2. Tarihler 33

¹Manasse on iki yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de elli beş yıl krallık yaptı.

²Ve Rab'bin, İsrailoğullarının önünden söküp attığı ulusların tüm iğrençliklerine uyarak Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.

³Babası Hizkiya'nın yıkmış olduğu yüksek yerleri yeniden inşa etti, Baallar için sütunlar dikti, kutsal koruluklar yaptı, göklerin tüm ordusuna tapındı ve onlara kulluk etti.

⁴Rab'bin, "Adım sonsuza dek Yeruşalim'de bulunacaktır" dediği Rab'bin Evi'nde sunaklar kurdu.

⁵Rab'bin Evi'nin her iki avlusunda göklerin tüm ordusu için sunaklar inşa etti.

⁶Hinnom Vadisi'nde kendi çocuklarını ateşten geçirdi; kehanetlerde bulundu, alametleri yorumladı, büyüler hazırladı, medyumlar ve efsuncular edindi; Rab'bi öfkelendirmek için O'nun gözünde kötülüğü çoğalttı.

⁷Kendi yaptırdığı oyma ve dökme tasviri Tanrı'nın Evi'ne yerleştirdi; oysa Tanrı, Davut'a ve oğlu Süleyman'a şöyle demişti: "Bütün İsrail oymakları arasından seçtiğim bu evde ve Yeruşalim'de adımı sonsuza dek yaşatacağım."

⁸"Musa aracılığıyla kendilerine buyurduğum her şeye, tüm yasaya, kurallara ve yargılara uymaya dikkat ederlerse, atalarına verdiğim bu topraklardan İsrail'in ayağını bir daha sarsmayacağım."

⁹Manasse, Yahuda halkını ve Yeruşalim'de yaşayanları yoldan saptırdı; öyle ki, Rab'bin İsrailoğullarının önünden yok ettiği uluslardan daha çok kötülük yaptılar.

¹⁰Rab, Manasse'ye ve halkına seslendi, ama onlar dinlemediler.

¹¹Bu yüzden Rab, Asur kralının ordu komutanlarını onların üzerine gönderdi; onlar da Manasse'yi bağlar içinde ele geçirdiler, ayak prangalarıyla bağlayıp Babil'e götürdüler.

¹²Sıkıntıya düşünce kendi Rabbi olan Tanrı'nın yüzünü aradı ve atalarının Tanrısı'nın önünde kendini büyük ölçüde alçalttı.

¹³O'na dua etti; Tanrı da onun yakarışını kabul edip haykırışını işitti ve onu Yeruşalim'e, krallığının başına geri getirdi; o zaman Manasse, Rab'bin Kendisinin Tanrı olduğunu anladı.

¹⁴Bundan sonra Davut Kenti'nin dışına, güneybatıdan Gihon yönünde vadideki akarsu boyunca ve Balık Kapısı'nın girişine kadar, kapıyı çevreleyen bir sur inşa etti ve Ofel'e kadar çok yükseltti; ayrıca Yahuda'nın bütün surlu kentlerine ordu komutanları yerleştirdi.

¹⁵Yabancıların tanrılarını, Rab'bin Evi'ndeki oyma putu, Rab'bin Evi'nin bulunduğu dağda, Yeruşalim'de ve kentin dışında inşa ettiği bütün sunakları kaldırıp attı.

¹⁶Rab'bin sunağını onardı; üzerinde kurtuluş ve övgü kurbanları sundu ve Yahuda halkına İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'be kulluk etmelerini buyurdu.

¹⁷Yine de halk yüksek yerlerde kurban sunmaya devam etti, ancak bunu yalnız kendi Tanrıları Rab için yapıyorlardı.

¹⁸Manasse'nin diğer işleri, Tanrısı'na duası ve İsrail'in Tanrısı'nın adıyla kendisine konuşan görenlerin sözleri,

¹⁹işte bunlar onun duasının sözlerinde, Tanrı'nın onun yakarışını nasıl işittiğinde, bütün günahlarında, sadakatsizliğinde, dönmesinden önce yüksek yerleri kurduğu, kutsal koruluklarla oyma putları diktiği yerlerde yazılıdır; işte hepsi görenlerin sözlerinde kayıtlıdır.

