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-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.

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 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 the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh 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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 place.

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

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

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

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

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

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