1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 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 H e did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children 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 Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, 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 Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”

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

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

وَبَنَى مَنَسَّى مَذابِحَ لِنُجُومِ السَّماءِ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ.

6 H e made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

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 H e set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which Yahweh 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;

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 cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded 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 didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children 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 Y ahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ عَلَى لِسانِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ:

11 “ Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;

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

12 t herefore Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

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

13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping 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 cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,

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

15 b ecause they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

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

16 M oreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.

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 all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they 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 slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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 began to reign; and he reigned 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 H e did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.

وَفَعَلَ آمُونُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ كَأبِيهِ مَنَسَّى.

21 H e walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

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

22 a nd he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.

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

23 T he servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

وَتَآمَرَ خُدّامُ آمُونَ عَلَيهِ وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيتِهِ.

24 B ut 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.

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 which he did, aren’t they 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 tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

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