King Manasseh of Judah
(2 Kings 21.1-9)1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-five years. 2 Following the disgusting practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the land as his people advanced, Manasseh sinned against the Lord. 3 He rebuilt the pagan places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He built altars for the worship of Baal, made images of the goddess Asherah, and worshiped the stars. 4 He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the Lord had said was where he should be worshiped forever. 5 In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars. 6 He sacrificed his sons in Hinnom Valley as burnt offerings. He practiced divination and magic and consulted fortunetellers and mediums. He sinned greatly against the Lord and stirred up his anger. 7 He placed an image in the Temple, the place about which God had said to David and his son Solomon: “Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped. 8 And if the people of Israel will obey all my commands and keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them, then I will not allow them to be driven out of the land that I gave to their ancestors.” 9 Manasseh led the people of Judah to commit even greater sins than those committed by the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the land as his people advanced.
Manasseh Repents
10 Although the Lord warned Manasseh and his people, they refused to listen. 11 So the Lord let the commanders of the Assyrian army invade Judah. They captured Manasseh, stuck hooks in him, put him in chains, and took him to Babylon. 12 In his suffering he became humble, turned to the Lord his God, and begged him for help. 13 God accepted Manasseh's prayer and answered it by letting him go back to Jerusalem and rule again. This convinced Manasseh that the Lord was God.
14 After this, Manasseh increased the height of the outer wall on the east side of David's City, from a point in the valley near Gihon Spring north to the Fish Gate and the area of the city called Ophel. He also stationed an army officer in command of a unit of troops in each of the fortified cities of Judah. 15 He removed from the Temple the foreign gods and the image that he had placed there, and the pagan altars that were on the hill where the Temple stood and in other places in Jerusalem; he took all these things outside the city and threw them away. 16 He also repaired the altar where the Lord was worshiped, and he sacrificed fellowship offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He commanded all the people of Judah to worship the Lord, the God of Israel. 17 Although the people continued to offer sacrifices at other places of worship, they offered them only to the Lord.
The End of Manasseh's Reign
(2 Kings 21.172 18)18 Everything else that Manasseh did, the prayer he made to his God, and the messages of the prophets who spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 19 The king's prayer and God's answer to it, and an account of the sins he committed before he repented—the evil he did, the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah that he made and the idols that he worshiped—are all recorded in The History of the Prophets. 20 Manasseh died and was buried at the palace, and his son Amon succeeded him as king.
King Amon of Judah
(2 Kings 21.19-26)21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. 22 Like his father Manasseh, he sinned against the Lord, and he worshiped the idols that his father had worshiped. 23 But unlike his father, he did not become humble and turn to the Lord; he was even more sinful than his father had been.
24 Amon's officials plotted against him and assassinated him in the palace. 25 The people of Judah killed Amon's assassins and made his son Josiah king.
Manasse ohamba yaJuda
1 Omido daManasse da li omulongo nambali ye eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela muJerusalem omido omilongo nhano nanhano. 2 Nokwa ninga osho inashi yuka momesho Omwene paixuna yoiwana oyo ya tewa kOmwene momesho Ovaisraeli. 3 Nokwa tungulula vali oikulundu, oyo ya ngumaunwa po kuxe Hiskia, nokwa dikila Baal eealtari nomiti omalupwelele ndele te linyongamene moipafi yeengudu adishe dokeulu noku di fimaneka. 4 Nokwa tunga yo eealtari mongulu yOmwene, odo Omwene e di popya: “Edina lange tali ka kala fiyo alushe muJerusalem.” 5 Nokwa tungila eengudu adishe dokeulu eealtari moihale aishe ivali yokomesho yongulu yOmwene. 6 Naye mwene yo okwa endifa ovana vaye ovamati momundilo mefilu lomona waHinnom. Nokwa xunganeka omadidiliko ndele ta nyanekele nokwa tula po ovo hava pula keemhepo dovafi ndele tava mono kokule. Okwa ninga shihapu osho inashi yuka momesho Omwene, a handukifa Omwene. 7 Nokwa tula yo mongulu yaKalunga oshihongwafano shoshikalunga, e shi ninga, osho sha tongwa kuKalunga e shi lombwela David nomona waye Salomo: “Mongulu ei nomuJerusalem, nde shi hoolola mo momapata aeshe aIsrael, Ame ohandi ka tula mo edina lange fiyo alushe. 8 Ndele ihandi ka kandula vali omhadi yaIsrael medu olo, Ame nde li sheyela ooxe, vo ngeenge hava diinine shili ashishe osho nde shi va lombwela pamhango aishe nopaenghedimhango nopamalombwelo, Ame nda pa Moses.” 9 Ndelenee Manasse okwa hongaula Juda noonakukala muJerusalem okunyona unene, ku dule okunyona kwoiwana oyo Omwene e i hanauna po komesho yaIsrael. 10 NOmwene okwa popifa Manasse novanhu vaye, ndelenee inava pwilikina.
