2 Chronicles 33

1 Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

١ كَانَ مَنَسَّى فِي الثَّانِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تَوَلَّى مَقَالِيدَ الْحُكْمِ، وَدَامَ مُلْكُهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ خَمْساً وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً.

2 But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

٢ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، مُقْتَرِفاً رَجَاسَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

٣ وَعَادَ وَشَيَّدَ مَعَابِدَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ الَّتِي هَدَمَهَا أَبُوهُ حَزَقِيَّا، وَأَقَامَ مَذَابِحَ لِلْبَعْلِ وَنَصَبَ تَمَاثِيلَ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَسَجَدَ لِكَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ وَعَبَدَهَا.

4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

٤ وَبَنَى مَذَابِحَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَالَ عَنْهُ الرَّبُّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَجْعَلُ اسْمِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

٥ وَشَيَّدَ فِي فِنَاءَيْ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ مَذَابِحَ لِكُلِّ كَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ.

6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

٦ وَأَجَازَ أَوْلادَهُ فِي النَّارِ فِي وَادِي ابْنِ هِنُّومَ، وَلَجَأَ إِلَى السَّحَرَةِ وَالْعَرَّافَاتِ وَأَصْحَابِ الجَانِ وَأَوْغَلَ فِي ارْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ مِمَّا أَثَارَ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ الشَّدِيدَ عَلَيْهِ.

7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

٧ وَعَمِلَ تِمْثَالاً نَصَبَهُ فِي هَيْكَلِ اللهِ، الَّذِي قَالَ اللهُ عَنْهُ لِدَاوُدَ وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ ابْنِهِ: «فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَجْعَلُ اسْمِي إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers; provided they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

٨ وَإِنْ أَطَاعُوا وَعَمِلُوا كُلَّ مَا أَمَرْتُهُمْ بِهِ، وَطَبَّقُوا كُلَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالْفَرَائِضِ وَالأَحْكَامِ الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى، فَإِنَّنِي لَنْ أُزَعْزِعَ أَقْدَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ».

9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, [and] to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

٩ غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَنَسَّى أَضَلَّ شَعْبَ يَهُوذَا وَأَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَغْوَاهُمْ لاِرْتِكَابِ شُرُورٍ أَشَّدَّ هَوْلاً مِنْ شُرُورِ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

١٠ وَمَعَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَذَّرَ مَنَسَّى وَشَعْبَهُ فَلَمْ يُصْغُوا إِلَيْهِ.

11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

١١ لِهَذَا أَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ قَادَةَ جُنْدِ مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ، فَقَبَضُوا عَلَى مَنَسَّى وَوَضَعُوا خِزَامَةً فِي أَنْفِهِ، وَقَادُوهُ مَغْلُولاً بِسَلاسِلِ نُحَاسٍ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

١٢ وَفِي ضِيقِهِ اسْتَغَاثَ بالرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ وَتَذَلَّلَ جِدّاً أَمَامَ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِ،

13 And prayed to him: and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [is] God.

١٣ وَابْتَهَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ، وَسَمِعَ تَضَرُّعَهُ وَرَدَّهُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإِلَى مَمْلَكَتِهِ. فَعَلِمَ مَنَسَّى أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ اللهُ.

14 Now after this, he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great highth, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.

١٤ وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ أَعَادَ بِنَاءَ سُورٍ خَارِجَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، غَرْبِيَّ نَهْرِ جِيحُونَ فِي الْوَادِي، حَتَّى مَدْخَلِ بَابِ السَّمَكِ، وَأَحَاطَ قَلْعَةَ الأَكَمَةِ بِسُورٍ مُرْتَفِعٍ جِدّاً، وَأَقَامَ قَادَةَ جُيُوشِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا الْحَصِينَةِ.

15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast [them] out of the city.

١٥ وَأَزَالَ الآلِهَةَ الْغَرِيبَةَ وَالأَصْنَامَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَهَدَمَ الْمَذَابِحَ الَّتِي بَنَاهَا فِي تَلِّ الْهَيْكَلِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَطَرَحَهَا خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَةِ.

16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed on it peace-offerings and thank-offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

١٦ وَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ وَقَرَّبَ عَلَيْهِ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ وَشُكْرٍ، وَأَمَرَ شَعْبَهُ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

17 Nevertheless, the people sacrificed still in the high places, [yet] to the LORD their God only.

١٧ إِلا أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ ظَلَّ يُقَدِّمُ الذَّبَائِحَ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ قَدَّمُوهَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ.

18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kings of Israel.

١٨ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ مَنَسَّى وَصَلاتُهُ إِلَى إِلَهِهِ، وَتَحْذِيرَاتُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّتِي أَنْذَرُوهُ بِها بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

19 His prayer also, and [how God] was entreated by him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.

١٩ كَمَا أَنَّ صَلاتَهُ وَاسْتِجَابَةَ الرَّبِّ لَهُ، وَسائِرَ خَطَايَاهُ وَخِيَانَتَهُ، وَالأَمَاكِنَ الَّتِي شَيَّدَ فِيهَا الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَنَصَبَ فِيهَا تَمَاثِيلَ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَالأَصْنَامَ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا قَبْلَ تَذَلُّلِهِ فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي أَخْبَارِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

٢٠ ثُمَّ مَاتَ مَنَسَّى ودُفِنَ فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آمُونُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.

21 Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

٢١ كَانَ آموُنُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ والْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ سَنَتَيْنِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

22 But he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

٢٢ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كَمَا عَمِلَ أَبُوهُ مَنَسَّى، وَقَرَّبَ آمُونُ ذَبَائِحَ لِجَمِيعِ التَّمَاثِيلِ الَّتِي عَمِلَهَا أَبُوهُ وَعَبَدَهَا،

23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

٢٣ إِلّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَذَلَّلْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كَمَا تَذَلَّلَ أَبُوهُ مَنَسَّى، بَلِ ازْدَادَ شَرّاً.

24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

٢٤ وَتَآمَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِجَالُهُ وَاغْتَالُوهُ فِي قَصْرِهِ.

25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

٢٥ غَيْرَ أَنَّ شَعْبَ الْبِلادِ قَتَلَ جَمِيعَ الْمُتَآمِرِينَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ آمُونَ، وَوَلَّوْا عَلَيْهِمِ ابْنَهُ يُوشِيَّا خَلَفاً لَهُ.