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 se convirtió en rey, y estuvo gobernando durante 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].

E hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, copiando los caminos repugnantes de las naciones que el Señor había expulsado de la tierra 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 levantar los lugares altos que había sido derribado por su padre Ezequías; e hizo altares para los baales y columnas de madera, y fue un adorador y siervo de todas las estrellas del cielo;

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.”

E hizo altares en la casa del Señor, de lo cual el Señor había dicho: En Jerusalén será la residencia de mi nombre para siempre.

5 He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.

E hizo altares para todas las estrellas del cielo en los dos atrios exteriores de la casa 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.

Más que esto, hizo que sus hijos atravesaran el fuego en el valle del hijo de Hinom; e hizo uso de la hechicería, adivinación para leer el futuro, invocación de espíritus, y dio posiciones a los que tenían el control de los espíritus y hechicería. Hizo mucho mal ante los ojos del Señor y lo llevó 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.

Y puso él ídolo que había hecho, en él templo de Dios, él templo que Dios había dicho a David y a su hijo Salomón: en este templo, y en Jerusalén, el pueblo que he hecho mío. De 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.”

Y nunca más permitiré que los pies de Israel sean sacados de la tierra que he dado a sus padres; si solo se ocuparan de cumplir todas mis órdenes, incluso todas las leyes, las órdenes y las reglas que Moisés les dio.

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].

Y Manasés hizo que Judá y el pueblo de Jerusalén salieran de la manera verdadera, de modo que hicieron más mal que aquellas naciones que el Señor entregó a la destrucción delante de los hijos de Israel.

10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.

Y la palabra del Señor vino a Manasés y a su pueblo, pero no les prestaron atención.

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 contra ellos a los capitanes del ejército de Asiria, quienes hicieron a Manasés prisionero y lo llevaron encadenado 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.

Y clamando al Señor su Dios en su angustia, se humilló 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.

Y le hizo oración; y en respuesta a su oración, Dios le permite regresar a Jerusalén y a su reino. Entonces Manasés estaba seguro de que el Señor 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, hizo un muro exterior para la ciudad de David, en el lado oeste de Gihón en el valle, hasta el camino hacia la ciudad por la puerta de los peces; y puso un muro muy alto alrededor del Ofel; y puso capitanes del ejército en todas las ciudades amuralladas 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 extraños y la imagen de la casa del Señor, y todos los altares que había colocado en la colina de la casa del Señor y en Jerusalén, y los sacó 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.

Y ordenó el altar del Señor, ofreciéndole ofrendas de paz y alabanzas, y dijo que todo Judá debía ser siervo del Señor, el Dios de Israel.

17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.

Sin embargo, la gente todavía hacía ofrendas en los lugares altos, pero solo 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’.

Los demás hechos de Manasés y su oración a su Dios, y las palabras que los videntes le dijeron en el nombre del Señor, el Dios de Israel, están registrados entre los actos 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.

Y la oración que hizo a Dios, y cómo Dios le dio una respuesta, y todo su pecado y su maldad, y los lugares donde hizo altos lugares y levantó pilares de madera e imágenes, antes de humillarse, están registrados en la historia de los profetas.

20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].

Entonces Manasés murió y lo enterraron en su casa, y Amón, su hijo, se convirtió en rey 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 se convirtió en rey; y estuvo gobernando durante 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.

E hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, como había hecho Manasés su padre; y Amón hizo ofrendas y rindió culto a todas las imágenes 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.

No se humilló ante el Señor, como había hecho su padre Manasés, sino que siguió pecando cada vez más.

24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.

Y sus siervos hicieron un plan secreto contra él, y lo mataron en su 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 la gente de la tierra mató a todos los que habían participado en el plan contra el rey Amón, e hicieron rey a su hijo Josías en su lugar.