2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
Двенадцати лет был Манассия, когда воцарился, и пятьдесят пять лет царствовал в Иерусалиме,
2 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].
и делал он неугодное в очах Господних, подражая мерзостям народов, которых прогнал Господь от лица сынов Израилевых,
3 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.
и снова построил высоты, которые разрушил Езекия, отец его, и поставил жертвенники Ваалам, и устроил дубравы, и поклонялся всему воинству небесному, и служил ему,
4 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.”
и соорудил жертвенники в доме Господнем, о котором сказал Господь: в Иерусалиме будет имя Мое вечно;
5 He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
и соорудил жертвенники всему воинству небесному на обоих дворах дома Господня.
6 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.
Он же проводил сыновей своих чрез огонь в долине сына Енномова, и гадал, и ворожил, и чародействовал, и учредил вызывателей мертвецов и волшебников; много делал он неугодного в очах Господа, к прогневлению Его.
7 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.
И поставил резного идола, которого сделал, в доме Божием, о котором говорил Бог Давиду и Соломону, сыну его: в доме сем и в Иерусалиме, который Я избрал из всех колен Израилевых, Я положу имя Мое навек;
8 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.”
и не дам впредь выступить ноге Израиля из земли сей, которую Я укрепил за отцами их, если только они будут стараться исполнять все, что Я заповедал им, по всему закону и уставам и повелениям, данным рукою Моисея.
9 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].
Но Манассия довел Иудею и жителей Иерусалима до того, что они поступали хуже тех народов, которых истребил Господь от лица сынов Израилевых.
10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
И говорил Господь к Манассии и к народу его, но они не слушали.
11 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.
И привел Господь на них военачальников царя Ассирийского, и заковали они Манассию в кандалы и оковали его цепями, и отвели его в Вавилон.
12 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.
И в тесноте своей он стал умолять лице Господа Бога своего и глубоко смирился пред Богом отцов своих.
13 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.
И помолился Ему, и Бог преклонился к нему и услышал моление его, и возвратил его в Иерусалим на царство его. И узнал Манассия, что Господь есть Бог.
14 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.
И после того построил внешнюю стену города Давидова, на западной стороне Геона, по лощине и до входа в Рыбные ворота, и провел ее вокруг Офела и высоко поднял ее. И поставил военачальников по всем укрепленным городам в Иудее,
15 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.
и низверг чужеземных богов и идола из дома Господня, и все капища, которые соорудил на горе дома Господня и в Иерусалиме, и выбросил их за город.
16 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.
И восстановил жертвенник Господень и принес на нем жертвы мирные и хвалебные, и сказал Иудеям, чтобы они служили Господу Богу Израилеву.
17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
Но народ еще приносил жертвы на высотах, хотя и Господу Богу своему.
18 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’.
Прочие дела Манассии, и молитва его к Богу своему, и слова прозорливцев, говоривших к нему именем Господа Бога Израилева, находятся в записях царей Израилевых.
19 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.
И молитва его, и то, что Бог преклонился к нему, и все грехи его и беззакония его, и места, на которых он построил высоты и поставил изображения Астарты и истуканов, прежде нежели смирился, описаны в записях Хозая.
20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
И почил Манассия с отцами своими, и похоронили его в доме его. И воцарился Амон, сын его, вместо него.
21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
Двадцати двух лет был Амон, когда воцарился, и два года царствовал в Иерусалиме.
22 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.
И делал неугодное в очах Господних так, как делал Манассия, отец его; и всем истуканам, которых сделал Манассия, отец его, приносил Амон жертвы и служил им.
23 But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.
И не смирился пред лицем Господним, как смирился Манассия, отец его; напротив, Амон умножил свои грехи.
24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
И составили против него заговор слуги его, и умертвили его в доме его.
25 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
Но народ земли перебил всех, бывших в заговоре против царя Амона, и воцарил народ земли Иосию, сына его, вместо него.
