2 Seenaa 33
1 Minaaseen yeroo mootii taʼetti nama waggaa kudha lama ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa shantamii shan bulche.
Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
2 Innis waan jibbisiisaa saboota Waaqayyo fuula Israaʼelootaa duraa ariʼee baase sanaa duukaa buʼuudhaan fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjete.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced [though the land].
3 Inni iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen abbaan isaa Hisqiyaas barbadeessee ture sana illee deebisee ni ijaare; akkasumas Baʼaaliif iddoowwan aarsaa tolchee siidaawwan Aasheeraas ni dhaabe. Raayyaawwan samii hundaafis ni sagade; isaan waaqeffates.
He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.
4 Innis mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo kan Waaqayyo, “Maqaan koo bara baraan Yerusaalem keessa ni jiraata” jedhee waaʼee isaa dubbate sana keessatti iddoowwan aarsaa tolche.
He directed his workers to build altars [for foreign gods] in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.”
5 Oobdiiwwan mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo lamaanuu keessattis raayyaawwan samii hundaaf iddoowwan aarsaa ni tolche.
He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Sulula Ben Hinoomittis ilmaan isaa ibiddaan aarsaa godhee dhiʼeesse; tolchaa fi falfala hojjetee, milkii ilaallatee, ilaaltotaa fi eker dubbistoota gorsa gaafate. Inni fuula Waaqayyoo duratti hammina guddaa ni hojjetee akkasiin dheekkamsaaf isa kakaase.
He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
7 Innis fakkii Waaqa tolfamaa kan hojjetee ture sana geessee mana qulqullummaa Waaqaa kan Waaqni akkana jedhee waaʼee isaa Daawitii fi ilma isaa Solomoonitti dubbatee ture sana keessa kaaʼe; “Mana qulqullummaa kana keessaa fi Yerusaalem ishee ani gosoota Israaʼel hunda keessaa filadhe keessa Maqaa koo bara baraan nan dhaaba.
Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.
8 Yoo isaan waan ani waaʼee seera, labsii fi qajeelcha karaa Museetiin kenname sanaa isaan ajaje hunda hojjetanii ani siʼachi akka miilli Israaʼelootaa biyya ani abbootii keessaniif kenne keessaa baʼu hin godhu.”
If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
9 Minaaseen Yihuudaa fi namoota Yerusaalem karaa irraa jalʼise; kanaafuu isaan saboota Waaqayyo fuula Israaʼelootaa duraa balleesse sana caalaa hammina hojjetan.
But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].
10 Waaqayyos Minaasee fi saba isaatti dubbateera; isaan garuu dhagaʼuu hin feene.
Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
11 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo ajajjoota loltoota mootii Asoor isaanitti kaase; isaanis Minaasee qabanii hokkoo funyaanitti kaʼaanii foncaadhaan hidhanii Baabilonitti isa geessan.
So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.
12 Innis lubbamee Waaqayyo Waaqa isaa barbaadee fuula Waaqa abbootii isaa duratti akka malee gad of qabe.
There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.
13 Waaqayyos yeroo inni isa kadhatetti naʼeefii waammata isaa dhagaʼeef; deebisees gara Yerusaalem mootummaa isaatti isa fide. Minaaseenis ergasii akka Waaqayyo Waaqa taʼe ni beeke.
When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] God.
14 Ergasii dallaa Magaalaa Daawit isa alaa, karaa lixa burqaa Giihoon kan sulula keessaa gaara Oofeelitti naannessee hamma Karra Qurxummiitti ni haaromse; dallaa kanas akka malee ol dheeresse. Magaalaawwan Yihuudaa kanneen dallaa jabaa qaban hunda keessas ajajjoota waraanaa ni qubachiise.
Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.
15 Innis waaqota ormaa fi fakkiiwwan mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo keessaa ni balleesse; akkasumas iddoowwan aarsaa kanneen inni gaarran mana qulqullummaa irraa fi Yerusaalem keessatti tolche hundas ni diige; magaalaa keessaas baasee ni gate.
Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.
16 Iddoo aarsaa Waaqayyoo deebisee dhaabee aarsaa nagaa fi aarsaa galataa irratti ni dhiʼeesse; akka isaan Waaqayyo Waaqa Israaʼel tajaajilaniif namoota Yihuudaa ni ajaje.
Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.
17 Taʼus sabni ittuma fufee iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen gaarran irraa keessatti aarsaa dhiʼeesse; garuu uummanni sun Waaqayyo Waaqa isaa qofaaf aarsaa dhiʼeessaa ture.
The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
18 Wantoonni bara mootummaa Minaasee keessa hojjetaman kanneen biraa, kadhannaan inni Waaqa isaa kadhatee fi dubbii inni namoota waa arganii himan maqaa Waaqayyo Waaqa Israaʼeliin isatti himan dabalatee seenaa mootota Israaʼel keessatti barreeffameera.
The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
19 Kadhannaan isaa fi akki Waaqni itti garaa laafeefii kadhannaa isaa dhagaʼeef, cubbuun inni hojjete hundii fi amanamummaa dhabuun isaa, akkasumas utuu gad of hin qabin dura iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen gaarran irraa ijaaruun isaa, siidaawwan Aasheeraa fi waaqota tolfamoo dhaabuun isaa hundi galmeewwan namoota waa arganii himanii keessatti barreeffamaniiru.
What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.
20 Minaaseenis abbootii isaa wajjin boqotee masaraa mootummaa isaa keessatti awwaalame. Ilmi isaa Aamoonis iddoo isaa buʼee mootii taʼe.
Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
21 Aamoon yeroo mootii taʼetti umuriin isaa waggaa digdamii lama ture. Innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa lama bulche.
Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
22 Innis akkuma abbaan isaa Minaaseen hojjetee ture sana fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjete. Aamoon waaqota Minaaseen tolche waaqeffate; hunda isaaniitifis aarsaa dhiʼeesse.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.
23 Inni garuu akka abbaa isaa Minaasee fuula Waaqayyoo duratti gad of hin qabne; Aamoon ittuma caalchisee yakka hojjete.
But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.
24 Qondaaltonni Amoon isatti mariʼatanii masaruma mootummaa isaa keessatti isa ajjeesan.
Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
25 Kana irratti namoonni biyya sanaa warra Aamoon Mootichatti malatan hunda fixanii ilma isaa Yosiyaasin immoo iddoo isaa mootii godhatan.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
