2 Reis 21
1 Tinha Manasseh doze anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e cincoênta e cinco anos reinou em Jerusalém: e era o nome de sua mãe Hephsiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 E fez o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, conforme as abominações dos gentios que o Senhor desterrara de suas possessões de diante dos filhos de Israel.
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 Porque tornou a edificar os altos que Ezequias, seu pai, tinha destruído, e levantou altares a Baal, e fez um bosque como o que fizera Achab, rei de Israel, e se inclinou diante de todo o exército dos céus, e os serviu.
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 E edificou altares na casa do Senhor, de que o Senhor tinha dito: Em Jerusalém porei o meu nome.
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 Também edificou altares a todo o exército dos céus em ambos os átrios da casa do Senhor.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 E até fez passar a seu filho pelo fogo, e adivinhava pelas nuvens, e era agoureiro, e ordenou adivinhos e feiticeiros: e proseguiu em fazer mal aos olhos do Senhor, para o provocar à ira.
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 Também pôs uma imagem de escultura, do bosque que tinha feito, na casa de que o Senhor dissera a David e a Salomão, seu filho: nesta casa e em Jerusalém, que escolhi de todas as tribos de Israel, porei o meu nome para sempre.
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 E mais não farei mover o pé de Israel desta terra que tenho dado a seus pais; contanto somente que tenham cuidado de fazer conforme tudo o que lhes tenho ordenado, e conforme toda a lei que Moisés, meu servo, lhes ordenou.
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 Porém não ouviram; porque Manasseh de tal modo os fez errar, que fizeram pior do que as nações, que o Senhor tinha destruído de diante dos filhos de Israel.
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 Então o Senhor falou pelo ministério de seus servos, os profetas, dizendo:
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 Porquanto Manasseh, rei de Judá, fez estas abominações, fazendo pior do que quanto fizeram os amorreus, que antes dele foram, e até também a Judá fez pecar com os seus ídolos;
“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 Por isso assim diz o Senhor Deus de Israel: Eis que hei de trazer um mal sobre Jerusalém e Judá, que qualquer que ouvir, lhe ficarão retinindo ambas as orelhas.
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 E estenderei sobre Jerusalém o cordel de Samaria e o prumo da casa de Achab: e limparei a Jerusalém, como quem limpa a escudela, a limpa e a vira sobre a sua face.
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 E desampararei o resto da minha herança, entrega-los-ei na mão de seus inimigos; e far-se-ão roubo e despojo para todos os seus inimigos.
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 Porquanto fizeram o que parecia mal aos meus olhos, e me provocaram à ira, desde o dia em que seus pais sairam do Egito até hoje.
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 De mais disto, também Manasseh derramou muitíssimo sangue inocente, até que encheu a Jerusalém de um ao outro extremo, a fora o seu pecado, com que fez pecar a Judá, fazendo o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor.
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 Quanto ao mais dos filhos de Manasseh, e a tudo quanto fez mais, e ao seu pecado, que pecou, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?
[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 E Manasseh dormiu com seus pais, e foi sepultado no jardim da sua casa, no jardim de Uza: e Amon, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
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 Tinha Amon vinte e dois anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e dois anos reinou em Jerusalém: e era o nome de sua mãe Mesullemeth, filha d'Harus, de Jotba.
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 E fez o que parecia mal aos olhos do Senhor, como fizera Manasseh, seu pai.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Porque andou em todo o caminho em que andara seu pai: e serviu os ídolos, a que seu pai tinha servido, e se inclinou diante deles.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Assim deixou ao Senhor, Deus de seus pais, e não andou no caminho do Senhor.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 E os servos de Amon conspiraram contra ele, e mataram o rei em sua casa.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Porém o povo da terra feriu a todos os que conspiraram contra o rei Amon: e o povo da terra pôs a Josias, seu filho, rei em seu lugar.
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 Quanto ao mais dos sucessos de Amon, que fez, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?
[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 E o sepultaram na sua sepultura, no jardim de Usa: e Josias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
