2 Mootota 21
1 Minaaseen yeroo mootii taʼetti nama waggaa kudha lama ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa shantamii shan bulche. Maqaan haadha isaa Hefziibaa ture.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
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 of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].
3 Inni iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen abbaan isaa Hisqiyaas diigee ture sana illee deebisee ni ijaare; akkasumas akkuma Ahaab mootichi Israaʼel godhe sana Baʼaaliif iddoowwan aarsaa tolchee siidaa Aasheeraas ni dhaabe. Raayyaawwan samii hundaafis ni sagade; isaan waaqeffates.
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 Innis mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo kan Waaqayyo, “Ani Maqaa koo Yerusaalem keessa nan dhaaba” jedhee waaʼee isaa dubbate sana keessatti iddoowwan aarsaa tolche.
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 Oobdiiwwan mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo lamaanuu keessattis raayyaawwan samii hundaaf iddoowwan aarsaa ni tolche.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Inni ilma ofii isaa ibiddaan aarsaa godhee dhiʼeesse; tolcha hojjetee, milkii ilaallatee, ilaaltotaa fi eker dubbistoota gorsa gaafate. Inni fuula Waaqayyoo duratti hammina guddaa ni hojjetee akkasiin dheekkamsaaf isa kakaase.
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 Innis fakkii Asheeraa kan soofee hojjete sana fuudhee mana qulqullummaa kan Waaqayyo akkana jedhee waaʼee isaa Daawitii fi ilma isaa Solomoonii dubbatee ture sana keessa kaaʼe; “Mana qulqullummaa kana keessaa fi Yerusaalem ishee ani gosoota Israaʼel hunda keessaa filadhe sana keessa Maqaa koo bara baraan nan dhaaba.
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 Yoo isaan waan ani isaan ajaje hunda hojjetanii Seera garbichi koo Museen isaaniif kenne guutuu eegan, ani siʼachi akka miilli Israaʼelootaa biyya ani abbootii isaaniitiif kenne keessaa baʼee jooru hin godhu.”
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 Namoonni garuu hin dhaggeeffanne. Minaaseen karaa irraa isaan jalʼise; kanaafuu isaan saboota Waaqayyo fuula Israaʼelootaa duraa balleesse sana caalaa hammina hojjetan.
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 Waaqayyo karaa garboota isaa raajotaatiin akkana jedhee dubbate;
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 “Minaaseen mootichi Yihuudaa cubbuu jibbisiisaa kanneen hojjeteera. Innis Amoorota isaan dura jiraatan caalaa waan hamaa hojjete; waaqota tolfamoo isaatiinis Yihuudaa cubbuu hojjechiise.
“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 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Ani waan hamaa nama isa dhagaʼu hunda suukaneessu tokko Yerusaalemii fi Yihuudaatti nan fida.
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 Ani funyoo Samaariyaatii fi tumbii mana Ahaab sana Yerusaalem irratti nan diriirsa. Akkuma namni caabii haxaaʼee gad gombisutti ani Yerusaalemin haxaaʼee nan gombisa.
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 Ani hambaa dhaala koo dhiisee harka diinota isaaniitti dabarsee nan kenna. Isaanis diinota isaanii hundaan ni saamamu; ni boojiʼamus.
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 Isaan gaafa abbootiin isaanii Gibxii baʼanii jalqabee hamma harʼaatti fuula koo duratti waan hamaa hojjechuudhaan dheekkamsaaf na kakaasaniiruutii.”
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 Kana caalaas Minaaseen akka warri Yihuudaa fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjetan godhee cubbuu isaan hojjechiisuu isaa irra iyyuu dhiiga namoota balleessaa hin qabnee baayʼee dhangalaasee akka Yerusaalem daangaa tokkoo hamma daangaa kaaniitti dhiigaan guutamtu godheera.
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 Wantoonni bara mootummaa Minaasee keessa hojjetaman kanneen biraa, wanni inni hojjete hundi, cubbuu inni hojjete dabalatee seenaa mootota Yihuudaa keessatti barreeffamaniiru mitii?
[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 Minaaseen abbootii isaa wajjin boqotee iddoo biqiltuu masaraa mootummaa isaa keessatti, iddoo biqiltuu Uzaa keessatti ni awwaalame. Ilmi isaa Aamoonis iddoo isaa buʼee mootii taʼe.
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 Aamoon yeroo mootii taʼetti umuriin isaa waggaa digdamii lama ture; innis Yerusaalem keessa taaʼee waggaa lama bulche. Maqaan haadha isaa Meshulemet ture; isheenis intala Haaruus nama biyya Yoxbaa turte.
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 Innis akkuma abbaan isaa Minaaseen hojjetee ture sana fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjete.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Innis karaa abbaa isaa hunda irra deeme; waaqota tolfamoo abbaan isaa waaqeffate illee waaqeffatee isaaniifis sagade.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Inni Waaqayyo Waaqa abbootii isaa dhiise; karaa Waaqayyoo irras hin deemne.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Qondaaltonni Aamoon isatti mariʼatanii masaruma mootummaa isaa keessatti mooticha ni ajjeesan.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 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 King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
25 Wanni bara mootummaa Aamoon keessa hojjetame kan biraa, wanni inni hojjetes kitaaba seenaa mootota Yihuudaa keessatti barreeffameera mitii?
[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 Innis awwaala isaa kan iddoo biqiltuu Uzaa keessatti ni awwaalame. Ilmi isaa Yosiyaasis iddoo isaa buʼee mootii taʼe.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