Manasse te lidilulula
11 Onghee hano Omwene a tuma ovakulunhu vomatanga novakwaita vohamba yaAsiria, ve va lwife. Ndele vo ova kwata Manasse neengona ndele ve mu manga nomalyenge oshikushu ndele ve mu twala kuBabilon. 12 Ndelenee moudjuu waye okwa konga onghenda koshipala shOmwene Kalunga kaye nokwe lininipika shili koshipala shaKalunga kooxe, 13 ndele te mu indile. Ndele Ye okwe mu uda ndele ta pwilikine omaindilo aye nokwe mu shunifa mouhamba waye muJerusalem. Opo nee Manasse a hepaulula nokutya, Omwene Ye oKalunga.
14 Ndele konima yaashi okwa tunga ohotekuma yopondje yoshilando shaDavid, kouninginino waGihon mefilu fiyo okomhito yokuya kOshivelo sheeshi, nokwe i tunga tai dingilile Ofel, ndele te i ningi ile ya ya pombada. Nokwa tula ovakulunhu vomatanga novakwaita moilando aishe yomuJuda i neehotekuma. 15 Nokwa hanauna po oikalunga yoilongo noshihongwafano shoshikalunga mongulu yOmwene, nosho a ngumauna po eealtari adishe e di tunga komhunda yongulu yOmwene nomuJerusalem, ndele te i ekele pondje yoshilando. 16 Nokwa tungulula vali oaltari yOmwene ndele a yambela ko vali omapanduloyambo nomahambeleloyambo ndele ta lombwele Ovajuda, va longele Omwene Kalunga kaIsrael. 17 Ovanhu va yamba vali koikulundu, ndelenee va yambela Omwene Kalunga kavo aeke
18 Noinima imwe tai hepaulula Manasse neindilo laye eshi ta indile Kalunga neendjovo dovamonikokule odo ve di mu lombwela medina lOmwene Kalunga kaIsrael, tala, oyo i li mehepaululo leehamba daIsrael. 19 Neindilo laye nanhumbi la udika, nomatimba aye aeshe neliteeko laye neenhele oko a tunga oikulundu yokuyambela nokwa dikila omiti omalupwelele aAsera noihongwafano, fimbo ine lininipika, tala, oyo oya shangwa mehepaululo laHosea. 20 Ndele Manasse okwa ka nangala pooxe, nokwa pakwa mongulu yaye. Nomona waye Amon a ninga ohamba ponhele yaye.
Epangelo laAmon
21 Omido daAmon da li omilongo mbali nambali eshi a ninga ohamba. Nokwa pangela omido mbali muJerusalem. 22 Nokwa ninga osho inashi yuka momesho Omwene, ngaashi xe Manasse a ninga. Ndele Amon okwa yambela oihongwafano aishe oyo ya ningwa kuxe Manasse nokwe i fimaneka. 23 Ndelenee ye ine lininipika koshipala shOmwene ngaashi xe Manasse e lininipika. Ndelenee Amon okwa hapupalifa oulunde waye. 24 Novapiya vaye ve mu hangakena ndele ve mu dipaa mongulu yaye. 25 Ndelenee ovanhu voshilongo va dipaa aveshe ava va hangakena ohamba Amon, novanhu voshilongo va ninga omona waye Josia ohamba ponhele yaye.
