2 Dungkrhoekhaih 33
1 Manasseh loe siangpahrang ah oh naah saning hatlai hnetto ni oh vop; anih mah Jerusalem to saning quipangato uk.
Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
2 Angraeng mah Israel kaminawk hmaa ah vah pae phaeng ih, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk mah sak o ih panuet thok hmuennawk baktiah, Angraeng mikhnukah kahoih ai hmuen to a sak.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced [though the land].
3 Ampa Hezekiah mah phraek tangcae hmuensangnawk to a sak let; Baal bokhaih hmaicamnawk to a sak let moe, Asherah thingnawk to a tling let; van ih cakaehnawk hmaa ah akuep o moe, a bok o.
He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.
4 Angraeng mah, Jerusalem ah Ka hmin om poe tih, tiah thuih ih ahmuen, Angraeng imthung ah kadueh sithaw bokhaih hmaicamnawk to a sak.
He directed his workers to build altars [for foreign gods] in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.”
5 Angraeng ih longhma hnetto ahmuen ah doeh, cakaehnawk hanah hmaicamnawk to a sak pae.
He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Hinnom capa ih azawn ah a capanawk to hmai angbawnhaih ah a paek; atue pakoep moe, angzo han koi hmuen to a khet, lung aahhaih, miklet khethaih, kadueh pakhra kawkhaih, taqawk hoi mauih akun thaihaih hmuennawk doeh a sak. Angraeng palungphuisak hanah a mikhnukah kasae hmuennawk to a sak.
He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
7 Sithaw mah David hoi a capa Solomon khaeah, Israel acaengnawk boih thungah, ka qoih ih Jerusalem vangpui thungah kaom, hae im thungah dungzan khoek to ka hmin ka suek han, tiah thuih ih ahmuen, Angraeng Sithaw im ah angmah sak ih krang maeto a suek:
Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.
8 Nihcae khaeah ka thuih ih lok baktih, Mosi khaeah ka paek ih kaalok baktih toengah, Israel kaminawk mah acoehaih hoiah pazui o nahaeloe, nihcae ampanawk khaeah ka paek ih prae thung hoiah nihcae ih khok to ka tahruet pae mak ai, tiah a thuih pae.
If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
9 Toe Manasseh mah Judah hoi Jerusalem ih kaminawk to loklam amkhraengsak, Israel caanawk hmaa ah Angraeng mah amrosak ih, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk pongah kasae kue hmuen to a sak.
But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].
10 Angraeng mah Manasseh hoi angmah ih kaminawk khaeah lokthuih pae, toe nihcae mah tahngai pae o ai.
Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
11 To pongah Angraeng mah nihcae tuk hanah, Assyria siangpahrang ih misatuh angraengnawk to patoeh pae; nihcae mah Manasseh to soekhring thungah naeh o moe, khok ah thlongthuk pae o pacoengah, Babylon ah caeh o haih.
So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.
12 Patangkhang naah ampanawk ih Sithaw hmaa ah poek sanghaih to pahnaem moe, angmah ih Angraeng Sithaw khaeah tahmenhaih a hnik.
There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.
13 Anih khaeah lawkthuih naah, Angraeng mah lawkthuihaih hoi tahmen hnikhaih to tahngaih pae; to pongah anih to angmah ih prae, Jerusalem ah caeh haih let. To naah Manasseh mah Angraeng loe Sithaw ni, tiah panoek.
When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] God.
14 To pacoengah David vangpui tasa bang, Gihon vangpui niduem bang ih tanga khongkha khoek to, Ophel misa abuephaih ahmuen taeng khoek to, kasang parai sipae to a sak; Judah prae thung ih kacak vangpuinawk ohhaih ahmuen kruekah, misatuh kaminawk to a suek.
Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.
15 Sithaw panoek ai kalah acaeng kaminawk ih sithawnawk to vah king moe, Angraeng imthung hoiah krangnawk to takhoe boih; Angraeng im ohhaih mae nui hoi Jerusalem vangpui ah a sak ih hmaicamnawk doeh, vangpui tasa bangah a vah boih.
Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.
16 To pacoengah anih mah Angraeng ih hmaicam to sak pakhraih; angdaeh angbawnhaih hoi anghoe angbawnhaih to a sak moe, Israel Angraeng Sithaw ih toksak hanah Judah kaminawk hanah lokpaek.
Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.
17 Toe kaminawk loe kasang ahmuennawk ah angbawnhaih sak toengtoeng vop, toe to angbawnhaih loe angmacae Angraeng Sithaw khae khue ah ni a sak o.
The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
18 Manasseh siangpahrang ah oh nathung sak ih hmuennawk, angmah ih Sithaw khaeah lawkthuihaih hoi Israel Angraeng Sithaw ih ahmin hoiah tahmaanawk mah anih khaeah thuih pae ih loknawk boih loe, Israel siangpahrangnawk ih cabu thung ah tarik o.
The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
19 Anih lawkthuihaih kawng, anih lawkthuihaih Sithaw mah tahngaih paehaih kawng, a sakpazae ih hmuen hoi kasang ahmuennawk sakhaih kawng, Asherah thing hoi krangnawk sakhaih kawng, anih mah poek pahnaemhaih tawn ai naah sak ih hmuennawk boih loe, tahmaanawk ih cabu thungah tarik o.
What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.
20 Manasseh loe ampanawk khaeah anghak moe, siangpahrang angmah ih imthung ah aphum o. Anih zuengah a capa Amon to siangpahrang ah oh.
Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
21 Amon loe siangpahrang ah oh naah, saning pumphae hnetto oh moe, Jerusalem ah saning hnetto thung siangpahrang tok to a sak.
Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
22 Ampa Manasseh mah sak ih baktih toengah, anih mah doeh Angraeng mikhnukah kahoih ai hmuen to sak; Manasseh mah sak ih krangnawk to Amon mah bok moe, angbawnhaih to a sak.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.
23 Toe ampa Manasseh baktiah, Angraeng hmaa ah poek pahnaem ai, kanung aep zaehaih to a sak.
But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.
24 Amon angmah ih tamnanawk mah anih to hum han pacaeng o moe, angmah ih siangpahrang imthung ah a hum o.
Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
25 Toe prae kaminawk mah Amon siangpahrang hum kaminawk to hum o boih; anih zuengah a capa Josiah mah prae to uk.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
