2 Ruodhi 21
1 Manase ne ja-higni apar gariyo kane odoko ruoth, kendo nobedo e loch kodak Jerusalem kuom higni piero abich gabich. Min mare ne nyinge Hefziba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 Notimo richo e nyim wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye koluwo timbe mamono mag ogendini mane Jehova Nyasaye oseriembo e dier jo-Israel.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].
3 Ne ochako ogero kuonde motingʼore gi malo mag lemo ma wuon mare Hezekia nomuko; to bende nogero kende mag misengini miwangʼoe liswa ne Baal kendo oloso siro milamo mar Ashera, mana kaka Ahab ruodh Israel notimo; bende nokulore kolamo gik moko duto mochwe man e kor polo.
He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.
4 Ne ogero kende mag misengini e hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye, kata obedo ni Jehova Nyasaye nosewacho niya, “Ei Jerusalem ka ema naketie nyinga.”
He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] me, forever.”
5 Nogero kende mag misengini miwangʼoe liswa ne gik mochwe mae kor polo e laru ariyo mag hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Notimo misango kochiwo wuode mondo owangʼ e mach, kotimo timbe mag ajuoke gi nyakalondo, kopenjo jomeny wach kod chunje jo-mirieri, notimo timbe maricho e wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye momiye ich wangʼ.
He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
7 Nokawo siro milamo mar Ashera mane oseloso mochungo ei hekalu, to Jehova Nyasaye noyudo osewuoyoe ne Daudi kod wuode Solomon niya, “Aseyiero hekaluni gi Jerusalem e kind ogendini duto mag Israel kendo, abiro keto nyinga kanyo nyaka chiengʼ.
He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.
8 Ka jo-Israel orito chike duto mane amiyogi kendo rito buche duto mane Musa jatichna omiyogi, to ok anachak awe gia e piny mane amiyo kweregi.”
And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
9 To ji ne ok odewo kendo Manase ne obaro kodgi mane gimedo timo timbe maricho moloyo ogendini mane Jehova Nyasaye otieko e nyim jo-Israel.
But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.
10 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho kokalo kuom jotichne ma jonabi niya,
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 “Manase ruodh Juda osetimo timbe makwero. Osetimo richo moloyo jo-Amor mane otelo nyime mi omiyo jo-Juda odonjo e richo mag nyisechene.
“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.
12 Kuom mano ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasach Israel wacho: Abiro kelo masira maduongʼ Jerusalem kod Juda, ma it ji duto mowinjo biro sakni.
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].
13 Abiro ngʼadone Jerusalem bura machal mana gi mane angʼadone Samaria kendo machal bende mana gi bura mane angʼadone dhood Ahab. Abiro yweyo Jerusalem matieki ka ngʼama yweyo dis moluoki mamoye oko e chiengʼ kuome piny mondo otwo.
I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].
14 Abiro jwangʼo jogo modongʼ ma gin girkeni mag tich lweta kendo chiwogi e lwet wasikgi. Ibiro kwalgi mi yakgi gi wasikgi duto,
And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.
15 nikech gisetimo richo e wangʼa kendo gisechwanya chakre chiengʼ mane kweregi oa Misri nyaka chil kawuono.”
I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”
16 To kata kamano Manase nochwero remb joma onge ketho mi remb jogo nopongʼo Jerusalem duto, kiweyo richo mane omiyo jo-Juda otimo, mine gitimo richo e wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye.
Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].
17 To kuom gik moko duto mag loch Manase, to gi mago duto mane otimo, koriwo nyaka richo mane otimo, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag weche mag ruodhi Juda?
[If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
18 Manase notho moyweyo gi kwerene kendo ne oike e puoth joka ruoth, ma en puoth Uza, kendo Amon wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.
19 Amon ne ja-higni piero ariyo gariyo kane obedo ruoth, kendo norito piny kodak Jerusalem kuom higni ariyo. Min mare ne nyinge Meshulemeth ma nyar Haruz, kendo noa Jotba.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.
20 Notimo timbe maricho e wangʼ Jehova Nyasaye, mana kaka wuon mare Manase nosetimo.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Ne otimo timbe duto mane wuon mare otimo, kendo nolamo kido duto mane wuon mare olamo kendo okulorenegi.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Ne oweyo Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach kwerene kendo ok ne owuotho e yore Jehova Nyasaye.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Jodongo mag Amon nowinjore monego ruoth e kar dakne.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Eka jopinyno noriwore monego jogo duto mane onego ruoth Amon kendo negiketo Josia wuode obedo ruoth kare.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
25 To kuom gik moko duto mag loch Amon gi gik mane otimo, donge ondikgi e kitepe mag ruodhi Juda?
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
26 Ne oike e liende mane ni e puodho mar Uza kendo Josia ma wuode nobedo ruoth kare.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
