1 ¶ Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

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

2 A nd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the Gentiles, whom the LORD had cast out before the sons of Israel.

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

3 F or he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah, his father, had broken down, and he raised up altars for the Baalim and made groves and worshipped all the host of the heavens and served them.

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

4 H e also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

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

5 H e likewise built altars for all the host 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 caused his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of the sons of Hinnom; he also observed times, used enchantments, and was given over to witchcraft, consulting with spiritists and with diviners; he multiplied in doing much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

وَأحْرَقَ 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.

7 I n addition to this, he set a graven 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 over all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;

وَصَنَعَ 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.

8 n either will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers under the condition that they take, keep, and do all that I have commanded them, the whole law, the statutes and the rights by the hand of Moses.

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

9 S o Manasseh deceived Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do more evil than the Gentiles, whom the LORD had destroyed before the sons of Israel.

وَشَجَّعَ 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.

10 A nd the LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not hearken.

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مَنَسَّى وَشَعبَهُ، لَكِنَّهُمْ أغلَقُوا آذانَهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعُوا إلَيهِ.

11 ¶ Therefore, the LORD brought upon them the princes of the host of the king of Assyria who took Manasseh and bound him with fetters of brass and carried him to Babylon.

فَأرسَلَ 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.

12 A nd when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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

13 a nd when he prayed unto him, he was heard; for he heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.

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

14 N ow after, this he built the wall outside the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entrance of the fish gate, and fenced Ophel and raised it up to a very great height and put captains of the army in all the fenced cities of Judah.

وَبَعدَ 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.

15 L ikewise, 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.

وَنَزَعَ 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.

16 A nd he repaired the altar of the LORD and sacrificed upon it sacrifices of peace and of praise and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

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

17 N evertheless, the people still sacrificed in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

وَاستَمَرَّ الشَّعبُ فِي تَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يُقَدِّمُونَها إلّا لإلَهِهِمْ.

18 N ow the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the acts of the kings of Israel.

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

19 H is prayer also and how he was heard, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places upon which he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, these things are written among the words of the seers.

وَصَلاةُ 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.

20 S o Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon, his son, reigned in his stead.

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

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

كانَ آمُونُ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما اعتَلَى العَرْشَ. وَحَكَمَ سَنَتَينِ فِي القُدْسِ.

22 B ut he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done, for Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh, his father, had made, and served them.

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

23 B ut he never humbled himself before the LORD as Manasseh, his father, humbled himself; to the contrary Amon multiplied the guilt.

وَلَمْ يَتَواضَعْ أمامَ اللهِ كَما تَواضَعَ أبُوهُ مَنَسَّى، بَلْ تَمادَى آمُونُ فِي الشَّرِّ كَثِيراً.

24 A nd his slaves conspired against him and slew him in his own house.

فَتَآمَرَ عَلَيهِ خُدّامُهُ، وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

25 B ut the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah, his son, king in his stead.

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