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1 UManase wayeleminyaka elitshumi lambili esiba yinkosi; wasebusa iminyaka engamatshumi amahlanu lanhlanu eJerusalema.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
2 Kodwa wenza okubi emehlweni eNkosi, njengamanyala ezizwe iNkosi eyazixotsha elifeni phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
3 Ngoba wabuya wakha indawo eziphakemeyo uyise uHezekhiya ayezidilizile, wamisela oBhali amalathi, wenza izixuku, wakhothamela ibutho lonke lamazulu, walikhonza.
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Wasesakha amalathi endlini yeNkosi, iNkosi eyayithe ngayo: EJerusalema ibizo lami lizakuba khona phakade.
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.'
5 Wasesakhela ibutho lonke lamazulu amalathi emagumeni womabili endlu yeNkosi.
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
6 Yena wenza abantwana bakhe badabule emlilweni esihotsheni sendodana kaHinomu; wasechasisa izibonakaliso, wenza imilingo, wenza ubuthakathi, wasebenza labalamadlozi labalumbayo. Wenza okubi kakhulu emehlweni eNkosi, ukuyithukuthelisa.
He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him.
7 Wasebeka isifanekiso esibaziweyo sesithombe ayesenzile endlini kaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu owayethe ngayo kuDavida lakuSolomoni indodana yakhe: Kulindlu, leJerusalema engiyikhethe kuzo zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli, ngizabeka ibizo lami kuze kube nininini.
And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever;
8 Kangisayikususa unyawo lukaIsrayeli luphume elizweni engalimisela oyihlo, kuphela uba bezananzelela ukwenza konke engibalaya khona, ngokomlayo wonke lezimiso lezimiselo ngesandla sikaMozisi.
neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.'
9 Ngakho uManase waduhisa uJuda labahlali beJerusalema, ukwenza okubi okwedlula izizwe iNkosi eyazichitha phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli.
And Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, so that they did evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 INkosi yasikhuluma kuManase lebantwini bakhe, kodwa kabalalelanga.
And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.
11 Ngakho iNkosi yabehlisela abaphathi bebutho inkosi yeAsiriya eyayilabo; basebethumba uManase ngameva, bambopha ngamaketane ethusi, bamusa eBhabhiloni.
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12 Kwathi esecindezelwe wancenga ubuso beNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe, wazithoba kakhulu phambi kukaNkulunkulu waboyise.
And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
13 Wasekhuleka kuye, njalo wancengeka ngaye, wezwa ukuncenga kwakhe, wambuyisela eJerusalema embusweni wakhe. Ngakho uManase wazi ukuthi iNkosi yiyo enguNkulunkulu.
And he prayed unto Him; and He was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD He was God.
14 Lemva kwalokho wakha umduli ongaphandle komuzi kaDavida ngentshonalanga kweGihoni esihotsheni, kwaze kwaba sekungeneni kwesango lenhlanzi, wabhoda iOfeli, wawenza waphakama kakhulu. Wabeka labaphathi bamabutho kuyo yonke imizi ebiyelweyo koJuda.
Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.
15 Wasesusa onkulunkulu bezizweni lesithombe endlini yeNkosi, lawo wonke amalathi ayewakhile entabeni yendlu yeNkosi, laseJerusalema, wakuphosela ngaphandle komuzi.
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 Wasesakha ilathi leNkosi, wahlabela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokuthula leminikelo yokubonga. Wathi kuJuda kakhonze iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.
And he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
17 Loba kunjalo abantu babelokhu behlaba endaweni eziphakemeyo, kuphela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wabo.
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto the LORD their God.
18 Ezinye-ke zezindaba zikaManase, lomkhuleko wakhe kuNkulunkulu wakhe, lamazwi ababoni abawakhuluma kuye ngebizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, khangela, kusezindabeni zamakhosi akoIsrayeli.
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
19 Umkhuleko wakhe-ke, lokuncenga kwakhe kuNkulunkulu, lesono sakhe sonke, lesiphambeko sakhe, lezindawo akha kuzo indawo eziphakemeyo, njalo wamisa izixuku lezithombe ezibaziweyo, engakazithobi, khangela, kubhaliwe emazwini ababoni.
His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers.
20 UManase waselala laboyise; basebemngcwaba endlini yakhe. UAmoni indodana yakhe wasesiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21 UAmoni wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lambili esiba yinkosi; wasebusa iminyaka emibili eJerusalema.
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22 Wasesenza okubi emehlweni eNkosi njengokwenza kukaManase uyise; ngoba uAmoni wahlabela zonke izithombe ezibaziweyo uManase uyise ayezenzile, wazikhonza.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
23 Kodwa kazithobanga phambi kweNkosi njengokuzithoba kukaManase uyise, kodwa uAmoni lo wandisa icala.
And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon became guilty more and more.
24 Inceku zakhe zasezimenzela ugobe, zambulala endlini yakhe.
And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
25 Kodwa abantu belizwe batshaya bonke labo ababenzele inkosi uAmoni ugobe; abantu belizwe basebebeka uJosiya indodana yakhe ukuba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.
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.
