1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he became king. And he ruled fifty-five years 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 M anasseh did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. He did the sinful things that were done by the nations whom the Lord drove out from the people of Israel.

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

3 H e built again the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He built altars for Baal and made an object out of wood to worship the false goddess Asherah. He did as Ahab king of Israel had done. He worshiped all the stars of heaven 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 H e built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

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

5 M anasseh built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two open spaces of the Lord’s house.

وَبَنَى مَنَسَّى مَذابِحَ لِنُجُومِ السَّماءِ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ.

6 H e gave his son as a burnt gift, used witchcraft and told the future. He listened to those who spoke with spirits and used their secret ways. He did things that were very sinful in the eyes of the Lord, and made the Lord angry.

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 T hen Manasseh put the object he had made for Asherah into the house of the Lord. But the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “I have chosen this house and Jerusalem from all the families of Israel. Here I will 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 I will not make the feet of Israel travel any more from the land I gave to their fathers. But they must obey all that I have told them, and all the Law that My servant Moses told to 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 did not listen. Manasseh led them to sin more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed from in front of the people of Israel.

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 N ow the Lord spoke through His servants who tell what will happen in the future. He said,

وَقالَ اللهُ عَلَى لِسانِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ:

11 “ Manasseh king of Judah has done these sinful things. He has sinned more than all the Amorites who were before him. And he has made Judah sin with his false gods. Because he has done this,

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

12 t he Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘See, I am bringing such trouble upon Jerusalem and Judah, that the ears of whoever hears it will be painful.

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

13 I will punish Jerusalem as I did Samaria and as I did the family of Ahab. I will dry Jerusalem as one dries a dish, rubbing it and turning it upside-down.

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

14 I will leave alone all who are left of My people, and give them to those who hate them. They will become something taken after the battle by those who fight against them.

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

15 B ecause they have done what is bad in My eyes. They have been making Me angry since the day their fathers came from Egypt until this day.’”

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

16 M anasseh killed many who were without guilt. He filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another. He sinned and made Judah sin, by doing what is sinful in the eyes 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 N ow the rest of the acts of Manasseh and his sins are 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 died and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon became king in his place. Amon Rules Judah

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 became king. He ruled for two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the 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 A mon did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

وَفَعَلَ آمُونُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَأبِيهِ مَنَسَّى.

21 H e walked in all the ways that his father had walked. He worshiped false gods like his father had.

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

22 S o he turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers. He did not walk in the way of the Lord.

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

23 A nd the servants of Amon made plans against him, and killed the king in his own house.

وَتَآمَرَ خُدّامُ آمُونَ عَلَيهِ وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

24 T hen the people of the land killed all those who had made plans against King Amon. And they made Josiah his son king in his place.

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

25 N ow the rest of the acts of Amon are 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 grave in the garden of Uzza. And his son Josiah became king in his place.

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