2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
Manasés tenía doce años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó por Jerusalén cincuenta y cinco años.
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].
Hizo lo malo a los ojos del Señor, al seguir las repugnantes prácticas religiosas de las naciones que el Señor había expulsado ante los israelitas.
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.
Reconstruyó los lugares altos que su padre Ezequías había destruido, e hizo altares para los baales y levantó postes de Asera. Adoró al sol, a la luna y a las estrellas y les rindió culto.
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.”
Construyó altares en el Templo del Señor, sobre el cual el Señor había dicho: “Seré honrado en Jerusalén para siempre”.
5 He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
Construyó estos altares para adorar al sol, la luna y las estrellas en los dos patios del Templo del Señor.
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.
Sacrificó a sus hijos quemándolos hasta la muerte en el Valle de Ben-hinnom. Practicaba la hechicería, la adivinación y la brujería, y visitaba a médiums y espiritistas. Hizo mucho mal a los ojos del Señor, haciéndolo enojar.
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.
Tomó un ídolo pagano que había fabricado y lo colocó en el Templo de Dios, sobre el cual Dios había dicho a David y a su hijo Salomón: “Seré honrado para siempre en este Templo y en Jerusalén, que he elegido entre todas las tribus de Israel.
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.”
Si los israelitas tienen cuidado de seguir todo lo que les he ordenado hacer -todas las leyes, mandamientos y reglamentos, dados por medio de Moisés- entonces no los haré abandonar la tierra que les concedí a sus antepasados”.
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].
Pero Manasés sedujo a Judá y al pueblo de Jerusalén, llevándolos a cometer pecados aún peores que los de las naciones que el Señor había destruido antes de los israelitas.
10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
El Señor advirtió a Manasés y a su pueblo, pero no le hicieron caso.
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.
Entonces el Señor envió a los ejércitos de Asiria con sus comandantes para que los atacaran. Los asirios capturaron a Manasés, le pusieron un garfio en la nariz, le pusieron grilletes de bronce y se lo llevaron a Babilonia.
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.
En su miseria, pidió ayuda al Señor Dios, arrepentido de su arrogancia ante el Dios de sus antepasados.
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.
Oró y oró, y el Señor escuchó sus súplicas, por lo que el Señor hizo regresar a Manasés a Jerusalén y a su reino. Entonces Manasés se convenció de que el Señor es Dios.
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.
Después de esto, Manasés reconstruyó la muralla exterior de la Ciudad de David desde el oeste de Gihón, en el valle, hasta la Puerta del Pescado, y alrededor de la colina de Ofel, y la hizo mucho más alta. También asignó comandantes del ejército a todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá.
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.
Se deshizo de los dioses extranjeros y del ídolo del Templo del Señor, junto con todos los altares que había construido en la colina del Templo y en Jerusalén, arrojándolos todos fuera de la ciudad.
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.
Luego restauró el altar del Señor y sacrificó en él ofrendas de amistad y de agradecimiento, e instruyó a Judá para que adorara al Señor, el Dios de Israel.
17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
Pero el pueblo seguía sacrificando en los lugares altos, pero sólo al Señor, su Dios.
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’.
El resto de lo que hizo Manasés, junto con su oración a su Dios y lo que le dijeron los videntes que hablaban en nombre del Señor, están registrados en el Libro de los Reyes de Israel.
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.
Su oración y la forma en que Dios le respondió, así como todos sus pecados e infidelidades, y dónde construyó lugares altos y levantó postes de Asera e ídolos antes de admitir que estaba equivocado, están registrados en los Registros de los Videntes.
20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
Manasés murió y fue enterrado en su palacio. Su hijo Amón asumió como rey.
21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
Amón tenía veintidós años cuando se convirtió en rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante dos años.
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.
Hizo el mal a los ojos del Señor, tal como lo había hecho su padre Manasés. Amón adoraba y sacrificaba a todos los ídolos que su padre Manasés había hecho.
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.
Sin embargo, no admitió su orgullo ante el Señor como lo había hecho su padre Manasés; de hecho, Amón empeoró aún más su culpa.
24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
Entonces los funcionarios de Amón conspiraron contra él y lo mataron en su palacio.
25 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
Pero la gente de la nación mató a todos los que habían conspirado contra el rey Amón, e hicieron rey a su hijo Josías.
