Luo Tokosra 21
1 Manasseh el yac singoul luo ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke yac lumngaul limekosr. Nina kial pa Hephzibah.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 Manasseh el oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD, in oana ouiyen alu fohkfok lun mutanfahl se LEUM GOD El lusla liki facl sac ke mwet lal elos fahsr in utyak nu we.
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 Manasseh el sifilpa musai nien alu lun mwet pegan, su Hezekiah papa tumal el tuh kunausla. El musaela loang mwe alu nu sel Baal, ac orala sie ma sruloala ke god mutan Asherah, oana ma Tokosra Ahab lun Israel el tuh oru. Manasseh el oayapa alu nu ke itu uh.
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 El musaela loang lun mwet pegan in Tempul, yen ma LEUM GOD El tuh fahk mu acn mwet uh in alu nu sel we.
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 In nien tukeni luo ma oan in kalkal in Tempul uh, el musaela loang we in mwe alu nu ke itu uh.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 El kisakunla wen se natul in mwe kisa firir, ac el orek alyalu ac inutnut, oayapa el suk kasru lal sin mwet susfa ac mwet sramsram nu sin inut. El oru ma koluk yoklana lain LEUM GOD ac purakak kasrkusrak lal.
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 El oakiya ma sruloala ke god mutan Asherah in Tempul, acn su LEUM GOD El tuh fahk nu sel David ac Solomon wen natul mu, “In Tempul se inge in acn Jerusalem, pa acn se ma nga sulela inmasrlon acn nukewa lun sruf singoul luo in Israel tuh in acn se mwet uh in alu nu sik we.
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 Ac mwet Israel elos fin akos ma nukewa nga sapkin, ac karinganang ma sap nukewa su Moses mwet kulansap luk el sang nu selos, na nga ac fah tia lela in lillilla elos liki acn inge su nga tuh sang nu sin mwet matu lalos somla.”
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 Tuh pa mwet Judah elos tiana akos LEUM GOD, ac Manasseh el kololosla in oru ma koluk yohk liki ma su orekla sin mutunfacl saya ma LEUM GOD El tuh lusla liki acn inge ke mwet lal elos utyak nu we.
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 LEUM GOD El fahk in kas lun mwet kulansap lal, mwet palu,
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 “Tokosra Manasseh el orala ma na srungayuk su koluk liki na ma mwet Canaan elos oru, ac el kolla mwet Judah nu ke ma koluk ke sripen ma sruloala lal.
“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 Ouinge nga, LEUM GOD lun Israel, ac fah arulana kunausla acn Jerusalem ac Judah, ac mwet nukewa su lohng ke ma inge ac fah arulana fwefela kac.
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 Nga ac fah kalyei Jerusalem oana ke nga tuh kalyei Samaria, ac oana ke nga tuh oru nu sel Tokosra Ahab lun Israel ac fwilin tulik natul. Nga ac fah pukulla acn Jerusalem in wanginla mwet muta we, in nasnasla oana sie ahlu su ila ac oankiyuki.
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 Nga ac fah sisla mwet lula, ac eisalosyang nu inpoun mwet lokoalok lalos, su ac fah kutangulosla ac utyak kunausla acn selos.
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 Nga ac oru ma inge nu sin mwet luk uh, mweyen elos tuh oru ma koluk lainyu, ac purakak kasrkusrak luk oe ke pacl se na ma papa matu tumalos illa liki acn Egypt nwe misenge.”
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 Manasseh el uniya mwet na pukanten su wangin mwata, oru srah in asrla fin inkanek Jerusalem. Sayen ma inge, el pwanla mwet Judah in alu nu ke ma sruloala, pwanang elos oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD.
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 Ma nukewa saya ma Manasseh el orala, weang orekma koluk el oru, simla oasr in [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Judah.]
[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 Manasseh el misa ac pukpuki ke ima se lal Uzza inkul sin tokosra, ac Amon wen natul, el aolul in tokosra.
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 el yac longoul luo ke el tokosrala lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke yac luo. Nina kial ah pa Meshullemeth, acn natul Haruz mwet in siti srisrik Jotbah.
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 Amon el oru ma koluk lain LEUM GOD, oana Manasseh papa tumal ah.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 El etai orekma lal, ac alu nu ke ma sruloala ma papa tumal ah tuh alu nu kac.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 El fahsr liki LEUM GOD lun mwet matu lal somla, ac tia akos ma LEUM GOD El sapkin.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Mwet pwapa lal Amon elos pwapa lukma lainul, ac unilya inkul sin tokosra.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Mwet Judah elos uniya mwet ma unilya Amon, ac sraklalak Josiah wen natul, in tokosra aolul.
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 Ma nukewa saya ma Amon el orala simla oasr in [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Judah.]
[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 Amon el pukpuki in kulyuk in ima lal Uzza, ac Josiah wen natul, el aolul in tokosra.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
