2 Raja-raja 21

1 Manasye berumur dua belas tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan lima puluh lima tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Nama ibunya ialah Hefzibah.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.

2 Ia melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN, sesuai dengan perbuatan keji bangsa-bangsa yang telah dihalau TUHAN dari depan orang Israel.

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 Ia mendirikan kembali bukit-bukit pengorbanan yang telah dimusnahkan oleh Hizkia, ayahnya; ia membangun mezbah-mezbah untuk Baal, membuat patung Asyera seperti yang dilakukan Ahab, raja Israel, dan sujud menyembah kepada segenap tentara langit dan beribadah kepadanya.

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 Ia mendirikan mezbah-mezbah di rumah TUHAN, walaupun sehubungan dengan rumah itu TUHAN telah berfirman: "Di Yerusalem Aku akan menaruh nama-Ku!"

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 Dan ia mendirikan juga mezbah-mezbah bagi segenap tentara langit di kedua pelataran rumah TUHAN.

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

6 Bahkan, ia mempersembahkan anaknya sebagai korban dalam api, melakukan ramal dan telaah, dan menghubungi para pemanggil arwah dan para pemanggil roh peramal. Ia melakukan banyak yang jahat di mata TUHAN, sehingga ia menimbulkan sakit hati-Nya.

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 Ia menaruh juga patung Asyera yang telah dibuatnya dalam rumah, walaupun sehubungan dengan rumah itu TUHAN telah berfirman kepada Daud dan kepada Salomo, anaknya: "Dalam rumah ini dan di Yerusalem, yang telah Kupilih dari antara segala suku Israel, Aku akan menaruh nama-Ku untuk selama-lamanya!

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 Aku tidak akan membiarkan bangsa Israel lagi dibawa keluar dari tanah yang telah Kuberikan kepada nenek moyang mereka, asal saja mereka tetap berbuat tepat seperti yang telah Kuperintahkan kepada mereka dan tepat menurut hukum yang telah diperintahkan kepada mereka oleh hamba-Ku Musa."

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 Tetapi mereka tidak mau mendengarkan, dan Manasye menyesatkan mereka, sehingga mereka melakukan yang jahat lebih dari pada bangsa-bangsa yang telah dipunahkan TUHAN dari hadapan orang Israel.

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 Kemudian berfirmanlah TUHAN dengan perantaraan para hamba-Nya, yakni para nabi:

[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:

11 "Oleh karena Manasye, raja Yehuda, telah melakukan kekejian-kekejian ini, berbuat jahat lebih dari pada segala yang telah dilakukan oleh orang Amori yang mendahului dia, dan dengan berhala-berhalanya ia telah mengakibatkan orang Yehuda berdosa pula,

“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 sebab itu beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Sesungguhnya Aku akan mendatangkan malapetaka atas Yerusalem dan Yehuda, sehingga setiap orang yang mendengarnya akan bising kedua telinganya.

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 Dan Aku akan merentangkan atas Yerusalem tali pengukur sama seperti atas Samaria dan tali unting-unting sama seperti atas keluarga Ahab; dan Aku akan menghapuskan Yerusalem seperti orang menghapus pinggan, yakni habis dihapus, dibalikkan pula menungging.

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 Aku akan membuangkan sisa milik pusaka-Ku dan akan menyerahkan mereka ke dalam tangan musuh-musuh mereka, sehingga mereka menjadi jarahan dan menjadi rampasan bagi semua musuh mereka,

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 oleh karena mereka telah melakukan apa yang jahat di mata-Ku dan dengan demikian mereka menimbulkan sakit hati-Ku, mulai dari hari nenek moyang mereka keluar dari Mesir sampai hari ini."

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 Lagipula Manasye mencurahkan darah orang yang tidak bersalah sedemikian banyak, hingga dipenuhinya Yerusalem dari ujung ke ujung, belum termasuk dosa-dosanya yang mengakibatkan orang Yehuda berdosa pula dengan berbuat apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN.

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 Selebihnya dari riwayat Manasye, segala yang dilakukannya dan dosa-dosa yang diperbuatnya, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab sejarah raja-raja Yehuda?

[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 Kemudian Manasye mendapat perhentian bersama-sama dengan nenek moyangnya, dan ia dikuburkan di taman istananya, di taman Uza. Maka Amon, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

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 Amon berumur dua puluh dua tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja dan dua tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Nama ibunya ialah Mesulemet binti Harus, dari Yotba.

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 Ia melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN seperti yang telah dilakukan Manasye, ayahnya.

Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.

21 Ia hidup sama seperti ayahnya dahulu sambil beribadah kepada berhala-berhala yang disembah oleh ayahnya dan sujud menyembah kepada mereka.

He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].

22 Ia meninggalkan TUHAN, Allah nenek moyangnya dan tidak hidup menurut kehendak TUHAN.

He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.

23 Dan pegawai-pegawai Amon mengadakan persepakatan melawan dia dan membunuh raja di istananya.

Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.

24 Tetapi rakyat negeri itu membunuh semua orang yang mengadakan persepakatan melawan raja Amon; dan rakyat negeri itu mengangkat Yosia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

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 Selebihnya dari riwayat Amon, apa yang dilakukannya, bukankah semuanya itu tertulis dalam kitab sejarah raja-raja Yehuda?

[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 Kemudian ia dikuburkan dalam kuburnya di taman Uza. Maka Yosia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.