2 Reyes 21
1 De doce años era Manasés cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó en Jerusalem cincuenta y cinco años: el nombre de su madre fue Hapsiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 E hizo lo malo en ojos de Jehová, según las abominaciones de las gentes que Jehová había echado delante de los hijos 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 él volvió a edificar los altos que Ezequías su padre había derribado: y levantó altares a Baal, e hizo bosque, como había hecho Acab rey de Israel; y adoró a todo el ejército del cielo, y sirvió a aquellas cosas.
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 Asimismo edificó altares en la casa de Jehová, de la cual Jehová había dicho: Yo pondré mi nombre en Jerusalem.
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 Y edificó altares para todo el ejército del cielo en los dos patios de la casa de Jehová.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Y pasó a su hijo por fuego, y miró en tiempos, y fue agorero, e instituyó pitones y adivinos, y multiplicó a hacer lo malo en ojos de Jehová, para provocarle a 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 Y puso una entalladura del bosque que él había hecho, en la casa de la cual Jehová había dicho a David, y a Salomón su hijo: Yo pondré mi nombre perpetuamente en esta casa, y en Jerusalem, a la cual yo escogí de todas las tribus de Israel:
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 Y no volveré a hacer que el pie de Israel sea movido de la tierra, que di a sus padres, con tal que guarden, y hagan conforme a todas las cosas que yo les he mandado, y conforme a toda la ley que mi siervo Moisés les mandó.
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 Mas ellos no oyeron, y Manasés los hizo errar a que hiciesen más mal que las gentes, que Jehová rayó de delante de los hijos 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 Y Jehová habló por mano de sus siervos los profetas, diciendo:
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 Por cuanto Manasés rey de Judá ha hecho estas abominaciones, y ha hecho más mal, que todo lo que hicieron los Amorreos, que fueron antes de él, y también ha hecho pecar a Judá en sus 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 tanto así dijo Jehová el Dios de Israel: He aquí, yo traigo mal sobre Jerusalem, y sobre Judá, que el que lo oyere le retiñan ambas orejas.
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 Y extenderé sobre Jerusalem el cordel de Samaria, y el plomo de la casa de Acab: y yo limpiaré a Jerusalem, como quien limpia una escudilla, que después que la han limpiado, la vuelven sobre su haz.
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 Y desampararé los restos de mi heredad, y entregarlas he en manos de sus enemigos, y serán para saco, y para robo a todos sus adversarios:
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 Por cuanto han hecho lo malo en mis ojos, y me han provocado a ira, desde el día que sus padres salieron de Egipto hasta hoy.
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 Allende de esto derramó Manasés mucha sangre inocente en gran manera, hasta henchir a Jerusalem de cabo a cabo: además de su pecado con que hizo pecar a Judá para que hiciese lo malo en ojos de Jehová.
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 Lo demás de los hechos de Manasés, y todas las cosas que hizo, y su pecado que pecó, ¿no está todo escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes 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 Y durmió Manasés con sus padres, y fue sepultado en el huerto de su casa, en el huerto de Oza, y reinó en su lugar Amón su hijo.
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 De veinte y dos años era Amón cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó dos años en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fue Messalemet, hija de Harus de Joreba.
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 hizo lo malo en ojos de Jehová, como había hecho Manasés su padre.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Y anduvo en todos los caminos en que su padre anduvo: y sirvió a las inmundicias a las cuales había servido su padre, y a ellas adoró.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Y dejó a Jehová el Dios de sus padres, y no anduvo en el camino de Jehová.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Y conspiraron contra él los siervos de Amón, y mataron al rey en su casa.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Y el pueblo de la tierra hirió a todos los que habían conspirado contra el rey Amón, y puso el pueblo de la tierra por rey en su lugar a Josías su hijo.
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 Lo demás de los hechos de Amón, que hizo, ¿no está todo escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes 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 Y fue sepultado en su sepulcro en el huerto de Oza: y reinó en su lugar Josías su hijo.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
