2 Chronicles 33

1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.

Naʻe hongofulu taʻu mo e taʻu ʻe ua ʻae motuʻa ʻo Manase ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi Selūsalema ʻi he taʻu ʻe nimangofulu mo e taʻu ʻe nima.

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].

Ka naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻaia naʻe kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi angakovi ʻoe hiteni ʻaia naʻe kapusi ʻe Sihova mei he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.

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.

He naʻa ne toe langaʻi ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe holoki hifo ʻe heʻene tamai ko Hesekaia, ʻo ne fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga kia Peali, ʻo ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, pea lotu ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoe langi, pea ne tauhi ki ai.

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.”

Pea naʻa ne langa ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻe folofola ki ai ʻe Sihova, ʻE tuʻu hoku hingoa ʻi Selūsalema ʻo taʻengata.

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

Pea naʻa ne langa ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga ki he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoe langi ʻi he loto ʻā e ua ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.

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.

Pea naʻa ne pule ʻe ia ke ʻalu ʻene fānau ʻo ʻasi ʻi he afi ʻi he teleʻa ʻoe foha ʻo Henomi: pea naʻa ne tokanga foki ki he ngaahi kuonga, pea ne fai ʻae hū fakatēvolo, pea fai ʻae tuki fakatēvolo pea naʻe kaumeʻa ia ki he laumālie kovi, pea ki he kau kikite loi: naʻa ne fai ʻae kovi lahi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ke fakatupu ai ʻae houhau kiate ia.

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.

Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ia ʻae tamapua naʻe tongi, ko e ʻotua loi naʻa ne ngaohi, ʻi he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe folofola ai ʻae ʻOtua kia Tevita pea mo Solomone ko hono foha, “Te u tuku hoku hingoa ʻi he fale ni, pea ʻi Selūsalema ʻaia kuo u fili ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ke taʻengata:

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.”

pea ʻe ʻikai te u toe hiki ʻae vaʻe ʻo ʻIsileli mei he fonua ʻaia naʻaku tuʻutuʻuni moʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai: ʻo kapau te nau tokanga ke fai ʻaia kotoa pē naʻaku fekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo fakatatau ki he fono kotoa mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau ʻi he nima ʻo Mōsese.”

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].

Ko ia naʻe pule ʻe Manase kia Siuta mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema ke nau hē, pea ke nau fai kovi lahi hake ʻi he hiteni, ʻaia naʻe fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova mei he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.

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

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Manase, pea mo ʻene kakai: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fie tokanga.

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.

Ko ia naʻe ʻomi ai ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe tau ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, ʻaia naʻa nau puke ʻa Manase ʻi he ngaahi talaʻi ʻakau, pea haʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa haʻi, pea ʻave ia ki Papilone.

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.

Pea kuo moʻua ia ʻi he mamahi, naʻa ne hū ai kia Sihova, ko hono ʻOtua, ʻo ne fakavaivai lahi ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua ʻo ʻene ngaahi tamai,

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.

Pea naʻe lotu ia kiate ia: pea naʻa ne talia ʻe ia ia, ʻo tokangaʻi ʻene lotu fakakolekole, pea ne toe ʻomi ia ki Selūsalema ki hono puleʻanga. Pea naʻe toki ʻilo ai ʻe Manase ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua.

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.

Pea hili ʻae meʻa ni naʻa ne langa ʻae ʻā maka ʻi tuaʻā ʻi he Kolo ʻo Tevita, ʻi he potu lulunga ʻo Kihoni, ʻi he toafa, ʻio, ʻo hoko atu ki he matapā ika, ʻo ʻalu fakatakamilo ʻi Ofili, ʻo ne fokotuʻu hake ia ke māʻolunga ʻaupito: pea naʻe fakanofo ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau ʻi he ngaahi kolo tau kotoa pē ʻo Siuta.

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.

Pea naʻe ʻave mei ai ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea mo e ʻotua loi mei he fale ʻo Sihova, pea mo e ngaahi feilaulauʻanga ʻaia naʻa ne langa ʻi he moʻunga ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, pea ʻi Selūsalema, ʻo ne lī ia kituaʻā mei he kolo.

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.

Pea naʻe toe ngaohi ʻe ia ʻo fakalelei ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, pea ne feilaulau ki ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino, mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakafetaʻi, pea ne fekau ki Siuta ke tauhi ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.

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

Ka naʻe kei fai feilaulau ʻae kakai ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, ka [naʻe fai ia ]kia Sihova pe ko honau ʻOtua.

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’.

Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa Manase, mo ʻene lotu ki hono ʻOtua, mo e ngaahi lea ʻae kau kikite ʻaia naʻa nau lea ʻaki kiate ia ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli.

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.

Pea ko ʻene lotu foki, mo hono talia loto ʻofa ʻe he ʻOtua, mo ʻene angahala kotoa pē, mo ʻene fai hala, mo e ngaahi potu naʻa ne langa ai ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga, pea fokotuʻu ai ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakatātā, ʻi he teʻeki fakavaivaiʻi ia: vakai kuo tohi ia ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻae kau kikite.

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

Pea naʻe mohe ʻa Manase mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea naʻa nau tanu ia ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona: pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe hono foha ko ʻAmoni.

21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.

Naʻe uofulu taʻu mo e taʻu ʻe ua ʻa ʻAmoni ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua ʻi Selūsalema.

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.

Ka naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻaia naʻe kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Manase ko ʻene tamai: he naʻe feilaulau ʻa ʻAmoni ki he ngaahi meʻa fakatātā kotoa pē, ʻaia naʻe tātā mo ngaohi ʻe Manase ko ʻene tamai, ʻo ne tauhi ki ai:

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.

Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne fakavaivai ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko hono fakavaivai ia ʻe Manase ko ʻene tamai: ka naʻe fakaʻaʻau ki muʻa pe ʻa ʻAmoni ʻi he fai hala.

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

Pea naʻe alea fakataha ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ʻo lapasi pea tāmateʻi ia ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona.

25 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

Ka naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe fakataha ʻo lapa ki he tuʻi ko ʻAmoni: pea naʻe fakanofo ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua ʻa hono foha ko Sosaia ke tuʻi ko hono fetongi ia.