²⁰Manasse ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve onu kendi evinin bahçesine gömdüler; yerine oğlu Amon kral oldu.

²¹Amon yirmi iki yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de iki yıl krallık yaptı.

²²Babası Manasse gibi Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı; babası Manasse'nin yaptırdığı bütün putlara kurbanlar sundu ve onlara kulluk etti.

²³Ama babası Manasse'nin yaptığı gibi Rab'bin önünde kendini alçaltmadı; aksine, oğlu Amon suçunu daha da artırdı.

²⁴Görevlileri ona komplo kurup onu kendi evinde öldürdüler.

²⁵Ama ülke halkı Kral Amon'a komplo kuranların hepsini öldürdü ve yerine oğlu Yoşiya'yı kral yaptı.

¹ΩΝ δεκαδύο ἐτῶν Μανασσῆς ἐν τῷ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτὸν καὶ πεντηκονταπέντε ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

²καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῶν ἐθνῶν, οὓς ἐξωλόθρευσε Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

³καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὰ ὑψηλά, ἃ κατέσπασεν ᾿Εζεκίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστησε στήλας τοῖς Βααλὶμ καὶ ἐποίησεν ἄλση καὶ προσεκύνησε πάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτοῖς.

⁴καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήρια ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, οὗ εἶπε Κύριος· ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

⁵καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήρια πάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Κυρίου.

⁶καὶ αὐτὸς διήγαγε τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἐν πυρὶ ἐν Γεβενεννὸμ καὶ ἐκληδονίζετο καὶ οἰωνίζετο καὶ ἐφαρμακεύετο καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐγγαστριμύθους καὶ ἐπᾳοιδούς· καὶ ἐπλήθυνε τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ παροργίσαι αὐτόν.

⁷καὶ ἔθηκε τὸ γλυπτὸν καὶ τὸ χωνευτόν, εἰκόνα ἣν ἐποίησεν, ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ, οὗ εἶπε Θεὸς πρὸς Δαυὶδ καὶ πρὸς Σαλωμὼν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ· ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, ἣν ἐξελεξάμην ἐκ πασῶν φυλῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, θήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·

⁸καὶ οὐ προσθήσω σαλεῦσαι τὸν πόδα ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἧς ἔδωκα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν, πλὴν ἐὰν φυλάσσωνται τοῦ ποιῆσαι πάντα, ἃ ἐνετειλάμην αὐτοῖς, κατὰ πάντα τὸν νόμον καὶ τὰ προστάγματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα ἐν χειρὶ Μωϋσῆ.

⁹καὶ ἐπλάνησε Μανασσῆς τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ ἐξῇρε Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁰καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐπὶ Μανασσῆ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπήκουσαν.

¹¹καὶ ἤγαγε Κύριος ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Ασσούρ, καὶ κατέλαβον τὸν Μανασσῆ ἐν δεσμοῖς καὶ ἔδησαν αὐτὸν ἐν πέδαις καὶ ἤγαγον εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.

¹²καὶ ὡς ἐθλίβη, ἐζήτησε τὸ πρόσωπον Θεοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπεινώθη σφόδρα ἀπὸ προσώπου Θεοῦ πατέρων αὐτοῦ.

¹³καὶ προσηύξατο πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπήκουσε τῆς βοῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔγνω Μανασσῆς, ὅτι Κύριος αὐτός ἐστι Θεός.

¹⁴καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ᾠκοδόμησε τεῖχος ἔξω τῆς πόλεως Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ λιβὸς κατὰ Γιὼν ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἴσοδον τὴν διὰ τῆς πύλης τῆς ἰχθυϊκῆς ἐκπορευομένων τὴν πύλην τὴν κυκλόθεν καὶ εἰς ᾿Οφλὰ καὶ ὕψωσε σφόδρα. καὶ κατέστησεν ἄρχοντας τῆς δυνάμεως ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσι ταῖς τειχήρεσιν ἐν ᾿Ιούδᾳ

¹⁵καὶ περιεῖλε τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους καὶ τὸ γλυπτὸν ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ πάντα τὰ θυσιαστήρια, ἃ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν ὄρει οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἔξωθεν τῆς πόλεως.

