2 Dnevnika 33
1 Dvanaest godina bješe Manasiji kad poèe carovati, i carova pedeset i pet godina u Jerusalimu.
Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
2 A èinjaše što je zlo pred Gospodom po gadnijem djelima onijeh naroda koje odagna Gospod ispred sinova Izrailjevijeh.
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 Jer opet pogradi visine, koje bješe raskopao Jezekija otac njegov, i podiže oltare Valima, i naèini lugove, i klanjaše se svoj vojsci nebeskoj i služaše joj.
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 Naèini oltare i u domu Gospodnjem, za koji bješe rekao Gospod: u Jerusalimu æe biti ime moje dovijeka.
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 Naèini oltare svoj vojsci nebeskoj u dva trijema doma Gospodnjega.
He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 I provodi sinove svoje kroz oganj u dolini sina Enomova, i gledaše na vremena i gataše i vraèaše, i uredi one što se dogovaraju s duhovima i vraèare, i èinjaše vrlo mnogo što je zlo pred Gospodom gnjeveæi ga.
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 I postavi lik rezan koji naèini u domu Božijem, za koji bješe rekao Bog Davidu i Solomunu sinu njegovu: u ovom domu i u Jerusalimu, koji izabrah izmeðu svijeh plemena Izrailjevijeh, namjestiæu ime svoje dovijeka.
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 I neæu više krenuti noge sinovima Izrailjevijem iz zemlje koju sam odredio ocima vašim, ako samo uzdrže i ustvore sve što sam im zapovjedio preko Mojsija, sav zakon i uredbe i sudove.
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 Ali Manasija zavede Judu i Jerusalim, te èiniše gore nego narodi koje istrijebi Gospod ispred sinova Izrailjevijeh.
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 I Gospod govoraše Manasiji i narodu njegovu, ali ne htješe slušati.
Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
11 Zato dovede Gospod na njih glavare od vojske cara Asirskoga, i uhvatiše Manasiju u trnju, i svezavši ga u dvoje verige mjedene odvedoše ga u Vavilon.
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 I kad bijaše u nevolji, moljaše se Gospodu Bogu svojemu, i ponizi se veoma pred Bogom otaca svojih.
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 I moleæi se umoli mu se, te usliši molitvu njegovu i povrati ga u Jerusalim na carstvo njegovo. Tada pozna Manasija da je Gospod Bog.
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 A poslije toga ozida zid iza grada Davidova sa zapada Gionu, od samoga potoka pa do ribljih vrata i oko Ofila, i izvede ga vrlo visoko; i postavi vojvode po svijem tvrdijem gradovima Judinijem.
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 I iznese iz doma Gospodnjega bogove tuðe i lik i sve oltare koje bješe naèinio na gori doma Gospodnjega i u Jerusalimu, i baci iza grada.
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 Pa opravi oltar Gospodnji i prinese na njemu žrtve zahvalne i u slavu, i zapovjedi Judejcima da služe Gospodu Bogu Izrailjevu.
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 Ali narod još prinošaše žrtve na visinama, ali samo Gospodu Bogu svojemu.
The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
18 A ostala djela Manasijina i molitva njegova Bogu njegovu i rijeèi koje mu govoriše vidioci u ime Gospoda Boga Izrailjeva, to je sve u knjizi o carevima Izrailjevijem.
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 A molitva njegova i kako se umolio, i svi grijesi njegovi i prijestupi, i mjesta gdje je pogradio visine i podigao lugove i likove rezane prije nego se ponizi, to je sve zapisano u knjigama proroèkim.
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 I poèinu Manasija kod otaca svojih, i pogreboše ga u domu njegovu. A na njegovo se mjesto zacari Amon sin njegov.
Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
21 Dvadeset i dvije godine imaše Amon kad poèe carovati, i carova dvije godine u Jerusalimu.
Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
22 I èinjaše što je zlo pred Gospodom kao što je èinio Manasija otac mu; jer svijem likovima rezanijem, koje naèini Manasija otac njegov, prinošaše Amon žrtve i služaše im.
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 Ali se ne ponizi pred Gospodom, kao što se ponizi Manasija otac njegov; nego isti Amon još više griješaše.
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 I pobuniše se na nj sluge njegove, i ubiše ga u kuæi njegovoj.
Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
25 Tada pobi narod zemaljski sve koji se bijahu pobunili na cara Amona, i zacari narod zemaljski Josiju sina njegova na njegovo mjesto.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
