2 Reis 21

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.

Ko Kīngi Mānahi o Hūrā

1 Kotahi tekau mā rua ngā tau o Mānahi i tōna kīngitanga, ā, e rima tekau mā rima ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama; ā, ko te ingoa o tōna whaea ko Hepetipa. 2 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā, i rite tonu ki ngā mea whakarihariha a ngā tauiwi i peia nei e Ihowā i te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira. 3 I hangā anō hoki e ia ngā wāhi tiketike i whakakorea rā e Hetekia, e tōna pāpā; whakaarahia ake ana e ia he āta ki a Paara, hangā ana e ia he Āhera, pērā ana me tā Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira i mea ai, ā, koropiko ana ki te ope katoa o te rangi, mahi ana ki a rātou.

4 I hangā hoki e ia ētahi āta ki te whare o Ihowā, ki tā Ihowā i kī rā, "Ko Hiruhārama hei waihotanga mō tōku ingoa." 5 I hangā anō e ia ētahi āta mō te ope katoa o te rangi ki ngā marae e rua o te whare o Ihowā. 6 Ā, meatia ana e ia tāna tama kia tika nā waenganui i te ahi, rapua ana e ia he tohu i ngā kapua, i ngā nākahi, i whai hoki ia ki ngā atua māori, ki ngā mata māori; nui atu tāna kino i mahi ai ki te titiro a Ihowā hei whakapātaritari i a ia.

7 Ā, i whakatūria e ia he whakapakoko nō Āhera, i mahia e ia ki te whare i kī rā a Ihowā ki a Rāwiri rāua ko tāna tama ko Horomona, "Hei tēnei whare, hei Hiruhārama i whiriwhiria nei e ahau i roto i ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira ahau waiho ai i tōku ingoa ā ake ake. 8 Ā, heoi āku whakanekehanga i ngā waewae o Īharaira i te whenua i hoatu e ahau ki ō rātou mātua; ki te mau rāia rātou ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a rātou, kia rite ki te ture katoa i whakahaua e Mohi, e tāku pononga ki a rātou." 9 Otiia kīhai rātou i rongo; i tākina kētia rātou e Mānahi kia nui atu tā rātou mahi kino i tā ngā iwi i hunā nei e Ihowā i te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira.

10 I kōrero anō a Ihowā, arā āna pononga, ngā poropiti, i mea, 11 "Kua mahi nei a Mānahi kīngi o Hūrā i ēnei mea whakarihariha, kino atu tāna i ngā mea katoa i mea ai ngā Amori i mua i a ia; ā, kua mea nei ia i a Hūrā kia hara ki āna whakapakoko; 12 mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Tēnei ahau te kawe nei i te kino ki Hiruhārama rāua ko Hūrā, e pāorooro ai ngā taringa e rua o ngā tāngata e rangona ai. 13 Ka whakamārōkia e ahau te aho o Hamaria ki runga ki Hiruhārama, me te parameti o te whare o Āhapa; ā, ka horoia e ahau a Hiruhārama, ka pērātia me tā te tangata horoi i te rīhi; horoia ana e ia, hurihia ana ko tua. 14 Ā, ka rukea atu e ahau te toenga o tōku wāhi tupu, ka hoatu ki ngā ringa o ō rātou hoariri; ā, hei taonga pārau rātou, hei mea parakete mā ō rātou hoariri katoa; 15 mō rātou i mahi i te kino ki tāku titiro, i whakapātaritari hoki i ahau, mai o te rā i puta mai ai ō rātou mātua i Īhipa ā taea noatia tēnei rā."

16 I whakahekea anō hoki e Mānahi he toto harakore, tōna nui, ā, kī noa i a ia Hiruhārama i tētahi pito ki tētahi; tāpiritia ana tēnei e ia ki tōna hara i hara ai a Hūrā, i mea ai i te kino ki te titiro a Ihowā.

17 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Mānahi me āna mahi katoa, me tōna hara i hara ai ia, kīhai ianei ēnā i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Hūrā? 18 Nā, ka moe a Mānahi ki ōna mātua, ā, tanumia ana ki te kāri o tōna whare, ki te kāri a Uha; ā, ko tāna tama, ko Amono, te kīngi i muri i a ia.

Ko Kīngi Amono o Hūrā

19 E rua tekau mā rua ngā tau o Amono i tōna kīngitanga, ā, e rua ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. Ā, ko te ingoa o tōna whaea ko Mehuremete, he tamāhine nā Harutu, nō Iotopa. 20 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā, rite tonu tāna mahi ki tā tōna pāpā, ki tā Mānahi. 21 I haere hoki ia i ngā ara katoa i haere ai tōna pāpā, i mahi ki ngā whakapakoko i mahi ai tōna pāpā, ā, koropiko ana ia ki aua mea. 22 I whakarērea e ia a Ihowā, te Atua o ōna mātua, kīhai i haere i te ara o Ihowā.

23 Nā, ka whakatupu ngā tāngata a Amono i te mate mōna, ā, patua iho e rātou te kīngi ki roto anō i tōna whare. 24 Otiia i patua e ngā tāngata o te whenua te hunga katoa nāna i whakatupu te hē mō Kīngi Amono; ā, meinga ana e ngā tāngata o taua whenua a Hōhia, tāna tama, hei kīngi i muri i a ia.

25 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga i mea ai a Amono, kāhore ianei i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Hūrā? 26 Ā, i tanumia ia ki tōna tanumanga ki te kāri a Uha, ā, ko Hōhia, ko tāna tama, te kīngi i muri i a ia.