1 M anassés tinha doze anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou cinqüenta e cinco anos em Jerusalém.

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

2 E le fez o que o Senhor reprova, imitando as práticas detestáveis das nações que o Senhor havia expulsado de diante dos israelitas.

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 R econstruiu os altares idólatras que seu pai Ezequias havia demolido, ergueu altares para os baalins e fez postes sagrados. Inclinou-se diante de todos os exércitos celestes e lhes prestou culto.

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 C onstruiu altares no templo do Senhor, do qual o Senhor tinha dito: “Meu nome permanecerá para sempre em Jerusalém”.

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

5 N os dois pátios do templo do Senhor ele construiu altares para todos os exércitos celestes.

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

6 C hegou a queimar seus filhos em sacrifício no vale de Ben-Hinom; praticou feitiçaria, adivinhação e magia, e recorreu a médiuns e aos que consultavam os espíritos. Fez o que o Senhor reprova, provocando-o à ira.

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 E le tomou a imagem esculpida que havia feito e a colocou no templo, do qual Deus tinha dito a Davi e a seu filho Salomão: “Neste templo e em Jerusalém, que escolhi dentre todas as tribos de Israel, porei meu nome para sempre.

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 N ão farei os pés dos israelitas deixarem novamente a terra que dei aos seus antepassados, se tão-somente tiverem o cuidado de fazer tudo o que lhes ordenei em todas as leis, decretos e ordenanças dados por meio de Moisés”.

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 M anassés, porém, desencaminhou Judá e o povo de Jerusalém, ao ponto de fazerem pior do que as nações que o Senhor havia destruído diante dos israelitas.

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 O Senhor falou a Manassés e a seu povo, mas não lhe deram atenção.

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

11 P or isso o Senhor enviou contra eles os comandantes do exército do rei da Assíria, os quais prenderam Manassés, colocaram-lhe um gancho no nariz e algemas de bronze, e o levaram para a Babilônia.

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 E m sua angústia, ele buscou o favor do Senhor, o seu Deus, e humilhou-se muito diante do Deus dos seus antepassados.

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

13 Q uando ele orou, o Senhor o ouviu e atendeu o seu pedido e o trouxe de volta a Jerusalém e a seu reino. E assim Manassés reconheceu que o Senhor é Deus.

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 D epois disso ele reconstruiu e aumentou a altura do muro externo da Cidade de Davi, a oeste da fonte de Giom, no vale, até a entrada da porta do Peixe, em torno da colina de Ofel. Também pôs comandantes militares em todas as cidades fortificadas de Judá.

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 M anassés tirou do templo do Senhor os deuses estrangeiros e a imagem que havia colocado lá, bem como todos os altares idólatras que havia construído na colina do templo e em Jerusalém; e jogou-os fora da cidade.

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 D epois restaurou o altar do Senhor e sobre ele ofereceu sacrifícios de comunhão e ofertas de gratidão, ordenando a Judá que servisse o Senhor, o Deus de Israel.

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 O povo, contudo, continuou a sacrificar nos altares idólatras, mas somente ao Senhor, o seu Deus.

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

18 O s demais acontecimentos do reinado de Manassés, inclusive sua oração a seu Deus e as palavras que os videntes lhe falaram em nome do Senhor, o Deus de Israel, estão escritos nos registros históricos dos reis de Israel.

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 S ua oração e a resposta de Deus, bem como todos os seus pecados e a sua infidelidade, além dos locais onde construiu altares idólatras e ergueu postes sagrados e ídolos, antes de humilhar-se, tudo está escrito nos registros históricos dos videntes.

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, 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 M anassés descansou com os seus antepassados e foi sepultado em sua propriedade. E seu filho Amom foi o seu sucessor. O Reinado de Amom, Rei de Judá

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

21 A mom tinha vinte e dois anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dois anos em Jerusalém.

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

22 E le fez o que o Senhor reprova; à semelhança de seu pai, Amom prestou culto e ofereceu sacrifícios a todos os ídolos que Manassés havia feito.

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 M as, ao contrário de seu pai Manassés, não se humilhou diante do Senhor, antes, aumentou a sua culpa.

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

24 O s oficiais de Amom conspiraram contra ele e o assassinaram em seu palácio.

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

25 M as o povo matou todos os que haviam conspirado contra o rei Amom, e proclamou seu filho Josias rei em seu lugar.

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.