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 comenzó a reinar, y reinó cincuenta y cinco años en Jerusalén.
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 que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, según las abominaciones de las naciones que Yahvé arrojó delante de los hijos de Israel.
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.
Porque volvió a edificar los lugares altos que Ezequías, su padre, había derribado, y levantó altares para los baales, hizo a Asherot, y adoró a todo el ejército del cielo, y les sirvió.
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.”
Edificó altares en la casa de Yahvé, de la cual dijo Yahvé: “Mi nombre estará 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 altares para todo el ejército del cielo en los dos atrios de la casa de Yahvé.
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.
También hizo pasar a sus hijos por el fuego en el valle del hijo de Hinom. Practicó la hechicería, la adivinación y la brujería, y trató con los que tenían espíritus familiares y con los magos. Hizo mucho mal a los ojos de Yahvé, para provocarlo a la ira.
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.
Puso la imagen grabada del ídolo que había hecho en la casa de Dios, de la cual Dios dijo a David y a Salomón su hijo: “En esta casa y en Jerusalén, que he elegido de entre todas las tribus de Israel, pondré mi nombre para siempre.
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.”
No volveré a apartar el pie de Israel de la tierra que he destinado a vuestros padres, con tal de que observen todas las cosas que les he mandado, es decir, toda la ley, los estatutos y los reglamentos dados por Moisés.”
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].
Manasés sedujo a Judá y a los habitantes de Jerusalén, de modo que hicieron más mal que las naciones que Yahvé destruyó antes de los hijos de Israel.
10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
El Señor habló a Manasés y a su pueblo, pero ellos no escucharon.
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.
Por eso el Señor hizo venir a los capitanes del ejército del rey de Asiria, quienes tomaron a Manasés encadenado, lo ataron con grilletes y 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.
Cuando se vio en apuros, suplicó a Yahvé, su Dios, y se humilló mucho ante el Dios de sus padres.
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.
Le oró, y él se dejó rogar, escuchó su súplica y lo hizo volver a Jerusalén, a su reino. Entonces Manasés supo que Yahvé era 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, edificó un muro exterior a la ciudad de David en el lado occidental de Gihón, en el valle, hasta la entrada en la puerta del pescado. Rodeó con ella a Ofel, y la levantó a gran altura; y puso capitanes valientes en 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.
Quitó los dioses extranjeros y el ídolo de la casa de Yahvé, y todos los altares que había construido en el monte de la casa de Yahvé y en Jerusalén, y los echó 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.
Edificó el altar de Yahvé y ofreció en él sacrificios de paz y de acción de gracias, y ordenó a Judá que sirviera a Yahvé, el Dios de Israel.
17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
Sin embargo, el pueblo seguía sacrificando en los lugares altos, pero sólo a Yahvé, 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 los hechos de Manasés, y su oración a su Dios, y las palabras de los videntes que le hablaron en nombre de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, he aquí que están escritos entre los hechos 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 también, y cómo Dios escuchó su petición, y todo su pecado y su transgresión, y los lugares en los que construyó lugares altos y levantó los postes de Asera y las imágenes grabadas antes de humillarse: he aquí, están escritos en la historia de Hozai.
20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
Manasés, pues, durmió con sus padres y lo enterraron en su propia casa; y su hijo Amón reinó en su lugar.
21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
Amón tenía veintidós años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó dos años en Jerusalén.
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 lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, como lo hizo su padre Manasés; y Amón sacrificó a todas las imágenes grabadas que había hecho su padre Manasés, y las sirvió.
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.
No se humilló ante Yahvé, como se había humillado su padre Manasés, sino que este mismo Amón prevaricó más y más.
24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
Sus servidores conspiraron contra él y lo mataron en su propia casa.
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 el pueblo del país mató a todos los que habían conspirado contra el rey Amón, y el pueblo del país hizo rey a su hijo Josías en su lugar.
