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-five years in Jerusalem.

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

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh 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 the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

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

He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

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

He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house.

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.

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, 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.

He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God 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:

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 off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by 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.

Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel did.

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

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.

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.

Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, 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.

When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh 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.

He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh 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 an outer wall to David’s city, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he encircled Ophel with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified 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.

He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of Yahweh’s house, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of Yahweh’s house, 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.

He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving on it, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their God.

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 to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts 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 entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherah poles and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

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 place.

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

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he 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.

He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved 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.

He didn’t humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

24 ف َتَآمَرَ عَلَيهِ خُدّامُهُ، وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

His servants conspired against him, and put him to death 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 killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.