2 Bakonzi 21
1 Manase azalaki na mibu zomi na mibale ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu tuku mitano na mitano na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Efitsiba. »
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 Manase asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe na ndenge amekolaki misala ya nkele ya bikolo oyo Yawe abenganaki liboso ya bato ya Isalaele.
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 Atongaki lisusu bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo Ezekiasi, tata na ye, abukaki; atongaki mpe bitumbelo mpo na nzambe Bala mpe atelemisaki likonzi mpo na nzambe mwasi Ashera, ndenge Akabi, mokonzi ya Isalaele, asalaki; afukamelaki mpe agumbamelaki mampinga nyonso ya likolo.
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 Atongaki bitumbelo mpo na banzambe ya bapaya kati na Tempelo ya Yawe oyo, na tina na yango, Yawe alobaki: « Nakotia Kombo na Ngai kati na Yelusalemi. »
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 Atongaki kati na mapango nyonso mibale ya Tempelo ya Yawe bitumbelo mpo na mampinga nyonso ya likolo.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Abonzaki na moto, lokola mbeka, mwana na ye ya mobali; asalelaki kindoki, soloka mpe maji. Atiaki na mosala bato oyo basololaka na milimo ya bakufi mpe bamoni makambo. Akobaki kosala makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe; mpe, na bongo, apelisaki kanda ya Yawe.
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 Atiaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe ekeko ya Ashera, oyo asalisaki; nzokande, Yawe alobaki na Davidi mpe na Salomo, mwana na ye ya mobali: « Nakotia Kombo na Ngai mpo na libela kati na Tempelo oyo mpe kati na Yelusalemi oyo naponi kati na mabota nyonso ya Isalaele.
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 Soki kaka bato ya Isalaele batosi mibeko mpe mitindo nyonso oyo napesaki bango na nzela ya Moyize, mosali na Ngai, nakosala ete bayengayenga lisusu te mosika ya mabele oyo napesaki epai ya batata na bango. »
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 Kasi bato ya Isalaele batosaki te. Manase apengwisaki bango, mpe basalaki lisusu mabe koleka bikolo oyo Yawe abebisaki liboso ya bato ya Isalaele.
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 Yawe alobaki na nzela ya basali na ye, basakoli:
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 « Lokola Manase, mokonzi ya Yuda, asalaki makambo ya nkele, lokola asalaki makambo mabe koleka ata bato ya Amori oyo bazalaki liboso na ye, mpe lokola apengwisaki Yuda na nzela ya banzambe na ye ya bikeko,
“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 tala makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: ‹ Nakoyeisa kati na Yelusalemi mpe kati na Yuda pasi oyo ekozala lokola kake na matoyi ya moto nyonso oyo akoyoka sango na yango.
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 Nakobebisa Yelusalemi ndenge nabebisaki Samari, mpe nakokomisa yango lokola ndako ya Akabi. Nakonika Yelusalemi ndenge banikaka mpe babalolaka nzungu.
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 Nakosundola ndambo ya libula na Ngai oyo ekotikala, nakokaba bango na maboko ya banguna na bango. Banguna na bango bakobebisa bango mpe bakobotola biloko na bango,
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 pamba te basalaki mabe na miso na Ngai mpe bapelisaki kanda na Ngai, wuta na mokolo oyo batata na bango babimaki na Ejipito kino na mokolo ya lelo. › »
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 Mpe lisusu, Manase asopaki makila ya bato oyo bayebi likambo te mpe atondisaki Yelusalemi na makila yango na bisika nyonso —kotanga te masumu oyo apengwisaki na yango Yuda mpo na kosala mabe na miso ya Yawe.
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 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Manase, misala na ye nyonso mpe masumu oyo asalaki, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
[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 Manase akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye na elanga ya ndako na ye ya bokonzi, oyo babengaka elanga ya Uza. Amoni, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
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 Amoni azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na mibale ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu mibale na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Meshulemeti. » Meshulemeti azalaki mwana mwasi ya Arutsi, moto ya Yotiba.
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 Amoni asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe, ndenge kaka Manase, tata na ye, asalaki.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Atambolaki na banzela nyonso ya tata na ye, na kosambelaka banzambe ya bikeko oyo tata na ye asambelaki mpe agumbamelaki.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Asundolaki Yawe, Nzambe ya batata na ye, mpe atambolaki na banzela ya Yawe te.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Bakalaka ya Amoni basalelaki ye likita mpe babomaki ye kati na ndako na ye ya bokonzi.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Bongo bato ya mokili babomaki bato nyonso oyo basalelaki mokonzi Amoni likita mpe bakomisaki Joziasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, mokonzi na esika na ye.
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 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Amoni, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
[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 Bakundaki ye kati na kunda na ye, kati na elanga ya Uza; mpe Joziasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
