَكُونُ اسْمِي إلَى الأبَدِ فِي القُدسِ.»

Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

5 و َبَنَى مَنَسَّى مَذابِحَ لِنُجُومِ السَّماءِ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ.

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

6 و َأحْرَقَ ابْنَهُ في النارِ كَقُرْبانٍ فِي وادِي ابْنِ هَنُّومَ. وَاسْتَعانَ بِالسِّحْرِ وَالعِرافَةِ لِمُحاوَلَةِ مَعْرِفَةِ المُستَقبَلِ. وَاسْتَخْدَمَ وُسَطاءَ وَمُشَعْوَذِينَ. وَأكثَرَ مَنَسَّى مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّرِّ أمامَ اللهِ ، فَغَضِبَ اللهُ غَضَباً شَدِيداً.

And 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.

7 و َصَنَعَ مَنَسَّى تِمثالاً لِوَثَنٍ، وَوَضَعَهُ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي قالَ اللهُ لِداوُدَ وَابِنِهِ سُلَيْمانَ عَنْهُ: «اختَرْتُ القُدْسَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُدُنِ إسْرائِيلَ. سَأضَعُ اسْمِي فِي الهَيكَلِ فِي القُدْسِ إلَى الأبَدِ.

And 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:

8 و َلَنْ أدَعَهُمْ يُبْعَدوُنَ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لآبائِهِمْ، بَلْ سَأُبْقِيهِمْ فِي أرْضِهِمْ، إنْ أطاعُوا كُلَّ وَصايايَ وَكُلَّ التَّعالِيمِ الَّتِي أعطاها لَهُمْ عَبدِي مُوسَى.»

Neither 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.

9 و َشَجَّعَ مَنَسَّى أهلَ يَهُوذا وَأهلَ القُدسِ عَلَى الضَّلالِ. فَعَمِلُوا شُرُوراً أكْثَرَ وَأقبَحَ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي مارَسَتْها الشُّعُوبُ الَّتِي طَرَدَها اللهُ مِنْ كَنْعانَ قَبلَ دُخُولِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَيها.

So 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.

10 و َكَلَّمَ اللهُ مَنَسَّى وَشَعبَهُ، لَكِنَّهُمْ أغلَقُوا آذانَهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعُوا إلَيهِ.

And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

11 ف َأرسَلَ اللهُ جَيشَ أشُّورَ بِقِيادَةِ كِبارِ قادَةِ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ لِمُهاجَمَةِ يَهُوذا. فَألقَوْا القَبْضَ عَلَى مَنَسَّى وَأسَرُوهُ، وَوَضَعُوا فِي أنفِهِ خِزامَةً اقتادُوهُ بِها. وَكَبَّلُوا يَدَيْهِ بِسَلاسِلَ نُحاسِيَّةٍ، وَجَرُّوهُ إلَى بابِلَ.

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.

12 ف َلَمّا وَقَعَتْ هَذِهِ المَصائِبُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنَسَّى، تابَ إلَى اللهِ إلَهِهِ وَطَلَبَ عَوْنَهُ. وَتَواضَعَ كَثِيراً أمامَ إلَهِ آبائِهِ.

And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

13 ص َلَّى مَنَسَّى إلَى اللهِ وَاستَنْجَدَ بِهِ. فَسَمِعَ اللهُ تَضَرُّعاتِهِ وَتَحَنَّنَ عَلَيهِ. وَأرْجَعَهُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَإلَى عَرشِهِ. فَعَرَفَ مَنَسَّى حِينَئِذٍ، أنَّ يهوه هُوَ اللهُ حَقّاً.

And 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.

14 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ بَنَى مَنَسَّى سُوراً عالِياً حَولَ مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَامتَدَّ السُّورُ غَربِيَّ عَينِ جِبْعُونَ فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ، إلَى مَدخَلِ بَوّابَةِ السَّمَكِ، وَحَولَ تَلِّ عُوفِلَ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَ ضُبّاطاً فِي كُلِّ حُصُونِ يَهُوذا.

Now 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.

15 و َنَزَعَ أصنامَ الآلِهَةِ الغَرِيبَةِ. وَأزالَ الصَّنَمَ مِنْ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَنَزَعَ كُلَّ المَذابِحِ الَّتِي بَناها عَلَى تَلِّ بَيتِ اللهِ وَفِي القُدسِ، وَطَرَحَها كُلَّها بَعيداً عَنْ مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ.

And 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.

16 ث ُمَّ نَصَبَ مَذبَحَ اللهِ وَقَدَّمَ عَلَيهِ ذَبائِحَ شَرِكَةٍ وَتَقدِماتِ شُكرٍ. وَأمَرَ مَنَسَّى شَعبَ يَهُوذا بِأنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، وَيَخْدِمُوهُ.

And 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.

17 و َاستَمَرَّ الشَّعبُ فِي تَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يُقَدِّمُونَها إلّا لإلَهِهِمْ.

Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.

18 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ مَنَسَّى، صَلَواتِهِ لإلَهِهِ وَكَلامِ الرّائِينَ الَّذِينَ كَلَّمُوهُ بِاسْمِ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ السِّجِلّاتِ الرَّسمِيَّةِ لِمُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ.

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.

19 و َصَلاةُ مَنَسَّى وَاستِجابَةُ الله لِصَلاتِهِ وَتَحَنُّنُهُ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتاب الرّائِينَ. كَذَلِكَ كُلُّ خَطاياهُ، وَعَدَمِ أمانَتِهِ قَبلَ تَواضُعِهِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ، وَالأماكِنُ الَّتِي بَنَى فِيها مُرتَفَعاتٍ وَأقامَ أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ الرّائِينَ.

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, 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.

20 و َماتَ مَنَسَّى وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِه. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي بَيتِهِ المَلَكِيِّ. وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى العَرشِ ابنُهُ آمُونَ. آمُونُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

21 ك انَ آمُونُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعتَلَى العَرْشَ. وَحَكَمَ سَنَتَينِ فِي القُدْسِ.

Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

22 و َعَمِلَ آمُونُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَأبِيهِ مَنَسَّى. وَقَدَّمَ آمُونُ ذَبائِحَ لِكُلِّ الأوثانِ وَالتَّماثِيلِ المَنحُوتَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها أبُوهُ، وَعَبَدَها.

But 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;

23 و َلَمْ يَتَواضَعْ أمامَ اللهِ كَما تَواضَعَ أبُوهُ مَنَسَّى، بَلْ تَمادَى آمُونُ فِي الشَّرِّ كَثِيراً.

And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

24 ف َتَآمَرَ عَلَيهِ خُدّامُهُ، وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

25 ف َقامَ شَعبُ البَلَدِ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ الَّذِينَ تَآمَرُوا عَلَى آمُونَ. ثُمَّ نَصَّبُوا ابْنَهُ يُوشِيّا مَلِكاً بَعْدَهُ.

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.