1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he became king. And he ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

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

2 H e did what was bad in the eyes of the Lord. He did the hated things of the nations whom the Lord drove 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 built again the high places which his father Hezekiah had broken down. He built altars for the false gods of Baal and made objects of worship for the false goddess Asherah. He worshiped all the stars of heaven 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 A nd he built altars in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord had said, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”

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

5 H e built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two open spaces of the house of the Lord.

وَبَنَى مَنَسَّى مَذابِحَ لِنُجُومِ السَّماءِ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ.

6 A nd he burned his sons as a gift in the valley of Ben-hinnom. He did witchcraft and asked the demon world about the future. He asked the demon world to do very special things, and he talked with people who spoke with the spirits of the dead. He did what was very bad in the eyes of the Lord, and made Him angry.

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 M anasseh made an object to look like a false god, and put it in God’s house, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen from all the families of Israel, I will put My name forever.

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 A nd I will never again take Israel out of the land which I have chosen for your fathers, if only they will obey all that I have told them in the Laws given through 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 M anasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to do more sinful things than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. Manasseh Turns from His Sin

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 T he Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen.

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

11 S o the Lord brought the captains of the army of the king of Assyria against them. And they took Manasseh with hooks and tied him with brass chains and brought 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 W hen Manasseh was in trouble, he prayed to the Lord his God, and put away his pride 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 W hen he prayed to Him, God heard his prayer and listened to him, and brought him again to Jerusalem and to his nation. 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 A fter this he built the outside wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the Fish Gate. He built it around the Ophel, and made it very high. Then he put army captains in all the strong 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 H e took away the strange gods and the false god from the house of the Lord. And he took away all the altars he had built on the mountain of the Lord’s house and in Jerusalem, and threw them outside 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 H e set up the altar of the Lord and gave peace gifts and thank gifts in worship on it. And he told 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 B ut the people still killed animals in worship at the high places, but only to the Lord their God. The End of Manasseh’s Rule

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

18 N ow the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words the men who spoke for God spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are among the writings 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 and how God heard his prayer, and of all his sin and how he was not faithful, are found in the writings of the men who spoke for God. Also it is written where he built the high places, and made the objects of the false goddess Asherah, and made objects to look like gods, before he put away his pride.

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 died and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon became king in his place.

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

21 A mon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and ruled for two years in Jerusalem.

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

22 A mon did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. He killed animals in worship to all the false gods his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

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

23 H e did not put away his pride before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon added to his guilt.

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

24 H is servants made plans against him, and killed him in his own house.

فَتَآمَرَ عَلَيهِ خُدّامُهُ، وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

25 B ut the people of the land killed all those who had killed King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.

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