Ii Paralipomenon 33

1 Duodecim annorum erat Manasses cum regnare coepisset, et quinquagintaquinque annis regnavit in Ierusalem.

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

2 Fecit autem malum coram Domino iuxta abominationes gentium, quas subvertit Dominus coram filiis Israel:

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

3 et conversus instauravit excelsa, quae demolitus fuerat Ezechias pater eius: construxitque aras Baalim, et fecit lucos, et adoravit omnem militiam caeli, et coluit eam.

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 worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 Aedificavit quoque altaria in domo Domini, de qua dixerat Dominus: In Ierusalem erit nomen meum in aeternum.

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

5 Aedificavit autem ea cuncto exercitui caeli in duobus atriis domus Domini.

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

6 Transireque fecit filios suos per ignem in Vallebenennom: observabat somnia, sectabatur auguria, maleficis artibus inserviebat, habebat secum magos, et incantatores: multaque mala operatus est coram Domino ut irritaret eum.

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 worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

7 Sculptile quoque, et conflatile signum posuit in domo Domini, de qua locutus est Dominus ad David, et ad Salomonem filium eius, dicens: In domo hac et in Ierusalem, quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israel, ponam nomen meum in sempiternum.

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:

8 Et moveri non faciam pedem Israel de terra, quam tradidi patribus eorum: ita dumtaxat si custodierint facere quae praecepi eis, cunctamque legem, et ceremonias, atque iudicia per manum Moysi.

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that 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.

9 Igitur Manasses seduxit Iuda, et habitatores Ierusalem ut facerent malum super omnes gentes, quas subverterat Dominus a facie filiorum Israel.

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.

10 Locutusque est Dominus ad eum, et ad populum illius, et attendere noluerunt.

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

11 Idcirco superinduxit eis principes exercitus regis Assyriorum: ceperuntque Manassen, et vinctum catenis, atque compedibus duxerunt in Babylonem.

Why the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

12 Qui postquam coangustatus est, oravit Dominum Deum suum: et egit poenitentiam valde coram Deo patrum suorum.

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

13 Deprecatusque est eum, et obsecravit intente: et exaudivit orationem eius, reduxitque eum Ierusalem in regnum suum, et cognovit Manasses quod Dominus ipse esset Deus.

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

14 Post haec aedificavit murum extra civitatem David ad Occidentem Gihon in convalle, ab introitu portae piscium per circuitum usque ad Ophel, et exaltavit illum vehementer: constituitque principes exercitus in cunctis civitatibus Iuda munitis:

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

15 et abstulit deos alienos, et simulacrum de domo Domini: aras quoque, quas fecerat in monte domus Domini, et in Ierusalem, et proiecit omnia extra urbem.

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.

16 Porro instauravit altare Domini, et immolavit super illud victimas, et pacifica, et laudem: praecepitque Iuda ut serviret Domino Deo Israel.

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

17 Attamen adhuc populus immolabat in excelsis Domino Deo suo.

Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet to the LORD their God only.

18 Reliqua autem gestorum Manasse: et obsecratio eius ad Deum suum: verba quoque Videntium, qui loquebantur ad eum in nomine Domini Dei Israel, continentur in sermonibus regum Israel.

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.

19 Oratio quoque eius et exauditio, et cuncta peccata, atque contemptus, loca etiam, in quibus aedificavit excelsa, et fecit lucos, et statuas antequam ageret poenitentiam, scripta sunt in sermonibus Hozai.

His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein 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.

20 Dormivit ergo Manasses cum patribus suis, et sepelierunt eum in domo sua: regnavitque pro eo filius eius Amon.

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

21 Vigintiduorum annorum erat Amon cum regnare coepisset, et duobus annis regnavit in Ierusalem.

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

22 Fecitque malum in conspectu Domini, sicut fecerat Manasses pater eius: et cunctis idolis, quae Manasses fuerat fabricatus, immolavit atque servivit.

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;

23 Et non est reveritus faciem Domini, sicut reveritus est Manasses pater eius: et multo maiora deliquit.

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

24 Cumque coniurassent adversus eum servi sui, interfecerunt eum in domo sua.

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

25 Porro reliqua populi multitudo, caesis iis, qui Amon percusserant, constituit regem Iosiam filium eius pro eo.

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.