¹⁶καὶ κατώρθωσε τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου καὶ ἐθυσίασεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸ θυσίαν σωτηρίου καὶ αἰνέσεως καὶ εἶπε τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ τοῦ δουλεύειν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ᾿Ισραήλ·

¹⁷πλὴν ἔτι ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τῶν ὑψηλῶν ἐθυσίαζε, πλὴν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτῶν.

¹⁸καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Μανασσῆ καὶ ἡ προσευχὴ αὐτοῦ ἡ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν καὶ λόγοι τῶν ὁρώντων τῶν λαλούντων πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπ’ ὀνόματι Θεοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ

¹⁹ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ λόγων προσευχῆς αὐτοῦ, ὡς καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀποστάσεις αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ τόποι, ἐφ’ οἷς ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐκεῖ ἄλση καὶ γλυπτά, πρὸ τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι, ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων τῶν ὁρώντων.

²⁰καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Μανασσῆς μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν παραδείσῳ οἴκου αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ ᾿Αμὼν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ.

²¹῍Ων ἐτῶν εἴκοσι καὶ δύο ᾿Αμὼν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ δύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

²²καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, ὡς ἐποίησε Μανασσῆς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰδώλοις, οἷς ἐποίησε Μανασσῆς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἔθυεν ᾿Αμὼν καὶ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτοῖς.

²³καὶ οὐκ ἐταπεινώθη ἐναντίον Κυρίου, ὡς ἐταπεινώθη Μανασσῆς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Αμὼν ἐπλήθυνε πλημμέλειαν.

²⁴καὶ ἐπέθεντο αὐτῷ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.

²⁵καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τοὺς ἐπιθεμένους ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Αμών, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τὸν ᾿Ιωσίαν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ.

¹Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel.

³And he returned and built the high places, which his father Ezekias had pulled down, and set up images to Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

⁴And he built altars in the house of the Lord, concerning which the Lord said, In Jerusalem shall be my name for ever.

⁵And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

⁶He also passed his children through the fire in the valley of Benennom; and he divined, and used auspices, and sorceries, and appointed those who had divining spirits, and enchanters, and wrought abundant wickedness before the Lord, to provoke him.

⁷And he set the graven [image], the molten [statue], the idol which he made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;

⁸and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, if only they will take heed to do all things which I have commanded them, according to all the law and the ordinances and the judgments [given] by the hand of Moses.

⁹So Manasses led astray Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

¹⁰And the Lord spoke to Manasses, and to his people: but they hearkened not.

¹¹And the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, and they took Manasses in bonds, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.

¹²And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

¹³and he prayed to him: and he hearkened to him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom: and Manasses knew that the Lord he is God.

¹⁴And afterward he built a wall without the city of David, from the southwest southward in the valleys and at the entrance through the fish-gate, as men go out by the gate round about, even as far as Opel: and he raised it much, and set captains of the host in all the fortified cities in Juda.

¹⁵And he removed the strange gods, and the graven [image] out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars which he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and without the city.

¹⁶And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and offered upon it a sacrifice of peace-offering and thank-offering, and he told Juda to serve the Lord God of Israel.

¹⁷Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, only to the Lord their God.

¹⁸And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and his prayer to God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the God of Israel,

¹⁹behold, [they are] in the account of his prayer; and [God] hearkened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers.

²⁰And Manasses slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden of his house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

²¹Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

²²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasses did: and Amon sacrificed to all the idols which his father Manasses had made, and served them.

²³And he was not humbled before the Lord as his father Manasses was humbled; for his son Amon abounded in transgression.

²⁴And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his house.

²⁵And the people of the land slew the men who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josias his son king in his stead.