2 Kings 21
1 Manase jẹ́ ẹni ọdún méjìlá nígbà tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ìjọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún márùndínlọ́gọ́ta. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ sì ni Hẹfisiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 Ó sì ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa, ó sì tẹ̀lé iṣẹ́ ìríra tí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa lé jáde níwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
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 Ó sì tún ibi gíga tí baba rẹ̀ Hesekiah tí ó parun kọ́. Ó sì tún gbé pẹpẹ Baali dìde, ó sì ṣe ère òrìṣà Aṣerah, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ahabu ọba Israẹli ti ṣe. Ó sì tẹríba sí gbogbo ogun ọ̀run, ó sì ń sìn wọ́n.
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 Ó sì kọ́ pẹpẹ nínú ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa, èyí tí Olúwa ti sọ pé, “Ní Jerusalẹmu ni èmi yóò kọ orúkọ mi sí.”
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 Ní àgbàlá méjèèjì ilé Olúwa, ó sì kọ́ pẹpẹ fún gbogbo àwọn ìrúbọ nínú ilé, ṣe iṣẹ́ àkíyèsí àfọ̀ṣẹ, ó sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn òkú àti àwọn oṣó. Ó sì ṣe ọ̀pọ̀ búburú ní ojú Olúwa, ó sì mú un bínú.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Ó fi àwọn ọmọ ara rẹ̀ rú ẹbọ nínú iná, ó ń ṣe àkíyèsí àfọ̀ṣẹ, ó sì ń lo àlúpàyídà, ó sì ń bá àwọn òku àti oṣó lò. Ó ṣe ọ̀pọ̀ ohun búburú ní ojú Olúwa láti mú un bínú.
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 Ó sì gbé ère fínfín òrìṣà Aṣerah tí ó ti ṣe, ó sì gbé e sínú ilé Olúwa, èyí tí Olúwa ti sọ fún Dafidi àti sí ọmọ rẹ̀ Solomoni, “Nínú ilé Olúwa yìí àti ní Jerusalẹmu, tí èmi ti yàn jáde lára gbogbo ẹ̀yà Israẹli, èmi yóò kọ orúkọ mi títí láéláé.
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 Èmi kò ní jẹ́ kí ẹsẹ̀ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli yẹ̀ kúrò láti ilẹ̀ tí èmi fi fún àwọn baba ńlá wọn tí ó bá jẹ́ wí pé wọn yóò ṣe àkíyèsí láti ṣe gbogbo ohun tí èmi ti paláṣẹ fún wọn kí wọn sì pa gbogbo òfin tí ìránṣẹ́ mi Mose fi fún wọn mọ́.”
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 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn náà kò tẹ́tí. Manase tàn wọ́n síwájú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí wọ́n lè ṣe búburú ju gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa tí parun níwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli lọ.
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 Olúwa sì wí nípasẹ̀ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ wòlíì pé,
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 “Manase ọba Juda ti ṣe ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ohun ìríra. Ó ti ṣe ohun búburú jùlọ ju àwọn ará Amori lọ ẹni tí ó ti wà ṣáájú rẹ̀ tí ó sì ti ṣáájú Juda sínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ère rẹ̀.
“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 Nítorí náà èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli, wí, Èmi le è lọ mú irú ibi báyìí wá sórí Jerusalẹmu àti Juda kí gbogbo etí olúkúlùkù tí ó gbọ́ nípa rẹ̀ le è hó.
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 Èmi yóò sì nà okùn ìwọ̀n kan tí a lò lórí Jerusalẹmu àti lórí Samaria àti òjé ìdiwọ̀n ti a lò lórí ilé Ahabu. Èmi yóò sì nu Jerusalẹmu gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọkàn tí ń nu àwokòtò nù tí o ń nù un tí o sì ń dorí rẹ̀ kodò.
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 Èmi yóò sì kọ ìyókù àwọn ìní mi sílẹ̀ èmi yóò sì kó wọn lé àwọn ọ̀tá wọn lọ́wọ́. Wọn yóò sì di ìkógun àti ìjẹ fún gbogbo àwọn ọ̀tá wọn,
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 nítorí pé wọ́n ti ṣe búburú ní ojú mi, wọ́n sì ti mú mi bínú láti ọjọ́ tí baba ńlá wọn ti jáde wá láti Ejibiti títí di òní yìí.”
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 Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú, Manase pẹ̀lú ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ púpọ̀ tí ó kún Jerusalẹmu láti ìkangun dé ìkangun ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ó ti mú Juda ṣẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, kí wọ́n lè ṣe ohun búburú ní ojú Olúwa.
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 Ní ti iṣẹ́ ìyókù ti ìjọba Manase, àti gbogbo ohun tí ó ṣe, àti fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ó ṣẹ̀, ṣé wọ́n kò kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ìtàn àwọn ọba Juda?
[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 Manase sì sùn pẹ̀lú àwọn baba rẹ̀ wọ́n sì sin ín nínú ọgbà ààfin rẹ̀, ọgbà Ussa. Amoni ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
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 Amoni jẹ́ ẹni ọdún méjìlélógún nígbà tí ó jẹ ọba. Orúkọ màmá rẹ̀ a sì máa jẹ́ Meṣulemeti ọmọbìnrin Harusi: ó wá láti Jotba, ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún méjì.
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 Ó sì ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí baba rẹ̀ Manase ti ṣe.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Ó rìn ní gbogbo ọ̀nà baba rẹ̀: Ó sì ń sin àwọn ère tí baba rẹ̀ ń sìn, ó sì ń tẹrí rẹ̀ ba fún wọn.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Ó sì kọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run baba rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ kò sì rìn ní ọ̀nà ti Olúwa.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Àwọn ìránṣẹ́ Amoni dìtẹ̀ lórí rẹ̀ wọ́n sì lu ọba pa ní àárín ilé rẹ̀.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Nígbà náà àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà pa gbogbo àwọn tí ó dìtẹ̀ sí ọba Amoni, wọ́n sì fi Josiah ọmọ rẹ̀ jẹ ọba ní ààyè rẹ̀.
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 Àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìyókù iṣẹ́ ti ìjọba Amoni àti ohun tí ó ṣe, ṣé wọn kò kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ìtàn àwọn ọba Juda?
[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 Wọ́n sì sin ín sínú isà òkú nínú ọgbà Ussa. Josiah ọmọ rẹ̀ sì jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
