1 Manassés tinha doze anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou cinqüenta e cinco anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Hefzibá.

2 Ele fez o mal à vista de Jeová, conforme as abominações das nações que Jeová expulsou de diante dos filhos de Israel.

3 Pois tornou a edificar os altos que seu pai Hezequias tinha destruído; levantou altares a Baal, fez uma Asera como tinha feito Acabe, rei de Israel, adorou a todo o exército do céu e os serviu.

4 Edificou altares na casa de Jeová, da qual Jeová disse: Em Jerusalém estabelecerei o meu nome.

5 Edificou altares a todo o exército do céu nos dois átrios da casa de Jeová.

6 Fez passar a seu filho pelo fogo, e usou de augúrios e encantamentos, e teve relações com os que tinham espíritos familiares e com os feiticeiros; e fez muito mal à vista de Jeová, para o provocar à ira.

7 Também colocou a imagem esculpida da Asera, que tinha feito, na casa de que Jeová disse a Davi e a Salomõa, seu filho: Nesta casa, e em Jerusalém, que escolhi dentre todas as tribos de Israel, estabelecerei o meu nome para sempre;

8 nem farei que os pés de Israel para o futuro andem errantes da terra que dei a seus pais; contanto que tenham cuidado de fazer conforme tudo o que lhes tenho mandado, e conforme toda a lei que o meu servo Moisés lhes ordenou.

9 Eles, porém, não ouviram; e Manassés os seduziu para fazerem o que era mau, mais do que fizeram as nações, que Jeová destruiu diante dos filhos de Israel.

10 Falou Jeová pelos profetas seus servos, dizendo:

11 Porque Manassés, rei de Judá, fez estas abominações, e procedeu mais iniquamente do que tudo o que fizeram os amoreus, que foram antes dele, e fez pecar também a Judá com os seus ídolos;

12 portanto assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Eis que trago tais males sobre Jerusalém e Judá que todo o que os ouvir, lhe ficarão retinindo ambos os ouvidos.

13 Estenderei sobre Jerusalém o cordão de Samaria, e o prumo da casa de Acabe; limparei a Jerusalém como quem limpa um prato, o limpa e o vira sobre a sua face.

14 Lançarei fora os restos da minha herança, e os entregarei nas mãos dos seus inimigos; e servirão de presa e de despojo para todos os seus inimigos,

15 porque fizeram o mal à minha vista e me provocaram à ira desde o dia em que seus pais saíram do Egito até o dia de hoje.

16 Além disso derramou Manassés muitíssimo sangue inocente, até que encheu a Jerusalém dum ao outro extremo; afora o seu pecado com que fez pecar a Israel, fazendo o mal à vista de Jeová.

17 Ora, o restante dos atos de Manassés e tudo o que ele fez, e o pecado que cometeu, não estão, porvetura, escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?

18 Adormeceu Manassés com seus pais, e foi sepultado no jardim de sua casa, no jardim de Uzá. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho Amom.

19 Tinha Amom vinte e dois anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dois anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Mesulemete, filha de Haruz de Jotbá.

20 Ele fez o mal à vista de Jeová, como havia feito Manassés seu pai.

21 Andou em todo o caminho em que tinha andado seu pai, e serviu os ídolos a que seu pai tinha servido, e adorou-os;

22 abandonou a Jeová, Deus de seus pais, e não andou no caminho de Jeová.

23 Os servos de Amom conspiraram contra ele, e mataram o rei em sua casa.

24 Mas o povo da terra matou todos aqueles que tinham conspirado contra o rei Amom, e constituiu a Josias, seu filho, como rei em seu lugar.

25 Ora, o restante dos atos que Amom fez, não está porventura, escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?

26 Foi sepultado no seu sepulcro no jardim de Uzá. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho Josias.

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. 4 He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem." 5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. 6 He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. 7 He set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever; 8 I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them." 9 But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, 11 "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols; 12 therefore Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. 13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies, 15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’"

16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; in addition to his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did. 21 He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them; 22 and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh. 23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. 24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.