Παραλειπομένων Βʹ 33
1 Δώδεκα ετών ηλικίας ήτο ο Μανασσής ότε εβασίλευσε, και εβασίλευσε πεντήκοντα πέντε έτη εν Ιερουσαλήμ.
Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
2 Και έπραξε πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, κατά τα βδελύγματα των εθνών, τα οποία εξεδίωξεν ο Κύριος απ' έμπροσθεν των υιών Ισραήλ·
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].
3 και ανωκοδόμησε τους υψηλούς τόπους, τους οποίους Εζεκίας ο πατήρ αυτού κατέστρεψε, και ανήγειρε θυσιαστήρια εις τους Βααλείμ, και έκαμεν άλση και προσεκύνησε πάσαν την στρατιάν του ουρανού και ελάτρευσεν αυτά.
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.
4 Και ωκοδόμησε θυσιαστήρια εν τω οίκω του Κυρίου, περί του οποίου ο Κύριος είπεν, Εν Ιερουσαλήμ θέλει είσθαι το όνομά μου εις τον αιώνα.
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.”
5 Και ωκοδόμησε θυσιαστήρια εις πάσαν την στρατιάν του ουρανού εντός των δύο αυλών του οίκου του Κυρίου.
He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Και αυτός διεβίβασε τους υιούς αυτού διά του πυρός εν τη κοιλάδι του υιού του Εννόμ· και προεμάντευε καιρούς και έκαμνεν οιωνισμούς και μαγείας και εσύστησεν ανταποκριτάς δαιμονίων και επαοιδούς· πολλά πονηρά έπραξεν ενώπιον του Κυρίου, διά να παροργίση αυτόν.
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.
7 Και έστησε το γλυπτόν, την εικόνα την οποίαν έκαμεν, εν τω οίκω του Θεού, περί του οποίου ο Θεός είπε προς τον Δαβίδ και προς τον Σολομώντα τον υιόν αυτού, Εν τω οίκω τούτω και εν Ιερουσαλήμ, την οποίαν εξέλεξα από πασών των φυλών του Ισραήλ, θέλω θέσει το όνομά μου εις τον αιώνα·
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.
8 και δεν θέλω μετασαλεύσει τον πόδα του Ισραήλ από της γης, την οποίαν παρέδωκα εις τους πατέρας σας· εάν μόνον προσέξωσι να κάμνωσι πάντα όσα προσέταξα εις αυτούς, κατά πάντα τον νόμον και τα διατάγματα και τας κρίσεις τας δοθείσας διά του Μωϋσέως.
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.”
9 Και επλάνησεν ο Μανασσής τον Ιούδαν και τους κατοίκους της Ιερουσαλήμ, ώστε να πράττωσι πονηρότερα παρά τα έθνη, τα οποία ο Κύριος ηφάνισεν απ' έμπροσθεν των υιών Ισραήλ.
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].
10 Και ελάλησε Κύριος προς τον Μανασσήν και προς τον λαόν αυτού· πλην δεν έδωκαν ακρόασιν.
Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
11 Διά τούτο έφερε κατ' αυτών ο Κύριος τους άρχοντας του στρατεύματος του βασιλέως της Ασσυρίας, και επίασαν τον Μανασσήν μεταξύ των θάμνων και δέσαντες αυτόν με αλύσεις, έφεραν αυτόν εις Βαβυλώνα.
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.
12 Και ενώ ήτο εν θλίψει, ικέτευσε Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτού και εταπεινώθη σφόδρα ενώπιον του Θεού των πατέρων αυτού,
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.
13 και προσηυχήθη εις αυτόν· τότε ηλέησεν αυτόν και επήκουσε της δεήσεως αυτού και επανέφερεν αυτόν εις Ιερουσαλήμ, εις το βασίλειον αυτού. Τότε εγνώρισεν ο Μανασσής έτι ο Κύριος αυτός είναι ο Θεός.
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.
14 Μετά δε ταύτα ωκοδόμησε τείχος έξω της πόλεως Δαβίδ, προς δυσμάς του Γιών, εν τη κοιλάδι, έως της εισόδου της πύλης της ιχθυϊκής, και περιεκύκλωσε το Οφήλ και ύψωσεν αυτό εις μέγα ύψος, και έβαλε πολεμάρχους εν πάσαις ταις ωχυρωμέναις πόλεσι του Ιούδα.
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.
15 Και αφήρεσε τους ξένους θεούς και την εικόνα από του οίκου του Κυρίου και πάντα τα θυσιαστήρια, τα οποία ωκοδόμησεν εν τω όρει του οίκου του Κυρίου και εν Ιερουσαλήμ· και έρριψεν αυτά έξω της πόλεως.
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.
16 Και ανώρθωσε το θυσιαστήριον του Κυρίου και εθυσίασεν επ' αυτού θυσίας ειρηνικάς και ευχαριστηρίους, και προσέταξε τον Ιούδαν να λατρεύη Κύριον τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ.
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.
17 Ο λαός όμως εθυσίαζεν έτι επί τους υψηλούς τόπους, πλην μόνον εις Κύριον τον Θεόν αυτών.
The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
18 Αι δε λοιπαί πράξεις του Μανασσή και η προσευχή αυτού η προς τον Θεόν αυτού και οι λόγοι των βλεπόντων, οίτινες ελάλησαν προς αυτόν εν ονόματι Κυρίου του Θεού Ισραήλ, ιδού, είναι γεγραμμέναι εν τοις χρονικοίς των βασιλέων του Ισραήλ.
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’.
19 Και η προσευχή αυτού, και πως εισηκούσθη, και πάσαι αι αμαρτίαι αυτού και η αποστασία αυτού και τα μέρη, όπου ωκοδόμησεν υψηλούς τόπους και έστησε τα άλση και τα γλυπτά, πριν ταπεινωθή, ιδού, είναι γεγραμμένα εν τοις λόγοις των βλεπόντων.
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.
20 Και εκοιμήθη ο Μανασσής μετά των πατέρων αυτού, και έθαψαν αυτόν εν τω οίκω αυτού· εβασίλευσε δε αντ' αυτού Αμών ο υιός αυτού.
Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
21 Εικοσιδύο ετών ηλικίας ήτο ο Αμών ότε εβασίλευσε, και εβασίλευσε δύο έτη εν Ιερουσαλήμ.
Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
22 Και έπραξε πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, καθώς έπραξε Μανασσής ο πατήρ αυτού· και εθυσίαζεν ο Αμών εις πάντα τα γλυπτά, τα οποία Μανασσής ο πατήρ αυτού έκαμε, και ελάτρευεν αυτά·
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.
23 και δεν εταπεινώθη ενώπιον του Κυρίου, καθώς εταπεινώθη Μανασσής ο πατήρ αυτού· αλλ' αυτός ο Αμών ηνόμησε μάλλον και μάλλον.
But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.
24 Και συνώμοσαν οι δούλοι αυτού κατ' αυτού και εθανάτωσαν αυτόν εν τω οίκω αυτού.
Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
25 Ο δε λαός της γης εθανάτωσε πάντας τους συνομόσαντας κατά του βασιλέως Αμών· και έκαμεν ο λαός της γης βασιλέα αντ' αυτού Ιωσίαν τον υιόν αυτού.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
