< Βασιλειῶν Δʹ 21 >
1 Δώδεκα ετών ηλικίας ήτο ο Μανασσής, ότε εβασίλευσεν· εβασίλευσε δε πεντήκοντα πέντε έτη εν Ιερουσαλήμ· το δε όνομα της μητρός αυτού ήτο Εφσιβά.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
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 of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].
3 Και ανωκοδόμησε τους υψηλούς τόπους, τους οποίους Εζεκίας ο πατήρ αυτού κατέστρεψε· και ανήγειρε θυσιαστήρια εις τον Βάαλ και έκαμεν άλσος, καθώς έκαμεν Αχαάβ ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ· και προσεκύνησε πάσαν την στρατιάν του ουρανού και ελάτρευσεν αυτά.
He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.
4 Και ωκοδόμησε θυσιαστήρια εν τω οίκω του Κυρίου, περί του οποίου ο Κύριος είπεν, Εν Ιερουσαλήμ θέλω θέσει το όνομά μου.
He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] 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 the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Και διεβίβασε τον υιόν αυτού διά του πυρός, και προεμάντευε καιρούς, και έκαμνεν οιωνισμούς, και εσύστησεν ανταποκριτάς δαιμονίων και επαοιδούς· έπραξε πολλά πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, διά να παροργίση αυτόν.
He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
7 Και έστησε το γλυπτόν του άλσους, το οποίον έκαμεν, εν τω οίκω, περί του οποίου ο Κύριος 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·
He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.
8 και δεν θέλω μετασαλεύσει τον πόδα του Ισραήλ από της γης, την οποίαν έδωκα εις τους πατέρας αυτών· εάν μόνον προσέξωσι να κάμνωσι κατά πάντα όσα προσέταξα εις αυτούς, και κατά πάντα τον νόμον τον οποίον ο δούλός μου Μωϋσής προσέταξεν εις αυτούς.
And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
9 Πλην δεν υπήκουσαν· και επλάνησεν αυτούς ο Μανασσής, ώστε να πράττωσι πονηρότερα παρά τα έθνη, τα οποία ο Κύριος ηφάνισεν απ' έμπροσθεν των υιών του Ισραήλ.
But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.
10 Και ελάλησε Κύριος διά χειρός των δούλων αυτού των προφητών, λέγων,
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 Επειδή Μανασσής ο βασιλεύς του Ιούδα έπραξε τα βδελύγματα ταύτα, πονηρότερα υπέρ πάντα όσα έπραξαν οι Αμορραίοι οι προ αυτού, και έκαμεν έτι τον Ιούδαν να αμαρτήση διά των ειδώλων αυτού,
“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.
12 διά ταύτα ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός του Ισραήλ· Ιδού, εγώ επιφέρω κακόν επί την Ιερουσαλήμ και επί τον Ιούδαν, ώστε παντός ακούοντος περί αυτού θέλουσιν ηχήσει αμφότερα τα ώτα αυτού·
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].
13 και θέλω εκτείνει επί την Ιερουσαλήμ το σχοινίον της Σαμαρείας και την στάθμην του οίκου του Αχαάβ· και θέλω σπογγίσει την Ιερουσαλήμ, καθώς σπογγίζει τις τρυβλίον και σπογγίσας στρέφει άνω κάτω·
I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].
14 και θέλω εγκαταλείψει το υπόλοιπον της κληρονομίας μου και παραδώσει αυτούς εις την χείρα των εχθρών αυτών· και θέλουσιν είσθαι εις διαρπαγήν και λεηλασίαν εις πάντας τους εχθρούς αυτών·
And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.
15 διότι έπραξαν πονηρά ενώπιόν μου και με παρώργισαν, αφ' ης ημέρας οι πατέρες αυτών εξήλθον εξ Αιγύπτου, έως της ημέρας ταύτης.
I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”
16 Και αίμα έτι αθώον έχυσεν ο Μανασσής πολύ σφόδρα, εωσού ενέπλησε την Ιερουσαλήμ απ' άκρου έως άκρου· εκτός της αμαρτίας αυτού, διά της οποίας έκαμε τον Ιούδαν να αμαρτήση, πράξας πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου.
Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].
17 Αι δε λοιπαί πράξεις του Μανασσή και πάντα όσα έκαμε και η αμαρτία αυτού, την οποίαν ημάρτησε, δεν είναι γεγραμμένα εν τω βιβλίω των χρονικών των βασιλέων του Ιούδα;
[If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
18 Εκοιμήθη δε ο Μανασσής μετά των πατέρων αυτού, και ετάφη εν τω κήπω του οίκου αυτού εν τω κήπω Ουζά· και εβασίλευσεν αντ' αυτού Αμών ο υιός αυτού.
Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.
19 Εικοσιδύο ετών ηλικίας ήτο ο Αμών ότε εβασίλευσε, και εβασίλευσε δύο έτη εν Ιερουσαλήμ· το δε όνομα της μητρός αυτού ήτο Μεσουλλεμέθ, θυγάτηρ του Αρούς από Ιοτεβά.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.
20 Και έπραξε πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου, καθώς έπραξε Μανασσής ο πατήρ αυτού.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Και περιεπάτησεν εις πάσας τας οδούς, εις τας οποίας περιεπάτησεν ο πατήρ αυτού· και ελάτρευσε τα είδωλα, τα οποία ελάτρευσεν ο πατήρ αυτού, και προσεκύνησεν αυτά.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Και εγκατέλιπε Κύριον τον Θεόν των πατέρων αυτού και δεν περιεπάτησεν εις την οδόν του Κυρίου.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Και συνώμοσαν οι δούλοι του Αμών εναντίον αυτού· και εθανάτωσαν τον βασιλέα εν τω οίκω αυτού.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Ο δε λαός της γης εθανάτωσε πάντας τους συνωμόσαντας κατά του βασιλέως Αμών· και έκαμεν ο λαός της γης Ιωσίαν τον υιόν αυτού βασιλέα αντ' αυτού.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
25 Αι δε λοιπαί πράξεις του Αμών, όσας έπραξε, δεν είναι γεγραμμέναι εν τω βιβλίω των χρονικών των βασιλέων του Ιούδα;
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
26 Και έθαψαν αυτόν εν τω τάφω αυτού, εν τω κήπω Ουζά· εβασίλευσε δε αντ' αυτού Ιωσίας ο υιός αυτού.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.